The Power of One - A WFRP2e Solo Experience (OOC Thread #2)

[MrAbdiel]

Welcome to the OOC thread for The Power of One - A WFRP2e Solo Experience. Please post your character sheet here, so we can get into the Prologue: 13 Scars.

The original OOC thread is here. (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?651090-The-Power-of-One-A-WFRP2e-Solo-Experience-(OOC))
The IC thread for Part 1 is here. (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?651091-WFRP2e-The-Power-of-One-Part-1-quot-In-Sterquiliniis-Invenitur-quot)
The IC thread for Part 2 is here. (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?655790-WFRP2e-The-Power-of-One-Part-2-quot-Transire-Benefaciendo-quot)
The Recruitment thread is here. (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?651051-The-Power-of-One-A-WFRP2e-Solo-Experience)

[MrAbdiel]

Dramatis Personae

Prologue - 13 Scars

Taalia - AKA Nameless, AKA Mey-la, AKA Nee-Ruh-Kaha. Protagonist of The Power of One. Conspicuously tall young woman of unknown original; formative years spent as a slave first to the Norscans, then to the Skaven, before escaping from the Underempire into rural Tilea to start a new life.

Mother - Few remembered details. Used to cook some kind of dessert, with apples. Presumed dead, at the destruction of Appletree.

Father - Few remembered details. Very tall and broad. Presumed dead, at the destruction of Appletree.

Siblings - Few remembered details. More than one. Younger. Presumed dead, at the destruction of Appletree.

The Knight - Few remembered details. Travelling Bretonnian Knight who took part in the defence of Appletree; presumed dead.

The Warrior With Four Eyes - Norscan warrior with four amber eyes. Called Taalia "Hundrbrýtæ" before taking her as a thrall.

The Mistress - Norscan woman of who owned Taalia. Alternately doting and cruel. Sold Taalia to the Skaven.

The Master - Norscan man who owned Taalia. Blond braids, broad shoulders, scruffy beard. Sold Taalia to the Skaven.

The Boy - Norscan boy who played at swords with Taalia in her youth.

The Old Man - Elderly slave who showed Taalia kindness after she was sold to the Skaven. Died in his sleep, in the cell.

Blue Eyes - Desperate slave who turned feral, perhaps in the first stages of turning into a Skaven. Attacked Taalia. Killed

Snitch-Biter - Skaven task-master. Black fur, tall.

Yishvak - Skaven slave-warden. Too lazy to be overly cruel.

Kee-Ruh-Siss - Young adult male slave. Managed to survive as long as Taalia did, in the Underempire. Fate Unknown.

The Children - Child slaves once put into the same chain gang as Taalia, caught in the same cave in, saved by Taalia's cool and cunning. Returned the favour saving her from Skee-Ruh-Kriss later. Fates Unknown.

Rashabang - AKA Papa Rat. Russet fur, turning to grey. Skaven Warplock Engineer, too obsessed with his work to be particularly cruel. Lack of sadism, and a pronounced appreciation for quality slave helpers, made his treatment of Taalia so mild she remembers it almost fondly. Took Taalia with him on his grand journey through the Underempire to a new opportunity, but was ultimately betrayed and forced to flee to the surface, driving her before him. Appeared to die from his wounds; but the body vanished from where Taalia buried him and his gear was stolen from her. Fate unknown; possibly dead.

The Assassin - Skaven Clan Eshin assassin sent to attack Rashabang on two occasions; fended off with warpshot from Rashabang and an oppotunistically thrown Poison Wind Globe the first time; delayed with rat slaves and fled the second time. Badly scarred from the first incident. Fate unknown.

Skee-Ruh-Kriss - Brown furred slave rat who took unknown offense to Taalia and targeted her for bullying and cruelty. Nearly killed Taalia in a surprise attack, but was foiled by The Children pelting him with stones until a Skaven taskmaster arrived to break it up. Killed when Taalia ambushed him and forced him to swallow a shard of warpstone.


Chapter 1 - Free

The Troll of Bella Collina - Solitary River Troll living in a cave near where Taalia emerged from the Underempire. Being fed and 'kept' by goblins who were themselves killed by Taalia and Gaulfredo. First spotted and left alone to sleep; second encountered having roamed south threatening Taalia's livestoke; finally slain by Taalia and the Bella Collina militia.

Gaulfredo Fedeli - Young adult grain farmer, whose farm is a half-day south of Bella Collina. Immigrated from Trantio. The first human Taalia encountered after she escaped the Underempire. Attacked a camp of goblins to avenge his horse, provoking Taalia to join the assault. Husband of Ariana; Father of Vittorio. Veteran of the Battle of the South Road and the Battle of Silo Road.

Ariana Fedeli - Young adult housewife, mother, dancer, farmer, friend. Wife of Gaulfredo; Mother of Vittorio.

Vittorio Fedeli - Son of Gaulfredo and Ariana. Aspiring farmer. Happy little lad.

Rocco - Gaulfredo's sheepdog. The first creature to show simple love to Taalia since she escaped the Underempire. Veteran of the Battle of Silo Road.

Bartolemi - Gaulfredo's draught horse, captured and slain by goblins.

Dahlia - Gaulfredo's first draught horse, retired before Taalia arrived. Now very old; supported by Gaulfredo out of devotion.


Chapter 2 - Tetto

Corvo - Talia's pup, son of Rocco and a Tylesian Corso wardog. Brother of Elmo. Veteran of the Battle of Silo Road.

Elmo - Vittorio's pup, son of Rocco and a Tylesian Corso wardog. Brother of Corvo.

'Madre' Angeletta Ferrini - Late-Middle aged wise woman, lay-priestess of Ishea and Karnas, healer and community elder of Bella Collina. Taught Taalia how to read, and a great deal of folk medicine and healing art. Employs Taalia as an apprentice.

'Signore' Maso Cestié - Elderly tinker, craftsman, problem solver of Bella Collina. Immigrated from Miragliano. Claims descendance from the legendary Leonardo di Miragliano.

Bertuccio de Larici - Roadwarden of Bella Collina and the road and farms south of there. Veteran of the Battle of the South Road, against the Troll of Bella Collina.

Iyaseanna - An Elven bounty hunter seen prowling the road south of Bella Collina. Taalia lied to her, to help a human theif escaped capture; but confiscated the stolen goods for return. Spoke surprisingly in Taalia's defense in her trial; assisted in deciphering the Shrine of Verena Triumphant.

Polo de Mirici - The clerk of Bella Collina, and Gaulfredo's Brother-In-Law. Veteran of the Battle of the South Road, against the Troll of Bella Collina, in which he embarassed himself by being unable to rejoin the combat once the troll began its approach.

Fenicia de Mirici - Wife of Polo, sister of Gaulfredo, housewife and community event organizer of Bella Collina.

Emio - Violist and farmer of Bella Collina. Veteran of the Battle of the South Road, against the Troll of Bella Collina.

Nogrom - The only dwarf in Bella Collina. Mediocre brewer. Small scale farmer. Veteran of the Battle of the South Road, against the Troll of Bella Collina, and the Battle of Silo Road.

The Wizard of Bella Collina - A fellow from Bella Collina who studied magic in the Empire, and is said to return to the town to supply them with the ingredients for the spark bags used in the Flicker-Tide Festival.

Bella - Beautiful young woman of Bella Collina. Unwitting rival for Bertuccio's attention. Veteran of the Battle of the South Road, against the Troll of Bella Collina. Almost killed by the Troll but for Taalia's intervention; a cheerful friend of Taalia soon after.

The Il Fisco - Tax collector of the Bella Collina region. Purchased Taalia's mirror.

Istuccio and Ernesto - The red haired 'ox brothers' who sold Taalia her ox, Tommaso. Cattle ranchers of the Bella Collina area. Veterans of the Battle of the South Road, against the Troll of Bella Collina; and the Battle of Silo Road against the Insolente Aldo and his mutant gang. Ernesto lost the use of his legs in this latter battle.

Adolpho - Dog breeder and trainer of Tylesian Corsos, massive hunting and war dogs. Veteran of the Battle of the South Road, against the Troll of Bella Collina. Father of Viletta.

Viletta - Daughter of Adolpho, apprentice dog trainer, and occasionally dogsitter.


Chapter 3 - Vita

Tomasso - A plow ox, co-owned by Gaulfredo and Taalia, purchased to replace Bartolemi.

Hermes - A fine ram, and the head of Taalia's young flock.

Hurcio - The one-legged rooster, wounded in mortal combat against the Troll of Bella Collina but saved by Taalia and the Madre Angeletta.

The Troublemaker Boys - A group of late teens who first teased Taalia when she was a newcomer to the Bella Collina community, then shamefacedly shoveled troll-scat for her after the Battle of the the South Road. Veterans of the Battle of Silo Road. Original troublemakers are Tesifonte, Ansaldo, Cremenzio, with Enrico later joining their crew.

The Spinster Sisters - Local gossips of Bella Collina, and typical operators of the local trading post. Amalia and Amadea.

Rampollo Damio - The local political agent of Bella Collina, designated by the Senate of Verezzo's Yellow faction. As Rampollo, responsible for trying to coordinate and grow the region's income in a way that enriches himself to the level of a voting elletore viable in the Senate.

Gherardino - Proprietor of Bella Collina's tavern. Widower, horseman, father of young Rubeus and Perusia. Veteran of the Battle of the South Road.

Alberto - Owner of the farm on the South Road where the battle took place; himself a Veteran of the Battle of the South Road.

Oscar and Pierre - Adolpho's prized wardogs. Veterans of the Battle of the South Road.

Fiamma - Bertuccio's white horse. Veteran of the Battle of the South Road. Wounded, and put down, after the Second Battle of Bella Collina.


Chapter 4 - Ambizione

Bellina da Isolome - Local trapper and hunter, also thief, of Bella Collina. Stole an expensive pistol from some rich person in Verezzo, and fled the pursuit of an elven bounty hunter all the way past Bella Collina. Saved from capture by Taalia.

Insolente Aldo - The leader of a mutant gang on Silo Road. Slain by Taalia et al in the Battle of Silo Road.

