Ziost - Crown of the Sith Empire

Xenos Masquerade aka Vowrawn's Sexy Party
Event Type: Social Event
Influence Cost: 5
Participants: Unlimited
Timeslots: Early Night and Mid Night

Description: This was supposed to be just another party but at the last minute Vowrawn decided it would be a sexy Xenos masquerade Ball in honor of his new painting by an unknown artist. The theme is be a sexy xenos or just be a xenos… or just show up and don’t be a jerk. If you do be a jerk be a sexy jerk.

But seriously don’t be a jerk, it’s his birthday… or not his birthday? Vowrawn won’t tell you but he will hold it against you if you don’t remember his birthday.

Rules:

To be or not to Be

The player has to decide if they will portray a xenos or not, and if you are a dirty xenos, well shame on you, but you still should dress up or don’t.

Players that choose not to dress up may make a Cool check at Hard to show that they are above such things and if successful will earn 5 Influence. That is the best you can do if you do not dress up. You are done if you choose this option otherwise press on.

The Costume

The player is assumed to have put together an ensemble to resemble a known alien species or something exotic and custom, either option is valid. The player needs to present them self as a dirty xenos, this can be done with a Deception check at Hard for 5 Influence or Daunting for 10 Influence.

Strike a Pose

The highlight of the night is the Walk of Shame, where the guests are able to strut their shameful xenos costumes before the audience with style and attitude. This is a Cool or Coordination check at Hard with a setback due to the drunken revelry even if you are sober the other guests are not! If a character is daring they can add acrobatic flair to their walk and this is a Coordination check at Daunting with a setback due to drunken antics and if successful gain 10 Influence; choose one or the other option.

Success here grants 5 Influence.

Hail to the Queen (Optional)

Vowrawn is dressed as the Queen of the Massassi and sits on a throne of well-oiled and muscled slaves. He gives the pronouncements and he is fabulous. Every queen needs supplicants and a player can offer the Queen their devotion and fealty, this is not necessary, or is it totally necessary.

A wrathful Queen is not to be tested.

Rewards/Outcome: Up to 20 Influence.

Parties were a necessary evil, but one Jun-Tsu had come to terms with. She stood among the throng in her Korrizian attire. Let others debase themselves in the name of a good time. The witch had more important matters on her mind. She cast a look out across the party and where here veiled gaze landed heads turned away. They might have felt she was not in the spirit of things, but not a soul would dare broach the subject. Her stoic expression and dismissive demeanor showed that she was in no mood for such banal chatter.

Or perhaps they just thought she was a Miraluka and thought her costume innovative if not overly elaborate.

Cool (Presence) = 1 success, 2 threats


(+5 Influence)

"No, no I'm not doing it."
"Miss Melmoar" Fion Tys, her local liaison, adjusts her glasses "It's just local tradition, you're dressing up as a xenos, you're a woman under 35-"
Jan shoots her a glare
"- and so you have to come as a sexy Twi'lek."

Holding up her bony fingers "Fion, firstly, that's sexiest. Secondly, it's probably speciest. Thirdly, it's demeaning to myself and to Czerka and fourthly....fourthly it's setting a bad example to N'Nzi who is young and impressionable, she's probably never ever seen a Twi'lek objectified like that."
Her intern looks over from her datapad and hurriedly closes a few tabs "No man, quite right, I am completely innocent regarding such matters."

Jan nods sharply
"See? We're not doing it, no room for discussion, case closed....fin."




Two hours later Jan steps into the ball dressed as a sexy Twi'elk

(( Day 7 Xenos Ball, costume roll, deception 2 hard, 1 upgrade from greased palms, own difficulty upgrade from suspicion: 2eD+1eC+1eA+2eP 2 successes, 1 advantage
))

Unfortunately, as she goes for the walk of shame she is swamped by the horde of other sexy drunken twi'leks and in the chaos there is a huge Lekku pileup
(( Day 7 Xenos Ball,Coordination roll at daunting with setback from drunken guests: 4eD+5eA+1eS 1 failure, 1 advantage
))

She sneaks away without pledging allegiance to the admittedly fabulous Queen.

Ilar's costume wasn't fancy, it was a little simple in fact, but a lot of his effort was spent in hiding his lekku. He hoped it would be well received however, and it was at least not ridiculed.



