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driftfleet2016-12-06 08:57 pm
wolfehawke) wrote in driftfleet2016-12-06 08:57 pm
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[Open] Watch each card you play, and play it slow
Who: Adalwolfe Hawke
Broadcast: Video!
Action: Sure; Malum
When: Now
[It's not long into drift week before Adalwolfe Hawke gets bored. And when a Hawke gets board, then ridiculous things happen. Luckily, thanks to some seeds already planted in his brain before, Adalwolfe has been working on a pet project so not too much destruction has occurred. (This time, anyway.)
Wolfe pops onto the network with a video with an eager smile.]
Hey fleet! So there's this card game from Thedas called Wicked Grace and since we haven't had any proper cards that I've found, I decided to make my own.
[He holds up a few card. One labeled Angel of Death and a few others from various suits, all labeled and with crude drawings.]
I found a deck of very plain cards in Malum, so if those belonged to anyone sorry about that, but you really shouldn't leave your stuff around. Anyway, I made them playable for Wicked Grace. If anyone wants to play, you should know that if we're using my cards, then we go by Ferelden rules. See? The Swords are Dogs instead and they're high instead of Angels. Also I made the Drakes into Dragons instead because I can.
[He pauses in his excitement for a moment, then sits back a bit sheepishly as it occurs to him that anyone not from Thedas probably has no idea what he's talking about.]
So, the rules are everyone is dealt 5 cards. Each player takes turns drawing one card from either the deck or the discard pile and then discarding a card face up into the discard. You can't take a card you've previously discarded. When the Angel of Death card is drawn and discarded, then the game is over and everyone scores their hands. You're supposed to discard the Angel of Death right away, but cheating is also part of the game so almost no one ever does unless they have a good hand. But if you get caught cheating, then you lose right away.
[Wolfe grins again and leans into the video, holding up cards as examples as he talks.]
There's four suits - Dogs, Angels, Songs, and Dragons. Some other countries use other suits, like in Orlais they have Masks for Songs and everywhere but Ferelden Angels are highest. Though I actually think in Tevinter Dragons are high but they call them Serpents...
[A pause to mull that over, then Wolfe continues.]
In any case, Dogs always beat Angels, Angels beat Songs, etc. Also more of a suit will beat less of a suit. So say you have three Dragons. That'll beat two Angels. Pretty simple. Where it gets sort of complicated is with themes. You can beat four Songs, for example, if you have the Song, Dog, Angel, and Dragon all of Roses. There's other things too, but it's a lot to just explain like this.
[Wolfe puts the cards he'd been showing off back on top of the deck and leans back.]
If you have any questions, ask away! Or I can show you in person, since it's pretty slow in Malum today. But if you do come to learn you've got to order a drink. 'Sonly fair.
[He shuffles the cards between his hands, nothing fancy but he's at least got a bit of deftness there. For a moment, a dog nose is visible at the bottom corner of the shot, over the counter on which Wolfe's device is sitting, then it moves back out of view with a loud snuffle.]
Oh, and fellow Thedosians, we should set up a night to play now that we've got cards. Let me know what works for everyone. I'm good for any time.
[He waves at the video, dropping about half the deck in the process. The video ends with a yelp and Wolfe diving under the bar to save his precious cards.]
Broadcast: Video!
Action: Sure; Malum
When: Now
[It's not long into drift week before Adalwolfe Hawke gets bored. And when a Hawke gets board, then ridiculous things happen. Luckily, thanks to some seeds already planted in his brain before, Adalwolfe has been working on a pet project so not too much destruction has occurred. (This time, anyway.)
Wolfe pops onto the network with a video with an eager smile.]
Hey fleet! So there's this card game from Thedas called Wicked Grace and since we haven't had any proper cards that I've found, I decided to make my own.
[He holds up a few card. One labeled Angel of Death and a few others from various suits, all labeled and with crude drawings.]
I found a deck of very plain cards in Malum, so if those belonged to anyone sorry about that, but you really shouldn't leave your stuff around. Anyway, I made them playable for Wicked Grace. If anyone wants to play, you should know that if we're using my cards, then we go by Ferelden rules. See? The Swords are Dogs instead and they're high instead of Angels. Also I made the Drakes into Dragons instead because I can.
[He pauses in his excitement for a moment, then sits back a bit sheepishly as it occurs to him that anyone not from Thedas probably has no idea what he's talking about.]
So, the rules are everyone is dealt 5 cards. Each player takes turns drawing one card from either the deck or the discard pile and then discarding a card face up into the discard. You can't take a card you've previously discarded. When the Angel of Death card is drawn and discarded, then the game is over and everyone scores their hands. You're supposed to discard the Angel of Death right away, but cheating is also part of the game so almost no one ever does unless they have a good hand. But if you get caught cheating, then you lose right away.
[Wolfe grins again and leans into the video, holding up cards as examples as he talks.]
There's four suits - Dogs, Angels, Songs, and Dragons. Some other countries use other suits, like in Orlais they have Masks for Songs and everywhere but Ferelden Angels are highest. Though I actually think in Tevinter Dragons are high but they call them Serpents...
[A pause to mull that over, then Wolfe continues.]
In any case, Dogs always beat Angels, Angels beat Songs, etc. Also more of a suit will beat less of a suit. So say you have three Dragons. That'll beat two Angels. Pretty simple. Where it gets sort of complicated is with themes. You can beat four Songs, for example, if you have the Song, Dog, Angel, and Dragon all of Roses. There's other things too, but it's a lot to just explain like this.
[Wolfe puts the cards he'd been showing off back on top of the deck and leans back.]
If you have any questions, ask away! Or I can show you in person, since it's pretty slow in Malum today. But if you do come to learn you've got to order a drink. 'Sonly fair.
[He shuffles the cards between his hands, nothing fancy but he's at least got a bit of deftness there. For a moment, a dog nose is visible at the bottom corner of the shot, over the counter on which Wolfe's device is sitting, then it moves back out of view with a loud snuffle.]
Oh, and fellow Thedosians, we should set up a night to play now that we've got cards. Let me know what works for everyone. I'm good for any time.
[He waves at the video, dropping about half the deck in the process. The video ends with a yelp and Wolfe diving under the bar to save his precious cards.]
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Wait... That... came out wrong...
[He slides a hand down his face. What is it about Leliana where he always ends up sticking his foot in his mouth?]
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[Was that a joke? Was that a come on? The world may never know.]
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I'm trying to set up a regular night actually. Mondays work for both Fenris and I, how about you? And Riona? Since I assume you just know her schedule off-hand.
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[She smiles, feeling nostalgic.]
You know, if Josie were here she'd probably win all of your money and clothes to boot. You and Anders both would be walking back to your ship in nothing but your wounded pride.
[The thought makes her laugh almost evilly. She won't be that mean, but then without Varric here someone needed to take everyone's money - why not the other rogue in the party?]
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[He shrugs, then grins.]
And it's always a goal to get Anders out of his clothes. At least for me.
[Eyebrow waggle.]
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The thing about Josie is she's Antivan and Antivans are not people you place bets against.
[Still grinning, she adds]
Now you sound like Isabela.
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[If he was as skilled as she was, he's pretty sure he and Anders would only rarely be seen outside their quarters, and then probably only to eat. Which is a gross exaggeration, in both senses.]
Not that I would suggest the Wickedest Grace with certain respectable ladies at the table, of course. Unless they happen to suggest it first.
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