AshDrunbar Character Creation

I think it all starts to makes sense to me.

Okay, so let's say I choose to use my boost to make a second dice roll (and after reading the PV rules again, I realized an Eyrie score of 5 gives me only the possibility to get 3 rolls max, so I'll post my 2nd and eventual 3rd rolls for that first PV check here, under "Attack 1").
My 3 rolls for "Attack 2" will also be posted.

Aye! You've got it down now. Just like there's no zero, there's no seven either. Since you've got two sixes, the only roll left to modify is the 3, which becomes a 4 with no additional effects. These should both be great rolls, if you had a normal dagger. Would she give it two swings to test, or three?

She could try another swing, I guess... Now, forgive me if I'm still not completely clear on one point: I thought the Boosted condition on a virtue only gave the highest dice the +1 boost. In that case, I won't be able to boost the 3 on that attack roll, will I ?

She'll give it another stab, just to see how that thing handles itself.

It's a wrap-around rule. 6 can't go any higher, and two of the rolls were sixes. So the three is the only one that can be affected.

Go ahead and do all three dice for the third attack.

Okay, I got a 5, 4 and a 3. So in that case I am obliged to choose the 5 and make it into a 6 ? Still makes it 3 successes, it would seem.

Correct! Now, normally you would get a bonus die on each attack, because you'd be treated as Trained. But we're going to ignore those for simplicity this time.

Now I roll three percentile rolls at 25% success rate, because the weapon is improvised.

Edit: The feint seems to go well enough, but despite using your finest skills, the quarte and stab seem really sloppy. The weight distribution's all wrong...at least for an elegant weapon.

Okay, what exactly are the d100 for then ? Didn't the d6 already resolve the attack ?

Here's where I explain Improvised Weapons. There are three qualities of ordinary weapon (ignoring things like fine weapons, magic weapons, and so on). They are Improvised, Rough, and Normal. While the vast majority of weapons are Normal, you can find some, or make them, which are lesser in quality.

Rough weapons have a 50% rate of auto-fail per attack. You roll normally, but then the player or GM rolls percentile to see if that attack auto-fails, no matter how talented the wielder is, nor how shitty the defender is at protecting their own life.

Improvised weapons take this a step farther, with a 75% rate of auto-fail. If the roll is 1-25, you have a chance of making it work. If not, you're out of luck. You've learned an important lesson very early on, and nothing was at stake.

Indeed not something I'm ever likely to forget: Bring Good Weapons To A Fight ! Check.

Fortunately for you, your real weapons are all very nice!

Now that you've tested the knife, what's next?

I guess I'll try the key in the lock of the door... not even sure if there's a lock, actually.

There is. I mentioned it in the description.

You approach the bars and slip a hand through, eager to get the key in and get out of your tiny cell. The elf-eared inmate across the hall takes an interest, and wanders over.

"Oi, what's that you got there?"

The key slips in, turns, and you can feel tumblers clicking, the mechanism disengaged. The lock falls to the floor with a loud clack, and the casing bursts open. Tiny screws and pins scatter over the floor.

The elf man sneers, "Oh jolly good. You got yourself a key! Won't ask how you did that in just two days, pretty morsel. Prolly standing on the shoulders of some other poor sap who weren't as lucky. There's no escaping the island, pretty. Even if you step on out of here with your fancy knife and your little key, those guards are aching for a chance to put you in the ground. One less inmate they have to worry about, eh?"

As you approach his bars, the Impure one just keeps jeering, "Me, work with you, ha! You realize you're going to die, right? They're not going to take it easy on you, just because you're a pretty little Vanity? Anyone who sets foot outside that door is dead meat."

Cayenne purs as she approaches him: "You're really just a big scaredy-cat, aren't you? What a shame, such a strapping specimen like you...". She smiles teasingly and she starts toying almost distractedly with the irons of the elf's cell bars. "You really think I'm pretty ? I think I'm gonna jump into that cell with you in a minute, if you keep flattering me like that ! I bet you wouldn't mind that uh ? I never been with an Impure before, you know... You'd be my first. After all, if we can't get outta here, we may as well make it worth our while..."

Edit: Oh, no, wait. I see what happened here! You rolled the fourth die so that we'd have all four. My mistake.

The inmate seems put off by your aggressive approach, and scoffs, "Very seductive, opening up with the bigoted slurs. I'd ask if that works for most men, but it sounds like you lack experience."

You got it. Here goes: