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Class: 2011Sept14 - You and your Dice in your RP
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[05:32 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): greetings everyone for those that don't know me I am Leigh one of the many story tellers here in Legacies and moderator
[05:32 PM] Ariel Liveoak: I'm hoping to be able to get into a situation like that, Ben... since I haven't even seen an ad for anything in my field in over a year. The silver lining, such as it is, is that I'm back in school to pursue a career change into something I actually enjoy.
[05:33 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw chimes in support-group style "Hello Leigh"
[05:33 PM] Ariel Liveoak: Hello Leigh!
[05:33 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): I have been part of Legacies almost from the beginning and wached the LaRPS grow to what we are using today....it is not just a meter but in fact an AI
[05:33 PM] BenBold: Wasn;t expecting it, was expecting more short-term contract stuff from them
[05:34 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Wait. it modifies its behavior based on input it learns?
[05:34 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): yes it does
[05:34 PM] Ariel Liveoak: Impressive.
[05:34 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw narrows her eyes.
[05:34 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): this is why we say your character grows by you doing things
[05:35 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): how it reacts is based upon what you concentrate on....which should be what your character does
[05:35 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): so for example if you just concentrate on the physical things...like RP combat, fighting NPC....then that is what will develop your physical atributes
[05:36 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): but if you are more of the intelectual type. then that part will grow but...you will need to incorporate your dice into your RP which is what this workshop is about...they are not just for combat situations
[05:37 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Hmm thats weird considering what ive been doing ive seen my character develop in the exact opposite direction;)
[05:37 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure) leans forward to listen closely
[05:38 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): LaRPS is not based on levels though through levels you do gain more abilities
[05:38 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): but you also gain more XP through RPing as well the use of the /2 and /2m
[05:38 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): the system knows when your RPing with others compared to being by yourself
[05:39 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): for one your power grows...the more your around others and the amount will cause it to grow faster as well
[05:40 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): there is no cap on the amount of power you can have but as you use certain abilities, and rolls your power will decrease
[05:40 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): so in esence your character will feel a drop..
[05:41 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): so knowing all this lets first talk about the skills
[05:41 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): http://larps.net/skills_and_professions.php
[05:41 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): this is where you will see a list of them
[05:42 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): now for those that may have brought a character here that has been developed you could RP that because of where you are you may be relearning how to use what knowledge you have
[05:43 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): now if your wanting to persuade someone of something and perhaps your character would have that art of persuasion..this is where you would want to focus on that skill by typing /9use persuasion
[05:43 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): (My best skill is being legendary at killing rats *laughs*)
[05:44 PM] Rita Deanimator: and you are quite well at it too lol
[05:44 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): as you miss rolls you gain in wisdom and intelegence
[05:45 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): think about what areas your character would be skilled in or may be working on
[05:45 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw has murdered more vermin than the combined forces of pest control in london, yet keeps getting smarter
[05:45 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): make sure before you do your roll that you are in essence accessing that part of your brain...
[05:46 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): make sence so far?
[05:46 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure) raises her hand
[05:46 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): yes pat?
[05:46 PM] DravinSterling: Well, Tokiko, rats can be wiley
[05:46 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): I am still confused as to when you actually roll a dice ... It never occurs to me to do it unless it is a magic roll on an act from the menu
[05:47 PM] LaRPS HUD: ((Help Request from Bingh Chuwen
Crazy Bat Chasing me..))
[05:47 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): well in actuallality that kinda depends on you..like when you want a chance of failier...it makes the RP more interesting
[05:48 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw raises hand
[05:48 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre) raises her hand
[05:48 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): yes Tokiko
[05:49 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Does the Healking skill affect the effectiveness of healing abilities such as Bloodsurge or Insurge
[05:49 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): yes it does
[05:49 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: the skill itself or the stats the skill is based on?
