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[Grek]

Currently, multiple bonuses are handled by ignoring all but the best bonus and worst penalty. So, if you have a set of modifiers like [+5, +5, -5, -10, -10, -3], then your total modifier is just -5 rather than the -18 it would be if you just summed them.

But Lillipad has a point - if Haika updates how that works before the turn is written (which may well happen) then that information could become relevant under the new rules..

[Criptfeind]

4 Hour: Set up more throwable earthquakes. +20 knowledge +20 total

1 hours: Check and reset traps

4 hours: Read The Carharn Wheel. +20 Knowledge +20 total.

Other: Pay Kathryn 500 dollars back for picking out a gun for me. Then gift her the Figurine.

Spoiler: Inv (click to show/hide)

Four changes of clothing
Sturdy boots
Shoes
Cellphone
Wallet
-Drivers license
-Fishing license
-2704$
Jar of spent golem dust
Jar of sawdust
Jar of ashes
Jar of topsoil
Jar of sand
Box of laundry detergent
Large bottle of elmer's glue.
192 sheets of paper
Drawing kit with pencils, erasers, pens, ink, chalk ect.
Clay working kit
Toiletries kit
Three small finished clay vessel
Reflectively glazed clay vessel
40 mouse traps
tiny hunk of clay
tiny hunk of Ivory
Mimic Backpack
Mimic Suitcase
Mimic Ornate Chest
Portal Key to The Basalt Vaults
20 pounds of clay
Slip
Glaze
Clay Figurine of Kathryn

@Grek: I don't have any rats or candles. I do have a jar though. Are you are welcome to a critter when I FINALLY CATCH THE BASTARDS. As for candles... I would assume there are some in the store rooms here, since this place seems to use that sorta stuff for lighting.

@Dwarmin: Living armor and stuff is a really good idea. But it's really far away. I will work towards it, but it will be awhile.

[Weirdsound]

@Lilli For now only add your biggest positive number to your biggest negative number. You seem to be doing it wrong Lilli. When Haika changes it all the bonus/penalties will be worth less but they will stack. I'm going to work out and then roll the turn when I get back. Even if Haika gets the new rules up by then, I'll keep the old rules for one last go around just to save you all from doing the math twice.

Also apologies about the whole conduct thing. I will be enforcing it in the strictest possible sense, and I do not appologise for that, but I will give you warning if you do something blatant. Honestly I didn't read the description of the job Haika wrote properly, and by the time I figured out a conduct problem existed the turn was 3/4ths written and I didn't feel like waiting on a PM. Have an Aura Point for your trouble.

@Crypt try getting somebody with a better luck stat to check the damn traps. If you fail to many more times I'm going to have to invent some rodent based villain to explain the issue away. Also reading is a knowledge check, and unless you are reading something obviously short like a bathroom book or note, the time chart applies.

@Tar Include you dang mods and inventory in your post!

[Lillipad]

Edited the mod. Hopefully my confusion will end with the new rules.

[Criptfeind]

If you fail to many more times I'm going to have to invent some rodent based villain to explain the issue away.

I fail to see the issue with this.

Also thanks for the note on reading.

Editing my turn.

[Haika]

Payday!

Kestrel finds each of you about the manor and hands you an envelope with 1500$ USD in it, then tells you to go talk to Tohsaka about something. He wanders off before you can ask what it is.

Finding the old japanese woman standing impatiently outside her room you ask her what's going on. She tells you she needs you to look at something, and opens the door to her room. As you turn to enter she wacks you hard on the back of the head with a gnarled tree staff with an emerald embedded in it, and you black out.

You wake up in your room wondering what happened, but your body feels like it is pulsing with power for some reason. It's so distracting that you almost forget what Tohsaka did to you.

HP update!:
Spell Tally:
Grek/Ariel: (3) +4
Lilli/Harman: (3) +8
Cript/Henry: (3) +4
Tar/Adrian: (3) +10
Dwarmin/Kathryn: (3) +2

You gain 5hp for each spell you know beyond your first three.
Current HP totals:
Grek/Ariel: 120
Lilli/Harman: 140
Cript/Henry: 120
Tar/Adrian: 150
Dwarmin/Kathryn: 110

Spoiler: Mod update! To be added AFTER weird's next turn. (click to show/hide)

 
Mods are being greatly reduced! But you will be able to use multiple mods on each action.

Mod conversions:
+30 = +6
+25 = +5
+20 = +4
+15 = +3
+10 = +2
+5 = +1

This means stats work like this:
Stat Roll Modifiers:
01-10 = -4
11-20 = -2
21-30 = 0
31-40 = +2
41-50 = +4

Calculate your own mod for each action you give us.
-Add +1 to the mod if the action falls within your focus.
-Add +1 to the mod if any of your personal limitations imply that you get a bonus on the action.
-Add +2 to the mod if you you are using one of your declared mundane skills.
-Add +2 to the mod if you are casting a spell that the GMs have declared that your character is comfortable with.
-Add +4 to the mod if you are casting a spell that the GMs have declared that you have mastered.

