[OOC] The Out of Character Lounge

Correct. And no PC or NPC or other entity can use more than one stress box at a time. If you do the math in a nickel and dime fight, this also means you'll eventually be ticking those 'better' stress boxes with single points of stress as well.

Hi All: I'll do my next IC post over this weekend. Looking forward to it.

Thanks for the updates, Sean.
I'm enjoying the story so far :)

I'm happy to hear that. Hopefully my contributions to the story are reasonable. By the way, wondering if I should announce a "milestone" by this time...

I hope to post IC as soon as tomorrow after work. Hope everyone's having a good week.

@sean_don4, do you mean it's a pond specifically for enchanting, or just a very pretty one?

I meant very pretty :-) ... but it could have other properties or secrets.

Ok, I thought that was what it was, but you never know
Hehe :)

So I've been re-reading the rules on "milestones"...

Realized that we probably should have been doing "end of session" or "minor milestones" at every new "part" or so. If anyone wants to shift anything around per the minor milestone rules, we could do that.

Also, reaching the dark forest probably should have been a 'significant milestone', which I believe means everyone can raise the bonus of one approach by 1, assuming I have that right.

https://fate-srd.com/fate-accelerated/getting-better-doing-stuff-character-advancement/

You can play fast and loose with the milestones -- and even totally ignore them for a one-shot like this.

Cool. Thanks. I'll leave the option open if anyone's interested in learning more about them.

BTW, it's unknown if the giants are friendly or hostile. Innis doesn't know them personally. They could be good/gentle giants... they are big in any case.

EDIT: Maybe there's a spell to be-friend or charm the giants (!)

I feel like it's a bit soon to be upgrading stats. Maybe when we find the oracle or help Innis?

Sounds good.
@Harrigan Hmmm... just the right scroll while on the run sounds like could be a bit harder. Might you have a more commonly used scroll spell in mind? Otherwise, since it's a bit of a scramble under pressure I'm thinking perhaps Great (4) on the ladder -- not including fate point invokes, etc.

@sean_don4 & @Harrigan
Question: I have the aspect Sometimes accidentally spills embarrassing rumors about his companions. Now that I understand the rules a bit better, maybe I should change this to Sometimes accidentally spills embarrassing things about himself. That way it can be used by another player to compel my character.

Do you think that would be better?

Better may be not, funnier definitely !

Maybe, if you like it better. I think it's fine to change it if you want in this learning game.

Both work, they're just different. Could also just be Sometimes accidentally says embarrassing things...

alright, I'll do that so it's flexible. Ty.

A quick heads-up. I'm traveling this week, starting tomorrow (8th) to sunday (12th) I'll be less active here. I should still be able to pop in a few times during the trip.
If you need my attention, please ping me on discord or send a PM.

Thanks @TheGenerator. We can take it a bit slower this week. Safe travels.