Omake - A Tiger Dojo Christmas
Aldsan
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"Hashire sore yo–"
"None of that here!" A bokken swung, banishing the pretender from the sacred space. Task accomplished, Taiga turned. "Hello everyone and welcome to this Tiger Dojo! This time we're here for a special Christmas Edition."
"Hello, thank you for having me along this time." Artoria stepped in and bowed.
"Ah, yes, thank you for being a guest this time, Saber-san. Though, eh… Isn't your outfit a little off?"
"Hm?" Artoria looked down at what she was wearing. A white kosode with a red hakama. "What seems to be the issue, Taiga?"
"I mean, what's with that cosplay! I'm not going to have any presence at all if you start wearing costumes!"
Artoria frowned in thought. "Is it that large an issue? I was informed that these were the traditional clothes in which to greet the New Year."
"No! Shrine Maidens are banned! First of all this is a dojo, not a shrine!"
"Is that so? I shall keep it in mind for the future."
"Who told you to wear that anyways?" Taiga asked.
"OSU!" The Senior Student popped through the door. "It's the holidays, Sensei. We can't just do things the same way as always!"
"Geh – I mean, that's why we brought Saber here to begin with, Ilya."
"No! We brought her because we needed someone actually related to this story. And who else were we going to bring? Amy?" Ilya sneered. "That girl would only bring down the mood."
"I do not think Amy is as bad as you make out," Artoria interjected. "She certainly has a rough tongue, but so too did my brother Kay. She just needs someone to encourage her. In fact, she lacks many of Kay's vices. She is not off indulging in alcohol or lusting after women at all times."
"Ehh…" Taiga looked at Artoria with pitying eyes. "Sometimes I can't reconcile how positively you speak about your brother with the actual stories you tell about him."
"Do not be ridiculous. My brother was Seneschal of Camelot. He looked after our finances and ensured that not a single coin was misspent. That just goes to show how responsible he could be when he put his mind to it."
"In other words… doesn't that just mean he was a tightwad?" Ilya asked.
"Your are mistaken, Illyasviel–"
"Wait, wait," Taiga interrupted. "I feel like we've already had this argument in another timeline. Let's just move on."
"Yes, Sensei~"
"Right then, before we wrap things up, do you have any advice to give our viewers, Saber?"
"Yes. Thanks to the vote to focus on examining my memories in Chapter 1.2, Elaine is much more in tune with my personality than she otherwise would have been at this point. Unfortunately, that does not necessarily convey skills."
"Ah… Yeah, we've noticed. Elaine has been getting into all sorts of dangerous situations, hasn't she?"
Artoria nodded. "Indeed; and such situations are likely to continue. However, no one is an island. Your best hope at victory is not to do everything yourself, but instead to recruit dependable allies. Even when I led my armies, I did so with the help of many others."
"Aw," Ilya complained. "But all the coolest heroes go solo. Like Spider-Man and Superman."
Taiga put her hands on her hips. "Untrue, my young apprentice. Spider-Man has been a member of the Avengers and Superman leads the Justice League. Even a loner like Batman is accompanied by Robin. Now, if only there were a Tiger-Man to look up to."
"Hmm, I guess… Who would Elaine even partner up with though?"
Taiga scratched at her head. "She doesn't really have too many options right now. She could always train up a sidekick herself?"
"I will avoid giving too much input on that matter, as I do not wish to bias the voters," Artoria replied. "Besides which; now that Elaine is venturing out as a hero with more regularity, she may find more opportunities to ally with other heroes in the future without compromising her identity."
"Alright, with that established there's just one thing left for this Tiger Dojo."
"MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
Merry Christmas everyone. On top of the Omake, I also bring you a Christmas gift.
Five hundred Glory, giving you a free Glory upgrade. (This would normally be every 1000 glory in an actual tabletop session of Pendragon, but I have decided to accelerate things for this quest). This gets you two rewards!
First, you may increase any Trait, Passion, Characteristic, or Skill by one, ignoring any usual restrictions. Right now, I would recommend using it on Characteristics for the raw stats, but this does potentially allow you to increase Skills past the hard limit of 20. Every point above 20 increases critical threshold range (So a threshold of 22 would crit on a roll of 18-20), so something to keep in mind for the future.
[ ] [Glory] (Write-In Increase)
Second, you get another Parahuman Power upgrade:
[ ] [Power] Spiritual Armaments
>Manifest your arms and armor using mana. Be the magical girl you were meant to be and never be caught without your equipment. (You still need to purchase equipment to use it).
[ ] [Power] Chivalry (D)
>Gain an additional 3 armor and 4 hit points.
[ ] [Power] Mana Burst (E)
>Deal an additional 2d6 damage on Melee and Charge attacks.
[ ] [Power] Instinct (E)
>Enemy attacks suffer a -2 threshold penalty.
[ ] [Power] Riding (E)
>Automatically pass checks to stay mounted if you take a hit exceeding your Knockdown value.
[ ] [Power] Charisma (E)
>Roll Parahuman Power at -10. On a success, gain a +5 threshold bonus to any Social roll.
[ ] [Power] Magic Resistance (E)
>Roll Parahuman Power at -10 opposed to parahuman powers that target you. On success, the effect is negated.