[05:50 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): like excersising a muscle you get better the more you use it...but...a player can accept that healing but please do not expect them to accept it fully either...some like the RP of being damaged
[05:50 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): both
[05:50 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): everything works hand in hand
[05:50 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): dori
[05:50 PM] BenBold: raises a hand
[05:50 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre): What if a roll fails against you and you know due to circumstances it should be an automatic hit
[05:50 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): could you be more specific?
[05:51 PM] Ariel Liveoak: You could say the attacker stumbled?
[05:51 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre): in a fight against war while weary after chain casting spells the ight got close enough while she was casing another. War swiped with his sword to knock the players into the ocean it said I resisted the skill used but I felt there was no way possible for dori to evade that
[05:52 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw shrugs "Something can always happen. a mosquito flying in your opponents eye. A sudden case of carpal tunnel syndrome on your swordhand.."
[05:52 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you could have jumped over it..fell over it...the reach wasn't quite enough. it got stopped at the previous one....
[05:53 PM] DravinSterling: ... the sun was in their eyes, the grass was wet, he forgot to have his coffee and was feeling a bit off...
[05:54 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: He saw that naked elf across the street...
[05:54 PM] Rita Deanimator: lol
[05:54 PM] DravinSterling: that elf is always messing me up, that's for sure
[05:54 PM] LaRPS Meter v0.25: ((Silverhand Autopoiesis's meter has been detached.))
[05:54 PM] Ariel Liveoak flutters her eyelashes innocently.
[05:55 PM] Ariel Liveoak: Distraction. Secret weapon. Shhh.
[05:55 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw has that weapon too. but its more horrifying at age 80+
[05:55 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): your character resisted when others didn't this will happen even if you think it should enjoy the RP
[05:55 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): so umm Ben you had a question?
[05:56 PM] BenBold: how does the system square with character background?
[05:56 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): if you mean by one that should be strong in areas but is not here on this system?
[05:56 PM] BenBold: Nate was a ship's purser for many years, his job was buying supplies for the ship, selling supplies to the crew, selling surplus supplies in port etc....
[05:57 PM] BenBold: since he arrived here, he has been making a living doing bits of book-keeping
[05:57 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): hey may have the knowledge..but...he is having to learn new contacts...so a lower knowledge base would be appropriate till he gets to be known
[05:58 PM] BenBold: so he should be good at buying & selling, yet, under this system, he has a score of zero for buying and selling because he hasn't done any using the system
[05:58 PM] BenBold: likewise with accounting
[05:58 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Another option is finding someone that has tehse skills available, and roleplay with them to "Introduce you to the local business contacts"
[05:58 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: and have them teach you
[05:58 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): exactly
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[05:59 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure) raises her hnd again
[05:59 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): your character may have a lot of knowledge in the arcane somewhere else..but...since coming here things are not quite working they way they used to...you are having to learn new ways of applying what you know
[05:59 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): yes pat?
[05:59 PM] BenBold: but Nate has been here months
[05:59 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw does as well
[05:59 PM] BenBold: he's had plenty of time to build contacts etc
[05:59 PM] BenBold: but because this skill thing is newer
[06:00 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): Sorry that I am on such a basic level ... ... When I open the Diceroll menu option, I see a lot of buttons with 'd' and numbers on them ... should I be afraid of them? :-) What are they for?
[06:00 PM] BenBold: he doesn't have that skill
[06:01 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): we use the numbered dice for qualifyers
[06:01 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): like say for healing..a d10 each number represents 10% of healing
[06:01 PM] Nathaniel Ballard focuses on their skill of Buying and Selling, misses in performing a mental influence on .
[06:01 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: for example, if you have your nosehairs trimmed, you could roll a d20 to see how many are left remaining?
[06:01 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): there is even a coin toss
[06:01 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): the d2
[06:02 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): so the number is sides of the dice?
