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You finally hit the road, leaving the lake far behind you as you travel for nearly a full day. Atlas informs you that it is common for people to be ambushed by smalltime thieves and monsters while traveling, though it seems your impressive ride has caused them to think twice before disturbing your pleasant trek. As night falls you find yourself taking short naps, being awakened every now and then by Atlas to remind you to keep Sesmu on course. You start to wish he had a snooze function. Eventually Sesmu begins to tire, and stops to rest on the side of the road for a moment. The sun’s light is just beginning to shine over the horizon, indicating it is about an hour before dawn. In the distance towards town you spy a small guard post, a tower about fifty feet high, with smoke issuing from a window on the first floor. You wonder what they must be cooking, and your stomach growls at the thought. Sesmu mirrors the sentiment. You could probably go and ask them for food, it might take you fifteen minutes to reach it at a good pace.

>Sesmu is now FATIGUED, all physical stats and Stamina are -2
>You are HUNGRY, no penalty yet, but that won’t last long.
What do?
>Approach the guard tower on foot, ask for supplies.
>Approach on foot, attempt to steal supplies
>Approach with Sesmu (Requires Persuade roll) and ask/steal
>Hunt somewhere off the road for possible food in the brushlands. You will need to cook it for yourself, Sesmu can eat it raw.

>>35923323
>>35923282
Sitting on things charisma bonus. There, I reminded you. although, couldn't that bonus just be expanded to anyone who's touching the butt?

>>35923323
>Approach the guard tower on foot, ask for supplies.

>>35923352
Bring this up later when experience has been awarded.

>>35923323
>Approach the guard tower on foot, ask for supplies.

>>35923323
>>Approach the guard tower on foot, ask for supplies.

>>35923323
Hunt
Seshmu was a wild animal yesterday, I don't want him eating a person due to our carelessness

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>>35923363
>Hope more people show up, figured a weekend was a fairly good timeslot to run.

You elect to stretch your legs a bit, and instruct Sesmu to sit, and stay. He complies. Surely, the tower guards will help a poor, starving girl and her dog...lion..bear.
As you draw closer to the tower, the wind changes direction and the smoke blows toward you. For a second you are greeted with the smell of something like pork, cooked to perfection. You always had liked bacon. Unfortunately, what follows makes the hair on the back of your neck stand on end, and your ears twitch to attention. Copper. The same thing you smelled when the rifts spat out the Atlas and the Inventory.
>Trouble is afoot.

>Approach with stealth and observe (Sneak roll)
>Run in foot-first, ready to kick some ass
>Call out to the tower(Write in)

>>35923520
>Run in foot-first, ready to kick some ass

>>35923520
>Approach with stealth and observe (Sneak roll)
We are not tanky by nature and almost out of mana.

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>>35923520
>Not using the original
Shiggy diggy
>Approach with stealth and observe (Sneak roll)

>>35923520
>Approach with stealth and observe (Sneak roll)
Lets give stealth a shot

>>35923659
>>35923632
>>35923598
>This is a stealth mission, Snake.

Roll Sneak, 1d20+Skill+Sneak (total +6)

Rolled 17 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35923696
Well i hope this works....

Rolled 14 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35923696
SNAKE? SNAKE? SNAAAAAAAAKEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Rolled 15 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35923696
snake? Snake? SNAKE!!!!!!

Rolled 7 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>35923696
Rolling for enemy notice.

>>35923725
>>35923719
>>35923724
>Sneaky bastards all of you.

You take stock of the room, it is a small, warm room with a fireplace and a modest kitchen, and in fact there is a pot of stew cooking on the stove. Unfortunately, the smell of park is coming from the smoking bodies of two guardsmen, not even in their armor, reaching for the weapons rack in the corner. Sitting in a chair in the middle of the room, calmly sipping from a bowl of stew is a young, white haired man in a long dark coat, completely unfazed by the two bodies keeping him company. He seems oblivious to your presence. The smell of copper hangs off of him like a chain smoker’s aura. He is currently facing away from the window you are watching from.

>What do?
>Sneak in and attack
>Throw spells at him
>NOPE.
>Other

Rolled 4 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35923737
I think we'z sneakin' reel gud

>>35923794
>NOPE.

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>>35923282
> mfw my name is nolan

>>35923794
>Sneak in and attack
BASTARD STOLE OUR KILLS!

Rolled 9 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35923794
>NOPE.

>>35923794
>Throw spells at him

Rolled 5 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>It appears the NOPE is strong with this party. COWARDS!

You hesitate for a moment, glancing from him, to the bodies, back to him, the stew, and back to him. You then start to sweat. This guy just killed two trained men and didn't even ruffle his coat. Hell no. You hear a familiar voice from inside, it sounds like Atlas. "Sir, I believe we are being observed." He turns his head to look at your window, and smiles. "Boo."

Nope, that's it. You're done. He sees you. Get gone. You hop down off the crates and make a mad dash away from the tower, stomach growling in protest. Damn psychopaths ruining your stew adventures.

>Roll for NOPE, use 1d20+reflex to outrun pursuit.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>35924050
RAN RAN RUUUU

Rolled 11 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>35924050
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9jwXUITbtU

Rolled 17 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>35924050
manndph reduced

>>35923794
roll to seduce!

Rolled 16 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>35924126
>>35924117
Another sound issues from the room, a loud chanting of a spell, then flashing green light cuts through the night from the window. The smell of copper and the sound of some kind of growling is all you get before you outpace whatever it is that followed you from the window. You didn’t look back.

>Return to Sesmu directly
>Attempt to throw off their trail (Roll survival)
>turn and fight out in the open.

As the night ends, you feel slightly more powerful.
>Passive MP Regen 2/Night. 6/7 MP now banked.

>>35923794
he can clearly make soup! We should recruit him as an ally!

>>35924242
return to sesmu. we need distance from here. clearly evasion won't help, his atlas located us last time.

>>35924242
>Return to Sesmu directly

>>35924242
>Attempt to throw off their trail (Roll survival)

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>>35924308
>>35924284

You run and run, panting heavily when you return to Sesmu, who is snoring rather loudly as you arrive. You nudge him awake and climb on his back. He seems reluctant to get moving. Try as you might the lumbering beast is tired and hungry, and in the time it takes you to get him moving you hear a howl over the hill in the direction of the tower. The sun is now just barely peeking over the horizon, so the hillside is covered in shadow. There, standing in the knee-high grass, is the same man in the black coat. In front of him are two large Hounds, made of blackened flesh and what looks like human bones. He smiles contentedly. "Found you~"

>cont

Rolled 12 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35924466
Time passes slowly as you weigh your options.

On the one hand, it's you and Sesmu, who has now dropped low and is snarling rather menacingly, considering how tired he is. Their team is a spellcaster of some kind, but that's not so hot, you have magic too. Oh, and the zombie dogs. Those are kinda creepy.

>Roll initiative, the hounds have caught you! 1d20+Reflex

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>35924539

Rolled 7 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>35924539
rolling...

In case people didn't read the rules paste, dice are best of first three, and posts without proper modifiers are ignored. Need two more valid rolls people.

Rolled 8 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>35924539
Pls be good

Rolled 6 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>35924466
rollan

Rolled 9 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>35924539
One more time, with ass.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>35924539
>Roll initiative, the hounds have caught you! 1d20+Reflex
what is our reflex score?

>>35924684
8 anon

Rolled 11 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35924684
Read Anai's character sheet paste in the OP

>>35924676
>>35924669
>>35924602
>Not quite fast enough
The hounds move quickly to close the distance, charging up to flank Sesmu, but holding off the attack for now.
>Enemy double moves to close the gap
Meanwhile their commander, backlit by the sun cresting the hill now, throws a bolt of green lightning at you atop Sesmu. It sounds like his spellcasting is labored.

>if this roll exceeds fifteen, choose a combat option

>Anubian Grace defense power to negate (3 mana)
>take the hit and counterattack with wind(1 mana)
>roll a tank save as normal, target number is 23

>>35924822
>Anubian Grace defense power to negate (3 mana)
Enemy OP, pls nerf

>>35924822
>Anubian Grace defense power to negate (3 mana)
>Seems laboured
>+10
>Fucking 10!

>>35924845
Wizards, nigga, they specialize.

>>35924822
>take the hit and counterattack with wind(1 mana)

>>35924822
>Anubian Grace defense power to negate (3 mana)
given we have 2 hp and he's awful specialized we don't negate this we'll likely die.

