Trying the phrase in Arabic, Or'zet, and Persian.

JxJxA--were you astrally perceiving when the event happened? If not, then Assensing won't work. I put it out there for the folks that are always dual-natured due to their species.

Oops, thanks for clarifying. I was not astrally perceiving. I have astral research so would that work?

Sure. Throw me some dice.

Cool. ^_^ Astral Research + Logic = 6 die pool(6, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1) for 1 hit.

So, uh, anyone know what happened to HeySparky?

She has real life happening, much the same as MrAres. When she can join us she will, I'm sure.

There has been some astral research into the phenomena of "thresholds" -- investigating lore of creatures incapable of entering a home without invitation and how it interacts with theory of wards and astral barriers. You don't recall any of the specifics other than it contradicted most understanding of Sixth World magic.

Sorry to hear that about HeySparky.

Uetz will switch to astral perception and try assensing the box.

Assensing + Intuition = 5 die pool(6, 5, 2, 2, 2) for 2 hits.

Rolling on "The Lord of Unending Darkness "

Troll Market
5,5,5,6,1,2,3,2,4 (4 hits)

Magical Threats
4,6,2,5,5,3,3, (3 hits)

Magical Traditions
1,1,4,2,5,6,2 (2 hits)

JxJxA--The exterior of the box has no astral presences that you can see. You will need to open the box to assense the interior or contents.

Buddha--The Lord of Unending Darkness is one of the honorifics for the King of the Sluagh. There have been whispers through the Troll Market that the Sluagh have approached the Courts for mutual defense against a threat. As a Magical Threat, the Lord of Unending Darkness is on par with the most powerful Free Spirits, and is forced to leave most of that power in his demesne rather than carrying it into the Sixth World. Some Traditions worship him as the Dark King, and parts of his army can be Called as the Wild Hunt.

Data Search(4) + Browse(6) + Analytical Mind(2): "Troll Market" = 24 hits
[4,4,2,3,3,4,4,1,4,3,4,5] = 1 hit
[5,1,4,4,1,4,5,4,3,1,3] = 2 hits (3)
[1,2,2,3,1,5,1,6,1,1] =2 hits (5)
[5,5,6,2,3,6,5,3,3] = 5 hits (10)
[4,3,4,2,1,5,2,6] = 2 hits (12)
[2,1,2,3,5,1,1,] = 1 hit (13)
[2,4,5,5,5,6,] = 4 hits (17)
[5,4,6,6,1,] = 3 hits (20)
[6,3,5,4,]=2 hits (22)
[6,6,1,] = 2 hits (24)

Data Search(4) + Browse(6) + Analytical Mind(2): "Court of the Stars" = 33 hits
[5,6,4,3,6,5,1,1,1,6,5,1] = 6 hits
[1,5,4,5,3,5,2,5,5,2,1] = 5 hits (11)
[4,2,1,4,5,1,6,4,2,5] = 3 hits (14)
[5,6,4,4,1,1,5,5,4] = 4 hits (18)
[5,5,3,3,1,3,2,4] = 2 hits (20)
[2,4,6,4,5,4,5] = 3 hits (23)
[5,3,6,6,5,1] = 4 hits (27)
[4,1,5,5,6]= 3 hits (30)
[2,4,3,6] = 1 hit (31)
[6,6,4] = 2 hits (33)

JxJxA--Throw me some Arcana dice to collect the sample.

Collecting the blood samples:

Arcana + Logic = 6 dice pool(6, 6, 3, 2, 2, 1) for 2 hits.

Assensing the gateway:

1,5,4,5,6,5,2 (4 hits)

Buddha--It is an Astral Gateway, leading directly to a deep metaplane. Having seen other creatures create Astral gateways, you know that this is a non-standard gateway which is not reaching out to force everything in to the Astral plane. The plane it connects to is probably safe for metahumans, as Mama Fortuna went through it. It does not bear the astral signature of a place you have been to before.

Awakened Lore, Magic Theory, Metaplanar Threats etc?

Anyone? Though I should have picked up Metaplanar Threats considering my character concept.

