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Its very her.
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Brevity is the soul of wit
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Regarding your missing compatriots, I will puppet their characters until and unless either
1) The original players return
2) Someone else in the community sees fit to take them over.
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Damn! I had plans for that bed and breakfast.

Edit: I like to think that my experience staying in really garbage motels makes me an expert in writing one. Being a graduate student prepared me for this experience.
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Sorry for the terse reply. Semester finals are here. I will have two weeks off a week from now.
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Since I have it, I might want to consider using Ritualist to set up a spell to help us out during the Casino run.

Oh- Good luck with your tests, Nowhereman.
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My students needed the luck more than me. That said, I just dumped an enormous amount onto the main thread. As for ritualist, what do you have in mind?
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Just realized that I forgot to describe your room. The TV is on and will eventually play out the news of the day.
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To be clear about where things connect: The blue stairs connect to the blue stairs in the VIP section. There is glass lining the walls, so both levels can be viewed from the first floor of the casino floor. Not the whole first floor casino area, but the area near the front door. The side stairs connect to the downstairs obscured area.
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Should I be paying attention to the normal design portion of a ritual? It's 4 hours of research per power point, which.... limits what I can do a little in a single night.
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Sleep? What time is it? I assumed we were waiting for the casino to open.
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I was presuming it was at least evening.

Regardless of how Nowhereman wants to rule my time on it, I feel this would be the most beneficial. Vincent could use this to give Breach (or one of the now NPC characters) concealment during the OP at some point.
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Doctor Malsyn wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:50 am Should I be paying attention to the normal design portion of a ritual? It's 4 hours of research per power point, which.... limits what I can do a little in a single night.
Given your expertise in the area, if your spell relates to control of spirits I would wave the research portion. Regardless of the spell, you can always use a HP to make an improvised spell (with the risk of failure it entails).
jmucchiello wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:03 am Sleep? What time is it? I assumed we were waiting for the casino to open.
The casino is open now. The file that was given to you indicates that the casino is open from 10 AM to 4AM. Gambling is legal in Nevada, so while there are tables and high stakes gambling (including illegal contraband), this is not the main attraction. The fights begin at around 12PM with the biggest fights happening at regular pace until 8PM. Sometimes even later.

When you decide to go is up to you.
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Doctor Malsyn wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:14 am I was presuming it was at least evening.

Regardless of how Nowhereman wants to rule my time on it, I feel this would be the most beneficial. Vincent could use this to give Breach (or one of the now NPC characters) concealment during the OP at some point.
Ritual: Spectral Shroud
Concealment 5 (Visual, Audible), Affects Others Only, Quirk ("Cold spot" around Target) (2*5)-1 = 9
I apologize for my newness as a GM. How long would this last? If the spell were instantaneous, this would be simple, but for longer effects, I don't think there is a limit to how long it lasts. (Assuming you are not knocked out, the spell is nullified, etc...)

Edit: I come from the much less open 5e :) I come bearing gifts.
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I've nevwr actually used an invention before, and certainly not a ritual. The rules are pretty clear though that in inventions in general last for a scene before they break down or run out of power. Spectral Shroud itself is a sustained effect that could be turned on or off at any point during that scene freely.

So, in my mind until the target decides to use the spell will act as an anchor for a different spirit, of which they can call upon to activate.

As a GM though, it'll be up to you for deciding when a scene has transitioned to a new one. An example I'd go for is when we were at the crackhouse, but then left the area and went to the resteraunt. I'd classify those as two seperste scenes.
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