>>35924881
He's slightly higher level than you, you have a magic attack of 5 since we dipped into being a dodgy sod. He cannot knife fight you. Also his spells being labored is an indication that it is hard for him to summon enough magic to cast right now. (Low mp)

>>35924822
>Read Anai's character sheet paste in the OP
what i meant is that you should have just put down
1d20+8 instead of having us refer to the char sheet every time

>>35924950
Oh. I get it now.
So it's more laboured to bring out the MP than having trouble with the spell itself

After we doge this sick Sesmu on the hounds, while he gets dinner we go in and geek the mage.

>>35924845
>>35924881
>>35924927
>DODGE CHARMS selected.

You see, hear, and smell that bolt coming. It might not be particularly strong, probably about as good as your wind magic, but still, you don't feel like ending up like those guardsmen. You stand atop Sesmu and twist your body up and over the bolt as it passes, smashing into the ground behind you.

This is why rogues beat wizards, you snark to yourself.
>Mana 3/7
>Attack with wind magic
>Double Move to go face to face with the asshole(forfeits action)
>Redirect Sesmu's attention from the hounds to the necromancer
>other

>>35924822
take the hit and counterattack. He looks frail, we probably have more health than him.

>>35925078
>Double Move to go face to face with the asshole(forfeits action)
Can he cast spells in close proximity?
Can we ask Sesmu for a jump-boost or something?

>>35925078
>Attack with wind magic

>>35925078
>Redirect Sesmu's attention from the hounds to the necromancer
We suck at close combat, but sesmu is gonna eat himself a necromancer.
And I am sure those dogs will fall just fine when he is dead

also, if he is trying to dodge sasmu he won't see our knife/spell coming

>>35925078
>Double Move to go face to face with the asshole(forfeits action)
We're fast, he has no melee proficiency, and sesmu can take the hounds. Plus we have one more dodge if need be.

>>35925145
We suck at dealing damage, but we can easily dodge anything he can throw at us in CC. Plus, he sucks harder

>>35925118
>Can he cast spells in close proximity?
Normally I would say
>That is for us to find out
but in this case
>Duh
why would our proximity stop him from casting? now, we might be able to disrupt long rituals with strikes

>>35925164
>he has no melee proficiency
assumption

>>35925118
Redirecting him would cause him to move, with you on top of him, take that as you will.

>>35925145
Suck is a strong word. You have above average close combatting. You're pretty deadly with that knife.

Vote to this post
>The sun now backlights the necromancer entirely
>the Necromancer appears to be extremely low on mana, and is not carrying a weapon. A book hangs at his side on a chain. He eyes it from time to time.

>Sesmu, attack the hounds!
>Sesmu, geek the mage!

>>35925171
>We suck at dealing damage, but we can easily dodge anything he can throw at us in CC
So what? How is this in any way shape or form a refutation to what I said?

I said we direct our ferocious mount at him. and then blast him with magic point blank while our mount is mauling him.
The above does not preclude dodging.

>>35925230
>Sesmu, geek the mage!

>>35925230
>Sesmu, attack the hounds!

>>35925230
>Sesmu, attack the hounds!

>>35925230
>Sesmu, attack the hounds!
I'd rather not get raped by the hounds. That's Sesmu's job!

>>35925230
>Sesmu, attack the hounds!
We can kill the mage, he can keep the hounds off us.

>>35925230
geek the mage
we also mage geek.

dual fronted attack.

>>35925288
>implying it'd be nonconsensual.

>>35925302
>>35925288
>>35925285
>>35925261
Sesmu springs forward, attempting to maul one of the bonehounds, he swats it back up the hillside but it gets up slightly staggering, though both hounds are now steaming in the sunlight.

You leap off of Sesmu's back and charge towards the Necromancer, knife drawn, with a ferocious look on your face.
>sesmu has wounded a hound!
>You are within striking range of the necromancer.

Enemy turn.

>>35925230
>Sesmu, geek the mage!
always geek the mage
the hounds are SUMMONS, we LITERALLY saw him conjure them of thin air
he dies, they die.
Can we even kill summons without magic?

>>35925411
He goes after the mage the get attacks of opportunity on both of us, we can knife the mage while he keeps our hounds of us.

>>35925438
>Attacks of opportunity
This isn't dnd

>>35925512
Still our backs to them and they are more or less just as fast. Asking for one of them to do a leaping bite, which we wouldn't see so we couldn't dodge it in time.

