Deploy Event (LA-EE)

[Fukurokujin]

Deploy Event: Oh, My Kami!

Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pov-AZdt9MY


Having arrived on station, the Legion must now deploy itself to best effect. The veteran Crab manning the Wall are happy to have the relief, although no few of them look askance at the koma in their midst, knowing that many of them will not survive what is coming.

This Event consists of three parts, which must be attempted in order; each PC may make a TOTAL number of rolls in the Event equal to their Focus + 1. Any part of the Event not attempted is considered to be failed, with the listed consequences.

During this event, Opportunities may only be spent as follows:

• Gain one Information Tidbit per 2 Opportunities spent for that purpose, rolling 2d20 to determine what Tidbit is revealed.
• Remove 1 Strife per Opportunity spent to that effect (2 if Water)
• Remove 1 Fatigue per Opportunity spent to that effect (2 if Earth)

Note that, if fewer than 5 PCs attempt the event, the Legion will suffer failure penalties as if five PCs attempt and fail.

Kuni Assessment
The Kuni are…anxious about the spiritual security of the forces defending the Wall. They insist on assessing whether or not untoward influences are at work upon those who will fight against the One Enemy through the touch of jade and light refracted through crystal. Any PC with a Shadowlands Taint Disadvantage is immediately recognized as such and will be investigated thoroughly or executed as appropriate to their behavior with the Kuni.

Those who pass the initial assessment are questioned…intensely. Keeping composure while maintaining appropriate boundaries is key; emotional outbursts will not help, nor will suffering being pushed around. Make a contested roll of your Element / Courtesy against the Kuni’s 3 Skill, 2 Ring (roll for both yourself and the Kuni, please) as the Kuni effectively interrogates you; this counts as a Social Skill roll for purposes of Advantages, Disadvantages, Techniques, and School Abilities. Success (that is, meeting the TN set by the Kuni's roll) affords you one additional success to be applied to either of the next two rolls in the Event, plus 1 for every two bonus successes (these may be apportioned as the player desires). (It may be used to help you meet the TN on the future roll. Make your roll, add however many additional successes you've earned from this stage.)

Failure imposes an amount of Strife upon you equal to the amount by which you failed the roll, in addition to any Strife suffered from making the roll (i.e., if you roll 2 Sux / 0 Opps / 3 Strife to the Kuni’s 4/0/3, you suffer a total of 5 Strife [3 from your roll and 2 for the shortfall]). The Kuni will not allow any to proceed further into the Wall and its accommodations who do not pass their interrogation; failures at this stage must be reattempted, and those who become Compromised may find themselves subject to additional investigation. After all, an upright person would not be angered by appropriate caution in dangerous circumstances…

Any Strife and/or Fatigue incurred carries over into subsequent portions of this Event.

Advantages/Disadvantages applied to this step: Dead Eyes, Subtle Observer, Famously Reliable, Seasoned, Indomitable Will, Bluntness, Whispers of Failure, Gaijin Name, Stained Lineage, Whispers of Doom, Ferocity, Delusions of Grandeur, Irrepressible Flirtation, Belligerant, Conspiracy, Meekness

Get Briefed
Once admitted into the Wall and its support, the Legionnaires must be advised as to what they face so they can make an earnest attempt at facing what will come. Roll Culture, Theology, or Skulduggery, any approach, TN 4, to master the relevant information. Success adds your Focus to the Legion’s Strength, plus 1 for every 2 bonus successes; failure reduces the Legion’s Strength by an amount equal to your Status Rank, as your lack of knowledge influences those who must obey you. Fortunately, this roll may be re-attempted, provided the PC has more rolls available.

Advantages/Disadvantages applied to this step: Cognitive Lapses, Fukurokujin's Blessing, Haunted, Secrets, Harmony, Curiousity, Superstition

Get Settled
After being briefed, there is some small time to integrate with the Crab forces who do this every day. Roll Games, Performance, or Labor, any approach, TN 3, to make some demonstration that pleases lookers-on. Success adds your Vigilance to the Legion’s Discipline, plus 1 for every 2 bonus successes; failure reduces the Legion’s Discipline by an amount equal to your Glory Rank, as your lack of knowledge influences those who look up to you.

Sleep tight.

