You know the Slicerats, I presume? They infest the city. Ever since they outed Otis Steeleye some ways back, they've taken over the wards and yards. Rinik the Rat's clawed his way out of the streets to higher reaches, top sharp of the pyramid.Used to be a local street gang had a sense of decency. Some sliver of sheer sense, not to go mucking about with knifework or the more blatant kinds of assault, but the Slicerats don't play by the old rulebook. Gets them a certain credit, with a certain kind of soul - and so they get a certain kind of recruit, but, friend, you can guess what sort of street-scum is apt to like calling themselves rats and see about slicing parts of other people up for their own gain. Otis ran a tighter ship, back when the old Wardbosses were still in charge. Being in a gang was practically a mark credit, someone you could rely on, the streets had a certain kind of honour. Now its rat nights and dog days.Well. The Watchers aren't wont to do anything about it, the Legion is busy with all its little wars and prayer hasn't helped anyone in this city in decades or more.So we're going to have to solve this rat infestation ourselves.Here in Razorwind the alleys are long and you can hear the wind scream, but it's also the first staging points for many a little import business. Legal or . . . Not so much. Word on the street is the Slicerats have a shipment lying about in the basement of an old building somewhere around here.You can put two and three together and get five, can't you, maskmate?We're going to pay them a visit.We're going to make them pay the tariff for importing drugs and what might be worse into our fair city.And we're going to make their merchandise the cloud's business.A little light assault, a little aggrieved arson and just a slight touch of extrajudical arbitration by way of fists and feet. Watchers might too bribed, too careless or too ignorant to take note of the rats chewing in the wood, but they're still duty bound to respond a fire in the slums. Eventually. Once the smoke gets so sky-reaching tall they can't play-pretend it's someone elses problem.So, really, in a sense, we're just making sure the Watchers get a message about where the crooks of the city might be, aren't we? It's practically civic duty!Any questions?
Now, just in case you're rusty, new, old, or haven't quite managed to remember how things go down around town, perhaps you'd like to peruse the broadsheets left?Though, it's all less complicated than it appears. Rinik and his Rats won't even know what hit 'em, I'm sure.To create a character, you might need a sheet:#Maskmoniker (That's your name, mate)-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture [Pool + total of Fluidity, Finesse,Focus, Ferocity and Foresight]-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 3React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1 Attune 1Fluidity 1 Finesse 1 Focus 1 Ferocity 1 Foresight 1 -Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2 -xx-Traits & Tools-!xxNow, for record keeping purposes, maskmonikers have to be searchable and decent-ish. It's hard to get all excited about a wet potato of a name, so make it something . . . With a sense of *style*, eh, softsoul?>There's some other threads, if you're interested. Though they aren't required reading>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=art%3F>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvYlLtrfA9Y&list=RDnvYlLtrfA9Y&start_radio=1>There's a skirmishy discord, though why you'd want one is your business: https://discord.gg/pvwZQkMe > Been a while, hasn't it?
>>6430506>Any questions?Do we get matching uniforms and dental insurance?
Ah, but now, the real deal. To do justice in this city, sometimes you need to put on a true face. Rinik and his Rats run the underground, the Watchers in their government issue armour keep an eye out of troublemakers, and anyone knows someone on the take or too willing to snitch by half. A city lives by the whispering trade of secrets, shared and stolen. Rinik's got enough clout, friends, push and pressure that someone catches sight of your face and works out who you are? Well, you'll be floating down the river come quick.But . . . We're civilised sort of people around here. Grand Pyther has deal with infestations like this kind of thing before. The civic body has a well established immunity system. Enter: The Red Market. Enter: The Masks. Put one one, softsoul. Be a thing more than mere human, an icon of vigilante justice, an effigy to swinging fists and low-down heroism. Wrap yourself in the myth and marvel of symbol and sign. The Mask isn't who you are, but it also isn't who you aren't. You need a Mask in this line of work, all flourished and fine, with a moniker attached so we know where to send the cold coins you've earned by deed and daring. The Red Market puts up the jobs. Someone - somewhere - puts on a Mask. Takes it for a Dance. Claims the payment. Walks away, justice done and wallet weighty, and to fade back into the crowd, all you have to do is take off the mask and hide it under the floorboards. Is it a perfect system? No, of course not, softsoul. What system is?For one, in a city as old and storied as this, some of these masks have *too much* story attached. You can lose yourself a little, if you take it too far. Somewhere in there perhaps the line between who you are on the inside and what you're wearing on the outside grows thin.Sometimes, under the floorboards, on a rainy night, it might whisper: someone has to do something.-->Masks are changable and adjust over time, but you'll need one for the first Dance.
