Necrogigas
Jan 16 2024, 05:55 PM
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Jan 16 2024, 08:49 AM)

Is someone waiting for a post from me?
Not sure if Crossbow is waiting on you, but you can post. O'Connor is currently trying to call the team.
Crossbow
Jan 18 2024, 03:22 AM
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Jan 16 2024, 01:49 PM)

Is someone waiting for a post from me?
You or faro, yes.
pbangarth
Jan 21 2024, 11:04 PM
Does their hotel room has a sight line out over the water across which O'Connor is supposed to be coming?
farothel
Jan 28 2024, 09:07 AM
is that spirit still there or has it gone?
Crossbow
Jan 28 2024, 08:28 PM
QUOTE (farothel @ Jan 28 2024, 06:07 AM)

is that spirit still there or has it gone?
LBD is still hanging around, checking out weird shit in the room. The lizard, some of the gear,, clothes.
pbangarth
Feb 1 2024, 12:52 AM
You are really enjoying that little guy, aren't you, Crossbow?
Crossbow
Feb 1 2024, 01:53 AM
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Jan 31 2024, 09:52 PM)

You are really enjoying that little guy, aren't you, Crossbow?
he is quite useful
Necrogigas
Feb 6 2024, 10:20 AM
QUOTE (Crossbow @ Feb 5 2024, 06:49 PM)

She gave LBD another look, "Drek O'Conner, you pick up more strays than Animal Control. No offense to the strays in question."
If O'Connor had gotten inside the main building at the compound, there probably would have been an attempt to recruit the mage child.
Crossbow
Feb 6 2024, 03:40 PM
QUOTE (Necrogigas @ Feb 6 2024, 07:20 AM)

If O'Connor had gotten inside the main building at the compound, there probably would have been an attempt to recruit the mage child.
Speaking of whom, Lil Homie will report that the girl escaped the compound when the shooting stopped.
pbangarth
Feb 7 2024, 09:15 PM
QUOTE
Between his own experience with the spirit, Lil' Homie's cultural knowledge, and Torley's intelligence, he was curious if they could figure out the puzzle
Awww! O'Connor thinks Torley is smart! So adorable. So wrong. Well, intuitive, yes.
Necrogigas
Feb 8 2024, 12:15 AM
Intelligence may be a nominal term for this group. Regardless, O'Connor does think Torley is one of the sharpest on the team.
farothel
Feb 8 2024, 05:01 PM
Sammy has a decent Logic score, as it's her drain stat.
farothel
Feb 10 2024, 09:50 AM
I've rolled magical theory, as I think that's the most logical knowledge skill I have that helps here. Unless I can roll any of my active skills as a knowledge skill?
Crossbow
Feb 10 2024, 01:12 PM
Magical Theory is actually a really good go-to at this point, you already know from Torley that something about the summoning circle was off, you need "why".
There are several points of the circle where you could almost imagine that a powerful, but stubborn, conjurer pushing through pain to draw. Doing so, he may have damaged the spirit summoned on an intrinsic level, altering its characteristics upon being brought to form.
In other words, LBD's mental characteristics do not reflect its power, normally those would be at Force Rating. LBD's Force is clearly very high, but its mind is childlike.
Necrogigas
Feb 10 2024, 11:20 PM
That begs the question, what is Little Buddy's Force Rating? I guessing rather high if seeing through Jane's masking wasn't a DM freebie.
Crossbow
Feb 11 2024, 06:15 AM
QUOTE (Necrogigas @ Feb 10 2024, 08:20 PM)

That begs the question, what is Little Buddy's Force Rating? I guessing rather high if seeing through Jane's masking wasn't a DM freebie.
Good guess.
farothel
Feb 19 2024, 04:21 PM
Does Sammy see anything on the pictures?
Crossbow
Feb 20 2024, 10:12 PM
She does, and it is striking. The circle that Bullet Storm took pictures of shouldn't have been able to summon a Watcher, let alone LBD. Their summoner much have been extremely powerful, probably putting his own failing life energy into the task. His scratching may even have accidentally tapped into darker powers in the Astral Realms.
pbangarth
Feb 22 2024, 01:57 PM
Boy! Torley knows how to stir up shit, doesn't he?
Crossbow
Feb 22 2024, 09:10 PM
QUOTE (Necrogigas @ Feb 22 2024, 04:49 PM)

