Bay 12 Games Forum

I'd definitely be prepared to give it a shot.

(( You don't get absolute choice - I will be providing lists of equipment. However, if you suggest something there will be something similar available, though maybe not what you requested.))

((Worth noting that you likely won't be getting anything too highly modified just yet ))

Basic training

   As the last of your fellows - at least you assume that’s what they are - are shepherded into the room, your attention is drawn to the official. He looks vaguely familiar, as if you saw him on tv once, but you can’t quite place where from. He glances around the room, nodding at a pair of soldiers to close the doors, then he starts to speak.
   “Welcome to the PDP, group three. You are aware of why you are here, so I will cut straight to the start. In the rear of this compound is a training ground. It is covered by cameras, and overlooked by guards. Speakers will allow me to communicate with you. You all have your reasons to remain with us, so trying to escape would be…. wasteful.
   Once you are outside, you will see a number of crates containing equipment. Try not to argue over it, there is plenty to go around. Today you will be getting used to its operation. Tomorrow, this practice might save your life.”
   He motions to the same pair of guards, who have moved to the other end of the room. They open another pair of doors, which lead out into a walled off area.
   “Are there any questions?”

Coral saw no need to stand around here. There didn't seem to be any commotion. Down the street was another matter.

"I'm going to see what all that fuss is about."

She nods at the vendor.

investigate ceramics vendor.

Coral, meanwhile, had waited outside the shop when Arno entered, though she was as armed as Portia.

Attunement is for each individual stat, though if I refer to it as a single stat I'm probably meaning the highest attunement you have.

Testing willpower works much as any other stat (and has its own attunement), and will have uses outside of simple self-control. The way losing control works is that if a test for a different stat has a result higher than the willpower cap (potential*attunement) the player risks losing control. There's then a test, more difficult the greater the difference, usually of willpower, to see if control is actually lost.

But yeah, as said, willpower may come up in other uses. But losing control can have ill effects even if the character embraces it - charging into a swarm of gunmen in a berserk rage isn't likely to end well, no matter how bloodthirsty the character. Punishment is also possible if things get too out of hand. There are also characters that don't embrace it.

Oh god, the beep test. My record was 6, mostly because whilst I didn't get that tired, I'm rather slow.

Though it's worth bearing in mind that there are many different variants, some harder than others. not to mention the completely non-standardised distances