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overheard_at_the_tavern [2025/03/12 22:14] – [Selecting a Judge] mike_holmes | overheard_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 |
===== Telling Tales ===== | ===== Telling Tales ===== |
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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. |
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==== Selecting a Judge ==== | ==== Selecting a Judge ==== |
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: |
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* 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? |
===== Risking Dice ===== | ===== Risking Dice ===== |
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A player may burn a die at any time to automatically have it considered to be it's maximum roll (a d12 is considered to have rolled a 12 for purposes of determining successes). The player has to narrate very desperate action, and does roll the die. 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 that maximum result for the die. | 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 ===== | ===== Resting ===== |