Happy Monday all!
Ok let's get posting guys and gals so this thing can get rolling again.
Dire Radiant it's time to show us the leader shiny you have in ya!
Full Version: OOC: Search for the Spirit Mask of Timbuktu
Well, "S&k" isn't explained much in the IC thread... and the ooc thread I don't have that much time for reading through.
But I'm sure someone will explain. In little words for the little person.
But I'm sure someone will explain. In little words for the little person.
S&K = shooting and killing... and actually we have only been through one firefight together OOC... so we don't have the procedures defined amongst us. IC the characters are all gelled and used to how Dakota ran the team.
If you like you can have Knocker have read Dakota's after-action reports and riff off of that based on how Knocker likes to work within a team.
OOC, we can brainstorm about what we think is best.
- Cirio, you have drones? Anyone else? Charlotte doesn't have any.
- Who's got astral surveillance covered? Rather - who's the volunteer to keep an eye out Astrally - Charlotte can, but her knowledges don't support identifying astral bogeys.
- What is the first order of business when things go hot in:
A. Close quarters, melee combat
B. Ranged combat
C. Mixed combat
D. Heavy magic
E. Magic supressed
F. Ordinance
G. Spirits
- We should probably match casters up with mundanes/adepts for Counterspelling. Buddy up as appropriate, if there's an odd man out the person with the best inherent spell resist traits (or the MR Quality) should be that person... that's WIL and BOD yes? Charlotte has WIL 4 and BOD 6.
Other stuff?
If you like you can have Knocker have read Dakota's after-action reports and riff off of that based on how Knocker likes to work within a team.
OOC, we can brainstorm about what we think is best.
- Cirio, you have drones? Anyone else? Charlotte doesn't have any.
- Who's got astral surveillance covered? Rather - who's the volunteer to keep an eye out Astrally - Charlotte can, but her knowledges don't support identifying astral bogeys.
- What is the first order of business when things go hot in:
A. Close quarters, melee combat
B. Ranged combat
C. Mixed combat
D. Heavy magic
E. Magic supressed
F. Ordinance
G. Spirits
- We should probably match casters up with mundanes/adepts for Counterspelling. Buddy up as appropriate, if there's an odd man out the person with the best inherent spell resist traits (or the MR Quality) should be that person... that's WIL and BOD yes? Charlotte has WIL 4 and BOD 6.
Other stuff?
Ah, well, all of that stuff... easy enough, but of course if someone would kindly start it off IC we can have some fun with it!
Yes, Cirio has several drones, and some hacking skills. Don't put him in a firefight, though. 
Keeping the ball rolling in the IC.
No drones here.
Astral surveillance depends on the bogey--but can be divided between Whizbang and I. For assensing a target, Sparky, you are probably going to be the best.
I can hold my own in Magic support and ranged combat. Spirits will fall on Whizbang, as I haven't gotten around to that yet.
Mickey is going to be best out of combat when talking to people and getting information or getting past guards without violence.
No drones here.
Astral surveillance depends on the bogey--but can be divided between Whizbang and I. For assensing a target, Sparky, you are probably going to be the best.
I can hold my own in Magic support and ranged combat. Spirits will fall on Whizbang, as I haven't gotten around to that yet.
Mickey is going to be best out of combat when talking to people and getting information or getting past guards without violence.
Updating my character sheet placement
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Spellcasting (Improved Invisibility) F4
06 06 05 05 03 01 01
Drain (3P)
06 06 06 03 02 02 02 01 01
Stealth (To shift position quietly)
05 04 04 03 02
I'm hoping that there will be situational modifiers to the perception test...
06 06 05 05 03 01 01
Drain (3P)
06 06 06 03 02 02 02 01 01
Stealth (To shift position quietly)
05 04 04 03 02
I'm hoping that there will be situational modifiers to the perception test...
| QUOTE (ES_Sparky) |
| - Cirio, you have drones? Anyone else? Charlotte doesn't have any. |
Knocker has an iBall and a Renraku Stormcloud.
Stormcloud might be useful if she gets kicked out the chopper.
Yi is the melee specialist with light ranged skills (shurikens and poison). Pretty atheltic and her skills focus more on the uderworld side of things.
I'm right in thinking the foundation has good files for everyone, and we have access to the basics for each other?
Knocker is probably best described as the heavy weapon element of a small infantry team. In a three or four person team she'd be the one with the big gun.
