diff --git a/play.tex b/play.tex
index ceb60f632d6d405de142274a2b2d64ba23e8244f..5a3084b2b1cd296f899197521f52207ab5f45f67 100644
--- a/play.tex
+++ b/play.tex
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Fenestra is currently experiencing the freezing season of Qualmea, when the trees shed their leaves, letting sunlight shine on roads which are slowly turning white, with little specks of snow.
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
+ (Laiquon)
Wasn't it raining last time? Are we jumping time again?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\Gls{fenestra} has twelve seasons (which map to our twelve months) so every time we enter January, \gls{fenestra} enters \gls{Qualmea}.
And it marches on regardless of who's at the table -- even if nobody's there, \gls{fenestra} keeps moving.
- This helps keep the table open, so Siobhan -- a new player -- can jump right in.
+ This helps keep the table open, so Player 3 -- a new player -- can jump right in.
}
\sideBySide{
@@ -46,13 +47,14 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\glsadd{jotter}
What did you do?
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
+ (Grogfen)
Well, Grogfen helped a trader getting to town\ldots
(but I don't want to tell her about entering a town, or the \glsentrylongpl{sp} she paid us).
\item[\gls{gm}:]
So how will you explain how long the mission took?
Remember, she has a record of when Grogfen left the \gls{jotter} who gave her the mission.
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
With lies\ldots?
Can I just roll this one?
I'll still tell her about the strange markings on all the trees.
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
Sure.
You just need to keep it consistent with what she knows.
Roll \roll{Intelligence}{Deceit} at \glsentrytext{tn} 8.
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
\dicef{7}
Okay, that's an `8', so\ldots
\item[\gls{gm}:]
@@ -97,12 +99,12 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\sideBySide{
\begin{description}
- \item[Siobhan]
+ \item[Player 3:]
Do I get a character?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
You sure do.
Take the Book of Stories and roll $2D6$ on these charts.
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
Okay, I'm a human\ldots called\ldots `Sootfilch'.
What's with the name?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
@@ -124,12 +126,12 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\begin{description}
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Low Dexterity and high Intelligence, so we'll look up what that says.
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
It says I'm a `Loner'.
\item[\gls{gm}:]
That makes sense.
Family and social ties are very important in \gls{fenestra}, so people can end up in the \gls{guard} just because they don't have anyone arranging a safe position for them.
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
This equipment looks a bit rubbish.
Can't I get something better?
At least some proper armour?
@@ -149,14 +151,14 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Sure -- you're in a \gls{broch}, so you can ask \gls{jotter} Cartpike.
Roll $2D6$, then add your \roll{Charisma}{Empathy}.
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
\dicef{9}
\ldots that's an `11' in total?
Do I pass?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Sure, but how would a loner ask for equipment?
What would they do?
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
He'd probably ask her when she's alone.
Knock politely, and just explain he's not been given the tools to survive.
\end{description}
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\item[\gls{gm}:]
\Gls{jotter} Cartpike agrees to give you the armour, as long as you head out on the new mission, immediately.
Sootfilch, Grogfen and Mossboke will journey out to two neighbouring \glspl{village} -- that means a `walled village' -- and cut around the perimeter.
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
We're bush-whacking?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Yes.
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
For the mission, he rolls $3D6$ again, and finds the troupe must go to two nearby \glspl{village} and cut away at the perimeter.
- Finally, he rolls up both \glspl{village} while two players explain how armour works to Siobhan.
+ Finally, he rolls up both \glspl{village} while two players explain how armour works to Player 3.
\Gls{village} 1 has bear-traps along the perimeter, and rumours about the local swamp-hag occasionally eating people.
It's near a swamp, so he names it `Sinkwall'.
@@ -210,15 +212,15 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\sideBySide{
\begin{description}
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
May as well do the distant one first.
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
I want to meet that hag.
Can we walk ten miles in an afternoon?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Sure, that's just 5 \glspl{fatigue} along the road.
Sootfilch and Grogfen are human, so they can ignore the first \gls{fatigue}.
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
And Laiquon's an elf, so he can ignore the cold.
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Oh yea\ldots the \gls{jotter} will have warm clothes for everyone else, but you humans two will have to take 2 \glspl{fatigue} from the freezing weather.
@@ -235,12 +237,12 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\item[\gls{gm}:]
So everyone heads North to Sinkwall.
By the time you've gone two miles, a caravan of traders approach, hail you, and try to sell you torch pitch and rope for 100~\glspl{cp} each.
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
Nah we're\ldots actually, that'd be really handy.
I'll take both.
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Roll \roll{Wits}{Crafts} to determine the quality of the goods (\tn[9]).
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
\dicef{7}
Is an `8' good?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
@@ -260,18 +262,18 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Snow's started to fall, thicker than before.
By evening, the road is white, but you can see Sinkwall's high wooden walls ahead, and an archer waves at you from his perch.
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
Time to rest.