Gabrello - Road Warden of Caesa di Silo and the Silo Road. Found dead, presumably killed by Insolente Aldo's gang.

Mia - Rotund but happy proprietress of the Leaping Vixen House in Caesa di Silo.

Watch Sergeant Bruto - Law officer of Caesa di Silo; almost arrested Taalia et al.

Marco - Leatherworker and tanner of Caesa di Silo. Openly infatuated with Taalia. Has a cat named Gregori.

Jezzabella - Istuccio's horse, loaned to Taalia for her trip to Verezzo.

Blasio - Suspicious sweating man who tried to pass himself off as Taalia's manservant before being chased off by the Caesa di Silo militiamen. Hanged sometime after her departure.

Bolo Hempfire - Halfling Proprietor of the Pigly, a large and luxurious coaching inn on the way to Verezzo. Cheerful pie enthusiast. Husband of Fulalla, father of Rumpold.

The Golden Gallants - A mercenary company currently scattered south of Verezzo, awaiting serious work. Members include Daniele da Floriglio, Bruno, Victoria and Gennaro.

Galiana - Middle aged messenger Taalia met at the Pigly.

Bennetto - Horse trader and trainer at the Pigly.

The Lady In Blue - A Courtesan of Verezzo, apparently affiliated with the blue faction, Taalia spotted at the Pigly.

Sapienza da Larimo - Cartographer whom Taalia met at the Lucky Duck.

Amelia - Friendly, dark haired clerk who works at the Hall of Hired Blades, in Verezzo.

Madame Suzette - Expatriate Bretonnian explorer from the duchy of Parravon. Purchased Taalia's Telescope.

Eustace Goldbrick of Karag-Dar - Almost overwhelmingly dwarven banker in 'Karak Verezzo', the dwarven district in the Northgate Quarter of Verezzo.

Lagubrio - Human banker at the Merchant's Trust, in the merchant quarter of Verezzo. Prompted Taalia to formalize her surname.

Rodolfuccio da Viteriano - Mercenary champion of the Alcantani Fellowship, Verezzo Chapter. Taalia returned his stolen pistol, for a fee.

Signore Montaglio - Chemist of Verezzo's Signore Montaglio's Fine Substances. Commissioned to make Taalia's stone-cleaning detergent.

Leo Campeze - Journeyman gunsmith working out of the Gunsmith's Guildhall in Verezzo. Sold Taalia blunderbuss stock template.

Andruccio - Initiate of Clio, at the Temple of Clio in Verezzo. Bought Taalia's ravaged book.

Antonuccia de Venze - Miragleanan physician, whom Taalia found at the Verezzan Academy of Empirics. She agreed to serve as Ernesto's personal physician.

Micci - Much beloved cloakroom keeper at the Seven Signore theatre in Verezzo.

Bartomar, Man of the Roads - Imperial expatriate courier that Taalia met in Verezzo.

Donaldo - Member of the guild of Slaughtermen in Verezzo. One of the best; he doesn't say it, everyone says so, just ask, frankly.

Petruccio and Mila - Retired master mason and his wife, whose coach Taalia rode with back from Verezzo.

Desmondo and Graciano - Veteran coachman and his mute nephew. Assisted Taalia to avoid being road-hauled on the way back from Verezzo.

"Bertuccio" - A mutant cursed with an uncanny resemblance to the roadwarden Bertuccio, and a complementary battery of amnesia; causing much trouble in Bella Collina. Hanged by Padrone Simonuccio.

Carlino Del Ponte - Beef baron of the Bella Collina region.

Umberto Minieri - Sheep baron of the Bella Collina region.

Giancarlo Corbi - Goat baron of the Bella Collina region.

Padrone Simonuccio - Witch Hunter of Solkan; lead the investigation into "Bertuccio" and then had Taalia incarcerated and unsuccessfully tried as a skaven collaborator.

Matrona Armilia da Motiano - Annointed Priestess of Verena; assisted in the investigation of "Bertuccio", spoke in Taalia's defense in her trial, assisted with the deciphering of the Shrine of Verena Triumphant.

Galeotto - Simonuccio's coachman.

Landuin - Bella's donkey; sold so she could get her start in Bella Collina, but recently purchased back to her.


Chapter 5 - Ricorsione

First Citizen Groccolo - Senator and leader of the dominant Yellow Faction in Verezzo. Disgraced in war against Pavona, but retained his power with tooth and nail efforts.

Signora Lilli Citti - Head of a once-clandestine anti-Skaven intelligence program. Escaped slave of the Skaven.
Unwitting accomplish in the arrest and trial of Taalia Giovanni.

Signore Tordemondo - Mercenary litigant; dangerously convincing legal performer. Led the prosecution against Taalia.

Mariana de Fialo - The Witch of La Dumo, in Trantio. Supposedly took the lives of most of a small town after Matrona de Motiano incorrectly judged her to be innocent; countermanding Padrone Simonuccio's instincts to execute her.

Sergeant Mauro - Prison warden and soldier of Verezzo. Arrested Taalia; but also fought with her against the Skaven ambush, and parted with her on good terms.

Andreotto de Ravavia - Bright wizard and darling son of Bella Collina, recently returned from travels afar.

Porchetta and Biscotto - Taalia's boars.

Cavaliere Guidaldo Visconti - Knight of the Blazing Sun. Taller than Taalia, which is saying something. A cheerful wandering knight, led by providence to assist Bella Collina shortly after the Second Battle of Bella Collina.

Scudiera Jacobella da Fundino - Squire of Cavaliere Guidaldo Visconti. Tough young woman; dislikes Taalia for no discernible reason.

[MrAbdiel]

Companions:

Bella de Pescari, the Belle of Bella Collina



WS
BS
S
T
Ag
Int
WP


Raw
36
35
30
31
33
37
31


Adv
+5
+10
-
-
+10
+5
-


Now
41
40
35
41
43
47^
41





A
W
SB
TB
M
Mag
Fel


Raw
1
11
3
3
4
0
37


Adv
-
+2
-
-
-
-
+5


Now
1
14^
3
4
4
0
42



Skills:

Initial Skills: Common Knowledge (Tilea), Speak Language (Tilean), Gossip
Peasant: Charm, Animal Care, Swim, Animal Training, Charm Animal, Performer (Dancer), Performer (Singer), Gamble, Outdoor Survival, Trade (Farmer, Bowyer, Cook), Set Trap, Scale Sheer Surface, Silent Move, Concealment, Drive
Tradesman: Gossip², Drive, Haggle, Evaluate, Perception, Read/Write, Secret Language (Guild Tongue), Trade (Tailor, Candlemaker)
Vagabond: Common Knowledge (Tilea)², Common Knowledge (Bretonnia), Perception², Performer (Singer)², Navigation

Talents:

Initial Talents: Sixth Sense, Night Vision
Peasant: Rover, Flee!, Hardy, Specialist Weapon Group (Sling)
Tradesman: Dealmaker, Savvy
Vagabond: Orientation

Signore Maso Cestié, Ambitious Tinker




WS
BS
S
T
Ag
Int
WP


Raw
35
28
35
26
34
38
31


Adv
-
-
+10
+10
+20
+10
+10


Now
40
33
40
31
49
53^
41





A
W
SB
TB
M
Mag
Fel


Raw
1
12
3
2
4
0
29


Adv
-
+3
-
-
-
-
+10


Now
1
14
3
3
4
0
39




Skills:

Initial Skills: Common Knowledge (Tilea), Speak Language (Tilean), Gossip
Thief: Scale Sheer Surface, Disguise, Evaluate, Gamble, Pick Lock, Sleight of Hand, Read/Write, Secret Signs (Thief), Concealment, Perception, Silent Move, Charm, Search, Secret Language (Thieves' Tongue)
Tradesman: Animal Care, Gossip², Drive, Haggle, Evaluate², Perception², Read/Write², Secret Language (Guild Tongue), Trade (Tinker, Gunsmith, Carpenter).
Artisan: Speak Language (Breton), Trade (Tinker²)
Talents:

Initial Talents: Night Vision, Savvy
Thief: Streetwise, Alley Cat, Super Numerate, Trapfinder
Tradesman: Dealmaker
Artisan: Etiquette

[MrAbdiel]

Auxiliary Placeholder Post.

[BananaPhone]

Taalia Giovanni


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Age: 19
Gender: Female
Hair: Blonde-to-white.
Eyes: One is green the other is blue.
Handed: Right Handed
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 85kg
Religion: Myrmidia and Verena.
Birthplace: Unknown, suspected to be the Wastelands, but could be Couronne or Nordland.
Career: Mercenary
Former Careers: Ex-Slave, Ex-Apprentice Hedgecraft, Ex-Tradesman, Ex-Militiaman

Family:
Father: Unknown.
Mother: Unknown.
Brother: Unknown.
Brother: Unknown.

Foster Father: Gaulfredo
Foster Mother: Ariana
Step-brother: Vitorio










M
WS
BS
S
T
Ag
Int
WP
Fel
A
W
FP
IP


Base
4
44
41
39
36
32
39
34
34
1
13
3
0


Advance
-
+10/10
+5/10
+5/5
+5/5
+10/10
+10/10
+10/10
+10/10
+1/1
+4/4
-
1


Current
4
54
46
44
41
42
49
44
44
2
17/17
3
1




XP: 3,650 total/3,500 spent


Academic Knowledge (Magic), Animal Care +10%, Charm, Speak Language (Queekish), Speak Language (Tilean), Haggle +10%, Heal, Gossip +10, Blather, Common Knowledge (Skaven), Common Knowledge (Tilean), Concealment, Dodge Blow +10%, Heal, Read/Write, Ride, Perception +10%, Search, Silent Move, Trade (Farmer), Trade (Gunsmith) +10%, Trade (Cook), Trade (Apothecary), Perform (Singing).



