[7thsea] Bert says, "Log on."
Bert says, "(Test.)"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "Happy New Year!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Woo, 1669!"
[7thsea] Johann says, "haha"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Now I'm thinking of Weird Al"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Happy New Year to you too"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I had a fall on the way to fixing my (aging) hearing aids but luckily sustained little damage. (When only one hearing aid is working, the asymmetry is very destabilizing)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "oh no"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Guess doing a month of judo a few years ago really helped me not break something"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Good thing we're not on Discord! You can turn them both off for the game and shut out any distractions."
[7thsea] Talbert says (to DonMiguel), "They're fixed now (it was on the way to the place that I had the accident)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "So both ears are now operational."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "(I shall deploy them Dumbo-style)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Oh, ah, I figured it was a 'drop it off and pick it up later' kind of thing."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "It's surprisingly fast (just replacing the speakers)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "No tampering with the rest of the harware"
[7thsea] GM wave!
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I will, however, be-- Oh hi GM"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to Talbert), "Also, regarding a conversation we had earlier, now I guess we're up to *three* recent Marvel stories we're recapitulating..."
Talbert waves with Panache
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims (at GM), "Hi!"
GM arrives, looking for booty.
npc1 arrives, looking for booty.
npc2 arrives, looking for booty.
[7thsea] GM says, "Always useful if I'm in the right room."
[7thsea] Johann says, "Everyone's looking for booty, but can we truly find it outside ourselves"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Booty is in the eye of the beholder"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "which rather suggests someone is sitting on our head currently"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "the beholder's head, I mean"
[7thsea] GM says, "Hee"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "So! When last we left our intrepid adventurers!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to Talbert), "That sounds like a dangerous place to be. Unless they've figured out they can't turn their gaze attacks back toward themselves..."
[7thsea] GM says, "The three members of Los Vagos had managed to extract La Abuela Maria plus some new kid from the clutches of the Inquisition."
[7thsea] Talbert says (to DonMiguel), "hehe"
[7thsea] GM says, "Part of this involved distracting a local man and his daughter, and one is off helping them get back in the city--it's now after curfew, and while you had a plan for who you thought would be with you, you're now going to have to adjust."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "'One of you' == Penelope?"
[7thsea] GM says, "So Penelope is taking the guy and his daughter, and the rest of you have the new kid and Maria."
[7thsea] GM says, "(Yeah, I had to go look up names again ;-)"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "I'm the new kids?"
[7thsea] GM says, "(also, I guess Ricco is with Penelope, and Felipe is with you.)"
[7thsea] GM exclaims (at Johann), "You are!"
[7thsea] Talbert says (to Johann), "You either die a DM or live long enough to become the fantasy kid"
[7thsea] Talbert exclaims, "Congratulations!"
DonMiguel asks (of Maria), "Abuela Maria, are you alright? Did those scoundrels harm you?"
Maria says, "Oh, yes, thank you. It was uncomfortable, but nothing lasting."
Maria exclaims, "And I had this charming young man to talk to along the way!"
Johann says, "Guten Tag"
Johann says, "My name is Johann Friedrich von Schmetterstein, at your service"
Talbert says, "Pleased to meet you, Guten Tag"
[7thsea] Talbert exclaims, "timing!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "I still have one dramatic wound. I had used up all my drama dice, which I believe means I'm now at my usual lowest-trait of them, plus the bonus one for giving away?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Yes! Everyone is back to their normal level, plus any extra you had from before."
DonMiguel asks (of Johann), "So what brought you into the Inquisition's clutches, Johann?"
[7thsea] GM says (to Johann), "Feel free to invent something; my vauge idea was that you had been asking a little too indiscriminately about Los Vagos, and/or that you stood up for Maria when you happened to be nearby for her arrest."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I'm wondering at what point we should decide that it's OK to let this random guy we've only just met know who we are."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Since it would be an awkward party dynamic if we never took off the masks in ffront of him."
Johann says, "Ah, I had inquired about this organisation called Los Vagos. And the Inqusition has their Ohren everywhere."
DonMiguel asks, "Ah! And what is your interest in Los Vagos?"
Johann says, "I'm looking vor the famous Vampirehunter Han Vellsyng. Apparently he is part of the organisation."
[7thsea] GM says, "hee"
Johann says, "I also could not help noticing you are vearing Los Vagos masks."
DonMiguel says, "Members of Los Vagos do tend to keep their identities a secret, you know." He gestures at his own mask. "You may find it difficult to locate him that way unless you were a member yourself."
Johann says, "Ah, I vould gladly join them. Surely I can aid them as both a swordhand and a dentist."
Talbert asks, "Good at setting people's teeth free, I see?"
Talbert says, "Both willingly and unwillingly"
Johann exclaims, "My two professions have some synergies I cannot deny!"
DonMiguel says (to Johann), "In that case, I think I could arrange an interview for you. Your skills do seem like useful ones."
Johann gives a short militaristic bow. "Much obliged, mein Herr."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I assume I have contacts who are slightly higher ranking than me and who could make him a member."
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Yup!"
[7thsea] GM says, "In fact, the original plan was to meet with him tonight to report in."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "But first, what obstacles are in our path if we want to return to the city, to drop Maria and Johann off at a safe location?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Perfect!"
[7thsea] GM says, "What 'curfew' means is that nobody is allowed in or out of the city without a permit, and that any man found walking the streets is arrested for the night and publicly flogged the next day."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Oh, no problem, then. We're not walking. We all have horses."
[7thsea] GM says, "But you've planned for that! In general, at least ;-)"
[7thsea] GM says, "Also, ha."
[7thsea] GM says, "(Montaignian soldiers have more leeway, but still have to show their orders from a superior if requested.)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "The cursed sewer is the only way in and out the guard isn't watching. Of courser (?) it's not really cursed (??)."
[7thsea] GM says, "(also, they would be disciplined internally and not flogged)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Internally? That sounds painful"
[7thsea] GM says, "ha"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Like eating ghost peppers or something"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I would imagine that might have been part of our original plan: have Talbert be escorting us. Except that would be before we had Johann, when we thought we could change out of our Los Vagos disguises safely..."
[7thsea] GM says, "So the Montaignian army is a fraternity, is what you're saying."
DonMiguel says (to Johann), "Ooh, a cursed sewer."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to Johann), "Ooh, a cursed sewer."
[7thsea] GM says, "Which fits with the slogan of the Musketeers."
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims (at GM), "A fraternity, with liberty and equality!"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Exactly! Ghost peppers for everyone!"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I find that notion hard to swallow"
DonMiguel says, "Mmm. Our original plan -- with one of our members distracting the guards while another escorted the party through the city -- may not work so well now."
DonMiguel says, "We may be forced to instead cross the city underground, through the sewers malditas."
Johann says, "Malditas? Please just call me Johann"
Talbert says, "I fear no rat nor floating feces! Down we will go, if we must"
Johann says, "As long as I can keep my moustache above water, I'm with you"
Talbert says (to Johann), "You must let me draw a sketch of that moustache sometime, it is quite something"
DonMiguel says, "There's an opening near here where a fresh stream flows into the sewers, on its ultimate path to the sea. We can enter there."
Johann asks, "Oh, before we go - Vhat shall I call you two?"
Felipe exclaims, "Three!"
Felipe asks, "I'm Felipe. Obviously, don't tell anyone I work with Los Vagos, OK?"
DonMiguel says (to Johann), "For now, you can call me M."
