[D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

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[D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by The sweeping monk » Fri Jun 17, 2022 2:31 pm

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The big night.

Rumor has it that Sensei Wu first thought of having the presentations happen outside, in a circle of stones in the wild, with the moon and the stars for only light, rocks for chairs, and the icy wind as an outstanding guest star, and that the abbess had to strong-arm him into not inflicting a pneumonia upon the monastery's guests.

In the end, the show will happen in the warmth of the great hall of the monastery. A small stage has been setup for the occasion, and the whole event will follow a quite academical protocol. Each student is expected to come on stage in turn, say a few words about they approached the problem, show off their solution, and leave room for the next.

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Sensei Wu will observe each presentation with equal great attention, saluting each conclusion with the same cheerful "Interesting, interesting!". Impossible to know at this point what he thinks, but he seems to have fun at least.

Meanwhile, the abbess and Sennin are bending over backwards to make sure the event runs as smoothly as possible, handling all last minute issues with determined efficiency. Things just won't break havoc on their watch.


The rules

Similar to the previous days

The whole event is treated as a single Narrative Scene.

As the start of the event, set your strife and fatigue to zero, and your Void points to your Void ring.

During this event, opportunities may only be used for fluff, for the extra options offered in some rolls, and in the following ways:
Opportunity symbol+: Remove 1 strife you gained from this check per spent this way.
Opportunity symbol+: You notice some details unrelated to the task at hand but quite relevant to the big picture. Gain 1 Information point per Opportunity symbol spent this way.

School abilities, techniques, advantages and disadvantages, only apply if listed here or explicitly stated to apply in this very thread. All their normal restrictions (once per scene, etc.) and costs (spend a Void point, etc.) must also be satisfied.

Event-specific rules

This event does take place in a specific timeslot and location. If you partake in it, you're allowed to join the spectator thread to roleplay, but not another thread elsewhere.

You can only attempt each ✽ Action at most once (no repeat this time), and are, as usual, limited by your Focus for how many things you can roll for. These rolls represent the part of the presentation your character put the most efforts into, but not necessarily all that they did for it. For example, you don't need to roll for The Speech to have your character make a speech.

You may unmask once at any point during this event, at the cost of losing 2 Impression points, to either (choose one) reset your strife to zero, or increase your Focus by 1 until the end of the event (effectively granting you one additional action).

Rewards

For each 3 Information points earned through the event, you gain an additional Information Tidbit. Roll as many d20 as Tidbits earned that way to determine which ones.

If you match any of the following conditions at the end of the event, you gain the associated bonus.

All eyes on me: At the end of the event, gain 1 Glory point for each 3 Impression points acquired through both both Day 2 and Day 3 (in other words, one third of the total, rounded down).

Balance of the elements: If you rolled as many times using the Fire ring than the Water ring, and as many times using the Air ring than the Earth ring, the elements are in harmony. Gain 2 points if you rolled Fire/Water at least once, 2 points if you rolled if you rolled Air/Earth at least once, and an extra +1 (for a total of +5) if you rolled all rings exactly once.

Examples:
Fire, Earth -> +0
Fire, Fire, Water -> +0
Fire, Water -> +2
Fire, Water, Void -> +2
Earth, Void, Air, Void -> +2
Air, Earth, Fire, Water -> +4
Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Void -> +5

Knowing one's (mental) limit: If you aren't Compromised and did not unmask this event, gain 1 Impression point.

Misc

Owning one or more Resplendent items increase all Glory gains by 1, as usual.

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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by The sweeping monk » Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:54 am

✽ The timing
It's going to be a long evening with a lot of presentations. The attention of the audience is doomed to shift quite a bit as the minutes go by. Ascertaining the ideal moment to make one's presentation, and managing to be the one on the stage at that instant, is an art in itself.

TN? Sentiment or Meditation
? is equal to 4 minus the character's vigilance (to a minimum of 1, as usual).
This is treated as a pseudo Initiative check.
Speed of Heaven (Seppun Palace Guard School Ability), Quick Reflexes, Meekness, Seasoned, Bluntness, apply.
Tactical Assessment applies as if it was a Distinction, i.e. it allow to reroll up to two dice instead of the normal effect.
A character with Earth Needs No Eyes may roll TN1 Meditation (Earth) instead of the normal roll. This is treated as an activation of their kihō and Blood of the Kami (Togashi Tattooed Order School Ability) might apply.