Resistance to Magic (+10% Resistance to magical effects)
Resistance to Disease (+10% to toughness to resist effects of disease)
Flee! (Gain +1 movement for 1d10 rounds when life is threatened)
Acute Hearing (+20% to Hearing-based perception checks)
Night Vision (see out to 30 yards normally at night)
Natural Weapons (always count as armed)
Surgery (+10% to Heal)
Rover (+10% to Silent Move and Concealment in rural settings)
Dealmaker (+10% to Haggle and Evaluate rolls)
Weapon Specialisation Group (Gunpowder)
Rapid Reload (Reduce cost of reloading by half an action)
Quick Draw (Once a round, use the Ready Action as a free action)
Sharpshooter (Gain +20% when using an Aim action instead of +10%)
Donallo's Lesson: When wielding a sword, you gain +3% WS, and WP.



• A few sets of Good clothes. (4 sets = 60 encumbrance)
• Good Hat, a Muffin-hat (1 encumbrance) (and endless source of MrAbdiels fascination)
• Good quality Riding Boots. (10 encumbrance)
• Best quality quarterstaff. (50 encumbrance)
• Good quality belt (1 encumbrance)
• 4x pouches (2 best quality)
• Backpack (200 units of encumbrance)
• Rose slingbag (200 units of encumbrance)
---- 1 Pouch of simple jewellery (mostly wood and glass beads), 1x trinket (Trolls Tooth), 1x Antitoxin Kit, 5x Healing Draught, 1x Healing Poultice, 5x Bandages,

• Lucky Charm (a root she found when she first emerged)

• Prayer book granted to her by a Verena High Priestess.

• A printed book, Forma di Malevola.

• Good Backpack (200 units of encumbrance)

• A wooden staff around which has been tied a string of wolf's teeth.
• A pair of embroidered leather shoes with a small tag bearing the seal of the town of Pfeildorf, home of the best tailors in the Empire. They are dirty, but still in good condition.
• A rain-stained sheet of parchment inscribed with the name and address of a tavern, Signore Pepito's, in the town of Rialto Mio.
• A grimy human skull with the name 'Magnus' inscribed into the forehead.
• A waxed rawhide case of butcher's knives and sharpening files.
• A tiny ivory statue of Shallya.
• A pewter ring etched with an oath of allegiance to the Empire.
• A leather case containing a musket-cleaning kit with muzzle rods, wire brushes, oils, chamois, fuses, flints and spare parts.
• An iron hand-torch with a fistful of charcoal in the cage.
• A deer-hide pouch branded with the image of Sigmar.

• 1 good large tent
• 1 good small tent
• 3x bedrolls
• deck of cards
• 3x good wooden cutlery
• 2x tinderboxes


Powder and shot for 46 shots

3x uncut Topaz (40gc each) - 120gc
1x uncut Sapphires (80gc each) - 80gc
1x uncut Emerald (50gc each)- 50gc
31x uncut amber (5gc each) - 155gc
2x uncut Garnet (10gc each) - 20gc
8x uncut Malachite (1gc each) - 8gc
2x silver ring with a gemstone (120gc each) - 240gc
==== 673gc worth of jewels.


Weapons:
Throwing Knife (poor craftsmanship),
Best Quality Quarter Staff (Str -2, Defensive, Pummelling, +5% WS when used)
Best Quality Sword "Daybreak" Hand Weapon, Common Quality, Str+SB damage, Defensive, +5% WS when used.
Shield (With Bulls head sigil, free parry each turn at +10%)
Self-made Blunderbuss, "Leonardo", Gunpowder, Damage 3, Range 32/-, 3 Full/6 Full Reload, Qualities (Shrapnel, Unreliable), Unique, 17 shots.
2x Pistols Gunpowder, Damage 4 Range 8/16, 2 Full Reload, Qualities (Impact, Unreliable)
Good Quality Dagger Str-3
Firearm, Gunpowder, Damage 4, Range 24/48, 2 Full Reload, Qualities (Impact, Unreliable)


"Verena and Myrmidia"


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2x Pistols Gunpowder, Damage 4 Range 8/16, 2 Full Reload, Qualities (Impact, Unreliable)


"Daybreak"


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Best Quality Sword "Daybreak" Hand Weapon, Best Quality, Str+SB damage, Defensive, +5% WS when used.

Crafted by Aesirian Wintertide, Master Elven Swordsmith of Verezzo.




Ghostbustin -
Magical Xiphos, regular handweapon. Once owned by a minor noble who survived a home invasion, but eventually succumbed to his wounds with the belief he had failed his family. This anguish was so powerful it held his spirit to the material plane, until Taalia and Bella managed to free it after becoming trapped in his home during a storm.



Armour:
Full Mail w/ Plate Helmet - 3 AP all over, 5 AP for head.

Currency:
15 silver, 6 pennies, Tilean currency.





Scars:
The First Scar - The Burning House - Three ‘claw’ marks, Over the Left Eye: +1 Wound.
The Second Scar - The Boy’s Gift - Bloodletting scar over Upper Abdominal: +5 WS.
The Third Scar - Spite of the Barren - Intersecting Stripes on the Back: +5 WP.
The Fourth Scar - The Rat-Merchant's Lesson - Half-Inch Wide Line On the Right Side of the Neck: +2 Wounds.
The Fifth Scar - The Old Man's Gesture - L shaped tear hidden in hair at the crown of the head: +1 Wound.
The Sixth Scar - Snitch-Biter's Mark - puncture wound on the left thigh: +5 Toughness.
The Seventh Scar - Claws of the Wererat - Deep scratchmarks on the left ankle: +5 Agility.
The Eighth Scar - Rashabang's Reward - Burn scar over the floating ribs on the right: +1 Wound.
The Ninth Scar - Shacklebite - Two curved lines on the interior of the right ankle: +5 strength.
The Tenth Scar - Kiss of the Poison Wind - Chemical burn on left forearm: Gain Flee! Talent.
The Eleventh Scar - Skee-Ruh-Kris's Blow - Groove over the left temple: Gain Acute Hearing talent.
The Twelfth Scar - Skee-Ruh-Kris's Eulogy - Criss-crosses scratches over the right arm, wrist to elbow: +10 agility.
The Thirteenth Scar - The Price of Freedom - Shallow Cut over the left trapezius muscle: Gain Night Vision talent.




Even as a slave to the vile ratmen, Taalia showed a good head for numbers and willpower that saw her through incarceration. Upon the surface and with an adoptive family, the girl is coming out of her shell and revealing that she is surprisingly ambitious, but also quite physically affectionate and loving, excitable, an eagerness for new experiences and a generous streak. Though her final personality is yet to solidify due to her relatively young age, she has so far shown grit, tenacity and ambition wrapped in a flowery, friendly and affectionate exterior.

Whether by an internal process, shaped by her honour-conscience adoptive father or both, Taalia has demonstrated a strong sense of right and wrong, often depriving herself of fortune in exchange for satisfying her personal code of honesty and abiding by her word.





Taalia is an unnaturally tall girl, and this is usually the first thing people notice. At six foot five there are even very few men who can look ahead into her eyes. Simultaneously, she is physically gifted with a proportionate, well-muscled physique that has been sculpted by years of labour and a protein-rich diet that has crafted a physicality that is in supreme condition and possessed of unusual physical strength and fortitude for a human woman, let alone one of her age. Nevertheless, despite her imposing stature, she has an angular, pleasing face that is marred by a scar that runs down from the left side of her forehead, across her eye and down onto her cheek, while all of this is framed by a crown of soft, white-blonde hair. Curiously, she has a genetic mutation known as heterochromia, which has made one of her eyes green and the other blue. When combined with her height, physique, scar and hair color, she is a striking figure that few forget.

When Taalia speaks, she has a smoky, sonorous and smooth voice that she has developed into an excellent Contralto singing voice.





Fel +5 (100)
Int +5 (100)
Animal Care (100)
Read/Write (100)
Heal (100)
(500)

Fel +5 (100)
Int +5 (100)
Haggle (100)
Trade (Farmer) (100)

Surgery (100)

Silent Move (100)
Rover (100)

Charm (100)
Gossip +10 (100)

Haggle +10% (100)
Dealmaker (100)

Animal Care +10% (100)

Trade (Gunsmith) (100)

Trade (Cook) (100)
Trade (Apothecary) (100)

Perform (Singing) (100)
Academic Knowledge (Magic) (100)

Dodge Blow (100)
Rapid Reload (100)
Weapon Skill +5 (100)

Weapon Specialisation Group (Gunpowder) (100)

Trade (Gunsmith) +10% (100)

Mercenary

Attack +1 (100)

Perception +10% (100)
Dodge Blow +10% (100)
Quick Draw (100)

Sharpshooter (100exp)
BS +5 (100)

Ride (100)

[BananaPhone]

I converted that 76gc she made from selling stuff, plus the last 23gc she had, to uncut gem-stones, as she had most of the rest of her money. That way she can sell some for Bretonnian currency and not lose half her wealth.

[BananaPhone]

Out of that 76gc and 5 silver, she'll buy the following:

1 good large tent
1 good small tent
3x bedrolls
deck of cards
3x good wooden cutlery
2x tinderboxes

That'll cost 57 gc and 5 silver, I think.

I couldn't find the price or entry for an iron cooking pot, but we'll assume it costs about 10 silver, so she'll spend 1.5gc buying a Good quality one.

They can't rely on each stop being at a city now, they have to be more self-reliant/camping style.

Then she'll buy 1 uncut Garnet and 9 uncut malachite for 18gc, which will round it out. Then 1gc she gave to the messenger to head home.

[MrAbdiel]

ACKSHUALLY page 57 of the Old World Armory has iron pots at 1gc; but you rolled pretty great at your haggle and dealmakering and so forth so you can have a Good one for 1.5gc all the same.

Work tomorrow, then orientation day for study (going back for a postgrad certificate in writing after failing to talk myself out of study again), but I'll try to post in the evening.

We are at Chapter 2 of Part two! Isn't that fascinating? We're at, like... the ~25% mark of the stuff I have planned! Milestone!

[BananaPhone]

Ahh, college boy huh? :smalltongue:.

By my estimation that means you've planned 5 full chapters. Quite a lot when you consider we've basically so far written the first book in a teen fantasy series lol.

[MrAbdiel]

Ahh, college boy huh? :smalltongue:.