D7 Xenos party costumne Hard. Deception + Influence. Equip upgrade: 1eA+1eP+3eF+3eD 1 threat, 1 Light Side, 2 Dark Side


((DS pip for 1 success and 1 advantage - FInal result = 1 success))


D7 Xenos party. Posing. Hard Cool. Destiny flip: 3eA+1eP+3eD+1eS 0 successes, 2 advantage


((Use 2 advantage for a boost on next roll with the Queen - if required))

Attempting to strut down the catwalk was difficult, and not as successful as he would have liked, but he found himself before the massassi queen and bent a knee.

((-5 influence for entry, +5 influence for costume = break even))

A masquerade ball.... What next? Well, at least he could get some advice from Vair'ea about how to dress like a Zenos. Not that it was likely to help.

Still he managed to dress up like a 'sexy' chiss, not that the Doctor's bony chest had much in the way of sex appeal.

Xenos masquerade ball. The costume hard deception. Spending a destiny.: 1eP+1eA+3eD 1 success, 2 threat


Striking a daring pose was the harder part, especially with all the drunks, and mostly he ended up looking ridiculous. Though someone did appreciate the effort enough to buy him a drink.

Xenos masquerade ball. Strike a pose, hard, setback, extra setback from: 1eP+1eA+3eD+2eS 0 successes

Xenos masquerade ball. Strike a pose, hard, setback, extra setback from, that's a ability dice not a proficiency...: 1eA 0 successes, 1 advantage

1 failure, 1 advantage.

-5 influence +5 influence.

A "Zeltron" sashayed into the ballroom clad in, well, basically glorified lingerie topped with some jewelry--this was supposed to be the fun kind of party, after all!--with a beehive-styled blue wig, skin slightly lightened to a pinker tone, and a jeweled domino mask hiding the facial ridges mere makeup couldn't cover.

The costume worked remarkably well, insofar as it played to Shelzais's natural advantages (by which, she would have cheerfully explained, she mostly meant T & A & a near-total lack of physical modesty--"Really, I should have been born a Zeltron," she'd mused to herself as she applied the last touches to her lipstick, "...somewhere else, far away").

She'd later blame an anonymous drunken reveler for the misstep and subsequent near-miss with a serious wardrobe malfunction she'd suffered on the impromptu catwalk/receiving line, though it should be noted she'd had a few glasses herself by then.

Reaching the front of the ballroom, she fell giggling to her knees in front of the living 'throne.' "My queen!" she half purred, half chortled. "May you live a thousand years and all that. Hm, that sounds dreadfully boring, actually... but I'm sure you'll find ways to entertain yourself."

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D7 EN costume party--step 1, the costume! Daunting difficulty. Performer's attire, Cascader, jewelry, sense emotions, Influence: 2eP+1eA+2eB+2eF+4eD 2 advantage, 2 Light Side, 1 Dark Side

Convert DS pip to success, +adv from jewelry.
Final tally: 1 success, 3 advantage.
Success= +10 Influence. Use 2 adv to boost next roll, 1 to recover strain.

D7 EN costume party--step 2, the catwalk! Hard Cool with setback, performer's attire, boost from prev. roll: 4eA+2eB+3eD+1eS 2 failures, 4 advantage

Fail with a bunch of advantages... Maybe Queen Vowrawn will like me extra?

A dark-haired Zygerrian came walking into the ballroom with his Azure-colored assistant. The make-up that she had helped him put on made him look impossibly... Slaverish. He caught the eye of a great many member of high society as he and his aide toured around the room.

When it came for his time to make his pose, his ability to mimic the movements and demeanor of a Zygerrian showed through. It was the perfect image of a dour Zygerrian in the Empire with impressive sith armor and military commendations to match it.


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D7 Dress Up, Deception, Daunting, Pip from Armor, Adv from Armor, Influence, Powerbase, Assist Ally, Sense Emotions: 1eP+2eA+4eB+3eF+4eD 3 successes, 4 advantage, 2 Light Side, 3 Dark Side


Destiny to flip the Dark to Light. Don't get adv from Armor this time that was a misnomer. But still end up with 10 advantage. Putting that to boosts on the next roll.


D7 Dress Up, Cool, 5x Bonuses from Last Roll: 1eP+2eA+5eB+3eD 4 successes, 2 advantage


2 Successes for a total of 15 Influence.

Net Gain: 10 Influence

Having been Vowrawn's apprentice since she left the Academy, this was hardly her first time at the rodeo, so to speak. She was well-accustomed to her master's antics, and frankly? She enjoyed them.

Life needed silly and entertaining stuff like this. Even more so during such stressful times.