Timeframe mods:
1 Hours -10
2 Hours -3
3 Hours -1
4 Hours 0
5 Hours +1
6 Hours +2
7 Hours +3
8 Hours +4
9 Hours +5
10, 11, or 12 Hours +6

DO NOTE: While you may be able to convince us to use many extra mods. Such as location, tools or preparation beforehand, we as GM's WILL be adding more difficulty mods to actions. If you try to run up a wall using your body stat, expect at least a -10 if you try it withouth a specific spell to assist you. And if a spell says something like size is important then don't try switching an arrow with a unicorn... we will add negative mods for such things. Here is a basic table of what we will use:
Minor Difficulty: -1 or nil.
Average Difficulty: -3 or -4
Hard Difficulty: -6 or -8
Extreme Difficulty: -10 or -12
Impossible Difficulty: -16 or -18

Take the time with your actions to fully explain your mods, if you also explain the difficulty you think the action is, we may be more lenient on the negative modifiers. We will adjust things if we feel you've chosen wrongly, but explaining why you choose things and arguing your case will go a lot further than just writing out the numbers and letting it go to the fates.

Items in this post subject to change. Not valid in Delaware. No purchase necessary. Crit range changes may follow.

[Lillipad]

I think you might have nerfed everything a bit too much. I don't feel like I'd be achieving anything by improving stats or mastering spells with the new mods.

[Haika]

The idea is that you are all still fairly inexperienced. And as you learn new spells and skills and gain magical equipment and such you will become stronger.

[Taricus]

I dunno, the new modifiers seem a bit... small for a d100 system. Maybe just half the old ones and see how that works?

[Grek]

Got to agree that these do seem a bit small. Under the new rules, the absolute best case for a spell is if you have a 41+ in the relevant stat, have mastered it, are spending 10+ hours casting it and have both your focus and personal limitations working in your favour. All of that comes together for a grand total of +16 which gives you a 3% chance to critically fail, a 31% chance to regular fail, an 11% chance to critically succed and a 55% chance to regular succeed. Which is to say that the absolute best possible conditions can only take you from a base rate of even odds for success/failure to succeeding twice for every one failure.

Equally, though, "Impossible" odds aren't actually impossible. They're a -18 at worst, which means that you'll succeed about once every four tries even if you're completely inept.

[Weirdsound]

Can you get that information up on the OP Haika? We don't all need to remember to go to page 19 of the topic if we want to look up the mods. Just back up the old information, I have a feeling the system is not done evolving yet.

Gonna do some PbP Pokemon stuff and then roll the turn. Not sure I'll be able to do two in one day, expecialy because I think my Pokemon people wanna go tonight.

@Tar: Yeah. But it should stack nicely. If you guys are smart you should be able to still get +10's and even +15s. I'm not sure if that is enough, and I know Crit Changes will have to accompany it, but Haika likes the idea so I say lets give it a try.

[Haika]

I was waiting for the turn using the old system first, but I can put it into the opening post I guess.

This system is a headache, I discontinued the Aglaia game I had running for similar issues. It was either too easy, too random, or too hard. This major change is supposed to allow you to find many different mods to add to your rolls from things like equipment. If people don't like it, then start comming up with your own ideas and I'll let you do all this work.

[Lillipad]

This system is a headache, I discontinued the Aglaia game I had running for similar issues. It was either too easy, too random, or too hard. This major change is supposed to allow you to find many different mods to add to your rolls from things like equipment. If people don't like it, then start coming up with your own ideas and I'll let you do all this work.

The problem is that we don't have that many mods that can be added right now. I don't believe any of us have developed new mundane skills or increased a stat yet, so we can't do that. I'd say just revert to the old form, but let us stack mods, and include more -10s and -15s to go with higher things so that we can't abuse the mods. Or just do what Grek said and try everything at half power rounding down to the nearest whole number when necessary.
Scaling everything to 1/5 is just a bit too dramatic at the moment.

[Weirdsound]

I was waiting for the turn using the old system first, but I can put it into the opening post I guess.

This system is a headache, I discontinued the Aglaia game I had running for similar issues. It was either too easy, too random, or too hard. This major change is supposed to allow you to find many different mods to add to your rolls from things like equipment. If people don't like it, then start comming up with your own ideas and I'll let you do all this work.

Don't get down on yourself. We can make this work. Dontcha worry. Just alot of trial and error involved is all.

This system is a headache, I discontinued the Aglaia game I had running for similar issues. It was either too easy, too random, or too hard. This major change is supposed to allow you to find many different mods to add to your rolls from things like equipment. If people don't like it, then start coming up with your own ideas and I'll let you do all this work.

The problem is that we don't have that many mods that can be added right now. I don't believe any of us have developed new mundane skills or increased a stat yet, so we can't do that. I'd say just revert to the old form, but let us stack mods, and include more -10s and -15s to go with higher things so that we can't abuse the mods. Or just do what Grek said and try everything at half power rounding down to the nearest whole number when necessary.
Scaling everything to 1/5 is just a bit too dramatic at the moment.

We gotta try it before we dismiss it. Also under the new system I think I'd be willing to let you justify any minor factor that may work in your favor as a +1 or +2. Find and use some proper tools for the job? +1. Flavor your action in a way that accounts for your past flavor mistakes? +2. Ect. I'm sure you can think of all sorts of things.

Encourages creativity and deviousness on the part of the players. I do like that.

[Weirdsound]

Rollin turns now. I think I'll do it in reverse order this time, because I'm a godamn rebel!

...And perhaps Crypt's problem is that everybody was just eating up all the good luck for the turn.