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[Necrogigas]

Crossbow is the one we're waiting on.

[Crossbow]

Sorry folks, it has been a rough couple of weeks here.

I am going to reach out to the other person who answered my player call, he wasn't interested in being a permanent addition, but was willing to run Clem for the time being.

[Titan]

I replied to Crossbows' PM, but then I realized I can also speak up here.

I have no problem filling in. All I am looking for is the previous thread that the game is continuing from so I can read up on the characters style.

For the record, Crossbow isn't quite correct: I knew I wasn't fully prepared to be a permanent addition, and tried to make it clear that another could be a better choice. To paraphrase from Starship Troopers "I'll take the job. Until I'm dead, or you find someone better."

I'll start rough drafting a post to be tweaked once I get my reading assignment.

[Necrogigas]

New Beginnings - IC
New Beginnings - OOC

New Beginnings Post Mortem - IC

New Beginnings-Horizon - IC
New Beginnings-Horizon - OOC

New Beginnings - Downtime - IC
New Beginnings - Downtime - OOC

New Beginnings DUSK - IC
New Beginnings DUSK - OOC

[Titan]

No longer needed,

[Titan]

No longer needed,

[Titan]

From IC Post #22

Composure Roll: 5d6t5: 1

[farothel]

If any are familiar with Legend of the Five Rings (1st Ed.) RPG, I'm going to start of playing her kind of like a Scorpion Samurai - it is my default for a Japanese themed character. I'll adapt that as I read more.

I know about L5R 3rd and 4th edition (playing a 4th edition tabletop campaign as we speak) and I see her in the way she behaved more like a Mantis (Tsuruchi family, or Wasp clan for you). But that is of course my opinion and also I'm not really a big fan of Scorpions.

Welcome onboard in any case.

[Titan]

Thank you farothel.

But that is of course my opinion and also I'm not really a big fan of Scorpions.

Heh. Fair enough. I'll not sidetrack this thread with further banter about L5R Clans that have no bearing on Clems' personality.

I posted that before I finished reading DUSK. After reading that, I am well aware that Scorpion is not appropriate. That whole business about taking care of team business in front of the employer by cracking down on taking care of team business in front of the employer was way too unsubtle to be Scorpion. It was almost Crab like it its' lack of subtlety. So I am now leaning on a blending of the two, which would put it right about Mantis / Wasp (good call).

[Crossbow]

The only thing I know about L5R is the Lion Clan was really good on the CCG. As far as Clem goes, she is more lonely, professional, ronin than arrogant samurai. Remember also she is an ork from an oriental culture, very much overachiever with poor selfesteem.

Thanks for stepping up regardless Titan, and feel free to make her your own.

[Titan]

It isn't important. I was just using the stereotype Clan personalities as a shorthand.

Thanks for stepping up regardless Titan, and feel free to make her your own.

Thanks for that. I appreciate it. However, I do have to try and keep her as similar as I can - otherwise you would have had an open call for a replacement character, rather than have an existing one go bi-polar all of a sudden. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

EDITed to add: I'm still trying to reverse engineer Clem. Your advances may have been organic, and great for Role Play, but they suck hot hoop for trying to track everything down. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I am looking at 6 Build Points unspent for Clem at CharGen... So let me see if I got things right:

- Her High Pain Tolerance is Rating 1?
- Her Perceptive is +1 Bonus (not the +2 version)?

Also, the money is all over the place... The lil' OCD in me wants to track down every penny... But I might have to just forgo that and call it Lifestyle Costs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) (Although, I think Clem was shortchanging the bank, so the errors were in the characters favor...)

[Titan]

Wow. I am all caught up with DUSK and DAWN, and not even half way through the original New Beginnings, and I totally get why justkelly ghosted.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not condoning the act, nor excusing it. But I am saying be prepared to write me out of this game.

I'm not bailing. I'll stick it out to a good split point. If you find someone else to take over Clem, I will do everything in my power to make the transition as seamless as possible.

