(OOC) San Francisco by Night II: A Requiem in Fog

[Thundercracker]

Any desire to spend a WP or take a beat for a dramatic failure there?

No, Anna will just do a recon and try again later. Celestine had already said she wants to meet one on one afterwards so.

[Bennosuke]

Okay, gonna roll for Gabe here, just to see how things will go... (5d10)[6][5][3][5][5](24)

EDIT: Yeesh.

[Bennosuke]

Rolling resolve in defense for the drunk man... (1d10)[9](9)

[Bennosuke]

Alright, so let's count up some beats ect. As always, please let me know if you are replacing any aspirations or how you want to spend any XP. No WP regained. We will be starting Act V Scene ii. As always, let me know if you think I missed something.

Karl: 3 beats for completing the scene, as this is way overdue. One beat towards the shared aspiration of identifying Estella's killer in discussing Nova with Jae Park. A beat for talking to Leech, who recommends talking to Annalise, and Maxwell Stone about the Diablere, also towards Estella's death. One beat for meeting with The Prince towards Hound duties. One beat for spending resources on a bespoke suit towards moving towards a position on The Prince's Cabinet. That's a total of 7 beats. That brings Karl to 3 beats and 2 XP. The aspiration of taking a position on the Prince's cabinet; is Karl going for something greater than Hound? If not you may want to replace this.

Anna: 3 beats for completing the scene, as this is way overdue. One beat towards the shared aspiration of identifying Estella's killer in discussing Nova with Jae Park. A beat for talking to Leech, who recommends talking to Annalise, and Maxwell Stone about the Diablere, also towards Estella's death. Anna gets a beat for checking in with Katie towards keeping her protected. One beat for meeting with The Prince towards Hound duties. That's a total of 6 beats. That leaves Anna at 2 beats and 3 XP.

Rachel: 3 beats for completing the scene, as this is way overdue. I'll give Rachel a beat for strengthening her relationship with The Primogen by lying to Ivy and by working with Alejandro. I'll give Rachel a beat for starting to join the Coterie and become a hound towards the shared aspiration of acting as Hound. Rachel gets a beat towards improving her political standing by meeting with Mother Blackstar and agreeing. That's a total of 6 beats. That brings Rachel to 1 beat and 1 XP.

[Thundercracker]

Anything for the initial foray with lady stardust in getting blood distributed?

[Bennosuke]

Anything for the initial foray with lady stardust in getting blood distributed?

Absolutely. Good catch. I did not give you a beat for this before. One more beat for Anna, adding it to your character box now.

Will give you and Dai a chance to spend XP, change aspirations, but will plan to post the new IC scene soon if you guys are running too slow.

Fair warning, I am going to get crushed at work tomorrow.

[Thundercracker]

Obfuscate is 3 right? Anna will get that.

[Haval]

I should add a Perception roll to the IC post

Wits 3 + Composure 3 + Acute Senses 1
[rollv]7d10[/rollv]
Any 10s
[rollv]7d10[/rollv]

[Haval]

(7d10)[7][6][6][9][10][9][7](54)
10s
(7d10)[8][6][1][1][7][4][4](31)

[Bennosuke]

Obfuscate is 3 right? Anna will get that.

Apologies for the delay. Obfuscate is a clan discipline for Anna so yes it is 3XP. Would you like to purchase?

[Thundercracker]

Apologies for the delay. Obfuscate is a clan discipline for Anna so yes it is 3XP. Would you like to purchase?

Yes, after this it’s going to be all in on the blood farming stuff.

[Daishain]

okay, tabling XP for now, and keeping aspirations. Yes, Karl is aiming high.

[Bennosuke]

Okay, Anna's 3xp are spent. I am docking one BP for each character to wake up the next night. I am going to start the next scene, but will run the end of Rachel's last scene simultaneously with the new one.

Again, thank you everyone for your patience.