Felipe does not have a mask on.
Johann says (to felipse), "My lips are versiegelt."
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "Ah, yes. Because Felipe is not wearing any sort of a disguise right now, of course."
[Crows-Nest] Talbert asks, "Am I wearing a disguise?"
[Crows-Nest] Talbert says, "I don't think I am..."
[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "You can decide!"
Felipe asks, "Er, you do have nice lips? I guess?"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel asks, "Not even a mask so that you don't get recognized?"
[Crows-Nest] Talbert asks, "I thought we only had one mask?"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "We only have one Mask, but that doesn't mean we only have one mask."
[Crows-Nest] Talbert says, "Aaaaah"
[Crows-Nest] Talbert says, "I mean, Ahhh"
[7thsea] GM says, "There's the Los Vagos mask that indicates that you Are Los Vagos, but other people can wear masks in general."
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "ha ha, one mask to share would be amusing"
Talbert has a generic non-affiliated mask.
Felipe says, "I mean, not that I'm a connoisseur of lips."
[7thsea] Johann says, "There's the Vos Lagos mask for when you're undercover"
Johann says (to felipe), "I meant to say I vill not speak of it"
Felipe says, "Oh! Right, of course."
Talbert says, "Call me... T. Or S. But really, T."
Talbert exclaims, "I've said too much already!"
[Crows-Nest] Talbert says, "I'm TS Eliot"
GM says, "At this point, you have left the main road and have made your way through the sparse woods to the spring that DonM mentioned. The entrance is small, but Don insists it widens out after a bit, but you'll have to crawl through the water at first. It's much too small for the horses, but they are well trained."
Johann says, "So much for the ruhmreiche leben of a rebel"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "Too bad it's a stream and not a well, then."
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "(Because then we could take them with us, you see, because they're well-trained...)"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha! And thank you for the explanation. And groan."
[Crows-Nest] Talbert says, "That took me a second to get :D"
DonMiguel says, "Watch out. People say there are dangerous things in these sewers."
Talbert says, "Well, there will be."
Talbert exclaims, "Once I get inside!"
Johann asks, "And you believe it to be more than superstition?"
DonMiguel says (to Johann), "A wild animal's bite is no less dangerous that of a ghoul."
DonMiguel says, "Cursed or not, we should still be on our guard for whatever we might find."
Talbert says (to Johann), "You were the one speaking of vampires just a moment ago"
Johann says, "Very vell, I vill go first"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "I assume I took a sword of a guard?"
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "Don't you have your Panzehand?"
DonMiguel says, "If you wish -- I'll follow right behind you, to direct which way we should go."
[7thsea] Johann says, "That too"
[7thsea] GM says, "You do have your Panzerhand back, and if you used to have a sword also, then you have that back."
[7thsea] Johann says, "woo"
[7thsea] GM says, "(since they were stored together)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I imagine the sword still clenched in the Panzerhand's iron grip"
[7thsea] Johann says, "ha ha"
DonMiguel says (to Maria), "I'm sorry that you must be put through this indignity, but I fear it's the safest way."
[7thsea] Johann says, "Hm, I have Dracheneisen 20, but I neglected to write down what all I took"
Maria exclaims, "Ha! I've seen worse. Lead on!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "I'm thinking Johann, then Miguel, then Maria in the middle, and then Flelipe, then Talbert guarding the rear?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "The one in the rear is most exposed to ambush from behind! Which makes it perfect for Talbert"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "because he's reckless"
Johann leads on.
[7thsea] Johann renames himself to MacDuff.
[7thsea] GM asks, "Sounds good! Are you using anything for light, or not until you get to a more open area and can stand up?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "haha"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I think the latter, since we don't want to attract attention"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Yeah, and besides real heroes only need the shining light of their morals to guide them"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Makes sense."
[Setting the zoned flag.]
GM says, "You crawl into the stream tunnel, the cold water immediately soaking your trousers and sleeves. Maria takes a moment before entering to adjust her skirts, and you're not entirely sure how this worked, but in the end, they're wrapped up neatly around her legs to where they're basically trousers. The stream of water makes it obvious which way to go, but there's a lot of slippery rocks, and the echoes of the stream and your splashes are otherwise somewhat disorienting in the pitch darkness. Johann periodically reaches above himself to see if it's opened up any, but every time he thinks it might, it lowers again and he curses under his breath as he plunges his hands back in the freezing water."
[7thsea] GM says, "And everyone give me a Notice check at a TN 20! And I totally forget what Notice is, so I'm looking it up unless someone remembers offhand."
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "The line about the skirts immediately made me think of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHfuvb9EIKI"
[7thsea] GM says, "Ah, looks like it's straight Wits, plus advantages like Keen Senses."
[7thsea] GM says, "(also, known as a Perception check)"
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "So it's 2k2?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 3k3: 7 3 8 | 18
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "For a wits of 2: yes!"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "I ... I have forgotten how to roll -Atrribute + Knack, keep Attribute?"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 2k2: 9 4 | 13
[7thsea] GM says, "Right. There's no knack for this, so it's just wits K wits."
[7thsea] Johann rolls 1k1: 9 | 9
[7thsea] GM says, "(Keen Senses gives you a +1k0 for perception checks, so it acts like a knack of 1.)"
[7thsea] GM asks, "Any drama dice, or not?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Don M should use one"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "since he has the highest roll"
[7thsea] GM says, "Unless he thinks it would be more fun to fail ;-)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "He was thinking about that, yeah."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I'm going to go with the failing."
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "OK!"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I like how "fun to fail" has become such a credo for us."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Indeed"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "It's pretty great. *Anyone* can have fun succeeding, but..."
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Just as Don is beginning to think, "Hmm, has the splashing changed sounds? Or is there a difference in front of us?" two things happen: the ground slides out from in front of Johann, and he crashes down a small waterfall into a pool. The other thing that happens is that a swarm of sewer Boca emerge from a side passage, smelling DonM's wounds, and attack him!"
[7thsea] GM says, "Actually:"
GM exclaims, "Just as Don is beginning to think, "Hmm, has the splashing changed sounds? Or is there a difference in front of us?" two things happen: the ground slides out from in front of Johann, and he crashes down a small waterfall into a pool. The other thing that happens is that a swarm of sewer Boca emerge from a side passage, smelling DonM's wounds, and attack him!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Oh no!"
Johann exclaims, "*blubb blubb!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "What's a sewer Boca?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Johann takes falling damage:"
[7thsea] GM rolls 1k1: 2 | 2
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "2 flesh wounds!"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "Ouch!"
[7thsea] GM says, "Roll Resolve to resist)"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "Just resolve?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(Brawn?)"
[7thsea] GM says, "whoops, right."
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Roll brawn to resist!"
[7thsea] GM says, "(just brawn)"
[7thsea] Johann rolls 3k3: 10+4 4 8 | 26
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Phew, he rolled higher than a 2."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "It was physically impossible for him to roll lower"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "So I take no damage?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to Johann), "You take 2 flesh wounds, but they're like stress: they'll go away at the end of the scene."
[7thsea] Johann says, "aha"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I do appear to have 1 dramatic wound"
[7thsea] Johann says, "(sorry, I read all the rules 2 very busy months ago :/ )"
[7thsea] GM says, "So the rules for Boca are a little odd, but they are brute squads of 10 boca each. They roll a number of dice equal to total/2, and they keep a number of dice equal to the number of brute squads simultaneously attacking you. In this case, there are 30 total in three groups of 10, so they're rolling 5k3."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(But if you get hurt again, they'll add up: e.g., if something hits you for 9 in a moment, then you'll have to roll Brawn against 2+9, etc.)"
