Re: Ask a Simple Question - Get a Simple Answer

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Sun Nov 15, 2015 1:58 pm

Bubblez wrote:Wanderlust Question:

Can Wild Blow trigger itself? It appears to be a new attack thus a new instance of damaging an enemy

Wild Blow:

I.E. can I do this:

Move:

EDIT - Yep, since each is a different trigger you can use them to chain off one another. It was designed as an adrenaline sink in case you had too much. I had to edit this answer because I was thinking of a different system. Sorry if you read the previous one.

Bubblez Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:01 pm

Okay.

Also, how does Divine Light and No Pain No Gain interact

No Pain No Gain:

Divine Light:

For example, If Player A were to use Divine Light on Player B Giving him 3 sets of 10 life (30 total) and Player B used No Pain No Gain, would
A.) They gain 10 Adrenaline (the Total), but ALL life they get from 1 move have to be converted

or

B.) They gain 9 Adrenaline [round(10/3)+round(10/3)+round(10/3)]

And if B.), could Player B choose how many sets they want to turn into Adrenaline

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:06 pm

Bubblez wrote:Okay.

Also, how does Divine Light and No Pain No Gain interact

No Pain No Gain:

Divine Light:

For example, If Player A were to use Divine Light on Player B Giving him 3 sets of 10 life (30 total) and Player B used No Pain No Gain, would
A.) They gain 10 Adrenaline (the Total), but ALL life they get from 1 move have to be converted

or

B.) They gain 9 Adrenaline [round(10/3)+round(10/3)+round(10/3)]

And if B.), could Player B choose how many sets they want to turn into Adrenaline

First off, I actually misread the previous question and have completely reversed my answer once I realized you were talking about Wanderlust. You can totally spam the heck out of it.

Second, unfortunately it's B - due to each lifegain being a distinct instance of life being gained. And yes, the berserker can choose how many they want to turn into adrenaline and how much they want as life.

AleneShazam Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:30 am

Energizing Amulet:

and

Blood pact:

Which triggers first? Can I choose so I lose the life first, then gain the amulet's energy?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:34 am

The active player (player whose turn it is) chooses the order for all things that would occur at the same time on that turn.

AleneShazam Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:12 am

Do unconscious characters still have to roll against save ends effects?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:20 am

Depends on the flavor of the effect. Remember, the rules are a base engine for the GM to use. When something doesn't make sense, they should feel empowered to make a custom change.

Save ends effects represent different things. Sometimes it's an active physical or mental attempt to break the effect. Sometimes it's just letting the player in question roll to see if the effect runs out of juice. For example, I wouldn't let an unconscious character save against domination in the midst of combat (though if the effect lasted for more than 5 minutes I'd just auto-end it because these effects are temporary by design). I would let them keep saving against ongoing damage in most situations, as that's more related to whether the fire sputters out on its own.

By default, unconscious characters should still be making saving throws (especially if the effect can harm them while they're unconscious they should probably be making saving throws anyway). If nothing else, it gives them something to do during the fight. But if it REALLY doesn't make sense for them to be able to make that saving throw, I'd encourage the GM to disallow it.

AleneShazam Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:59 am

Question:
According to the Diversity rule, modifiers of the same game element do not stack unless specified (or something to that effect)
What about this trait and this item? Do their effects override each other or do they both take effect?

Rabbit Filled Hat:

Nothing Up My Sleeve:

Also, can 'target creature' include the user of the talent/ability?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:10 pm

Those are different elements. You can't take two-rabbit-filled-hats and have them stack. But the hat does work with the sleeves.

And yes, target creature means any creature.

Faege Mon Dec 07, 2015 11:27 pm

Spoiler:

Does this mean "Once per battle you can use a conjure weapon talent for 3 less energy" or "One conjure weapon talent costs 3 less energy to use for the remainder of the battle"?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:11 am

As written, it means that you can reduce the cost by 3 for the remainder of the battle. As intended it was only supposed to let you use it for 3 less - but I'm curious to see the builds that using this as written comes up with. So I'm upholding it as written for now. Smile

Demonu Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:22 am

It's been a while since I played so my question is:
Are

Derp:

and

Disaster Averted:

designed to work in tandem?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:31 am

Absolutely. That combination is a way to play the clumsy-yet-somehow-unintentionally-brilliant character. Of course, the two talents do work on their own too.

Demonu Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:42 am

Okay cool.

One other question (because it has been very long since I've played ^^):
Considering the following situation: you roll a natural 1 on your Expert skill. Can you then use your

Element of Magic:

to choose the preselected

This is Whining!:

talent to turn it into a natural 20?

Or would the timing be off for that option?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:52 am

Timing is fine there. You can make it work.

