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« Reply #75 on: <09-01-15/1339:58> »
I'm not familiar enough with the Horrors to say whether or not they are, but i doubt it. The Yama Kings A) follow actual rules if you know them and call them on them and B) are willing to negotiate with you. They're probably just some of the many monsters that lurk in the world between worlds.

Also, there isn't any mention of Big D and Harlequinn doesn't show up, and HBS did horrors (kind of) in the first game so I doubt that they were returning to that territory again
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« Reply #76 on: <09-01-15/1408:20> »
So, just got Ray out of the freezer and promptly the game crashes >:(

Gah, that hacking was the worst.

So, do you want to change location and visit Lung?
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« Reply #77 on: <09-01-15/1601:42> »
1. That is definitely something that should be spoilered unless you're expecting everyone to believe Duncan when he says Raymond is alive.

2. Yeah, changing location sounds fine to me.
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« Reply #78 on: <09-01-15/1605:29> »
Insect spirits aren't Horrors though.
Absinthe talks about Horrors in DF.

I do believe Lung is behind the Triads though.No other serious reason for Kindly Cheng to help you.With this kind of qi flowing out of the Walled City a GD must have noticed

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« Reply #79 on: <09-01-15/1615:16> »
Insects aren't horrors, no, but they are indicators that Horrors are coming. Also, having a lightbringer there makes it a tad more obvious what the stakes are. There is also talk of insects spirits and what happened in Chicago in Ambrose's workshop.

Lung might be behind the Triads, but he works for the other team. Kindly Cheng is a Yellow Lotus, and Lung is rumored to run the opposing Red Dragon.
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« Reply #80 on: <09-01-15/1645:59> »
It should be noted that Lung  is also interested in the Four Coins of Luck

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« Reply #81 on: <09-20-15/1931:55> »
Sorry for not posting ,I had my hands full


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« Reply #82 on: <09-21-15/0235:48> »
You can't be sure, but you are pretty sure he's lying or at least hiding. The speech sounds prepared as if he had to say it all day.
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« Reply #83 on: <09-24-15/1112:55> »
I'll do a nice big post during lunch or when I get home tonight.
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« Reply #84 on: <09-24-15/1137:23> »
Wiz, man.  Good luck in there!

@Jack, just out of contingent curiosity, what would you surmise to be the Armor and Structure rating of the floors in this building? >:3

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« Reply #85 on: <09-24-15/1212:03> »
Well, upstairs in the room you have hardwood floors, followed by insulation followed by raw rebar concrete, about 20 cm thick.

So on the whole I'd say 24 atructure 20 armor per mē
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« Reply #86 on: <10-18-15/1338:03> »
Background count is not hard:
You gain a negative dice pool modifier to all pools including the magic attribute or that are magically enhanced.
Initiative dice are explicitly not affected.
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« Reply #87 on: <10-18-15/2256:53> »
If you have a page reference for when I need to look up background count in the future, it would be appreciated.

I also have a question to ask about background count, and how it affects dice pools. Does it affect the entire dice pool, or does it only affect the dice that you are receiving from your mage or adept abilities. To use an example that is specific to Slobbertooth:

Slobbertooth has Improved Ability (Automatics) 2, giving him a +2 bonus to his use of the Automatics skill, giving him a total dice pool before modifiers of 14. Would a background count of 4 decrease his dice pool from 14 to 10 because it is simply a flat penalty to the entire skill, or would it decrease it from 14 to 12 because it is pulling away his ability to enhance himself magically?

Also, I edited my post so that it had a proper dice roll, and um... yeah.
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« Reply #88 on: <10-19-15/0128:02> »
Normally, it would be 10, but you are always free not to use your magic, so it's in fact 12

I'll look up a page reference this evening.

Edit: The rules are in Street Grimoire p.32


A background count impose a negative dice pool penalty
equal to its rating for all tests linked in any way to magic (such
as spellcasting, summoning, and skill tests that use active adept
powers such as Killing Hands or Improved Sense). The exception
to this rule are background counts from domains, where a tradition,
person, skill group, or skill may be exempt from the penalty as they
are used to or aligned with the domain. Dual-natured creatures
or purely astral creatures take a negative dice pool penalty to all
actions equal to the background count. Again the exception of a
domain can apply to specific types of creatures or spirit types.
Pre-existing active foci, sustained spells, quickened/anchored
spells and rituals are reduced by the background count. If they are
reduced to 0 or less, spells fizzle, wards and rituals collapse, foci
deactivate. A foci cannot activate while under the influence of the
background count. Anchored rituals and quickened spells if they
have not expired revive themselves at 1 point of Force per hour,
up to their preexisting Force. Preparations triggered while within
a background count have their potency immediately reduced by
the background count. Adepts may use a Simple Action to turn on
or off a passive power in cases where penalties from background
counts might exceed bonuses from their powers.

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« Reply #89 on: <10-19-15/1358:35> »
Do we need to make tests against being surprised?
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