"None of that here!" A bokken swung, banishing the pretender from the sacred space. Task accomplished, Taiga turned. "Hello everyone and welcome to this Tiger Dojo! This time we're here for a special Christmas Edition."
"Hello, thank you for having me along this time." Artoria stepped in and bowed.
"Ah, yes, thank you for being a guest this time, Saber-san. Though, eh… Isn't your outfit a little off?"
"Hm?" Artoria looked down at what she was wearing. A white kosode with a red hakama. "What seems to be the issue, Taiga?"
"I mean, what's with that cosplay! I'm not going to have any presence at all if you start wearing costumes!"
Artoria frowned in thought. "Is it that large an issue? I was informed that these were the traditional clothes in which to greet the New Year."
"No! Shrine Maidens are banned! First of all this is a dojo, not a shrine!"
"Is that so? I shall keep it in mind for the future."
"Who told you to wear that anyways?" Taiga asked.
"OSU!" The Senior Student popped through the door. "It's the holidays, Sensei. We can't just do things the same way as always!"
"Geh – I mean, that's why we brought Saber here to begin with, Ilya."
"No! We brought her because we needed someone actually related to this story. And who else were we going to bring? Amy?" Ilya sneered. "That girl would only bring down the mood."
"I do not think Amy is as bad as you make out," Artoria interjected. "She certainly has a rough tongue, but so too did my brother Kay. She just needs someone to encourage her. In fact, she lacks many of Kay's vices. She is not off indulging in alcohol or lusting after women at all times."
"Ehh…" Taiga looked at Artoria with pitying eyes. "Sometimes I can't reconcile how positively you speak about your brother with the actual stories you tell about him."
"Do not be ridiculous. My brother was Seneschal of Camelot. He looked after our finances and ensured that not a single coin was misspent. That just goes to show how responsible he could be when he put his mind to it."
"In other words… doesn't that just mean he was a tightwad?" Ilya asked.
"Your are mistaken, Illyasviel–"
"Wait, wait," Taiga interrupted. "I feel like we've already had this argument in another timeline. Let's just move on."
"Yes, Sensei~"
"Right then, before we wrap things up, do you have any advice to give our viewers, Saber?"
"Yes. Thanks to the vote to focus on examining my memories in Chapter 1.2, Elaine is much more in tune with my personality than she otherwise would have been at this point. Unfortunately, that does not necessarily convey skills."
"Ah… Yeah, we've noticed. Elaine has been getting into all sorts of dangerous situations, hasn't she?"
Artoria nodded. "Indeed; and such situations are likely to continue. However, no one is an island. Your best hope at victory is not to do everything yourself, but instead to recruit dependable allies. Even when I led my armies, I did so with the help of many others."
"Aw," Ilya complained. "But all the coolest heroes go solo. Like Spider-Man and Superman."
Taiga put her hands on her hips. "Untrue, my young apprentice. Spider-Man has been a member of the Avengers and Superman leads the Justice League. Even a loner like Batman is accompanied by Robin. Now, if only there were a Tiger-Man to look up to."
"Hmm, I guess… Who would Elaine even partner up with though?"
Taiga scratched at her head. "She doesn't really have too many options right now. She could always train up a sidekick herself?"
"I will avoid giving too much input on that matter, as I do not wish to bias the voters," Artoria replied. "Besides which; now that Elaine is venturing out as a hero with more regularity, she may find more opportunities to ally with other heroes in the future without compromising her identity."
"Alright, with that established there's just one thing left for this Tiger Dojo."
"MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
Merry Christmas everyone. On top of the Omake, I also bring you a Christmas gift.
Gamemaster said:
Five hundred Glory, giving you a free Glory upgrade. (This would normally be every 1000 glory in an actual tabletop session of Pendragon, but I have decided to accelerate things for this quest). This gets you two rewards!
First, you may increase any Trait, Passion, Characteristic, or Skill by one, ignoring any usual restrictions. Right now, I would recommend using it on Characteristics for the raw stats, but this does potentially allow you to increase Skills past the hard limit of 20. Every point above 20 increases critical threshold range (So a threshold of 22 would crit on a roll of 18-20), so something to keep in mind for the future.
[ ] [Glory] (Write-In Increase)
Second, you get another Parahuman Power upgrade:
[ ] [Power] Spiritual Armaments
>Manifest your arms and armor using mana. Be the magical girl you were meant to be and never be caught without your equipment. (You still need to purchase equipment to use it).
[ ] [Power] Chivalry (D)
>Gain an additional 3 armor and 4 hit points.
[ ] [Power] Mana Burst (E)
>Deal an additional 2d6 damage on Melee and Charge attacks.
[ ] [Power] Instinct (E)
>Enemy attacks suffer a -2 threshold penalty.
[ ] [Power] Riding (E)
>Automatically pass checks to stay mounted if you take a hit exceeding your Knockdown value.
[ ] [Power] Charisma (E)
>Roll Parahuman Power at -10. On a success, gain a +5 threshold bonus to any Social roll.
[ ] [Power] Magic Resistance (E)
>Roll Parahuman Power at -10 opposed to parahuman powers that target you. On success, the effect is negated.
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