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Asher
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Re: GM Questions

Post by Asher » Thu May 06, 2021 12:47 am

To clarify, if my archer took 12 damage after void on the first shot, do they bow out before the second shot, or do they take it, because the kadi wont let them bow out there?
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Re: GM Questions

Post by Jewel » Thu May 06, 2021 8:33 am

Asher wrote:
Thu May 06, 2021 12:47 am
To clarify, if my archer took 12 damage after void on the first shot, do they bow out before the second shot, or do they take it, because the kadi wont let them bow out there?
They take it. If they've taken the first shot it is because they committed to taking a second round. It's only if they get dropped to down or out that the second round doesn't happen.

What's happening is:

They fire.
She asks the equivalent of 'Do you want a second round? Or do you want to walk away?'
They say yes to the second round.
She fires.
The second round begins.
They fire.
She fires.
She gives them the choice of round three or walking away.
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Re: GM Questions

Post by Faruq Al-Farhan » Thu May 06, 2021 11:06 pm

I think this does mean one of the competitors ought to have taken a second shot - but I'm not sure that's relevant enough to retcon it now. Your call, I guess :)

Also - Asher's damage rolls for the Khadi's shot used 5k3, which would indicate that she used Flesh Cutter arrows. That might either be rerolled (possibly leading her archer to not fall down - I'll edit my healing post if necessary then), or it might give Asher 2 more points due to the use of the more dangerous arrows.

Or the GM might just decide to handwave it, as it's not enough to change much in the grand scheme of things :) Just mentioning it is all.
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Re: GM Questions

Post by Ali ibn Farid » Fri May 07, 2021 3:11 am

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Re: GM Questions

Post by Asher » Sat May 08, 2021 1:21 pm

Is there an option to hire our archers full time? What would be the cost? Would they count as a Budoka Servant?
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Re: GM Questions

Post by Jewel » Sat May 08, 2021 2:20 pm

Asher wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 1:21 pm
Is there an option to hire our archers full time? What would be the cost? Would they count as a Budoka Servant?
If you just want them to be a fluff background NPC with no mechanical benefit that can be assumed to happen. If you want a mechanical benefit they really weren't balanced with that in mind. I'll allow purchasing them as a budoka Servant, and I'll waive the usual 2 point 'after creation' penalty, but they will function mechanically as the level of servant purchased not their stats from this game.
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Re: GM Questions

Post by Asher » Sun May 09, 2021 12:52 am

Jewel wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 2:20 pm
Asher wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 1:21 pm
Is there an option to hire our archers full time? What would be the cost? Would they count as a Budoka Servant?
If you just want them to be a fluff background NPC with no mechanical benefit that can be assumed to happen. If you want a mechanical benefit they really weren't balanced with that in mind. I'll allow purchasing them as a budoka Servant, and I'll waive the usual 2 point 'after creation' penalty, but they will function mechanically as the level of servant purchased not their stats from this game.
So 5 xp for a basic Bdoka?
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Re: GM Questions

Post by Jewel » Sun May 09, 2021 12:56 am

Correct
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Re: GM Questions

Post by Raya » Sat May 14, 2022 12:27 pm

Will there be a new character descriptions forum/thread for this new game?
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Re: GM Questions

Post by Jewel » Sat May 14, 2022 12:32 pm

Raya wrote:
Sat May 14, 2022 12:27 pm
Will there be a new character descriptions forum/thread for this new game?
For now I think we'll use the existing one since so little time elapsed. If something truly drastically changed in the two weeks you can edit the existing post with 'As of Shortest Days' or something to that effect.
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