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No Dwarven chronicles-wise or Gullible mark-wise on this one.

That's the Grind. Everyone is hungry and thirsty.

Hungry & Thirsty, and nearly retching. Lol, a lovely combination.

Ludanto wrote:Thag and Rabon stagger to their feet as Allric casts his spell, but the strain has been too much this morning, and the arcane energies escape his control, half formed. The glowing disk materializes, but then shudders and jerks and then launches itself at the base of the nearby wall! There's a scraping, groaning sound as the wall collapses toward you, threatening to bury and crush the party!

Mechanically, the roll's consequence should only threaten Allric as I accepted no help, right?

What's the roll for evasion?

Does it make sense for me to push the others back and try to use my shield to help deflect the bits of wall I can't dodge?

Can I use defender against myself here, since I'm stretching myself to guard Allric?

If others are allowed to intercede on the consequences of my failed roll, then I think that makes a lot of sense. (Berry would likely be literally saving Allric's life - since he's already injured, the consequence of failing this roll would most obviously be the Death condition.)

A Twist plays no favorites.

If by evasion, you mean "dive out of the way", then that's a Health test, Ob2.

Unless somebody has a way to stop it, that applies to everyone (but will only take one turn).

A shield will give you +1D, for yourself or someone else, before they roll.

Then I give my shield die to Allric, it seems thematically appropriate.

Is there a way to use the door to the chapel to block the rocks? Perhaps opening it provides a shield for the group? Maybe a dwarf would have a better idea of how to accomplish this though, behind Born of Earth and Stone.

That's my best idea.

Also, that is a truly evil GM move, guy. Kudos.

Rusty Tincanne wrote:Is there a way to use the door to the chapel to block the rocks? Perhaps opening it provides a shield for the group? Maybe a dwarf would have a better idea of how to accomplish this though, behind Born of Earth and Stone.

That's my best idea.

That's some good thinking. Unfortunately, the doors open in the other direction. (Plus, this is all happening pretty quickly.)

shroomofinsanity wrote:Then I give my shield die to Allric, it seems thematically appropriate.

Keep the shield, my friend. We can say it happens too fast for him to effectively shield Allric. Being Exhausted and Injured already, Allric is rolling at most 1D vs Ob3, so a shield won't get him there. He'll get injured and, already being injured, be dead.

Ok, just to cut through any confusion, at this point, everybody make a Health test, Ob2.

Can one of use tackle Allric as we dive out of the way? Maybe by increasing our Obs to 3?

No, fair is fair. Ludanto made a valid twist, Allric dies. GM wins.

I will gladly shield him with myself and my shield. I'll take the increased ob myself. Id like it for my character, to show gratitude. And I can take an injury. In a meta sense, this adds to Berry being different from his father and when that confrontation comes, will help keep him in allies.

If Allric still dies, then it still shows Berry's conviction. I'm the last one to stop a fair character death, I've GMed too long for that lol. And if my idea is shot down, I'll make my own health test, no problem.

Can he tap his Nature:Running to get extra dice?

He already made the roll in the thread, so Idk how much more we can do.

If he was going to replace his Health ability with his Nature then maybe not allow, but if he could tap his Nature to add additional dice then until the last party member has rolled the event is still happening.

It would probably cost his a point of Nature, but looking at his character sheet he has Nature 5. So I think he could roll 5 additional dice, then drop his current Nature to 4. If he fails to get 3 successes then I guess he's truly dead.

It looks like Allric is committed. Everyone else make your Health tests, Ob2.

Obviously, Berry tried to help him, but he wasn't helping himself.