[06:02 PM] Dori: ((odoriko Aleixandre is In Character))
[06:02 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre) raises her hand
[06:02 PM] Dori: ((odoriko Aleixandre is Out Of Character))
[06:03 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): yes these are RP dice typically used in table top games
[06:03 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): If I try to heal someone and roll a 3 on a six sided die, will the meter half-heal them?
[06:03 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): we usually use the d10 easier to figure out the numbers
[06:05 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): sometimes it could be for an influence depending on the RP...could be amount of questions, turns, hours, days that should be discussed between the players though
[06:06 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): ok so lets talk about the actual dice...they really are easy if you go through this thought process
[06:06 PM] DravinSterling raises hand
[06:06 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): yes dravin?
[06:07 PM] DravinSterling: So if I wanted to try and steal soemthing, I'd type /9pickpocketing - then what?
[06:07 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure) tucks her purse under her leg
[06:08 PM] DravinSterling: or do I'm not sure how that would work? targeting a thing to steal, I mean - and do I roll dice to see if i'm successful afterwards?
[06:08 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): well if you were pickpocketing first you would have to meet the challenge rule...2 lines of RP...with return RP....but if you are wanting to say steal a painting then that is part of the environment
[06:08 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): so then it would be environment - physical - presence
[06:09 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): but let me show you how to go through that thought process
[06:09 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): http://larps.net/lc/topic/dice-roll-details
[06:09 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): this is located in our players manual so you can access it any time
[06:09 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): the first think is one you want to use your skill
[06:10 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): then you want to consider your focus...is it a person, yourself, or something in the room
[06:10 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): meaning the environment
[06:10 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): something that is not on a person
[06:11 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Lets do a concrete example... My Pixie wants to cut someones purse to steal their coins
[06:11 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): then that is simple pickpocketing
[06:11 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: so.. that would be /9 focus Pickpocketing , followed by.. Target - physical - what?Influence?
[06:11 PM] DravinSterling: guess i'm not the only theif in the room ;)
[06:12 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: or Presence?
[06:12 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): no you would not use a roll you would use the pickpoting action
[06:12 PM] BenBold: SL is a thief - a thief of time :)
[06:12 PM] Rita Deanimator: so true
[06:12 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): coins is very different
[06:12 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: i see. but the challenge rule would apply still i take it?
[06:13 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you are affecting another player...so yes
[06:13 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Well ive tried stealing from Count de moni.. but it keeps failing.
[06:13 PM] Rita Deanimator: how can you pickpocket and tell your target before you do
[06:13 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): can you give an example of a challenge rule?
[06:13 PM] DravinSterling: what I mean is, so i'm pickpocking, do I type /9 focus pickpocketing purse?
[06:14 PM] Nathaniel Ballard creeps along in the shadows, eyeing Rita's purse, thinking he could have that
[06:14 PM] Nathaniel Ballard: "Pulls out his pocket knife and creeps up behind her, ready to slash the purse straps"
[06:14 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): Pickpocketing
The swift skill of taking valuables from a person.
[06:15 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): it is first /9use pickpocketing
[06:15 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you are now focused on that skill
[06:15 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): after you have met the challenge rule
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[06:15 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): then make sure they are targeted
[06:15 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Do the lines have to be in separate posts, or can they be done in one parapost?
[06:16 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): then you click on your hud chose money and then pickpocketing
[06:16 PM] Rita Deanimator: then nathanal woauld roll to see if he is sucessful
[06:16 PM] BenBold: yes
[06:16 PM] BenBold: challenge has to be 2 posts
[06:16 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): it should be in two...to be sure that the player is even active
[06:16 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): because you cannot affect a player that is OOB
[06:17 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): so the challenge is not from the victim to the thief ... you can't fight back?
[06:17 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): depends on what is being RPd in how their doing it
[06:17 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: How do you determine if something is noticed or not?
[06:17 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): if they fail then you see the chat that they missed
[06:18 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): then you can call for a constable or handle it yourself..but that kinda depends on your RP
[06:18 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): That makes sense, thank you
[06:18 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: For example.. a little earlier my char tried to tie someones shoelaces together.. focused on stealth, got a stellar success... but it was noticed nevertheless
[06:18 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Did i need to roll twice, once for the tying once for the doing it sneakily?