Advantages/Disadvantages applied to this step: Famously Lucky, Fabulously Wealthy, Talented Herbalist, Dashing Scar, Dangerous Allure, Daredevil, Benten's Curse, Whispers of Cruelty, Scorn of the Mantis, Scorn of the Utaku, Ebisu's Curse, Maimed Visage, Sworn Enemy (Ganbatar), Provacation, Sake, Generousity, Bathing, Stories, Travel, Animal Bond, Playfulness, Armament, Fortune Telling, Honest Work, Perfectionist, Eyes of Many

[Fukurokujin]

As usual, your contributions to Strength / Discipline add to Metagame totals. Please note them in your PFs.

[Fukurokujin]

Remember, too, that Ranks of Status and Glory are 10 points. Have Status 55? You've got 5 Ranks.

[Fukurokujin]

If you looked at the event earlier, check it again; I've updated for what I hope is clarity, based on some GM Questions posts.

The substance has not changed, however.

[Kasuga Yoshi]

Yoshi is in a good mood when he enters. "Hello Kuni-san, are we ready to go?" The Kuni's eyes narrow as he begins the interrogation of the flippant Tortoise. He keeps at it for a while, having a difficult time believing that someone so full of himself ISN'T somehow a gateway through for the Shadowlands. And yet, Yoshi continues to hold up in good cheer.

There is a great deal of skepticism but Yoshi has become quite practiced about the army's capacity and resources from the past months and the information is actually useful.
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Kuni Interrogation LAD7 - Deploy Event - Kuni Interrogation - Kuni Interrogation | TN: ? | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1

TN at 2

LAD7 - Deploy Event - Kuni Interrogation - KuniInterrogation Yoshi Reply VP spent Delusions of Grandeur activates - Water/Courtesy | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3
Pass, Water Opportunity spent on reducing 2 strife
Composure 4/10

Deployment Debriefing: Pass
Composure 4/10
+4 Strength to Legion

Settling in: Pass with 1 Opportunity, 2 Strife
Opportunity to negate Strife
+3 Discipline to Legion

[Doji Hametsu]

Hametsu presented himself for inspection wearing his Kaiu-made armor--if Katsushiro wished to place Hametsu under his protection, then Hametsu would use the favor to its fullest, even pulling out the jade statuette of Shiro Kaiu and showing its unblemished purity to the Kuni. He stood at attention, eyes impassive, and responded to each question with the short, clipped replies of a born soldier. In truth, it was not so different from the mind games his mother was wont to play. Stunned by the Doji's unflappability and impressed by the visual confirmation of reports of his iron commitment to discipline, the Kuni found himself sharing some of the local gossip with the stoic Crane, trying to get Hametsu to like him. Shocked by his own susceptibility to the Crane's weird magnetism, he hurriedly stamped Hametsu's forms and sent him on to the briefing session.

There, Hametsu demonstrated his customary attention to detail. No horror story was too grotesque for Hametsu not to pull something of note from it. He compiled his own supplementary briefing "for Legion records," and was even able to notice a key element of one story that his Hiruma lecturer had not realized was important.

Hametsu, perhaps predictably, had a much harder time with the rank and file. Cajoled by some legionnaires and Hida into an impromptu draw-lot play, Hametsu found himself awkwardly stiff--a true wet blanket. And when he tried to adjust for this, he found that his improvised speech on his character's victory over the bandits wildly overcompensated for his discomfort and, while it did not faze the Hida much, certainly sent a chill down the spines of several legionnaires. It wasn't so much the gruesomeness, or even the precision in the detail, but rather the eerie flatness with which Hametsu delivered it--like it was all purely normal to see severed heads rolling along the ground or to wade through slurries of blood and water in a swamp, or even the precise nature of the squelch as an arrow pierces unprotected flesh, all of it much to be expected. The grim prospect rather soured the whole experience.


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Mechanical Material

D6 Event, Stage 1: Stop! Kuni Time. Famously Reliable applies. Courtesy/Earth Void spent. Speaking in Silence applies. | TN: ? | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1


Doji Hametsu's Kuni Pal Interro-roll | TN: 3 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1


Hametsu passes with no bonus successes. . Success factors: +1 success to be applied on the next roll.
1 opportunity to negate strife, 2 opportunities for an information tidbit. 1 opportunity to remove 2 strife from the next character to attempt.

