FFRP:D6 Discussion, Five Wounds of Caspin

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Geminex

Krylo, 2 questions:
You said mediate won't work on the Udrafresk, cause it's a boss. Fair enough. But dingos are acceptable targets, yes? Could I use mediate during battle? Like, as a slow action or something? And would the dingo get any sort of HP bonus when coming over to our side? Or would we have to heal it up again?

Mediator – Passive
A character with this incredible ability is capable of turning even the most bloodthirsty of foes into reluctant allies with the power of persuasion alone. Mediators may attempt to persuade defeated foes to join them for a time – or at least coerce general cooperation – with a successful Negotiation check at an appropriate difficulty.
The Mediator must be able to speak the creature’s language, and Bosses and End Bosses cannot be affected with this ability. Furthermore, upon successfully persuading a monster to assist the party, the character with the Mediator ability forfeits his share of the gil reward for overcoming the creature. This is similar to causing the
Charm status in foes, but the creature retains free will and there is no fixed duration. This ability may only be used once per session.

Secondly, how does alignment work exactly? Like, is it simply a measure of how good/evil my character has been? Is it more of a measure of how likely to act in a good/evil manner he is? Both?
The book really doesn't say much.

It's a measure of how aligned they currently are with the cosmic forces of either shadow or holy.

So neither.

[Geminex]

It's a measure of how aligned they currently are with the cosmic forces of either shadow or holy.

So neither.

Both of which are just forms of magical energy, one pure, one "corrupted", I know.
What I'm getting at is this:

If my character is aligned in a certain manner, does that restrict his freedom of action? Like, if I have massive shadow alignment because I've been sacrificing orphans to dark gods, would it be OOC for him to do a good deed of some sort? Or is it really just a way of keeping track? I've played games that handle it both ways, hence the question.

And I did read the mediator ability. I read all the text. All of it. Still doesn't answer my question. If I go up to a defeated dingo (I'm assuming "defeated" in this case is "0 HP or lower") during this battle, can I mediate with it? Or is mediator to be used outside of battle only? Or are they only defeated when the battle's over and we've won?

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Teal Mage

Haaaaaah.

Idea of tiny mages scurrying away from the terrifying-skinless-ape-thing is a hilarious mental picture. Its even funnier because they're trying to pretend to be brave while they're doing it!

Because really, who do they think they're fooling?

Moogles are the only ones with balls that aren't proportional to their size, amirite?

Originally Posted by Geminex

And Drac, if Argath loses us our reward by breaking its arms, then he's gonna pay us all back, no matter how long it takes.

Hey Gem?

Gem?

Fuck you.

Also, just to be safe you should probably have Docus run in a different direction altogether.

One that doesn't put him near everyone else.

THE RED MIDGET STANDS ALONE.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Geminex

If my character is aligned in a certain manner, does that restrict his freedom of action? Like, if I have massive shadow alignment because I've been sacrificing orphans to dark gods, would it be OOC for him to do a good deed of some sort? Or is it really just a way of keeping track? I've played games that handle it both ways, hence the question.

Originally Posted by Krylo

It's a measure of how aligned they currently are with the cosmic forces of either shadow or holy.

...So, just a way of keeping track.

And I did read the mediator ability. I read all the text. All of it. Still doesn't answer my question. If I go up to a defeated dingo (I'm assuming "defeated" in this case is "0 HP or lower") during this battle, can I mediate with it? Or is mediator to be used outside of battle only? Or are they only defeated when the battle's over and we've won?

That last one.

If for no other reason than that it's hard to talk to something that is unconscious and/or dead. Also hard for them to help in the fight.

[Dracorion]

Ovie, the Udrafresk is only Medium Range from Caspin, which isn't that far away.

[Overcast]

Hmm, didn't realize it was big enough to be considered a whole medium movement. Anyway edited.

[Menarker]

Krylo, I'm just curious. Are you waiting for anything from Group 1 in particular? Because it seems like everyone has pretty much decided on how the group is splitting up.

Data Room: Jhen, Kole, Bello
Cybernetic Room: Ark, Raltz
Necro-Animation Room: Arden, Elsa

[Dracorion]

... Huh.

So the right arm had no ARM rating?

On the plus side, mages, nuke that motherfucker.

Prasad should take the turn to back away. Jade and Vera... hm. Jade may be able to ignore her own Dingo and attack the Fresk without the dingo attacking her, but I'm not sure.

Argath: Defend, Potion, Attack or Abscond?

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Dracorion

So the right arm had no ARM rating?

The arms are rather specialized.

[Dracorion]

Yeah, the other one has at least 10 ARM.

We could probably take it out with the Mages, but I'd suggest just concentrating on the body.