Oh, wasn't aware of the domain restriction. Should have summoned an air spirit, I guess.

Bye
Thanee

No worries, it gave me some ideas for the concept,

I've placed a new recruitment Advert ... if you guys know of any "Experienced people who would like to join in, give them a heads up.

would prefer someone that is "tenured" on DS and has the capability and willingness to post regularly, for YOUR sakes, to keep this moving at a bit of a brisker pace.

but am happy to take on newbies, if they know the game and can keep up,

seeing as I know jack all about most stuff, they need to know their characters inside out rather than rely on me

laters

crap

double crap

fraggggggggggggg !


Will do

Maybe time to get comma sorted ? And scream for help

With all that water, I guess burning is out. Next you'll be saying that the things can swim...wait, dammit, don't read that last part!

heheh ... spiders ? .. swimming ? ... naah ... that'd just be broken and mean !... I like it

astral perception Nova please,

can you communicate with Crispy from Astral ?

Yes. I can "manifest" a psychic image (which can only be perceived by living beings), which allows me to be visible (like a ghost) and speak on the physical plane.

Astral Perception -> 1 hit

Bye
Thanee

You find your colleagues easily, and you think you catch a glimpse of a watcher spirit on top of a trailer but it vanishes quickly

Has it been 2 months since we last did Karma ? so, Anyone for Karma ?
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phlapjack77
5

Mach_Ten
4

Thanee
5

Raiden
3

BigGreenSquid MIA
2

Dakka Fiend KIA
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@ Raiden,
buddy I'm sorry but unless you arrive in soon with something to feed my GM craving for plot hooks and interesting ways to torture you,

I'm gonna assume you are KIA - more spider fodder

Dude! Always with the giving yourself Karma. Isn't that, like, against the law or something?

(thanks!)

I need it, it's for my EDGE, just to keep the bad guys alive half the time,

they don't have their own edge attribute so I keep a pool of karma to spend on only very rare occassions that I REALLY need to KILL MAIM someone

Unless those webs (which, I assume, are astrally active - which is easily seen) cover everything, it would be no problem to get back... you can simply move through walls (or the floor under the hummer, etc) in astral space.

Bye
Thanee

it's essentially me being prosaic and saying there is a magically active barrier in the way, that you can see in ASTRAL space.

I let you use the astral perception from earlier to HALT .. and now it's up to you what you want to do, knowing there is "something" there!

if you want to try and break through, tthat is entirely your choice, but Nova has never seen anything like this before ... or has she?

also good to know on Astral movement, thanks for reminding me,

I think I may have repeated multiple times that, the thought of going into the water gives you chills down your spine,
(I think Nova has seen enough to know it has a massive BackGround count ... and she is very fearful of treading in there)

I wasn't thinking of going into the water, but rather through the ship (the deck with the hummer cannot be right above the water, there would be hull space below, also.

So, she would go around and find a way like that.

Bye
Thanee

gotcha

yeah, below the deck is the sump and the engines etc. normally speaking nothing is going down there, but astrally I see no reason not to be able... makes sense.

before you start "descending" you do spot the form of the watcher spirit you saw previously, it is writhing ineffectively in the strands of the web in the room,

in a doorway opposite from where you are

Crispy while we wait, you have any skills around explosives ? wanna try and look at that device ?

Hey folks. Just wanted to say hey. I submitted a character to Mach_Ten for this game as per the new recruitment thread. Hopefully I'll get a chance to kill some bugs with you soon

Welcome,


is up for your intro, feel free to add and ask ooc here.

We'll have you in the action asap, whether that's a good thing or not remains to be seen, things are not going well out at sea

Welcome!

Bye
Thanee

Awesome Intro Mach_Ten. I'll post up in the morning. Off to grab some sleep before work. This is looking like fun

Sadly, Crispy doesn't have any skills with explosives. Closest is probably Hardware or the Chemistry knowledge skill, neither of which are very close

Also, he's got 18 karma burning a hole in his pocket - sorry if you've already said this, but what's your take on spending Karma? I usually try to follow the pattern of what skills got used, so I would spend them on skills like First Aid, Hardware...maybe pick up a level of demolitions...

Welcome!