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Wait a minute\ldots
just checking for encounters.
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
Crap\ldots
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Who's in the lead?
Grogfen has the highest Speed, so I think she would be.
Can you roll \roll{Wits}{Vigilance} (\tn[13])?
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
\dicef{3}\dicef{2}
Crap\ldots
\end{description}
@@ -280,28 +282,28 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
$$2D6 + \underbrace{-1 + 0} ~vs~ 7 + \underbrace{2 + 3}$$
- The creature's total Bonus is +5, so Alice must roll at \gls{tn} 12.
+ The creature's total Bonus is +5, so Player 2 must roll at \gls{tn} 12.
}
\sideBySide{
\begin{description}
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
I rolled a `4', so what happens to me?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
A bleach-white tentacle grabs you by the neck, another around your left leg, then the great woodspy rises.
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
The what?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
``Woodspy'' -- a great land-octopus, with a load of tentacles, able to camouflage.
It grabs her and starts to slither away, yanking its way through the trees while holding Grogfen tight above its head.
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
What do we do?
Run after it?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
If you want to, spend \pgls{ap}.
You can roll \roll{Speed}{Athletics} at \tn[11].
- \item[Siobhan:]
- Okay, \dicef{7} \ldots sorry, Alice\ldots
+ \item[Player 3:]
+ Okay, \dicef{7} \ldots sorry, Player 2\ldots
\end{description}
}{
Everyone starts combat with 3~\glsentryfullpl{ap} plus their Speed Bonus.
@@ -318,21 +320,21 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\sideBySide{
\begin{description}
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
Wait, Earth magic covers snow, doesn't it?
Can I make the snow solid around the woodspy's tentacles to stop it getting away?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Yes -- it's still \tn[11], but you can roll your \roll{Charisma}{Earth} to cast.
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
\dicef{9} Got it!
\item[\gls{gm}:]
What does he say?
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
`Solid frost, make a woodspy tomb'?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Well the snow responds, freezing solid, and holding a couple of tentacles tight.
- Siobhan -- one \roll{Wits}{Vigilance} roll, please (\tn[11]).
+ Player 3 -- one \roll{Wits}{Vigilance} roll, please (\tn[11]).
\end{description}
}{
Spells work like any other roll, including when making a Resisted roll -- the spellcaster uses their Bonus to resist the opponent, or players roll their \gls{pc}'s Bonus against the \gls{npc}'s.
@@ -343,17 +345,17 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\sideBySide{
\begin{description}
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
I'm rolling to attack!
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Roll Brawl, \tn[13].
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
\dicef{9}
\Glsentrylong{tn} what?
This is hopeless\ldots
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Yes, but then again, you and the woodspy both spend \pgls{ap} when you struggle.
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
Okay, I spend every \glspl{ap} I have.
\dicef{3}\dicef{2}
All of them.
@@ -369,13 +371,13 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\sideBySide{
\begin{description}
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
\dicef{5}\dicef{1}
Does a `5' pass?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
A bear trap, hidden in the snow, leaps up dealing\ldots\dicef{6} 6 Damage.
You can remove your 5~\glspl{fp}.
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
And the last Damage?
Does my armour get it?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
However, since the woodspy couldn't move, you're standing in front of it, with one leg bleeding from the frozen, iron jaws.
\end{description}
}{
- \Glspl{fp} measure a character's distance from death and (in some sense) their courage.
+ \Glsentryfullpl{fp} measure a character's distance from death and (in some sense) their courage.
Once they run out, all further damage makes a real wound -- Sootfilch might carry this damage for the remainder of the session.
However, after \pgls{interval} the troupe will regenerate \glspl{fp}, so the wounds won't leave them near-death for the entire session -- they can persevere while wounded, and rely on their luck.
@@ -394,31 +396,31 @@ How much the troupe actually engage with their \gls{guard} missions depends on t
\sideBySide{
\begin{description}
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
I'll stab the woodspy.
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Okay -- spend \pgls{ap} to take out your sword.
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
Spent.
I'll stab the woodspy!
- \item[Alice:]
+ \item[Player 2:]
\dicef{11}
I'm free, but out of \glspl{ap}.
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
I'll go for another binding spell, can I make it trapped so Sootfilch can stab it easier?
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Sure, and it's at \tn[10] this time.
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
Can I not stab the woodspy?!
\item[\gls{gm}:]
Snow freezes around its every grounded tentacle, while Grogfen pulls away.
Roll \roll{Dexterity}{Combat} at \tn[7].
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
\dicef{9}
That's 8, how do I Damage?
- \item[Matt:]
+ \item[Player 1:]
$1D6$!
- \item[Siobhan:]
+ \item[Player 3:]
\dicef{6} that's an 8 in total, with the shortsword.
\item[\gls{gm}:]
The shortsword enters, and its snow-white skin splits, blue blood runs down the wound and the skin writhes, turning red, black, then mottled-brown.