D6 Stage 2: Get Briefed. Passion: Harmony applies. Using Culture/Water. Spending Void. Spending Kuni bonus to add additional success | TN: 4 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2+1 Kuni success= Pass!!!!! Holy Cow!

Success condition: +5 to Legion Strength.
Harmony negates Strife. Spending Water opportunity to spot a unique or identifying quality, aspect, or ability of a Shadowlands creature.

Get Settled
Games/Water. Whispers of Cruelty and Perfectionism triggered. Fresh out of Void until I fail this roll. | TN: 3 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2

Using opportunity to reduce strife. +3 strife from Perfectionism.
It does not, I think, make mechanical sense to try again. When I fail I cost the legion 4 discipline (as I just did). If I succeed (unlikely), I gain the legion 3.


Total Results
1 information tidbit Information tidbit | 2d20 ⇒ 7
+5 Legion Strength
1 unique or identifying quality, aspect, or ability of a Shadowlands creature.
-4 Legion Discipline.
+3 Strife.

[Kitsuki Edogawa]

Edogawa had spent much of his youth being interrogated by his teachers and fellow students. That's a part of how an investigator learns the proper techniques. The Kuni were pretty good. Fortunately, the Kitsuki had nothing to hide. He might be cursed, be the Crab didn't seem overly bothered by someone who had seen a lot of death.

They were, however, unimpressed by his skill with dice.


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Focus: 4 (5 rolls available)

Deploy Event (LA-EE), Kuni Assessment, Kuni Roll | TN: ? | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1
TN for next Roll: 2

Deploy Event (LA-EE), Kuni Assessment, Courtesy (Water), Seize the Moment, Subtle Observer, Whispers of Doom | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 2
Success: May apply 1 Success to one of the next rolls
Opportunity: Remove 3 Strife

Deploy Event (LA-EE), Get Briefed, Culture (Water), Fukurokujin's Blessing, Curiosity
| TN: 4 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 2
Fail: Will Reroll
Strife: 2

Deploy Event (LA-EE), Get Briefed, Culture (Water), Fukurokujin's Blessing, Curiosity, First Reroll
| TN: 4 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1
Fail: Will Reroll
Opportunity: Remove 2 Strife
Strife: 1

Deploy Event (LA-EE), Get Briefed, Culture (Water), Fukurokujin's Blessing, Curiosity, Second Reroll | TN: 4 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 0
Success (3+Kuni Assessment Success): +4 Legion Strength

Deploy Event (LA-EE), Get Settled, Water (Games), Seize the Moment | TN: 3 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 2
Fail: -5 Legion Discipline
Opportunity: Remove 3 Strife

Final Total
+4 Legion Strength
-5 Legion Discipline

[Daidoji Nobu]

Upon arriving, Daidoji Nobu submitted placidly to the tests of jade and crystal without any ill effect, then was sent to an interrogation cell where an elderly, beak-nosed Kuni inquisitor questioned him sharply. Most of these questions were deceptively simple, but a few were sharply worded indeed.

“I understand that on the journey here, you spoke in favor of sparing the life of…. a Shadowlands madman,” the Kuni said accusingly, glaring at the big Daidoji with piercing eyes.

“As I recall, I spoke in favor of a superior officer of the Imperial Legion,” Nobu said carefully. His face remained impassive, except for a glint in his eye that hinted at some inner turmoil. But despite the Kuni’s harsh questioning, they could find nothing wrong with the big Daidoji’s words or manners, and soon enough they grudgingly stamped their approval on Nobu’s Wall pass and turned him loose.

* * *

Nobu dutifully reported to the initial briefing and listened attentively. The Hiruma scout giving the briefing began to describe increasingly ridiculous sounding enemies and situations: black grass that cut like daggers? Childlike animals with fur and fangs that hunted in packs? Three-eyed oni that could kill you by belching? There was uncomfortable laughter among the new arrivals at the description of the most outlandish monsters, much to the Hiruma’s annoyance; but Nobu just sat there and took it in, trying to remember every word. This knowledge could mean life or death! he thought.

* * *

Finally, dismissed from the briefing, the big Daidoji ventured down to the kitchens. Akodo wrote An army travels on its stomach, a maxim that Nobu, a man of large appetite, certainly believed.

There was an awkward moment as Nobu entered the kitchens only to discover the cook and his assistant manufacturing shochu with a primitive still.

“Oh, excuse me,” Nobu said, as the cook’s assistant casually moved in front of the still to block the Daidoji’s view.