Demonu Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:04 am

Not a rules mechanics question but a curious thought: is there any reason why The Stare specifically states Persuasion while the other three (Frozen Time, Yee-Haw and Book Forte) refer to the overarching attributes?

On that note: a Brawn check includes both Athletics as Endurance checks, right? (same question for the other attributes)

Bubblez Sat Dec 12, 2015 3:22 pm

Ponytales question

Neither the traits Putrid Explosion, Consume Spirit, nor Reincarnation have per round limits, only per battle. Would this mean I can, if feeling wasteful, blow through all 5 uses in 1 turn

Traits:

The sequence of events looking like this

Sequence:

Reading the Free action and Reaction rules, I don't see any limits on the number of times I can use those per turn (In fact I've seen many times people using Reactions like Vengeance is Mine in a single round.

Free Actions:

Reactions:

So is this combo legal under Pony Tales rules, or am I missing something?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:43 pm

Demonu wrote:Not a rules mechanics question but a curious thought: is there any reason why The Stare specifically states Persuasion while the other three (Frozen Time, Yee-Haw and Book Forte) refer to the overarching attributes?

On that note: a Brawn check includes both Athletics as Endurance checks, right? (same question for the other attributes)

That's because it came from the show more than a unified cycle of mechanical abilities. The Stare doesn't really fit other sense skills as much. As a setting with a lot of social components too, Persuasion tends to be worth a huge amount too, so the power is comparable.

Your question on brawn checks is correct.

Bubblez wrote:Ponytales question

Neither the traits Putrid Explosion, Consume Spirit, nor Reincarnation have per round limits, only per battle. Would this mean I can, if feeling wasteful, blow through all 5 uses in 1 turn

Traits:
The sequence of events looking like this

Sequence:

Reading the Free action and Reaction rules, I don't see any limits on the number of times I can use those per turn (In fact I've seen many times people using Reactions like Vengeance is Mine in a single round.

Free Actions:

Reactions:

So is this combo legal under Pony Tales rules, or am I missing something?

It's entirely legal, and was the basis of one of my own powerhouse conjurer builds. Though that version used the tabletop version of the game too, so the relative power will be different in the skype-based system.

Bubblez Sat Dec 12, 2015 5:02 pm

How would
[–6] Daggerstorm - Standard Attack
Roll d12s until you either get a result of 3 or lower or have rolled 5 times. Deal damage to target creature equal to the total die results you rolled this way.

and

Bloodlust
You may roll twice on attacks made against bloodied targets. You may use either result.

interact since Daggerstorm doesn't roll all at once

would it be

Roll 2d12 take 1
Roll 2d12 take 1
until BOTH are less than 3 or you did so 5 times

OR

is it roll each tree
Tree 1 roll till you get 3 or less or you did so 5 times
Tree 2 roll till you get 3 or less or you did so 5 times
and you get to choose tree 1 or tree 2?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Sat Dec 12, 2015 5:12 pm

You roll for the entire attack. So you roll until you've rolled 5 times, or gotten a result of 3 or lower. Then you do it again. Then pick which result you like better.

AleneShazam Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:36 am

Abilities such as Pyrotechnics and Celestia's Light (Light of the Summer Sun ver.) mention blinding; is that the actual combat keyword? As in if the players use the blinding variant of Pyrotechnics or Light of the Summer Sun, then immediately initiate combat, would the enemies be Blinded?
If yes, since LotSS mentions 12 seconds of blind, roughly how many turns would that translate to in combat?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:46 am

In Pony Tales blinding means a 50% chance of missing on attacks (which are things that specifically deal damage to another, but don't affect things like applying ongoing damage, gaining energy, healing and supporting and so on).

Espresso Tue Dec 15, 2015 2:45 pm

For the purposes of Vulnerability, does this:

[–2] Lash Out - Reaction Utility
Trigger - You damage a creature with an attack that targets only one creature.
Effect - Pay 4 life. If you do, deal 6 additional damage to that creature.

Count as adding damage to the previous attack, thus not triggering an additional instance of vulnerability, or does it count as its own source of damage, thus triggering vulnerability?

**Stairc -Dan Felder** Tue Dec 15, 2015 2:52 pm

It just increases the damage dealt, like vulnerability does. It doesn't let you trigger vuln twice.

A1C Bronymous Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:40 pm

AleneShazam wrote:Abilities such as Pyrotechnics and Celestia's Light (Light of the Summer Sun ver.) mention blinding; is that the actual combat keyword? As in if the players use the blinding variant of Pyrotechnics or Light of the Summer Sun, then immediately initiate combat, would the enemies be Blinded?
If yes, since LotSS mentions 12 seconds of blind, roughly how many turns would that translate to in combat?

Since he didn't actually answer these questions, the Blinding in these moves is probably the same as the combat status, because 12 seconds equals 2 rounds of combat. The effects of them outside of combat are less defined.

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