>>6430508Eeehhhh, best we can do is relatively organised but fashionable dapper drabings around your soft, stabbale skin and the assurance that no one has dental insurance so if you knock a few teeth loose they'll be sipping soup with and thinking fondly of your fists for the next few months.Well. Except possibly if they know a particularly good back alley surgeon. Sometimes you hear things, it's not entirely possibly someone gets creative with glue and prosthetics and. . . Other things.
>>6430511(is "focus" here supposed to be posture?)
>>6430533No. I wouldn't worry about it, maskmate. Probably some sort of dubiously reasonable type thing where if six mean bastards with sharp knives beat you up in an alley you get to experience some kind of phase two style situation where you stand up again and shake off some of the pain but it comes at some kind of cost. I'm sure it's not going to be all that relevant, so I'd just pick the one that appeals to you on an intuitive, heartfelt basis.
>>6430511Can I be a b*xer?
>>6430506Are we allowed to bring back a legacy character from previous Hexped: Maskmates?
# The King (Also known as The Scale-Hearted Swordsman Or The Sea-Splitting Blade Or The Absolute Lord Or-)-Conditions and Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 17--Capabilities and Intentions-Pool 9 | Mobility 3React 1 | Resist 1 | Rebuff 1 | Attune 1Fluidity 1 | Finesse 1 | Focus 1 | Ferocity 4 | Foresight 1-Skills and Secrets--First Aid 2-Reckless Daring 6-Vulpe 2-Rikovian Knifehand 1-Traits and Tools-!Unusually Ferocious!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Scale-Hearted Swordsman (Delusional?)!Flash And Panache------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I, The King, have deigned to grace thou all with my own selfs presence. I also find this mask visually unappealing. One of thee, get my esteemed self a new one.
>>6430540That's not a storied fighting art. They just stand stand there and take it. And we do have to do things with a certain sense of flair and panache around here. Otherwise, what's the point? If it's busted teeth and broken bones and hardscrabble spirit, sure, sure, but at least make it look good. In any case, if absolutely must box someone, try a Streetstyle brawler.>>6430545Other stories, other times, other rules. They never match perfectly and you shouldn't expect overmuch, but you can certainly carry on the namesake and maybe something will come of it.
>>6430511What kind of changes do you mean, by the way? Visual or mechanical? Both?
Wait actually that's a silly question ignore it. Do the mask-traits give any bonuses or are they just something that happens on complication to alter how things go for you. Like a Flash And Panache haver would end up with more dramatic complications?
>>6430557Worth a shot>>6430507#El Fantasma Carmesí (The Crimson Phantom)-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture [20]-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 3React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1 Attune 1Fluidity 2 Finesse 1 Focus 2Ferocity 5 Foresight 1-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2-Lethality 6-Reckless Daring 3-Streetstyle Brawler 1-Traits & Tools-!Violent Tear of Ashoniti!Unusually Ferocious!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Red Dream, Red Rivers------------------------------------------Power and MORE Power. They're going to regret coming out today.
Are we supposed to take six secrets total with 3+2+2+1+1+1 points collectively?
