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CHANVATI seems perplexed. "Seen me?" he asks. "In the rock? What do you mean?" The old Goliath, even bent with age, is more than two heads his superior. She doesn't turn but merely waves a hand distractedly in the direction of the boulder. "Look," she repeats. The Merchant Prince regards the...

While Pa'avu's attention is rightfully drawn to curtailing the threat of roused, aggressive canines, CHANVATI takes note of the milling Goliaths, freed from mind control but stupefied by this sudden shift, and the elderly Goliath and her struggles with the garden of stones. If ever there was an...

Quick bookkeeping update: Milestone achieved, C & P each gain 1 AP. Short Rest: Chanvati uses Inspiring Word on Pa'avu, praising her for her decisive role in defeating the Herald of Caiphon; she spends 1 Surge (15) & regains r(3) = 18 total HP. 43 +18 = 61/61, 10/11 Healing Surges remaining...

@Manbearcat will update the previous post with the end of the combat scene, but in the meantime he asked that we post a vignette of the win condition and setup for transitioning to the next scene. Bita-Bousseh's eyes widen in amazement as the abominable ice scuttlers begin to advance upon her...

Why do you see growth in power/advancement as opposed to or incompatible with solidly competent/not reliant upon tremendous luck for success?

I think so. From the website (I'm a Backer): "All backers will receive PDFs of both books and additional play aids. The PDFs will be thoroughly bookmarked and hyperlinked to maximize ease of use." And the FAQ: " Will there be a playable draft of the game before the final release? Yes. The...

Great point! Keywords, and thus derived tropes, are super important the game (and genre of games)

I'm pressed for time so can't point you to particular posts right now, but if you scroll through and look for Pa'avu's use of Athletics to combat stunt in the fight in the undercity of Bantouk against the ochre jellies and Chanvati's use of Arcana as part of Living Missile Attack against the id...

In short, the rules entries on skills include some specific instantiations of use but are no more limiting than, say, Dungeon World's Basic Moves, just expanded from 12 to 17.

Perhaps you will find useful reading through how we deploy skills (and other items on your agenda) in This current Play by Post 4E game, in which I am a participant.

BOOKKEEPING UPDATE CHANVATI's Level-Up Choices Utility Power: Dragon's Tenacity (Warlord Encounter U6) Feat: Superior Will Character Summary: Bita-Bousseh Before Mirage Moonstar departs on her Pegasus, Sirocco, she pulls Chanvati aside and stares deeply into his eyes. <<This entity that...

Behind the medicine-woman scrawling images on the stone floor, the hunter, one hand to a head addled by the injury sustained from CHANVATI's telekinetic propulsion against the chamber wall, teeters slightly. Pa'avu reaches out a steadying hand in kindness, and Chanvati senses his entree...

Pa'avu's brow furrows at her gosb'tar's words, and her gaze redirects away from the scene. "He may bluster and rant of his own superiority," she thinks, "but one day he will realize our partnership. I am no man's slave. I choose to serve!" Meanwhile, as the Goliath drummers scramble to their...

CHANVATI watches impatiently as Pa'avu speaks with the mutants in their native, inscrutable tongue. Immediate hostilities are forestalled, that much he intuits. Then he feels a probing thought reach out to him, that of his slave. <<Gosb'tar, they are infected by the Herald of Caiphon. They wish...

CHANVATI opens his mind to his former mentor, removing all impediments to that most intimate of connections, the marriage of two minds into one. A flood of images. <<The journey through the petrified forest and mud sinks. Weird drumming. Eerie chants. Acrid odor of blood. The climb through the...

CHANVATI carefully considers Pa’avu’s revelation about the Cult of the Iron Gorgon and Caiphon. If what she claims is true, then the Spirit Serpent’s suspicions may be underselling the threat. The forces of the Far Realm may already be amidst a full-on assault upon all reality! Action to seal...

Per @Manbearcat: SKILL CHALLENGE COMPLETE XP: 350/2 = 175 apiece LOOT *60 gold *Ritual Book level 8 or less The Spirit Serpent yields, finally, an alliance assured, with promises by the Sojourners to return to the Gate with a powerful Ritualist to enact the scheme Chanvati concocted...

Realizing he has communicated his point to the Serpent, CHANVATI eases up on the hubris and aggression, sincerely. "Great Spirit, I did not seek any quarrel with you; again, I apologize for my transgression, necessary though it was. In my mortal being is imperfection. I acknowledge that. And...

CHANVATI returns the communication in kind, the force of his telepathy augmenting his natural tenor with a deep rumbling echo, like thunder in the mind of his interlocutor. <<The tale of Khala, goddess of winter? Indeed, an episode after the Dawn War proper, the War of Winter as I recall. We...

CHANVATI feels his face flush with rising anger at the words of the Soul Serpent. Did the Being not comprehend his self-effacement? His acknowledgement of brashness and transgression? “Great Spirit,” he utters between gritted teeth, “You ask whom is served in my kinsmen’s bondage, how I can...