Knocker is probably best described as the heavy weapon element of a small infantry team. In a three or four person team she'd be the one with the big gun.
LOL!! I love this character!
*wipes tears from face from laughing so hard*
The accent alone has secured my affectations.
*wipes tears from face from laughing so hard*
The accent alone has secured my affectations.
So, obviously I've been a bit quiet, but you guys seem so involved with what's going on... 
So, just checking, do people want me to jump in, or are you planning on running the little combat sim thing? I don't mind, I'm fine either way, I just want to make sure I'm not needed XD
So, just checking, do people want me to jump in, or are you planning on running the little combat sim thing? I don't mind, I'm fine either way, I just want to make sure I'm not needed XD
So what is the the plan once we land? I know we need to find the mask but do we know how we're going about that exactly?
Depends on how hot the LZ is, either way, we go out ready to shoot...
I think the first order of business is to set-up a base of operations.
Have we figured out:
a) Yolandra's part,
b) the disposition of the CorpWars sites,
c) whether we were going to start at the old site of Timbuktou and scan,
d) what the hell Knocker is saying
Have we figured out:
a) Yolandra's part,
b) the disposition of the CorpWars sites,
c) whether we were going to start at the old site of Timbuktou and scan,
d) what the hell Knocker is saying
Good outline and I like the ready to go angle, being an action junkie I am all for being shot and hitting people to achieve our goals.
Let's get the simulation done and covered so we can get back to the main action of the run. Lead us on DireRadiant!
Let's get the simulation done and covered so we can get back to the main action of the run. Lead us on DireRadiant!
All I'm going to say is my spellchecker is getting abused.
Hey all!
Bumping to keep us current.
Bumping to keep us current.
Ok we're here so I think this is the player driven portion of the run and Fenris is waiting in the wings to react/fill in as needed.
Languge is a pigeon of French and Bambara. If you speak French, you can communicate, but with a -1 dice pool penalty. If you speak Bambara you're fine. Any other local African dialect (spoken somewhere nearby) will get you speech but with a -1 dice pool penalty.
I'll need specifics on how you're setting up a base camp, what you're doing with the plane, and the next step, as well as responding (however you're going to) to the NPC.
This game will live!
I'll need specifics on how you're setting up a base camp, what you're doing with the plane, and the next step, as well as responding (however you're going to) to the NPC.
This game will live!
| QUOTE (Fenris) |
| This game will live! |
But will we?
That's....not my concern ;D
No no no, j/k. While I won't save the group from itself, I also don't get to enjoy my game and my plotlines and my NPC's if the game isn't actually continuing. I take no joy in killing off characters.
No no no, j/k. While I won't save the group from itself, I also don't get to enjoy my game and my plotlines and my NPC's if the game isn't actually continuing. I take no joy in killing off characters.
Visual Perception
05 04 04 04 03 03 03 01 01
Lame-tastic!!
So I'm basically looking through the astral for obvious astral presences, with the roll above I doubt i'm getting much more than that.
05 04 04 04 03 03 03 01 01
Lame-tastic!!
So I'm basically looking through the astral for obvious astral presences, with the roll above I doubt i'm getting much more than that.
Edited to remove the "plane" references, remembered you guys were flying a Dragon cargo copter.
Perception (the visual look over)
01 03 03 05 05 05 06 06 06 (6 hits)
Cyberware Scanner Rating 6
02 02 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 (4 hits)
MAD Scanner Rating 3
01 03 04 04 05 05 (2 hits)
Radio Signal Scanner Rating 6
01 01 03 03 04 04 06 06 06 (3 hits)
01 03 03 05 05 05 06 06 06 (6 hits)
Cyberware Scanner Rating 6
02 02 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 (4 hits)
MAD Scanner Rating 3
01 03 04 04 05 05 (2 hits)
Radio Signal Scanner Rating 6
01 01 03 03 04 04 06 06 06 (3 hits)
Yi:
Visual perception - 35 people now, 13 of them with automatic weapons, mostly AK-97's. 8 of them appear to have grenades hanging from belts or bandoliers.
Cyberware - No cyberware present.
MAD Scanner - large quantity of gunpowder, and approximately 6 kilos of some kind of high explosive, probably grenades.
Radio scanner - no traffic, aside from your network.
