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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chaochou" data-source="post: 7175900" data-attributes="member: 99817">Well now, lots to think about. Again, rambling, and let's take it as a given that there would be backchat, kibbitzing and negotiation in a live game...I'd be making the Slide's initial action declaration Risky / Limited. He's having to act in a hurry and there's no reason yet to believe Scarecrow is a willing accomplice or any reason to believe we won't kill him anyway. So no trading effect for position. The hound's action is, to me, a +1d assist since it's reinforcing what the Slide just said. That leaves the Lurk with an option to contribute, but assuming he can't we've got Command: 3d6, Risky, Limited (+3 stress).The 3d6 roll comes out at 4, 5, 6. Decent roll for the good guys: You do it."Scarecrow lurches out of the closet across the corridor, cursing his luck, genuinely miserable and barely registering the two thugs watching his movements. He stoops to pick up the lantern, and as he rises he looks up towards them."What yer looking at, yer pair of whore-sons?" he spits."Okay - so for me this is an immediate Fortune roll. Is the lackey convincing? Is there something wrong or unusual about his behaviour? Has he overstepped the mark with his insult?The gang is Tier 1 for 1d, and the thugs know Scarecrow well for +1d advantage.Scarecrow is Tier 1 for 1d, and he's getting +1d advantage for the limited success on the command.Thugs get: 6, 1.Lackey gets: 3, 6.One 6 each, a draw - so let's see..."Down the corridor you hear one man laugh, moving away. But the other is approaching fast, bootsteps hard and angry against the stone, accelerating, his voice rising in anger.."Whore-son, is it? Breaking our lanterns, is it? Skiving off work, is it? You're gonna regret this day, miserable, stinking, sack of...""The lackey's lantern light flashes off the honed edge of a wicked looking blade, held low and forward, as the thug strides into view, tensing to strike."He's moments away from knifing the lackey in the ribs... what do you do?"There you go...plenty to work with <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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