[7thsea] GM asks (of DonM), "What defense knack are you using?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "I must admit my ignorance first: what *is* a boca?"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Small hopping rodents!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Aha!"
[7thsea] GM | Boca are small, hopping rodents with
[7thsea] GM | large teeth that travel in swarms of 1,00020,000. They
[7thsea] GM | move around the countryside like a plague of locusts,
[7thsea] GM | devouring crops, livestock, and anyone too slow to get
[7thsea] GM | out of their way.
[7thsea] GM says, "These are slightly different, living in the sewers as they do."
[7thsea] GM says, "But the same idea."
[7thsea] Johann says, "That's an awfully large swarm"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Am I able to draw my sword?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "1,00020,000? Such a specific number:"
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "Who counted?"
[7thsea] GM says, "It might be that the dash did not translate from the cut and paste ;-)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Ah, haha"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Anyway, for sewer boca, it doesn't count anyway"
[7thsea] GM says (to DonM), "Let's say that's a Finesse roll to try, TN 20."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(I'm assuming that Footwork isn't an option at this point.)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 4k4: 4 3 6 7 | 20
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Woo!"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Yay!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Then I'm using Parry! Which still is just a 10, but that's better than nohing."
[7thsea] Johann says, "nice swordwork"
GM exclaims, "DonMiguel fumbles for his sword, but manages to get it up just in time to defend himself!"
DonMiguel hears a swarm of tiny splashes coming toward him and whips out his sword!
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "So, three attacks!"
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3: 6 3 1 8 5 | 19
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3: 7 2 1 4 10+5 | 26
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3: 9 2 7 4 2 | 20
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "They all hit!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "This doesn't look good for me."
[7thsea] Boca says, "Er, except I don't think brute squads get exploding dice."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "So the second one only rolled a 21 against my TN of 10."
[7thsea] GM says, "Sigh, why would you list the weapon as 'bite(small)' for this guy instead of, say, the bear which gets "bite(4k2)""
[7thsea] Johann asks (of DonMiguel), "So you don't roll parry?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Normally you could get an active defense, but this was a surprise round."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Only if I'm actively defending, which requires me to spend actions. And I don't have any actions yet, since -- that."
[7thsea] GM says, "OK, I guess I'm going with a 0k2 attack, which means I needed a couple of raises to make it a 2k2. Which means that's two hits, not three, both at 2k2 damage."
[7thsea] Boca rolls 2k2: 1 6 | 7
[7thsea] Boca rolls 2k2: 7 1 | 8
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "So, one defense against 7, and then a second against 15 if you make the first!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 2k2: 8 9 | 17
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 2k2: 5 10+6 | 21
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Yay!"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Perfect! You now have 15 flesh wounds. And we roll for initiative!"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 3k3: 9 5 8 | 22
[7thsea] Boca rolls 3d10 dice: 5 6 2
[7thsea] Talbert says, "So I act on 5, 8 and 9"
[7thsea] Johann rolls 3k3: 3 9 6 | 18
DonMiguel fails ineffectually with his sword in the darkness. He does manage to protect his face and vital organs at least, but only by letting them sink their teeth into his arm instead.
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 3 dice: 7 5 6
[7thsea] Johann says, "(Finesse, right?)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Panache."
[7thsea] Johann rolls 2k2: 2 6 | 8
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Johann gets to act first"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks (of Talbert), "What about the boca?"
[7thsea] GM says, "So, our first active round is a 2! Since the Boca have 2 5 6, that's higher than Talbert's 2 6."
[7thsea] GM says, "er, Talbert's 2 8."
[7thsea] GM says, "sigh, no."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to HM), "Johann's 2 8."
[7thsea] GM says, "Johann's 2 8. Right."
[7thsea] Johann says, "...DonMiguel GM"
[7thsea] GM asks, "Am I remembering that correctly? Higher goes first?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Yup."
[7thsea] GM says, "so the Boca go again, TN 20, you can choose to active defend this time if you want."
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3: 9 4 2 1 10+2 | 25
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3: 8 4 4 7 4 | 19
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3: 3 1 6 7 2 | 16
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "One hit at a 23, because I forgot to noexplode again!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "If I actively defended, would that just be against one of them?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Correct."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I assume it's too late to try to interrupt with some other action."
[7thsea] GM says, "o ah"
[7thsea] GM says, "Yeah, I guess I already rolled, but I do apologize."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(Specifically: rolling forward off the edge into the pool, and staying underwater until my next turn.)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to GM), "It's not your fault. I was slow in thinking about it."
[7thsea] GM says, "Yeah, let's have you do that as a normal action your next action."
[7thsea] GM says, "(if you still want to)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "OK."
[7thsea] GM asks, "Active defense means only one spent die--do you want it, or not?"
[7thsea] GM says, "vs. a 23."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I'll spend a later action to try to defend against the lowest boca roll."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Oh, that's the only hit?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Two of them missed! They needed a 20."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Ah, raises! Excellent, then yes, let's do that."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(Phew. I thought I was getting hit three times.)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "That's Wits + Parry?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 4k3: 1 6 7 7 | 20
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Drama die!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 1k1: 10+2 | 12
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "You successfully avoid the bites! RP!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "boom"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "And I spent my phase 7 action."
DonMiguel exclaims, "Boca! Watch out! Felipe, Talbert, protect Maria!"
DonMiguel is prepared this time: the creatures' sharp little teeth snap against steel instead of skin.
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Next is Johann!"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "Are there any Boca in the pool?"
[7thsea] GM says, "No, they're all at the top. It's a shortish drop; you can just reach up over the edge."
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "I'd like to scramble up there!"
[7thsea] GM says, "(it's a little disorienting in the dark, though.)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I'll fow DonMiguel's voice"
[7thsea] GM says, "Hmm, now I have to remember the rules for movement. hang on..."
[7thsea] Johann says, "I think I'll hang on if I fail"
[7thsea] GM says, "OK, I can't find thenm; let's just say it's a TN 20 action."
[7thsea] GM says, "I have to remember that actions are more broken up in this system; I keep reverting to FATE in my head."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Brawn + Climbing?"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Brawn or Finesse, sure!"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "I do have the Climbing Knack!"
[7thsea] GM asks, "Maybe a raise would let you also do something at the top?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(Finesse was my first thought, but then I remembered it was Johann :) )"
[7thsea] Johann rolls 4k3: 8 6 10+7 10+4 | 39
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "That's a free raise, since you beat it by >15!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Johann is perfectly good at find-essen! He has a nose for a good meal"
[7thsea] Johann asks (of gm), "Maybe this raise would let me also do something at the top?"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "It does!"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "e.g. Get in a protective position for Maria?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Absolutely."
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "I'll do that!"
GM tosses Johann a drama die.
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Which brings us to 5, where three of you go, but Talbert first!"
[7thsea] GM says, "(also, rp!)"
Johann comes sputtering out of the pool, looks around for a second and then, with a single pullup, he's up the waterfall and immediately places himself in front of Maria, Panzerhand at the ready.
[7thsea] Talbert says, "There is a slow mo shot of him shaking water from his moustache"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "Oh no! my poor moustache!"