Willpower 3 + Spell Resistance 2 - CM 2 = Pool 3
Willpower [2]:
3d6t5 1O'Conner is still carrying wounds?
Necrogigas
Feb 22 2024, 10:12 PM
We never had the down time to heal physical damage, and I figured being knocked out did not count towards time for healing stun damage.
Crossbow
Feb 23 2024, 04:32 AM
You slept, stun is healed, Edge also reset. Also, the wound can still be healed by Magic.
Necrogigas
Feb 23 2024, 04:48 AM
If the stun is healed, then O'Connor is only at 2P damage, so that is a 0 CM. Should I roll two more d6 or is the roll riding?
Also what's the time limit on magic healing? That 2P comes from the car crash in the jungle. As I recall, Snow botched her heal check and Starlet never offered to use magic.
Crossbow
Feb 23 2024, 07:02 AM
QUOTE (Necrogigas @ Feb 22 2024, 07:12 PM)

We never had the down time to heal physical damage, and I figured being knocked out did not count towards time for healing stun damage.
I thought you got tagged in the courtyard for 1. Feel free to roll two more.
Necrogigas
Feb 23 2024, 04:23 PM
QUOTE (Crossbow @ Feb 22 2024, 11:02 PM)

I thought you got tagged in the courtyard for 1. Feel free to roll two more.
Armor held up so it converted to stun.
Additional dice rolled, no successes. Failure still stands.
pbangarth
Feb 23 2024, 06:01 PM
QUOTE
"This one! I grabbed it in case we meet my real summoner, since he had skin and hair and stuff." he hands the book to Torley.
Crossbow
Feb 24 2024, 05:20 AM
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Feb 23 2024, 03:01 PM)

Feel free to write a post dude.
Crossbow
Feb 24 2024, 05:20 AM
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Feb 23 2024, 03:01 PM)

Feel free to write a post dude.
Necrogigas
Feb 25 2024, 04:49 AM
QUOTE (Crossbow @ Feb 23 2024, 09:14 AM)

LBD pipes up and pulls said cookbook from...nowhere.
Wait...that's a
hammerspace. He broke the laws of physics, and magic, earlier with the teleporation. Is Little Buddy a Looney Tunes character?
pbangarth
Mar 1 2024, 03:03 AM
I've checked the text for Commanding Voice and Voice Control to see if Torley can "throw" a Command from a distance. I think he can. Technical aids are ruled out, but the text under Commanding Voice says nothing about Adept Powers. The Command, if successful will only work for one action, but at the right moment it might be enough.
Obviously, Torley will have to succeed in an Opposed Test. But, damn! This is exactly what he was built for!
Worse comes to worst, he will have to sidle over beside the competition. And out of the eight languages Torley knows, there should be one that the competition speaks.
What do you think, Crossbow?
"Don't bid."
Yeah, if he is caught it may require some fast talking. But, damn! This is exactly what he was built for!
Crossbow
Mar 3 2024, 05:40 AM
Does anyone have a preference of the vehicle(s) for the travel to VI? Bikes or van/bus?
Also does anyone need to do any prep or planning before we move to the start of the event?
Necrogigas
Mar 3 2024, 06:05 AM
O'Connor doesn't have pilot (ground vehicles). He does have an eight reaction, so would default with seven. So maybe it might not be a bad idea to put him on a bike. Maybe?
farothel
Mar 3 2024, 07:34 AM
QUOTE (Crossbow @ Mar 3 2024, 06:40 AM)

