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<blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7585127" data-attributes="member: 6919838"><p>When i run Portent for my PC i always start to include a lot of references to dreams. My character starts waking up in fits, resting not so peacefully, tossing, turning and so on. i also make occasional references in game to "this looks familiar" or "i know that smell" and so on. </p><p></p><p>So when the moment comes and i want to take over a roll, i interject some form of relevant comment like "remember... " or "go low..." or even make a reference to somehow distracting their target (sort of the deja vu flavor of the help action) as i hand over the die roll result.</p><p></p><p>When i had it from players, i suggested the same sort of approach but if they have a better idea for its manifestation, i am fine with that too. in a scifi game, it was represented as a sort of Ai/tactical overlay that would sometimes hit a key resolution/calculation/estimation at just the right time. A more fantasy manifestation of that could be a sort of spirit or "whisper from divines (or patron)". You get a 19 locked in on your deception roll because the little voice in your head tells you a key to distracting the guard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="5ekyu, post: 7585127, member: 6919838"] When i run Portent for my PC i always start to include a lot of references to dreams. My character starts waking up in fits, resting not so peacefully, tossing, turning and so on. i also make occasional references in game to "this looks familiar" or "i know that smell" and so on. So when the moment comes and i want to take over a roll, i interject some form of relevant comment like "remember... " or "go low..." or even make a reference to somehow distracting their target (sort of the deja vu flavor of the help action) as i hand over the die roll result. When i had it from players, i suggested the same sort of approach but if they have a better idea for its manifestation, i am fine with that too. in a scifi game, it was represented as a sort of Ai/tactical overlay that would sometimes hit a key resolution/calculation/estimation at just the right time. A more fantasy manifestation of that could be a sort of spirit or "whisper from divines (or patron)". You get a 19 locked in on your deception roll because the little voice in your head tells you a key to distracting the guard. [/QUOTE]
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