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I was told not to extend traits to more than +5 with Transformation! D=

I think I just realised that one of the attack Perks I planned on using is of dubious utility:
The reason it is dubious is that it penalises attack/defence against me (no mention of my allies), but I cannot ever take two attacks against the same target in one turn, and the next time I get to attack, it's my next turn and the effect wears off until it began. So the target can just choose a penalty to defence against me and nothing bad would happen whatsoever.

Yeah, Reach is...pointlessly bad that way.

Anyway, sorry again for the late and short posts. My grandmother fell and hit her head today so I was in the hospital ER with her most of the day. She's fine -shaken of course- but they did all kinds of scans and tests to make sure.

Hugs.

In light of this realisation about Reach, I'm thinking it should be thrown away in favour of other techniques.

Which reminds me of a question I had, @Moyreau: how are we handling Countering? It's supposed to be declared before the dice hit the table, but given the nature of PbPs, we all of course post the roll together with the action description.

Okok...

Sorry about the Transformation confusion. In my defense, there's almost half a year since I said that! Uh... Sorry...

About the reach attack. Well, the bonus apply to the attack itself which uses reach, and the next attack she mades on her next turn, I presume? of course, most targets will pick the defense penalty instead, I'd presume.

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Oh, I never thought about that. I presume that one could ask for a counter, where the attacker would reroll their attack? You should experiment with that.

So . . . uh, which one is it, and does buying it after character creation change the answer? (Note: I bought it recently; also, I think I just used the bonus dice from the transformation for the attack, exceeding the +5 cap as a result.)
To the attack itself? Are you sure that's right?

Oh and now I realised its attack bonus also only applies against me. Interesting. If you're sure about it applying both to the current attack and the next one, that does give it a major role, albeit more of a duelist's one. So . . . please confirm whether I understood your interpretation correctly.
Ah, so the attacker re-rolls when the defender declares a Counter? Yeah, that could work. I might try that out in the foreseeable future then.

Oh, if she just bought the transformation, the cap wouldn't apply, as it only serves in chargen, as I stated.
What do you mean by that?

Oh, if she just bought the transformation, the cap wouldn't apply, as it only serves in chargen, as I stated.
What do you mean by that?

And ok, I think that it applying on the attack itself makes little sense.

On that matter though, this perk could be way more useful combined with Area Attack, giving the penalty to multiple enemies.

I mean that as written the penalty only applies if the enemy decides to attack Lín Jìng or defend against Lín Jìng, not against anyone else.
Of the three underlined sections:
Part 1 seems to mean that this begins applying after the attack is fully resolved (regardless of the outcome), Which you confirmed (' I think that it applying on the attack itself makes little sense').
Part 2 means that it only applies to attacks and defences made against the one who performed the Reach Attack.
Part 3 is written to mean that it only applies until the Reach Attacker's next turn, which combined with part 2 would make it very dubious. But you wrote that it applies up to and including the next Attack (which would have to normally happen on Lín Jìng's next turn).

Which of the three parts are true (and for which of those my reading is correct) significantly influences the utility of the perk and when it's good to use.

Do I understand correctly that parts 1 and 2 are correct, but you decided to override the interpretation of point 3, enabling its applicability on the next Attack by the original Reach Attacker?

Well, presuming that there would be any kind of threat for picking the defense penalty, it's safe to assume that the attacker would have at least a single opportunity of attacking when the perk's effects are still on. So I'd take it that happens on his next turn. Since you can't attack the same target more than once in a turn (not even with multiple actions), it's safe to say that you could still attack on your next turn with the defense penalty.

Or, of course, using it before countering.

Hibana seems to be conveniently ignoring the hundred-years part of Hanami’s curse. And the curse part.

Well, she’s trying to support Sumeryu’s claim, and this is what she has to work with.

Hibana helps adorably!

That’s the goal.

By the way, I hope your grandmother is feeling better, @BlondeDragonGenie . I noticed the post about that the other day.

Thank you. As it turned out, all she got was some cuts and bruises. But they still took CT and X-ray scans and so forth. It took most of the day. Thankfully, there's no major damage.

Hello everyone. It is with great sorrow that I must announce I can no longer run this game, however fun it have been.

I am grateful for everyone that decided to invest their times with this game, and hope you have found it worthwhile. This I say specially to Legendary_Sidekick, who came about just recently.

I don't plan to run or play any games for the foreseeable future, but who knows, we may meet again.

That's unfortunate and sudden, though I won't pry. I know life can get busy or rough >.>

Good luck with whatever you're doing next. Same for everyone else who stuck around too. I had fun doing this at least!

I hope everything works out for you all.

I had a blast! Sorry you need to end it, though I’m sure you have an irl reason. Whatever it is, I wish you well, @Moyreau .

Thank you for running this.

That's too bad ot was very fun playing with all of you! Thank you for running this Moyreau and I wish everyone here well and hope we may meet again!

It was rather fun while it lasted, but real life happens to everyone. If the circumstances change, I hope this campaign resumes.