Strangely, they seem to be furnished and left in disrepair...

not in a "Dinner is still warm on the table" kinda weird way.

these have not seen habitation in years, but, nobody took any posessions with them, and the roof is close to collapse,

if you speak to the kids & Pa' they don't need air now .. so it's not desperate, but if they are to get home, they will need a top up to go past the crop fields.. OR the kid will just have to get knocked out ... it's not the first time

if you plan to chat about Momma, I'm gonna need some etiquette rolling

I know i am not awake yet but, i won't use the info until Murphy is awake and lucid...

Does it look like the occupants were forcibly removed from the buildings or that they just went out and never came back?

you are awake, Crispy jammed a stim patch ... somewhere .... it is VERY stimulating !

it's hard to tell as the door has been broken in (not recently) but it looks like ... someone lived here .. and then .. didn't

Are those glyphs visible from about where we are now? Wouldn't hurt to assense them to try and figure out what they are meant for.

Bye
Thanee

they may well be visible from space!

imagine a graffiti artist crossed mage that is given a 100 foot tall canvas and told to "Go crazy!"

Well, then...

Assensing the Glyphs -> 6 hits

Bye
Thanee

HUGE MULTICOLOURED MULTI AURA WARDS.

but on that amount of hits, you'd say they were positioned to keep something IN ... while doing an adequate job of also keeping stuff out

this is months if not years of work for a full time crew, keeping these active

if there is specific info you want, ask me.. as I'm not sure

I am mostly wondering, if they would interfere with us, if we wanted to go through the gate.

Or, if we should stay in a safe distance from them... stuff like that.

Bye
Thanee

Yeah...uh, about that..Crispy is NOT programmed for etiquette and protocol...so he'll of course keep talking when he shouldn't!

Etiquette: 5d6.hits(5) → [6,4,2,4,2] = (1) hit

I was just reading something on Reddit talking about the Marines and their silver bullet...strange guys, those Marines...

Judge intentions Crispy mate please

Judge Intentions: 2 hits

have you seen a TV series called "Grimm" ?

No, although now that I looked it up it looks like it could be pretty cool. Sounds a bit like the graphic novel Fables...

Since I'm in China...downloading Grimm now!

ok to paraphrase and no spoilers for you.

the family, apart from some bits (i.e. PA's chitinous chestplate ) look perfectly normal !

but as you mention Momma, in a not so glorified manner, their visage slips only slightly and the insectile features show through.

only for that moment of anger .. and they don't seem overly "Hostile" but they are definately not happy about you talking out of line.

for example the kid with the air problem Betty-Sue, she has mandibles that extrude from her mouth in a brief chittering hiss of anger, and her face looks redder and harder, like an ants.

OR

Maybe you haven't had your meds lately and your mind is making it ALL up ..... damn your addictions : )

the wards look like they are purely to keep stuff from attacking the walls you think, there's no astral barriers across the gateway

but the gate is a busy place with "Meta-Humans" bustling around working etc.

so you'd need a plan to counter that if you intend to remain stealthy .... or not, depends how you all feel.

Well, there is the good old Invisibility spell, still... that should help, at least (now, that we have no car anymore). Or a nice diversion... or both.

Bye
Thanee

Wooo.. hold on. Rewind that for a moment. So these locals look pretty much human with the obvious signs of what appears strange looking cyberware? Chitin looking orthoskin plating and such? But one of the kids suddenly has insectoid mandibles protrude from her mouth as crispy is talking to them? WTF!?

perception check with any injury modifiers and a special one I'll not tell you yet

good thing Nova is outside looking at a wall

Clarification... make a perception test and then another one that is special? Or make a perception test and it is a special test?

With the stim patch and current wounds i am at a -1 DP wound penalty.

Perception Test: Perception Visual: Skill(4) + Attribute(4) + Enhancement(1) - Wound(1) = 8DP (8d6.hits(5)=3)

I meant a special modifier that I wasn't going to tell you how much

you still pass and yes, pretty much exactly as you describe :

not strange looking cyberware ... more steampunk.... more 40K ORCS .. in that it's very very obvious and low tech... inexpensive is a word

IC posted. Would you like a Judge Intentions roll or perception test based on the IC?

actively looking will not yield any more results unless you and Crispy begin a more "active" approach

you can have a knowledge check on magical threats

or default to intuition ?

Default Intuition: Default Intuition -1DP (3d6.hits(5)=1)

The active looking wasn't really for another test now, but during the course of Crispy's continued conversation checking to see if what i saw before was in anyway an aggressive act or just more cyberware for them.

Tales from Bug city sometimes relate bits of info on hybrid bugs that can either pass as human or ... sometimes .. they have help from the hive.

Hey guys!

Sorry, was quite busy with work... what are we waiting for? It isn't me, or is it?

Bye
Thanee

Mach_Ten is going to be taking a little bit of time off to get some Real Life issues taken care of. He is fine and healthy and he says its nothing serious. His plan is to be back into the swing of things by the beginning of the year.

Ah, I see. Then all the best for you, Mach_Ten!

Bye
Thanee

good luck mate, I feel ya on that area!

Thanks you all, means a lot to me that you'd be willing to "pause" the scene.

I'm good and family is fine, hope the same is true for all of you.

I'd like to wish you a VERY happy Christmas

be back in January once we settle into more of a routine

Peace out
Mach

A Happy New Year!

Bye
Thanee