Just keeping my paranoia at reasonable levels. Thanks!

Masking
17 17 11 11 09 08 08 07 07 05 05 05 05 04 04 04 04 04 03 03 02 02 01 01 01 01

2 successes

Karma
21 18 17 07 05 05 05 05 05 04 04 03 03 03 02 02 02 02 02 02 01 01 01 01

3 successes/5 total

Date/time stamps would really help me out.

So far as I know, it's about 5pm, the day of the meet for Freddie, and he should be showing up at the target area in the next couple of minutes.

Yeppers, you've got it.

Bearclaw--I think Fenris was trying to keep it a little loose because we were all travelling differing distances with differing methods...I know as a GM I certainly wouldn't want to keep track of how long it takes Will to fly from New York and Twilight to come in from Paris, while extrapolating the time savings of hitting Mach 4 for a few seconds and cruising at Mach 3 to cover a few other people.

I'd say insert yourself and we can all work it out...

Blitz: Your link is fubar.

Thanks luv! Fixed

Generic perception for hidden weapons, armored clothing etc.
16 05 05 04 03 02 02

Stealth Complementary if applicable
08 05 03 02 01 01

Blitz - Your link is fubar again

Also, are you wearing a longcoat or a normal coat, and either way, what's the concealability of your armor and weapons?

Bearclaw - McQuillan was exactly right. As I mentioned, I was pretty much just letting you guys do what you wanted and arrive at the meet site when you want, which is why I'm not posting time/date stamps. For awhile, some of you were 6-8 hours behind the others.

What's this link you guys are talking about? I must have missed it.

In Blitz's post, the first word "Nevermore" is a link to a picture.

I still get poop when I click on it.

Bearclaw--When she fixed it the first time, it got linked to a temporary file, probably in a Yahoo! Briefcase or some such...

Blitz--You can shoot me over the photo and I can post it for you somewhere stable if you don't have a spot yourself.

As I'm not especially good at this IC, I'll do it out of character.
Freddie looks like:
Mask = Stevie Nicks, circa 1978 or so, in white lace and a black hat.

Real life = A Brooks Brothers business suit, charcol grey, with a white shirt, red suspenders, and matching blue with red and white diagonal stripes tie and handkerchief. A wrap around Ziess optical shades, a charcol grey Mortimer Great Coat and fedorah complete the outfit. Freddie is 193 cm (6'4") and fairly heavy solidly built (97K, or 213#). His skin is very pale, and his teeth and nails are both much more pointy than they should be. His limbs seem to be a little too long for his body, and any careful examination reveals that he's bald under the hat.

Astral = A huge, muscular black man, naked from the waist up, with an empty oil lamp hanging from his belt.

Armor Concealability--12/18 for the two layers.
Weapons--13/13

Piercing Illusion:
Centering Test (Cognition) 04 04 02 01 01
Resistance 16 08 05 05 05 04 04 01 01

I don't know what the force is...

You have to beat my successes to pierce the illusion, don't you? If so, you didn't make it.

PS, as I can't see the picture, what does she look like?
The picture in my head was Kate Beckinsdale from Underworld. But that's mostly because I like that picture

Bearclaw--I have to meet or beat. My TN to resist is the Force of the spell, I believe it's also my TN for the Centering...You have 6 successes. If the spell is Force 5+ than I don't pierce it, Force 4 or less than I do...

The description of Kate Beckinsale is close...

Gotcha, so it's force 5 and you don't see anyone but Stevie, although the astral form is definately out of synch with the form in front of you.

the link is: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bluegurl337/...4c6.jpg&.src=ph

Sorry I failed so bad at linking it!

My updates will be very light over the next week or so, I'm heading out to Gencon this weekend

Same here!!

Blitz--The Fog of Bretagne is known to eat people...blamed on the druids all that Jazz...it's in Northern France, not England.

You kept saying Brittany...she's never heard of that (neither have I) so...just play it like a mistake in character. She's not exactly fond of the British

Brittany is the English word for Bretagne...no worries...

General absence post:

Per instructions from my wife I am letting everyone know that I will NOT be posting from Wed Nov 23 until Mon Nov 28 in order to avoid significant marital discord and a horrible ass-whupping.

I'll need to second that motion, I have family arriving tomorrow and won't be free until next Monday. Please feel free to NPC me so I don't hold up the thread. Thanks and I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Blitz--I tried to straighten out our little miscommunication...

So, we're all back now, right?

Bearclaw--I think today and tomorrow signaled the return...which is why I bumped threads back up to the top.

I think we're waiting for Fenris to bump to the actual meet. I'll remind him tonight to post tonight for us.

