Run! Recruitment, 2075/6 Persistent Game World Thread Options

[Mercy]

Maya will want to reach out to Addie and invite her to come away with them, but needs the approval of her friends before that happens.

[Imladir]

I'm happy for one of you to give voice to the returning spirit with useful Intel! He's not hiding! But he's not from your original group either!

Since I'm the one asking the questions, I suppose it's fitting I'm the one posting the answer. I'll do it late afternoon (or in the morning for those of you on the wrong side of the Atlantic ^^)

[Imladir]

Here, done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
A few more details. First, I added the place on the map (it's Ostrander Lake)
Second, an image of Mairin

Third, for the big greenish bear, it's a Shardik, from Howling Shadows, p103:

[ Spoiler ]

URSUS PIASMA SHARDIK
Terrain: Forest
Diet: Carnivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Aggro Index: 10.0
Length/Height: 4.2 m
Mass: 1,200 kg
One of the most feared and intimidating creatures of the Sixth World is the piasma, so for the shardik to evolve as a bigger, meaner, faster, and more aggressive subspecies thanks to the environmental damage in the Algonquin Manitou Council is just bad news for anything inside the region where it hunts. I did almost all of my research on the shardik from the comfort of a Liv-A-Box™ under an LZP-2070, and I could tell they were trying to figure out a way to get me out of the sky or catch me while I was on the ground. The shardik is physically similar to the piasma but double the size. The fur of the shardik usually has an oily sheen, a metallic cast, or a greenish hue depending on the location of its den and its primary hunting grounds. The variations in appearance are caused by the toxic condition of their primary environment. All shardiks also have tough, dense hides beneath their fur and dermal deposits, not unlike those of a troll.
> What, no radar dish on their head?
> Thorn
Because these bears are so large, they require a sizable hunting area and display movement rates well outside the natural range for animals of their size and mass. This speed, combined with the extremely aggressive nature of the shardik, make it a creature you do not want to run afoul of under any circumstances.
The shardik will attack anything they think might be food while out on the hunt. This range includes anything that moves, makes sound, or varies in body temperature from the background. The creatures definitely have thermal sensitive vision and utilize it well in both their nocturnal hunts and within their cavernous dens. The dens that I have seen and spent small amounts of time exploring were a former mine, a natural cavern, and even a subterranean corporate complex that had been abandoned when MCT departed the AMC. My time was always short because the shardik rarely spend a day cycle outside their den. They venture out each night at dusk and return near sunrise.
Observations I’ve made show this aversion to sunlight to be more behavioral than biological, but these things are tough and could probably shrug off a little sunburn from getting in late. Speaking of getting in late—if a shardik is on its way back to its den at the end of the night, don’t get in the way. Shardiks out hunting will only kill the food they need to survive. Shardiks on their way back in a hurry will kill everything in their path if it might slow them down.
> The twisting of the piasma was not a natural phenomenon.
> Ecotope
> I came across one of these near the coast and it attacked my skraacha. I got clear but when I checked the damage it was worse than expected, mostly because of the acid it left behind when it took a bite out of my hull.
> Turbo Bunny

B A R S W L I C EDG ESS M
16 8 6 14 6 4 6 5 4 6 6
Initiative 12 + 2D6
Movement x1/x3/+3
Condition Monitor 19/11
Limits Physical 17, Mental 7, Social 8
Armor 16
Skills Intimidation 8, Perception 8, Running 4, Sneaking 4, Tracking 6, Unarmed Combat 8
Powers: Armor (16), Enhanced Senses (Thermographic Vision, Wide-Band Hearing), Fear, Movement (Self), Natural Weapon (Claws/Bite: DV 16P, AP –4), Paralyzing Howl, Toughness (3)
Weaknesses Allergy (Sunlight, Severe)
Note +2 Reach

Could be "just" a big Piasma though, works too, but since we're speaking toxic... And Maya wanted paracritters (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Beta]

Nice spin to it! (different that the first take of one of the kids, but this looks more challenging/interesting)

[Gilga]

WOW that one is scary.

[Gilga]

added some karma to Dana, basically gymnastics, swimming running and sneaking. The stuff she keeps training in. I also added 1 level to influence and acting groups to reflect Dana's use of social skills as she is gravitating toward a being a more social character.
(E.g. instruction - now her martial arts class is actually beginning to be effective...)

[Beta]

I was a bit unsure about where Addie is vis-a-vis the other PC right now.... I think Cailin moved them closer to the Council so all could see her spirit, but at the same time Maya is still having the discussion about whether to accept Addie. So I'm going to assume that:
- they moved close enough to hear, but still a little apart,
- Maya is having quiet conversations with people.
- Addie can hear the conversation about whether to leave the toxic alone or not.

In other words, that I can take part in that conversation, without hearing Maya.

[Gilga]

I was under the impression that we are with the council, though perhaps we can like decide where we stand as a team and then give the council a unified stand.

[Beta]

Just in case anyone is confused, I got my user name updated to match what I have on ShadowGrid. Betx --> Beta. Hopefully easier to 'pronounce' in your mind (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
(when I first came to dumpshock with a simple rules question, if I'd had any idea of how much I'd post here I would have taken time to select an easier to say user name. As it was I was just looking for "let's minimize the chance that anyone else is using it." My apologies for any annoyance the higher-scrabble-points version of the name caused. Annoyance that I've caused, well I can't fix that as easily ...

[Imladir]

Cailin was talking to Dana when she got the answer. She went between both groups, said in a loud enough voice to be heard by everyone she had news about the Shaman and waited for everyone to gather around, so yeah of course Addie can hear.
For Maya / Vincent discussion, just assume it was done earlier but was late in the making due to Raider's slow posting rate (compared to us anyway)

[Beta]

I figure Dot's body is probably 7 -- she is still gangly. Possibly as low as 6?

[Gilga]

We can do +- 2 body so anything larger, a tiger (?) perhaps even a bear.

[Imladir]

Tiger 6, horse 8, wolf 6.
Bear is 9, boar 6, elephant 12 and giraffe 10 (from Howling Shadows)

[Gilga]

Dot the horse... oh I can totally see this backfires with the girls at the camp preferring Dot in horse shape.

[Imladir]

For obvious reasons I didn't put them in the list, but in the range you have the dolphin at 8 and the sea lion at 7.

[Mercy]

Has Lindsey left us?

[Imladir]

A while ago yes.
She's not here since the decision was taken regarding Muhammed: it's here

[Mercy]

Yes, I remember that post, but was wondering if I had missed something about her not returning?

[Imladir]

She didn't come back no, she wants to avoid any discussion about the Toxic hoping Rick will forget to include her in the team that would go fight him.

[irn0rchid]

Yes, Lindsey bailed out down to the tents. I'll get a post up about her talking with the peeps there eventually, but holiday weekends are bad for me.

[Mercy]

It is OK. I was just worried that she had left the game.

[Aria]

Ok, back more or less... apart from Addie deciding to abandon Rick (he won't be happy about that one!), we don't seem to have a plan for dealing/not dealing with the toxic yet...right?!? I'm reluctant to have Rick impose one on you hence his prevaricating...over to you...!

[Imladir]

Just in case anyone is confused, I got my user name updated to match what I have on ShadowGrid.

Same thing ^^
It was nice as long as I only had the Run! PBP here, but with TC coming here, it was better just using my usual nickname.
Since all my RP posts are tagged, it shouldn't be a problem anyway.

[Gilga]

What are the suggestions?

1.Addie's spy thing.
2. Talk to it.
3. Ignore it and GTFO.
4. Assemble an army and go witch hunting.

[Ennui]

I have a character idea for your game if you are still letting people join.