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

[irn0rchid]

"Scrap" is DH's other char I think. I wont say Scrap or Aria are there unless they post specifically. So if we started with 60 and 1/3 are girls, we get 20, and I think it was 12 girls in the tent, but it was intentionally vague I think. I wasn't really going to name any more girls, just wanted to make sure I didn't say one of the existing ones was there when someone else was wanting them to be elsewhere. With Klarissa, Dot, and Summer explicitly not with her, that leaves 17. Aria, Scrap, Dana, Ennui, Addie, Lindsey, Maya take it to 11 NPCs. Of those, we've got Nora, Niyaf, and Gem with Lindsey, leaving around 8 more slots. Why don't we say 2 unnamed girls are behind somewhere, and it's Lindsey, Nora, Niyaf, Gem, and 6 unnamed girls in that group for an even 10?

[Imladir]

Ha, it's back!
Finally...

[irn0rchid]

Whew, was worried it was gone for good.

[Beta]

Also doing a happy dance over here!

I think there are around 60 kids but it's late and I'm tired... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

Oh good! I hadn't had the patience to go back through this thread to check. So that ups it to around 20 or so girls, which gives room for Lindsey to have more of a pack (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (also more room for future PC to have gone un- or little noticed up until now.

Why don't we say 2 unnamed girls are behind somewhere, and it's Lindsey, Nora, Niyaf, Gem, and 6 unnamed girls in that group for an even 10?

Sounds good to me. Anyone else with an opinion?

(and as a side note: Pretty sure that Addie has at least the names of everyone in the main camp, and more info on those who were more willing to talk about it. So although I don't, as a player, know who they all are, I think the characters would, by this point, have a pretty good idea of who is who, so would know who is with which group, missing, etc)

[Mercy]

Except that Addie herself is missing. I still hope that she comes back.

[Beta]

Except that Addie herself is missing. I still hope that she comes back.

She might, but she's already in the small hours of 'tomorrow' morning, while the rest of the narrative hasn't even approached dusk yet, so at the least it will be some time.

(I overestimated the rate that game time was going to pass versus real time. I needed two weeks without much need to post, right when the camp started falling apart and if Addie stayed it would have required a lot of posting, given who she is. I thought two weeks would get us into the next day, but we haven’t even hit dusk yet. I do have plans for her in the morning (if nothing happens to change that), after which options open up.)

Which option to take is still up in the air, thought. She could decide that everything started going wrong when Maya left camp the first time, and decide to hunt her down and get her revenge (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Probably not -- but swallowing her pride, admitting she screwed up and then ran away from it doesn’t seem a lot more likely, either. After the whole breakdown resulting from (as she sees it) comprehensively failing at everything she tried to do and everything she aspired to be, there are a lot of options in how I re-jig her, which is something new to me (The only time before this that I had a character break down so comprehensively was at the end of a campaign, so I was able to leave it vague as to what happened next).

Anyway, it is probably close to 18 hours in game time before I have to make those decisions, which at the current pace will be about, hmmm, Halloween? So I may have plenty of time to decide! I may work up another character to play in the meantime, then see who to carry forward with when the time comes.

[Aria]

Ha, finally back...now I need to re-read the last few posts to remind myself what the hell was going on (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Aria]

Just a quick re-read of the opening post in this thread said the group is 40-50 strong, so I really was tired (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) But actually 60 works fine too and gives more scope for vague figures and plenty of opportunity for new faces to crop up!

[Imladir]

This is going to go well...

[Beta]

Got bored while Addie was out of action, so going to post for Pierre for a bit, and we'll see what happens down the road.

Working on the character sheet to get it up on OP. Quick version: he was a pretty good baseball pitcher in high school despite being a dwarf, he has some reasonably technical competence, and he dislikes all things Ares.

[Aria]

@Gilga: Can you make a surprise roll please as Muhammed tries to stab you in the back...the knife was in his sleeve (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ork.gif)

[Gilga]

surprise: 13d6t5 2
Dana is surprised.

Why is he stabbing her though, she is the one protecting him from the whip.

[Beta]

surprise: 13d6t5 2
Dana is surprised.

Why is he stabbing her though, she is the one protecting him from the whip.

I don't know Aria's reasoning, but he doesn't have a history of making very good choices and is probably more than a little freaked out in general ....

[Imladir]

Damn, I was going with the "No one accused the orcs of being too bright for their own good", you mean there may be other reasons!?

[Aria]

Dana was itching to kill him a moment ago, and has now nicely presented her back to him... don't worry, he's not that skilled, I doubt you'll die (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

1hit, average strength orc with an ordinary knife... time to see how good that armour is!

[Gilga]

She was itching to strike him when she first heard about what he did, right now she wanted to see Rick's toy in action. As someone that follows warrior code she could not allow Muhammad to be harmed when he is unengaged in combat and was not evidently hostile. Once he starts with a knife, she like she can strike.

Well the combat knife has -3 AP, and the average orc has 5 strength +1 net hit is 6 damage.
Dana has dense bones, +3 to resist damage, 3 body and 8 armor total of 14 -3 = 11:
Damage resistance Dana: 11d6t5 7

no damage taken, quite a good armor that is. I think I have enough for IC, Dana is going to strike Muhammad back instinctively. (no killing hands or any fancy magic, just good old unarmed with her striking callus.
Unarmed: 17d6t5 7
Dodge: 8d6t5 2
5 nets hits
Damage is 6 str +2 dense bones +1 striking callus + 1 critical strike + 5 net hits = 15P
Damage resistance: 15d6t5 5

So Muhammad takes 10 damage - and is not dead but is probably knocked down to the floor by the force of Dana's blow.

[Imladir]

I don't believe it, Dana loves to take hits.
Since the beginning, she's the only one that took damage (other than self inflicted drain) among the PCs, and not once, not twice, but thrice!

[Gilga]

I trust that she will take more damage in this campaign.

[irn0rchid]

Well, Maya *did* fall in a fire and pass out. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Imladir]

Hum, true. Though there wasn't a specific DV.
Plus, one could argue that it was self inflicted!

[adamu]

My own rule of thumb is - fluff injuries can be fluff healed. Or, put another way, injure yourself for the story, heal yourself for the story.

Just me.

[irn0rchid]

If anyone wants to post as one of the other girls in Lindsey's group, feel free to interject. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Beta]

Just to make sure I'm clear:

- Where is Maya & Raf's tent, compared to the original 'large camp'?
- Lindsey took a tent, Maya's group took a tent, is the third tent still at camp then? (the one with the hole, I think?)
- Pierre has a small knot of people around the lean-to; the majority of the large camp (including Sim) seem to have followed Maya & Raf; Lindsey & most of the girls are gone; and most of the orcs (plus Dana & Ric in pursuit) are gone. Has Simon organized a group? Are there any other groups visible?

(I think I know the answers to these questions, but I'm not sure I've read thoroughly enough or interpreted everything properly, so wanted to check before I went forward with Pierre)

[irn0rchid]

The 3rd tent with the hole is still in the camp where it was AFAIK.

Simon ran off with "a couple boys" in the direction Blank went (north).

[Beta]

Another Pierre post up, finally (funnily enough I'd started working out the patch-the-hole part before Aria posted about rain in the morning ... but don't worry, it still won't be too cozy in there with a steady flow of drops no doubt. Lean-to will be worse.

I'm figure Pierre gets to the new 'main' camp in time to catch Rich and Maya, and get in on the heels of that conversation.