If you succeed, gain 1 Impression point, plus 1 point per 2 bonus successes.

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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by The sweeping monk » Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:55 am

✽ The model
Several of Sensei Wu's questions allude, and one time explicitly refer, to fighting with simple wooden weapons that aren't your standard bō. Showing up with one such unusual weapon is an easy way to grab the audience's attention.

A character may either craft such a weapon themselves, make arrangements to procure it, or conjure it out of thin air.

Armament applies regardless of the option chosen.
✿ Craft
TN2 Smithing
Masterful Builder (Kaiu Engineer School Ability), Perfectionism, apply.

If you succeed, gain 1 Impression point, plus 1 point per 2 bonus successes.
✿ Procure
TN3 Any Trade skill
Well Connected, Criminal Connections, apply.
Daikoku's Blessing, Daikoku's Curse apply if using Commerce.
Ebisu's Blessing, Ebisu's Curse apply if using Labor.
Characters get one bonus success for each of the following abilities and techniques the have: Way of the Carp (Yasuki Merchant School Ability), Vendor of Strange Wares (Ide Trader School Ability), Tributaries of Trade, Well of Desires

If you succeed, gain 1 Impression point, plus 1 point per 2 bonus successes.
✿ Conjure
You need to have access to at least one of the following invocations to choose that option: Token of Memory, Bō of Water, Yari of Air, Tetsubō of Earth, Katana of Fire

Choose and cast an invocation among the previous list as per its normal rules. If you picked Yari of Air, Tetsubō of Earth, or Katana of Fire, you may and must assign an opportunity to produce a bō-like weapon instead of the default weapon for the check to be considered a success.
Spiritual Artisan (Asahina Artificer School Ability) applies.

If you succeed, gain 1 Impression point, plus 1 point per 2 bonus successes.

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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by The sweeping monk » Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:31 am

✽ The speech
Answers are only as good as one's ability to put them into words the audience wants to listen to.

TN2 Any Social skill
Speaking in Silence (Doji Diplomat School Ability), Dangerous Allure, Discomfiting Countenance, Precise Memory, Muteness, Benten's Blessing, Benten's Curse, apply.

If you succeed, gain 1 Impression point, plus 1 additional point for every two bonus successes.

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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by The sweeping monk » Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:31 am

✽ The demonstration
Don't tell: Show.

Damaged Heart or Organ, Fractured Spine, Lost Arm or Lost Hand, Lost Leg, Maimed Arm, Nerve Damage, apply to all Martial Arts checks.

Dazzling Performance may be used for its normal effect on any of the following checks, regardless of skill used. The ring however must still be Fire. Due to Imperial Family (player) characters having graced us with their presence, you may consider there are characters with Status up to 40 in the scene.
✿ The way of the weapon
Choose your weapon. Learn its weight, its reach, its strengths, its weaknesses. Practice tirelessly until it becomes an extension of yourself. And then each move will be as easy as taking a breath.

TN3 Martial Arts [Melee] (Earth or Fire 2)

Way of the Lion (Akodo Commander School Ability), Bishamon's Blessing, Bishamon's Curse, apply to this check.
You gain 1 additional bonus success for each of the following kata on your sheet:
Striking as Air, Striking as Earth, Striking as Fire, Striking as Water, Crescent Moon Style, Iron Forest Style
You gain 2 additional bonus successes for each of the following kata on your sheet:
Soaring Slice, Coiling Serpent Style, Spinning Blades Style

If you succeed, gain 2 Impression points, plus 1 point per 2 bonus successes.
✿ The way of the body
The weapon itself is of a little importance. A twig, a log, a pole, wood, bamboo, it doesn't matter. Move in harmony and so will the weapon.

TN3 Martial Arts [Unarmed] (Air or Water 2)
Ambidexterity, Keen Balance, Clumsiness, apply to this check.
You gain 1 additional bonus success for each kihō on your sheet.
Togashi Tattooed Order characters add additional bonus successes equal to their school rank.

