OOC: Search for the Spirit Mask of Timbuktu, Creation and OOC thread for SSMoT Options

[Buddha72]

Perception (the visual look over)
01 03 03 05 05 05 06 06 06 (6 hits)

Cyberware Scanner Rating 6
02 02 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 (4 hits)

MAD Scanner Rating 3
01 03 04 04 05 05 (2 hits)

Radio Signal Scanner Rating 6
01 01 03 03 04 04 06 06 06 (3 hits)

[Fenris]

Yi:

Visual perception - 35 people now, 13 of them with automatic weapons, mostly AK-97's. 8 of them appear to have grenades hanging from belts or bandoliers.

Cyberware - No cyberware present.

MAD Scanner - large quantity of gunpowder, and approximately 6 kilos of some kind of high explosive, probably grenades.

Radio scanner - no traffic, aside from your network.

[BishopMcQ]

Sparks can you throw around some of that amazing Assensing pool action and astrally rape the spirit hovering over the locals? I'd really appreciate it, as I realize that there was one little skill that I may have forgotten to add on to my character sheet... :)

[HeySparky]

I will. It's 1:21 and I'm still at work. This is approximately the 5th day in a row of similar nights and I'm a little bleary. Crunch is a bear. I'm afraid I'm neglecting all games just now. It should be all better by Thursday. God willing, and the crops don't fail.

If someone wants to make the roll, just to keep things moving, that's cool too.

[DireRadiant]

Stormcloud
Radio Signal Scanner 6
4 = 1 5 5 4 6 5
Sensor 3 + vision enhancement 3
1 = 2 3 2 2 5 2

iBall
0 = CG 1 2 1 (oooh, look Charlotte is a big troll!)

Knocker visual perception
Int 3 + perception 2 + vision enhancement 3
2 hits= 3 3 6 4 4 5 3 2

[BishopMcQ]

Let's try this again.

Mundane visual perception, looking for talismans, gris-gris, fetishes etc.
06 06 05 05 04 04 03 01 01 (4 hits)

In case it helps:
Shamanic magical theories/traditions
06 05 04 03 03 03 02 01 (2 hits)

[HeySparky]

Squinting at the 'sky' Assensing Spirit, 15 dice:
1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6 = 5 hits

Squinting at the speaker, Assensing Speaker, 15 dice:
1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6 = 5 hits

Charlotte, knowing the mission, did her homework, Bambara 2. Not great. But better than nothing.

[Fenris]

DireRadiant
Stormcloud - Radio: no traffic besides your own.
visual: Around 2 score people, several of them with weapons, rifles of some kind.

Knocker - Visual: 35 people, about a dozen carrying some kind of automatic rifles.

Bishop Visual: Almost every person standing there seems to be wearing some sort of small fetish or talisman, whether it be a collection of feathers, animal claws or teeth, or an odd looking bundle of plants. Your knowledge skill will tell you that most of these items aren't actually magical, but are simply symbols of their belief, like Christians wearing crosses. One of the six men that stepped forward with the rifles, however, is wearing a much more elaborate necklace, with series of interlocking chains and small bundles, mostly hidden by his shirt. He stands just to the right and behind the speaker. This is probably the village or tribes shaman.

Charlotte - Assensing spirit: The spirit is healthy. The spirit's emotional state is protective and wary because of the arrival of you and your crew. The spirit is force 8. There are also no astral signatures of a summoner on the spirit, only it's own. It is a spirit of the earth.

You understand what was said, nothing too complicated or technical. Go ahead and give me a Bambara + Intuition roll if you're responding in that language.

[HeySparky]

Bambara 2 + INT 4 roll: 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6

What were the results of Assensing the guy coming forward?

[Buddha72]

Judge Intentions (Int + Cha)
02 04 05 05 06 06 (4 hits)

Trying to determine what kind of mob we have here. Is it one of those "angry" ones or more the "curious natives"?

[Fenris]

Sparky - My apologies, for some reason I didn't even see the assensing rolls for the speaker, all focused on the spirit. ;P

Speaker - Healthy, but a bit malnourished. He's 1 part curious, 2 parts worried, and 3 parts suspicious, all at this point because of you. No cyberware, essence is 5. There are no astral signatures on the subject, no cyberware/bioware, no actual diseases.

Buddha - You get the feeling that while they're not outrightly hostile, it wouldn't take alot for them to get there. They seem distrustful.

[Fenris]

As for what was actually being said:

"What do you want here? Why have you brought your greedy metal beast and your weapons? There's nothing for you here, everything has been taken by others like you before you.

[HeySparky]

Hey, how do you guys want to play this? I was just fixing to post a pretty honest reply to our friendly ambassador here, but it occured to me we might want to be more circumspect.

Thoughts?

[Buddha72]

Start as you mean to go on I always say. I think honest as we can be would be a good idea. They outnumber us and killing a bunch of locals would probably put a strain on further dealings we might have in the area.

[DireRadiant]

Yous da leader, Lead!

[HeySparky]

Youse da other players, talk.

[DireRadiant]

Your call. Doesn't matter to me.

Though I think in principle I think IC we should be honest.

[BishopMcQ]

As a player, I'd say kill them all if they give us reason, but until then let them continue to cycle oxygen.

As the character, let's avoid the S&K model as long as possible. We have to be in these folks land for awhile and they may just have enough cousins to make this little shindig seem like a cocktail party in comparison to the world of hurt the families would bring down on us.

[HeySparky]

What time of day was it? Sorry if I missed it.

[Buddha72]

Fenris asked me to post to tell all of you know he will be out of town until late Tuesday evening and he'll be posting on Wednesday. Last minute family visit out of state.

[Fenris]

Back ;)

Sparky - Late morning.

[Fenris]

Sparky - As a general rule, I allow 3 options for dealing with NPC's:

1 - roll dice, modified by situation, and see how the character's skill plays out.

2 - role play and roll dice, modified by situation and what I thought of your speech

3 - Role play, and take a chance I'm feeling generous ;D

That said, feel free to toss some negotiation dice with your next response, if you want.

[Buddha72]

FYI I think Cirio is a little swamped at the moment but I did shoot him an email and he promised to post in the next few days. :D

[Cirio]

Electronic Warfare:

6,6,6,3,5,3,5,6,2

4 Successes

[Fenris]

@ Cirio - No other networks then your own, atm.