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Retry and pretend that spending max EP is a reroll into 9, not random.
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 08:11 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 18:22 |
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Xarn posted:Retry and pretend that spending max EP is a reroll into 9, not random. It seems the game hadn't been sufficiently tested.
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 20:40 |
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Xarn posted:Retry and pretend that spending max EP is a reroll into 9, not random. Marked for Death posted:This combat is fought at a Combat Ratio of -3. As this is a battle of wills, you cannot benefit from bonuses from Potions, Poisons, or items, including Weapons. However, for each of the following you have, add 2 damage to the damage you deal: Mark of the Agarashi, Art of Wordcraft, the Necklace of Teeth. You may also feed your lifeforce to the Demonic Mask, permanently reducing your maximum ENDURANCE by 1 to re-pick a number from the Random Number Table, using either result. You may do this any number of times, paying the cost each time. Morden: 30 We roll: Huntress: 5/21 Morden: 17 We roll: 6 Huntress: 2/21 Morden: 7 We roll: Huntress: 2/20 Morden: 0 Marked for Death posted:Morden's mask is sundered, falling away into two pieces. You see a pale, noble face underneath, blood pouring from the many tiny cuts made by the shattering ceramic. The mage raises his hands, gathering the last of his strength to cast a deadly spell, but the Tall Man steps forward and lifts Morden by the throat even as flame bursts from Morden's hands. The Tall Man howls in pain and begins driving his sickle again and again into Morden's chest. Blood and fire mix in a spectacle you cannot bear to watch. But even as you turn away, a new horror besets you:
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 02:06 |
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Action Chart
Endurance: 2/20 Missed Meals: 1
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 02:06 |
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I must say, the altered combat rules seem like a decent idea but I'm not sure how well it was tested and I really don't think they go far enough. If you want to make combat work in these books you need to scrap the whole system and come up with something new. The Lone Wolf system worked very well in books one and two, and never again. The fight against the Elix was overly complicated and deadly, the vines were a neat idea but really don't work in this system because, again, they're far too deadly, and the enemies in general were just too tough. As for this book as a whole, I thought it was basically fine. I'm not feeling particularly motivated to go back and try other options. The Americanisms are really off-putting in a Lone Wolf book and I don't understand why they're there. I get that Jonathan Stark is American, but the editor's were the usual Magnamund team and for consistency with the rest of the setting it really should have been converted to UK English. Then there's the plot. It started out well, but I got a little bored when it turned into a big fate of the world adventure. I would have liked to see some much lower stakes, at least moment to moment. I didn't mind that we were looking for a big, important item, but the threat level we faced increased far too quickly and dramatically for me. I wanted more talking to people and finding clues and less fighting monsters. The inclusion of a Knowledge section on the Action Chart seemed to promise more than the book could deliver. And I hate Cathar. Awful character. I hope he's not in books two and three.
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 02:16 |
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Yeah, having more mundane adventure would be nice. The original Lone Wolf series got dumb pretty quickly with the Lone Wolf saving the world from EVEN GREATER EVIL every book, and so far it looks like the Huntress series will be the same.
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 07:47 |
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Tiggum posted:And I hate Cathar. Awful character. I hope he's not in books two and three. Xarn posted:Yeah, having more mundane adventure would be nice. The original Lone Wolf series got dumb pretty quickly with the Lone Wolf saving the world from EVEN GREATER EVIL every book, and so far it looks like the Huntress series will be the same. Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 11:40 on Mar 27, 2024 |
# ? Mar 27, 2024 11:37 |
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I want an adventure where your mission is a process server. You don’t have to defeat the ultimate evil, you just have to deliver court documents to them.
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 14:25 |
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nelson posted:I want an adventure where your mission is a process server. You don’t have to defeat the ultimate evil, you just have to deliver court documents to them.
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 18:38 |
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I liked the idea of Cathar as a Rincewind copy, but with the serious tone the comedic relief would have worked much better as someone you encounter at critical moments within increasingly absurd circumstances.
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 19:18 |
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Because I'll be at my parents' place for the next few days, then only back home briefly before heading off camping next weekend, I think I'll probably start posting the next book when I get back on the 9th of April.
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 03:13 |
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The Huntress: Book Two Quelling of the Flame Written by Jonathan Stark. Illustrated by Gary Ward. Quelling of the Flame posted:The Story so Far...
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# ? Apr 9, 2024 02:33 |
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Deserts and jungles are full of poisons, toxins, and heat, plus more endurance is never bad. Toughness
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# ? Apr 9, 2024 03:02 |
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Wafflecopper posted:Deserts and jungles are full of poisons, toxins, and heat, plus more endurance is never bad. Toughness
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# ? Apr 9, 2024 14:54 |
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Wafflecopper posted:Deserts and jungles are full of poisons, toxins, and heat, plus more endurance is never bad. Toughness
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# ? Apr 9, 2024 15:03 |
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Dagger throwing for all those snakes we're going to encounter!