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "https://www.menshair.style/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/handlebar-mustache-27.jpg"
[7thsea] GM says, "So if you attack the Boca, they have a TN of 20 because of the dark. If you succeed, you take one of them out, straight up. For every raise, you take out an additional one. There are 30 in 3 groups of 10. As you take them out, the groups become weaker."
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "Nice."
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "I'll strike at them! So Finesse k Attack?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Attack + Finesse, k finesse."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "aha"
[7thsea] GM asks, "Any raises?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Hmmm"
[7thsea] GM says, "(a raise means you increase the TN by 5. You get a free raise if you beat the TN by 15.)"
[7thsea] GM says, "(it's nice until you miss and don't get anything ;-)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I'll raise by 5. I'm feeling daring"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "OK! TN 25!"
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "So TN 25?"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 5k4: 9 3 6 2 5 | 23
[7thsea] Talbert says, "dammit"
[7thsea] GM asks, "Drama die?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I have one"
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "I just roll 1k1 and add it, right?"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Yup!"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 1k1: 2 | 2
[7thsea] Talbert says, "just barely"
[7thsea] GM says, "Perfect! You take out two of them! rp."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "typing..."
Talbert draws his sword, and draws arabesques in the dark. He swishes, seemingly hitting nothing, but a vibration rippling down the blade and into the hilt tells him that he was close! So he swishes his sword the other way and then jabs forward, impaling two beastly pseudo-rodents on the steely point!
[7thsea] GM says, "Also on 5, the Boca and DonM both go. They both have a 5 6 showing, and have the same effective Panache, so it's simultaneous. Or DonM can spend both as an interrupt to go first."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I'm going to use my 5 to try to roll off the ledge and into the water."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "I don't have any kind of tumbling knack; does that mean it's straight Finesse? Is there any penalty for not having the knack?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Hmm, let's see."
[7thsea] GM says, "Since you're simultaneously being attacked, I think the main thing would be that their TN to hit you would be 'your tumbling knack', so effectively a 5."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Oof. I wouldn't have Parry available?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Then I'd better use my 6 to interrupt to go first."
[7thsea] GM says, "(I mean, they have to take raises to do damage, so that's still a 10 or a 15)"
[7thsea] GM asks, "Or you could let them go first with your parry and then roll away?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Well, if I use my 6 as an interrupt, I'll still have my 5 to use separately, right?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Oh, wait, interrupt != active defense in these rules."
[7thsea] GM says, "You have to spend both the 5 and 6 as an interrupt, but you could spend the 6 on an active defense and still have your 5."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "But if I spend both to roll, I won't *need* an active defense, I'm hoping. Because I'll be underwater."
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Correct!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "So I'm doing that!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Let the guy with all the Brawn soak the hits instead :)"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Sounds good!"
[7thsea] GM says, "Let's say it's Finesse TN 15 to avoid the 1k1 falling damage, but either way you end up at the bottom of the small falls."
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "I also have Armor, apparently, but no idea what that does"
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "I feel I will find out soon :-)"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I feel like I should take a raise, but I don't know what benefit to seek from it."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "So I'll just roll."
[7thsea] GM says, "You could take a raise to drown one of the boca on your way."
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "OK!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 4k4: 10+7 7 3 4 | 31
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Success! rp!"
DonMiguel takes a somersault forward off of the ledge. One of the boca tries to leap at him, but he just grabs it in a bear hug and takes it down with him when he splashes into the pool. Neither of them immediately surfaces from under the water.
Boca, deprived of their prey, turn to the easiest target, which turns out to be defended by a large Eisen. So they turn on Talbert instead, since he was just stabbing at them! The jerk.
[7thsea] Boca rolls 3k3 (no explosions): 2 3 4 | 9
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3 (no explosions): 9 9 10 10 3 | 29
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3 (no explosions): 6 5 3 4 9 | 20
[7thsea] GM asks, "I guess I should have figured out your TN first. What's your Parry?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "1"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "(I forgot to spend xp)"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "That's 2 hits!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Do you have any other knacks that might be appropriate to defend with while crawling through a sewer?"
[7thsea] Boca rolls 2k2 (no explosions): 2 8 | 10
[7thsea] Boca rolls 2k2 (no explosions): 8 9 | 17
[7thsea] Johann asks (of DonMiguel), "How did you have a parry of 10 earlier?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "The TN to hit you is 5 + 5*knack."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Since my Parry 1 one, that's 5 + 5*1 = 10."
[7thsea] Johann says, "Aha, thanks"
[7thsea] GM says, "So, roll Brawn vs. 10 first, and if that succeeds, roll another Brawn vs. 27. If not, you get a dramatic wound, and then roll brawn vs. a 17."
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 1k1: 4 | 4
[7thsea] GM says, "(alternatively you can spend an action as an active defense)"
[7thsea] GM says, "To see if it misses)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I'm okay with not actively defending. Every bite that hits me is one that doesn't hit someone else"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to Talbert), "If that 4 was your wound check (Brawn roll), then you just took a dramatic wound from the first bite."
[7thsea] GM says, "OK, you take a dramatic wound! Your 10 flesh wounds go away and you get a dramatic wound instead; then you have to roll again vs. the new 17 you get."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I'd auto fail that"
[7thsea] GM says, "It can always esplode."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Oh"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 1k1: 9 | 9
[7thsea] Talbert says, "it did not"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "so cloooose"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "What's your Resolve?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "3"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "That means that if you take 3 dramatic wounds, you're 'Crippled'."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I'm now Crippled"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(Which, IIRC, means your dice don't explode until they're recovered?)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "(I think so)"
[7thsea] GM says, "Yeah, that's what I remember as well."
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "How do you noexplode?"
[7thsea] GM says, "You type 'noexplode 5k3' or whatever."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "'noexplode *k*'"
[7thsea] Talbert exclaims, "ok!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "thanks"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "Can we call it Handicapped?"
[7thsea] GM says, "We can call it explodeless."
[7thsea] Johann says, "ha ha"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Explosion-challenged"
Boca swarm Talbert, leaping at his arms and legs and leaving him with vicious bites!
[7thsea] GM says, "OK, on 6 is the Boca's last action this round, and they're going to continue to attack Talbert."
[7thsea] Boca rolls 3k3 (no explosions): 10 8 5 | 23
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3 (no explosions): 2 2 10 8 10 | 28
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k3 (no explosions): 5 6 2 7 2 | 18
[7thsea] GM says, "That's another 2 hits (TN 20, with the two raises)"
[7thsea] Boca rolls 2k2: 6 6 | 12
[7thsea] Boca rolls 2k2 (no explosions): 3 8 | 11
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Without explosions, I can't make the Brawn save vs 12"
[7thsea] GM says (to Talbert), "That's another two Brawn checks."
[7thsea] GM asks, "You still have explosions, right? Or did you have one beforehand?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I have 3 wounds"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "since I had one from last time"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "hence, no explosions"
[7thsea] GM asks, "OK! So you could try an active defense?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Or just take the hits."
[7thsea] Talbert exclaims, "I will try that!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Or... hmm"
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "Can I take the hits?"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "You can!"
[7thsea] Talbert exclaims, "Then I will!"
[7thsea] GM says, "It would leave you with one more before being Taken Out."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "If you take 2*Resolve dramatic wounds, you'll be-- that."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "...oh"
[7thsea] GM says, "(since you'd be at 5)"
[7thsea] GM says, "(you wouldn't die, though.)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Active defense uses up an action, right"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Correct!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I'd rather keep my two remaining actions on this round for kicking ass, even if it means passing out on the next round"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Sounds good! rp!"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "Woohoo!"