“May we help you, Daidoji-sama?” the cook said politely, as everyone awkwardly tried to pretend not to look at the (probably contraband) pot still. Would the newcomer report them? It was hard to say.

“I was just thinking…” Nobu said cautiously. “I imagine your still would work better if you applied a little more heat. It would give you a better mixture of water and alcohol in the end result.”

The cook and his assistant began to smile and soon the three of them were talking about the fine points of shochu distillation. Making friends with the cook was working out better than Nobu had hoped!


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Kuni assessment
Kuni Assessment, attempt 1, Kuni Douchebag interrogates suspicious Daidoji | TN: 1 | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3

Kuni Assessment, attempt 1, Daidoji Nobu resists interrogation Water/Courtesy TN4, Whispers of Failure | TN: 4 | Success: 6 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 5
succeeds with 2 bonus successes
1 water opportunity to negate 2 strife; total strife 3. +2 successes to a later roll.

Get Briefed
7LA Get Briefed (1st attempt) Water/Culture TN4 +Seize the Moment | TN: 4 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 2

Use +2 successes from previous roll to reach 4 successes and pass this roll. Unit Strength +4.
1 water opportunity to negate 2 strife, total strife 3.
2 opportunities for an information tidbit

Get Settled
7LA Get Settled (1st attempt, 3rd roll of 5) Water/Labor TN3 +Seize the Moment +Sake Passion | TN: 3 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 5 / Strife: 4

Fails, Unit Discipline -4.
1 water opportunity to negate 2 strife, regain 3 strife from passion, total strife 2.
4 opportunities for 2 information tidbits

7LA Get Settled (2nd attempt, 4th roll of 5) Water/Labor TN3 +Passion:Sake | TN: 3 | Success: 5 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3

Succeeds with 2 bonus successes, Unit Discipline +4.
1 water opportunity to negate 2 strife, regain 3 strife from passion, total strife 0.

7LA Get Settled (3rd attempt, 5th roll of 5) Water/Labor TN3 +Passion:Sake | TN: 3 | Success: 6 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 5

Succeeds with 3 bonus successes, Unit Discipline +4.
1 water opportunity to negate 2 strife, regain 3 strife from passion, total strife 0.


Grand Total:
Unit Strength +4
Unit Discipline +4
3 Information Tidbits:
7LA Info tidbit 1 of 3 | 2d20 ⇒ 30
7LA Info tidbit 2 of 3 | 2d20 ⇒ 13
7LA Info tidbit 3 of 3 | 2d20 ⇒ 16

[Agasha Daikumo]

Daikumo enters the small intimidating room with the Kuni interrogator and notices the glare he's being given. He stands there without reacting as the Kuni places a finger of jade against his forehead, and not very gently. He doesn't react and can somewhat sense a kindred spirit. Perhaps this was the luck he was told he was going to receive from the festival? "Be a little rougher would you? I don't think I felt that hard enough," Daikumo says to his Kuni counterpart, who actually goes ahead and does that, pushing the jade hard into his forehead. Daikumo glares back. "Satisfied?" He gets a gruff grunt in return. He feels his heart flutter a bit. Is he finally home? Among people that don't mince words?

Then the Kuni begins their interrogation, asking all manner of questions about his mindset, his intentions, his past, his involvement in the Legion, and even asked about the fight with Shippai. Daikumo doesn't hold back or beat around the bush. He doesn't worry about propriety or use coded language. He just speaks his mind and gets right to the point. And his answers to the Kuni sound like they were coming from a fellow Kuni. From a man that had never been to Crab lands. The Kuni wonders... is this Agasha coming home?

As they exit the interrogation room after a while, Daikumo and the man are actually joking and laughing about something. Anyone that knows anything about either of them would be confused as to what happened in that room, but they seem to have found fast friends in each other. The Kuni pats Daikumo on the back and looks out to other evaluators, giving a nod of enthusiastic approval.

Daikumo joins some of the other shugenja for a briefing on the threats they'll face. The support of the Kuni goes a long way towards ensuring that the person giving the briefing doesn't mind Daikumo asking extra questions and getting additional clarifications. Rather than just dismissing his questions and moving on, they take the time to explain a few details to him that he's not familiar with which will help the legion a great deal. He understands most of it, but getting that last little bit of help for the newly promoted Agasha surprisingly does a lot to help shore up the Legion's position.

