The Day of Thunder

Your step-father is very glad you lived up to your Destiny and did not die in the process. Aww, thank you! I really appreciated talking with you about Jin and Otaku! It helped me get my bearings with a couple of things. In some ways it was weird/interesting to be playing a version of Otaku who beca...

Doji Hikaru wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:07 am

Who's Otaku, and where is Tsubame's Q&A?

Questions for Tsubame will be handled by his personal assistant, as he finds typing burdensome.

Name: Otaku School/Rank: Otaku[Utaku] Battle Maiden 3 Insight: 180 XP: 165 Status: 7.0 Honor: 7.5 Glory: 6.5 Rings (160 insight/130 xp) Earth 3 -Stamina 3 (Family) -Willpower 3 (12xp) Water 3 -Strength 3 (12xp) -Perception 3 (12xp) Fire 3 -Agility 4 (28xp) -Intelligence 3 (12xp) Air 3 -Reflexes 3 (...

I'm pretty beat (yay end of the semester and covid fatigue and...) but I guess I'm up for specific questions about the character. (Maybe not generic form questions, idk :? ) Please don't feel like you just have to make up questions just to be nice, I wasn't that active unfortunately so I won't be of...

Otaku is tidy but bruised and exhausted-looking. Somebody in the past day must have found her a walking stick, which she leans on to keep some weight off her wrenched knee. This hampers her somewhat in bowing, but the degree and reverence of the gesture are still no less than they should be. “My Emp...

"Kyah!" Otaku's head is clear again, and she's not going to let Matsu put her body on the line in vain. She kicks Tsubame around and charges back into the fray. On command, Tsubame rears up to on his hind legs and Otaku uses his height and weight to good effect, sword and hoof both biting into the D...

Wu Zhe wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:05 am

Will Do when I can roll

Actually, thinking about it, this may be the ONLY round Wu has a chance of hitting and doing some damage (since he is grappled, ATN 5). I'll suck up my WPs for another round if you can double attack him.

Wu Zhe wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:26 am

Who do I heal now?

If you can hit me with it before I attack it might amount to a couple extra safe damage dice from Raises I can call.

Otherwise not sure. Matsu's about to run out of Force of Will but she'll still be out of commission even if healed, I think?

Wu Zhe wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 19, 2023 6:28 pm

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Also, it's too late for it this round, but since the PCs all go in a block it would make infinitely more sense for Wu to start acting at the top of the PC initiative to lower someone's wound penalties before they act instead of waiting till the last slot.

Otaku scarcely has time to register Kenji's fate as the dark creature's blow knocks her from her seat, one knee twisting painfully when she's wrenched out of the stirrups. Vision blurring temporarily from the blow, she scrambles for a grip on the saddle straps and it takes all her concentration to h...

I guess I'm at +7 now, too, so my hits are going to be more iffy.

Doji Hikaru wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:42 pm

Hiruma Naraku wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 17, 2023 5:28 pm

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Ryoshun Nao wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:17 pm

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If I might make a suggestion for next round, Naraku could rez Kenji, and Nao could Force of Will him.

This makes considerable sense. Kenji's our biggest hitter.

Genji is probably the best target for Wu's next heal.

As the fight coalesces around the dark knot of corruption that used to be Shinsei, Otaku sighs inwardly. She shifts her weight forward in the saddle and her fingers curl tenderly for a moment in Tsubame's mane. It's not fair, really. All the people now present knew the costs and chose to stake their...

Canary wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:10 am

Hisomu Reo wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:01 am

For after games, would marriage be a minor goal or a freebie?

Freebie. I made it a freebie in previous games, I believe, so I won't make peeps pay for it now.

Not to be that person, but… marriage did actually cost goal points in games 2 and 3.

Rereading Lucid Dreaming... As written, it could be interpreted as only affecting the ring itself and ring related values (like Spellcasting, or Wounds if Earth is chosen), similar to how Chosen by the Oracles doesn't impact traits. People have been using it as a walking +1k1 as far as mechanics ar...

I think we might have downed a second effigy (between me and Genji) which may affect ATNs further.

Ai, now that we know the Champion hits multiple people per round and he's probably going to take us quite a while to wear down, getting your Blessing started seems like a REALLY good idea.

Otaku sees a flurry of shadowy motion that sends three of her compatriots tumbling, but she can also see that in the melee at least one of the grotesque effigies seems to have collapsed under Ai and Kenji's blows. She knees Tsubame back toward the knot of bodies for another slashing sortie on the ef...

I rolled my attacks rather than wait till morning since I intend to probably be out of range of Matsu's sweet buff anyway. :? TN 30 on the effigies is a stretch for my noble steed's attack pool, so he's mostly going to help with movement shenanigans (and letting me do SAA :oops: ). I figure if we sp...

Otaku blocks the Champion's staff with an armored forearm, but the uncannily whipping thing knocks her bracer against her helmet hard enough to raise a bruise on her forehead. Whatever they're facing, it's clearly not going to be at all like fighting the unarmed, mortal monk who'd once owned this bo...

Also to keep things running somewhat smoothly with so many PCs you all can take your turn at any point during the round after the baddies have gone. This way people can post as they are available. I guess I'll flag this question here too since I don't know if it's more a Tyrus call or a Canary call...