Talbert is beset by boca! He should have passed out by now, given his lack of musculature, but a fire in his soul keeps him from falling just yet.
Felipe exclaims, "No! Talbert!"
Felipe rushes forward, and attempts to strike the boca with a rock!
[7thsea] Felipe rolls 4k2: 6 2 6 2 | 12
Felipe misses entirely, and cries out in frustration!
[7thsea] Talbert says, "At least she didn't knock me out, what with the darkness and all"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "And that brings us to 8, with Talbert and then Johann, and finally 9 with Johann!"
[7thsea] GM says, "sigh, no! 9 with Talbert."
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Talbert first!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "How many boca are left in the group that we've been whittling away at?"
[7thsea] GM says, "7, 10, 10"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "Does anyone have a better idea than continuing doing that?"
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "Is it possible to set fire to them?"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Some light might lower the DC"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Create an AOE effect"
[7thsea] Talbert exclaims, "Light!"
[7thsea] GM says, "It's very very wet."
[7thsea] GM says, "But the darkness is indeed one of the reasons their TN is as high as it is."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I assume Felipe has some torches, if no one else does."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "And light could also let us see if there's an avenue for escape."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I agree"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "At this rate, we'll all float down here"
[7thsea] GM says, "(also, I keep forgetting that there's no room to stand up at the top of the falls! All the action has caused some of the roof to collapse and get washed away, let's say, but still only enough to stoop.)"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "Maybe Maria has a light source?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "The Inquisition certainly thought she was one"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "they were talking about lighting her on fire and whatnot"
[7thsea] GM says, "Snrk."
[7thsea] GM says, "Yes, you could ask Maria for a light."
[7thsea] GM says, "It would happen on 9."
[7thsea] GM says, "(you could hold action until then, actually.)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "If they were right, then she *might* well have a light source..."
Johann asks, "Maria, can you give us some light here?"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "I'll hold meine action!"
Maria says, "Gracious, I should have thought of that myself. Sorry! Hang on..."
GM exclaims, "You hear the scratching of a flint and steel, and then a light flares up from the lantern that Felipe once carried, now lit by Maria!"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "And the TN to hit the Boca is now only 15!"
GM says, "Everyone is completely covered with dirt and mud."
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Yay!"
GM says, "And Talbert is additinally covered by Boca."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Which allows me to attack! I raise my TN to 20."
[7thsea] GM says, "Indeed! That'll take out two of them."
[7thsea] GM says, "(on a hit)"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 5k4: 10+4 6 8 3 4 | 32
[7thsea] Talbert exclaims, "So close to a free raise!"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Wohoohoo"
[7thsea] GM says, "Success! 3 away from a free raise, if you wanted a drama die addition, but that might be better saved to Not Die later."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "yeah"
[7thsea] Talbert exclaims, "let me rp... also!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(I think that's technically a 28, because of all the dramatic wounds?)"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "You take out two more! rp!"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Because for Talbert, it's ... no time to die"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "heee"
[7thsea] GM says, "Ah, correct."
[7thsea] Talbert asks (of GM), "do I get another action right after this?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "since this was my held one from earlier..."
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "You do!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I attack again and then I'll RP, is that ok"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "That seems more than OK."
[7thsea] GM says, "Sure."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "And I'll raise again"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 5k4: 8 2 7 4 10+3 | 32
[7thsea] Talbert says, "forgot to noexplode! so 22"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "wait no"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "28"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Or perhaps 29."
[7thsea] GM says, "Another success! But you keep the 10 instead of the 13. 29 ;-)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "so I take out 4 of them in total"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I'll rp"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "yup!"
Talbert is covered in four ravenous Bocas! Acrobatic as ever, he stabs them one by one in quick succession, making them fall off of him with various squeaky gurgling cries of furry hatred.
[7thsea] Johann says, "I see a lot of furry hatred online"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Johann!"
[7thsea] GM says, "(hee)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Time to introduce these bocas to my panzerhand! I'll also take a raise."
[7thsea] Johann rolls 6k3: 7 7 3 7 6 5 | 21
[7thsea] Johann says, "(phew)"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Success! Another 2 down!"
[7thsea] GM says, "rp and that's the end of the round; roll init for the next one."
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 3 dice: 5 1 8
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Are they now 10, 10, 1?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Correct."
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 3k (no explosions): Arr.
Johann reaches down with his panzerhand and two bocas bite into it! With a backhand smack, he crushes them against the wall! (*crunch*)
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "If we take raises, can they roll over from one squad to the next?"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 3k3 (no explosions): 1 10 2 | 13
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Oooo"
[7thsea] Johann rolls 2k2: 10+2 5 | 17
[7thsea] Johann says, "Also o"
[7thsea] GM says, "Also, before the next round begins:"
[7thsea] Maria rolls 3k3: 8 9 4 | 21
Maria exclaims, "See if you can split them up! They seem to be stronger because they're all attacking the same person!"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "Thanks GMaria!"
[7thsea] Boca rolls 3d10 dice: 4 4 3
[7thsea] GM says, "OK! Don first on 1! You're below everyone else, but the rats haven't followed you down here, so you think you can emerge from the water unscathed."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks (of GM), "If we take raises when attacking, will that roll over from one squad to the next? E.g., taking out the last one in that one group plus some from the next group?"
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "I'm tempted to attack using a raise, but instead of using that raise to get an extra Boca kill, I'd goad the squad into following me away from the other squads? How would that work?"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "Does a raise on INI get you everything?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Hmm. I think for this group specifically since they're attacking as an effective single swarm, you can do that. Normally you'd need an additional raise to hit a different brute squad, but these guys have a special ability to all attack the same target."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Also, when the lantern came on, did we see anything noteworthy about our surroundings that we didn't already know?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks (of GM), "Cool. Am I first?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I get to act on 1 and 2"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "and 10"
[7thsea] GM says (to Talbert), "I think trying to split up the group would take an action on its own instead of an attack."
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims (at Talbert), "I act on 1, 5 and 8!"
[7thsea] GM says, "DonM is first, with his 1 5 8."
[7thsea] GM says, "You're at the bottom of the falls! From above you, you see light and hear fighting."
[7thsea] GM says, "And see a *lot* of dirt in the water."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I like Talbert's idea, so much that I'd like to steal it."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks (of Talbert), "Would you be sad if I did?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(I think I'm in a better condition to draw them than you, considering our locations and wounds.)"
[7thsea] GM says, "(also, you can now see the hole from which the Boca emerged)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I'd be happy with it. So long as I get to stab the squad that stays back"
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "OK!"
[7thsea] GM asks, "So you're trying to distract some of the Boca to attack you instead of Talbert? But only some?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to GM), "I'd like to use some social-type skill or other to call to the Boca up there and entice them to come after me, and then to duck back under the water when they jump off the ledge at me."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Right, exactly."
[7thsea] Johann says, "I wonder if we should plug that hole"
[7thsea] Talbert plugs the hole with Johann
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "I'm guessing that ducking back under the water would take a raise?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Potentially relevant social skills I have include Oratory, Singing, Acting, and Diplomacy. Would any of those be appropriate?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Hmm, let's see. That seems like some sort of Provoke/Wits roll."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(I also have Natural Philosophy, but I don't think that applies to knowledge about animals.)"