If you succeed, gain 2 Impression points, plus 1 point per 2 bonus successes.
✿ The way of the soul
Exact movements aren't nearly as important as conveying the spirit of the technique, what it takes its inspiration from, what is its purpose, what are its effects. On stage, pretense is often truer than truth.

TN3 Performance or Games (Void)
Enlightenment applies.

If you succeed, immediately roll for either The way of the weapon or The way of the body, using Performance or Games (your choice) instead of the asked skill.

Note: This option is inspired by the All Arts Are One shūji [Core, page 222].
At the end of this action, a character takes a total of 3+? fatigue, where ? is the total number of strife symbols on their kept dice through this action (regardless of if they were mitigated with opportunities of not).
If a character becomes Incapacitated due to this, and has no way to reduce their fatigue to their Endurance or below without rolling (with something like Matsu's Fury, Warrior's Resolve, etc.), they cannot take any more actions this event and suffers a -1 Impression point penalty.
This action can be done twice, but all fatigue gains are doubled the second time.

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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by The sweeping monk » Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:11 pm

✽ The report
Spoken words fly away, written words remain. A student delivering a nice written summary of your solutions to Sensei Wu, maybe something with a lot of illustrations, will ensure the old monk will have a solid reminder of who they are and what they did by the end of the busy evening.

TN2 Composition or Aesthetics
Brushwork, Perfectionism, apply to this check.

If you succeed, gain 1 Impression point, plus 1 point per 2 bonus successes.

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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by The sweeping monk » Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:11 pm

✽ The impro
Do something different, improbable, unexpected, and hope it's a deep and meaningful stroke of genius and not a grave mistake.

This option can only be picked for your last roll of the event.

TN3 Any skill you didn't use this event (Void)
Indomitable Will, Daredevil, apply.
All Anxieties apply. Reminder: Anxieties do not stack.

If you succeed, gain 1 Impression point, plus 1 point per 2 bonus successes.

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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by Kitsuki Kindaichi » Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:21 pm

Date: Day 3 of the Sweeping Monk Incident
Time: Hour of the Rooster
Location: Main Hall of the Circle's End Monastery

Having spent the previous day chasing after answers to Sensei Wu's questions about bojutsu, the potential students were gathered in the main hall of the monastery. It would take more than simple weapon proficiency to really make an impact, but then again, it'd be hard to make one without it. It was a well balanced presentation, and I was certain that no one would present the same answer that I had. Still, I was looking forward to their responses and learning their thoughts as well.

The journals of Kitsuki Kindachi, The Sweeping Monk Incident.


There were only two strikes that mattered, the first strike and the last one. So Kindaichi made himself ready to go as quickly as possible in the order of the candidates.

He bowed deeply to the Sensei and to those gathered.

"Sensei, honorable monks, and fellow candidates. I have come before today to answer the question, ''How to strike beyond the range of your weapon?' Rather than think of this question in terms of the flight path of an arrow, I thought of it from a different perspective. A place where your weapon cannot be, thus rendering the target beyond it's reach." he began.

"The katana is the soul of a samurai. Beyond necessary sharpening sessions outside of court, a bushi is expected to never be far from it's grip. And yet, there is one place in the Empire where a samurai would be truly foolish to bring their blade.

I am, of course, talking about on a ship upon the ocean. Not only will the elements of the ocean corrupt the blade faster than a trip to a red lantern district could corrupt the actual soul, if disaster strikes, the blade could be forever lost to Suitengu's Court, never to passed on to one's descendants. Clearly, one's enemies upon the waves are out of the reach of your katana."

He paused a moment to reveal a short pieces of wood with an interesting shape.

"It was not easy to find this here, but through persistence I have brought this object for the demonstration. For those of you untrained in the ways of the seas, this is a belaying pin. For most of it's existence, it serves to keep the lines to the sails in place. However, when danger strikes, it stands ready to serve as a weapon at a moment's notice."

With that, Kindaichi showed a respecable amount of skill with the short piece of wood. While he wasn't the equal of Wu's top students, he was certainly capable of definding himself with it.