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# ? Apr 9, 2024 17:59 |
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Wordcraft: master the magic of words and dialogues!
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# ? Apr 9, 2024 19:39 |
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Toughness
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Toplowtech posted:Yeah, Toughness looks like a better choice than Alchemy. Action Chart
Endurance: 15/27 Missed Meals: 0 The Passage of Time: Day 1 (5/8) Infected with the Künae Parasite
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The Quelling of the Flame posted:
Quelling of the Flame posted:Only when the moon rises and the desert roads cool does Yallah bid Anya and his children farewell and mount his duraba, a ten-foot long covered wagon that is more like a one-room home on wheels, pulled by two horses. When Yallah travels he lives in his duraba, as well as using it to carry his wares: ceramics and cookware made by his own hand, and beautiful clothing weaved by his wife. You ride the front of the wagon next to him, wearing a body length black and red robe and a sash to cover most of your face. In this way you hope to pass as Yallah's niece and avoid questioning by the guards at the border. The cover, spine and title page of the book say "Quelling of the Flame" but the second title page (between the rules and section 1) adds a "The" in front. And it seems that "Zakhan" is consistently misspelled throughout. Tiggum fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Apr 10, 2024 |
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10 Crowns and the Meals Healer's kit is more EP than 2 meals but the whole max HP thing seems important in this series, what with being able to spend max HP in that one fight last time and all. Tiggum posted:Yallah is singing a song about a sailor who goes to seek revenge on an evil captain who wed his mother, drove her to drink, and spent the sailor's inheritance. Oh hey Yallah is a fan of The Decemberists I see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sw61oITuts
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# ? Apr 10, 2024 05:02 |
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Wafflecopper posted:10 Crowns and the Meals Seems logical to me.
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Wafflecopper posted:10 Crowns and the Meals
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Wafflecopper posted:10 Crowns and the Meals
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# ? Apr 10, 2024 19:56 |
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Quelling of the Flame posted:You open your mouth to ask a question but are interrupted by the thwip of an arrow embedding itself in the woman's back, piercing through her heart. Well, I guess Kelidrassi's dead.
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# ? Apr 11, 2024 02:11 |
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Leap out because it sounds more fun.
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# ? Apr 11, 2024 03:25 |
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We don't have the acrobatics discipline, let's not jump out of the moving vehicle. Stay in the duraba even though that's probably a bad idea too
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# ? Apr 11, 2024 04:17 |
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Wafflecopper posted:We don't have the acrobatics discipline, let's not jump out of the moving vehicle. Stay in the duraba even though that's probably a bad idea too
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# ? Apr 11, 2024 09:03 |
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If we stay in the duraba for at least a minute maybe we can get these horses under control?
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# ? Apr 11, 2024 13:10 |
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gegi posted:If we stay in the duraba for at least a minute maybe we can get these horses under control? Let's stay in the duraba .
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# ? Apr 11, 2024 19:20 |
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I thought it was kinda cool we ran into our old character, what a lame way to go out. Let's stay in the duraba
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# ? Apr 11, 2024 19:26 |
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gegi posted:If we stay in the duraba for at least a minute maybe we can get these horses under control? Quelling of the Flame posted:The panicked horses drag the duraba off the road and into the jungle. The coach bounces and rocks, slamming you against the walls, dropping delicate ceramics onto your head. Lose 3 ENDURANCE points.
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# ? Apr 12, 2024 04:27 |
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Drop
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# ? Apr 12, 2024 06:55 |
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That went well let's hide, we clearly can't be trusted to do anything physical
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# ? Apr 12, 2024 13:40 |
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Black Robe posted:let's hide, we clearly can't be trusted to do anything physical
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# ? Apr 12, 2024 19:28 |
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Black Robe posted:let's hide, we clearly can't be trusted to do anything physical
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# ? Apr 12, 2024 19:57 |
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Quelling of the Flame posted:Pressing back into the vines, you lower your head and will yourself to be still as possible. For several long minutes you hardly dare to breathe. All of your primal instincts tell you to look up, to see if the danger has left, but you ignore them, not moving a muscle.
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# ? Apr 16, 2024 03:46 |
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The Bagnio sounds like a good time
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# ? Apr 16, 2024 04:00 |
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Explore the city on our own. We have enough people telling us where to go. Sometimes it’s nice to just wander for a bit.
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nelson posted:Explore the city on our own.
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