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[GlyphGryph]

I am currently online with an opportunity available to all those in New Newgate! Send me an IM at CallMeMasterThreads@gmail.com if you're interested.

[GlyphGryph]

A note on leveling skills:

Skills can be represented in the form XY:Z

X is the first digit of your actual skill - the cost to gain a level in the skill is this number, plus 1.
Y is the second digit in the actual skill.
Z is the amount of experience towards the next level.

So if you had 12 in Dangerous, it would take you 2 points to gain the next level. If you had 22, however, you would only have:
22:2

Connections work identically to skills.

Menaces and Quirks, however, are slightly different - the cost to increase them by 1 is the current level+1 worth of points, and few quirks will reach double digits. Menaces, obviously can NOT reach double digits except in very rare circumstances, since 8 levels in a menace means bad things.

[GlyphGryph]

A bit more on Adventures:
In the other thread, you can see how the first adventure played out. While I didn't specifically have "intimidate" as one of the valid routes through this scenario, I was able to extrapolate from the other rewards written to figure out something appropriate.

Not that some situations may arise where the player will be able to put more than one skill to use - this is a good thing! It makes it more risky in many ways, and should also increase the reward slightly.

For those who wish to see the full written up content of this adventure (Spoiler alert! Avoid if you want to actually have some fun with it!) as a guide, see here:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A boastful prisoner:
While you try to eat your dinner, one of the other prisoners starts going on and on and on about what landed him in here, about how he’s going to be the first to escape, about how he’s only still here because he just hasn’t worked up the effort to leave, about how he could take any one of you on in a fight. He’s the bloody king of the prison, he claims!

And the bastards starting to get on your nerves.

What are you going to do about him?

Dangerous, 0/0:
He can take you on in a fight? Hah! Fat chance! Show this poseur who’s boss.
--Success-------------------------------
You kick his arse.
Dangerous+1
--Fail---------
You get your arse kicked.
Dangerous+1, Wounds+1

Persuasive 0/0
Laugh it off. A bit of disdain will take the gust right out of his sails, surely?
--Success------
Your laughter breaks the tirade, and suddenly the whole cafeteria is in an uproar. What a fool. The man slinks off in shame, and you lead a couple jokes to his detriment.
Quirk: Aloof
Persuasive+1
Connection: Criminals +1
--Failure-----
At the sound of your chuckles, he rounds on you, popping you across the jaw. When you wake up, you are back in your cell - thankfully, not that much worse for wear.
Persuasive+1, Wounds +1

Persuasive 0/0
Talk him down. If you don’t, you have a feeling someone is going to shank him before long.
----Success------
You approach the man with some soft words, and gently lead him out of the cafeteria by an arm. He’s a bit unsteady, and confused, but the gaolers are appreciative of the fact that you resolved the situation before it could escalate as they take him off your hands.
Connection: Gaolers + 1
---Failure---
Your words only infuriate him more. Eventually, the gaolers show up and pull him off you, but not before he lands a few good blows.
Wounds+1, Connections: Gaolers - 1

Watchful 0/0
There’s got to be a reason he’s acting this way...
----Success----
Yes, he’s definitely drunk. That means he is, somehow, getting booze smuggled into the prison... He’s quickly trounced by another prisoner, but you remember his face and the direction the Gaolers drag him off to. Perhaps there is an opportunity here...
Watchful+1
Gained Venture: On the Trail: Boozehound
---Fail-----
The only thing you can figure out is that the man is clearly insane. You turn back to your meal after he gets solidly trounced, only to find someone has already eaten it...
Gained a Quirk: Hunger


Shadowy 0/0
Ah, but perhaps you sense an opportunity here...
----Success---------------------------------------------------------------
You work the crowd building up around the braggart, get them riled up, and when the inevitable fight starts, you help yourself to some extra helpings of food and... what’s this? A shiv? You stuff it into your back pocket and slip out of the room.
+1 Subtle, +1 Shadowy, Gain: Shiv.
Hunger Quirk reduced by 1.
----Fail----------------------------------------------------------------
Someone catches you creeping around behind the crowd, and suddenly their Ire is turned on you instead.
+1 Shadowy, +2 Wounds

Also...
DigitalHellhound and Dwarmin both gain 1 Fate for their progress on their adventures, and they both seem really good, so once they are ready submit them to the thread I think they'll both be worth a full three! Regardless, they both get the title Master, and get to choose an appellation.

