[joe15552]

Welcome back, Crossbow. I think anything that's posted in IC is fair game, so do not fear the meta-game stamp.

[Kontact]

Yeah, if he wanted to keep that to himself, he's had plenty of time to say as much.  So, any plans/discussion on how you're approaching this?

Remember that CodeMonkey's resources are at your disposal still. 

[Kontact]

Alright, joe, roll willpower.  You're looking for 3 hits or more.

[joe15552]

Good times.

Willpower 5 = 5 dice, 5d6.hits(5) → [2,1,2,3,4] = 0 hits

Guess that's the end of Devoted's lucky streak.

[AJBuwalda]

Don't you have any Edge?

[Kontact]

Good times.

Willpower 5 = 5 dice, 5d6.hits(5) → [2,1,2,3,4] = 0 hits

Guess that's the end of Devoted's lucky streak.

Don't worry, you just have an additional -3 to all actions as long as the power is sustained, and the power can be sustained only as long as you're dual-natured/assensing.  It just drops your assensing dicepool so low that you're effectively blind, just in every sense you have access to at the moment.  Leave the astral behind and you leave the effect behind.
Go ahead and roll composure though.  You just got bitch-slapped by a malevolent alien intelligence. 

[joe15552]

Cool. Let's try that again, then, except with more dice.

Composure= Willpower 5 + Charisma 4 = 9 dice, 9d6.hits(5) → [6,1,4,6,4,2,4,1,5] = 3 hits.

Hrm... If I am taking -3 to that, then it's only 2 hits.

[Kontact]

You would have had to fail pretty hard to go catatonic on this.  So, as it is, you should be terrified, but with bladder control.  Feel free to drop astral sight whenever you like. 

[inca1980]

Machete's Composure Cha 1 + Will 3 = (4d6.hits(5)=2).  Just in case you want it. 

[Kontact]

I certainly encourage it.  
Dice assisted roleplay is what this is all about.

[inca1980]

I just don't know the Thresholds you're looking for.

[Kontact]

If I call for a roll, I'll give you a threshold, but if you want to roll for roleplay, you can decide how well you're fairing.

For comparison, a severe phobia, as outlined in Augmentation, requires a Will + Int (3) test to keep from being consumed with fear.  That's supposed to be "worst nightmare" scary.

[joe15552]

If the spell is still blinding Devoted astrally, then he probably wouldn't bother actively investigating anything, and he would switch back to material perception in order to keep his sanity. If the spell is no longer affecting him, then Devoted would like to try to get a good look at the creature in astral space.

Intuition 2 + Assensing 3 = 5 dice, 5d6.hits(5) → [1,6,4,4,4] = 1 hit.

lol, well maybe not that good of a look... this may also be a way to see if the BC has cleared up any while in the creature's presence, but that's a little iffy.

[Kontact]

What specifically are you looking at, the elf, or the spirits?

[joe15552]

Well, if he sees at all, and doesn't have to switch back to material perception in order to keep from peeing himself, he will focus his attention on the "elf".