[7thsea] GM says, "(he says, with timing)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Against humans, I think provoking would be Oratory."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Alternately, I could try provoking them by leaping out of the water and poking at them with my sword."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Trying to sweep one squad back toward me."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(If we think that's a simpler roll to figure out.)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Can confirm rodents don't like being poked repeadetly"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Hee."
[7thsea] GM says, "OK, if you're using Oratory/Wits, that seems like a 15 to get them to attack you again instead of Talbert, a 25 to *split up* while doing that, and a 30 to have time left over to duck back underwater."
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "30 it is! Using a drama die!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Haranguing rodents"
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 6k4: 8 10+3 3 2 5 6 | 32
[7thsea] Talbert says, "woo"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "nice!"
DonMiguel bursts from the water. "Foul rodents! Torment not my companions, for it is I! Your original prey! Smell the blood in the water! Come at me, and leap to your watery dooms!"
[7thsea] Talbert asks, "Are boca green?"
[7thsea] GM asks, "OK! 'Being underwater' says 'TN of 20' to me; is that reasonable?"
DonMiguel runs at the waterfall, meeting the eyes of the multide of boca glinting in the lantern light, then diving back under the water as they jump from the ledge at him.
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to GM), "I.e., instead of the usual 10? That's reasonable."
[7thsea] GM says, "Right."
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "And with that, ten Boca turn and dive over the waterfall!"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Leading us to Talbert's turn!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Woo"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to Talbert), "And by stealing your plan, I've freed you up to use your action to attack :)"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "Give em hell, Frenchie!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I strike! TN 20, since I don't do things by halves"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 5k4 (no explosions): 3 5 2 2 10 | 20
[7thsea] GM says, "ooooo"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Yes! Two more boca, slain"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "shall I narrate"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "You shall!"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "On 2, both Johann and Talbert go!"
[7thsea] GM says, "(oh, I guess you could take your second action before narrating if you want)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I'll just do the same then"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 5k4 (no explosions): 4 2 10 10 7 | 31
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Another 2!"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "What's that one swarm down to?"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Narrate, then Johann!"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "10 on DonM, 7 at the top!"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I'm gonna attack the ones at the top again, unless someone has a better idea"
[7thsea] GM exclaims (at Johann), "Give me a Wits roll, tn 15!"
[7thsea] Johann says, "ha ha ha"
[7thsea] Johann rolls 1k1: 7 | 7
[7thsea] GM says, "No new strategies leap to mind ;-)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Straight attack it is."
[7thsea] Johann says, "With a raise, ofc."
[7thsea] Johann rolls 6k3: 1 6 10+3 8 4 9 | 30
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "That's 2 more!"
Talbert, despite seeming close to collapsing, still pushes himself to the very limit! 'Une souris verte--' *slash* 'qui mourait--' *hack* 'dans l'herbe' *double impalement sound* 'Et voila! These mice are the wrong colour, though.' He wipes the blood off his blade onto his arm.
[7thsea] Talbert says, "(took me a bit of time to narrate)"
Johann kneels down and panzerhands two more boca into disgusting pulp.
Talbert asks (of Johann), "Those teeth of theirs are very yellow, do you not agree, my dentist friend?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Did the boca decide to hold their actions?"
GM exclaims, "With that, it's the Boca's turn. The swarm at the top seem to realize that they're missing their companions, and are going to try to re-join their companions. But the two of you stand/stoop in their way!"
[7thsea] GM asks, "Let's say that if you spend an action die on an Active Defense, you can give them a TN to get by you?"
Johann says, "They are ! Do you know they keep growing? That'S why they like to gnaw! And need to, when kept in captivity"
[7thsea] GM says, "And that if they fail, they'll lose another of their number to your flashing blades."
[7thsea] Johann says, "Sounds good."
[7thsea] GM asks, "OK! Who would like to do the Active Defense?"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "an action die means giving up one turn?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Yeah, giving up your 10."
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "I'll do it!"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "sold!"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "So I roll brawn+parry?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Sure, sounds good."
[7thsea] Johann rolls 5k3: 7 4 6 6 6 | 19
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "So, their TN is 19!"
[7thsea] Boca rolls 2k1: 1 9 | 9
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "If I played this in person, I would have so much trouble keeping high die at this late hour"
[7thsea] Johann says, "yiss"
Boca can't make it past Johann's fist, and one of them dies as the rest scamper away, retreating back into their hole, leaving only the group at the bottom of the falls.
[7thsea] Johann asks, "woohoo! And DM can take care of those without our help, right?"
Boca try to attack DonM, who is annoyingly in the water. They can smell the blood! Where is the guy?
[7thsea] Boca says, "(tn 25, with one raise)"
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k1: 9 9 5 5 10+3 | 13
[7thsea] Boca exclaims, "And their next action, they do the same thing!"
[7thsea] Boca rolls 5k1: 2 3 8 4 9 | 9
Boca give up, and smelling blood in the water, follow it downstream.
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "And that's it for combat!"
DonMiguel emerges from the water.
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "Yes! Go Los Vagos!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "They're making waves (in the sewer) right now"
[7thsea] Johann says, "(i guess as rebels we really hate having rats in our midst)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "hehe"
DonMiguel exclaims, "I think that's all of them for now! How is everyone up atop the ledge!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Rebel scum, floating down the sewage drain"
Felipe exclaims, "Talbert! Are you OK? You look terrible!"
Johann exclaims, "Let me have a look at that!"
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "I have first aid!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "yay"
[7thsea] Johann says, "(and I'll check his teeth while I'm at it)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Do we have an NPC doctor back at HQ where we're bringing everyone?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Or is it up to us?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Yeah, I think so."
[7thsea] GM says, "The town physician is Castillian, and *probably* won't tell the Montaignians anything."
Talbert says (to Felipe), "I think I have a few teeth still stuck in me, but otherwise I'm -- *lurches, catches himself* fiiiiine... well, actually I might need a salve or two"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "Does first aid now still makes sense in this system?"
[7thsea] GM says, "I think so! Let's see."
[Crows-Nest] (from DonMiguel) Hobbits ask, "And what about *second* aid?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Looks like First Aid works on Flesh Wounds, which I don't think anyone has any more; I guess it's most useful in the middle of combat if you need to patch someone up quickly."
[7thsea] Johann says, "aha"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I do have Diagnosis, but the TN would be too high I think"
[7thsea] GM says, "But rp-wise, patching him up is apropos; it keeps things from getting worse."
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "I also have Diagnosis, and a higher Wits."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I also have Diagnosis, and a higher Wits."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "'Diagnosis: you have been bitten by rodents' 'No shit'"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Let's get the people with the open wounds through the sewer water and to the doctor"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Looks like Talbert's Diagnosis TN would be 30."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Which I'd probably fail at, but I could try."
[7thsea] GM says, "Ah, yes: Diagnosis helps with a subsequent Surgery roll."
[7thsea] GM says, "So you could explain what the problem was."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Are there rules for assisting? I can't remember."
[Crows-Nest] Talbert says, "I'm sad that no one made a Rodents of Unusual Size joke"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "I think these were pretty usual size."
[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "The evening is yet young!"
[7thsea] Johann says, "A swarm of unusual size"
[Crows-Nest] Talbert says, "Don Miguel's speech to the rodents was pretty ROUSing it's true"
[Crows-Nest] Roger says, "I thought they were capybaras"
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "The bigger rodents will be on Level III of the sewers"
DonMiguel says (to Talbert), "Come down here; let me take a look at those bites."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "I don't see anything about assisting, which is annoying, because of course people try to assist each other."