Visual perception - 35 people now, 13 of them with automatic weapons, mostly AK-97's. 8 of them appear to have grenades hanging from belts or bandoliers.
Cyberware - No cyberware present.
MAD Scanner - large quantity of gunpowder, and approximately 6 kilos of some kind of high explosive, probably grenades.
Radio scanner - no traffic, aside from your network.
Sparks can you throw around some of that amazing Assensing pool action and astrally rape the spirit hovering over the locals? I'd really appreciate it, as I realize that there was one little skill that I may have forgotten to add on to my character sheet...
I will. It's 1:21 and I'm still at work. This is approximately the 5th day in a row of similar nights and I'm a little bleary. Crunch is a bear. I'm afraid I'm neglecting all games just now. It should be all better by Thursday. God willing, and the crops don't fail.
If someone wants to make the roll, just to keep things moving, that's cool too.
If someone wants to make the roll, just to keep things moving, that's cool too.
Stormcloud
Radio Signal Scanner 6
4 = 1 5 5 4 6 5
Sensor 3 + vision enhancement 3
1 = 2 3 2 2 5 2
iBall
0 = CG 1 2 1 (oooh, look Charlotte is a big troll!)
Knocker visual perception
Int 3 + perception 2 + vision enhancement 3
2 hits= 3 3 6 4 4 5 3 2
Radio Signal Scanner 6
4 = 1 5 5 4 6 5
Sensor 3 + vision enhancement 3
1 = 2 3 2 2 5 2
iBall
0 = CG 1 2 1 (oooh, look Charlotte is a big troll!)
Knocker visual perception
Int 3 + perception 2 + vision enhancement 3
2 hits= 3 3 6 4 4 5 3 2
Let's try this again.
Mundane visual perception, looking for talismans, gris-gris, fetishes etc.
06 06 05 05 04 04 03 01 01 (4 hits)
In case it helps:
Shamanic magical theories/traditions
06 05 04 03 03 03 02 01 (2 hits)
Mundane visual perception, looking for talismans, gris-gris, fetishes etc.
06 06 05 05 04 04 03 01 01 (4 hits)
In case it helps:
Shamanic magical theories/traditions
06 05 04 03 03 03 02 01 (2 hits)
Squinting at the 'sky' Assensing Spirit, 15 dice:
1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6 = 5 hits
Squinting at the speaker, Assensing Speaker, 15 dice:
1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6 = 5 hits
Charlotte, knowing the mission, did her homework, Bambara 2. Not great. But better than nothing.
1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6 = 5 hits
Squinting at the speaker, Assensing Speaker, 15 dice:
1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6 = 5 hits
Charlotte, knowing the mission, did her homework, Bambara 2. Not great. But better than nothing.
DireRadiant
Stormcloud - Radio: no traffic besides your own.
visual: Around 2 score people, several of them with weapons, rifles of some kind.
Knocker - Visual: 35 people, about a dozen carrying some kind of automatic rifles.
Bishop Visual: Almost every person standing there seems to be wearing some sort of small fetish or talisman, whether it be a collection of feathers, animal claws or teeth, or an odd looking bundle of plants. Your knowledge skill will tell you that most of these items aren't actually magical, but are simply symbols of their belief, like Christians wearing crosses. One of the six men that stepped forward with the rifles, however, is wearing a much more elaborate necklace, with series of interlocking chains and small bundles, mostly hidden by his shirt. He stands just to the right and behind the speaker. This is probably the village or tribes shaman.
Charlotte - Assensing spirit: The spirit is healthy. The spirit's emotional state is protective and wary because of the arrival of you and your crew. The spirit is force 8. There are also no astral signatures of a summoner on the spirit, only it's own. It is a spirit of the earth.
You understand what was said, nothing too complicated or technical. Go ahead and give me a Bambara + Intuition roll if you're responding in that language.
Stormcloud - Radio: no traffic besides your own.
visual: Around 2 score people, several of them with weapons, rifles of some kind.
Knocker - Visual: 35 people, about a dozen carrying some kind of automatic rifles.
Bishop Visual: Almost every person standing there seems to be wearing some sort of small fetish or talisman, whether it be a collection of feathers, animal claws or teeth, or an odd looking bundle of plants. Your knowledge skill will tell you that most of these items aren't actually magical, but are simply symbols of their belief, like Christians wearing crosses. One of the six men that stepped forward with the rifles, however, is wearing a much more elaborate necklace, with series of interlocking chains and small bundles, mostly hidden by his shirt. He stands just to the right and behind the speaker. This is probably the village or tribes shaman.