The hounds continue their assault, but instead of dodging Sesmu lets the hounds latch onto one of his legs, and proceeds to rip one's freaking head off with his fangs. The lifeless mass drops to the ground, flesh dissolving into dust in the sunlight.

It finally dawns on the Necromancer that it is, in fact, dawn. And there's a crazed dog-woman charging at him with a knife. He reaches down and opens his book, a look of sincere fear on his face. "A-Atlas! Execute command, Home!"

And with that, a swirling blue rift opens over his head, and he is sucked through before your knife could spear him right through his black heart. The remaining hound lets out a whimper, and fades into dust and bones.

>End combat.
>Sesmu now at 2/4 HP, seems satisfied with himself.

You are now extremely hungry, and the asshole standing between you and soup has vanished into the same thin air that you had previously erupted from. Time to head to that tower and eat.

SO other people can have Atlases. And apparently teleport.

>Question Atlas, what the hell?
>Tend to Sesmu as you walk with him.
>Other: Write in

>>35925551
>Question Atlas, what the hell?

>>35925641
>Question Atlas, what the hell?
>Tend to Sesmu as you walk with him.
Yes... "Tend" to him.

>>35925641
>Question Atlas, what the hell?
then
>Tend to Sesmu as you walk with him.
Our mount needs it, he did good work.
Then go back into town to either find people or supplies.

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>>35925641
>>35925673
>>35925688
>>35925690
You give Sesmu a reassuring pat on the head. "Good boy Sesmu, who just wrecked eldritch horrors, you did! You did! Let's go get food."

As you two walk you pull out the Atlas. "Good morning, Miss Anai, how may I help you today?"

"What the hell Atlas? There's more of you?! You can do things besides tell me where I am?"

The little projection in the book looks almost embarrassed.
“Yes, I suppose I should explain. You are not the only person issued an Atlas by my creator, the Moon Sage. Nor are you nearly the first. It appears that he has progressed enough to unlock some of my higher functions. Sorry for not warning you, I didn’t think we would encounter another Atlas-user before reaching the city.”
>Ask away, Atlas will answer anything he can.

>>35925831
Also,
>Walking
Why aren't we riding?

"He seemed to use a teleportation command, is there more I can do aside from asking questions with you?"

>>35925831
Can we touch the projection?

>>35925831
What are you currently capable of, and what can I unlock? Also how do I unlock it?

>>35925551
i knew this would happen

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>>35925883
>>35925904
>>35925913
You run your hand through the small man.
"Please do not disrupt my projection, it is uncomfortable." he requests politely.

Atlas flips through his pages and stops on what looks like a list with several greyed out options, with the first one lit up in blue. “These are the commands which you can issue to me to perform various support functions. More will unlock as your power increases. For now, it seems that your recent brush with danger has elevated you to the second command; admirable progress for a first day on the job, so to speak.” Another set of runes begins to glow. Atlas continues, “These commands are universal among all of my copies, and any other holder you meet with sufficient power can use them. It is safe to assume when greatly wounded they will retreat using the HOME command. You also have this option. Simply state: ATLAS, Execute command, HOME.” You roll your eyes. He seems somewhat irritated at the gesture, “I do apologize for my master’s flair for the dramatic, but it wouldn’t do to be able to issue commands accidentally in common conversation.”

He has a point.

>>35925831
he chased me down. is that just regular psychopathy, or is there a special reward for slaying a fellow atlas user?

>>35926038
"Other than a challenging and rewarding fight, no. Many people are motivated to slay others for power, experience, or their loot, as opposed to the monsters that you see roaming the countryside. Atlas-users tend to simply have, and be, more." He shoots a sideways glance at Sesmu. "Not everyone befriends them."

>>35926121
>power, experience
So, slaying fellow atlas users DOES grant us some nebulous "points" that unlock higher tier atlas powers?

>You have received 5 EXP POINTS.

>You may now choose to spend them on improving yourself, as we've hit a break in the action.

Also, food for thought.

You reach the tower, and avert your eyes while removing the stew from the kitchen, bringing the pot outside and dousing the stove. You share your stew with Sesmu, a bowl for yourself and the pot for him. You think back to the Necromancer, eating there at that table inside, the bodies of the guardsmen now mostly empty husks form where he animated the hounds.