"My thanks for your attention to this matter, I look forward to watching the other prospects and learning from them, as I hope I have instructed you." he offered with a bow before hopping off the stage.


The Timing:

Water/Sentiment TN 2 2 Successes, 1 strife, 1 opp set aside for tidbits

1/10 Strife taken +1 Impression Point

The Model:

Earth/Seafaring TN 3 3 Successes, 1 Strife, 1 opp set aside for tidbits

2/10 strife taken +1 Impression Point

The Speech

Air/Courtesy TN 2 2 success, 2 strife, 2 opps set aside for info gathering

4/10 Strife taken +1 Impression Point

The Demonstration:

Fire/Martial Arts Melee: TN 2 2 success, 2 strife

6/10 strife taken +2 Impression Points

Elements in Balance: +4 Impression Points

Knowing my Limit: +1 Impression Point

Results:

10 Impression Points
+5 points of Glory (10 Impression Today combined with 6 yesterday, divide by 3)
1 Information Tidbit from opps: #8!
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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by Kitsuki Ketsudan » Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:41 pm

Ketsudan, having procured a solid stick from the scrub growth on the mountainside, changes into his best ceremonial clothing for the gathering--and he keeps the headband, of course.

Straightening the headband, he settles in and watches as his cousin gives an excellent performance. Expecting that the more scholarly Kitsuki will do better than he, Ketsudan takes the opportunity to center himself, and he delivers both written remarks and oral with adequate attention to detail--again, not so well as some might, but he is not trained as a courtier.

In the demonstration, though, he excels, plying the two-sword techniques in such a way that it seems his stick presents both in tandem. The layers of his robes do not impede him much, although he does feel something strain in his hip that complicates his maneuvers. Still, he succeeds, and he makes sure he bows to the sensei and to the center of the room in lieu of a clear kamiza.

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The Model: Water / Survival TN 3, passes at 3 sux / 0 opps / 3 strife, https://sakkaku.org/rolls/6890; +1 Impression

The Timing: Void / Meditation 2 + VP, passes at 2 sux / 1 opp / 1 strife, https://sakkaku.org/rolls/6891; spend opp to eat strife; +1 Impression

The Report: Earth / Composition 2, passes at 2 sux / 1 opp / 5 strife (due to Perfectionism; also +1 VP), https://sakkaku.org/rolls/6892; spend opp to reduce strife, so net +4; +1 Impression

The Speech: Air / Culture 2, passes at 2 sux / 1 opp / 0 strife, https://sakkaku.org/rolls/6893; spend opp for Information Point; +1 Impression

The Demonstration: Fire / MA Melee 2, passes at 5 sux (+1 for Striking as Fire), 2 opps, 3 strife, https://sakkaku.org/rolls/6894; spending opps to cancel strife, so net +1 strife; +6 fatigue; +3 Impression

Overall for the Event
8/8 Strife so NOT Compromised
6/10 Fatigue
0 VP
+ 13 Impression (7 fm rolls, +5 for rolling all five elements, +1 for knowing one's limits)
+ 1 Information
+ 7 Glory (7 Impression fm D2, 13 Impression fm D3 = 20, div. by 3 for 6, +1 Glory fm wearing Resplendent clothes)
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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by Doji Riri » Mon Jul 04, 2022 3:05 am

Riri has a hard time keeping herself quiet while she waited for an appropriate time to enter, although she manageed to hold herself and find a good, if not perfect, opportunity to go in for her showing. She ends up going for a fast, enthusiastic speech - coming from her eagerness to jump into action, as would probably be clear to Sensei Wu. It was almost the opposite of what she had been taught in the Silent City... but somehow, it seemed appropriate enough for the circumstances.

She then finally did jump into action, holding her bo as she flowed into flexible but strong movements in a routine with Kichi, who held a staff himself. She clearly put her soul into the movements - so much so that, when the routine was over, she was panting.

But only for a moment. One deep breath, her brow furrowing slightly, then relaxing again, and she set into another routine - this time a Kata combining strikes and feigned strikes with quick shifts in her footing, sometimes graceful, sometimes odd and unexpected, here and there even using the bo as a prop to lift herself and change her position.

