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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9293220" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>Complexity 4, Level 15 <strong>SC Complete</strong>. Goals (below) achieved:</p><p></p><p><strong>Goal</strong>: <em>Elevate and maximize the young Empress' capacity of rulership (first 6 successes) resolved. Remaining...</em></p><p><em><strong>Goal</strong>: ...and convince her to establish a new political order in Bantouk with a counterbalancing Senate (last 4 successes).</em></p><p></p><p><strong>XP/LOOT</strong></p><p></p><p>* 4800/2 = 2400 apiece.</p><p></p><p>* 1900 coin.</p><p></p><p>* Single-use (Consumable):</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>* Extended Rest was earned at Success 6, so <strong>Refresh All</strong>.</p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p><em>"Sovelis, have the Imperial Mummer come to my chambers. I need a grand disguise created immediately; one that will make it impossible for the public to recognize me. Oh, and you need one as well as you're coming with. We go to The Black Stage, but in costume so no one knows it is you or I. The public need their opinions neutrally solicited on these matters...they need convincing that a new order is necessary, and a Senate must be formed to that end..."</em></p><p></p><p><strong>THE BLACK STAGE (EASY)</strong></p><p>Complexity 1 SC, Level 12 (DCs 14/20)</p><p><strong>Goal</strong>: <em>Go to The Black Stage (Easy), where pantomime actors perform for the city's elite (and, occasionally, its underclasses), to sway public opinion on the matters of societal reordering in some grand way.</em></p><p><em>0/4 <strong>Successes</strong>/0 <strong>Failures</strong>/1 Secondary Skill Available</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p><em>The old stone of the intimate, outdoors facade is pocked by age but defiant to the ruination that has tried to claim it so many times. The persimmon tree hardwood that makes up the actors' stage is beautiful and exquisitely novel; black, buckled, greying around the seams.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Standing room only, packed-in like sardines, the motley crowd cheer and playfully jeer as they partake of drink and street-vendor offerings. Upon stage presently is a silent play about a simple and certainly uncontroversial matter; "while the cat is away, the mice will play." These mice in particular, dressed up as they are, appear to be possessed of the subtle bearing of bladelings...and the mice are absolutely wrecking the home!</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>A young, drunken female member of the crowd dressed in absolutely ostentatious get-up, clearly part of the upper-crust, falls into the costumed Empress in an inebriated stumble. Liquor is spilled all over the ruler-girl. Sovelis', also costumed, eyes flash through his mask and he inhales sharply. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>A common laborer of average stature, hands worn by the toil of years, catches the noblewoman by the crook of her arm, righting her before she stumbles hard to the ground. He is also young, but is advanced beyond the age of his "catch" by a good few years (or at least the hardship of his labor has weathered him to appear as such). </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Apologize to her," he says flatly as he nods to the disguised Empress.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The young noblewoman's medley of bodyguards and suitors turn on the man, pressing in, and the situation turns to implicit and immediate threat.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The laborer does not back down. He doesn't even acknowledge them, his eyes locked upon the offending noblewoman.</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p>Do you guys address the content of the stage to the crowd?</p><p></p><p>Do you handle the situation before you; Sovelis stewing, brewing outrage or the immediate and growing conflict?</p><p></p><p>Whatever, typical rules, and <strong><em>MEDIUM DC</em></strong> both.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 9293220, member: 6696971"] Complexity 4, Level 15 [B]SC Complete[/B]. Goals (below) achieved: [B]Goal[/B]: [I]Elevate and maximize the young Empress' capacity of rulership (first 6 successes) resolved. Remaining... [B]Goal[/B]: ...and convince her to establish a new political order in Bantouk with a counterbalancing Senate (last 4 successes).[/I] [B]XP/LOOT[/B] * 4800/2 = 2400 apiece. * 1900 coin. * Single-use (Consumable): * Extended Rest was earned at Success 6, so [B]Refresh All[/B]. [HR][/HR] [I]"Sovelis, have the Imperial Mummer come to my chambers. I need a grand disguise created immediately; one that will make it impossible for the public to recognize me. Oh, and you need one as well as you're coming with. We go to The Black Stage, but in costume so no one knows it is you or I. The public need their opinions neutrally solicited on these matters...they need convincing that a new order is necessary, and a Senate must be formed to that end..."[/I] [B]THE BLACK STAGE (EASY)[/B] Complexity 1 SC, Level 12 (DCs 14/20) [B]Goal[/B]: [I]Go to The Black Stage (Easy), where pantomime actors perform for the city's elite (and, occasionally, its underclasses), to sway public opinion on the matters of societal reordering in some grand way. 0/4 [B]Successes[/B]/0 [B]Failures[/B]/1 Secondary Skill Available[/I] [HR][/HR] [I]The old stone of the intimate, outdoors facade is pocked by age but defiant to the ruination that has tried to claim it so many times. The persimmon tree hardwood that makes up the actors' stage is beautiful and exquisitely novel; black, buckled, greying around the seams. Standing room only, packed-in like sardines, the motley crowd cheer and playfully jeer as they partake of drink and street-vendor offerings. Upon stage presently is a silent play about a simple and certainly uncontroversial matter; "while the cat is away, the mice will play." These mice in particular, dressed up as they are, appear to be possessed of the subtle bearing of bladelings...and the mice are absolutely wrecking the home! A young, drunken female member of the crowd dressed in absolutely ostentatious get-up, clearly part of the upper-crust, falls into the costumed Empress in an inebriated stumble. Liquor is spilled all over the ruler-girl. Sovelis', also costumed, eyes flash through his mask and he inhales sharply. A common laborer of average stature, hands worn by the toil of years, catches the noblewoman by the crook of her arm, righting her before she stumbles hard to the ground. He is also young, but is advanced beyond the age of his "catch" by a good few years (or at least the hardship of his labor has weathered him to appear as such). "Apologize to her," he says flatly as he nods to the disguised Empress. The young noblewoman's medley of bodyguards and suitors turn on the man, pressing in, and the situation turns to implicit and immediate threat. The laborer does not back down. He doesn't even acknowledge them, his eyes locked upon the offending noblewoman.[/I] [HR][/HR] Do you guys address the content of the stage to the crowd? Do you handle the situation before you; Sovelis stewing, brewing outrage or the immediate and growing conflict? Whatever, typical rules, and [B][I]MEDIUM DC[/I][/B] both. [/QUOTE]
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