# The King (Also known as The Scale-Hearted Swordsman Or The Sea-Splitting Blade Or The Absolute Lord Or-)-Conditions and Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 18--Capabilities and Intentions-Pool 9 | Mobility 3React 3 | Resist 1 | Rebuff 1 | Attune 1Fluidity 1 | Finesse 1 | Focus 1 | Ferocity 5 | Foresight 1-Skills and Secrets--First Aid 2-Reckless Daring 3-Rikovian Knifehand 2-Vulpe 2-Cool 1-Rage 1-Lethality 1-Traits and Tools-!Unusually Ferocious!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Scale-Hearted Swordsman (Delusional?)!Flash And Panache------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I, The King, fucked up my resume, sorry.
>>6430511#Amicus(That's your name, mate)-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture [19]-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 3React 1 Resist 2 Rebuff 2 Attune 1Fluidity 1 Finesse 1 Focus 3Ferocity 4 Foresight 1-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2-Intransigence 3-Discipline 2-Hard 1-Traits & Tools-!Unbending!Unusually Ferocious !Someone Has To Do The Right Thing !Sunlit Muster
>>6430511#Perspicus-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 20-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 3React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1 Attune 1Fluidity 1 Finesse 1 Focus 3Ferocity 1 Foresight 5-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2-Cool 3, -Sharp 2 -Lethality 2-Discipline1-Hard 1 -Glitching Cascades 1-Traits & Tools-!Insightful!Unusually Foresightful!Cut the Self Free!Flash and Panache
>>6430506>Small mistakes to correct. Though I liked being able to stack on the Skills and Secrets >>6430584#El Fantasma Carmesí (The Crimson Phantom)-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture [20]-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 3React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1 Attune 1Fluidity 2 Finesse 1 Focus 2Ferocity 5 Foresight 1-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2-Lethality 3-Reckless Daring 2-Streetstyle Brawler 2-Hard 1-Wolf 1-Traits & Tools-!Violent Tear of Ashoniti!Unusually Ferocious!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Red Dream, Red Rivers
>>6430511#Joe-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 20-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 3React 1 Resist 2 Rebuff 1 Attune 1Fluidity 3 Finesse 1 Focus 5Ferocity 1 Foresight 1-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2-Intransigence 3-Hard 2-Discipline 2-Cool 1-Sharp 1-Glitching Cascades 1-Traits & Tools-!Stubborn!Unusually Focused!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Streetstyle brawler
>>6430511#Blot-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 14-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 4React 7 Resist 1 Rebuff 1 Attune 1Fluidity 1 Finesse 1 Focus 1Ferocity 1 Foresight 1-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2-Glitching Cascade 3-Reckless Daring 2-Sharp 2-Cool 1-Moth 1-Wyrd 1-Traits & Tools-!Lucky!Unusually Mobile!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Flash and Panache
>>6430507#Stray-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 18-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 4React 2 Resist 2 Rebuff 1 Attune 2Fluidity 3 Finesse 2 Focus 1Ferocity 1 Foresight 2-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2-Wolf 3-Wyrd 2-Cool 2-Sharp 1-Wasp 1-Discipline 1-Traits & Tools-!Old Blitzhound!Unusually Fluid!Cut The Self Free!Whispering Witticisms
Driller-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 16-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 3React 3 Resist 1 Rebuff 1 Attune 1Fluidity 1 Finesse 1 Focus 3!Ferocity 1 Foresight 1Glory 0-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 4-Wolf 2-Wasp 3-Discipline 2- Intrasignence 1- Glitching Cascades 1 - Rikovian Knifehand 1-Traits & Tools-!A Scorpion Soul, by Duty Bound!Unusually Focused!Mask Scorpion / Red Droplet !Red Dreams, Red Rivers!Someone Has To Do the Right Thing
>>6430507#Atlas Anchored===+Conditions And Consequences+Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 16===+Capabilities and Attributes+Pool 9 Mobility 3React 1 Resist (1+5) Rebuff 1 Attune 1Fluidity 1 Finesse 1 Focus (1+1+1)Ferocity 1 Foresight 1===+Skills & Secrets+- First Aid 2- Professional- 3 Intransigence- 2 Discipline- 1 Hard===+Traits & Tools+!Someone has to do the right thing!Unusually Focused===>Intent/ability points: +5 resist, +1 Focus>Secrets: +3 Intransigence, +2 Discipline, +1 Hard>Generic Trait: Unusually Focused (+1 Focus)>Descriptive Trait: Professional>Motivation: Someone has to do the right thing
>>6430511>>6430808> Mask: Legion Fullhelm
>>6430646Forgot to add 1 point>+1 Fluidity (2) and 19 Posture
>>6430507# Eight Treasures-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 21-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 3React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1 Attune 2Fluidity 3 Finesse 3 Focus 2Ferocity 1 Foresight 3-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2-Rikovian Knifehand 3-Cool 2-Moth 2-Reckless Daring 1-Vulpe 1-Sharp 1-Traits & Tools-!Unusually Finesseful!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Live Wire!Flash and Panache (Moth Mask)"Eight Treasures they call me, and trust me, you won't see the same one twice before you're knocked out cold."