>How does this make you feel?
>Those hounds were terrifying. You never want to see another undead monster again
>It’s such a shame for the dead to be mutilated so. It’s sacrilege.
>If I’m going to fight them again, I want puppets of my own.
>Other(Write in)
>Mix of the above, if so, which.

>>35926032
mm, getting doc scratch vibes from Atlas/moonsage.

How do we know he's a good guy, and not using us as some kind of pawn?


>Atlas. Who is the Moon Sage, the one that issued you to me?

>>35926252
>It’s such a shame for the dead to be mutilated so. It’s sacrilege.

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>>35926252
See: >>35923352

>It’s such a shame for the dead to be mutilated so. It’s sacrilege.
>Write in
Excited, battle left us buzzed

>>35926247
any successful encounter. We got points for taming Sesmu too.

>>35926252
Seconding >>35926306
Especially if that buzz was a little more than just "excitement"

>>35926247
Atlas users give more XP cause they're a harder fight.

>>35926350
No go away lewdfag
>>35926306 thirded

>>35926306
Thirded.

>>35926350
L-lewd, I wouldn't mind that though...

>>35926297
>>35926306
of course an anubian hates corpse desecration. it should be properly mummified.

>>35926412
Only important people were mummified dummy.

>>35926252
>How does this make you feel?
>Mix of the above, if so, which.
Would like my own puppets, but necromancy is gross.
We can animate plants or golems instead.
Or dead plants.

Also, this was senseless murder.

>>35926470
Oooh. Non-flesh necromancy. I like it. I like it.

>>35926470
>>35926498
>Find giant dead tree
>Animate it
>Zombie Ent

Would you like to discuss improvement now, or spend the points as we go?

>>35926556
Yes.

>>35926556
What's the difference?

>>35926556
lets spend them now.

>>35926556
QM, a question
are attacks of opportunity a thing?
apparently this was why at least one anon voted to not geek the mage.
and I don't see any mention of them in the rules pastebin

>>35926630
No difference, would just be easier to do it now than in between story posts, at least the first time, so I can properly answer any problems that arise.

One anon last thread proposed a bonus to social rolls while seated, does this sound nice to everyone?

>>35926556
QM
from pastebin
>Talents
>Notice 1
what is a notice?

>>35926675
They are not, the closest thing is forsaking defense for a counterattack, which Sesmu used to great effect.

>>35926700
Notice, as in to perceive. To see/search/hear/smell. I haven't had you roll it so far due to the strength of the smells and sounds involved.

>>35926700
a skill. you have a 1 point bonus in it.

like a +3 to Gather Information or w/e

Perhaps this will help, posting a full skill list to the pastebin after this post.

Notice
Acrobatics
Craft(____)
Persuade
Knowledge(___)
Perform(___)
Sneak
Athletics
Insight(like sense motive.)
Operate(___)


As for suggestions I would make as the QM, you can never go wrong by upgrading Beef, Hp, or Magic, in your build. Plus some Operate(Animal) would help with training Sesmu not to eat random bitches.

>>35926741
ah ok.
in that case, we don't actually have a magic talent then? its just a raw score?
can we take some magic specific talent? (rules seem to indicate we can buy new talents for 1 point). how specific would that be? (wizardry? elemental spells? fire spells?)

I say we get one point each in smart, magic, and charm
this will give us +2 to magic chance to hit and +2 to magic damage

>>35926843
Operate? Is that like a medicine skill? Or like, machinery? Or, like..

>>35926856
we have a magic attribute. like bulk or beef or whatever.

it's important enough to be its own score, not a skill.

>>35926856
Points have diminishing returns, Anai's Magic stat requires 2 points to upgrade, charm requires 3, and smart requires 1.
Talents are skills, but not named so as to not be confused with Skill, the stat. a Magic Talent would be a knowledge talent, to identify magic and know magic things. Otherwise, buy a new category of magic as an Ability with one point

>>35926890
As in drive or control..

+1 each to smart, magic, charm, skill, and HP
magic gives +1 magic hit, +1 magic damage
Smart gives +1 will, +1 magic attack
charm gives +1 will, +1 magic damage
skill gives +1 reflex, tank, and melee hit, and initiative
HP because our current HP is 2 and this is a 50% increase. also, min damage is 2. so currently ANYTHING can kill us in one hit.

