Questions for the GMs

[Doji Hikaru]

Does the Benten's Blessing Advantage activate for.. well I'm seeing a lot of potential uses in events but I'd rather check than try to cheese it

Gift Giving
Crane meet the diamyo
Social court event

[Asahina Hoshiko]

Not a question, just wanna express my awe at how much preparation and interesting events have been made, as well as appreciating the example-NPCs for events.

*points up* this! It's been impressive to see, and hopefully makes things run more smoothly on your end as well.

[Daidoji Sae]

(I will also second applause for all the events day 1! So much to do, and even choices to make!)


A very quick timing question here: viewtopic.php?f=58&p=1375#p1375

[Doji Shinnosuke]

I don't mean to be a pain and hope I won't come off that way! But I'm still trying to clarify the Benten's Blessing issue in my own mind so as not to have to ask too much going forward.

The action, or act of...presenting inducements or winning arguments; the addressing of reasonings, appeals, or entreaties to a person in order to induce him to do or believe something

So, it is a speech act requiring another person to act or to align their mind with yours.[...]

It requires you to act through some medium to get somebody to do something: either to act or think a particular way. If it is not your intention to cause a change in the other person, it is not persuasion. Benten's Blessing does not apply.

It's then mentioned that this shouldn't apply in step 1 or (in most cases) step 2 of the Masters of Court event. In Step 1, though, the Courtier option is "rhetorically command their attention" to get the person to voluntarily come over and spend time talking to you. In Step 2 the options include Etiquette (Conversation) for "monopolizing the attention of the NPC" (make them want to spend more time with you when they could be elsewhere), and "a Sincerity (Honesty)/Awareness roll to assure the person they are speaking to that you are for real. "

I confess that those all feel like acts of persuasion to me, certainly no less so than "trying to persuade Lord Ikoma to smile on your gift" in the gift event (which is also not a concrete ask, exactly).

I completely understand that this can be a pretty powerful Advantage and defining boundaries for it is important! Just trying to get my brain aligned with what it means for the GM team, and clearly I'm not quite synced up yet. Can you perhaps clarify a bit more?

[Ikoma Honoka]

For the 2 EN events (Masters of Court and Still Waters Run Deep) you can only do one or the other, not both right?

Also in terms of the Karo announcing people, is it a simple 'X person from Y place' kind of announcement or more flamboyant/loud announcement with titles/achievements?

[Cearnach]

I think the best way forward is this. The rulings in the explainer stand as they are. In future, if an advantage or disadvantage applies to something, we will let you know in the event.

For the 2 EN events (Masters of Court and Still Waters Run Deep) you can only do one or the other, not both right?

Also in terms of the Karo announcing people, is it a simple 'X person from Y place' kind of announcement or more flamboyant/loud announcement with titles/achievements?

It is one or the other in the EN. And go as flamboyant as you feel your character warrants.

[Doji Hikaru]

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I think the best way forward is this. The rulings in the explainer stand as they are. In future, if an advantage or disadvantage applies to something, we will let you know in the event.

I think that's a fair way to do it. I don't want guesswork to lead to rerolls or people asking why they didn't get to use it.

Thanks for the clarification!

[Yasuki Masaki]

One extra question here!

viewtopic.php?f=63&t=264&p=1443#p1443

Depending on how many others this applies for, might be worth posting the answer here or elsewhere for clarity

Thanks!

[Doji Shinnosuke]

Masters of Court question:

Each player will receive a number of Glory points equal to the number of successes they had in the course of the event. Raises will also gain Glory points at a rate of 2:1.

If I call just 1 Raise in step 1 and 1 raise in step 3 (for example), do I gain 0 or 1 extra Glory points at the end of the event?

[Isawa Ebiko]

'You will have to make your introduction. Of course, you’ll have to get over the social pressure of the moment. Make an Etiquette (Conversation)/Awareness, Perform: Oratory/Willpower, or Courtier (Manipulation)/Intelligence roll at TN 25. Each success and called raise allows you to add another sentence to your introduction. If you fail, you can only give your name and the name of your house.'

For the phoenix introduction to Daimyo thread: Is this roll considered contested?

[Fukurokujin]

'You will have to make your introduction. Of course, you’ll have to get over the social pressure of the moment. Make an Etiquette (Conversation)/Awareness, Perform: Oratory/Willpower, or Courtier (Manipulation)/Intelligence roll at TN 25. Each success and called raise allows you to add another sentence to your introduction. If you fail, you can only give your name and the name of your house.'

For the phoenix introduction to Daimyo thread: Is this roll considered contested?

I'll say "no."

[Agasha Yuna]

For the Dragon Daimyo scene, there are 4 elements that can be rolled.

Is the roll pass/fail only with only 1 success possible per roll?

Can a roll earn more than 1 success by overshooting the TN?

Can each PC roll each of the 4 components?

[Cearnach]

For the Dragon Daimyo scene, there are 4 elements that can be rolled.

Is the roll pass/fail only with only 1 success possible per roll?

Can a roll earn more than 1 success by overshooting the TN?

Can each PC roll each of the 4 components?

So, as you make each roll you can call raises. These raise your TN by 5 each. And if your roll reaches the new TN they generate, they each give you an additional success (unless the Event reads differently).

The maximum raises you can call on a roll is equal to your Void Ring (not current Void points).

If you want to see an example of how raises work in action, you can check out the Gift Giving Event. The rules I've just related are true for all events unless the event itself tells you otherwise.

And yes, each PC can roll each of the 4 components.

[Doji Shinnosuke]

Masters of Court question:

Each player will receive a number of Glory points equal to the number of successes they had in the course of the event. Raises will also gain Glory points at a rate of 2:1.

If I call just 1 Raise in step 1 and 1 raise in step 3 (for example), do I gain 0 or 1 extra Glory points at the end of the event?

Bumping this question as I'm not sure if it got skipped

In other words, are Raises added all together across steps and divided by 2 to find the Glory gain, or counted up separately step by step?

[Yasuki Ryoichi]

Possibly a dumb question, but for Masters of Court, the results have descriptions like:

"Chose and passed at least 2 TN 25 options, you have successfully flexed your political muscle."

If I use a free raise to reduce the TN25 Acting roll to TN20, does it still meet this criteria of being a respectable TN25 option, or does it now count as a yucky TN 20 option?

[Cearnach]

No, it reads as its original TN for the purposes of the results. The action is the same, though the TN is not.

[Yogo Kiuchi]

A few things here.

[Cearnach]

Masters of Court question:

Each player will receive a number of Glory points equal to the number of successes they had in the course of the event. Raises will also gain Glory points at a rate of 2:1.

If I call just 1 Raise in step 1 and 1 raise in step 3 (for example), do I gain 0 or 1 extra Glory points at the end of the event?

Bumping this question as I'm not sure if it got skipped

In other words, are Raises added all together across steps and divided by 2 to find the Glory gain, or counted up separately step by step?

It's half the total Raises for the event.

[Hiruma Daichi]

Should have had this done with character submission, I forgot about it.

Equipment brought along. For review.

viewtopic.php?f=81&t=394#p1453

[Agasha Yuna]

One last time of scenes question!

There is the EN option 1 and option 2. Clearly you pick one.

There is also an EN open RP that appears (as I read it) to be the same event ... just have some free RP at the same party. "The Right Hand's Reception"

But I don't want to break the rules and be 2 places at once.

Is EN open RP scene something you can do in addition to option 1 or option 2?

(No rush to answer - I am away from keyboard most of day - but I thought I'd ask while I had a window so I'd know when I got back.)