Johann helps Maria down.
Maria says, "Thank you, young man."
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel asks, "For a quick house rule, maybe a second person with the right knack provides a free raise?"
[7thsea] GM says (to Don), "Yeah, that seems reasonable."
[7thsea] Johann exclaims, "I'll help!"
[7thsea] GM says, "So, Diagnosis on Talbert = 25 with the assist."
DonMiguel asks, "Hmm." He lifts up Talbert's shirt. "This looks bad. Johann, I believe you said you had some medical training as well? What do you think?"
Johann says, "Ah, that bite is deeper than it looks, see that Hautlappen, uh, skin flap"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel asks, "Wits + Diagnosis?"
Johann says, "Also, I don'tr like the look of that incisor, but maybe that can wait for later."
Felipe . o O ( It doesn't look bad to me. I mean, it looks bad, but not.. I mean... argh, I'm blushing again. )
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "I'm out of drama dice, but if anyone wants to lend me one, I'll included it in the roll."
[Crows-Nest] Johann asks, "We all have one, right?"
[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "You do!"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "One extra to give away? Yeah."
[Crows-Nest] Johann exclaims, "I'll give one to Don!"
[Crows-Nest] Talbert says, "The GM's Rush is showing and I think it's cute"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha ha"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "OK! That brings me up to 5k4."
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 5k4: 6 4 10+9 3 10+7 | 46
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel exclaims, "Bonus raise!"
[7thsea] GM says, "Nice! Let's say the bonus raise gives you the ability to assist the doctor even though you don't have Surgery."
DonMiguel says, "He'll need to be stitched up here, and here... and this area will need to be cleaned extra well first..."
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "I do have Surgery!"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Oh! Well, then it gives you an extra raise on that assist!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Yay."
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "My one wits means I am a terrible dentist, which amuses me"
[Crows-Nest] Talbert says, "You just punch people in the face and they pay you for it"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel exclaims, "This is an era when dentistry is probably more about pulling teeth, so your Brawn might make you an excellent dentist!"
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "That's another job starting with D"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "It looks like there's no penality to diagnosing yourself, so I'm going to do that as well."
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "TN would be 15 for me."
[7thsea] GM says, "Go for it."
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 4k3: 1 6 5 7 | 18
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel says, "(I'm very glad the two rolls worked out in that order.)"
[7thsea] GM says, "Heh."
DonMiguel says, "Well, it's clear what needs to be done, but we need to get into town before we can do any of it."
Talbert exclaims, "Press on, then. I can still walk!"
DonMiguel says, "We should make haste before any more denizens of this murk decide to pay us a visit."
Johann exclaims, "I agree. Once more, I'll lead the vay!"
DonMiguel asks, "Should Johann hold the lantern?"
Johann says, "Maybe someone in the middle should, so everyone has Licht."
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel asks, "First vampires, now lichs?"
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "The head of the vampires"
[Crows-Nest] DonMiguel asks, "That's be part you have to cut off to kill them, right?"
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "it sure helos"
GM exclaims, "With that, you gather at the base of the falls, the lantern showing you the way forward. The water gradually gets cleaner again, and you use it to wash off the worst of the dirt and mud, but you are all very cold by the end of it all. You troop down the waterway, until you realize that you're now in hewn stone instead of natural cave. Everyone, give me another Perception check, TN 15!"
[Crows-Nest] Johann says, "*helps"
Talbert, being wounded, will put an arm on someone's shoulder to steady himself as they continue. It just so happens to be Felipe's... Nothing wrong with that, of course.
[7thsea] DonMiguel rolls 3k3: 5 6 10+9 | 30
[Crows-Nest] Talbert asks, "Wits again?"
Felipe gives Talbert a light squeeze on an uninjured section of his ribs.
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "Yup!"
[7thsea] GM asks (of Don), "Are you the one with the lantern?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Uh, sure!"
[7thsea] Talbert rolls 1k1 (no explosions): 8 | 8
[7thsea] GM says, "You're the PC 'in the middle' ;-)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Makes sense."
[7thsea] Johann rolls 1k1: 3 | 3
GM says (to Don), "As you're moving forward, you realize that you see light reflecting off a pool in front of you--and it's not from the lantern you're carrying."
GM says, "Nobody else sees anything."
DonMiguel whispers, "Hold."
DonMiguel shutters the lantern he's holding.
Johann holds.
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(I'm assuming that shuttering our own lamp should let us see this other light better.)"
GM says, "You all hold your breath and watch. Eventually, even the slower of you see the other light. It flashes on the damp walls, then moves on away from you. You think you might hear hushed whispers."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Is it moving toward the same direction that we're going?"
[7thsea] GM asks, "Anyone want to do anything, or do you want to just wait until it's clear again?"
[7thsea] GM says, "It's moving perpendicular to your direction."
Johann whispers to DonMiguel, "Do you except any Freunde down here?"
DonMiguel whispers back, "No. We originally didn't even plan to be down here ourselves."
Johann whispers to DonMiguel, "Let them pass, then?
DonMiguel whispers, "Agreed."
GM says, "Eventually, the carriers of the light turn a corner, and you no longer see its reflections, nor hear the extra splashing and whispers."
DonMiguel whispers, "Let's move quietly."
Johann whispers, "I'll try."
[7thsea] GM asks, "Anyone have Stealth?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "I do!"
[7thsea] GM says, "(Felipe does)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I don't"
[7thsea] Talbert exclaims, "I have it!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "So it's agreed: we'll carry Johann."
[7thsea] Johann says, "sorry folks"
[7thsea] GM says, "Felipe actually has Stealth 2 and Wits 4. If you're all trying to move stealthily as a group, it's an extra 5 for every extra person who's in the group, unless they also have Stealth, in which case they 'assist' by not raising the TN."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Does Maria?"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "She does not!"
[7thsea] GM says, "She's not really the stealthy type."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "So Johann and Maria add 10 to the TN."
[7thsea] GM asks, "Would you like to take the roll or should Felipe?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I trust Felipe"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Do we know the TN?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Hmm, I'm going to say it's an active opposition if/when you run into someone."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Makes sense."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I'll let Felipe roll."
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "OK!"
[7thsea] Felipe rolls 6k4: 8 2 1 7 7 7 | 29
[7thsea] Johann says, "Excellent"
Felipe leads the way, keeping you to the less-splashy sides of the coursways.
[7thsea] Felipe says, "I guess that's effectively a TN of 19 with the extra people."
[7thsea] GM asks, "OK! Where in town are you heading? Your HQ? The Aldana estate? The place you're taking Maria?"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Let's drop off Maria first"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Yeah."
[7thsea] GM says, "Sounds good--tell me about that place."
[7thsea] GM says, "(Or I can make something up myself, but it's more fun for me if we share the worldbuilding ;-)"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "What was Maria's deal again?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "It's a small market store that sells cloth and gear for tailoring, etc. But there's a secret sub-basement below it that's used for Los Vagos meetings."
[7thsea] GM says, "She was a critic of the Inquisition in her town in non-occupied Castille, and eventually was arrested for it (in the dead of night, since she was popular). Los Vagos believe that she'll be safer in this town since its occupation mean there's less effective Inquisition opposition."