Just an FYI, this week I'm moving from San Diego, and heading up north to visit family in San Jose and in Boise before moving to Florida for a few months. I should have internet in San Jose and in Boise, but not while traveling. (driving so there are a couple days I'll be out) This is probably the last time I'll have access to internet before I get to San Jose so if need be, please auto me until I can get back online.

Sorry!!

Sorry guys, delays at this point have been mostly on me. Recovering from GenCon and Thanksgiving, blah blah blah, all the standard excuses Things will be moving along at this point, however.

[b]Those of you that are currently astrally percieving or would like to stop and do so may roll an assensing test to percieve the ward and indentify its purpose.

Anybody that wants to can make a perception roll, please add in any specifics , such as astrally percieving, using a specific sense (hearing, smell, etc), low light, thermo, ultrasound, etc.

Welcome back!

Cognition:07 05 04 03 03

Perception:11 08 04 04 03 03 01
Thermo, Lowlight, Vison Mag, Flare Comp, Low Freq Hearing, High Freq, Amplifier, Dampening, Spatial Reognizer, Filter 5
Additional Hearing Dice:08 07 05 02 01
Stealth Complentary:08 04 04 03 02 02

Magic Sense:16 05 05 05 04 04 04 04 04 03 03 03 02 02 02 02 01 01

How large is the room in meters? Need to know for 3-d Memorization.

Astral Perception: 13, 5, 4, 3, 1
Aura Reading: 15, 10, 1, 1

Regular Perception (lowlight and thermo) 5, 5, 4, 4, 3

*ponders any other rolls she should be making*

Perception
11 05 05 05 01 01 01 01

Astral Pool
15 04 04 03 03 02 01 01 01 01

Caramel Frap - Ward of some sort, force higher then hers.

McQuillan - There is a magical signature on either side of you, seems to coincide with the walls of the building. Exact dimensions of the room are 30m x 60m (1800sqm.) You're currently standing in a door in the center of one of the 30m sides.

Whizbang - You recognize a ward of some sort. On your Assensing test, you're supposed to roll Int with Aura Reading as a complimentary skill, just so you know.

All - Thermo will inevitably be better here, as the room itself has no light. Anyone without thermo will be functioning in full darkness (of course you always have the option to astrally perceive to negate darkness penalties, but remember the +2 modifier.)

Well, as I pretty much just have my Int for perception, pretty much the same either way... but now I know to state complementary...

So, do those of us who have no choice but to view astrally see anything different?

Perception
11 08 05 04 03 03 01 01

Astral
10 05 05 03 02 02 02 02 01 01

Just bumping to keep the thread current.

I brought the IC part up...

Astral perception will not show anything beyond what those with mundane vision can see.

Sorry about the delay, caught a bad case of...polio. Terrible epidemic. Swept through my entire calculus class. Yeah, very bad...polio.

Alright, for the action going on in IC, everybody can make me reaction tests, please. Your target number is 4. How many successes you get will determine who you can act against and defend yourself from in the upcoming combat round. I also need initiatives for everyone or everything that will be acting in this round of combat

Thank you!

13 05 05 05 04 03 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 01 01 01
That's a joke right...KARMA!
11 08 07 05 05 05 04 04 04 03 02

Reaction 16, 14 Successes (-1 Karma)

Initiative: 26

Fenris--Are they registering on my magic sense?

**Crosses his fingers that they are all completely mundane without the slightest hint of magic**

**Realizes that may actually be worse...**

**Rolls into fetal position to minimize incoming damage.**

God damn that polio!

Izzy:

Reaction: 11 10 05 05 05 03 03 02 - 5 successes
Initiative: 30

Lyra:

Reaction: 15 11 08 02 02 01 - 3 successes
Initiative: 43

Er, and that spirit I always have floating around the astral:

Reaction: 05 04 04 03 03 02
Initiative: 19

Your reaction is 16
Crap!

Here's mine:
16 04 03 03 02 02 01
#D:7 TN:4 H#:16 S:2
Two lousy successes

Init = 24

Freddie will spend 7 dice from his spell pool in Sheilding, defending himself, the two he walked in with (Willem and Nevermore) and the other two closest ones.

Bearclaw--remember, we've got a ton of Karma...

Re: Reaction 16--Just about everything went into the stats and phys-ad powers...I'm fast but I can't take anywhere near the amount of punishment that some of our combat people can take or dish out.

Just like WoD...

With our band of mostly merry mages, you just might end up being one of the few who could actually take a shot at one of the hostiles this phase.

McQuillan - Not registering on your magic sense

Was hoping to come back with a bang. As soon as I get reactions and initiatives from the rest, we'll get this moving. I'll be puppet-paling Blitz, since I think she's out of contact at the moment.

Reaction 8: 17, 13, 11, 10, 5, 3, 3, 1
Karma: 11, 8, 4

Init: 27+8 = 35

Man...I'm hanging on to that die...