While the costume at its core was a skirt, a tiny top, and a hoodie, what made it so fabulously camp was that it was made of luxurious brown fur, and was fashioned to look like a wookie's coat. If a wookie had shaved themselves in interesting style, and also wore knee-high boots with heels, trimmed with even more fur.

Moving through the party, the sexy-wookie occassionally made growls and grr-sounds. Her experience with these kind of parties serving to her benefit again, as she skillfully avoided any drunken accidents (from herself or others), and she even put on a little show before the 'Massassi Queen'.

"Oh grrreat queen, Rahwrsha brrrings you a gift, befitting the beautiful queen!" 'Rahwrsha' presented Queen Vowrawn with a gaudy box, and inside was a polished mirror that would reflect his/her face once the box was opened. "A vision of purrrrfection and beauty!"

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D7 EVENT: Masqueraaaade paperfaces on paraaaade. Deception vs Daunting.: 2eP+2eA+2eF+4eD 1 failure, 1 advantage, 3 Dark Side


Using Dark pips for 2 success and 1 advantage, bringing the total to 1 success and 2 advantages!


D7 EVENT: Masqueraaaade paperfaces on paraaaade. Conditioned removes setback. Boost from previous roll. +2B from Powerbase. Go big or go home xD: 2eA+3eB+4eD 2 successes, 3 advantage


Advantages used to entertain Queen Vowrawn with the cheesy gift?

Optional: All hail queen Vowrawn!

Gained: 20 Influence.

Xyll's costume was insufficient; and her walk was that of someone who just didn't seem to care about this sort of thing. What kind of an alien was she even trying to depict? Nobody really knew.

Someone snickered. She glared at him and put a stop to that. She might have been dressing up as some non-descript alien, but she was still the goddamn Witness, and she swore; if another person snickered at her she would end this party right here and now.

Then finally she was before Vowrawn. Ugh, this whole charade was starting to piss her off. She gave a little half-hearted curtsy.

"Your majesty," she said, similarly half-heartedly. "I stand ready to smite your enemies. Please let me smite someone."


Deception, Destiny, Ally Boost, upgrade from suspcion: 1eP+1eA+1eB+1eC+2eD 0 successes, 1 threat


Cool: 1eP+1eA+3eD+1eS 1 failure, 1 threat


-5 influence. No influence gained.

Lucinia made a certain study of xeno species. But this study was almost entirely academic. After all, what need did a Sith have for the art or culture of other groups. Or, most appallingly of all... their sexiness?

And so, twi'lek it was. Lucinia knew that much, at least.

The costume was fairly good. In lieu of a dancing outfit she would never wear, she selecting a swimsuit, in a somewhat more modern and daring style than she'd worn at the beach. Prosthetic lekku were surprisingly easy to come by; Lucinia chose not to think about the fact that they were sold in a shop full of rather risque gear. And rather a lot of blue body paint. When applied to Lucinia, it was more of a pale blue body paint, the Sith noble's natural pallor showing through. That might have made the costume less viable, but when a Sith declared that she was a twi'lek, people tended to go along with it.

And despite her outfit, there was no dampening her regal manor. No doubting that she was a Sith. Even when...

"Wooo!" Some other scantily-clad twi'lek yelled. Lucinia managed not to recoil as the other woman came up to embrace her. "Great costume! Get a snap with me!"

"And me!" Called another. And another.

In a few moments, Lucinia stood, a calm spot in the eye of the storm. A storm of fake twi'leks and selfies. It might have ruined her strut, but perhaps her unflappable calm would impress...

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Sexy Party. Costume. Hard Deception: 2eA+2eF+3eD 1 threat, 1 Light Side, 1 Dark Side


Sexy Party. Pose, hard cool, setback from jerks: 1eP+3eA+3eD+1eS 1 failure, 1 advantage, 1 Triumph


Net gain: 5 influence
Triumph... impress someone?

Who's that fabulous wookie with fabulous hairstyle? Who can tell! It looks like real! But hey, the red tush is slightly shining through back hair coiffures. Are wookies like the most beautiful baboons in all the land? Or is it a fresh start of an Imperial megatrend, wookierotica?



EN7. Dressup. Deception. Influence. Ritual. Daunting.: 2eP+1eA+2eF+1eC+3eD 2 failures, 2 advantage, 1 Despair, 3 Light Side


[Destiny to make it Dark Pips and a Success, 3 Conflict & Strain, Dark Ritual for 3 Wounds, Advantages for Boost, Despair for ???, but maybe for the suggested costume dysfunction?]

Building on it, a wild twerk began across the runway, though too many people got grabby and the hair were flowing everwhere for this to resemble anything else than a really angry wookie before a closed-door bathroom.

