trilemma ooc

Welcome, GeneralET!

Thanks!

I would buy 1 spell (40 silver) + a sword (20 silver) and... I'm broke

Name: Ingvar
Stress: TBD
Brute: 1. Skulker: 0. Erudite: 2.
Spells: TBD
Gear: a white cloak, 2 rations, sword, 0 silver.

The Strain thing is like this for a starting character:
• Max 20;
• each inventory item (magic words each count as one inventory item) +1 current Strain,
• each failed roll +(DS - roll) to current Strain,
when Strain ≥ Max Strain you are Out of Action (and at the mercy of opponents, unless you're defended). You can drop items (including magic words) to reduce Strain. You also can recover d6 Strain by resting for a while in a protected place.

@GeneralET here is your spell:

"Larcenous Vengeance of the Sword Crow" (DS 11)

Shall I just drop in the game ?

Come on in, the water's fine! Well, actually, the water is poisonous, which is what we aim to figure out. Maybe your character and mine are acquaintances?

Yes, I was thinking it would be easier if we assumed we knew each other in some ways before this adventure.

I'll join you up at the tavern then :)

regarding the spells, is it possible to mix known words to create new effects at will? Or do they count as new spells that we have to learn?

For instance could I just use the 2 words Vengeance and Sword to create an effect.
Then later use the 2 words Crow of Larceny to create something else?

That was my understanding? But we'll have to see what the GM says.

Correct. You also can teach each other words. Each word you learn adds to your Strain.

Wow! You guys are proposing to Change the World! That's really cool.

I guess we've scaled back to start with something more feasible. Are we ready for a montage of setting off into the Dark Place?

Yep! Sounds good. I hadn't realized that the curse was ancient -- thought it was recent.

sounds good to me! I think we need to get some stuff together before tackling a bigger quest

Let's discuss INVENTORY.

Each "item" adds 1 strain. So 6×rations = 6 Strain. Four torches = 4 strain. One purse of any number of coins = 1 Strain. One magic word = 1 Strain. etc. Your clothing and cloak are free.

My current estimates for Strain (out of Max 20) are:
Dahlia 18
Ingvar 7
Myrven 12

perhaps you should redistribute the torches among you. Possibly to Ingvar but I leave that to your collective discretion.

No problem with that. I'll add those torch

We already spent 2 right? Or atleast we are near the tail end of our second. So shall I just leave mine off and say we burnt through it already?

Let's talk "leveling up" and "luck".

A rule I've tried in other Goons-ish games is to implement a combo "luck" and "level' die. It starts at 1 and ticks up by 1 each time you make a roll. You can swap it for any die you roll. E.g., if you roll ⚀⚅ and have a ⚂ luck die, you can swap to have a roll of ⚂⚅ and a ⚀ luck die. If the luck die is at ⚅ and would tick up, you can keep it there or choose to reset it to ⚀ and "level up".

When you level up, you add +1 to any stat or +2 to Max Strain.