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain and instead only look at the following updated sheet. Please be understanding, I'm good at kicking guys in the face, not paperwork.# Eight Treasures-Conditions And Consequences-Limit 12 [Resilience, Psyche, Ward]Posture 20-Capabilities and Attributes-Pool 9 Mobility 3React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1 Attune 2Fluidity 3 Finesse 3 Focus 2Ferocity 1 Foresight 2-Skills & Secrets--First Aid 2-Rikovian Knifehand 3-Cool 2-Moth 2-Reckless Daring 1-Vulpe 1-Sharp 1-Traits & Tools-!Unusually Finesseful!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Live Wire!Flash and Panache (Moth Mask)
Rolled 10, 7, 5, 6, 5, 1, 8, 7, 5, 8 = 62 (10d10)Ah, what a gaggle of marvelous types. All mettlesome and presumptively mighty. Though perhaps that part is yet to tested.Let's see how the night gets on then, then...>Assembling . . .-->>6430897Both are a skillset, though sign your name with enough confident force to a merger and acquisition and how is such different from fisticuffs?>>6430824Ah ah ah, maskmate. If you forget, you forgot, and can gain no benefit from things that were not noticed and not front of mind. The law is impartial even in the face of the grace of kings. That says if you do not correct, it is void. You did not. It is void. Kingly demands made after the fact in light of sudden insight have no bearing. Your course is already set.But fret not. You're barely going to notice the lack, and surely there will be other chances.>>6430740Now, hardly is anyone going to insult you for being who you are as that would be rude, but, maskmate, softsoul, *friend*, if you put on a mask to fight crime at the behest of a whispering trade network of clever skullduggery types and get involved in all sorts of arcane, esoteric business, your maskmonitor, your referential self, your soft calling name whispered by the knowers and the movers and the shakers in the shadows as they track your career with interest? All that? If you do all that, and call yourself "Joe", you make a fucking mockery of the whole fucking enterprise.Sense of fucking style or you might as well be any two bit *assassin*, half-made murderer or maniac with a grudge. What would be the Icon-touched point?Get the fuck out of here and go to a tavern and slug six drinks and come back with a sense of flair and mild inspiration, no proper whispertrader is going to front any liquid means or soft support for 'Joe, Guy In A Mask'. No one is going to declaim the hallowed name of "Oh yeah, Joe" in song or write artisinally inspired graffiti on Legion compound walls or the manors of the grand-standing nobles and sign it "And we wish Joe would help". And when you're bleeding out and dying from six stab wounds and the hard barrier line between this material place and the Other grows thinner and you catch a fleeting glimpse of the High Icons shining down, brought to close convocation with the world by your acts and wills and sacrifice, they're not going to be bound to any measure of attention if your fleeting fucking marketmoniker name is 'Joe'.There's a tradition to these things and by the sure sharp slice of a knife you will by the traditions abide, or it's no end of anarchy. The thing that separates us from mere animals is restraint and respect for the commonality of the law. Get you a sense of poetics before you try this nighttime line of work.--[Right Things] 8[Set Free] 2What a crowd of kindly motivated souls.Good. About time someone started setting things right around. Lose one war and the whole metropol goes to pieces. But perhaps it's not all too late to put it all together again.--
Half the premise of a guard on a door is self-refuting. If you're the type to need to guard your doors, surely, such valuables inside means you are men and women of worth. Who would risk your wrath by breaking down those carefully guarded entrances and seek the things within? The thing that guards your doors more than your paid retainers is the fact that to even think to try is to admit the mighty are not so unassailable as they would appear. Empire is a state of mind. Once someone is already willing to try your guards for your treasures, the whole thing is already starting to slip sideways...
