20:12 <Mukora>
@Max: That's actually like. My least favourite Wasserman song? It lacks the type of energy his stuff usually has

20:12 <Zarek>
I kinda don't like the idea of label locking. It feels very restrictive on what is, to me, one of the coolest mechanics in Masks -- the ever-changing nature of the labels. Plus when you DO shift labels that gives you less room to work with because you can't change one of them. I get that it's trying to reflect coming into yourself, but it doesn't f
20:12 eel like something I want to get as part of an advancement because it feels like a DOWNGRADE.

20:12 <maxwellelvis>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edbl6_OxRIE This one's Jeremy Sweet, but...

20:13 <Duraz>
one thing is that it allows you to protect part of your character that you want to preserve
20:13 imagine if we were less cooperative about what we shifted when we shifted one another's labels
20:14 you might appreciate the chance to say "Nope.  My Danger's max, and will stay max!"

20:14 <Mukora>
Max doesn't seem THAT dangerous

20:14 <Duraz>
also, I get the impression that we're supposed to run through Masks characters faster than we are

20:15 <Zarek>
I get it from a design perspective, but I just. Don't really wanna do it. At best I'd wanna get Red up to 3 Danger and then lock her there because that's the stat she's probably least likely to think is fluctuating, but even then, I JUST recently lowered Danger, so.

20:15 <Duraz>
so locking a label wouldn't be something that lasts for as long, because you're doing it in preparation for sending them out to be a paragon of the city and rolling up a new one

20:16 <Mukora>
It's odd that characters can't die if they expect you to roll new ones pretty often

20:17 <Zarek>
It's a superhero game, of course characters don't die.

20:17 <Duraz>
but you can have them retire (to be safe from the GM forever more) or become paragons (adult hero NPCs, essentially)

20:17 <Mukora>
Superheroes die all the time!

20:17 <Duraz>
and depending on how your sessions go, you can get to the point where that's mechanically possible pretty fast

20:18 <Zarek>
It's entirely possible for most of our characters to retire or become paragons right now, I think.

20:18 <Duraz>
next level, I could
20:18 probably won't, but could

20:18 <Zarek>
There's a part of me that aaaaalmost wishes the game DIDN'T give you potential when you failed a roll.

20:18 <Duraz>
I wish it was more stable
20:19 doesn't have to be fast, but steady

20:19 <Zarek>
I'm okay with it not being stable because it's keeping me from having to change Red's playbook (which I'll probably do fairly soon, I don't wanna retire her yet)

20:20 <Duraz>
now, after that, you'd still have the same number of advancements marked, right?

20:20 <Zarek>
I've been assuming you get the new playbook's advancement list.

20:21 <Duraz>
you do, but you have to stay under the line

20:21 <Zarek>
It would seem odd to change playbooks but STILL be right on the verge of HAVING to retire the character.
20:21 Under the line?

20:21 <Duraz>
I mean, the halfway line?

20:22 <Zarek>
The halfway line in the advancements? Not sure I follow.

20:22 <Duraz>
after the first five advancements, you can go over the line into the next set?
20:22 when you change books, I think that you start under the line

20:22 <Zarek>
Ohhh, okay.

20:23 <Duraz>
oop, I'm being summoned

20:23 <Mukora>
I like that the Delinquent's Moment of Truth is like a perfect setup for playbook change.
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20:26 <Zarek>
I have the problem that the playbook I most likely want to change Red to is a playbook already in play.

20:27 <Bocaj>
Yeah?

20:27 <Zarek>
I was thinking Janus.

20:27 <Bocaj>
Have Red arm wrestle Iguana over it

20:28 <Zarek>
Though I do have other potential options.

20:29 <maxwellelvis>
Funny thing, Zarek, looks like they found a similar thing to your solution to the Hunter dilemma.

20:29 <Zarek>
What, with the distinctions and bonds? I noticed the similarity, yeah.
20:30 Oh, actually, wait, did you mean the Innocent?
It just occurred to me that's probably a more apt comparison.
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20:30 <maxwellelvis>
The Innocent, I meant.