When this routine was over, she was panting hard.

There could be no doubt she gave it her all. Maybe a bit more than recommended, really... but still!

She had a pleased smile on her face, though. And while she was still panting when she bowed to the Sensei politely before leaving to give the next candidate the stage, her voice was clear and colourful when she thanked him.

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Action 1 - The Timing

D3 EE - Event, Action 1/4: The Timing. Earth/Sentiment, TN 4 - Vigilance (3) = TN 1 | TN: 1 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 0
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Success!
1 Impression point
Ring: Earth
Running Information: 0/3
Running Strife: 0/8

Action 2 - The Speech

D3 EE - Event, Action 2/4: The Speech. Fire/Courtesy, TN 2. Speaking in Silence grants 1 Opp! | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 0
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Success!
1 Impression Point
1 Opp from Speaking in Silence becomes 1 Information
Ring: Fire
Running Information: 1/3
Running Strife: 0/8


Action 3 - The Demonstration - Way of the Weapon
D3 EE - Event, Action 3/4: The Demonstration - Way of the Weapon. Water/Melee, TN 3. Bishamon's Blessing. Kichi's assistance! | TN: 3 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3
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Success!
2 Impression points
1 Opp for Information
3 Strife taken
3+3 = 6 Fatigue taken
Ring: Water (+2 Impression since Fire used before)
Running Information: 2/3
Running Strife: 3/8
Running Fatigue: 6/4 => Incapacitated!

Spending 1 VP to use Warrior's Resolve!
Fatigue -5; not Incapacitated anymore!
Running Fatigue: 1/4

Action 4 - The Demonstration - Way of the Weapon mk2!
D3 EE - Event, Action 4/4: The Demonstration - Way of the Weapon again!. Air/Melee, TN 3. Bishamon's Blessing. VP to Seize the Moment | TN: 3 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1
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Success!
2 Impression points
1 Opp for Information
1 Strife taken
2*(3+1) = 8 Fatigue taken
Ring: Air (+2 Impression since Earth used before)
Running Information: 3/3 - Gains 1 Tidbit!
Running Strife: 4/8
Running Fatigue: 9/4 => Incapacitated!

Final Result
Impression points from actions: 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 6
Balance of the Elements: +4 Impression point (Earth, Air, Fire, Water)
Knowing one's Limit: +1 Impression point
Ended up Incapacitated!: -1 Impression point
Total Impression points: 10

All Eyes on Me: 5 on D3 + 10 on D3 = Total Impression 15 => 5 Glory +1 from Ceremonial Clothes
Total Glory gain: 6 points

Information collected: 3
1 Information Tidbit gained!
D3 Event - Information Tidbit | 1d20 ⇒ 6
So... repeated Tidbit 6.

Let's go with more on Tidbit 6, I suppose!
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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by Soshi Naoko » Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:53 am

People jostled to present their answers, and skills, and many seemed to have some very solid ideas on when they'd like to present...early or late or right after someone who'd kind of fallen on their face. Naoko didn't see much sense to it, and trying to find that strategic pattern was way less interesting than listening to the spectators gossip off to the side. It was the quiet of an empty space that reminded her she ought to go up before things finished entirely.

Thinking of the gossiping, which offered a more entertaining question to answer than the one she'd had in mind, she whispered a plan to the air kami, promising amusement, and they obliged with the illusion of a sturdy staff of fine grain for Naoko to point at Hiro, with a small grin. It wasn't meant to be anything like the other day's exhibition, just forms and probing them...right?

"Surrounded by wolves, how does one survive with no weapons?" She says with the flourish of one who has some practice telling stories...holding an audience as the pair began to circle. "First, make them believe you _have_ a weapon. Wolves don't know sticks from swords save that they smell of wood and metal. They'll yelp at a bruise, quick as a cut."

She stops circling and sets her feet, staff held angled before her. "Then you guard your life, because you've no hope of smashing in the brains of even three wolves, much less a pack." The acolyte expects his attacks to be deflected, expects forms, and some sort of expertise. He gets a dancing fox shifting just enough to be where his staff and flung elbows are not. Green eyes flash merry from beneath her mask as she takes care to avoid trying to block with a staff of breeze and firelight...until she's caught by a feint and instinctively *tries* to keep her staff between Hiro's and her ribs. The young monk is surprised as it passes through nothing and connects soundly, tossing the Scorpion to back to land hard, laughing around the pained yelp.