>>35926954
>Points have diminishing returns, Anai's Magic stat requires 2 points to upgrade, charm requires 3, and smart requires 1.
I am aware of this, but according to the pastebin
>Both Talents and Abilities are considered to be a base right now, so improve them on the 1-2-3 etc scale as with stats.
>New abilities must be bought at rank 1, and improved from there.

>>35926958
Hp is generally lost one at a time. If this is unclear in the rules and the sheet I will correct it. Still a valid concern.

>>35926954
So how much does >>35923352 cost?

>>35926843
what would trap disarming and stuff be? we're pretty rogue-y it might be worth looking into if we're going to keep sneaking around.

>>35926975
>Hp is generally lost one at a time.
Can you explain then, what is the point of "damage" then if it can only deal 1 HP?
our damage is 5 with a spell, 3 with melee.

>>35926972
QM can you answer this please.

>>35926972
Ah, thank you, this is unclear.

Stats have a base of 2. They cost more depending on how far from their original base they are.

Normally at chargen talents have a base of 0-

You know what fuck diminishing returns I'll just give you people less points from now on. This system is meant to not need more than ten minutes of explaining. Let the power creep begin.

Spend points on a 1-1 basis, motherfuckers.


>>35927038
>Craft(Trap) works to assemble and disassemble.

>>35927053
Think like mutants and masterminds, the damage makes your tank save harder to make. Some attacks may do multiple HP of damage on a failed save as well, as an indicator of strength.

>>35927109
Put one or 2 in operate animal
Put 1 in magic and 1 in hp
put 1 in skill and if we don't put 2 in operate animal put the last point in wind magic

>>35926991
One point, my good sir.


>>35926856
>>35926958
I see a common want for Smart, Charm, and Magic, to increase overall magical oomph. That'd be 3/5 exp, is that acceptable to everyone?

>>35927109
would attacks always be against tank saves?

what's Will and reflex for then?
is tank the same as a fortitude save?

or would you have to make multiple saves then, one to hit, one to resist damage?

>>35927187
Add the last 2 into the buff mentioned early thread and you have a deal

>>35927188
Same thing they are for in D&D, Save or Sucks. Falling boulders, people trying to cast illusions at you.

Tank is only for damage. Stamina is used to resist Fortitude effects, and failing a save drains your stamina pool, reaching 0 means you drop unconscious/start taking lethal damage from poisons and such.

>>35927239
smart charm magic and 2 in operate animal

>>35927187
>>35927211
This seems good.
What is it fluffed as though? Supreme assmancy?

>>35927109
I was fine with diminishing returns.
The way I read it is
>Initial stats are base stats for your character
>Normally that is 2. but if you put it at 5 at char gen, then it will be 1 point to raise it to 6, 2 points to raise it to 7, 3 points to raise it to 8.

Now that you clarified that this is not what you meant. that is fine.

>>35927321
I'll see how this goes before implementing it into the tabletop rules. For now this is just going to be easier to have people vote on.

>>35927211
>>35927274
>>35927283
A compromise then.
>+1 to Charm, Smart, and Magic
>+1 to Operate Animal
>Seat of Authority 1: You are regal and dignified at rest, you belong on a throne. While seated at rest you have a bonus to social rolls

Lock in? Y/N

>>35927382
>Seat of Authority 1: You are regal and dignified at rest, you belong on a throne. While seated at rest you have a bonus to social rolls
Thought it was more to do with her ass than her sitting posture.

>>35927382
We desperately need to throw in an HP point there
our HP is TWO.

>>35927382
>>35927441
I say one out of smart and into HP.

>>35927382
Y fine with me.
Might want to make a cap in one up per point to like 10 for attributes and 5 for skills. then increase cost past that.

>>35927441
Next time we get some hp

>>35927469
smart is extremely useful
take it out of seat of authority

>>35927501
for what? it's like, one more point to magic attack, and one to will.

we haven't even used will yet, and a +1 to magic attack is minor.

>>35927432
Clearly the posture shows off her ass. Duh.

>>35927501
>>35927524
Smart also affects some of your Talents, like Survival and Operate Animal.

If we can't reach consensus in a few more posts, I'm rolling for it.