[06:20 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): depends on how you are RPing and the situation...I mean was your character already there, were you talking to them, were you sitting by their feet...I am sorry but I ccan't give black and white answers on a lot of things because it depends on what was RPd before that
[06:20 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): remember it is all in your details...how were you doing it and if you got a successful roll then they should honor it and RP accordingly
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[06:21 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: in that case i had snuck up to them previously (successful stealth roll) had no other contact with them beforehand. Dont get me wrong,i dont mind not succeeding, i just wanna get it right when i do it myself :)
[06:23 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): I would not like to make a call on this without seeing the full RP and I don't wish to hold up the class on one thing. but I will say this. We are all here to have fun and enjoy the RP...if rolls are used with an RP then read their attempt and follow the dice rolls...you have had your resist even with an environmental...the system does take in to account the fact of others
[06:23 PM] BenBold: can rolls be opposed?
[06:23 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): what do you mean opposed?
[06:24 PM] BenBold: by a corresponding skill
[06:24 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Well basically it boils down to.. if someone tries to cut my purse.. can i just react saying "Ahh you filthy thief" or do i have to make a discovery roll to determine if i notice it?
[06:24 PM] BenBold: say I'm using buying & selling skill to buy a crate of wine
[06:24 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): tokiko that depends on if they were successful or not
[06:24 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: they were
[06:24 PM] BenBold: normal price 100 coins
[06:25 PM] BenBold: moderate success, maybe he sells it to me for 80
[06:25 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): if they were successful then you didn't notice...they were sneaky
[06:25 PM] DravinSterling raises hand again
[06:25 PM] BenBold: stellar success, he lets me have it hald price
[06:25 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: ah thank you :)
[06:25 PM] BenBold: but what if the character I am negotiating with also has buying & selling skill
[06:26 PM] BenBold: suppose I have a skill level of 20 and he has a skill level of 40
[06:26 PM] BenBold: would his skill level affect my ability to succeed?
[06:26 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): this is not like table top but the system does take into consideration their resistance factor and that is where the outcomes come from
[06:27 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): misses mean that they resisted your attempt...successes you overcame their resistace
[06:27 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): It seems like most everything can be done through the menus without using the scary numbered dice, right? :-)
[06:27 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): correct pat
[06:27 PM] BenBold: So, I would have a harder time, say, stealing from Dravin (who persumably skilled in such things) than I would dome someone wlse
[06:28 PM] BenBold: from
[06:28 PM] BenBold: else
[06:28 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): Dravini you had a question...and correct Ben but ya never know what those pesky dice will do either
[06:29 PM] DravinSterling: How do we know which dice are rolled for what?
[06:29 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): and that is what I am trying to get to
[06:30 PM] DravinSterling: sweet
[06:30 PM] DravinSterling: thanks :)
[06:30 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): first you have your skill that you are good at...we talked about those...so make sure you use the right focus for that...
[06:30 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): then you determine who or what you are going to focus that energy on
[06:31 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): be it someone else your target, could be yourself, or the environemnt
[06:31 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): now you decide how am I going to affect them
[06:31 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): your method
[06:32 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): is it going to be physical... your physically going to do something, mental..you will use your mental abilities, or is it supernatural...or magic
[06:32 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): the last is how you are directing that energy the action behind it
[06:32 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): did those words change recently? :-)
[06:34 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): grapple meaning grab..hold in place, harm is simply you are fixing to hit them. Influence...are you trying to influence them to do somethiing. presence..you want to change their location, assist..you want to help or discovery you want to learn something.
[06:34 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): what do you mean Pat?
[06:34 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): sorry, I think I am confused between method and action
[06:35 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): are you with me now?
[06:35 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): lets say...I want to move someone to saftey....