[7thsea] Johann says, "We're letting her stay with a community of fishermen sympathetic to the cause."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "And perhaps there's a sewer drain in part of he basement -- it hasn't been opened in years, but with enough work, we should be able to shift it?"
[7thsea] GM says, "(Also, the Montaignians are not doing a lot to track females, so they think she'll be able to blend in and not be noticed much there, either.)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Oh, I missed Don's better idea."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "(AFK for a couple of minutes)"
[7thsea] GM says, "Well, there's the LV HQ and also The Place You're Taking Maria."
[7thsea] GM says, "(unless they're going to be the same place, which is also fine)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I think they're seperate places."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Yeah, the thing I was describing was meant to be sort of a hidden safehouse for us to drop her off at."
[7thsea] GM asks, "Oh, so not the actual HQ, but an auxilliary backup place. Sounds good to me! And the family she's being taken to is the fisherman's quarters?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Where she could get cleaned up and later sneak out via the shop entrance during the day, disguised as a customer."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I assume LV has lots of places where people sometimes meet, since they don't want to expose their big local headquarters to potential exposure if they don't have to."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "(back)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(E.g., we don't want the Inquisition to later recapture Maria and torture the information out of her.)"
[7thsea] GM says, "So, yes! The sewer grate in the subbasement is indeed there, but ancient. It'll take some sort of Brawn roll to get it moving again, TN 20."
[7thsea] GM says, "A failure means it opens, but makes a lot of noise in the process."
[7thsea] Johann says, "I could try, but it would only be straight brawn."
[7thsea] Johann asks, "or maybe climbing, since that requires strong arms?"
[7thsea] GM says, "I think I better say no to that, as you're not Actually Climbing."
[7thsea] Johann says, "Okay, straight brawn here we go"
[7thsea] Johann rolls 3k3: 2 4 4 | 10
[7thsea] Johann says, "Argh"
DonMiguel says, "Maybe we should all push."
Johann says, "*SCREEEEEECH*"
DonMiguel says, "Or I suppose that works."
DonMiguel gives Maria a boost up into the basement.
GM says, "You all freeze in place, listening. After a few moments go by without hearing anything, you relax again, and climb up into the basement."
DonMiguel, once we're in the basement, closes the grating and covers it with several pieces of heavy, dark cloth.
[7thsea] GM says, "However, your Suspicion Level in town increases by one. Which is something I just made up that tracks how close your foes are to tracking you down and discovering Los Vagos."
DonMiguel says, "This should hopefully block the light and sound, if anyone passes by underneath us."
[7thsea] Johann says, "oops"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Oho."
Johann says, "Good work, M"
DonMiguel asks (of Felipe), "Can you get a message to you-know-who to meet us here?"
DonMiguel says, "I'd like them to talk to our new friend before we decide whether or not to bring him back to you-know-where."
Maria says, "Phew. Thank you all. I was prepared to meet my fate, but I must say that being in a city again, unshackled, makes me feel much better."
Johann says, "I am so happy ve could help. Viel Glück, gute Frau."
[7thsea] GM asks, "And with that, we're at time! Any closing discussion?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "I'm very sleepy, but this was fun :)"
[7thsea] Johann asks, "So Maria is obviously an Inquisition plant, right?"
[7thsea] GM says, "You really shouldn't say things like that where the GM can hear you."
[7thsea] Johann says, "heh"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Ha."
DonMiguel says (to Felipe), "Oh, and the physician too, of course."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Hmm, we should look at the schedule."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "Does January 29 work for everyone?"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Works for me"
[7thsea] GM says, "Looks like we have confirmation from everyone but Tale."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Don't be a tattle-Tale, GM :D"
[7thsea] GM says, "snrk"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to GM), "Thanks for the game! Not so much for almost killing Talbert, but I suppose that sort of thing is to be expected from GM's now and then."
[7thsea] Johann says, "Man, that dude is unreliable, but Jan 29th should work"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Woo."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "The whiff of death only adds spice to the adventure ;)"
[7thsea] GM says, "Hee"
[7thsea] GM says, "I have to figure out how to balance encounters again! You all were like, 'hey, let's go into the sewers, it's dangerous', so I'm flipping through the book, find the Boca, and think, "OK, that'll work ;-)"
[7thsea] GM says, "Also, in FATE it's really hard to injure people. I think it's easier in 7th Sea."
[7thsea] Talbert says (to GM), "In FATE you have to bribe people into letting their characters get hurt"
[7thsea] GM exclaims, "At any rate, thanks for being fun players again!"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "(I jest, I jest)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I'm still unsure about some of my skills, then I found out most of them only work with human enemies :-)"
[7thsea] Talbert says (to GM), "Always a pleasure"
[7thsea] GM exclaims (at Talbert), "Pretty much!"
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks (of GM), "By the way... does a brute squad add its count as unkept dice for damage rolls?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Man, I have no idea. I claimed they needed raises, but who knows."
[7thsea] Talbert says, "Goofnight, friends"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "(I didn't wwant to mention it in-game, lest we get even more killed than we already were.)"
[7thsea] DonMiguel exclaims, "Goodnight!"
[7thsea] GM says, "I was also spending time reading up about brute squads ;-)"
[7thsea] Talbert says, "*sleeping cap swishes*"
Talbert hops into the DeLorean and heads off to the future.
[7thsea] GM asks, "Damage is normally just the weapon, right?"
[7thsea] GM asks, "Oh, and Brawn?"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Yeah, that sounds right."
[7thsea] Johann asks, "So what does armor do?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Maybe I misread the 2k0 thing; maybe it was a 0k2."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks, "This is dracheneisen, right?"
[7thsea] Johann says, "Yeah"
[7thsea] Johann says, "(It also says +1 unkept die for Panzerhand knacks, which I neglected to use)"
[7thsea] GM says, "Ah, OK, yes: bites are 0k2. So normally you add their Threat Rating to it, which was 3 while there were 3 groups."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "See pages 132-133 in the player's guide."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to GM), "Oh, aha."
[7thsea] DonMiguel asks (of Johann), "What pieces of armor do you have?"
[7thsea] GM says, "Looks like Armor adds to your TN to be hit."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to GM), "Plus potentially DR."
[7thsea] Johann says, "Panzerhand apparently adds 3 armor points"
[7thsea] GM says, "Just pasted in a table in Discord."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says (to Johann), "That gives you -1 to the attacker's kept dice when they hit you."
[7thsea] GM says, "So if you have 3 armor points, your TN is the same, and your attacker has 1 fewer kept die."
[7thsea] Johann says, "Sweet"
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "So if they would normally do 4k2 damage to you, they only do 3k1."
[7thsea] GM asks, "4k2 to 3k1, or to 4k1?"
[7thsea] Johann says, "I would've thought 4k1"
[7thsea] GM says, "I could see a reasonable argument either way."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "I'm pretty sure the former. Like, if you had 2 kept dice and 2 unkept dice in your hand that you were about to roll, you remove one of the kept dice before rolling."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "But I have no idea where I'd find the ruling for that in the book."
[7thsea] GM says, "Right, but if you say 'you roll four dice, and keep 2', that would make it sound like it'd change to 4k1."
[7thsea] Johann says, "That interpretaions seems more logical to me"
[7thsea] GM says, "Maybe we can ask Whizzard ;-)"
[7thsea] Johann says, "heh"
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "Of course, it's the GM's call."
[7thsea] DonMiguel says, "The closest I can find is the box on page 183."