When it comes time to get settled in, Daikumo finds that his Kuni pal is more than happy to assist and give him a tour of the fortifications to help him acclimate. Daikumo begins moving some of the supplies from the fourth Kaisha next to the forges and integrating them so that they can do their job well. The Kuni helps out by giving orders to local peasants to provide support while the two of them discuss the more mundane equipment aspects of operations, as well as purification rites and how they're handled in the forge here. It doesn't take very long. Somehow, against all odds, one of the less personable legionnaires has found a friendly compatriot in one of the Kuni and found a way to bridge the gap, strengthening the Legion's position at the castle within hours. It's probably a little dumbfounding to outside observers.

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Max Rolls: 6 (1 + 5 Focus)

D7 LA, Deploy Event, Kuni Assessment, Kuni Interrogation | TN: ? | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1


D7 LA, Deploy Event, Kuni Assessment, Bluntness offset by Great Luck, VP | TN: 3 | Success: 7 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 4


Success w/ 4 bonus, 1 opp to offset 1 strife, +3 strife
Three free successes to distribute to next rolls
Strife total: 3

D7 LA, Deploy Event, Get Briefed, VP | TN: 4 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 2


Using one of my 3 free successes from the Assessment
Success, 1 opp to reduce strife by 2, 1 opp to offset 1 strife, +1 strife
Strife total: 2
+5 Strength (Focus)

D7 LA, Deploy Event, Get Settled, Armament and Perfectionist cancel | TN: 3 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 0


Using 2 remaining free successes from the Assessment
Success, 1 opp to reduce strife by 2, 2 opps to gain a tidbit of information
Strife total: 0
+2 Discipline (Vigilance)

Total
+5 Strength
+2 Discipline
1 information tidbit D7 LA, Deploy Event, Tidbit | 2d20 ⇒ 19

[Usagi Kaigen]

The fact that he carried his own jade was noted (although of course the jade itself was tested). So that was good.

Then it was time for the questioning.

Oh boy.

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This is gonna SUCK! Kuni Interrogator Roll | TN: ? | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1


Welp, that's Kaigen out of the event 4 goddamn successes. He cannot throw more than three Ring dice at this, and has Bluntness, so two out of three possible successes will be re-rolled every time.

Roll 1 of 6-
Dreaming the impossible dream. Water-Courtesy, TN 4 | TN: 4 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 2

Failed by 4, plus two strife, total of six. Using one Water opp to soak two of them (since I think you can only do that once per roll), then two more opps to soak two more., total Strife gain of 2.

10/12 Composure.

Roll 2 of 6-

Dreaming the impossible dream roll 2. Water-Courtesy, TN 4 | TN: 4 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1


Failed by 4, plus 1 strife, net gain of 5. Water opping 2, then regular-opping 1, net gain of two strife.

8/12 Composure

Roll 3 of 6-

Dreaming the impossible dream roll 3. Seize the Moment, Yayyyyy. Water-Courtesy, TN 4 | TN: 4 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 4 / Strife: 2


Failed by 4, plus 2 Strife. Net gain of 6. Water-opping 2 away, 3 more opps to soak 3 more, total gain of 1 strife. Got the void point back for failed Adversity roll.

7/12 composure.

Roll 4 of 6-

Dreaming the impossible dream roll 4. Seize the Moment, Yayyyyy. Water-Courtesy, TN 4 | TN: 4 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 0


Failed by 4, net gain of 4 strife. Water-opping 2 away, then regular-opping another.

6/12 Composure.

Roll 5 of 6-

Dreaming the impossible dream roll 5. Seize the Moment, Yayyyyy. Water-Courtesy, TN 4 | TN: 4 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 3


Failed by 3, net gain of 6 strife. Water opp to remove 2, regular ops to remove 2 more, net gain of 2 strife.

4/12 Composure.

Roll 6 of 6-

Dreaming the impossible dream roll 6. Yayyyyy. Water-Courtesy, TN 4 | TN: 4 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 2


Failed by 4, net gain of 6 strife. Water opp to remove 2 strife, regular opps to remove 2 more, net gain of 2.

2/12 composure, fails out without becoming Compromised, and is locked out of most of the session locations .

EDIT: If the event lets us water-opp them all, he's less Strifed up but still washes out.

