IC Thread: Chapter 1, Scene 1 - Peace Is A Lie

What doe the pit look like? I’m envisioning a lowered down set of ruins kind of in a hallway? With no ceiling.

What doe the pit look like? I’m envisioning a lowered down set of ruins kind of in a hallway? With no ceiling.

Yea, pretty much. It's a massive archaeological dig site/pit - ~100 meters x 50 meters. All below-grade.

And it's characterized by a network of trenches punctuated periodically by larger, more-open clearings, where the clearings have small ruined buildings and statues and pillars and things cluttering them.

I asked this earlier, but in case it was missed: if you don't feel like you have a very clear picture of what's going on I could put together a general map if you feel like you need that to state what you want to do.

But also, statements like; "We split up, sneaking and moving slowly, methodically searching clearings for the datacton." is the kind of narrative play this system favors imo.

So I'm looking for you guys to be pro-active and declarative about how you would handle such a task as what is placed before you.

Sounds good. That’s a clear enough picture for me anyways. Thanks.

Sure that's fair.

I will say first, none of you have been to the dig site before. You've seen it in passing from a distance, at best, when your character first arrived.

As for the Acolytes you're up against...

Also Pedrop, I wanted to make sure you saw that you and the others have gained +10 XP back at the first of the month.

Doesn't look like you've noted it or spent it.

Skulduggery is more "applied" criminality - doing the underhanded things. But Streetwise is knowing or thinking like a criminal, and I could see that being a valid check here.

Trying to think like the Sith? Yea.

Average Difficulty (PP), +1 Setback as it's a situation a bit outside the bounds of strictly criminal dealings.

If there's something specific you're wondering about, you can roll a check to see what your character might know that you don't?

Assume PP, and I can modify as needed if you have something in mind to ask about.

Is myanna with us or are we on our own in that respect? Not sure I could do much without the survival checks to tame anyways but thought I’d ask.

For the purposes of sense I assume the holocron is not alive? I know some of the lore has been iffy on just how real person they are. Then again I guess sense wouldn’t work on a force ghost anyway.

If myanna is your animal companion, no, not here. It is locked away like your starting gear purchases.

You mean datacron, right? Xaos called it a datacron... Does Lyr'rik have some reason to think it's something different?

Anyway datacron's are not alive.

;)

Yes myanna is the animal companion and my bad should have double checked the word used.

No "bad" committed.

If you, as a Player, have some reason to think it isn't what he said it is, maybe your character has a reason?

Just gotta find that reason, huh?

In this case it’s out of character knowledge interfering with in character narrative. Holocron aren’t plentiful but they are famous so my brain defaulted to the famous version. Ly-Riik wouldn’t have heard it differently.

Certainly. But maybe he has heard of datacrons, which I think are slightly more common, found in some of the more famous libraries of the Galaxy, and so maybe he, or other Characters, could know what they look like?

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Sorry, just trying to coax some dice rolls out of you guys :P

Roll looks correct. And yes, when I throw out capital letters in the context of roll Difficulty, that is to denote the color of the dice. I've found that's often easier/clearer than other methods.

Regarding the roll result. You get to "spend" those Advantage. They DON'T cancel out. So feel free to propose mechanical or narrative effects.

For the Threats, I'll inflict 1 Strain and give you a Setback to your next check.

EDIT: Derp. I have had it pointed out to me (thanks Rean!) that those narrative symbols DO infact cancel out. Ignore me, and my rusty bones getting back on the bike here!

Wonder why the dice roller didn't cancel them out? I think it's supposed to...

Everyone please give me a Discipline check. I'm going to flip a Destiny to Upgrade the Difficulty so - RP, as the competition has begun in earnest, and your few moments here of careful deliberation threaten to turn into directionless floundering.