[06:35 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): i caught up ... thank you
[06:36 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): so there are many ways my character could do that but for haha's lets say I just want to reach out and pull them to me
[06:36 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): what should I roll
[06:36 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): physical pressence?
[06:36 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): dicerooll; target; physical presence
[06:37 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): correct
[06:37 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): now what if I did this and got this outcome -
[06:37 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: i often get confused between influence and presence
[06:37 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): damn tri changed it..laughs
[06:37 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you can no longer do target with out having someone targeted..yay
[06:38 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw volunteers
[06:38 PM] Oceane successfully performs a physical presence on Loreilei.
[06:38 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): hee hee
[06:38 PM] BenBold: esp for Nathaniel, because Presence is a vampire skill, but in here, that skill is more Persuastion
[06:38 PM] Rita Deanimator: oooooo smiles, that tickled
[06:38 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): actually wanted to show what happens without having someone targeted but tri took care of that little problem
[06:38 PM] BenBold: influence
[06:39 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): presence is to move from their present location to another
[06:39 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): my presence is currently here but you could possible pull me across the room to another location
[06:39 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): or
[06:40 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you may want to change something about a person...like a fey with a practical joke...
[06:40 PM] Rita Deanimator: grapple
[06:40 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): no
[06:40 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): grapple is holding in place
[06:40 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): I would grab you to stop you
[06:40 PM] Silver Shadow (silverhand.autopoiesis) perks her ears.
[06:41 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you asked when do I roll
[06:42 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): the simplest answer is when you are affecting another with an attempt and you want a chance of failier.....in nice RP....in conflict RP you must roll
[06:42 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): (has a question)
[06:42 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): yes Jun
[06:43 PM] BenBold: raises hand
[06:43 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw curses like a sailor
[06:43 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): wb Tokiko
[06:43 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: (if someone could give me a repost in IM about the practical joke part id appreciate it)
[06:44 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): earlier today i wanted to know what soem one was i rped it as me well smelling them, but i rolled it and i came up as a necro thing, also i got a stella sucees but i didnt get any information about them, does this normally happen, cos ive noticed ppl do the same to me, and then they know what i am with out me saying anything
[06:44 PM] Silverhand takes notes of Toki's linguistic prowess
[06:44 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): nexology*
[06:44 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): well necromancy is about things that are dead
[06:44 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): but i did it physical pressence on them
[06:44 PM] BenBold: Nate was a sailor, but he hardly cusses at all
[06:45 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): nexology is more about shadow magic..the darker side
[06:45 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): yeh but when i went target physical discovery on the target
[06:45 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): as far as discoveries go....I can only tell you my personal opinion for there is no rule about this
[06:45 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): the roll said i used nexology
[06:45 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): then that is what you were concentrating on at the time
[06:45 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: then you probably were still focused on nexology
[06:45 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): oh
[06:46 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: if you dont focus on anything in particular use /9 use nothing to clear your mind
[06:46 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): ohhh
[06:46 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you can release what you are concentrating on by typing /9use nothing
[06:46 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): so if i had nothing
[06:46 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): it come up as i wanted it to?
[06:46 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): well I would have to see the RP but let me talk about discoveries for a moment
[06:47 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): k
[06:47 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): and this is a personal thing..not an admin thing
[06:47 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Uhm the system wont give you what you discover. that is up to the player to decide
[06:47 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: (right?)
[06:48 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): I personally do not believe anyone can just look at you, touch you, aura....and automatically know what they are...
[06:48 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): and your corect tokiko you will not get any kind of message
[06:48 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Feel free to call me Toki ;) easier
[06:48 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): if one used a discovery on me depending on what they RPd will depend on the information I give
[06:48 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): thank you
[06:49 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): I do give the information in an IM because they are the only ones that did the discovery
[06:49 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): ah so the peron gives the informatin, but how come ppl knew what i am?
[06:49 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Well it depends on what youre doing.