>>35927587
Eh.
Posture isn't assy enough. Smarts it is

>>35927524
>+1 to your magic attack is minor
>When magic is your best stat
>On a d20 attack
its a +5 percentage points to hit.
And will is invaluable
And >>35927587
it also comes with a free +1 in survival and operate animal.

actually, with the "1 point cost to increase anything" there is no point in raising anything but the core stats.
want handle animal? raise smarts
want social? raise charm

>>35927432
Her posture is >>35926306

>>35927587
everyone already voted.
anyone replying here is just repeating their vote

>>35927609
are you saying to cut smarts, or keep smarts?

>>35927658
Eh. That requires facing way from someone, not something you'd do in conversation.
Original idea was actually sitting ON the person in question

>>35927700
like a lapdance? I'd say that already would give bonuses to persuasion

Calling it for Smarts, Charm, Magic, HP, and Operate Animal.

>>35926306
>>35926350
>>35926365
>>35926383
>>35926392
It's horrible. Absolutely horrid. To treat the dead like they were someone's plaything, and to mutilate the bodies in such a vile fashion. After finishing your soup you resolve to bury what's left of the bodies as properly as possible, for lack of a mausoleum. You set about gathering some stones and sturdy firewood and construct a rudimentary tomb over the bodies. In the process of moving them and cleaning the room, you found a coin purse with ten small gold coins in it.
>Keep it, the dead do not need gold
>Leave it there, it’s not your place to decide where a dead man’s gold goes.
>Bury it with the men.

As you kneel in front of them offering a prayer to the gods of the afterlife out of pure instinct, you hear a sound drifting out from further along the road.

...Bagpipes?
>Vote on above
>End Thread. Join us next time for less mechanical issues, more rowdy !not scottsmen, and a whole lot of misunderstandings. Same time, 7pm US Central Time, next Sunday.

Questions comments and concerns welcome. Rules are going to be revised over the coming week.

>>35927700
Oh, it's the same posture, but angling to body in certain ways can draw the eye to certain...assets.

That is one such posture, but there are many, of varying subtlety.

>>35927721
>Keep it, the dead do not need gold

>>35927721
>Give each man a single coin, keep the rest.

>>35927721
?normally we'd leave 2 coins per body, but since there aren't any anymore, keep it.

Almost forgot the twitter

https://twitter.com/WillNyeMTGGuy

>>35927764
>>35927748
there is no indication of this being a custom in this world...
we can at least ask atlas to confirm that such a thing is required for local burial rites

>>35927748
>Keep it, the dead do not need gold
Secpmded

>>35927826
He wouldn't know, this is a personal choice you're making based on what feels right to you. Technically speaking you're burying them in as close to Anubian tradition as possible, given you had no linens, because that is what your body thinks is right. Coins would be a token(heh) gesture.

>>35927867
>>35927764
>>35927737
I see keepin. We're keepin. Goodnight everyone, I'll stick around for questions.

>>35927721
>Bury it with the men.

>>35927721
>Bury it with the men.

>>35927721
>Bury it with the men.

>>35927721
>Keep it, the dead do not need gold

>>35927893
So was this just an outpost or the town proper?

>>35928047
An outpost. Your hunger and battle, then burying took up the better part of the morning, so you'll reach Nolan by dusk if all goes well.

>>35928106
So what are random encounters like? Also what's Nolan like? (atlas summary will do if you don't want to give away too much) Also what's the reaction going to be of us riding Sesmu?

>>35928146
Think Final Fantasy overworld random encounters. Area-appropriate monsters like ents or animals in forests, thieves or goblins on a road. Muggers or other such hoodlums in a city. Depending on the roll you can also find items, opt to hunt, decide to rest, or have a story encounter like finding a MacGuffin, or another Atlas-user.

>>35928258
Ok cool, can't answer the other questions without spoiling them?

>>35928278
I can say Sesmu is an impressive beast. Your arrival in town will depend a lot on how you handle yourself with next thread's beginning. AS for how it is, just wait for the thread.

>>35928316
How do we lean other types of magic? Is it just allocating skill points or do we need to be taught> Also do the toher skill work that was past a certain point?

>>35928469
Experimenting and testing your own magic might lead to other kinds of magic, but generally the easiest way is to be taught. You would then spend exp to unlock what you were taught.

>>35928602
ah ok. Hmm, would it work that way for anything past basic weapon skills too?

>>35923352
fuck