NaNo Day 19, End

[alexmegami]

Crossed the 30k mark, woot! Only 2/5 of the thing to go!

I have split this into two parts, now: the script and an actual story-type story. (Really, it's almost more fanfic: it's about my WFRP character.) I figure, so long as I keep to my plan of sexy stories about lesbians, it's all good.

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[sae.livejournal.com]

CONGRATS :D

We're past the halfway mark, baby!

[alexmegami]

WOOT GO US :D

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

hehe (about the "sexy stories about lesbians" part). I continue to be impressed at the word count.

what does WFRP stand for?

[alexmegami]

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay(ing). If you've ever seen Games Workshop in the Eaton's Centre, it's that - except they've made a pen and paper RPG based on the figurines. :) Like D&D, except with more horribleness, for the most part.

Stats are 1-100, usually starting in the 20-50 range (generally falling in the 30s); when rolling against stats, you're going for a percentile under your stat. Skills either let you use the skill normally or allow you to add a percentage to that roll, depending on how many times you have the skill. (For example: I don't have Open Lock. Therefore, I double my roll when trying to open locks - and since my Int is 26, I have to get a 13 or less. If I had it once, I'd have to get 26 or less; for every subsequent time I have Open Lock, I get a +10%, so 36%, etc.)

Taking more wounds than you have health boxes means the ST rolls on Horrible Crippling Effects chart (lose legs/eyes/arms/fingers/whatever), up to and including your life. If he rolls Death, you die - unless you have a Fate Point, which prevents it. Humans start with between 1-4 fate points, I think; other races have less.

Magic may open you up to Cthuloid terrors from Beyond. On the other hand, it's a source of great power, including healing...

All potions are addictive. Including cure potions.

No matter what your stats are, your starting class is one of two randomly rolled classes. You might be a strong Noble or a stupid Wizard, or you might just get REALLY unlucky and start as a Rat Catcher or Gravedigger. (You can pretty easily switch out once you finish the class - it's not like you're stuck there forever - but the game assumes that fate will put you where it will to begin with.)

My character for this is a stupid and will-less thug (values of 26% and 24%, respectively, for Int and Wis/Will; but stronger than the average starting character and tougher, too). She's a little friendlier than average, too, so I play her as a pretty naive but friendly person that solves problems by smashing them.

She and her two best friends are the only survivors of a horrible zombie attack from their childhood (she was the youngest, at 4).



....aaaand that was a REALLY long answer to your question, with some answers that you didn't ask for. ;)

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've been in Games Workshop, and I've always wondered what Warhammer was about. What do people do with the figurines? Are they the focus of the game for most people who buy stuff at that store?

[alexmegami]

As far as I know - and keep in mind, I've never played the figurine version - players collect and paint the figurines to create armies. Each statue has certain point values.The players roll dice that somehow determine certain effects (?) and pit their armies against one another.

I would say that Games Workshop's revenue probably primarily comes from said figurines, and yeah, they're probably the focus of the game for most people. The pen and paper RPG just uses the background setting/information that the war game has.

Kind of like if Magic had an associated pen-and-paper RPG.

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

That makes sense.

Would you believe I've never played Magic?

[alexmegami]

I would, but I remember Spicy mentioning it, so I figured maybe you'd get the analogy. :)

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Well, I really don't know Magic at all, but the rest of your explanation made sense to me.