The Shadow Carnevale (OOC)

I was waiting for Lille's attack to resolve, but figured I'd already post Albert's intentions :) Might be useful for someone else.

If you want to. But we are more interested in how the loss of that memory affects her going forward. So it is fine if we don't know what the memory is —Lille sure doesn't anymore :)— and only, later, see her confusion about something she knows she should know, or emotions she feels for no explainable reason, or whatever the manifestation of the loss is.

If you can pick it back up again, then we could experience what you would have lost as you relive it again.

Presumably, yes, else there is no challenge and no risk. :)

Though both your delay while 'frowning worriedly at Ezme' and what you describe lead me away from using your strong DEX to 'move quickly' and towards suggesting you you should roll CHA?

On a strong Hit (10+, sorry wrong game:) you cow the crowd and they back off long enough for you to swoop in.
On a weak Hit (7-9) you create an opportunity but have to do more to get it before they do, we will see what.
On a Miss (6-) they get the memory first, maybe there is still an option to get it back?

@vagueGM, feel free to ask any question about Ezme, and I will share the answer to the best of my ability. (This would be information about Ezme that Daryl receives while mind-sharing with her.)

You can also feel free to share something about Daryl that Ezme might learn about him, if you've got something interesting to share. :)

Does Ezme want to be rescued from Daryl?

I guess some kind of willpower test is in order.

While it might be cool to have a moment of psychic connection with Daryl, I have zero interest in being fully absorbed into him. 😂 Help is welcome.

Alright, noted. Maybe Roald can help out if he does not get sucked into the urn...
I don't have any questions.

But feel free to make up anything you want about the NPCs. Normally we would want these uses of the NPCs (you guys are always welcome to narrate their actions where they fit) to be consistent with what we have seen of them, but this time it can be something out of character for what we would expect if that helps further your narrative or future connections.

It might be helpful to have a clearer sense of what is currently canon about Daryl's past. I understand he's a young lad very eager to prove himself as a brave knight. Did he and Theo grow up together? Is there more to his backstory that was mentioned prior to me entering the game?

This is about all we know about Daryl:

When the party of adventures showed up in his village, he 'borrowed' his grandfather's old antique and ill-fitting armour and set out to join them. Waylaying them at night as they left the mayor's dinner he tried to dedicate himself to their cause and to Raynor (the god of conquest).

The adventurers set him a task, told him to find them when he had learned Raynor's 3 virtues of battle.

Daryl went to Theo, his 'friend who can read' to see if they could work out these 'virtues'. The boys enlisted the help of Theo's sister for the tricky reading parts.

The following morning the adventurers found a party of locals waiting for them outside the village, this included Daryl, and Theo (with his two bodyguards), and Theo's 'friend' Phil who turned out to be his sister in disguise (she refused to help Theo unless he agreed to take her with him).

The adventure did not go well for the group, and Theo and Daryl ended up captured while, unbeknownst to them, 'Phil' was set to be sacrificed.

Daryl managed to get out of the cage, and Theo convinced him to run and fetch Roald and Albert. Leaving his friend was hard for him but he heroically did it and it all worked out in the end.

Daryl was rewarded with a new set of armour, one that actually fit him.

The group invited Daryl to come with them when they left his hometown.

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• Anyone have anything to add?

Thanks so much! I take it he figured out Raynor's three virtues of battle?

Or close enough? Probably some Sun Suey b.s.? (Tz)

As it so happens, I've been watching/reading a lot of interviews with folks who have had near death experiences lately. Fascinating stuff! Worked some of the common themes from their descriptions into this writing [ref].

I'm a bit at a loss here.
My intuition tells me a roll is in order... Then again if I fail (which I do more often then not) Roald will look into the urn and Ezme will have to get out of Daryl invasion on her own.

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He's quite shy and bashful, but I believe Ezme has figured that out :D

Don't worry. Do what you gotta do, @Airshark. Time is murky here. So are the laws of nature. We'll figure something out!

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I always found it weird that DnD started using Wisdom for Willpower, but still stuck with using Charisma for things like resisting banishment, which is a clear example of 'force of will'. I suppose they were trying to clump Charisma as Appearance —they used to be separate stats— but then having how good you look being the deciding factor of if you get to stay makes it sound like a night-club. :)

I tend to use CHA as 'force of personality', so it seems like the correct one here? But I will accept anything else if you prefer. WIS could be your 'outmaneuvering' him with your quick-thinking, or CON could be your resisting his intrusion with fortitude? I would think CHA, CON, STR, WIS, or DEX make sense, sorta in that order?

What happens if you fail? He gets the memory and you lose it?
On a 7-9 you get most of it, but it mixes a little with his memories and you have a little something in there that was not yours before?
On a 10+ you get it clean?
On a 12+ you also learn something from him, and can leverage it to your advantage some time in the future?

I don't think that just touching hands (if that is even possible) would initiate a merge. I think it will take a bit more than that, you should be able to avoid it if you don't want it.