Assensing from Leo on the Gateway:

4,2,6,2,6,1,5,5,6,6,5,6,5,2 (9 hits)

Then Divining on the Gateway (Does traveling through the Gateway pose a threat to the team?):

6,3,2,6,6,2,4,3,4,4,5,6,4,5 (6 hits)

Rolling for my Disadvantage: Willpower + Charisma (3) to resist the urge to push Papa Smurf into the Gateway

1,5,6,6,5,6,1,5,1,4 (6 hits)

So I don't do bad...........this time.

I have Astral Research, would that work?

If not, I'm considering summoning Xipil (Nahuatl for "Noble of Fire"), a fire spirit and the detection magic spirit types for Nahuallis

I'll try an Astral Research knowledge roll on the Astral Gateway.

Astral Research(3) + Logic(3) = 6d6 pool for 2 hits.

JxJxA--You can't recall any research data about a gateway such as this. Traditional Astral gates can be opened by powerful spirits, but they force everything within several meters to become dual natured, and grant mundanes an ability to astrally project through the rift into metaplanes.

The metaplanes that are accessed are generally tied to the type of spirit--spirits of fire go to the plane of fire, for example.

Post up and away!

OOC I think we should go for it - I love the non-traditional feel of this game vs the standard SR game.

Quetzalcoatl is casting the following:

Increased Reflexes (sustained through sustaining focus) at Force 2:
Magic (5) + Spellcasting (4) + Power Focus (2) = 11d6 pool for 4 hits.
Resisting drain test of 2/2 + 2 for test of 3 versus Willpower (6) + Charisma (5) = 11d6 pool for 3 hits (phew!)
So by hitting a Threshold of 2, Uetzcayotl is at a +1 to initiative and initiative passes.

Armor (sustained on own) at Force 3:
Same pool as above = 11d6 pool for 6 hits.
Resisting drain test of 3/2 (rounding down) + 3 for test of 4 versus (same pool as above) = 11d6 for 3 hits. 1 point of Stun gets through, but Uetzcayotl's trauma dampener negates it. (Hooray!)
So by hitting a Threshold of 3, Uetzcayotl is at a +3 bonus to armor.

A power focus cannot sustain spells to the best of my knowledge. It just provides bonus dice to the casting. If you have a separate sustaining Focus for Health spells, that can sustain the Increased Reflexes, otherwise, you will have the sustaining penalty for the second spell cast.

Alternatively, you can cast the Armor first, Sustain it in the focus, and then cast teh Increased Reflexes. All the dice stay the same.

Okay, I also just realized that my sustaining focus is only force 2. So I'll cast Increased Reflexes through that and take the reduced value and sustain armor at force 3 on my own.

I forgot that sustaining foci need to be specified to type, so I'll note it as a health spell sustaining focus.

Composure Test: WIL(3) + CHR(2) [6,3,4,4,1] = 1 hit

If everyone could please do me a favor and make a spoiler post with the gear that you are currently wearing or carrying. Please remember that you were at home and just answered the door.

D'zan


Leo

Uetzcayotl

Uetz is going to try summoning a watcher spirit. If he succeeds, he will instruct it to alert him when someone or something comes within 5 meters of the group.

Summoning watcher spirit at Force 3
Conjuring(4) + Magic(5) + Power Focus(2) - Sustaining Penalty(2) = 9d6 for 5 hits, but only 3 count.

Resisting drain of 3:
Willpower(6) + Charisma(5) - Sustaining Penalty(2) = 9d6 for 0 hits and a critical glitch...uh-oh...I'll spend a point of Edge to negate it. I don't want to find out what that would do in this gateway. I take it that means all the damage goes through (-1 from the trauma dampener)?

JxJxA--Don't forget the Assaying Kit on your gear. Also, Watcher Spirits only come at Force 1, each hit gives them an hour of life and you resist Drain equal to the number of hits that you take. So it's a Watcher spirit lasting for 3 hours.

Edge will reduce a Critical Glitch to a regular Glitch. Take 2 stun (3-1 for the Trauma Dampener) and you are Nauseated for the next few minutes.

Yeah, I just used the Force terminology to mean the number of hits I would accept.

The 20th Anniv book says Edge negates the effects of a glitch or critical glitch, but I'll take whichever. I figure a glitch is still better than a critical glitch.

Bishop, that's awesome.

YOU'RE WELCOME, GUYS!

Given that Papa Smurf doesn't live with the team and all his gear pretty much fits on his body I would imagine he has about all his gear except his grenades.