. . . But of course that's only true if someone tries. Empire is a state of mind. A guard on a door is a nice sign that trying itself invokes censure and danger, that to think about trying is almost punishable by itself, that some things are too vast and too grand and too powerful for you to get your fingers involved in. You wouldn't want to catch the attention of powerful people, would you?Live in interesting times?
Reputation is a currency. Secrets are a kind of tradable claim on possibility. Put a mark out and a job and a task and filter the sorts you think might be apt to do it, and the people who do, well, if you have an inkling for the types of soul they are, you might be able to grasp how they'll do this deed of yours. When, why, where. And if so, ah, we have the basics of reliable commercial transaction; that which must be done and the hands that will do it. The Slicerats think they own this town. Rinik is chief knife man with a smile and a ploy. But there are invisible hands at play. Get your teeth in with the substrate of where people live their lives and in so many ways, even if they cannot stand against power directly, they'll find a way.... . . Perhaps to do the right thing. Or to motivate someone else to.-->Postures calcuated, traits locked, masks noted, dance modifiers applied.>There may still be mistakes and misdeeds in character sheets and templates. That's entirely expected. Don't worry too much - if you catch something, make a note of it on a turn and we'll do our best. A dance is a series of stumbling steps... --
The soft kind sun sinks slowly towards the horizon, and night encroaches by whispering step. Some say down the wrong alley, ever since the grand theurges left the city, the night grows too thick. Shadows play. Voices whisper. The sensation of being watched and listened to and waited on by old almost friends. Perhaps. Perhaps not. Those with business wander even the night-touched streets freely. The River Wars are distant, and martial curfew has not been in effect in for years. In other, more strange places, they may have First Citizens or Kings, but in Pyther, Grand and Old, each visitor or inhabitant is justified by ancient accord to alway have the ancient right to wander down any dark alley they might want so long as they don't threaten the peace or plot dire conspiracies. Of course, if the Watchers find six foreigners scurrying about at strange hours, they might ask questions. We could wonder if perhaps not there are degrees of freedom, offered, to degrees of those with means and those without. Some men can move more freely. Some will always be questioned.For instance, those sharp eyed men with their sharp steel by the door over there. Their job is clearly to keep stray wanderers from coming too close to their little building. Boarded windows, chemical scent in the air, marks on the road from heavy transport, a certain fortress-like reinforcement to a building. They don't want you in there because in a place such as this, earnest, clever minds strive to do advanced work on chemicals orginal and strange and from such works provide the tightly-sealed crates that flow elsewhere in exchange for coin and favours. The Shimmergrass Cartels in all their grandeur once split the profits of skirting the line between criminality and legality among themselves. The Slicerats have cut into their business, and cartel by cartel, brought them to heel, bought them out, buried them. They're shadows of themselves now, and for all their past glory, they now bow to the rats and the Rats rule the glimmering drug trade supreme. Lots of money in that. Shame if it all . . . Went up in smoke. -->Stand by...
Ah, and the night is about to begin proper. Best make a show of it>Various intricate questions answered on the side here, though be aware that some rules and interactions are hidden until later.
