OOC: The Sun Never Sets, OOC Thread for The Sun Never Sets Options

[Tecumseh]

Thanks for letting us know.

For ease of reference, here are the posts which mention what you know about the student killed in the fire watch tower: post #31 and post #37 and post #318.

[pbangarth]

Thanks, Tecumseh, the links are very helpful. I really enjoyed re-reading the last batch of posts, when we first met the Sisters. Some great words on everyone's part. Rereading the posts in the links has me thinking about who may be behind the bounty. Not sure yet. It's late. Sorry, I will have to post in the morning.

My two month old granddaughter is sick in hospital. The doctors are still trying to figure out what is going on. We are all on edge and poorly rested.

[phlapjack77]

Hope all is well with your granddaughter - best of wishes.

[pbangarth]

Thanks for the wishes. She's healing and recovering from a nasty incident that may have long-term consequences. The doctors don't know yet. She is in a hospital that is one of the best, if not the best, in the world for children's medicine. One has to trust.

[pbangarth]

Friday to Sunday afternoon I will be involved in an intensive workshop for work. Probably it will be Sunday evening before I can drop back into Dumpshock.

[pbangarth]

Man, there is so much that could be explored in those few clues! I wish I had the time!

[phlapjack77]

I'm slightly worried that exploring these clues in-game would involve a lot of Matrix action, something our team isn't very well suited for. But I'm sure Tecumseh is aware of our weakness in this area, so there are probably ways to explore these ideas and I'm worrying over nothing.

[Tecumseh]

As Phlapjack suggests, everything has been designed so that the Matrix is not strictly necessary to explore any given clue or avenue of inquiry. The Matrix is a perfectly valid approach, so if that's what the PCs would pursue then that can be accommodated. Stogie, for example, has a well-connected fixer for a contact. Smohalla and Ellesar have some underdefined contacts, any of which could be technically proficient if need be.

I'm not adverse to using Jeff as an NPC either. In many ways it was realistic that he did not join the team when you hiked out of Greenwater, including the fact that he hates animals (and they hate him), and would not have been keen on hiking through the woods (led by Jake) to pursue a scent trail left by wolves. Odds are good that he and K'wa'iti would have attacked each other, leading to a very different course for the game. Stogie or Ellesar could raise him on the comm.

[phlapjack77]

Smohalla and Ellesar have some underdefined contacts, any of which could be technically proficient if need be.

I've had that nagging in the back of my head about how I need to flesh out Smohalla more, including his contacts. Next week we have a 3-day holiday, I'll try to add some meat to the bones then.

[Tecumseh]

I'll give Pbangarth the opportunity to chime in if he likes. It sounded like he might want to pursue some additional research. It's not necessary for everyone to stay together, but of course it's safer if you do.

[pbangarth]

I've got a big interview coming up Thursday morning, so let me just ride along with the decision of others for now. You guys decide, and Stogie and Jake will go along. I'll get more active in a few days.

[Tecumseh]

Yesterday (Cinco de Mayo) was our 18 month anniversary, so happy half-birthday everyone. For any statisticians out there, here's our count of IC posts broken down into 6 month intervals:

I. 228 posts, 1.26 per day
II. 322 posts, 1.76 per day
III. 236 posts, 1.31 per day

I'd be curious to know if the second period was more active because it included the summer (when people might have additional availability) or simply because it didn't include the year-end holidays. Either way, let's keep it going and have another active summer!

[pbangarth]

Fine with me! I'm waiting for others to have a chance to speak.

[Tecumseh]

How very Canadian of you. Let's act like loud Americans instead, with everyone jumping in all the time. There's only a few of us and we could lose a week because everyone's waiting for everyone else to chime in.

[Tecumseh]

Where did everyone go? The silence is deafening.

[phlapjack77]

Sorry, work has very suddenly ramped up very severly. I'll get a post up soon...

[pbangarth]

Damn! I have a great response to Ellie's quote, but I don't see anything in Stogie's stats to suggest he has it. Hmmm... high INT and he lived on a farm. Maybe he did read a lot. I'll do an INT check, aw hell, I'll throw in Artisan Skill as well, to see if there is a chance:

INT 5 + Artisan 1 = 6 dice ==> 3 HITS!!!!

Yes!!! He did read Bernard Shaw!

EDIT: This makes me feel better than a good shot would have. Awesome game!

[Tecumseh]

Ha. So far we've had more cooking, dinner parties, and philosphical debates than gunfights.

We'll have to add another point on the "pink mohawk vs. dark trenchcoat/mirrorshades" spectrum. We'll add a third component - "tweed jacket and pipe" - and make it a triangle instead.

[phlapjack77]

<plays the Masterpiece Theater music in his head> Yes, that would do nicely...

[pbangarth]

Smohalla asks -the- question.

[phlapjack77]

enough tip-toeing around (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I'm justifying it with Smohalla's dislike of lying...that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[Tecumseh]

I need a library like that! Leather-bound books and rich mahogany. I feel it would encourage me to read more, rather than staring and glowing screens all day. I do listen to a lot of classical music though.

Smohalla's always assensing. I figure Stogie will too, given the weight of the question. I'll treat it like a teamwork test with Smohalla as the lead. (Phlapjack, you have "+1 PF" listed next to Assensing. The skill is Intuition-based so your power focus would not affect the dice pool.)

Smohalla's 5 hits + Stogie's 3 hits rerolled into 2 hits (accidental double roll) = 7 HITS

[phlapjack77]

awwwww shit. You're gonna make me go all Yoda on her azz...

(yeah, you're right about the Assensing/PF thing. Weird. Wonder why I wrote that...updated)

[pbangarth]

*thumbs up to AtroposReborn*

[Tecumseh]

Just a quick head's up that I'm buried in work for a few days. I have a big report due on Tuesday that's kept me in the office over the weekend. I hope to have something up on Tuesday evening or on Wednesday.