Remnant Session 1: Tickings out of the Blue

wait can we get counters also when they dont hit? =)

Some people due. Just remembered I need to tag XP (you get an XP every time you fail a check)

correct, i should have 2 fails unless you saw more that i didnt.

Yep Dunwick's at 2, Max at 1, Augustin at 1XP so far.

well then, that makes me seem more of a wuse, i my mind i pictured a gang of them or me darting through crowds of bettles XD

Or really light hearted considering you still haven't attacked it and been doing other things. XD

So you're going to defend or half and slash?

Ok but be mindful of how Defend works.
When you stand in defense of a person, item, or location under attack, roll+Con. On a 10+, hold 3. On a 7–9, hold 1. As long as you stand in defense, when you or the thing you defend is attacked you may spend hold, 1 for 1, to choose an option:

Redirect an attack from the thing you defend to yourself
Halve the attack’s effect or damage
Open up the attacker to an ally giving that ally +1 forward against the attacker
Deal damage to the attacker equal to your level

Defending something means standing nearby and focusing on preventing attacks against that thing or stopping anyone from getting near it. When you’re no longer nearby or you stop devoting your attention to incoming attacks then you lose any hold you might have had.

You can only spend hold when someone makes an attack on you or the thing you’re defending. The choices you can make depend on the attacker and the type of attack. In particular, you can’t deal damage to an attacker who you can’t reach with your weapon.
An attack is any action you can interfere with that has harmful effects. Swords and arrows are attacks, of course, but so are spells, grabs, and charges.

If the attack doesn’t deal damage then halving it means the attacker gets some of what they want but not all of it. It’s up to you and the GM to work out what that means depending on the circumstances. If you’re defending the Gem Eye of Oro-Uht and an orc tries to grab it from its pedestal then half effect might mean that the gem gets knocked to the floor but the orc doesn’t get his hands on it, yet. Or maybe the orc gets a hold of it but so do you—now you’re both fighting over it, tooth and nail. If you and the GM can’t agree on a halved effect you can’t choose that option.

Defending yourself is certainly an option. It amounts to giving up on making attacks and just trying to keep yourself safe.

Jabes might remember the minute you attack you lose holds from a successful defend and the option to redirect damage if you're defending someone else so keep this in mind.

i would suggest just to attack, the best defense is a "sharp" offence XD

Attacking is almost always mechanically superior to the Defend move but Defend does seem to suit Augustin's personality!

carry on? Lol