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DanteDeathHermit · 08-13-2015, 06:50 PM

Bit of backstory so things make more sense for the uninitiated...

This is the first game of any sort of Tabletop RPG any of us except she who is playing Usmaiel. (who is a veteran of many rulesets like Pathfinder and Numenara) so we're playing the game on a "let's make an interesting story" basis rather than a strictly "balanced" basis.

In my game we have our GM, Usmaiel the half-drow ranger/bard (AKA the angsty teen half-black girl), Kyran the fighter/craftsman (AKA pompous rich boy), and then my character Artha, our stealthy rogue, who is of a species I created myself from my own world, who is one-of-a-kind in this gameworld because she was transported via a magical portal a few years ago (AKA the civil xenomorph strength-based rogue who tanks and hits like a truck).

Artha is a tarsolt, specifically she's a 7'1 humanoid terrestrial salamander with natural 15 ST, Talons, a 5 DR armored coat that she will never take off because it's organic and a natural part of her body (she was literally born with it), she suffers from issues such as Nightmares and generally has a lot of eldritch crap in her head.

Notably, she has Social Stigma - Monster, and she is Beautiful, because while she's terrifyingly intimidating and dangerous looking, she's also very pretty, in a xenos sort of way.

I'm curious as the the use of skills in ways that you wouldn't normally use them, but don't really have an alternative that makes as much sense.

Specifically, Artha had convinced a gaggle of street urchins to follow her to a new home for them, though darkness was falling in the town, a guard thought that she was a monster kidnapping the children and they yelled at him that she wasn't a monster, Artha shies away from the guard and lets out a whimper of fear (her voice is perfectly human) that ends up sounding rather strange, and rolled on Sex Appeal that the guard would feel less inclined to attack me.

I had +0 to Sex Appeal with +4 from Beautiful, rolled a 7, 8 successes.

Decided that Artha straight up lets out a weird moaning sound as she shies away (there is justification for this but it's complicated) and guard just turns around like NOPE, NOT PAID ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH THIS. (GM said that while it turned him on, he wasn't interested in a "giant lizard thing", hence him just going NOPE)

Thoughts on this?

08-13-2015, 06:50 PM	#1
DanteDeathHermit Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: UK	Using Skills in unorthadox ways Bit of backstory so things make more sense for the uninitiated... This is the first game of any sort of Tabletop RPG any of us except she who is playing Usmaiel. (who is a veteran of many rulesets like Pathfinder and Numenara) so we're playing the game on a "let's make an interesting story" basis rather than a strictly "balanced" basis. In my game we have our GM, Usmaiel the half-drow ranger/bard (AKA the angsty teen half-black girl), Kyran the fighter/craftsman (AKA pompous rich boy), and then my character Artha, our stealthy rogue, who is of a species I created myself from my own world, who is one-of-a-kind in this gameworld because she was transported via a magical portal a few years ago (AKA the civil xenomorph strength-based rogue who tanks and hits like a truck). Artha is a tarsolt, specifically she's a 7'1 humanoid terrestrial salamander with natural 15 ST, Talons, a 5 DR armored coat that she will never take off because it's organic and a natural part of her body (she was literally born with it), she suffers from issues such as Nightmares and generally has a lot of eldritch crap in her head. Notably, she has Social Stigma - Monster, and she is Beautiful, because while she's terrifyingly intimidating and dangerous looking, she's also very pretty, in a xenos sort of way. I'm curious as the the use of skills in ways that you wouldn't normally use them, but don't really have an alternative that makes as much sense. Specifically, Artha had convinced a gaggle of street urchins to follow her to a new home for them, though darkness was falling in the town, a guard thought that she was a monster kidnapping the children and they yelled at him that she wasn't a monster, Artha shies away from the guard and lets out a whimper of fear (her voice is perfectly human) that ends up sounding rather strange, and rolled on Sex Appeal that the guard would feel less inclined to attack me. I had +0 to Sex Appeal with +4 from Beautiful, rolled a 7, 8 successes. Decided that Artha straight up lets out a weird moaning sound as she shies away (there is justification for this but it's complicated) and guard just turns around like NOPE, NOT PAID ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH THIS. (GM said that while it turned him on, he wasn't interested in a "giant lizard thing", hence him just going NOPE) Thoughts on this?