I'll try to help you out like I help other new recruits out. You'll want to note that the character known as "Crispy" is the heart and soul of this group, a natural leader with the smarts and physical prowess to overcome any problem. The others in the team, notably Nova and Hammerson, have come to rely extensively on Crispy's amazing skills and ability, and they look up to him in almost all areas of their jobs...

Yeah. We ALL Look up to Crispy.... usually as we take cover from incoming fire while looking UP at him striking catalogue poses and messing with his mirror shades.

Roll hardware ... you can maybe bypass the laser rather than mess with the explosives.

Just ... don't .... glitch

On karma. Getting a first point in an unknown unused skill is fine.
As you say. If you have used it or come close in game then that's good enough to add more points.

Nova my dear.

You have successfully bypassed my hastily raised wards....

Return to your body

You don't need perception to notice the sticky webs that cover the vehicles and walls... the seem to radiate from the floating semi trailer that seems unnaturally dark inside

What's you doing next ?

Hardware: 4 hits woohoo!

I normally would wait until the end of a scene before picking up an unused skill like Demolitions, but seeing as our "demo guy" situation is so uncertain due to players dropping out I'm going to metagame a little and pick it up at Rank 1.

So here's my Karma shopping wish-list for GM approval:
Demolitions: 0->1 4k
First Aid: 2->3 6k (breaking skill group)
First Aid spec: GSW 2k
Heavy Weapons: 2->3 6k (of COURSE he's used heavy weapons! Remember the comments he made earlier? )

Perfect. You somehow redirect the laser sensor so you can all get up stairs.

Karma spend is approved

Well, Nova will get back to what she was doing before, looking for a decent spot to get that distraction/cover fire going...

She will just take any route outside (breaking a window, if necessary) to avoid the obvious walkways, and stay close to the ship this time, where she can get a hold while levitating.

Before she goes, though, she will summon an Air Spirit to aid her in this daring quest.

Bye
Thanee

I'm doing a terrible job of describing this situation aren't I ! sorry, lets try better :

the vehicle hold is a solid steel construction and is only barely above see level,

the whole of the bow raises up in a doorway and is jammed open letting in water.

You and the hummer look like this, but with cleaner water
High Water

on top of this, the two trucks are sloshing around in the water

and You reckon the SPIDER SPIRIT MOMMY NASTY BEASTY is now loose and has cast spell wards (webs) on the door and has begun webbing the place up in here so that if you brush / break a web .. she knows where you are.

...

In short .. I'd love for you to be able to just "carry on regardless" .. but Nova would be VERY aware of the sudden danger she is in!

So here's what you can do :

Inside : Levitate and "fly" without issue (it's only difficult in outside conditions)
But be aware of the webs all over the place! they are not made of steel wire, but they look quite sticky and reasonably strong.

summon spirits, give it an immediate astral perception to see if IT notices SPIDER SPIRIT MOMMY NASTY BEASTY (You have not seen it... yet)

Move at quarter speed in the water (I'll let your Plant spirit continue to aid your movement until you get to a dry stair case or until you dismiss it)
But be aware of the webs all over the place, and the floating egg sacs in the water.

Or the Air spirit, both will need to make some form of agility test with minuses if you go at any high speed to avoid webs.

in really short , webs are BAAAD

Does that help you out at all ?

took me ages to google those images (I'm at work so I know they are ALL safe .. Crispy! )

Ok, new plan.

Drop all spells, then summon a serious fire spirit, which will go hunting for webs and spiders.

Meanwhile, once the ways out are free of webs, get the Levitate spell back in place and just rely on the good old Ruthenium Polymer suit to be hard to see, so the dice pools are not too low for fighting the winds.

Then take up position and start shooting.

Bye
Thanee

*shakes head* I wanted to burn everything in sight, but noooooooo

You know, I was JUST thinking that as I started carelessly clicking on your links...I dodged a bullet I think

LMAO

perception for the big guy... and one for yourself

** IF **either of you beat my stealth of 4 with my concealment of minus 8 dice

** THEN ** read the spoiler below and feel free to write me a nice long


Crispy keep out !

NO, you STILL can't have a FlameThrower !!

false sense of security, firmly established ..... soooon ™

i'm writing up my IC now.... sorry its taking so long. the first time i accidentally closed firefox and lost what i had started

awwwww but I want one! </whine>...or would that be </whinge>

哈哈哈哈

Oh, I took a few liberties with the post and the laser tripwire, hope it's ok...

