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Do we choose which Ranged unit if we have multiple?Tsuburu no Oni Spawn
Wounds: 65
Structural Damage: 3k3 and the officer loses 1 Range Damage Unit (it can no longer roll for damage in this event)
At which step can we do Heroic actions? Any step? Step 1?Step 1: Roll Damage for a unit of the officer's choice, deduct from the enemy wounds. Repeat this until all units rolled for damage once this round.
Step 2: If the enemy is still standing, roll their Structural Damage and deduct from the Shiro and suffer any of their attack effects.
Step 3: If the enemy is undefeated (it has 1 Wound or more), return to Step 1. If the enemy is defeated, return to Step 1, all of the officer's units choices are refreshed (as in they can select any one).
Yes, the characters themselves are not rolling in this event. No techniques. No dice pools. Only relevant skills as per the event. Yes, you can only use Void for +1 Phantom Skills.Susumu Sumiko wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 8:10 am Just to clarify players are not rolling in the event so no void is being spent? Other than phantom skill ranks for +1 I assume
Yes, you can choose the range unit if you have multiple.Yoritomo Yakura wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 8:30 amDo we choose which Ranged unit if we have multiple?Tsuburu no Oni Spawn
Wounds: 65
Structural Damage: 3k3 and the officer loses 1 Range Damage Unit (it can no longer roll for damage in this event)
Can we spend VP for a phantom rank of Battle for damage?
At which step can we do Heroic actions? Any step? Step 1?Step 1: Roll Damage for a unit of the officer's choice, deduct from the enemy wounds. Repeat this until all units rolled for damage once this round.
Step 2: If the enemy is still standing, roll their Structural Damage and deduct from the Shiro and suffer any of their attack effects.
Step 3: If the enemy is undefeated (it has 1 Wound or more), return to Step 1. If the enemy is defeated, return to Step 1, all of the officer's units choices are refreshed (as in they can select any one).
Yes, I'll allow it. Ashigaru are simple, they just need spirit and determination!Bayushi Senshuken wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 9:01 am Can jiujitsu be used instead of any weapon skill to determine damage with the Ashigaru unit?
No, Void cannot be used to stop structure damage.Susumu Sumiko wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 9:45 am I'm guessing void also can't be used to prevent structure damage?
Sadly, yes. You have to take the damage and effects on the chin before the Sappers can activate. Ulugu on Oni teleports behind them and eats them!Bayushi Hinata wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:39 am Wargames event. If I have let's say 2 melee units and a sapper unit. At the penultimate stage, would the effect of Ulugu no Oni specifically prevent the sappers from triggering?
That's to say, is the ordert of operations specifically "Deal damage to enemy, enemy deals damage back, triggers effect, Sappers gone before they can activate heroic action"?
You're not blind, I wrote it just in my head.Tamori Kanna wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 12:19 pm I think I might be blind, but what is the ruling on magic at Itsuka's boat-race?
Added!Tamori Kanna wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 12:19 pm I think I might be blind, but what is the ruling on magic at Itsuka's boat-race?
Absolutely not. Exhaustion is a cost and a tactical decision.Kaiu Tetsu wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 12:25 pm If a unit picked as Honor Guard is Exhausted does the officer get to pick a new one?
For engineering, yes.Kitsune Soratoshi wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 1:05 pm And just to confirm reading comprehension: The Honor Guard bonus only applies to Heavy Artillery on their heroic shooting? So they're 2k2 even if led by a character.
2) For Stage 2-A, note the Wait... where? failure removes the team from the race if you go into negative speed after rolling this Speed Loss. This is still a tad too punishing and the re-roll should probably have a TN decrease added into it if this had been designed and playtested properly (1 B) Steering
Stage 1 involves two steering rolls, each at a base TN of 20.
), but it still tends to avoid infinite loops (although only because the doom spiral tends to end sooner...)
3) Note Engineering rolls can be made at any point, and failing in them has no cost other than Speed Points. So if TNs for Navigation and Steering suddenly get insurmountable, remember you can try to get things fixed by slowing down!Headwind Navigation failures: Roll 1d4
(...)
4) Wait... where?: reduce your total Speed Points by 4k2, and you must roll the Navigation section of 'Pushing to the islet' again. If you go into negatives due to this roll, you lose your way completely and must be rescued by the Safety Crew. This removes your team from the race. If you get this result twice or more due to the same failed roll, count all such results after the first as 'Motor Overheat' instead.
None of the competitors so far had used Fix-me-up rolls, but for the sake of fairness, if that would make you reconsider your options, please feel free to change your posts.
Not in the slightestUtaku Itsuka wrote: Wed Dec 03, 2025 5:30 pm 4) A further note on the boating events to go with Point 3) above, dearests.
Engineering rolls no longer increase their TN after each use, which might make it easier to fix problems (at a cost in time with each use). This has been updated in the event.
None of the competitors so far had used Fix-me-up rolls, but for the sake of fairness, if that would make you reconsider your options, please feel free to change your posts.
And sorry again to everyone for the adjustment halfway through.
I saw how quickly the boat was going down. All Fix Me Up rolls were going to do was just give me even more -5 TU. So either the dice were going to suddenly start rolling really high so I could arrive at the finish like Jack Sparrow stepping off the crow's nest, or I was going to go sailing away. I'm completely happy with this 