Charlotte - Assensing spirit: The spirit is healthy. The spirit's emotional state is protective and wary because of the arrival of you and your crew. The spirit is force 8. There are also no astral signatures of a summoner on the spirit, only it's own. It is a spirit of the earth.
You understand what was said, nothing too complicated or technical. Go ahead and give me a Bambara + Intuition roll if you're responding in that language.
Bambara 2 + INT 4 roll: 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6
What were the results of Assensing the guy coming forward?
What were the results of Assensing the guy coming forward?
Judge Intentions (Int + Cha)
02 04 05 05 06 06 (4 hits)
Trying to determine what kind of mob we have here. Is it one of those "angry" ones or more the "curious natives"?
02 04 05 05 06 06 (4 hits)
Trying to determine what kind of mob we have here. Is it one of those "angry" ones or more the "curious natives"?
Sparky - My apologies, for some reason I didn't even see the assensing rolls for the speaker, all focused on the spirit. ;P
Speaker - Healthy, but a bit malnourished. He's 1 part curious, 2 parts worried, and 3 parts suspicious, all at this point because of you. No cyberware, essence is 5. There are no astral signatures on the subject, no cyberware/bioware, no actual diseases.
Buddha - You get the feeling that while they're not outrightly hostile, it wouldn't take alot for them to get there. They seem distrustful.
Speaker - Healthy, but a bit malnourished. He's 1 part curious, 2 parts worried, and 3 parts suspicious, all at this point because of you. No cyberware, essence is 5. There are no astral signatures on the subject, no cyberware/bioware, no actual diseases.
Buddha - You get the feeling that while they're not outrightly hostile, it wouldn't take alot for them to get there. They seem distrustful.
As for what was actually being said:
"What do you want here? Why have you brought your greedy metal beast and your weapons? There's nothing for you here, everything has been taken by others like you before you.
"What do you want here? Why have you brought your greedy metal beast and your weapons? There's nothing for you here, everything has been taken by others like you before you.
Hey, how do you guys want to play this? I was just fixing to post a pretty honest reply to our friendly ambassador here, but it occured to me we might want to be more circumspect.
Thoughts?
Start as you mean to go on I always say. I think honest as we can be would be a good idea. They outnumber us and killing a bunch of locals would probably put a strain on further dealings we might have in the area.
Yous da leader, Lead!
Youse da other players, talk.
Your call. Doesn't matter to me.
Though I think in principle I think IC we should be honest.
Though I think in principle I think IC we should be honest.
As a player, I'd say kill them all if they give us reason, but until then let them continue to cycle oxygen.
As the character, let's avoid the S&K model as long as possible. We have to be in these folks land for awhile and they may just have enough cousins to make this little shindig seem like a cocktail party in comparison to the world of hurt the families would bring down on us.
As the character, let's avoid the S&K model as long as possible. We have to be in these folks land for awhile and they may just have enough cousins to make this little shindig seem like a cocktail party in comparison to the world of hurt the families would bring down on us.
What time of day was it? Sorry if I missed it.
Fenris asked me to post to tell all of you know he will be out of town until late Tuesday evening and he'll be posting on Wednesday. Last minute family visit out of state.
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Sparky - Late morning.
Sparky - Late morning.
Sparky - As a general rule, I allow 3 options for dealing with NPC's:
1 - roll dice, modified by situation, and see how the character's skill plays out.
2 - role play and roll dice, modified by situation and what I thought of your speech
3 - Role play, and take a chance I'm feeling generous ;D
That said, feel free to toss some negotiation dice with your next response, if you want.
1 - roll dice, modified by situation, and see how the character's skill plays out.
2 - role play and roll dice, modified by situation and what I thought of your speech
3 - Role play, and take a chance I'm feeling generous ;D
That said, feel free to toss some negotiation dice with your next response, if you want.
FYI I think Cirio is a little swamped at the moment but I did shoot him an email and he promised to post in the next few days. 
Electronic Warfare:
6,6,6,3,5,3,5,6,2
4 Successes
6,6,6,3,5,3,5,6,2
4 Successes
@ Cirio - No other networks then your own, atm.
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