"And then..I hear you have faith that the protective spirit of this mountain will save you, and she well might...if you've been respectful." Her eyes scan across the crowd, landing nowhere in particular as Hiro offers a hand to help her rise. "But everything I've heard says that amusing her might be just as effective."

Rubbing her ribs as she walks out of the arena, she knows she didn't improve her chances of becoming a student of Sensei Wu's. But she's pretty sure she made an impression.

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The timing:
Day 3: Student Presentations: The Timing: TN1 (4-Vigilance), Sentiment (Water) | TN: 1 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1
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opportunities for 2 information points
Strife 1/6
Elements used (Air 0, Earth 0, Fire 0, Water 1, Void 0)

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The Model

Day 3: Student Presentations: The Model: Casting Token of Memory-Theology(Air) TN2 | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 0
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opportunity for information point (total 3)
1 impression point
Strife 1/6
Elements used (Air 1, Earth 0, Fire 0, Water 1, Void 0)
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The Speech
Day 3: Student Presentations: The Speech-Performance (Fire) TN 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 0
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2 opportunity for information point (total 5)
1 impression point
Strife 1/6
Elements used (Air 1, Earth 0, Fire 1, Water 1, Void 0)

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The demonstration

Way of the Soul
Mistyped Way of the Weapon. Dice pool is correct for Way of the Soul.
Day 3: Student Presentations: The Demonstration, Way of the Weapon: Performance (Void), Using VP | TN: 3 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1
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Success
Strife 2/6
Elements used (Air 1, Earth 0, Fire 1, Water 1, Void 1)

Way of the Weapon:

Using Performance per above, TN 2 for using Earth
Day 3: Student Presentations: The Demonstration, Way of the Weapon: (previous was actually Way of the Soul as the skills indicate...derp) Using Performance (Earth), void point | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1
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2 Impression points (3 total)
1 opportunity for information point (total 6)
Strife 3/6
Elements used (Air 1, Earth 1, Fire 1, Water 1, Void 1)--5 impression points
Not Compromised-1 impression point
Fatigue =3+2=5/6

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Totals

8 Impression points
2 Tidbits 18 and 19
Glory (12 total points for D2+3)/3 = 4
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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by Seppun Hibiki » Mon Jul 04, 2022 6:02 am

Hibiki took a brief moment to prepare herself. She considered the possibilities of how this could end, the risks. Was she ready?

She was. She carried her own bo, which had never been a weapon in her hands, and took her place for the demonstration.

She stumbled as she addressed everyone. Perhaps she was more nervous than she realized.

Slowly, she began her demonstration. Any nervousness faded, as she found the proper motions. It was a good performance, highlighting her determination to overcome any obstacles. After she had finished , however, she was reminded that it wasn't that simple.

She found herself leaning heavily on her staff before she could return to prepare her report. She struggled to catch her breath. As she fell to the ground, all she could hear was the beating of her own struggling heart.

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Focus 4

[D3EE, Main hall] Student Presentations (Event), The Timing, Vigilance 3, Sentiment (Fire) TN 1, VP for +1 Ring | TN: 1 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 0
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1Opportunity symbol for 1 Information Point
1 Impression point

[D3EE, Main hall] Student Presentations (Event), The Speech, Courtesy (Air) TN 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 2
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1Opportunity symbol reduces 1Strife symbol
2Opportunity symbol for 2 Information Points
1 Strife
Failure

[D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event), The Demonstration, The Way of the Soul,, Performance (Void) TN 3 | TN: 3 | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1
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1Opportunity symbol reduces 1Strife symbol
Success
[D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event), The Way of the Weapon, Performance (Earth) TN 2, VP for +1 Ring | TN: 1 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1
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1 Strife
2 Impression Points

+1 Impression Point fir Timing
+2 Impression Points for Demonstration
-1 Impression Points for Collapsing
+1 Impression Points for Knowing One's Limit
+6 Impression Points from Seeds of Knowledge

9 Impression Points = 3 Glory
3 Information Points
[D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event), Information Tidbit | 1d20 ⇒ 4
2 Strife
5 Fatgue/4 Endurance (and Damaged Heart)
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Kaito Maya
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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by Kaito Maya » Mon Jul 04, 2022 6:28 am

Things had been going so well, relatively speaking.

