[OCC] Lost in Dreams

[Poonbahbah]

She was only with them for a day. A very eventful day but a day none the less. Funny how they seemed more alien than Charming. I can read his expressions.

[Poonbahbah]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Charming (and also Mr. Stuart, who was hoping for a break) looks a little disappointed that the shield will be up most of the time, but agrees to it readily enough.

Tereza tries to keep herself steady, but finds herself looking at the woman one too many times*. Mr. Stuart leans forward "Is something bothering you miss? you seem really nervous."

*given her profession, she really needs to put more points in acting.

Did you use luck on the acting roll or had luck already been used that day?
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Her profession?

• Acting-17
• Performance-16
• Singing-21
• Public speaking-22
• Stage combat-13

I think she's well qualified for her profession of entertainer. Unfortunately she finds herself trying to play the spy much to much now a days. So it will definitely be something I up if i've got extra points after getting eidetic memory. Now if only it didn't cost 4 points to up as I understand the default rules. So much better to put 4 points into public speaking in order to up it plus a whole slew of other skills.

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Poonbahbah

Did you use luck on the acting roll or had luck already been used that day?
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Her profession?

• Acting-17
• Performance-16
• Singing-21
• Public speaking-22
• Stage combat-13

I think she's well qualified for her profession of entertainer. Unfortunately she finds herself trying to play the spy much to much now a days. So it will definitely be something I up if i've got extra points after getting eidetic memory. Now if only it didn't cost 4 points to up as I understand the default rules. So much better to put 4 points into public speaking in order to up it plus a whole slew of other skills.

I've got acting listed as a default from 11 -- which sheet are you using? I'm using this one. I think we made some changes related to reaction bonuses not adding to influence skills....

[Poonbahbah]

We're using the same sheet.

As I understand it* bonuses from advantages aren't added to skills until after defaults would be calculated from them. With 8 points in public speaking she has a base skill of 12. Acting has a default of public speaking-5 for 7. After that's figured out we can add talents. +10 to public speaking from charisma, voice, & born entertainer bringing it up to 22. Acting only gets +4 from born entertainer bringing it up to11. Make sense?
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*You May recall from Space Ruins' character creation where Matrix Walker set me straight on this. I could also of sworn I asked you about fixing my defaults but I'm having trouble finding the post.

I used to have defaults based off of skills including talents so her acting was 22-5=17. Minus an extra two if voice wasn't applying or some such.

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Poonbahbah

We're using the same sheet.

As I understand it* bonuses from advantages aren't added to skills until after defaults would be calculated from them. With 8 points in public speaking she has a base skill of 12. Acting has a default of public speaking-5 for 7. After that's figured out we can add talents. +10 to public speaking from charisma, voice, & born entertainer bringing it up to 22. Acting only gets +4 from born entertainer bringing it up to11. Make sense?

Yes, it does, and I remember all that. the 22 and 11 sound right. Yeah, she needs to put a point in acting. Do you have any points lying around?

[Poonbahbah]

I have 2 unspent points assuming my sheet is right. I assume it is but mistakes happen.

Looking at it again if I were to put in a point (edit: into acting) then it would go up to skill 13. So I can and will do that if you want me to.

The only thing that irks me about that is that I'd rather just put 8 points into public speaking which would have the same affect raise a bunch of other skills and keep me from wasting points in acting after having raised my public speaking enough as per RAW even if that point in acting doesn't do anything it's still stuck there. Which is why my RL group has a rule for that.

[ericthered]

Defaults, defaults, defaults...

the personal seed of an idea for me is defaults giving 'phantom points' to the skills they default to at a specified rate. So instead of Acting defaulting to public speaking at -5, it defaults at 1/4 points. you count up the number of points in public speaking, divide them by four, and add them to the acting skill.

Its a fairly good basic idea, but the devil is in the details, as always. What about fractional points? what about really close defaults? And so on. Still stewing on it and not at all ready to play with it.

Anyway, the dice betrayed you, and it doesn't matter if you raise acting to 13 before or after this scene. Though your fast talk skill may need to get dusted off...

[Poonbahbah]

So to confirm: luck has already been used on this roll or previously today at some point in time? I know you sometimes forget and I haven't seen a yes or no yet in any of your responses.
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My groups house rule is that points spent to up defaults just keep working as you up the defaulted skill. Have guns (pistol) at stat +8 for [36] and played [8] to up rifle to +8 as well? Then rifle skill stays defaulted to pistol-0 as you raise pistol skill.

[the_matrix_walker]

Originally Posted by Poonbahbah

My groups house rule is that points spent to up defaults just keep working as you up the defaulted skill. Have guns (pistol) at stat +8 for [36] and played [8] to up rifle to +8 as well? Then rifle skill stays defaulted to pistol-0 as you raise pistol skill.

That's not a house rule, that's the RAW.

[Poonbahbah]

Then my group has been misunderstanding that particular rule and it's examples on page 173 for a long while now.