EN7. Twerk. Coordination. Enhance. Ritual. Daunting.: 3eA+2eF+4eD+1eS 3 failures, 2 threat, 2 Light Side, 1 Dark Side

EN7. Twerk. Missing Boost.: 1eB 1 success, 1 advantage


[Can't bail myself out this time out of Orokos hate, so just cutting it with pips to a simple, threatless fail.]

[Net 5 Gain]

If the world was about to end you might as well go out in style. So Lord Rath rocked up to Vowrawn's party in a spectacular, outrageous, hideously alien yet undeniably sexy Gungan costume.

Floppy ears swung around his head. Bulging eyes on stalks were attached on a strap and prosthetics were used to bulk up his head. He was the best-built, best-looking Gungan ever to grace the galaxy.

Striking a pose he added a few backflips to his routine, plus a front flip, and an amusing staggering dance. He even used the other party goers as part of his pursuing routine.

Approaching the Queen he took a floppy bow. "Meesa so fuckin' happy to be here your majesty."

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Rolls
Day 7. EN. The Costume. Daunting Deception. Destiny. Equipment. Suspicion. Boosts.: 2eP+1eA+3eB+4eD 3 successes, 2 advantage


Success! +10 influence.

Day 7. EN. Strike a Pose. Hard Coordination. Boost from advantage. Setback.: 1eP+2eA+1eB+4eD+1eS 2 successes, 1 Triumph


Success! Hmm, looks like I rolled daunting? Fair enough. +10 influence and a Triumph.

Optional: Devotion offered, because it's almost the end of the world.

Result: Spent 5 influence to attend, gained 20 influence.

"ok, Lo, I need your touch here. I have to make it look better."

The droid makes an annoyed sound.

"You know how embarrassing this is, don't you?"

"Yes. Yes I know. But they need some measure of "looking like xeno". Yes, it's stupid, but I need to play the game to not be swallowed up."

The droid sighs. "I'll do my best."

"Oh! I have manuals! And a fancy suit! You can work with that right?"

"You really don't want the answer to that question.

Masquerade-Hard Deception-Assistance with L0-R3-Advantage from Cultural manual and outfit: 1eP+2eA+3eD 1 failure, 1 advantage


(Pass advantage for Boost)

Char did not look...great. So he tried to move on but he knows how to walk his steps...

Masquerade-Hard Charm With setback-Boost passed. Two free advantage: 4eA+1eB+3eD+1eS 1 success, 1 threat



Results: +5 Influence, -5 Influence

After his strut, Char walks up to Vowwarn. "YASSSSS QUEEEEN. YASSSSS. How marvelous!!!"

Remmington arrives at the party dressed up as a jawa. He is showing an inappropriate amount of wrist and ankle. Scandalous! The features are completely hidden in the robe that he is wearing and the hood hides his face aside from the light of the eyes.

He makes his way down the catwalk and strikes a pose. Showing off those ass-ets. At the end he pays reverence to the queen through song and dance.

"Queen Massasi. Fabulous she. Queen of the Massassi..."


/ -5 Influence

The Costume.
Ally helping make costume. Deception/Cunning @ Daunting. 2eP+1eB+3eF+4eD = 1 Failure, 3 Light, 1 Dark

Ally using Destiny to use Light. Total: 1 Success, 2 Advantage. Advantage to boost next roll.
+10 Influence


Strike a Pose.
Cool/Presence @ Hard. 1eP+1eA+3eB+3eD+1eS = 2 Success, 1 Advantage

+5 Influence


Hail to the Queen baby!


Total: +10 Influence

Despite how unseemly the event was to her, Dayana made an appearance. She deemed it fit to please Darth Vowrawn with her presence. After all, it would be an insult not to attend.

She also believed that it would be an insult to not partake in the ball's theme. Her choice ended up being one of the miralians, complete with tattoos. Of course, she had to wear a hooded veil over her eye sockets.

With that in mind, Dayana was quite withdrawn. At the very least, she did not seem to embarrass herself either.

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D7 EN Deception at Daunting, Sense Emotion, Upgrading with Above Suspicion: 2eP+2eB+4eD+2eF 2 advantage, 1 Light Side, 1 Dark Side

Spend 1 DS pip to get a success.

D7 EN Cool at Hard: 4eA+3eD+1eS 4 failures, 5 advantage


Spent 5 Influence to get in, earned 10 Influence.

OOC: As a reward, those that offered devotion receive a reproduction of Vowrawn's favorite painting.