[06:49 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): ummm could be based on your RP
[06:49 PM] BenBold: I usually tell them "yeah, his skin does seem a little pale, and if you look carefully, he doesn't seem to breathe, except when talking"
[06:49 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: If i see you in the cafe ordering blood, im gonna ssume youre a vampire
[06:50 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): correct Toki
[06:50 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: if youre a giant hairy wolf
[06:50 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): yeah but this one time i was jsut chatting not gving anything away
[06:50 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): or anything
[06:50 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: that speaks.
[06:50 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): and they just gussed it
[06:50 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: then ill guess youre a lycan
[06:50 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): i was like wtf
[06:50 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): but they rolled the discovery on me before hand
[06:50 PM] Novvy (novelisk.sautereau): And then I walked into the room, and was like "Sup, guys."
[06:50 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Well, there the thing.. of course people can guess... but if i do that i do something like
[06:50 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): but was there RP that they might have heard and you did not notice
[06:50 PM] BenBold: Yeah, I had somebody ask me about the Unseelie court, but I ignored the question because there was no way the character could know that
[06:51 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw grins "Youre a vamp, arent you" of course she had no idea, it was merely a shot in the dark. Waiting for the reaction she listened closely"
[06:51 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): remember..other players do talk with each other and may talk about you behind your back
[06:51 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): laughs
[06:51 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): no cos she imed me saying "ohh" right after they rolled
[06:51 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): well
[06:51 PM] BenBold: (Not you Leigh - this was outside the courthouse a few nights ago)
[06:51 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): so theres no way any roll woul give her info then?
[06:51 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): nope
[06:52 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): k then i haveno idea how she did it
[06:52 PM] BenBold: just how successful they ae
[06:52 PM] BenBold: were
[06:52 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): I was playing OOCly ben...but ICly leigh has no idea about your unseelie court connections
[06:52 PM] BenBold: I know
[06:53 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): This conversation has gone round the houses a bit, but I think I'm beginning to get it :-)
[06:53 PM] BenBold: but somebody I had just met started asking about the Unseelie court ICly
[06:53 PM] BenBold: so I had to ICly have no idea what they were on about
[06:53 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): i have another question back on topic(and sorry if yourbe already discussed this)
[06:53 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): ok then I will say this to be clear for all those present for the calss
[06:53 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): party info is not IC info unless they TELL you it
[06:54 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): the only thing you can use from the meter over someone's head is the title if there is descriptors
[06:54 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): like how their voice is
[06:54 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): I get tired of typing that all the time so I put it in my title
[06:54 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): only talk about her voice when it changes from that
[06:54 PM] BenBold: not even their name (have had people use mine when tehy don't know it)
[06:55 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): you only know what's in quotes, actions, or Resident's chat, yes?
[06:55 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): well normally I chauk that one up to player mistake
[06:55 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): correct Pat
[06:55 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): unles they are describing facial expressions. how something smells...etc.
[06:55 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): People have been kind to me as I make noob mistakes here, and I appreciate that
[06:56 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: I was kinda surprised a little that someone figured out we were a mafia clan
[06:56 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: simply by the cosa nostra name
[06:56 PM] BenBold: everybody was a noob once
[06:56 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): Pat if it makes you feel better I have been here over 2 years RPing for 4 and I STILL make name mistakes
[06:56 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: given that the first evidence of that name surfaced about.. 20 years before the current IC date..
[06:57 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): we are all human
[06:57 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): <-- is slow but trainable :-)
[06:57 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw is actually a highly advanced AI thats bored out of its mind from youtube and has come here to RP
[06:57 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): at least in real life and make mistakes....be gracious to your fellow players and keep the respect
[06:57 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): laughs
[06:58 PM] Silverhand thinks that cosa nostra means they smell of the sea coast, swampy and nasty
[06:58 PM] BenBold: given the level of comments on youtube, that would account for the cussing
[06:58 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): any other questions I have already kept you a half hour over
[06:58 PM] BenBold: yes
[06:58 PM] Lady Leigh Luv: ((Leigh Huet is in StoryTeller mode.))