By my estimation that means you've planned 5 full chapters. Quite a lot when you consider we've basically so far written the first book in a teen fantasy series lol.

The genre, I'll have you know, is called "YA".

[BananaPhone]

Hearing test: [roll0] TN 79.

[MrAbdiel]

Great, now I need to decide if orcs have weiners.

Thanks.

[BananaPhone]

We're asking the big questions here mate.

[BananaPhone]

*Casually looks at watch*


It's been half a week mate. The up-coming post centred around the revelation of whether or not orcs have wieners, had best be phenomenally good.

[MrAbdiel]

https://c.tenor.com/qm_zCTBA-vgAAAAC/tenor.gif

It's coming! I wanted to catch up on all my other posts, though. And there's been stuff! It's been a stuff-rich week. I'm doing my WFRP threads tomorrow, having done everything else today!

[BananaPhone]

Blunderbuss 'failure': [roll0]

Damage 1: [roll1]
Damage 2: [roll2]
Damage 3: [roll3]
Damage 4: [roll4]
Damage 5: [roll5]
Damage 6: [roll6]

[BananaPhone]

I think Taalia will also, when able, use her Firearm to shoot at the orc with the Trophy.

She'll take the time to Aim.

Firearm: [roll0] vs TN 51
If Fury: [roll1] vs TN 51

Damage: [roll2]
Damage: [roll3]

If Fury: [roll4]

[BananaPhone]

Alright. That first Attack shot misses, so that and it's fury is discounted.

But.

FP rolling the attack:

Firearm attack: [roll0] vs TN 51
Fury confirmation: [roll1] vs TN 51

Bonus Fury Damage: [roll2]



The head honcho orc takes 29 damage.

[BananaPhone]

Critical roll: [roll0]


29 damage to the Body of the orc boss with a 27 crit roll.

'Carn mate that's pretty epic, ya gotta admit lol.

Waiting on your response/praise for this brilliant display of marksmanship before posting lol.

Reflections:

I can just hear it now.

*Puts on mrAbdiels voice*

"Ohh but Fury roll comes after the damage roll, so, Ackchually!, you need to spend 2 FP's!"


An alternative is that she spends 200exp: 1 on a BS advance (taking her BS to 56) and 1 on Sharpshooter, giving her +20% to BS when aiming instead of +10%, meaning she'd hit the first shot of 76% but would have to spend a single FP to re-roll her Fury; which she passed!

Your choice, Sir :smalltongue:.

[MrAbdiel]

Harrumph harrumph!

Well... Yes. You don't get to know if a damage roll is confirmed until you know if you hit, so all that knock-on damage would not typically apply. And you can't use FP to reroll confirmation rolls.

And you DEFINATELY can't spend XP mid-attack to purchase the advances you require to land a juicy hit.

...But I am an affable fellow, and I do like the dramatic nature of a killshot on that orc boss as you zoom by. And I am resigned to the reality of the fact that, in an online game, we witness things we shouldn't know till after the roll and this gives the player a tad more power. But I can compensate for that.

So I'm gonna let that hit, and give you a slap on the wrist for being contortive and sassy, but I will encourage you to spend that XP on sharpshooter and the BS anyway because this is a very fitting moment to gain such things.

[BananaPhone]

So I'm gonna let that hit, and give you a slap on the wrist for being... sassy

But isn't that why you like me? :smalltongue:

[MrAbdiel]

https://c.tenor.com/Nj02YVyFAUsAAAAM/predator-arnold.gif

[BananaPhone]

https://c.tenor.com/Nj02YVyFAUsAAAAM/predator-arnold.gif

^_^



With that noted, Experience Expenditures:

Sharpshooter (100exp)
BS +5 (100)
Will +5 (100)

[BananaPhone]

Ooooo Doomdivers...

Taalia will spend half an action to Aim and half an action to Fire. She will wait until it comes into her normal range, knowing there's no use firing out-of-range if she won't hit anything. She's got Quick Draw too, so she doesn't need an action to draw.

Firearm: [roll0] vs TN 66
If Fury: [roll1] vs TN 66

Damage: [roll2]
Damage: [roll3]

If Fury: [roll4]

Then do the same the next round:

Firearm: [roll5] vs TN 66
If Fury: [roll6] vs TN 66

Damage: [roll7]
Damage: [roll8]

If Fury: [roll9]

[MrAbdiel]

Gobbo agility checks: [roll0], [roll1].

[MrAbdiel]

One more shot! One more shot!

[BananaPhone]

Let's see...


Firearm: [roll0] vs TN 66
If Fury: [roll1] vs TN 66

Damage: [roll2]
Damage: [roll3]

If fury: [roll4]



So 10 damage. I'm guessing 7 wounds after 3 TB.

[MrAbdiel]

Gobbo agility [roll0]!

[BananaPhone]

I actually listened to this (https://youtu.be/0IMW0z98-7g)while typing. It's amazing the variety of niche ambience tracks that are available out there.

[BananaPhone]

*Taps chin*

Seems like internal bleeding to me. Raise their feet above their heart.

Heal: [roll0] vs 59


That's about as close to a critical as possible lol. 5 degrees of success with the Surgery skill vs MrAbdiels campaign notes lol.

[BananaPhone]

Oh yeah, healing amount: [roll0]




Cam'on the dice have spoken lol.

[MrAbdiel]

I cannot blame you for trying!

... But Cestié's heart is giving out. There is no poultice for such a condition.

[BananaPhone]

A really good, medieval defibrillator?

https://media.tenor.com/Aa66xUzSzSEAAAAC/thor-avengers.gif

[MrAbdiel]

https://youtu.be/uTlPPqPodiA

[BananaPhone]

Yeah...well he couldn't spent a fate point :smalltongue: lol.

[MrAbdiel]

Alas; he possesses no fate - the province of destined heroes alone.

[BananaPhone]

GM, give me a Hearing Perception test at -20 for Duboit.


Success:
The two girls speak the same language with equal fluency, but the 'foreign' looking one, the taller one, has an unusual accent. She also has an odd inflection when saying 'Si' as if she were about to say 'Si-si' but has long since consciously learned to stop herself, or repeat some adjectives or verbs twice, like 'walk-walk' or 'quick-quick'.

[BananaPhone]

Perception checks:

Intuition: [roll0] vs TN 59
Visual: [roll1] vs TN 69

[MrAbdiel]

...You're just gonna let that fail? Not chase it with a reroll?

Who are you?

[BananaPhone]

Fine :smalltongue:.

Second 'Ladies' Intuition: [roll0] vs TN 59

*Looks at roll, then at MrAbdiel*

You can hand-wave an auto-pass you know :smalltongue: lol.

[MrAbdiel]

I can.


But if I do that, why make you roll at all? You must suffer.

[BananaPhone]

You wrote it and it won't get read, not me :smalltongue: lol.

(sadly)

[MrAbdiel]

Somewhere I read:


"Of all the words by tongue and pen, by far the saddest are "I could have been...""

[BananaPhone]

Somewhere I read:

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/5c/ba/ff/5cbaff7c96b5dd652510b7ac6a832e5f.jpg

[BananaPhone]

Mr GM, give me a Perception roll at Average difficulty for Briant.

Success:
Briant would notice, among the numerous weapons the taller one was adorned with, the simple but beautiful craftsmanship of the handle for the sword that was sheathed on her hip. The elegance spoke of a blade that had ceremonial quality, but its make was clearly crafted for the vigour of battle.

[BananaPhone]

Ooo performance roll!

Performance (Singing): [roll0] vs TN 64

Perception (Hearing): [roll1] vs TN 79

Success on both!

Taalia will use her Contralto voice to support Bella.

[BananaPhone]

Oh yeah, second intuition check: [roll0] vs TN 59

[BananaPhone]

Man, imagine Briant's surprise if Taalia drew out a mystifying but oddly appealing looking instrument and started smacking out a real banger (https://youtu.be/HPa_NrZ00uM).

[BananaPhone]

I think if 'Intimidation' or 'Charm' is needed, Briant is better off rolling it.

[BananaPhone]

Charm roll: [roll0] vs TN 64

FP if needed: [roll1] vs TN 64

[MrAbdiel]

That'll be success. Ogres? More like BrOgres.

[BananaPhone]

Well hey hey, long time no see stranger! Almost forgot what you looked like lol.

[MrAbdiel]

https://media.tenor.co/images/96563b7dbe1025194610c2b0da86e4a2/tenor.gif

Normal excuses - uni, etc etc. But I'm here!

[MrAbdiel]

Sorry for the quick copy+paste update:

This happened once before and you might remember it, but I have an annoying recurring issue with a disc in my neck that herniates and makes my life miserable. It's very bad for a couple of days and then pretty bad up and down for a few couple of weeks after that. I've been incapacitated for the first bit now I'm going through the next part again. It gives me numbness and pain in the right arm with escalates when I sit upright at my computer desk, so i have to budget my time sitting and typing and then laying down again. I started studying again this year so most of that slim budget has been going to work I have to do. I'm still keen and I'll be back but for the moment my posting will be infrequent at the very best. As a player i'm happy for my companions/GMs to puppet my character as required; as a storyteller I'm pretty much stuffed for the moment.

Sorry for the disruption, I'll be back at it when I can.

[BananaPhone]

Ooof mate, please take care of yourself and get better soon! I can't imagine how irritating that would be.

[BananaPhone]

Oh my lordy, what a long time no see! ^_^

[MrAbdiel]

Ahaha! It's not ogre yet!

[BananaPhone]

He's back with terrible dad jokes :smalltongue:.

[BananaPhone]

Btw, would you say you're back to regular or semi-regular posting?

I'm not meaning to be pushing, it's just that these posts of ours are chonky, and I'm totally cool with going back to our once a day schedule. But I wanted to see whether you were back for daily-ish posting or semi-regular because of IRL and illness, so I can adjust my own posting accordingly.

[MrAbdiel]

Semi regular I guess. It's likely to be my rhythm henceforth! I should be able to post once every two or three days typically; sometimes more frequently if I'm having a particularly productive one.

[BananaPhone]

So every two or three days or so? About 2.5 a week?

Groovy. I actually really like this novel we've written together, so I'm happy we get to continue it lol.


