That's why Loran used weakness on the hound rather than use another bolt :)

Relevant question: how do you want to handle shooting into melee?

I figure it might be better to move into melee myself at this point.

Ranged Attack vs Defender in melee is listed as -2.
However, Fost/horse block LOS
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Partial line of sight, which imposes an additional penalty, and he's at long range. Both of these can be negated if you move forward to the side of the melee.

But then he cannot shoot anyway as he needs the minor to reload.

Hmm, I forgot the ruling on arrow recovery/salavage and cannot find it on the mobile phone:/

Fost I think if you move slightly to the side it will allow Richard to shoot without the penalty?

In reply to Fost (msg # 367):

House rule states it's just half of the ones fired recovered after the fight.

@Loran
Unfortunately I act after Richard.
Hmm, is there some Delay Action in DA?

@Mikhail
Thanks

In reply to Fost (msg # 370):

Prepare Action. Pg. 51.

Then this would be a sensible thing to do for Richard, I'd say.

Apologies, I intended to post yesterday but work was a long day.

I already supplied a Dex (Riding) roll of 18.
Still, if you need another:
rolled 13 using 3d6+5 (1 stunt point) with the AGE System with rolls of {1}, 1, 6.  DEX (Riding)

That would then be a failure, so Fost is knocked off the horse.

So, Round 03 does not change from my post except for taking damage.
My Minor is then a 'get up from prone' and the Major remains at an attack, presuming the mabari is still within reach
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Didn't see the roll. I'm happy to take the 18.

The Knock Prone stunt can't be countered by the Riding roll; it's purpose was to determine if you could dismount before the horse went crashing to the ground. With the 18, you'll end up on your feet.
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Hmm, so actually the horse is knocked prone, yes ?
And I jumped off just in time ?
Cool, pretty cinematic stunt there.

BTW, that's a pretty frightening stunt there. Did not really check this previously. Might have been a lot more worthwhile rather than just going for 'Mighty Blow"

I'll try to keep in mind to adopt the minor 'Stand Firm' action whenever I next encounter mabaris :D

RL troubles?
On whom do we actually wait ^^?

Me, partly RL stuff. I won't bore you with details, but Friday evening/Saturday was difficult, and I didn't get much writing done. (I do have the first line of a post written, though! ;) )

(And, just so you folks know, my local group games 1600-2000 US Pacific Time every Sunday, and I'm currently GMing, so there's weekend prep time for it, too.)

I'll put a post together today.

Ah, ftf roleplay, long time past :/

Yeah, we haven't been ftf since the whole shelter-in-place orders began here in March (and one of our group had just moved to San Diego right before that). Zoom and Fantasy Grounds have been a godsend.

On a side note, I think that mages should have a number of minor spells that allow them to do small things.

These spells will not be named beyond the description of their effect, will not cost mana, and cannot be used to eliminate the need for a skill roll/improve or hinder the chance of success of any die roll/hinder enemies in any way.

Effects would include things like:
Putting a pleasant scent in a nose to keep away bad smells.
Enhance the flavor of a food.
Warm a blanket just enough to let you fall asleep faster.
Clean a garment or a person (the latter may upset some folks, as you're taking away their layer of dirt that keeps them healthy ;) ).
Take the wrinkles out of a garment.
Produce small sparks and streaks of fade energy to entertain.
Other minor effects of convenience that you can think of and are approved by me.

I like the cantrip effects for mages. I wish there were more utility uses for magic in the system, but I'll take what I can get.

My Perception is only 1, and I don't have the right focus. I don't think I'll make a good tracker for this test.

Dice Roller Fumble.
Pushed Roll Dice before completion of text, result 16.
Not seeing that I had rolled, I rolled again, a 12.

Well we need multiple rolls for this any way. I believe he said 10 successes, so with your first roll, that was 5 on the dragon die. So, you would only need 5 more.

I believe Richard is better at this, so I suggest two rolls of Richard to follow up on my two and then we decide how to proceed?
Actually what the heck, I just added a 3rd roll so we can proceed.
Test accomplished on three rolls
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I'm starting to get flashback from Leliana's story with Brother Loren right about now. Although in her case, it was circumstantial and she did not witness anything directly.

Never played Leliana's DLC, but I can see where you're coming from on a reading of Sketch's entry in the DA wiki.