GM Questions

[Raven Cadera]

You are correct.

Salky Raiders are supposedly on Bellionas, but not in any way that has drawn overt attention on themselves yet.

Enclave under the Rebuilder is in a different system entirely.

Thank you! That clears it up. <3

[Korvin Hikarrin]

Just to double check before Korvin officially becomes a street racer: Is there a racing track or stadium in town somewhere, or just a place that's known to be where the racers and their attendant gamblers all meet at regular times?

[Meiyokashi]

Nope. Far as Bellionas is concerned it's street racing or bust. Lower city has a place where a swoopgang hangs out but that's the only racing-dedicated location. Otherwise it's just casual meetups in random bars.

[J-Richo Toboga]

Is the supercommando codex from Jaster Merell canon for Kamda?

[Meiyokashi]

I will say yes. Far as I'm aware of it now.

[Varina Ordo]

I'm' guessing the D2 event has the setbacks from the location?

[The SCaT Droid]

Do you get blue dice for having the right tools (like lockpicks?)

[Zimrzala Skalirz]

I'm' guessing the D2 event has the setbacks from the location?

I'll second this question (as it seems those before haven't added the setback dice?), and also add one of my own:

Can Intense Focus be used for the D2 event?

(Intense Focus [Manoeuvre - suffer 1 strain, 1 ability upgrade for next skill check])

Not sure as I don't really know if a "Manoeuvre" could be used outside combat

Also, if it can, would the end of the event count as the "end of an encounter" for the purposes of recovering strain? (And if so, I suppose I could use Iron Soul? Not that it would matter for only 1 strain)

EDIT: Actually - widening the scope of the question a bit - when can Intense Focus be used, and when does Strain from its use recover, in general?

The exact text for Intense Focus is the following:
"Before making a skill check, the character may perform the Intense Focus maneuver. The character suffers 1 strain to upgrade the ability of the skill check once."

And Iron Soul reads:
"If a character is carrying items that total 2 encumbrance or less (after factoring in reductions such as for armor being worn), at the end of the encounter he heals all strain that he is currently suffering.
If a character normally carries items that total more than 2 encumbrance but discards or otherwise loses those items temporarily, the GM can rule that the character still does not gain the benefits of Iron Soul"

The reason I ask is - Intense Focus is so general that it reads as if it could actually be applied for mostly all rolls. And, whenever the roll is not done in combat or in a longer scene, Iron Soul would probably mean I recover that strain after the thread, no questions asked, so there's basically no cost there.

So is this really what it's like here? Or am I misreading something? It sounds a bit too good to be true

[Manny Donos]

Can two others accompany Manny into Correlian run as, like, his groupies?

Alternatively, can he loan them enough money to hit 1k?

[Dhelih Dotaivi]

I'm guessing you have no objections to me making up names for the ancient megafauna, ongoing theater events, or other random local color? ^^

I promise I'll ask again if any of those threaten city structural capabilities. *nod*

[Meiyokashi]

Can two others accompany Manny into Correlian run as, like, his groupies?

Alternatively, can he loan them enough money to hit 1k?

They can accompany him.

[Meiyokashi]

I'm guessing you have no objections to me making up names for the ancient megafauna, ongoing theater events, or other random local color? ^^

I promise I'll ask again if any of those threaten city structural capabilities. *nod*

Have fun with it

[Meiyokashi]

Do you get blue dice for having the right tools (like lockpicks?)

Unless the tool itself states otherwise, no. Some tools are just meant to make certain applications possible. For this event, that's how they'll be used.

[Meiyokashi]

I'm' guessing the D2 event has the setbacks from the location?

Negative.

Generally speaking, I'll add those in on the event post if they're applicable. In this instance, assumption can be made there are plenty enough folk working on getting things up and running that it doesn't affect as it normally would.

[Meiyokashi]

-snip-

An encounter would be an entire scene/thread, typically. So, in the instance of an event roll it does end up evening out like that where you can suffer the strain and then gain it all back again afterwards. So long as the character is not holding onto too many items/following the ascetic path.

Sooo, yea. It works and can work for the event.

[Zimrzala Skalirz]

-snip-

An encounter would be an entire scene/thread, typically. So, in the instance of an event roll it does end up evening out like that where you can suffer the strain and then gain it all back again afterwards. So long as the character is not holding onto too many items/following the ascetic path.

Sooo, yea. It works and can work for the event.

Right! Sounds great!

I may ask how this works in other instances again as I feel I may get unsure again (as it sounds a bit cheesy - perhaps it just is supposed to be a good talent!)

[Solork Tan]

I did not see anything about using Force Powers one way or another in the D2 event.

Specifically, I wanted to see if players can allocate their Force Die to a roll, or whether it would be passive effects only. In my case, Sol could add an extra Brawn die to roll 5A vs 2D or use the passive option to roll 4A +1F, but I wanted to see if one option fits better for the GMs

[Flession]

I will go with a yes to force powers with the caveat that I may get overruled and you get asked to roll again.

[Solork Tan]

Can we spend banked XP to go into effect the next day, or should we wait until session end?

[Raven Cadera]

If approaching the crater with stealth, can it be done as one roll for a group (cooperative roll)?