[Bennosuke]

To keep things moving will give Anna a 2d10 bonus and just roll it here (2d10)[6][7](13)

Opposed (4d10)[6][8][9][1](24)

[Haval]

Does Rachel know what Oleander is talking about?
Int 3 + Occult 2
(5d10)[7][10][1][2][1](21)
Any 10s
(5d10)[2][6][1][1][2](12)

[Bennosuke]

Rachel is aware of the Kindred superstition about the world outside of the city. Kindred were tied to urban environments where their food supply was and there was plenty of protection from the sun; though perhaps some Kindred had a little more freedom in this. Rachel had always assumed that all the folk lore of strange antagonistic creatures and disappearing Kindred had come from this anxiety, the fear of being away from the comforts of the city.

But Rachel had also heard of strange places of mystic energy. She knew that the Ordo Dracul hunted for lay lines of power, haunted houses and the like, and believed that they could tap into such locations.

But Rachel had no idea what the Duchesse was specifically referring to.

[Thundercracker]

Anna is telling the truth, she doesn’t trust the auspex since it falsely flagged Gorman as Estella’s killer, and she wants more evidence before drawing any conclusions. For that will use presence, and going to add willpower for this one: (4d10)[9][10][4][7](30)
10 again: (4d10)[3][1][1][5](10)

[Bennosuke]

Anna's roll succeeds, but not to get too nitpicky, I would suggest it is likely still a lie. The two were contacted by Park about the missing Nosferatu Snake, whom Park believed was diablerized and has at the very least gone missing. Karl's vision confirmed that Snake had been diablerized, and that the ashes belonged to Snake. Even if Anna does not trust Karl's Auspex, the statement:

I don't know of anyone who has gone missing in San Francisco since Gorman

... would arguably be a lie.

But, two successes

EDIT: Anna is down to 4/6 WP

[Thundercracker]

Anna's roll succeeds, but not to get too nitpicky, I would suggest it is likely still a lie. The two were contacted by Park about the missing Nosferatu Snake, whom Park believed was diablerized and has at the very least gone missing. Karl's vision confirmed that Snake had been diablerized, and that the ashes belonged to Snake. Even if Anna does not trust Karl's Auspex, the statement:



... would arguably be a lie.

But, two successes

EDIT: Anna is down to 4/6 WP

It’s not if the player completely forgot about all that :p

[Bennosuke]

Lol. Well, since Anna would still know that, it's a good thing she passed her roll

[Thundercracker]

composure + empathy: (4d10)[7][3][1][2](13)
10 again: (4d10)[5][3][6][1](15)

Edit: Just going to take the L on this one.

[Haval]

Messed up the code
(7d10)[6][5][1][5][2][5][4](28)

[Thundercracker]

Wits + composure : (6d10)[2][5][5][1][1][10](24)
10 again: (6d10)[9][5][7][2][4][7](34)

[Bennosuke]

Going to wait for Karl/Daishain's roll here.

[Daishain]

wits+composure (5d10)[8][9][8][9][9](43)
ten again (5d10)[8][9][8][9][9](43)

Um, okay then, Karl is like the all seeing eye right now apparently.

[Bennosuke]

Initiative Order
Murat 10
Zach 8

[Haval]

Initiative is 1d10 + Dex + Composure isn't it? I can't find that anywhere in the vampire book.

Dex 2 + Composure 3
(1d10)[6]

[Thundercracker]

Initiative: (1d10+6)[2](2)

That’s odd. Looks like 8.

[Bennosuke]

@Haval: Correct.

Initiative Order
Rachel 11
Murat 10
Anna 8
Zach 8

Okay, going to wait for Karl's roll then will star the surprise round.

[Bennosuke]

Well Daishain had a **** hot roll.

Initiative Order
Karl 15
Rachel 11
Murat 10
Anna 8
Zach 8

Now... drawing a weapon is an Instant action unless you have the right merit, which means Karl can't draw and fire in one round. However, that attack roll was solid and unless you want to drop it and reroll next round I'll let you keep the successes for a total of 6 damage. Also reminding myself to subtract Karl's WP if you use that roll.

Zach's roll (not impressive) (1d10)[7](7)
Murat's roll after defense (1d10)[2](2)