On Wednesday, July 2, 2025 10:19 PM Mike Bloy via Emerald Flame wrote:
[OOC: bss if I remember the rules right, Hedge Magic costs 1 intellect point but I have an Edge of 1 in intellect so I can basically do that all day for free. Also I'm assuming no roll here because this is not 'combat conditions' but if not let me know and I'll retcon things.]
[OOC: right on both points. It's pretty common that a build will get a couple special things for free at Tier 1 (unless they spend Effort, of course) and Hedge Magic is a good example. A roll is usually warranted when the "target" "resists", which can be obvious in a lot of combat and social situations, or if there's a natural difficulty or interesting risk in what's being attempted (e.g. the horseshoe is in a highly magnetic environment, the horseshoe is being placed on a trap's pressure plate). Graduated success (how much you find out, to what detail you see the orc horde ahead, that kind of thing) is a notable exception, circumstantially. But yeah, your best judgment on if a roll seems necessary is fine, I'll jump in and retcon if necessary. Or throw out a GM Intrusion.]
"Regardless of all that, you might say I have a vested interest in figuring out just what the... ", Gegren's mouth quirks weirdly here, "... HELL has happened to me."
From discussing the situation with the teenage half-elf (Torin), Nia does know a bit more than the average villager. She drew Torin's attention and managed to make some small talk and do a comforting enough job at interacting with a stranger in town. What she learned, aside from the more obvious effects seen in Locke, is that the area where the column now glows a vibrant blue from some unobvious source in the woods and brush at the location, as if the area had been enchanted with some kind of bioluminescence. "I went there to check it out a couple days ago," Torin said to Mia, "expecting to see the place destroyed, but instead the whole area is still. I'd been in the forest there before and there was never anything special about it, but when I was there, I could tell something was off. It was like something underground burst free, leaving a cave or something. I hung out there for a bit to see if anything happened, but aside from feeling weird from the stillness, nothing did. Everything just glowed. I decided I wasn't going to go into the hole, and came back." Torin also suggested he could take others there if they wanted, but that it wasn't that difficult to find on your own, especially for anyone used to navigating a forest. -- bss (Brian S. Stephan) | https://bss.zone/ | GPG: 0x80895FCB