Maya was even able to find an opportune opening to duck outside and find a suitably bo-like snowy branch to use for her demonstration!

Still, having actually trained with a bo and having an actual bo, Maya was used to the real weapon's weight and balance. The demonstration didn't go over so well.

It didn't help she actually hit herself badly enough during the performance to cause herself injury.

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Results

The Timing

https://sakkaku.org/rolls/6907

Success - +1 Impression Point
+2 Strife (2/8)
+3 Opportunity Points

The Model

https://sakkaku.org/rolls/6908

Success - +1 Impression Point
+2 Strife (4/8)
+1 Opportunity Point

The Way of the Weapon

https://sakkaku.org/rolls/6909

Failure
+4 Strife, minus one (opportunity) for +3 (7/8)
+2 Opportunity Points

TOTAL:

+2 Impression Points (+2 from successes, +1 from Knowing One's Limit, -1 from ending up Incapacitated)
6 spare opportunity points into 2 Tidbits: 8, 16

https://sakkaku.org/dnd-rolls/6910
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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by Moto Taka » Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:47 pm

Taka is not the most balanced of people. Period.

I put the fun in dysfunction!

But this project has given him a good amount of time to think, and think he has. Taka tries to waggle his talk near the end, after when some of the top performers had already made their case.

"Honorable sensei." Taka pulls out a bo that he had purchased for the event: segments of polished horn, interlocked with pins and lashed with leather. It was a bo staff for someone who found themselves out of the plains and without abundant trees to carve into a staff.

"If you will permit me to go on a tangent, I began the exercise with a question: what is singularly exceptional to the bo that no other weapon can provide." Taka begins a few practice twirls and sets his stance. "In a number of ways, it is not the superior weapon in any of the scenarios that Wu-sensei proposed: A man with an axe has equal reach and deadlier impact. A bo staff cannot pentrate heavy armor like a club can. Is is risky to parry against a blades weapon, as the staff is more fragile."

"It was difficult to puzzle on, until I pondered the question of how to fight someone with greater skill than my own and realized that my thinking was flawed: In each of the scenarios, the fight is not the bo staff against another piece of weapon. It is facing a human opponent. While the bo does not excel in many areas it has two key benefits. First is that fact that while it is not a superior versus a single weapon, it is versatile enough to handle multiple scenarios so long as the wielder is clever enough. Second, is that it can quickly be used to position against attacks from multiple angles."

Taka walks through a series of stances and continues as he would train a group of recruits at home, relying on the drilling practice he knows.

"And together they work on a simple strategy, but one that satisfies many of the questions posed: to run away."

Taka takes a running jump, balancing on a bench and walking backwards as he goes through the forms. "Unbreakable armor is great, but there is a person wearing it. And that person tires under the extra weight, and is less sure footed. Similarly, a master of technique must break his stance to chase, at which time you can prepare for the engagement at a time and place of your choosing. Multiple opponents will run at different rates, allowing you to pick them off one at a time."

Taka leaps back off, landing securely and without much fanfare. It wasn't a fancy idea or showing off of techniques, but practically every student here could do it...if they could think of it.

"I wrote my findings here" Taka bows and presents a scroll. Everything inside is has been drawn with haste by a clear amatuer...but are legible, apparently written out in a swarm of creative passion. "Thank you for your time." Taka bows once more and exits.

