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overheard_at_the_tavern [2012/04/07 09:23] – [Set Up] Mike Holmesoverheard_at_the_tavern [2025/03/12 22:59] (current) – [Risking Dice] mike_holmes
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   * Mental Attributes   * Mental Attributes
   * Magical Abilities   * Magical Abilities
-  * Relationships with NPCs+  * Relationships
   * Special Equipment   * Special Equipment
   * Wealth   * Wealth
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 ===== Telling Tales ===== ===== Telling Tales =====
  
-A player may, at any time, narrate something about his character's abilities. Perhaps they brag about them, or they can just think a thought regarding them; just so long as we get an idea of what the ability is. This narration must be linked to something in the game world that they create on the spot. When done with the narration, the player announces a name for the ability, and selects another player to judge who assigns a rating to the ability. +A player may, at any time, narrate something about his character's abilities. Perhaps they brag about them, or they can just think a thought regarding them; just so long as we get an idea of what the ability is. This narration must be linked to something in the game world that they create on the spot, or to something that has already been established, or preferably both. When done with the narration, the player announces a name for the ability, and selects another player to judge who assigns a rating to the ability. 
  
 ==== Selecting a Judge ==== ==== Selecting a Judge ====
  
 The narrating player may select any other player to be judge (including the GM), but may want to consider the dice that player has left to give. If a player doesn't have a high die in their pool, they can't give you one. Players may offer to be judge, even jumping ahead to doing a very fast judging (see below), and stating what die they're offering the player. This can often streamline the process quite a bit. If somebody offers a die, and the player accepts it, then the ability is written on the character sheet as it was stated, and the die of the ability that was assigned is noted.  The narrating player may select any other player to be judge (including the GM), but may want to consider the dice that player has left to give. If a player doesn't have a high die in their pool, they can't give you one. Players may offer to be judge, even jumping ahead to doing a very fast judging (see below), and stating what die they're offering the player. This can often streamline the process quite a bit. If somebody offers a die, and the player accepts it, then the ability is written on the character sheet as it was stated, and the die of the ability that was assigned is noted. 
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 +A player with no dice in their reward pool may not be selected as judge. 
  
 ==== Judging Narrations ==== ==== Judging Narrations ====
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 The player selected as judge decides on a rating for the ability in question. This player should score 1 point for each of the following: The player selected as judge decides on a rating for the ability in question. This player should score 1 point for each of the following:
  
-  * Was the ability suitably narrow in application? If the ability was applicable to a very broad set of circumstances (especially those seem like they can be used all the time), then the narrating player doesn't get this point. +  * Was the ability suitably narrow in application? If the ability was applicable to a very broad set of circumstances (especially those seem like they can be used all the time), then the narrating player doesn't get this point. Particularly broad sounding abilities might actually merit a reduction in points by 1. 
   * Did the player create an interesting part of the game world as part of their narration?   * Did the player create an interesting part of the game world as part of their narration?
   * Did the player link their new part of the world to a part that already exists in an interesting way?    * Did the player link their new part of the world to a part that already exists in an interesting way? 
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 Each concession gained can be used to lower some other ability than the staked ability.  Each concession gained can be used to lower some other ability than the staked ability. 
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 +Such reductions are termed injuries, from which it takes some work to recover. 
  
 ==== Health ==== ==== Health ====
  
-Each character has a generic health ability rated at d4 unless they've taken the time to get it rated higher through creating another ability that they've decided will replace the health ability. If this ability is reduced from a d4 the character dies. If the ability is reduced to d0 through fatigue (see below), then the character passes out. +Each character has a generic health ability rated at d4 unless they've taken the time to get it rated higher through creating another ability that they've decided will replace the health ability. This is the ability that's staked when death is on the line in a contest. If this ability is reduced from a d4 the character dies. If the ability is reduced to d0 through fatigue (see below), then the character passes out. 
 ===== Fatiguing Dice ====== ===== Fatiguing Dice ======
  
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 If the narration makes sense, a player may fatigue a different ability than the one used. They can always fatigue the health die, if they prefer (though see the effect of this under Health).  If the narration makes sense, a player may fatigue a different ability than the one used. They can always fatigue the health die, if they prefer (though see the effect of this under Health). 
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 ===== Risking Dice ===== ===== Risking Dice =====
  
-A player may burn a die at any time to win a contest. The player has to narrate very desperate action, and rolls the die. If the result would have been a failure, the results of the action are narrated in a way that describes how the ability is permanently lost.  +A player may burn a die at any time to automatically win a contest. The player has to narrate very desperate action, and does roll the die at it's current level, along with any other dice in the pool. If the result would have been a failure with the actual roll, the results of the action are narrated in a way that describes how the ability is permanently lost in the process of gaining the win.  
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 +===== Resting ===== 
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 +Players may narrate their characters taking a break from the action to rest and recuperate. This has several mechanical results. First, each fatigued die goes up by one die type back towards it's normal value. Further, each player can do one resolution towards trying to heal or fix injuries, or toward finding somebody to heal or fix injuries. On a successful resolution roll to deal with an injury, the injury is repaired by one die type. 
  
 +Resting has a cost with respect to Opposition dice and Momentum dice. 
  
 ===== Opposition ===== ===== Opposition =====
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 How to give setting details impact? How to give setting details impact?
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 +Add rules for helping (and general resolution). 
overheard_at_the_tavern.1333815798.txt.gz · Last modified: 2012/04/07 09:23 by Mike Holmes

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