I think you have me at one too many Fate points.  I did acquire one from Stefan's animosity, but I spent it investigating the twin's room, when I found that symbol scrawled above the secret passage.  Then I spent another one on my last attack.

I would not have thrown the blackjack.  If I couldn't reach him without stepping into the circle, I would just step in it.  If that means I didn't hit him, that's fine.  It sounds as if I accomplished my goal either way, which was to stop whatever he was casting.  (What was it?)

The mighty, dusty wind sounds just tailor-made to support stealth rolls, so I'm going to assume it and you can tell me otherwise if that doesn't work.

What skill do I use to defend against the thrown knife?  We don't have a Defense skill or anything like that.  I'm totally fine if you want to say Athletics.  :-)
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OMFG!!!  12:15, Today: Etzagith rolled -4 using 4 Fudge dice ((-1, -1, -1, -1))  Athletics (+3)? to avoid the thrown knife.

This is getting ridiculous.  Can I make an Aspect of "The die roller hates me." so I can get a fate point for every -2 or worse roll?

Since I really don't want a six-shifts attack to hit me, I'll spend another point for a reroll.

12:18, Today: Etzagith rolled 3 using 4 Fudge dice.  Athletics (+3)? to avoid the thrown knife. reroll.
Much better.  Even if it is not Athletics I should use, that avoids anything worse than a nick.

12:22, Today: Etzagith rolled 0 using 4 Fudge dice.  Stealth (+4) to eliminate a disadvantage.

So result of +4.  If we add the Zone aspect of A Mighty Dusty Wind it is +6.  I assume that eliminates the disadvantage, or just means they can't attack me at all next round.

If it also provides an advantage of I'm way up here, now., I'm ok with it if you are.  :-)

(My interpretation of that article you sent me about using Stealth in Combat basically allows me to attack only every other round but nearly always to do it at advantage, as long as I made a successful Stealth move in the previous round.  If that's not your interpretation, let's talk about it.)
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All I can tell you is that the dice-roller goes both ways.

Hollis would've attacked Cara if he hadn't completely botched his defense roll against her Provoke.  In fact, the only one who did any good on his roll was Daggers, and that attack wasn't particularly awesome...


I would not have thrown the blackjack.  If I couldn't reach him without stepping into the circle, I would just step in it.  If that means I didn't hit him, that's fine.  It sounds as if I accomplished my goal either way, which was to stop whatever he was casting.  (What was it?)
Hey, I went with what you wrote:


Your character has no clue what he was going for (remote activation of certain triggers for other spell-effects.  They still require a physical component, hence the "wind").  He <U>did</I> invest his personal mana in the spell-effect he was going for... which released five shifts of power--three as fallout, 2 as backlash.

Finally, Ahtletics is acceptable in this circumstance. - It simply means he dodged out of the way or jumped out of the way...  He didn't do it with blades as he's thrown the blackjack and that wouldn't have made any sense anyway.  So, you're spot-on.

Also remember that Stress isn't damage.  Etzagith can take a 6-stress hit and walk away from the scene entirely unscathed.  Not that he should want to...

I didn't take that other stunt so I should have 2 fate points.  There was talk of a fate point for but everything we has was in storage (utterly out-of-character, post 305), but I don't think we ended up going in that direction

Sure thing. Change made.

Yeah.  I didn't even realize, until you had said I threw the blackjack, that the circle was that large.  I had thought it was small enough that I could clobber him without entering it myself, and somehow didn't even consider otherwise.  I'm glad to go with whatever interpretation works for you.

I don't know if last round's +6 stealth roll was enough to avoid whatever attack would have come against me (with advantage because of the dust) AND create an advantage I can use this turn.  Of course, my plan on my next roll is to roll well enough that I don't need an advantage to take down the drunken Hollis.  (Also, he's drunk.  I'm using that one.)

Here goes:  Hah!  Finally rolled a positive number.

16:38, Today: Etzagith rolled 2 using 4 Fudge dice.  Unarmed attack (+0) at Hollis.  (advantage drunk).
Result of +4.
If you decide that I do still have my blackjack, then I'll be using blades which is +1, for a result of +5.

Multiple Actions in One Combat-Exchange? - NO
I don't know if last round's +6 stealth roll was enough to avoid whatever attack would have come against me (with advantage because of the dust) AND create an advantage I can use this turn.
Last round?  Wait, you did a Stealth +6 roll last round.  You mean Combat-Exchange #2?  I missed that entirely.    I'm going to assume you mean this round... Combat-Exchange #3.

You've got a roll in the Dice roller that says:
10:22, Today: Etzagith rolled 0 using 4 Fudge dice.  Stealth (+4) to eliminate a disadvantage.

I presume we're talking about Dust in His Eyes?  What you're looking for is an Overcome action.   And that's an action.   It will take an entire combat-exchange.   It also requires some sort of mention in the in-character story.

Seriously though, on it's own, it's just an Aspect.  It doesn't do anything unless it's compelled.  Sure, there is a possibility that one of the bad guys might compel Dust in His Eyes, but there's just as much chance that it doesn't get compelled.  If you decide that it's important enough to spend an entire combat-exchange on, then okay.  It's your call.

Finally, I'm not finding any reference in the books that support splitting a dice roll to allow for two actions.   Hiding, by it's very nature is Creating an Advantage.  You just can't use it in the same combat-round.  So... Etzagith is hiding (Stealth/Create Advantage) or attacking Hollis (Attack). Or he's wiping the dust from his eyes (Overcome).  He can't do all three in one combat-exchange.