No worries. You can recover the device with hardware. But setting it later requires demolitions.

nice intro work,

lets get you started rolling some dice then, have a look at the front page of OOC for the room details on invisible castle.

Perception roll including any visual modifiers

Knowledge Marines
knowledge combat tactics

Parazoology (pre emptive so I can add to IC later, nothing to worry about yet)

infiltration
and finally Navigation

That should about cover it

So basically you are saying that any time Billy looks in Cripsy's general direction he should per-engage his flare compensator to avoid being blinded by Crispy's magnificence?

just avoid eye contact ... you'll only inflate his ego

CRISPY I suddenly thought, you need to have a look at that door ....
no point getting a distraction if you can't actually get in cause of a silly lock.

you got Locksmith ?

Lots of rolls:

Perception Test: Perception(4) + Intuition(4) + Vision Enhancement(1) = 9DP = 3 Hits

~~> Pilot: Watercraft if needed Pilot: Watercraft(1) + Reaction(6) = 7DP = 1 Hit

Knowledge Marines Test: Knowledge Marines(5) + Intuition(4) = 9DP = 3 Hits

Knowledge Combat Tactics Test: Combat Tactics(4) + Logic(3) = 7DP = 3 Hits

Knowledge Parazology Test: Parazology(2) + Logic(3) = 5DP = 1 Hit

Infiltration Test: Infiltration(1) + Agility(9) = 10DP = 3 Hits

Navigation Test: Navigation(3) + Intuition(4) + Orientation(2) + Rating(1) = 10DP = 1 Hit (ugh)

Not sure if i missed any modifiers, but here you go

if you can copy pasta the BB code link from the results page

i.e.
Perception(4) + Intuition(4) + Vision Enhancement(1) (9d6.hits(5)=3)
makes it easier for Lazy GM to see what you got

Crap, sorry... want me to change them?

naah, Jumping in the car in a minute, I'll add some notes for you to make a nice juicy

Thanee You spot a small light boat approaching as you exit the Bow doors

I want an EDGE test from you please

Sorry, was unable to access the site today... let me see what has been happening...

Here's the Edge roll in the meantime... 1 hit (forgot the .hits(5))

Bye
Thanee

Ok, first I need to actually manage the summoning...

Summon F6 Spirit of Fire (Fear, Guard) -> 4 net hits; no Drain; Spirit critically glitches its resistance roll (I should roll more like this )

Then, some Perception tests...

Nova -> Haha, Stealth! Try again, noob spider! Err... I mean... 7 hits

Guess that one is sufficient already...

I will post IC later today.

Bye
Thanee

Frag ME !!!!


notes for your

You summon the spirit, it is especially bright and vengeful for some reason (Comes through as a Force EIGHT) and ready to serve your needs,

in the increased fiery light you spot the spider beasty above the doors as she tries to hide from the new arrival

you spot a small boat as it passes in front of the ship, it has a capital "Z" liveried in lighter grey on black, and looks like it might just drive right into the spider bitch !

you spot several hatching spiders

you spot that the closer to the front of the boat you get the better reception your comm gets, you recall almost getting a brief message when you were outside battling the fierce winds and waves.

You spot a small figure of a robot as it makes "space-dust" castles on the moon under a pink parasol as it sips motor oil from an unobtainium chalice ** !!!!!

I think that should do for now

you can have one free complex action of surprise if you wish to initiate combat with her, and then we'll start initiative.


** This post MAY contain some sarcasm, due in part to you having a love affair with the queen of darkness or Fate, you dirty dirty dice rolling scumbag

Well, considering all the bad rolls before, that was just fair, wasn't it?

Ok, I heard the word "boat" there... boat is good. We could really use a boat... you know, one that actually swims and stuff like that.

Bye
Thanee

There is NOTHING wrong with this baby!
/em bangs on least rusty patch of hull i can find, for effect!

Nothing i tell ya!

Well, there wasnt till you lot arrived and ruined my perfectly good getaway ! Pesky kids!

Ok, ready, aim, fire...

Free: Call Shot for +4 DV
Simple: Fire once -> 4 hits with +4 DV that's 13P DV base and -4 AP
Simple: Fire again -> 3 hits with 9P DV base and -4 AP

The rifle has an internal silencer, so at least it is a -6 to notice the gunshots.

Bye
Thanee