Does anyone have a preference of the vehicle(s) for the travel to VI? Bikes or van/bus?
Also does anyone need to do any prep or planning before we move to the start of the event?
I would use a van. That way our clothes aren't dirty (or not as much) by the time we're there
As to prep, I might summon another spirit and put it on standby just in case.
Nothing else that can't be done without a load of karma I currently don't have. I do seem to have a lot of money, but spell formula require both.
I just checked and we started this game in 2013.
Crossbow
Mar 3 2024, 12:24 PM
QUOTE (farothel @ Mar 3 2024, 04:34 AM)

I just checked and we started this game in 2013.
Yep, and this adventure has been the majority of it. Thanks for hanging with me from the beginning, farothel and Necrogigas. Also thanks to pbangarth for being one of the best "drop in and take over guys" we had, and there have been several.
pbangarth
Mar 5 2024, 03:11 AM
Happy to drop in. Whoever made Torley gave me lots to play with.
Necrogigas
Mar 5 2024, 06:23 AM
QUOTE (Crossbow @ Mar 3 2024, 04:24 AM)

Yep, and this adventure has been the majority of it. Thanks for hanging with me from the beginning, farothel and Necrogigas. Also thanks to pbangarth for being one of the best "drop in and take over guys" we had, and there have been several.
A good GM is hard to find, and you've been an excellent one Crossbow. I'm here until I die or you find someone better.
farothel, you're been a phenominal player to have this adventure with as well.
pbangarth, you've also been a great addition to our group.
Rhat, Hydroraven, Thvor, and Mercy, I doubt any of you'll ever see this, but I hope you're doing well and thank you for your contributions to this game.
pbangarth
Mar 6 2024, 03:15 AM
Years ago I ran a campaign in which I had a pigeon take a real liking to one of the PCs. I don't know how many runs there were during which, at some point, the PC would hear, "crrrrooo. crrrrooo." and have his favourite bird show up.
Everybody but the PC's player had a great time. Well, I think secretly he enjoyed it, too.
pbangarth
Mar 6 2024, 08:57 PM
QUOTE
Never pass up an opportunity to be petty.
Torley just lived it! Of course, it would help the cause if Engelbrecht blew a gasket in the auction room.
pbangarth
Mar 12 2024, 12:15 PM
Before I post for Torley:
Are there assigned seats for prospective buyers?
Are buyer and 'bodyguard'

expected to sit together?
Crossbow
Mar 12 2024, 12:54 PM
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Mar 12 2024, 09:15 AM)

Before I post for Torley:
Are there assigned seats for prospective buyers?
NO
QUOTE
Are buyer and 'bodyguard'

expected to sit together?
YES
Necrogigas
Mar 13 2024, 06:50 AM
At the end of this run, do we get to add Snow and Clem (and Torley if pbangarth rolls a new char) as contacts?
Crossbow
Mar 13 2024, 01:30 PM
Most definitely.
farothel
Mar 13 2024, 04:37 PM
and some karma. I could do with some and it has been quite a while.
pbangarth
Mar 13 2024, 04:48 PM
Is it the group's habit to start new PCs at the end of a run/arc?
Necrogigas
Mar 13 2024, 05:37 PM
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Mar 13 2024, 09:48 AM)

Is it the group's habit to start new PCs at the end of a run/arc?
No, just figured you'd might want to make your own instead of continuing to play as someone else's.
pbangarth
Mar 13 2024, 09:04 PM
Ah. We'll see. Torley is kinda fun to play. At the same time, making up a new PC is one of my favourite parts of the game.
Necrogigas
Mar 16 2024, 09:21 PM

Why is the IC thread view count over five million?
pbangarth
Mar 16 2024, 09:33 PM
I just checked it a few times, and each look increased the count by several: 5, 4 and 7.
I've posted an error report.
pbangarth
Mar 19 2024, 01:42 AM
Huh.
Thinking about it, I suspect that there was nothing Torley could have done to change the outcome. I feel a little better.
It looks like a chase through the city, folks. (Damn. Wish we had Quick Willie with us. One hand on the steering wheel, the other hangin' out the side with a submachine gun. Yeeehaaaaa!)
Crossbow
Mar 19 2024, 09:33 AM
You did the best you could, Torley in the elevator and what he will do is the next thing that should occur.
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