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Tonight was another episode of Underground Martian Robot Battles, the Series. I tried to encourage the party to go rescue their friend, but screwed it up and ended up just prolonging the fighting until he was captured. But at least we got out of combat by the end of the session.
( game summary )
After the game, Shadarack complained that his character was underpowered compared to everyone else. I basically told him that yes, there was some truth to that, since he'd taken a lot of skill points in passive skills like 'spot' and 'find and disable traps' and 'treasure hunter lore', which were also kind of redundant in some ways. But I also reminded him that he had a potentially powerful ability to focus his luck that he hadn't been using much... it's basically his magical style. It's useless in combat, but he's not always in combat (the last two sessions notwithstanding). In particular, there was probably something it could do for him to get him out of the mess he's in now.
The problem (which is probably why he hasn't been using it) is that it doesn't always work. In fact, it only has something like a 12% chance of working (raised to 31% just now) on each try. He can try for the same thing more than once, though, so he should eventually be able to get luck back on his side.
When I got home, I found that a little more work had been done in my bathroom, but it still isn't finished. They promise to take care of it Monday. We'll see.
( game summary )
After the game, Shadarack complained that his character was underpowered compared to everyone else. I basically told him that yes, there was some truth to that, since he'd taken a lot of skill points in passive skills like 'spot' and 'find and disable traps' and 'treasure hunter lore', which were also kind of redundant in some ways. But I also reminded him that he had a potentially powerful ability to focus his luck that he hadn't been using much... it's basically his magical style. It's useless in combat, but he's not always in combat (the last two sessions notwithstanding). In particular, there was probably something it could do for him to get him out of the mess he's in now.
The problem (which is probably why he hasn't been using it) is that it doesn't always work. In fact, it only has something like a 12% chance of working (raised to 31% just now) on each try. He can try for the same thing more than once, though, so he should eventually be able to get luck back on his side.
When I got home, I found that a little more work had been done in my bathroom, but it still isn't finished. They promise to take care of it Monday. We'll see.