[06:58 PM] BenBold: the timeout thing...
[06:59 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): on the rolls?
[06:59 PM] BenBold: I was in the cafe, about to leave with a lady
[06:59 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): i have another question(and sorry if yourbe already discussed this)
[06:59 PM] BenBold: being a gentleman, I offered a hand to help her stand
[06:59 PM] BenBold: rolled it as a physical assist and missed
[06:59 PM] BenBold: oh dear, never mind, sorry about that....
[06:59 PM] BenBold: tried to roll again and found I had to wait 2 minutes before I could try again
[06:59 PM] Rita Deanimator: lol
[06:59 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: i got one more but it doesnt need to be a class question
[07:00 PM] BenBold: seemed a bit excessive for a simple action
[07:00 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): well if you waited for her reaction based on the miss and then typed your response to try again then there would be no issue with the cooldown time..
[07:00 PM] BenBold: I did
[07:00 PM] BenBold: hence the sorry, never mind bit
[07:00 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): one of the reasons it is there is to help with those that would just spam the dice
[07:01 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: timer is 180 seconds, not too bad actually
[07:01 PM] BenBold: I could usnderstand it if I had tried to actually pick her up and carry her
[07:01 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): RP should just flow....we tried to find a cool down time made sence
[07:01 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): well ok she stepped on her skirt as she was standing
[07:01 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): her heel got caught in her dress
[07:02 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): her hand slipped
[07:02 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): nothing on you darlin it was her with the assist
[07:02 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): Zeke you had a question/
[07:03 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): yes ty, so im not sure what its calle but i figured out that now my meter says logic here before it say erm nexolgy, so if i where to roll it would come up based on logic
[07:03 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): oh and if it was critical...you tripped on your own two feet..a demifay sneeked up on you and tied your shoe laces together...
[07:03 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): right?
[07:03 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): correct zeke if that was your last use of a skill
[07:03 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): s
[07:03 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): so
[07:03 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): how do i change that
[07:04 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): use a different skill based on what your RPing
[07:04 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): if say I wanted to miind read
[07:04 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw s pixie is available for shoelace-tying RP, just tp me for a quick summon if you critically fail ;)
[07:04 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): then I would concentrate upon that skill first and then do the roll
[07:04 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): is the /9 use the only way to change from one to the other?
[07:04 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): correct
[07:04 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): ah right
[07:04 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): kk
[07:05 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): any other questions before I hand out XP?
[07:05 PM] BenBold: presumably only those skills listed on the web paage will work
[07:05 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): actually there are some others
[07:05 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you will find them under news
[07:05 PM] BenBold: ok
[07:05 PM] DravinSterling: Thanks for the help, Leigh
[07:05 PM] Lady Leigh Luv: ((Tokiko is given 2000 experience points.))
[07:05 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Well
[07:05 PM] BenBold: but it wouldn't work if I tried /9 use phlebotomy for exa,mple
[07:05 PM] Lady Leigh Luv: ((Zeke is given 2000 experience points.))
[07:06 PM] Lady Leigh Luv: ((Nathaniel Ballard is given 2000 experience points.))
[07:06 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: you mentioned how skills affect your character development
[07:06 PM] Lady Leigh Luv: ((Richard Sterling is given 2000 experience points.))
[07:06 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Now.. for me, it seems to work the opposite
[07:06 PM] Lady Leigh Luv: ((Oceane is given 2000 experience points.))
[07:06 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: when i was levelling this char, to gain the ability feedthem..
[07:06 PM] Lady Leigh Luv: ((Loreilei is given 2000 experience points.))
[07:06 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: i slaughtered tons of zombies, and rats
[07:06 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): ty very much
[07:06 PM] Rita Deanimator: thanks Leigh
[07:06 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: focusing massively on NPC combat.
