Actually, I was thinking I have more trouble finding good ideas and designing interesting challenges that figuring out the mechanics---you've helped with the latter, though.
Great googily-moogily! As the story lags the game by some time, I guess that means it hasn't yet come up in the game yet. That's some planning ahead...
...and Sagiro (the DM, not the NPC) is snickering and twirling his handlebar mustache wondering when the Company would get around to figuring it out.
Note to self: *don't* play poker with that guy...
Woohoo!
It's been a while since I've been on, but it's surprising how well I remember the characters---nice characterization, and good storytelling on top of it!
Nudge, nudge; wink, wink...
(Actually, that would be "using his name in vain"---saying, "By Bruce H. Cordell, ....!" would be swearing.)
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(No, I'm not a nitpicky rules lawyer; why do you ask?)