Maple Shade Practical Beats Log

Current Total: 13

Practical Beats & Willpower

• Once per scene, a hunter who is on the Hunt can Risk Willpower.
• A hunter may also spend a Practical Beat to attempt to recover Willpower.
  • Once this is spent, the player rolls the character's Resolve + Composure, with no modifiers whatsoever.
  • The hunter regains a number of Willpower points equal to the successes rolled, minimum 1.

6/22 Game +5 Hunters present (Rose, Lucas, Matthew, Carol, and Harry) +3 Dramatic Failures (Carol, Lucas, Harry) +1 Exceptional Success (Matthew) +1 Monster power display (Flame Strike on Noelle) +1 Saved Noelle's Life +1 Drove Natalie's Ghost off 12 Practical beats ending 6/29 Game 12 Practical beats starting -10 Practical beats for 2 Practical Experience to purchase Warding Tactic 2 Practical beats ending 7/6 Game 2 Practical beats starting +4 for Warding ritual 6 Practical beats ending 7/13 Game 6 Practical beats starting +3 for Risking Willpower (Rose successfully, Lucas unsuccessfully) +4 Hunters present (Rose, Lucas, Matthew, and Carol) +1 Exceptional successes (Rose) +2 Dramatic failures (Rose, Lucas) +1 Monster power display (Psychic attack on Sergio) +1 Driving off the monsters 18 Practical beats ending 7/20 Game 18 Practical beats starting +4 for Risking Willpower (Matthew, Lucas, Rose and Carol sucessfully) 22 Practical beats ending 7/27 Game 22 Practical beats starting -10 Withdrawal (2 practical beats each) +5 Risking Willpower Research (Lucas x2, Matthew x2, Carol) +1 Risking Willpower Fighting (Rose) +2 Risking Willpower Warding (Lucas, Matthew) 20 Practical beats ending

8/10 Game 20 Practical beats starting -15 Withdrawl (3 practical beats each) +3 Risking Willpower Research (Lucas, Rose, Matthew) +1 Risking Willpower Library Craft (Matthew) +1 Risking Willpower access to Special Collections (Carol) +2 Risking Willpower Warding Carol's Apartment (Lucas, Rose) +1 Risking Willpower to enter Carol's Mind (Matthew) 13 Practical beats ending