- 2 Strength
- 3 Discipline

[Utaku Mukai]

It was not the best day for Mukai. The overly inquisitive Kuni would not stop getting in her face though eventually relented when she presented the jade she had carried since before the journey even began.

Finding her assignment went well but attempts to assist around the wall were rebuffed, she would eventually learn, due to slanderous and scurrilous rumors spread by those of her so-called family.

Despite that Hachiko was always there to bring her calm and recenter herself and if they did not want her help, well, that was their failing not hers.

(Focus 5+1 (6 attempts total)

Kuni Assessment #1 (5 attempts remain)

Kuni
D7, LA - Kuni Assessment: Kuni roll 3/2 | TN: ? | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3


Mukai
D7, LA - Kuni Assessment: Mukai's Roll - Unskilled Courtesy/Earth, Void spent to Seize the Moment, Belligerent triggers | TN: 3 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 3


2 Opportunity spent to eat Strife, 1 Strife from roll +3 from Belligerent (4/12), VP gained for Belligerent

3 vs 2 - Fail and 1 additional Strife gained (5/12)

Kuni Assessment #2 (4 attempts remain)

Kuni
D7, LA - Kuni Assessment #2: Kuni roll 3/2 | TN: ? | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 0


LA - Kuni Assessment: Mukai's Roll - Unskilled Courtesy/Water | TN: ? | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3


1 Opportunity to eat 2 Strife, 1 Strife from roll +3 from Belligerent(9/12)

0 vs 4 - Success, 2 bonus successes to use towards next rolls

Get Briefed (3 attempts remain)

D7, LA - Get Briefed: Skullduggery/Water, Void to Seize the moment, will have two bonus successes from previous roll | TN: 4 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1


1 Opportunity to eat 2 Strife (8/12)

Success thanks to Bonus Successes, +5 to Legion Strength

Get Settled (2 attempts remain)

D7, LA - Get Settled: Unskilled Labor/Water, Scorn of the Utaku triggers, Animal Bond triggers, using school ability to reduce TN by 1 | TN: 2 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 2


2 Opportunity for Tidbit, 1 Opportunity to reduce Strife by 2, Animal Bond reduces Strife by 3, Gain one Void from Scorn (5/12)

Failed, -5 to Legion Discipline, Tidbit D7, LA: Tidbit | 2d20 ⇒ 16

Choosing to forgo further rolls as they'll almost certainly do more harm than good.

Final:

+5 Strength
-5 Discipline
Tidbit 16)

[Fukurokujin]

Recorded to this point.
Please let me know if you've got Tidbits coming that I haven't sent you.

[Hida Yoshiko]

So here she was at The Wall. She knew that they were going to try asses if they were corrupted but the Kuni that came took a look at Yoshiko and started to ask weird questions.
Kuni Kai: "How long has it been, Yoshiko chan?"
Yoshiko: "I think it has been like 5 years."
Kuni Kai: "Did you visit Kyuden Shika?"
Yoshiko: "I did." She scratched her head.
Kuni Kai: "Did the nakodo assigned you a husband?"
Yoshiko: "Um... no" now puzzled
Kuni Kai: "Would you like the our nakodo to assign you a husband?
Yoshiko eye squinted. "Kuni sama, are you trying to propose what I think you are proposing?"
Kuni Kai: "I am the one making questions here."
Yoshiko: "I see... thank you for your time Kuni sama I will come back some other time."

Yoshiko stood up and walked back to the camp outside the walls.
//rolls in PF
Failed Kuni Assessment

[Hida Masayuki]

After dropping off his equipment at the barracks, Masayuki goes to meet with the Kuni inspector at the appointed time. "Welcome, Hida-san," said Kuni Kana, with a slight bow.
"Hai. It is nice to see you after so many years, Kuni-sama," he returned.
"Yes, please be seated," she replies. Now, tell me about the episode with Mirumoto Shippai."
Masayuki, not a born storyteller, takes a moment to get started, then states the facts as he saw them. No embellishments.
Just as in their younger days, he senses Kana looking at him for any sign of emotion or concern. Some things never change.
Once the details have been shared and questions answered, Kana bows again and says, "Welcome back." Masayuki returns the bow, departs and smiles to himself.