Hail Master Hellhound! Hail Master Dwarmin!

[GlyphGryph]

I am now online and ready to Play.

We have Two Opportunity Cards available at the moment:

A Boastful Prisoner

and

A Sound In the Wall

[Bdthemag]

BDTHEMAG, AWAAAAAY!

[Bdthemag]

Scenario Completed.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Brian: Hello
Could I do the Sound in the Wall Opportunity Card?


Sent at 6:40 PM on Monday
Brian: I'll take that as a no for now


Sent at 6:44 PM on Monday
callmemasterthreads: Hello


Brian: Hey.


callmemasterthreads: What can I do for you, delightful child. ^^_^^


Brian: Could I do the Sounds in the Wall opportunity card?
Since I assume I already did the Boastful Prisoner one.


callmemasterthreads: Ah, but of course...
You did, you did.
Though second chances are not always amiss.


Brian: Eh, I'd prefer a new one.


callmemasterthreads: So, remind me, what do your numbers say again?


Brian: Numbers?
You mean skills right?


callmemasterthreads: Yes, yes, Shadowy, Watchful, etc, any specials you may have...


Brian: Ah


callmemasterthreads: I believe you have a point in Admired, for example.


Brian: I believe I have a 1 in Dangerous, a 1 in Persuasive, and 1 in admired.


callmemasterthreads: I believe you do, yes, that sounds right.


Brian: Because I solved the Boastful Prisoner thing both dangerously and persuasively.


callmemasterthreads: Yes, that is correct.
So, you find yourself, later that night, awake in your cell, unable to sleep.
Entertain yourself for a moment ... the opportunity is on its way.


Brian: Briar gets up and starts pacing around his cell, perhaps looking to see if there are any other prisoners awake.


callmemasterthreads: The other prisoners appear to be sleeping... if restlessly. You pace for several minutes, when you stop.
There is something... yes.
A slight... scratching... a skittering... perhaps a tapping?
Coming from... yes, behind the wall, just over your bed.
At first, you think to ignore it, assuming it must be a rat... but you have become familiar with the sounds of the rats by now.
This is something different.
Suggested Actions (Bang on the wall, Ignore the sound and return to bed, Try to follow the sound)


Brian: Briar will try to follow the sound then.


callmemasterthreads: The sound moves up, and down, slowly along the side of the room and then slips around the corner of the cell - it is now between your cell and your neighbors.
Watchful challenge!
50% chance of success...


Brian: COME ON LUUUCK
DONT FAIL ME NOW


callmemasterthreads: (Success) You think you have a feeling for where it is moving and... yes! You see it! A brick with the mortar cracked, the brick itself loose... and then the sound is coming from behind it, and you notice the brick start to shift... what do you do!?


Brian: Briar leans near the loose brick and whispers "Is anyone there?"


callmemasterthreads: The brick is ejected from the wall at an angle, slamming into your face and sending you reeling. Something, naught but a shadow in the darkness of the cell, leaps forth and it is up you, clawing and sharp and hard.
Dangerous challenge!


Brian: BRING IT.


callmemasterthreads: (Success) You beat back at the creature, grabbing the loose brick and swinging it hard. It cracks against something, and the weight is off your chest, and the shadow disappears back into the wall before you catch a good glimpse of the creature that attacked you. You have a few scratches, but overall you came out of the attack reasonable whole.
The skittering races along the walls until it disappears into the depths of the prison.


Brian: My luck is awesome, that is until something really important happens.


callmemasterthreads: You are lying on the floor with a brick in your hand, and a fairly large hole in the wall. Several other bricks appear to have fallen from the gap.


Brian: Briar ponders upon the wall for a bit, then attempts to leave through the hole.
He figures that saving his brother is his topmost priority, and his values will have to be set aside for now.


callmemasterthreads: You try to squeeze into the hole, but to no avail. While the hole might be large enough for you to fit through, the empty space behind the wall is not much more than half a foot thick.
There might yet be an escape route here, but its not immediately obvious...
SCENARIO END


Brian: YAY


callmemasterthreads: Dangerous + 1
Watchful + 1


Brian: I'll probably end up submitting a scenario for you.


callmemasterthreads: You have gained a new quality: On the trail of the Thing in the Wall: A Hole in the Wall.

Stats

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Persuasive: 1
Dangerous: 2
Watchful: 1
Shadowy: 0
Admired: 1

Qualities
On the Trail of the Thing in the Wall: A Hole in the Wall.