But I have no interest in continuing with the current roster of characters. Not even as a different character.

[Mercy]

@Titan What are your concerns with the roster of characters? I am sure that constructive criticism would be welcomed. By me, at any rate, so please feel free to dump on Snow as a character as it may help me improve her. You may PM me if you like.

[Titan]

@Titan What are your concerns with the roster of characters?

My concerns are there are two characters out of the current roster of five whose personalities cause all fun to be drained from the game when dealing with. One of those is Clementine.

Part of it might be that I am reading everything in condensed time, and had I read it in bits and pieces as it came out in real time it might not hit me so hard. (I doubt this, but it is possible.) I may also be less than typical in that I play games for enjoyment / fun. If I am not having fun, I have zero incentive to continue.

As long as there is one of the two characters, or anyone just like them, in the game I will find it a chore to play.

[Titan]

Well, I normally won't continue a post until I get an idea if the GM is on board with it.

Crossbow was on earlier, and didn't leave me any hints - that may very well be a hint in itself - so I'll post here what I have in mind and if Crossbow doesn't object by the next posting I will press on.

- Find a place to park the truck. It should be as out of the way as possible, preferably with areal cover. I doubt it will blend in perfectly, but I want it to draw as little attention as it can.

- Try to arrange for it to be fueled up. I expect to fail at this, because the only languages available to Clem are Japanese, and English.

- Try to borrow or otherwise appropriate a cart or wheelbarrow - something to load all our gear and bags onto.

Then Clem will stand guard over everything to wait and hear if we are indeed traveling via boat - in which case she will send Ahmjay on his way - or if we have to drive elsewhere.

[Mercy]

@Titan I think it is fair to assume that you are the new Clem and can play her as you want to. Maybe she has an epiphany or something out here in the jungle after doing some serious soul searching.

Also, I do hope that Snow is not the other problem. If she is, please let me know what the problem is and I will see if I can adapt.

[Crossbow]

Feel free to expand on what you are doing, that is all good.

[farothel]

Sammy will keep looking around for now, but she's not going to intervene in the negotiations, even if she could understand what was said.

[Titan]

From IC Post #33

Perception Check: 9d6t5: 2
Looking for a cart / wheelbarrow / transport drone.
I'm leaving out Vision Enhancement, because I'm not convinced it will help here.

Edge Roll: 3d6t5: 2
For luck in finding someone who speaks English or Japanese.

EDITed to add:

@Crossbow: Sorry, I forgot to let you know if you don't want / feel like stepping in, just give me the highlights of my rolls in this thread, and I'll cover the rest.
I just don't want to make any assumptions on how easy (or not) it is to find what I am looking for.

[Crossbow]

Titan: I am good with letting you continue your story. There is no fuel in the camp for the truck. But you can find a cart for most of your bags.

Ahmjay has enough fuel to retirn though, and his instructions are to leave once you have passage.

Snow: Roll negotiations

[Mercy]

Snow is not as good as Sam at this negotiation stuff, so I hope I do OK.

Negotiation: 8d6t5 3

3 hits is not too bad...........I hope.

[Crossbow]

Pirate Negotiations check: 7d6t5 2

BTW all, I did a cleaning of my inbox, and I found a note that Hydroraven sent back in Jume letting me know that some serious Real Life stuff was taking him out of the game, so passing that along.

[Mercy]

Sad now RL can intrude on fun.

Oooh. It looks like Snow beat the pirate.

[Titan]

BTW all, I did a cleaning of my inbox, and I found a note that Hydroraven sent back in Jume letting me know that some serious Real Life stuff was taking him out of the game, so passing that along.

Was it a temporary removal from the game, or permanent? Or could you not tell?

And if you have contact with Hydro again, I do not think I am speaking out of turn when I say "send our well wishes, please."

[Mercy]

Absolutely speaking in turn, in my opinion.