Update from me early tomorrow--today got nuts.

Sorry for the delay! Updating today.

FYI: Saturday through Tuesday I'll be driving my daughter to college or driving back. I actually expect to have time to post, particularly Monday-Tuesday when I normally would, but if I disappear for a day or two, don't be alarmed.

Sounds good, hope you have a safe trip

Thanks! So far so good--posting from my car, courtesy of my daughter driving, mobile wi-fi and unlimited data plans. Life is pretty good :-)

Apologies for the delay, hoping to be able to post gladiators' attacks tomorrow

No problem. Hope you roll less well in the attack than you did in defense :-)

Two questions:

1. If I gain Momentum, I will lose one right afterward thanks to the end of a turn, correct?

2. If I succeed in defending, do I still get benefit of Thinks Fast on His Feet when the fellow had 0 successes? It is technically a successful defense.

Yes as I understand it from the rules you always have the option to role even in situations where success is practically guaranteed (difficulty 0).  The only risk is rolling a 20 and having to deal with a complication.

On Tuesday, I will move home. I'm not sure about the internet connection and how long it will take to get it.
Please be patient :)

Hope your move goes well!

I'm connected again... :)
This message was last edited by the player at 15:09, Sun 06 Sept 2020.

Welcome back! Now let's see how our GM does.

Been very busy this week, otherwise I would have prodded you earlier for your Turn 5 attack Demetrius.  Gave instructions in your last post about Momentum carry over and to attack when ready.  I suspect it was confusing as I didn't post a transition like I normally do but Nantas had already made his attack so just rolled with it.

In fact, going to post Patterson's actions now....

My wife and I are travelling to Maine starting tomorrow for a week. I hope to have an opportunity to post during that time, for this game I think I'll be able to manage posting from my phone.  BUT...it will likely not be every day.

I'll try to have Turn 6 started tonight.

No problem: take it easy and enjoy your family trip!

Thanks, I'm back and might have post up tonight but, if not, definitely by tomorrow.

Sounds good!

Sorry, it would have been better if I'd stuck to that scheduled but I made the mistake of not posting first thing in the morning Saturday and started fixing a sprinkler line instead.  Then one honey-do lead to another and I'm still soar from all the yard work.

No worries!

Presuming it's my turn to act again, who seems to Demetrius to be in worse shape--Nantas or Patterson?

Both are relatively untouched.

Patterson has taken all of 2 Stress.

I'm not sure if Nantas has been hit at all; haven't kept track for him.

Not yet. But covered in dust...

So seems like we're all pretty comfortable with combat.  I think the opposed rolls work as long as we're prompt posting the resolutions (myself included).

I am going to reduce the Menace rating of all the creatures by 1 (at least).   Just taking too long to burn through Stress tracks in PbP

Any other thoughts or changes anyone would like to suggest?

I really love that the fights are taking a while, so don't feel the need to make them less challenging yet :-)

You can reduce the complexity for you by not having NPCs fighting with us in the future.

Busy day today, wasn't expecting a substantial post, so I'll be back tomorrow to post at more length.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:02, Tue 29 Sept 2020.

The ruleset is way too crunchy for me and I wouldn't run a game with this ruleset as a GM.
However, as a player, I'm OK to try it for a bit longer (also outside fights) before finally making up my mind on the topic. :)