OOC Thread

I think Junior sounds about right for Ogre. Somewhere between 16 and 17 years old.

In Australia, this known as Year 11

Enola is actually senior since part of the reason she has her job is to save up for college. So I imagine her around 17-18.

Alright, cool. Beau has to have had some history at the school prior to her change, but I don't think it makes sense for her to be a senior given how much schooling she missed. So I think Beau is gonna be a Junior as well.

Eriko is a Junior! 16 years old, on the younger side.

I don’t want to be too presumptuous or anything (it also depends on the result of Min’s defend roll going through) but I think it could be kind of fun for the failed provoke on the Bull to give them Angry. Beau’s very tunnel-visioned right now and failing a provoke does kind of feel like waving a big ol’ red flag in front of a charging bull, lol. (Whether or not Beau gets the chance to act on this, I’ll wait and see...)

The Provoke Move doesn't give a condition to your target in case you fail your roll.
But if you think it's fitting, you can volunteer to mark 'angry'.

The provoke move doesn’t, but as part of a fail any number of gm moves can happen if appropriate. I will volunteer the angry though - fitting that a Bull should be angry as often a small possible, aha.

I think I need to reread the rules to get a better handle on proper move usage.

As an aside though, if I HAD used the right roll originally and gotten a 10+ would I be correct to narrate the results?

It's best to include in your OOC comments who, exactly, you are trying to defend, and from what. Same when you want to trigger the 'Provoke' move - specify who you are trying to provoke to do what.

The only characters under immediate threat right now are the Ogre and Jodelle, who will mark a condition unless someone steps up to defend them. The narration needs to support that somehow. Maybe by defending their character, trying to soothe them, etc. I didn't see how removing Lisa from the scene helps much in that regard, because she's been mostly silent once the drama started to unfold. It seemed more like a 'Provoke' move, because you are getting her to leave the scene, something which she wouldn't have done without your intervention.

I'm ok with you rewriting your post if you were trying to trigger a 'Defend' move.

I'll wait to see what the result of that is, because it'll be important for what Beau does next - she's planning on sticking herself right in the middle of this situation, potentially now angry and not thinking her best as well, but depending on what it is Min is doing / succeeds at could drastically alter the response.

Accidentally rolled comfort twice in my post. It’s meant to be the first one

Like I said, I got too cute. The intent was to defend them, just by causing a distraction and excuse for people to deescalate and leave. I don't mind having a less successful roll and a failure to properly draw away attention. No need to rewrite anything.

But, should I (on a fully successful hit of a 10+) be narrating like I had or just giving the intent and letting you do that? I'm still not entirely sure what the proper method for storytelling in this system is.

Yes; so getting them to leave, or step down, would have resolved the entire problem, which goes beyond the intent of a 'Defend Someone' Move. Defend is about saving someone from immediate harm, not eliminating the entire threat.

Regarding narration on successes - it is very context-dependent. For example, all answers are provided by the GM when you're 'assessing the situation'. But I wouldn't mind you describing how you 'directly engaged a target' - provided we agreed beforehand that the Move actually triggered (some foes might be invulnerable to specific attacks, or be too fragile/harmless to require a dice roll. some opponents, like robots, can't be intimidated or persuaded, etc, etc).

Cool thanks @Delirium

Hopefully I will pick up proper move usage quickly.

Oh boy. I was planning on having the Trio + Cam leave after Jodelle's roll. Now it looks like Stacy is going to exit the stage a different way.
Post coming up, I'll describe up to the point where Beau puts her hand on Stacy, in case one of you would like to catch Stacy (or stop Beau) before she is sent flying across the hall.

Ha! Sorry. It’s an introductory scene, gotta get everyone’s personalities in full force, haha. Please feel free to intervene, this is just my interpretation of the fail from Eriko.

Oh boy well things are probably going to get fairly explosive now. Lets hear it for DRAMA!

Yes, the roll makes sense.

I'm not sure how to adjudicate this:
According to the rules, since Beau is considered a PC threat, she would have had a -2 to her rolls to hurt Stacy (Directly Engage a Threat?). However, Stacy is NOT a physical threat, and hurting her doesn't require a Move or a dice roll. It would have been pretty much an automatic success.

So I think in this case I'm inclined to say that the Ogre stopped Beau by moving her arm, but Beau could try again and force another 'Defend' Move until the Ogre inevitably fails the dice roll, if she is so set on harming Stacy. Thoughts/Suggestions?

I'll leave what happens next up to @mochi05.

I won't constantly defend against an attack against a target. That's just not very Pbta.

Oh, I also see that Clearing a condition is only for npc threats, so I'll just expose myself to cost, retribution, or judgment. Never defended against a PC threat before.

@mochi05, What do you think should happen? Is Beau going to back down or press ahead and attack Stacey?

Yea, I tend to agree.

I'll let you and @mochi05 come to a consensus as to what happens next, because none of the other NPCs can really do much to stop either the Ogre or Beau.