In reply to Dread Pirate Robert (msg # 454):
I'm pulling from books you don't have where I can, and burying the places I'm not sure of in metaphor. So far I haven't used a single Tesse aside from Read though, and all that does is show you the strands of fate. The books don't go into what they actually look like, and how much information you can get from reading them is largely left to the GM aside from reading people's virtues. So we're dealing entirely in fluff right now and it's great, but eventually dice happen. Probably.
If I wanted to place a blessing on someone that lasted beyond the scene, and the story of Vodacce requires that to be a thing, how would that work mechanically? There are no rules, yet it must be possible to do this thing. Again, not exactly urgent, but something I'd like to hash out
before it's urgent.
I'm inclined to say a lasting blessing/curse is less intense than a scene-length one, since you're trading power for endurance, but I'm not sure how much. Normally you gain one lash, and then however many lashes you have is the strength of a blessing. There are a few possibilities I can see for extra duration.
- Half the normal number of dice (one per two lashes instead of one-for-one), but they last until used or overwritten (only one blessing or curse allowed on a target at a time.)
- It's a separate effect, apply the blessing/curse, then weave it more tightly, duration based on number of lashes for the extra effect. (Probably not linear scaling, since ship voyages last months, and 30+ lashes is just begging for fate to splatter you across the city.)
- This would add another Tesse to the list, which could be obtained just like any other. Keeps the power of PC Strega in check, since they're choosing between having that and having something more immediately useful.
- It just takes longer to apply (By default, using a Tesse is one raise in a risk, increase the duration of the blessing/curse with more raises)
- Longer duration blessings/curses have to be woven ahead of time, and then placed on someone with the usual ritual.
- How many pre-woven blessings/curses can a Strega carry? One? More? Base of one, but with a perk to increase?
This message was last edited by the player at 07:53, Sat 09 Oct 2021.