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D3-Student Presentations-The Timing-Vigilance is 3 for TN 1 - Air/Sentiment (untrained) - VP for StM | TN: 1 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1
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[Pass for 1 Impression Point]
[Strife: 1/8]
[Action: 1/5]

D3-Student Presentations-The Model-Procure-Water/Commerce-TN3 | TN: 3 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2
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[Pass for 1 Impression Point, opportunity spent to reduce strife by 1]
[Strife: 2/8]
[Action: 2/5]

D3-Student Presentations-The Speech-Water/Command | TN: 2 | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2
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[Pass with 2 Bonus Successes for 2 Impression Points, opportunity spent to reduce strife by 1]
[Strife: 3/8]
[Action: 3/5]

D3-Student Presentations-The Demonstration-The Way of the Weapon-Fire/Melee - TN 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1
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[Pass for 2 Impression points, Opportunity spent on information point]
[Strife: 4/8]
[Fatigue: 4/8]
[Action: 4/5]

D3-Student Presentations-The Report-Fire/Composition (untrained)-TN2 | TN: 2 | Success: 5 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 2
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[Pass with 2 Bonus Successes for 2 Impression Points]
[Strife: 6/8]
[Fatigue: 4/8]
{Action: 5/5]

Action Impression Point Total: 7
Knowing One's Limit: +1
Impression Points from D3: 8
Running Impression Point Tally: 17
Glory Gained: 5
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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by Seppun Akimitsu » Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:33 pm

D3 event The timing, meditation/water, quick, seppun guard 1, Void tn 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2 Image Image Image

Fail 1 opp for info
1/3 info

D3 event The speech sentiment/air void tn 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1 Image Image Image

1 impression pt 1 opp for info
2/3 info
3/8 composure

D3 event The demonstration Martial arts melee/fire tn 2 | TN: ? | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1 Image Image Image Image

2 impression pt 1 opp for info 1 to cancel Strife 4 fatigue
1 tidbit
3/8 composure
4/10 endurance

D3 event The demonstration 2 martial arts Melee/Earth tn 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2 Image Image Image Image

2 impression points opp for flair 10 fatigue taken
14/10 endurance -1 impression end

Total
5 impression points
+4 used water, air, fire, earth
+1 know your limits
-1 for going over endurance

9 impression points

1 tid bit
D3 event tidbit bit | 1d20 ⇒ 19

Impression total 16/3 round down 5 +1 from resplendent armor gain 6 glory
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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by Shosuro Keiharu » Wed Jul 06, 2022 3:38 am

Keiharu managed to do more or less a expected of him, save going off script during his speech as a potential investigative lead caught his eye. The audience groaned at that debacle, but the young Scorpion righted himself quickly and completed his presentation almost exactly as he'd planned.

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Rolls up to Focus 4:
The timing - TN 1 Sentiment
D3 event roll 1:Timing. TN1 Sentiment. 0 skill, Air 2. | TN: 1 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 0
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1 Impression point.

The speech - TN2 Any Social skill
D3 event roll 2: Speech. TN2 Performance. Skill 1, Fire 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1
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Fail but 2 opps = 2 information points
Strife 1

The model: Craft - TN2 Smithing
D3 event roll 3: Craft, Smithing TN 2. Earth 2, 0 skill, void point | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2
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1 Impression point, 1opp for 1 Information point, 2 strife
Cum. Totals:
2 Impression
3 Information
3/10 Strife taken

The demonstration: Way of the Body
TN3 Martial Arts [Unarmed] (Water 2)
D3 event roll 4: Demonstration. MA Unarmed Water TN 2. Water 3, skill 1 | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2
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2 Impression points, plus 1 opp for Information point, 2 strife.
Cum. Totals:
4 Impression
4 Information
5/10 Strife taken

+4 Impression for equal rolling all 4 elements
+1 Impression for still composed
Total: 9 Impression Points this event
Total 14 Impression points over 2 events => +4 Glory

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Re: [D3EE, Main hall] Student presentations (Event)

Post by The sweeping monk » Wed Jul 06, 2022 5:35 am

Total Impression scores so far:

Kitsuki Ketsudan: 20
Moto Taka: 17
Seppun Akimitsu: 16
Kitsuki Kindaichi: 16
Doji Riri: 15
Shosuro Keiharu: 14
Soshi Naoko: 12
Seppun Hibiki: 9
Kakita Sumire: 8
Boku: 6
Kaito Maya: 2

Ping me if you notice an error. Currently catching up with Tidbits and glory.

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