[OOC] Epyllion: Beyond Moonlight's Reach

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

...I just realized Fellwing just told Kyte to speak with Stargaze. O_O

Fellwing: You would do well to talk to Stargaze. Sometimes physical injuries heal faster than mental ones.
Stargaze: ....Wait what?

[rush99999]

@XxFellsingxX

And so the plotting commences!

I rolled a 9 to study Rudrick, how could Skobeloff get Rudrick to elaborate further on the subject of Garrock?

[XxFellsingxX]

@XxFellsingxX

And so the plotting commences!

I rolled a 9 to study Rudrick, how could Skobeloff get Rudrick to elaborate further on the subject of Garrock?

@rush99999

Unlike a lot of times where you have asked "How do I get so-and-so to tell me what's going on", this one is super simple for me to answer, given what Skobeloff already knows and that, well, this is Rudrick.

Rudrick just mentioned that if Garrock hasn't mentioned him, he hasn't mentioned any other family member... except Skobeloff already knew about three from talking with Garrock earlier: Sunglow, Kurkar and Topaz.

And he knows that Sunglow is probably very old, old enough that Garrock states she probably doesn't have much longer before she ascends. He also was told that Sunglow is in Semscale, the same House Rudrick is in.

So yeah... mention Sunglow, basically xD

[XxFellsingxX]

@Guardian Angel Haruki @Digizel Anything you guys want your characters to respond before I write Rudrick's response?

[Digizel]

I probably could but I don't think I need to at the moment since Shieldwing's last response wasn't too long ago and doesn't really have anything significant to add.

[Vertigo]

Edited Shieldwing into my previous post! And posting a new one in a bit, catching up on stuff now.

Edit: Posted. I don't know what it is about Garrock that brings out the sass in Fellwing but I'm having fun with it.

[XxFellsingxX]

I don't know what it is about Garrock that brings out the sass in Fellwing but I'm having fun with it.

@Vertigo

Honestly, Garrock's a little more open to the sass than he was back on the island, so go for it xP

[XxFellsingxX]

@rush99999 Those are some hard-hitting questions. It may take me a bit to think about that, bear with me.

[Vertigo]

Hmm 👀 Any chance I could do a Study Someone now, in between posts and then incorporate the reply to my next one?

[XxFellsingxX]

Hmm 👀 Any chance I could do a Study Someone now, in between posts and then incorporate the reply to my next one?

@Vertigo

Sure thing. Depending on what you ask and how Fellwing reacts, it might help me figure out how to answer Rush's questions.

[Vertigo]

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Sure thing. Depending on what you ask and how Fellwing reacts, it might help me figure out how to answer Rush's questions.

@XxFellsingxX

So with a 9... hmm how to word this, damn. Uh, I guess like: "How could I get you to open up about the situation with your sibling(s)?"

[XxFellsingxX]

So with a 9... hmm how to word this, damn. Uh, I guess like: "How could I get you to open up about the situation with your sibling(s)?"

@Vertigo

Considering Fellwing is the one asking this, mentioning some aspect of her own family situation would work. It's up to you what you feel would be most applicable here.

[Vertigo]

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Considering Fellwing is the one asking this, mentioning some aspect of her own family situation would work. It's up to you what you feel would be most applicable here.

@XxFellsingxX

Fellwing once she realizes that

[rush99999]

@rush99999 Those are some hard-hitting questions. It may take me a bit to think about that, bear with me.

@XxFellsingxX

If you're still stuck on how to answer these questions, here's my two cents on what the answers could be...

How could I get you to talk to Rudrick? At this point, Skobeloff has just enough of a rapport built up with Garrock that a successful use of the CONVINCE SOMEONE move would be all that is needed to get him to see Rudrick

How could I get you to talk to Sunglow? The situation with Sunglow is a family matter. And as such, only one of Garrock's family would have any real chance of convincing him to go see his mother.

[XxFellsingxX]

If you're still stuck on how to answer these questions, here's my two cents on what the answers could be...

How could I get you to talk to Rudrick? At this point, Skobeloff has just enough of a rapport built up with Garrock that a successful use of the CONVINCE SOMEONE move would be all that is needed to get him to see Rudrick

How could I get you to talk to Sunglow? The situation with Sunglow is a family matter. And as such, only one of Garrock's family would have any real chance of convincing him to go see his mother.

@rush99999

I'll wait until Vertigo posts before I say anything but, err...

The reason it's taking me a while to think of answers to your questions is that Skobeloff essentially asked "How do I get Garrock to do the two things he really doesn't want to do?"

Seriously, I can't stress this enough: there's not much that Garrock would rather do less right now than talk to his family. He'd rather single-handedly take on an army of giant spiders than do that.

[Digizel]

Honestly, that's one of the main issues I saw with this system right out the gate: Rolls seems to be a very black and white decision. Either you succeed or you fail and then the results listed are carried out without question. It's like when people say a nat20 in D&D gives you an auto-success in whatever you're doing; sometimes, it just doesn't seem like it should work that way.

It's kinda like if I had a character that tried to convince a good and kind character similar to Stargaze to turn against their friends who've done nothing to wrong them and rolled a 12. Sometimes, it just doesn't make sense to let that work, no matter what is offered.

Plus, the way the system is structured, failing only gives you experience, so is there a reason to not just try again and again? It feels like the incentive is to just spam rolls left and right whenever possible, and feels kind of abusable to me...?

However, in this specific instance, I do think you might already have your answer to the questions.

Perhaps Skobeloff gleams exactly that: There is absolutely nothing Garrock wants to do less than talk with his family. And that there's probably nothing he can do to convince him right now. And that would probably prompt us to find a way to try a roleplay angle to help this problem later, rather than figuring out how to resolve it right this second.

So "How could I get you to talk to Rudrick (and hopefully by extension to Sunglow)?" - He would come to understand that nothing they say or do in this instance will successfully get him to do anything with his family.

That's just my thought on the matter anyway. xD

[Vertigo]

Sorry for the delay, was away for part of the week and got a few other posts to do first rn, but should be able to respond in the next few days, at least!

[Vertigo]

I've been wrecking my brain over what Fellwing would possibly be okay with revealing re: her own family issues, and honestly I probably just need to start writing and see what comes out. Probably something vague, knowing her, so might not help the situation much, but aye. Or maybe she just goes "cool, Skobe you seem to have this covered, bye".

I'll find out in a bit!

Ok we got Fellwing being an awkward-ass potato for 500.

[Digizel]

Awesome~ I'll see about getting a post up soon. Sorry, I've been busy for the last week and haven't really had a good time to check in on things. Hopefully once the Mother's Day weekend is over I'll have a little bit more time. xD

[XxFellsingxX]

Me: Garrock would rather take on a hoard of giant spiders than talk to his family.
Skobeloff: I'm about to end this man's whole career.