[07:06 PM] Lady Leigh Luv: ((Silverhand is given 2000 experience points.))
[07:06 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): Thank you so much for the class, Leigh.
[07:06 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Yet.. going by my sheet im a goody-twoe shoes healer
[07:07 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): Maybe you were healing the rats I was killing?
[07:07 PM] Rebbecca Callahan giggles, Yes, Toki, that is you all over
[07:07 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): but you may be balancing more than you realize
[07:07 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): for instance your balance between your exercise with the NPC's and your other RP
[07:07 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: well out of my current levels.. i got about 35 by killing npcs.
[07:08 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): but if all you did was play with the NPC's you will get to a point of basically having a lot of dexterity prowess and perhaps endurance but not much wisdom and intellegence
[07:08 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: the exact opposite is the case.
[07:08 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: i have almost NO dex
[07:09 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: my prowess is fairly up there tho, yes
[07:09 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): the idea of larps is not to stare at your stats but to do your RPs and your stats will reflect your RP
[07:09 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): heh ... my main character has killed 800+ rats and has 4% endurance
[07:09 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: Well i get that. Im just saying the stats dont seem to reflect my RP ;)
[07:09 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): since I don't know your RP I can't answer that
[07:10 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): but I will say it takes a good month of true RPing it doesn't happen over night
[07:10 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: the funny it is.. my stats are perfect for the RP i *want* to do
[07:10 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): then keep doing it Toki
[07:10 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: i just havent gotten around to doing it yet
[07:10 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): levels do not matter much because the dice are the ultimate equalizer
[07:10 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): It's all lots of fun ... I'm having a blast trying to survive the mastiffs much let gain skills *laughs*
[07:10 PM] BenBold: If I were to sit in the cafe and have a philosophical debate for an hour, just using /2 & /2:
[07:11 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): Leigh would enjoy that
[07:11 PM] BenBold: that wouldn't affect my stats as much as /9 use philosophy?
[07:11 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: oh the mastiffs are easy..
[07:11 PM] Tokiko Tigerpaw: theres much harder ones out there...
[07:11 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): well you could concentrate on it affect yourself in a mental roll
[07:12 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): I hope all of you have found this class helpful and brings your RP to more indepth especially with the dice
[07:12 PM] BenBold: ok, I would get verbosity points, but that wouldn't affect my philosophical skill
[07:12 PM] BenBold: ah well
[07:12 PM] Jun Akiro (zeke.laval): it has thank you leigh
[07:12 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre): I still have one question
[07:12 PM] BenBold: thanks Leigh
[07:12 PM] Pat (pat.stickfigure): Thank you so much, Leigh
[07:12 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): actually ben to affect the philosophical skill you can have someone teach it if they are expert or higher
[07:12 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): or
[07:13 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you could be talking about it
[07:13 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): do a self mental discovery concentrating on it for that ahha moment
[07:13 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): you could do a self mental discovery trying to gain access to the knowledge
[07:13 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): all of that in that RP would cause it to grow
[07:13 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): but you have to do that roll
[07:14 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): dori you had a question?
[07:14 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre): what is the 3d10 used for it's the one that boggle me
[07:14 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): actually we don't use that anymore
[07:14 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre): mkay
[07:14 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): it was 3 d10's one right after the other we used to use that for magic rolls you had to get 2 out of 3
[07:15 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre): ahh
[07:15 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): and dori to give you points I need you ic please
[07:15 PM] Dori: ((odoriko Aleixandre is In Character))
[07:15 PM] Lady Leigh Luv: ((Dori is given 2000 experience points.))
[07:15 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre): don't really care to much about them hehe I come to learn :)
[07:16 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): thank you
[07:16 PM] Dori (odoriko.aleixandre): tanks leigh i'm gonna go hit the game floor now
[07:16 PM] Leigh Luv (leigh.huet): it is my hope that everyone always leaves with learning at least one new thing
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