I had 20 minutes to kill during a lunch once and for fun I actually copy and pasted the entirety of Act 1 into a word document...off the top of my head it was like 390,000 words, when the average young adult novel is 50,000 to 80,000 lol. We've got like 6 young adult fantasy novels first draft written already lol, and that's not including the Act II thread XD.

[MrAbdiel]

I would 100% read the tale of Taalia Trollslayer as a Warhammer novel series. They'd have to still be making Warhammer novels, of course... :(

[BananaPhone]

*Thinks and shrugs*

I dunno...change some things around lol. Warhammer is basically medieval low fantasy Europe with some high fantasy and low-key steampunk elements thrown in. Though thinking up a substitute for the Skaven would be the biggest hurdle, making a villainous race as compelling and viscerally repulsive as them would be difficult.

Outside of that, it wouldn't be too difficult to edit, adapt, alter and change lol.

I'll post either tonight or tomorrow morning.

[BananaPhone]

Charming the girl: [roll0] vs TN 64


Taalia should change her name to Taalia Rogers.

[BananaPhone]

A haggle roll with +20%: [roll0] vs 84 TN.

[MrAbdiel]

Ah, it looks like we’re on the cusp of a nice little lucky streak! Let’s see how long it holds!

[BananaPhone]

What's this, Talia uses her 6 degrees of success to cheaply by a dozen sheep and a few acres and restarts her agri-business all over again? :smalltongue::smallbiggrin:

[MrAbdiel]

I am sure your local lord will be most impressed at your industry, maamselle! You will produce such wealth for him!

[BananaPhone]

Hehe, Viva la revolución...

[MrAbdiel]

Do you hear the people sing? It is the song of affordable commodities rapidly escalating the standard of living and propelling existing power hierarchies into progressively more unstable states~

Hey, while we’re rolling dice, roll me a challenging Perception (smell) roll. For later. But roll it now.

[BananaPhone]

Perception (Scent): [roll0] vs TN 59

[MrAbdiel]

Perception (Scent): [roll0] vs TN 59

Your success has been noted.

[MrAbdiel]

My favourite thing about your post is that you want to buy them cutlery.

[BananaPhone]

Hah well I figured they were out in the woods area away from their camp etc so they couldn't eat out of the cauldron with their bare hands or something lol.

[MrAbdiel]

These peasants will eat scalding hot chicken soup ladled into their cupped hands and they'll like it!

[BananaPhone]

She thought of tying an animal down as bait and then leaving, but seemed too unreliable.

So, she will tie one of the chickens down near the road to provide a distraction while she finds a hiding spot.

Hide: [roll0] vs TN 62

FP if needed as it's pretty important: [roll1] vs TN 62


Glad I spent that FP lol.

So she's got a hiding spot, but not the best one. Still, she's got the chicken distraction/bait, so that might give a bonus or in game advantage.

[MrAbdiel]

Animosity roll. Lower is better for the greenskins. [roll0]

[BananaPhone]

Hmm, might sprint back.

I'd offer to shadow them from a distance, but then I'm at a 50/50 of getting spotted by 9 wolf riders and losing a surprise round, so those odds aren't practical lol.

Roughly how much time did her stunt buy her allies? I'm guessing about 5-10 minutes?

Agility roll: [roll]1d100[roll]

Toughness: [roll0]

[BananaPhone]

Agility roll: [roll]1d100[roll] vs TN 64

[BananaPhone]

Damnit.

Agility roll: [roll0] vs TN 64

[BananaPhone]

Ugh, FP that.

Agility roll: [roll0] vs TN 64

Okay, she got 4 successes on Agility, but failed her Toughness test by only 4.

Does her great agility give her a +5% bonus to her toughness roll? She's got the Rover talent as well :smallbiggrin:.

[MrAbdiel]

Ugh, FP that.

Agility roll: [roll0] vs TN 64

Okay, she got 4 successes on Agility, but failed her Toughness test by only 4.

Does her great agility give her a +5% bonus to her toughness roll? She's got the Rover talent as well :smallbiggrin:.

*Consults rover talent.*

Hmm. I am up for shenanigans, but not this time. Agility success means you get there in time; the marginal fail toughness means Taalia is going to arrive winded. Which, honestly, is more cinematic. Shadowing them across the countryside is a cool idea, but with them on wolfback and you on foot, you basically need to sprint to keep up anyway.

[BananaPhone]

No worries. Does the 4 successes for the Agility mean that she gets there quicker than she otherwise would have?

[MrAbdiel]

It does! It means she is going to arrive at the very outset of the conflict, within range to do things.

As for how much time it bought... two or three minutes probably, but it's enough. If you give me a little RP post about running, I'll set up the board.

[MrAbdiel]

Ah, some good ol' fashion failure. Let's try that again.

Sir Briant: [roll0]
Goblins and Wolves: [roll1]
Bandits: [roll2]
Ogres: [roll3]
Bella: [roll4]

[BananaPhone]

And so it begins. (https://youtu.be/xHb7ZuWdVX0?si=lr2hVZfZEEKMRqlX)

[BananaPhone]

Taalia Initiative: [roll0]

Looks like a garbo round of initiative all-round lol.

Although, from Taalia's position, that's not entirely a bad thing, as it allows her to pick off whoever the bandits didnt take down.

[BananaPhone]

Taalia is moving as a presumed pre-battle movement phase.

Then she's Aiming at the goblin leader.

If the bandits open fire, so does she: [roll0] vs TN 66

[BananaPhone]

Some damage: [roll0] + 4

If the bandits loose arrows, Taalia opens fire, and if she does, she does 12 damage to the 'lead' goblin.

[MrAbdiel]

Okay, so we're looking something like:


13 - BanditLeader - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit2 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit3 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit4 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit5 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit6 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit7 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit8 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit9 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit10 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit11 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit12 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit13 - [Uninjured]
8 - Bella - [Uninjured]
7 - Taalia - [Uninjured] (Exhausted)
7 - Giorno - [Uninjured]
7 - Bruk - [Uninjured]
7 - Tiny - [Uninjured]
7 - GoblinNob - [1 Wound - Lightly Injured]
7 - GoblinNobsWolf - [Uninjured]
7 - Goblin2 - [2 Wounds - Lightly Injured]
7 - Wolf2 - [Uninjured]
7 - Goblin3 - [Uninjured]
7 - Wolf3 - [1 Wound - Lightly Injured]
7 - Goblin4 - [4 Wounds - Lightly Injured]
7 - Wolf4 - [Uninjured]
7 - Goblin5 - [Uninjured]
7 - Wolf5 - [4 Wounds - Lightly Injured]
7 - Goblin6 - [Uninjured]
7 - Wolf6 - [Uninjured]
7 - Goblin7 - [Uninjured]
7 - Wolf7 - [Uninjured]
7 - Goblin8 - [Uninjured]
7 - Wolf8 - [Uninjured]
7 - Goblin9 - [7 Wound - Heavily Injured]
7 - Wolf9 - [Uninjured]
6 - Sir Briant - [Uninjured]
6 - Cleménce - [Uninjured]

You're starting this battle exhausted, which translates to -10 to all your **** until, at the end of one of your turns, you pass a Toughness check. The difficulty of that check starts at -20 (factoring in the exhaustion already), with a +10 bonus each turn until you succeed.

[BananaPhone]

Toughness check: [roll0] vs TN 21


*Pant pant*

[MrAbdiel]

Okay, so we're up to date to your turn with:

13 - BanditLeader - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit2 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit3 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit4 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit5 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit6 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit7 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit8 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit9 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit10 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit11 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit12 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit13 - [Uninjured]
8 - Bella - [Uninjured]
7 - Taalia - [Uninjured] (Exhausted)
7 - Giorno - [3 Wound - Lightly Injured]
7 - Bruk - [Uninjured]
7 - Tiny - [Uninjured]
7 - GoblinNob - [Dead]
7 - GoblinNobsWolf - [Uninjured]
7 - Goblin2 - [6 Wound - Heavily Injured]
7 - Wolf2 - [5 Wounds - Lightly Injured]
7 - Goblin3 - [Uninjured]
7 - Wolf3 - [1 Wound - Lightly Injured]
7 - Goblin4 - [4 Wounds - Lightly Injured]
7 - Wolf4 - [Uninjured]
7 - Goblin5 - [Uninjured]
7 - Wolf5 - [4 Wounds - Lightly Injured]
7 - Goblin6 - [8 Wound - Heavily Injured - Dismounted]
7 - Wolf6 - [12 Wounds - Critically Injured - Knocked Down]
7 - Goblin7 - [Uninjured]
7 - Wolf7 - [Uninjured]
7 - Goblin8 - [6 Wound - Heavily Injured]
7 - Wolf8 - [2 Wounds - Lightly Injured]
7 - Goblin9 - [7 Wound - Heavily Injured]
7 - Wolf9 - [Uninjured]
6 - Sir Briant - [Uninjured]
6 - Cleménce - [Uninjured]

And now bed time for me! More action next time!

[BananaPhone]

So do you need another action from me, or all good?

[MrAbdiel]

Oh dang, I didn’t even see you did that. Nice headshot. I’ll resolve it and the rest of the turn tomorrow. Cheers!

[BananaPhone]

Crit roll if you need it: [roll0]

[BananaPhone]

What's the range Taalia is away from the main fight?

[BananaPhone]

Rolling numbers bussed.

Wolves: [roll0]

Goblins: [roll1]

Damage: [roll2]

[MrAbdiel]

What's the range Taalia is away from the main fight?

You were 30 yards away when you aimed and fired the longgun. Strictly I should have given you a -20 penalty for being at long range (24/48 on a Firearm) but you nailed it anyway.

Blunderbuss range is 32. If you move and fire this turn, you'll be at 24 away, which is comfortable enough to hit quite a few of the enemy with the spread.


Rolling numbers bussed.

Wolves: [roll0]

Goblins: [roll1]

Damage: [roll2]

But that said, I will requires damage rolls for every hit individually; as the blunderbus is more of a spread of damage distributed among a group, and not a wheel-of-fortune spin that can fire either confetti or antimatter.