Kuni's Roll | TN: ? | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1


From <https://sakkaku.org/r/14255> http://threads.fallenash.com/posting.ph ... &f=11&t=58#

Kuni Kana - TN2

Kuni Assessment | TN: 2 | Success: 5 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 5


From <https://sakkaku.org/r/14256>

Indomitable Will and Meekness
2 opportunities negate 2 strife
Net 3 strife (5/11)
+2 successes to apply to future rolls for this event (See Getting Briefed)

From here, Masayuki enters the wall and hears from those serving there. No surprise, they do their best to demonstrate all they suffer since that is all they know. He understands the threats because he has seen them before.

Getting Briefed | TN: 4 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2


From <https://sakkaku.org/r/14257>

+2 successes from Kuni Assessment = 4 successes
1 opportunity negates 1 strife
Net 1 strife 6/11
+ 2 to Legion Strength

While making his way back toward the barracks, Masayuki is met by a troop of Hiruma coming off duty. They challenge him to a friendly game of Kemari. He attempts to excuse himself, but they persist and say it will be all in fun. Masayuki, seeing they won't give up, agrees to join them.
Not really knowing how to play, he attempts to follow what his team recommends, which is not so easy in real time.
While his own team does their best to coach him, the other team hurls insults such as "Scarface" and "Who taught you how to play?" While this doesn't detract from his performance, it has no chance of improving it either. He knows he is the weak link on the team.

Getting Settled | TN: 3 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1


Maimed Visage, Sworn Enemy
1 success | 2 opportunities | 1 strife
2 opportunities to learn a tidbit: Roll 2D20 = 24
Net 1 strife (7/11)
+1 Void Point

-4 discipline to Legion

Hmm, what tidbit will Masayuki learn?

2 opportunities to learn a tidbit | 2d20 ⇒ 24
From <https://sakkaku.org/r/14259>

[Isawa Mari]

Mari'd expected the jade test, and is even thankful for the examination of her own slim bit of carved jade. The kami had claimed it pure, but their understanding of so many things was not quite as humans understood them, so it was reassuring to know it wasn't fake.

But the whole interrogation? That was... distressing. Far too much questioning about what she'd heard and how the night Shippei had succumbed to darkness. She has the impression that the Kuni *really* did not trust other shugenja to resist the temptations of the kansen, when they were so used to drawing on the kami...who would be sparse to non-existent past the Wall. But she's pretty wrung out and doesn't dare ask if anyone's seen her cousin. There was no way she'd have come down to the Wall, right? Still, her matter-of-factness and straight answers seemed to be exactly what the questioners wanted.

The briefing is expected, and Mari had believed herself prepared. She's seen all the ways human bodies can be horrible through injury and disease, but the Crab delighted in spelling out ways that were new to her in great detail. Even so...it wasn't until the long, and lurid, description of the many, many, many documented horrible creatures the Shadowlands contained that she began to break. Long-tongued nasties living in cobwebs and licking filth from the walls, kimono that could creep across the ground seeking prey to enwrap, animated trees, killer paintings...the list never seemed to end. Given that the final one had been discovered in the past week, Mari's hypothetical eventual children might need an entire day just to listen to that future list. But the thought of such unnatural creatures absolutely everywhere has her twisting ribbons into tight braids and backing away slowly...until the wall stopped her. But that doesn't keep folks from seeing her obvious distress at the whole topic.

Later, she has a few folks trying to see what she's doing as she takes the time to prepare a properly calming herbal tea. With an audience, she opts to offer explanations of each herb and explain the value of hunting for omens in one's morning tea...though she really only details the good omens. No sense having the barely-trained constantly spotting omens of death or disaster in such a stressful environment!

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Kuni Assessment:

Kuni Interogator: 3/1/2

https://sakkaku.org/r/14296

Success (+1 success for one of the later rolls)
1 opportunity to reduce 2 strife
+1 Strife

Strife: 1/10
Void: 1/2

Get Briefed

https://sakkaku.org/r/14297

Fail. -3 Discipline
2 Opportunities for a tidbit 33
Strife: +3 (Superstition) +2 (roll) = 5
Gain 1 Void for Anxiety

Strife: 6/10
Void: 1/2
Information bit: 33


Get Settled
https://sakkaku.org/r/14299

Success: +2 Discipline
2 opportunities for information: 21
3 Strife removed by Fortune-Telling

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Totals:

-1 Discipline
Strife: 6/10
Void: 0/2
Information bits: 33, 21

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