GM Questions

[Usagi Kaigen]

So if we wash out of Kuni chat time (because I rolled four frickin' successes on 2 kept dice for Kuni Torquemada <_<), where is our character allowed to be in the Session 5 board after the event? It says we're not let into the Wall, so...

[Fukurokujin]

So if we wash out of Kuni chat time (because I rolled four frickin' successes on 2 kept dice for Kuni Torquemada <_<), where is our character allowed to be in the Session 5 board after the event? It says we're not let into the Wall, so...

EDITED: Sai has a good plan.

[Saibankan]

So if we wash out of Kuni chat time (because I rolled four frickin' successes on 2 kept dice for Kuni Torquemada <_<), where is our character allowed to be in the Session 5 board after the event? It says we're not let into the Wall, so...

Hold a moment please.

[Isawa Mari]

Given the average Kuni's temperament, could I spend Void to leverage Bluntness, turning it from an Adversity into a Distinction?

[Usagi Kaigen]

Given the average Kuni's temperament, could I spend Void to leverage Bluntness, turning it from an Adversity into a Distinction?

God knows it would have made MY life easier

[Saibankan]

Given the average Kuni's temperament, could I spend Void to leverage Bluntness, turning it from an Adversity into a Distinction?

Yep

[Kasuga Yoshi]

Does Fortress of Necessity do anything at any of the stages of battle?

[Fukurokujin]

Does Fortress of Necessity do anything at any of the stages of battle?

Yes.

To expand:

• Stage 1- Fortress of Necessity may be used instead of the first option. Opportunity spends apply as normal, although it may behoove you to be wary of making the terrain--which is, after all, in the Shadowlands--more dangerous. Remember, the kansen do not play fair.
• Stage 2- Not so much.
• Stage 3- Fortress of Necessity may be used instead of the first option. Opportunity spends apply as normal, although it may behoove you to be wary of making the terrain--which is, after all, in the Shadowlands--more dangerous. Remember, the kansen do not play fair. Note, too, that while Fortress of Necessity may prevent attrition, it does prevent you from inflicting it on the enemy.
• Stage 4- Not so much.

[Kasuga Yoshi]

Ok so it would fulfill the "reduce attrition" part of those events?

Alas I think its TN and locking you into Earth makes it worse for Yoshi than the Tactics

[Daidoji Nobu]

In the first, the PC will work to prevent the enemy force from taking the Legion’s fortified position, interfering with an incoming attack that, if left unchecked, will inflict 5 Attrition on the Legion (with all outside factors already included). The player will roll a TN 2 Tactics check; success reduces the Attrition the Legion would suffer by 1 plus 1 for every 2 bonus successes. Reducing the Attrition to 3 or less earns 1 Momentum; reducing it to zero or less earns an extra 1 Momentum.

1. I'm wondering if this action represents leading other soldiers (perhaps triggering Whispers of Failure) or personal action to block the attack (perhaps triggering Bishamon's Blessing)?

2. Does Softheartedness apply to this check? (Leaning towards no since it doesn't attack anyone)

3. And, more generally for later rolls, does Softheartedness trigger when fighting nonhuman Shadowlands opponents?

[Saibankan]

In the first, the PC will work to prevent the enemy force from taking the Legion’s fortified position, interfering with an incoming attack that, if left unchecked, will inflict 5 Attrition on the Legion (with all outside factors already included). The player will roll a TN 2 Tactics check; success reduces the Attrition the Legion would suffer by 1 plus 1 for every 2 bonus successes. Reducing the Attrition to 3 or less earns 1 Momentum; reducing it to zero or less earns an extra 1 Momentum.

1. I'm wondering if this action represents leading other soldiers (perhaps triggering Whispers of Failure) or personal action to block the attack (perhaps triggering Bishamon's Blessing)?

2. Does Softheartedness apply to this check? (Leaning towards no since it doesn't attack anyone)

3. And, more generally for later rolls, does Softheartedness trigger when fighting nonhuman Shadowlands opponents?

1. Your choice. If you write a post about leading others to block, then whispers of failure applies. If you wanna body block the horde personally, it's bishamon's.

2. It does not apply.

3. Also does not apply.

[Fukurokujin]

Ok so it would fulfill the "reduce attrition" part of those events?

Yes.

[Agasha Daikumo]

My character has a journal. Can I burn a few pages from it as an offering for fires from within to get the offering bonus?

[Saibankan]

My character has a journal. Can I burn a few pages from it as an offering for fires from within to get the offering bonus?

Sure!

[Fukurokujin]

My character has a journal. Can I burn a few pages from it as an offering for fires from within to get the offering bonus?

Yes.

But your post needs to note which pages.

[Kasuga Yoshi]

For the phase three Tactics check, is the pool the same no matter what? If I spend a VP and use opportunity to decrease the difficulty, do those same changes apply to the enemy counterattack?

[Fukurokujin]

For the phase three Tactics check, is the pool the same no matter what? If I spend a VP and use opportunity to decrease the difficulty, do those same changes apply to the enemy counterattack?

They do not, no.

[Kasuga Yoshi]

For the phase three Tactics check, is the pool the same no matter what? If I spend a VP and use opportunity to decrease the difficulty, do those same changes apply to the enemy counterattack?

They do not, no.

OK. So it would be the same flat check without modifiers?

[Fukurokujin]

For the phase three Tactics check, is the pool the same no matter what? If I spend a VP and use opportunity to decrease the difficulty, do those same changes apply to the enemy counterattack?

They do not, no.

OK. So it would be the same flat check without modifiers?

Yeah, the enemy rolls your Ring and Skill as if it were their own, but they don't have your good sense or good looks.

[Kitsuki Edogawa]

Would there be any way to attempt Slippery Maneuvers to help secure an advantageous position in Stage Two?