You may keep that 12 as the first damage roll, however.

[BananaPhone]

Heh no worries, also I forgot to take a Toughness roll.

Toughness: [roll0] vs TN 41.

Goblin 1: 12 damage
Goblin 2: [roll1]
Goblin 3: [roll2]
Goblin 4: [roll3]
Goblin 5: [roll4]
Goblin 6: [roll5]

Wolf 1: [roll6]
Wolf 2: [roll7]
Wolf 3: [roll8]


Some BS rolls in case of fury:

BS rolls: [roll9] vs TN 46
BS rolls: [roll10] vs TN 46
BS rolls: [roll11] vs TN 46

Damage: [roll12]
Damage: [roll13]
Damage: [roll14]

[BananaPhone]

On the topic of blunderbus's, could Taalia make a Best Quality Blunderbus that has the 'Impact' quality?

Pwease...
https://i.postimg.cc/Jz2t7xmp/wafe.jpg

[MrAbdiel]

These hits will impact random gobs and woofs.

Gob:[roll0]
Gob:[roll1]
Gob:[roll2]
Gob:[roll3]
Gob:[roll4]
Gob:[roll5]

Wolf:[roll6]
Wolf:[roll7]
Wolf:[roll8]

Also about the impact Blunderbus:

No, and I will steal your existing blunderbuss.

https://i.ibb.co/dfvPFB0/GunNo.png


Nah but good idea for a thesis if you decide to go to the school in Nuln instead of studying magic in Altdorf.

[BananaPhone]

*Summoned by email notification*



These hits will impact random gobs and woofs.

Gob:[roll0]
Gob:[roll1]
Gob:[roll2]
Gob:[roll3]
Gob:[roll4]
Gob:[roll5]

Wolf:[roll6]
Wolf:[roll7]
Wolf:[roll8]

Also about the impact Blunderbus:

No, and I will steal your existing blunderbuss.

https://i.ibb.co/dfvPFB0/GunNo.png


Nah but good idea for a thesis if you decide to go to the school in Nuln instead of studying magic in Altdorf.


Guns are awesome. (https://youtu.be/r5tsEJgPn30?si=gkY3aA9pImBeYJGS)

[MrAbdiel]

13 - BanditLeader - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit2 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit3 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit4 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit5 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit6 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit7 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit8 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit9 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit10 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit11 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit12 - [Uninjured]
13 - Bandit13 - [Uninjured]
8 - Bella - [Uninjured]
7 - Taalia - [Uninjured] (Exhausted)
7 - Giorno - [9 Wound - Lightly Injured]
7 - Bruk - [7 Wound - Lightly Injured]
7 - Tiny - [6 Wound - Lightly Injured]
7 - GoblinNob - [Dead]
7 - GoblinNobsWolf - [Dead]
7 - Goblin2 - [Dead]
7 - Wolf2 - [Dead]
7 - Goblin3 - [Dead]
7 - Wolf3 - [Dead]
7 - Goblin4 - [Dead]
7 - Wolf4 - [Dead]
7 - Goblin5 - [Dead]
7 - Wolf5 - [Dead]
7 - Goblin6 - [Dead]
7 - Wolf6 - [Dead]
7 - Goblin7 - [Dead]
7 - Wolf7 - [9 Wound - Heavily Injured]
7 - Goblin8 - [6 Wound - Heavily Injured]
7 - Wolf8 - [Dead]
7 - Goblin9 - [7 Wound - Heavily Injured]
7 - Wolf9 - [Uninjured]
6 - Sir Briant - [Uninjured]
6 - Cleménce - [Uninjured]

[BananaPhone]

Ms Giovanni is Charging into the nearest goblin/wolf.

Charge Attack: [roll0] vs 69
Damage: [roll1]

Fury, if applicable: [roll2] vs 69
Damage: [roll3]

[BananaPhone]

Either way I think the goblin is dead lol.

If you need: Crit roll: [roll0]

[BananaPhone]

Parting melee attack: vs TN 59
Damage: [roll1]

Fury, if applicable: [roll2] vs TN 59
Damage: [roll3]


Aim with a pistol: [roll4] vs TN 46 (-20% long ranged, +20% for Marksman aim)
Damage: [ROLL]2D10+4z

Fury, if applicable: [roll5] vs TN 46 (-20% long ranged, +20% for Marksman aim)
Damage: [roll6]

[BananaPhone]

Lets see.

Giorno Heal: [roll0] vs TN 69 (49 base + 10 surgery + 10 Nurse bella + 20 take your time - 20 non-human physiology)

Tiny Heal: [roll1] vs TN 69

Bruk Heal: [roll2] vs TN 69


Guess Giorno is the Guinee pig hah.

[MrAbdiel]

Excellent. And you can gain +2 to your "Ogre" category of expertise! Giorno will just have to rest his shins up for a bit.

[BananaPhone]

If I get +10 do I get a discount on my next purchase? :smallwink:

[BananaPhone]

Let's see.

Trade (Cook); [roll0] vs TN 69 (or 79 with +10% help from Chef Bella)
Trade (Cook); [roll1] vs TN 69
Trade (Cook); [roll2] vs TN 69

[BananaPhone]

Yeah, stuff rolling a 100 for cooking. The italian within me is insulted by proxy.

FP'ing cooking.

Trade (Cook): [roll0] vs TN 69

Perfetto.

So a cumulative 9-11 successes.

[MrAbdiel]

Yeah, stuff rolling a 100 for cooking. The italian within me is insulted by proxy.

FP'ing cooking.

Trade (Cook): [roll0] vs TN 69

Perfetto.

Looks like you made some good meatloaf (https://youtu.be/k5hWWe-ts2s?si=QL-P1jmPNpYn0TNg)!

[BananaPhone]

Looks like you made some good meatloaf (https://youtu.be/k5hWWe-ts2s?si=QL-P1jmPNpYn0TNg)!


*Mind goes over how to over-all spin a great success*


Well, you see, cumulatively, out of 3 rolls, she got 9-11 successes. So overall...great success! :smallbiggrin:

[BananaPhone]

Perception: [roll0] vs TN 79

Outdoor Survival: [roll1] vs TN 25

[MrAbdiel]

Nice. The Survival roll will smooth the travel that'll come up in the next sequence; the perception test tells Taalia that Bella is nursing a quiet melancholy, probably related to her late night murmurings with Briant.

[BananaPhone]

Are we sure 'melancholy' is the right word? She looked pretty happy to me lol.

[MrAbdiel]

Thus the perception roll. ;) She is projecting bravery, and of course she is still reeling from the loss of Cestie, but Taalia is picking up awkward, pained little looks at Briant, etc.

[BananaPhone]

Heh why am I picturing Bella and Taalia having a singing duet on the balcony of a castle in Parravon, Bella lamenting that Taalia flew off the handle, while Taalia sings about how something has changed within her, something is not the same, and how she's now going to defy gravity lol.

[MrAbdiel]

Because it's a movie we'd watch!

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.OKuLoNo30sBE.SXGwJEz?pid=ImgGn
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.gW2udyYIcTJn9vUwVked?pid=ImgGn
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.MQbS4EAnEMb8Qvd8S4rx?pid=ImgGn

AI is great at making images you don't look at too long.

[BananaPhone]

Hmm, Charm roll to persuade Bella?

Charm: [roll0] vs TN 44 + whatever bonuses for their close friendship and persuasiveness of the argument.

[BananaPhone]

Because it's a movie we'd watch!

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.OKuLoNo30sBE.SXGwJEz?pid=ImgGn
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.gW2udyYIcTJn9vUwVked?pid=ImgGn
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.MQbS4EAnEMb8Qvd8S4rx?pid=ImgGn

AI is great at making images you don't look at too long.

Those are actually pretty good!

Though yeah, looking too long...

https://i.postimg.cc/X7J95BTq/rgbvrwes.jpg

[BananaPhone]

Charm -20% is still 2 above Intimidate (untrained) lol.

Dun matter: [roll0] vs TN 22 or 24.

Well...*thinks*

If you grant a +10% to intimidation because of Briant AND Taalia brandishing a gun at them while yelling in a foreign language and garbed in better armour than them? Then that'll make an intimidation roll.

Tell me if that's cool and I'll post accordingly lol.

[MrAbdiel]

Charm -20% is still 2 above Intimidate (untrained) lol.

Dun matter: [roll0] vs TN 22 or 24.

Well...*thinks*

If you grant a +10% to intimidation because of Briant AND Taalia brandishing a gun at them while yelling in a foreign language and garbed in better armour than them? Then that'll make an intimidation roll.

Tell me if that's cool and I'll post accordingly lol.

I accept these terms.

[BananaPhone]

Hmmm, going to make an Academic Knowledge (Magic): [roll0] vs TN 49

[MrAbdiel]

Good roll, and a sensible one!

You know that the practitioners of the White Wind, Hysh, are those most associated with banishment and magical manipulation of daemons. Priests of all major faiths have their own rituals and practices around daemon identification and exorcism, but they are often... rough. Daemons are no laughing matter; cultures that give an inch will often find themselves surrendering a mile. You know of two separate superstitions common in Tilea for discerning unfortunates who are being afflicted with dark magic - one involves packing garlic under the tongue and binding the mouth shut, which should cause a daemon dwelling in the mouth to start suffocating and panicking while the human is able to breath through their nose. The other is that daemons, preferring the frosty lands to the north, cannot abided sustained heat, and trapping an afflicted or suspected individual in a steam bath will eventually cause a manifestation of daemonic outrage. Both of these, you think since your brief but formal education in magical matters, are false measures, and have likely gotten innocent people killed over the years.

Without a narrowly skilled magical specialist (like the damsels Donallo sent his knights to seek.. unless Donallo is a lying daemon, and did no such thing), or a magical item made for the purpose, you have no wait of forcing an inhabiting spirit to reveal itself.

