[HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene 62: Marianne and Aalmon

[Lev Lafayette]

OK, my ruling is that Baros' twinstar spirit (now
Aalmon's) has Seduce 18W. Multiply by 1.5 for the full
moon for 17W2. 

I don't think Speaker With Barbarians is appropriate
here, therefore likewise the improvised Overcome With
Lust.

The other augments include Winning Smile +1, Dashing
+1, Keen Mind +1, Discipline +1 minus Appreciate Local
Customs -2.

That's a total 19W2.

Marianne's base resistance is 15W. In lieu of
favouring any particular plot development, I
determined this randomly. Whilst none of the
characters know this, she does have strong feelings
for Anzhur but she's also motivated by what she saw as
a real opportunity to prevent the total collapse of
the Kingdom of Seshnela and for religious reform in
her land. Other augments in favour of that resistance
include an adherence to local custom (remember she's a
normal person - 13, +1) and a concern with courtly
status bonus (again 13, +1).

That's a total of 17W.

And the dice rolls are...

Aalmom
[lev at rat CurrentActivity]$ ./rolldice.pl d20
20

Marianne
[lev at rat CurrentActivity]$ ./rolldice.pl d20
14

That's a fumble for Aalmon, bumped to a failure, then
bumped to a success.

That's a success for Marianne, bumped to a success and
with a lower roll.

Barring expenditure of Hero Points, it currently means
that Aalmon has been rebuffed with a minor victory for
Marianne: "But I am not from Zoria - I am a Lady of
Gilboch, and soon I shall be Queen of Seshnela. Our
customs are old and I must play their part."

As Sam said, as per the rules of Storytelling, there
is a chance that Icthya is present when the discussion
in the gadern occurs. I'll rule there is a general
resistance of  5W here (14 base, plus augments); they
have gone out of their way to carry out this
discussion in private, in a secluded hedge garden, at
night etc. The best opportunity for Sam is to have
your sidekick, the sentient racoon-dog, Tanuki
present. After all, with 'Loves Drink', 'Randy' and
'Trickery' as abilities the critter could be quite
sensitive to the raging pheromones (or should we say
"essence of lust") in the air. So I'd say Tanuki would
have 17 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 3W as an opportunity. The
possibility of Tanuki being spotted is virtually nil
with Shapeshift at 3W.

Tanuki
[lev at rat CurrentActivity]$ ./rolldice.pl d20
1

Resistance
[lev at rat CurrentActivity]$ ./rolldice.pl d20
8


Well, that's interesting isn't it?



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