A pair of slim men exchanges glances, one more worried than the other. Same situation seen by different eyes and as one spots the Red Droplet stained masks in the back of the group sauntering down the street, he reaches the conclusion that he is, on the whole, rather attached to the integrity of his bone-structure and might want to take up fishing in a quiet village up the road far, far away from the sort of situation this night is angling to become.His friend, always more boisterous, instead draws a sharp bit of steel and steps forward with a glare. Must be new in town. He doesn't the signs of impending trouble yet. He plants his feet and spits a few attempted intimidations that roll off of Amicus' steely facade like so many arrows off of a tower shield. Still. Sharp longknife, that thing. Best be careful. Parrying hostiles with weapons inflict a counter when struck and you fail to beat through their defenses. If you see someone flop their opening, it's useful to attempt to support them. Too easy to get cut up other wise.-->Maskphase>Take your time, we're still getting started.--
When acting, please adhere to this SHORT FORMAT. Posture and situation is tracked directly in the world, your Secrets are unlikely to change on a post by post basis, and neither will your attributes. What's much more likely to adjust rapidly is intricate status adjustments and your Traits, so those are what we're actually interested in. No need to infinite repeat the same known information forever and ever. Please. Pleeaaaaseee.This has the little subtletly that when you take an action and you adjust your status, sometimes you'll have have to make some choices depending on how the world has been treating you. Amicus, our amicable test dummy in this case, is asked to fork over 9 Posture or accept a gruesomely bleeding knifewound. So he'd either pay that 9 Posture, and carry on his turn, or he'd update this status to include BLEEDING 3. # Maskmoniker!Status: All good-Traits & Tools-!xx!yy!dd!cc
P4: Move 333P2: Fluidly leap off the boxes and hit the underconfident slicerat with the [Leviathan Slaying Harpoon Kick] straight against the reinforced shutters (Fluidity 1 + Reckless Daring 3)P1: Recover and punch him in the gut with the [Seaform Artes: Instant Bullet Punch] to break whatever guard he has left (Finesse 1 + Reckless Daring 3)P1: Focus, analyze his weaknesses, kick him in the balls with the [Seaform Artes: Rising Dolphin Kick] (Focus 1 + Reckless Daring 3)P2: Grab him by the head and stare into his eyes with the ferocity of a tiger observing prey. "Will thee surrender thyself to The King and live? Or do you wish for execution?" (Ferocity 5 + Reckless Daring 3 + P1)
# The King/Scalehearted Swordsman!Status: All good-Traits & Tools-!Unusually Ferocious!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Scale-Hearted Swordsman (Delusional?)!Flash And Panache!The Kings Fists Of CourseP4: Move 333P2: Fluidly leap off the boxes and hit the underconfident slicerat with the [Leviathan Slaying Harpoon Kick] straight against the reinforced shutters (Fluidity 1 + Reckless Daring 3)P1: Recover and punch him in the gut with the [Seaform Artes: Instant Bullet Punch] to break whatever guard he has left (Finesse 1 + Reckless Daring 3)P1: Focus, analyze his weaknesses, kick him in the balls with the [Seaform Artes: Rising Dolphin Kick] (Focus 1 + Reckless Daring 3)P2: Grab him by the head and stare into his eyes with the ferocity of a tiger observing prey. "Will thou surrender thyself to The King and live? Or dost thou wish for execution?" (Ferocity 5 + Reckless Daring 3 + P1)
>>6431299# Atlas Anchored!Status: All good-Traits & Tools-!Someone has to do the right thing!Unusually Focused(Legion Fullhelm)>STANCE // Neutral.>ACT // 3Pool // Move 433. Position to the east of the Underconfident Slicerat. Face the Underconfident Slicerat..>ACT // 3pool // Impose upon the Underconfident Slicerat. Mirror his movements, bodyblock. Deny him from escaping to the east. (2Pool+3Focus+3Intransigence)>BEAT, STAND // Brace frame. Violence flows off graphite indifference. (6Resist+3Intransigence)