That said, daemons are monstrous evil spirits, but not all-knowing. They range in power and threat, so you understand, and simpler daemons might well be as ignorant about the finer points of their own nature as humans are about the workings of their marrow, or their humors. Fundamentally, if there is a daemon in this scenario, you are dealing with a liar; and liars can be exposed if you can catch them in a lie or fool them into exposing themselves. You have only one magical tool, and that is the ghost-killing blade from Trantio; but that won't avail you here unless you are going to kill them both and let the gods sort them out. Simple human cunning might be your best angle.

[BananaPhone]

So, it's detective time - hit the music (https://youtu.be/o9k26sYlavg?si=Qn50ADPkwYuCR8gh) Johnny!

Taalia is going to:

- Search the Castle itself, going everywhere and inspecting things.

- Do a search of the castle grounds and surrounding area.

- Question the men-at-arms as best she can, trying to get their recollections of events.

- Question the surrounding townsfolk.

- Question the family members of the knights Donallo supposedly sent away.

- Get statements of events from Margot and Donallo themsleves.


She's going to commit things to paper as well, so luckily she has her writing kit.

Lots of rolls:

Search: [roll0] vs TN 49
Search: [roll1] vs TN 49
Search: [roll2] vs TN 49

Perception: [roll3] vs TN 59
Perception: [roll4] vs TN 59
Perception: [roll5] vs TN 59

Charm: [roll6] vs TN 44
Charm: [roll7] vs TN 44
Charm: [roll8] vs TN 44

Gossip: [roll9] vs TN 54
Gossip: [roll10] vs TN 54
Gossip: [roll11] vs TN 54

[BananaPhone]

Merry Christmas for the upcoming holiday mate!

[MrAbdiel]

BananaPhone! I return! Thank you for your patience. I guess you know my routine vanishings, by now. Boilerplate apology is the same as the one from the Warcraft OOC; forgive me, I'm doing a lot of apologizing.

All I can do is apologize again. I appreciate your toleration, guys. My excuse is lame - I sort of found myself the Admin for the Discord of Lava Lash, the main RP server in the current Season of Discovery expansion of WoW. I thought we'd get like 40 members and then I'd give it up and merge it with someone else's discord; but somehow there's like 600 people in there now and I'm anxious about trying to make it.. accommodating and helpful, and it stole much of my attention, and made it easy to rationalize neglecting my posts here. Sorry.

But those were some pretty dece investigation rolls. Now what, Taalia Trollslayer?

[BananaPhone]

Ahh, hehe, you got swept up in SoD huh?

Seems like 75% of my classic guild had the same thing happen to them on Shadowstrike.

Granted, I played it too. Got to 25 on a rogue, did BFD once and...kinda never went back lol. Parts of it were fun, but it didn't hold me as much. I'll come back for Phase 2 though. So I just went back and started replaying Cyberpunk 2077 now that the new expac is out, and Hogwarts Legacy.

I hope you have a good New Years!

[MrAbdiel]

Happy new year! The world has not dramatically worsened in this one, yet! Hooray!

Yeah, SoD ate me. I'm not playing it that much but I'm part of the RP community hub and I like helping people and I like good people, so when I can help a lot of good people it draws me in. Lava Lash rules!

Now gimme that +20 Perception.

[BananaPhone]

Perception: [roll0] vs TN 79

[BananaPhone]

Yeah sod off lol. Over in my Dark Heresy game and this one, lots of 90s the past half a dozen roll.

FP'ing that: [roll0] vs TN 79


Edit: There we go!

*Reads*


Hah, interesting. I actually had another little 'trap' devised for her. Taalia took what she knew of this land, that it was a deeply hierarchical society and applied her experience with the skaven (that someone higher up would find it utterly insulting that they'd be asked to do something that was a job for "the help") and applied it here.

She was basically seeing how the Lady of the castle would react to being asked to cook for peasants. Her experience and observation so far would tell her that this request is deeply insulting, like asking the First Lady of the US if she'd want to join in a mud wrestling competition, yet she made apologies for not being able to do so and even offered to help later.

Is this IC worthy, or am I reading too much into it?

[MrAbdiel]

An interesting plan. I thought it was something like that. You can expect nobles to run the gamut from cartoonish exaggeration of toffery to the rare embodiments of the virtues they espouse, and different DMs will populate their worlds with different ratios, you know? And Bretonnia's the perfect division of this, because depending on how much the gamerunner likes Bretonnia, they either get envisioned as sneering, cheese eating frenchmen from a british propaganda poster or as the very soul of Charlemagne rendered by romantic poets. I'm trying to be even keeled as much as possible; Taalia just lucked out into a very good Tilean community for her recovery from lucking into skavenhell, so her perception of how bad the rest of the world is compared to Tilea might be a little skewed. Tilea was, at that time, not presently consumed by interprovincial wars, which is the problem they tend to get instead of tyranny.

All that waffle aside, I think you're reading correctly. You would expect a noblewoman to typically be a little insulted or stunned by the suggestion she should be cooking for the peasants. A particularly kind one might not be so stunned, or not be stunned by a foreigner having that expectation. But you'd expect the class inappropriateness to have come up, rather than merely a deference to a more skilled member of staff. You are right to be suspicious.

[BananaPhone]

Heh yes, a foreigner, and a younger one at that, asking her to cook for peasants. I can imagine even the kinder of noblewomen gently, but firmly, commenting on how such an action would be inappropriate.

Lacking the memory/social reflexes of dressing decorum that should be muscle memory for a woman of her station.
Doesn't seem particularly hungry despite weeks of malnourishment.
Misses questions that should be deeply insulting for a woman on her station.


https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExazUxb3Uxems2MGR5eWhybDR2YmF5emZ 2b2JsbGd2dGpzaWF2M2NoZiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfY nlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/38vz5MBF9gF4Q/giphy.gif

[MrAbdiel]

Also hey! Does Regine still exist, in Bramble's game? I'm out there trying to set up a sort of will-they-wont-they scenario but she's awful quiet.

[BananaPhone]

She does - I really should get back at it and start posting again. I've been rather busy IRL the past couple of months, only really posting to one game regularly.

If I remember correctly, she had to approach a supposed farm and retrieve something, so that she could bring it to a master archer to gain access to the next step towards assassin the guy-who-shoots-good career.

[BananaPhone]

Oh yeah, quick question mate, but how many wolf skins did we get from the Goblin Wolf Rider?

[BananaPhone]

Hmmm, Taalia will roll her academic knowledge (Magic) to see what she remembers on this topic, if anything: [roll0] vs TN 49

[MrAbdiel]

Oh yeah, quick question mate, but how many wolf skins did we get from the Goblin Wolf Rider?

There were probably several, but any that were serviceable would have been carried off by the 'outlaws' for whom such hides have many practical applications as they filter back into the peasantry. You can have one, though; from the big one you killed. Bruk will have skinned it nice and clean for you.


Hmmm, Taalia will roll her academic knowledge (Magic) to see what she remembers on this topic, if anything: [roll0] vs TN 49

Which topic is this, perchance?

[BananaPhone]

There were probably several, but any that were serviceable would have been carried off by the 'outlaws' for whom such hides have many practical applications as they filter back into the peasantry. You can have one, though; from the big one you killed. Bruk will have skinned it nice and clean for you.

As tempting as it is to sell it for gold, let's have Bella turn it into a nice coat!


Which topic is this, perchance?

Briant's fear that the demon wants them to sing for secretly malign purposes.

[MrAbdiel]

Taalia has a pre-apprentice level of grasp of the formal study of the winds of magic; and there's nothing in what she has learned to suggest there is anything dangerous about singing to a daemon. There is no shortage of legends and old madre's tales about spirits and monsters that are variously soothed, repelled, or aroused by song. Witch women in the ocean who sing to hypnotize sailors; a tale of an oracle of the god the Imperials call Stromfels who stole the voice of a young duchess, for envy of her singing talent.

On the other hand, if this woman has a daemon indeed, any amount of cooperation with her whims might be playing into a scheme of one kind or another. Unless that's what it wants you to think. You're off the grid, here. Wariness seems wise, but you have seen what becomes of hunters of monsters who yield to every cruel pragmatism.

[BananaPhone]

Let's see now...

Animal Care: [roll0] vs TN 59

Perform (Sing): [roll1] vs TN 44

Perception (Smell): [roll2] vs TN 59

[BananaPhone]

Hmm, let's FP those. She's got 4 FP's a day with her magic dwarf ring, so 2 left.

Perform (Sing): [roll0] vs TN 44

Perception (Smell): [roll1] vs TN 59


*Rolls eyes*

Four fifty percent rolls and failed all of them. Oh BP, think of where you'd be without your re-rolls.

[BananaPhone]

Three agility rolls, let's see:

Agility roll 1: [roll0] vs TN 42

Agility roll 2: [roll1] vs TN 42

Agility roll 3: [roll2] vs TN 42


Hey, she did pretty well on her first two ones.

[MrAbdiel]

Alright, let's see what we can go. Go, Margot, Go! Margins of success may matter here.

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]

You beat both the first two by more than she did, and failed the last one by less. That looks like a run-down to me!

[BananaPhone]

That looks like a run-down to me!

Gotcha! (https://youtu.be/H7O17O1t-9g?si=n7x1mczGHwZ6S6Q-)

/char

[BananaPhone]

The damage rolls didn't come out mate :smalltongue:.


Dodge Blow: [roll0] vs TN 52

[MrAbdiel]

Oh, dang. She’s really working that right arm.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[BananaPhone]

Yeah, ouch heh. She takes 6 wounds and is down to 11/17

[BananaPhone]

Can Taalia use Quick Draw to quick draw her shield from her back and use it to "pin" Margot? Given that she tackled her to the ground and is kinda on top of her?

[MrAbdiel]

In the Yes-And spirit of our game, Yes; and doing so will give Taalia a +…20 bonus to the opposed strength test to pin.

[BananaPhone]

Let's see, opposed strength check: [roll0] vs TN 64


5 successes.

[MrAbdiel]

It is... not possible for Margot to succeed that hard.

[roll0]!

[BananaPhone]

Willpower roll: [roll0] vs TN 44


Holds it together.

[BananaPhone]

Sweet, exp!

I think Taalia will take:

Ride (100) (finally lol)


Will save the other 150xp. For now.

