OOC THREAD

[tomcat]

Not a worry from me.

Take all the time you need.

[GandalfOfBorg]

I will be on vacation 2/21-3/4 to Puerto Rico, will try to keep tabs on things.

[Eclecticon]

I would like to call in the use of Fierce Distinctive Feature... what was the effect of this? I don't remember

Matt, Distinctive Features can give you an automatic basic success (Arbogast used to do this all the time when we were traipsing through Mirkwood), allow a roll where you wouldn't ordinarily get one (as Hathcyn has had a couple of times with his Swiftness) or be tagged for a second or third AP.  Unless you can put a special case forward to me, they won't ordinarily give you a bonus to rolls.  That said, I can't remember how they work in 2E.  If someone knows, let's hear it - maybe we can adopt the new rule in favour of the old (which is a bit clunky, I'll be the first to admit). 

[tomcat]

I think we should leave it as is for our game, as it would bring other challenges to this game based on how 2ed works.

A distinctive feature in 2ed allows a player to gain 2d6 on a Hope point instead of the standard 1d6 to add to their roll.

And the above does not fit in well for 1ed, as Hope is a fixed number.

And also let me say WOW about the fact that I did not remember how traits work in 1ed! I am losing touch with these mechanics due to us playing 2ed on Roll20.

[Telcontar]

Did we have a thread somewhere that consolidated all the combat actions and special moves or whatever? 

[tomcat]

There is a hyperlink in each combat header thread under the stances.

[Eclecticon]

Wow, we've really let this go too long. 

[GandalfOfBorg]

I would like to call in the use of Fierce Distinctive Feature... what was the effect of this? I don't remember

Matt, Distinctive Features can give you an automatic basic success (Arbogast used to do this all the time when we were traipsing through Mirkwood), allow a roll where you wouldn't ordinarily get one (as Hathcyn has had a couple of times with his Swiftness) or be tagged for a second or third AP.  Unless you can put a special case forward to me, they won't ordinarily give you a bonus to rolls.  That said, I can't remember how they work in 2E.  If someone knows, let's hear it - maybe we can adopt the new rule in favour of the old (which is a bit clunky, I'll be the first to admit). 

then I would go with, can I get 1 success with using the DS instead of the roll for the combat action? 

[Eclecticon]

My sincere apologies for the lack of movement on my part recently - the last week and a bit have been full on, but things will hopefully revert to the mean and normal service can resume. 

[Telcontar]

Happy Easter to all those of the Western Christianity persuasion.

[Eclecticon]

And to those of us who just enjoy buns and chocolate.  We've celebrated our annual tradition of eating hot cross buns with our underpants on our head. 

[Eclecticon]

I've just realised that, since the conclusion of the opening thread on the 7th of March, I haven't been keeping track of accumulated AP.  I'll go through and make sure everything is properly updated when I can, but I also wouldn't object to anyone who wanted to do it instead.   

[Telcontar]

I dont understand this wizardry

[Eclecticon]

Okay, I promise you that there's a story post coming later today (my time, obviously) - work continues its recent batshit schedule, so I can't say exactly when.  In the meantime, I commend to you Bret Deveraux' work analysing the LotR movies from the perspective of a serious military historian.  This essay, for example, is a little bit topical. 

[Eclecticon]

I'm just doing a quick straw poll - who's still watching the forum?