Rolled 9, 5, 9, 4, 10, 2, 4, 10, 4, 2, 6, 2, 6 = 73 (13d10)>>6431297!Status: All good-Traits & Tools-!Insightful!Unusually Foresightful!Cut the Self Free!Flash and Panache>Neutral stance,>3P Attune to Cool (Attune 1 + Cool 3 + 2 Pool)>1P Step SW>5P Finessely (?) pick and throw a barrel at Boisterous Slicerat to distract him (Finesse 1 + Sharp 2 + 4 Pool)
Rolled 4, 5, 10, 2, 10, 8, 9, 7, 10, 1, 3, 2, 10 = 81 (13d10)# Driller!Status: All good-Traits & Tools-!A Scorpion Soul, by Duty Bound!Unusually Focused!Mask Scorpion / Red Droplet!Red Dreams, Red Rivers!Someone Has To Do the Right Thing>3P - Adopt Stance: Pressure point strike - an ability to inflict bonus crippling on focused strikes. (Wasp 3 / First Aid 4 + Attune 1, rolling 4 dice, +2 from Pool)>2P - Move 4,3>2P - Tripkick to degrade the Underconfident Slicerat's guard as we pile on them. (Wolf 2, Finesse 1, +1P)>2P - Snapkick targeting the Underconfident Slicerat's knee with the intent to cripple them. (Wasp 3 + Focus 3! +1p)>Beat - Focused Counterstrike, a Waspy React
>>6431324THE KING BIDS THEE LEAVE HIM ALONE MY ESTEEMED SELF HAS HIM HANDLED
Rolled 7, 9, 3, 10, 5, 1, 8, 8, 6, 6, 9, 4 = 76 (12d10)>>6431297>Stance: Aggressive>3P: Move 4-4-5>6P: Grapple and Supplex the Boisterous Slicerat into the Door (Ferocity 5+Streetstyler Brawler 2+5P)>Beat: Stand by grabbing something in reach Streetstyle and interposing it between me and what's coming# El Fantasma Carmesí (The Crimson Phantom)!Status: All good-Traits & Tools-!Violent Tear of Ashoniti!Unusually Ferocious!Someone Has To Do The Right Thing!Red Dream, Red Rivers
Rolled 4, 10, 4, 2, 1, 6, 1, 2, 10, 4, 10, 4, 5, 2, 8, 10, 9, 9, 6, 6, 4 = 117 (21d10)>>6431297#Stray-Conditions And Consequences-!Status: Alive-Traits & Tools-!Old Blitzhound!Unusually Fluid!Cut The Self Free!Whispering Witticisms>Status: Business as Usual>Stance: Neutral>1P: Ankle-biter stance; harry and unbalance. (Attune 2 + Wolf 3) [Stance]>1P: Stray reaches into his pocket and pulls out something *mean* that he packed earlier. Is it sand? Mostly. (Attune 2 + Wasp 1)>2P: Move [45]>1P: Draw the Boisterous one's attention by simply sauntering forth, then, as Perspicus throws the barrel, Stray too suddenly casts a cloud of hm, dust in Boisterous' face. Get the timing right. (Foresight 2 + Wyld 2)>4P: While Boisterous is reeling from barrel and dust cloud, perform a textbook 'ankle-bite', that is, sweeping their leg out from under them at Reach 1, whilst staying distant enough to pull back if necessary. (Fluidity 3! + Wolf 3 + Pool 3; !Unusually Fluid)>Beat: VOID (React 2 + Mobility 4)
Rolled 1, 9, 5, 7, 5, 9, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 9, 6, 10, 3, 7, 8, 8, 8, 5, 8, 8, 1 = 124 (23d10)>>6431297# Eight Treasures!Status: All Good!-Traits & Tools-!Unusually Finesseful!Someone Has to Do the Right Thing!Live Wire!Flash and Panache>STANCE // Neutral.>ACT // 1 P // Attune to Rikovian Knifehand for fleetness of body, lightness of soul. (Attune 2, R.K. 3)>ACT // 2 P // Move 44.>ACT // 1 P // Mock the Boisterous Slicerat (Focus 2, Cool 2)>"No master worth his robes would let a student hold a broom like that, let alone a blade!", accompanied by an exaggerated head shake.>ACT // 3 P // After the rest of my Maskmates have gone in for the kill and he's on the ground, knee him straight into the elbow joint, disabling that arm. (Finesse 3, R.K. 3, 2P).>ACT // 2 P // Play to the Room. Acquire Glory? (Fluidity 3, Moth 2, 1P).>"See? No blood needed. Mercy's still in me some days, if I look for it!"