She should be approaching an advanced career at some point. The one she can qualify for now is Veteran, amusingly.


Or, maybe a Knight if Donallo christens her as such for helping save his wife lol.

[MrAbdiel]

Sort of a self-styled mercenary knight? Hmmm.

Hmmmmmmmmmm.

*ponder*

[BananaPhone]

Or a kinda in-joke between Briant and Donallo when they've had a bit too much wine.

Briant, nudging Donallo, speaking low in Bretonnian, "bruh, wouldn't it be funny if you like...knighted the foreign woman? Wouldn't that be 'larious bruh?"

[MrAbdiel]

Ho ho, tee hee! A ribald jape indeed!

More seriously... Nothing quiet that official could happen, I think. Peasants can be raised to nobility in Bretonnia, but it's a big enough deal that it's reserved for like.. really special acts of heroism by yeomen as recognized by the Duke of the region or the king, I think. A Lord can't just start knighting peasants willy nilly!

Where do you think this is, Jerusalem?


https://youtu.be/eMOPo7UewHs?si=b12jMKX1I8UhUKlz

On top of that, you're a foreigner, and a woman, and these are all obstacles. That said, being a foreigner can be to your advantage - Bretonnians and Tileans do different things, and who's to say that they don't make Tilean women 'knights' on account of having no noblemen of their own, hon hon hon hon?

You'll be travelling with Briant for a little bit. If you wanted to juke to Squire for a bit, picking up enough from him and the ambient chivalry culture to fill out that career, I'll let you jump to Knight to continue Taalia's autodidactic journey after that. Squire has a lot of stuff you may want anyway. That may buy you the time you need to get the very expensive trapping requirements for Knight, anyway.

TLDR, it's perfectly reasonable for a Tilean woman to start calling herself a knight and acting like one and establishing the validity of this claim by answering a duel or two from doubters. But Full Plate and Destrier are not yet in your back pocket.

[BananaPhone]

But Full Plate and Destrier are not yet in your back pocket.


So you're saying Donallo is going to get cheap with her reward? :smallbiggrin:

On that note, Taalia still has about 1,400gc+ worth of goods she intends to sell in the form of her guns and jewels, which was the explicit purpose of transferring the currency into those sellable goods. (it beat suffering the exchange rate loss!) Maybe she might need to buy a horse at some point. If she did that she could enter the Squire career, but given her current exp expenditure, she would fill it out very quickly. There's just a few skills and talents that she doesn't have. Also, being a 'Knight' hasn't really been a dream of hers, as she doesn't even really know what they are, to a degree. She grew up in rat town, so the romantic and fantastical stories of heroic and daring knights and ladies escaped her during those impressionable years. Now, if it was something that was 'granted' or 'bequeathed' to her due to service, then I could see her being like "Oh, wow, what? I'm a knight now?!" and getting all excited and taking it seriously, but motivating herself towards that path, there are other options.

It's actually funny pondering what she would go into for her advanced career. Remember as well she's got this idea to become a wizard (remember that? lol) that sprung into her head since she was arrested, believing that the only means for security in life is to have power, and who in society was everyone afraid of meddling with? Wizards. She could be a student/engineer/artillerist, or she could go into sergeant then captain, or...well, keep collecting exp and see where the game takes her!

If the exp build up does get too much, she could go into Veteran pretty easily.

[MrAbdiel]

Yeah, fair enough. She's more of an all round adventurer than a knight, anyway. Squire's got a lot of things that might be good for Taalia's loose trajectory - etiquette, strike mighty blow, animal training, another hit of Dodge, Charm, Ride... But it might just be that I like that career!

Veteran I still writhe at a bit because it's ... well, it's about Veterancy. Taalia has awesome amatuer talent and potential on the battlefield, but Veteran (in this career-deep version of the game I'm running for you) is about fighting big battles many times. I'd want to tread it with the same level of attention that we did for Taalia's time as a slave, as a farmer, as a tradeswoman, as a militiawoman... Taalia could do it, but it would be something of a divergence from her current goal of getting to Altdorf and Nuln. I don't like it just as a combat-effective way to spend XP on the way there, y'know?

Honorable mention, by the way, to the Explorer career. Given the amount of roving Taalia is doing, it's a neat thematic fit. Or scout for that matter? Perhaps through outrider? Food for thought.

[MrAbdiel]

Also this, but goat:


https://youtu.be/R0XRr4StekA?si=t66dzUhj3b_khgH2

[BananaPhone]

Also this, but goat:



When they next meet...


https://youtu.be/LuRAq-9USVc?si=EMGDtAOdEVi2-R-H

[BananaPhone]

Yeah, fair enough. She's more of an all round adventurer than a knight, anyway. Squire's got a lot of things that might be good for Taalia's loose trajectory - etiquette, strike mighty blow, animal training, another hit of Dodge, Charm, Ride... But it might just be that I like that career!

Veteran I still writhe at a bit because it's ... well, it's about Veterancy. Taalia has awesome amatuer talent and potential on the battlefield, but Veteran (in this career-deep version of the game I'm running for you) is about fighting big battles many times. I'd want to tread it with the same level of attention that we did for Taalia's time as a slave, as a farmer, as a tradeswoman, as a militiawoman... Taalia could do it, but it would be something of a divergence from her current goal of getting to Altdorf and Nuln. I don't like it just as a combat-effective way to spend XP on the way there, y'know?

Honorable mention, by the way, to the Explorer career. Given the amount of roving Taalia is doing, it's a neat thematic fit. Or scout for that matter? Perhaps through outrider? Food for thought.



Ahh, being a bit tight on ye olde Veteran huh? Fair enough, very well.

I am a bit torn on spending exp to advance and keep her relevant in game, but also to save it up. If she does end up becoming Golden Gandalf or something, she's already 3k exp into life; that's a huge exp sink.

Explorer is a possibility. She'll need to buy a horse.

[MrAbdiel]

I definitely “prefer” you spend XP as you go and don’t try to save a whammy load to blitz your first year at magical Yale. It’s just less interesting to go “wow I’m suddenly the best at this hurrah!” Than it is to play out the learning. Taalia is going to be way over XP’d as a solo character. She’s gotta be rounded enough to overcome challenges a party of 4 normally deals with. Camping, navigation, research, social graces, all of that on top of combat. But I’m not short on adventure I want to expose Taalia to, so you can afford to have some deviations into other careers that interest Taalia on your way to glory.

[BananaPhone]

I definitely “prefer” you spend XP as you go and don’t try to save a whammy load to blitz your first year at magical Yale. It’s just less interesting to go “wow I’m suddenly the best at this hurrah!” Than it is to play out the learning. Taalia is going to be way over XP’d as a solo character. She’s gotta be rounded enough to overcome challenges a party of 4 normally deals with. Camping, navigation, research, social graces, all of that on top of combat. But I’m not short on adventure I want to expose Taalia to, so you can afford to have some deviations into other careers that interest Taalia on your way to glory.


Yeah, being a solo character she kinda does...need the extra exp hah.

Who knows where this girl will end up. It's the Warhammer world after all. Where I her, I wouldn't have gotten on that flying machine, I would've just chilled in beautiful Tilea, overseeing my salty bacon empire and raised a huge family to become a dynasty.

[BananaPhone]

Question: were the riding horses, thus implied, free? Or do we have to pay for them?

[MrAbdiel]

They are free!

[BananaPhone]

Hmmmm *thinking cap on*.

Riding Horses and their riding kit are about 90gc.


...would it be possible to reduce that price from a Bretonnian Warhorse? So 660gc?


...given how prodigiously amazing these horses are, Taalia would get a stallion and charge ludicrous amounts of money to stud him in the Empire?

[MrAbdiel]

*takes ur thinking cap off*

listen here u lil shirt


But nah, this is more of a "please, take some of the horses that are mine to give" and less of a "Please have these fungible horse vouchers" situation. Also it's illegal throughout the land to sell ungelded destriers. Bretonnians are somewhat protective of their big horsies.

[BananaPhone]

Heh horse vouchers. Very well, no Bretonnian Warhorse breeding program today.

Btw, tbree rolls:

1st d100: [roll0]
2nd d100: [roll1]

Ourdoor Survival: [roll2] vs TN 25

[MrAbdiel]

This feels like a… charm roll!

[BananaPhone]

Let's see: [roll0] vs TN 44

[BananaPhone]

Paying the Fate Point tax: [roll0] vs TN 44

A success.

[MrAbdiel]

Oh and, for clarity, since the charcoal burners are keeping back from the hole fearing the ground around it will collapse... is Taalia getting roped up before she goes and yells down the hole? Or is she just sneaking up and trusting her instincts to warn her if the ground is going to give way?

[BananaPhone]

She'll be wearing a rope, just in case.

[BananaPhone]

Making a Knowledge (Skaven) roll to gauge the probability she thinks this is a trap: [roll0] vs TN 49

Any bonuses for her small ruse and the (lack-of) response?

Edit: that's about as certain as can be lol.

[MrAbdiel]

With a roll that good... You have no substantial reason to believe it is a trap. :)

[MrAbdiel]

War of the Beard? Surely you mean the War of Vengeance!

You can’t really, say, take one of the big quartz lighting stones or anything; but you could definitely take a shard of stone from the collapsed roof. Hopefully a sufficiently canny dwarf will know the difference qualities from stone in different parts of the world, and such.

[BananaPhone]

Transplanting this message over here, to the OOC thread, where it belongs:


*Summoned by email alert*

Interesting, an ancient Dwarven tunnel since before the War of the Beard? That's some time to have passed! Here I was thinking with your mention of mail armor, that some new little surprise beastie was lurking down here that the boy had noticed and was hiding from.

Are there any archaeological evidences available to be taken for proof of the tunnels existence? Like special rocks, metals etc.

[MrAbdiel]

Sorry for being slack on Taalia's thread! No excuse really, bit I'm here and I'm catching up. I have work tomorrow, but after that I'll get ya!

[BananaPhone]

Posting today, just been doing some coursework and job apps that's kept me busy.

[MrAbdiel]

Posting today, just been doing some coursework and job apps that's kept me busy.

No worries Nanas, it’ll be there when you get back.