Multiple Scene-Aspects on one roll? - YES!
Result of +4, using the advantage Three-Sheets to the Wind or, if I have it, the advantage I'm way up here, now.  It is allowed to use both, or are you limited to a single environmental advantage per action?
You can certainly pile on the Aspects.  Free-invokes if they're there don't cost you anything.   without the free-invokes, they cost you a fate-point...


I'm way up here, now
Where did this Aspect come from?   I have no record of this Aspect, neither in the narrative nor in the dice roller.   You did have How'd He get There, but moving from that location changed the context when you threw the blackjack...  That specific Aspect is gone, now.  If you want to create another similar advantage, you will need to make a roll to Create An Advantage.  This is an option you can definitely take if he's now hiding...  But, again... that's an Action. Is it worth the entire combat-exchange?


Do I still have my blackjack?
If you decide that I do still have my blackjack, then I'll be using blades which is +1, for a result of +5.
You threw the blackjack at the caster.   It's probably on the ground now.  I don't see any reason in the narrative why he couldn't pick it up on the way to Hollis...

Sorry.  We seem to be out of sync, I thought we were at round 4.  This is how I saw it.

Round 1, started at msg #25 of the IC thread:
 - I slipped into one aisle of freight and jumped over some barrels to arrive at another
 - Daggers shoved the barrels, too late to trap me

Round 2, starting at msg #30:
 - I came out of the other aisle and attacked the caster causing the whirlwind

Round 3, starting at msg #36:
 - Daggers threw a dagger at me.  I dove beyond Hollis to avoid it, then started climbing up the sacks of grain with a stealth roll.

Round 4, starting at the now-deleted msg #39.  I thought that was a new round starting.   So I went ahead with my next action.

Sorry if I jumped the gun.

Dagger is lowest on the iniative ranking.  He overcame the passive defense of Etzagith's hide in order to throw the dagger.  You appeared to have dodges it successfully, so I'll write that up momentarily.   However, Daggers is the last one to act in the intiative ranking.

I will continue to post an entire scene breakdown for each combat-exchange as I have done so.

We are now in Combat-Exchange 3.

The only thing that was in now-deleted message #39 was the initiative ranking to include Arui and Nathan who'd just joined the scene.   That information is redundant as it is also posted here in this OOC thread.
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I've taken the liberty to call out the tracking & status information to a separate closed thread so that that information does not get lost in the flow of things.

This information will be kept up to date THERE.

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Okay...  Round 3 Build in progress

Initiative Roster is:

• +6 Etzagith
  
  • One of the following defined actions:
    
    • Overcome the Dust in His Eyes Aspect.
      I'll give it to you for free, but it takes up the action in this combat exchange.
    • Create Advantage - Hide.
      Already rolled: Stealth(+4)
    • Attack Hollis
      Already rolled: Unarmed(+2) + Three Sheets to the Wind(+2) free invoke)
  • It doesn't seem unreasonable to say that Etzagith picked up the blackjack while moving to attack Hollis.  I'll allow it.
  • I will give you 1 fate point for the accusation, based on the fact that Etzagith is
    Blindly Secretly in love with the Queen
• +4 Arui - As yet undefined
• +3 Nathan - As yet undefined
• +3 Caster - Defined
• +2 Cara - As yet undefined
• +2 Hollis - Defined
• +1 Daggers - Defined

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@Arui
she kept her hands on her bow in case any tried to turn on her.  Nathan was a man of authority, and he seemed just.  She would wait on him for direction.

No-Action time could be used to Create an Advantage, if you wanted.

Like, perhaps roll (Notice? Physique? Athletics?) to mentally prepare for combat, thus creating an Aspect Ready for Anything?

I mean, you might as well make use of the "no action" time to drum up an Aspect that can help you down the road.
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Round 3 Action

Describe the Action:  Cara is going to draw her knives, and triggering one of the free Invokes on her Glyph of Alacrity, strike at Daggers with supernatural speed to try and catch him off guard.

Roll the Dice:  17:00, Today: Cara rolled 0 using 4 Fudge dice ((-1, 1, -1, 1)).

Determine Approach:  Blades (+3), which means with the free Invoke I'm up to a total of +5 to my action.

Choose an Action:  No need to waste a 5, I'm stabbing him with an Attack action.

Nice.  If she hits, it will trigger the Mindfire Poison, too...

So  @Etz...

Cara and Arui are posting on the IC thread...  What's Etz action in this combat exchange?   I'd like to unblock your post soon...
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Edit:  OK:  Updated one note and marked the other for delete, though only you can actually delete it.
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Thanks, again! (But really not necessary.  You should take it back for my trying so hard to mess up the combat.

Nope, this is simply how fate points work.  Play to your Aspects, earn Fate-points.

Through all of this, It's never actually been verified that the Blue Sails is holding Liam and Lucas.  Etzagith hasn't seen them.  He's heard that Hollis told someone to shut up, and it's inferred that he's hiding someone, but it was never clearly made evident that it was the boys.  It's a fair conclusion to jump to, but it's even more of a justified conclusion based on Etzagith's blind love...  so, boy, does it fit.  You played that according to you Aspects.  So the fate point fits perfectly.  You earned it.

Whether the boys are actually here or not... well, that'll be revealed a little later in the scene.

Okay, I have all the PC actions in place, rolling for the bad guys and writing up the exchange re-cap...

Mechanical details are on the Combat Tracking thread
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:13, Wed 08 July 2020.