[OOC] The Out of Character Lounge

I think for my advantage, the crystals resonate with my orb, causing a sort of natural connection. Suggestion for aspect:

[ +- ] aspect

crystal entanglement: the crystals is the cave and Ivario's orb are resonating, causing a strange connection between them.

Okay. Only thing I might add is: how does the connection help create an advantage: Would it still provide a kind of magnifying close-up view (make it easier to navigate what's underground/underwater?) EDIT: Perhaps that's what you mean by 'enlargement'?

Scratch my last post, I was mistaken about the rules. I thought the shift meant a stronger outcome, but it's just 2 invokes instead of 1. Sorry about that.

Just the magnification through my crystal orb will be good. :)
I'll leave the wording up to you, Sean

Given the probability so far, let's say a silence spell would only affect one individual target at +2. Silencing the whole bridge be more difficult. A bad roll could have the opposite effect. Otherwise sounds good to have other solutions.

@YullyBear, is there a way for the party to find out about your bear skins? As long as you haven't told us about it, we can't really suggest ways of Beartrand helping with bear abilities. (as our characters)

I feel like Esther and Ivario have been in the spotlight more so than Beartrand. So you should definitely take a turn! :)

I had some ideas about how a bear could help in this situation. Feel free to use or ignore them as you wish :)

Hehe, alright. I'm sure you'll figure it out :)
Ivario will help where he can!

That's an interesting idea. Innis will first need to provide some special instructions as to where and how to find such potions in her home if there are any intact. There would just need to be a sure way to make Beartrand silent across the bridge.

By the way, with Fate, there should be no problem 'splitting the party' (no major mechanical downside to doing that) -- if that's where you want to take the story.

I should be able to post Innis's response to Beartrand's questions tomorrow night :-)

Hi All, pretty amusing development. I esp like the tarot cards (!) They're fun. I should be able to post IC tomorrow. Hope everyone's week was good.

Thanks for the heads-up, Sean! I'm having a lot of fun too :D
My week is alright, just another working week ;) . Hope you're having a good one as well. Looking forward to your post.

Good to hear that :-) I got home really late today, but I'll definitely post this weekend -- teddy, the creature under the bridge, Innis's house and pet. My week was not bad, outside of having some car troubles this week and having to get a few rides.

Teddy vs Teddy Bear !

Gang,

I hate to do this, but my schedule is such that I need to trim some games -- I'm over-committed, and I've got some projects of my own that are gnawing at me to get started on. So I'm going to step back here -- it was fun and I enjoy playing Esther, but I'm frequently dragging the pace down and you'll be better off with a replacement at this stage. Cheers to all, hope to game with you again!

Hi @Harrigan: No problem. And no pressure here. For what it's worth, I don't think you were dragging at all -- rather, I think I was probably going too fast. Thank you for all your help and tips in our 'learning fate' process. Esther is a great character BTW. Hope to game with you again!

As for our "one shot", I'm not sure how much longer -- at least until we make it to the Oracle maybe. Then we'll see what we'd like to do after that.

Cool. Please keep going! I don't want my refocusing to affect this great little game!

Sad to hear that, @Harrigan. But understandable :)
Good luck with your other projects!

Same thing here

Cheers everyone! See you around the site!

Hi all. We're nearing the end of this 'one shot' and I only expect a few more events, though you never know what could happen. Hope it's enjoyable. I've been having a good time playing with everyone. The player characters are creative and fun. And I think we're learning a few things about Fate.

Any thoughts about Fate, play style, or the setting? And I'll think about what kinds of games we might want to play in the future. My thought is this one shot has been a tad rail roady, so I'm thinking something more open world or hex crawl in future games.

Anyway, looking forward to more IC posts. Hope you're all having a good week.

It's been great fun so far. In terms of the dice, I think I prefer the PbtA system with miss, partial success and hit over the way Fate does it.
What I do like is the aspects system. Both for players as the situational ones. I'd like to see how a compel action would work, but the opportunity hasn't presented itself (yet).

I'm not sure if I'd join another game after this one finishes. I've signed up for a few more since we started here, so I'll have to see how busy it gets.

Either way, it was some lovely GM work, Sean! I especially liked the pictures and portraits you added. I kept thinking "where do you find those?"
I don't mind the railroading, it's just an introductory game anyway and I felt like the pacing was good. Not too much lingering in one spot.

I'll post IC later today