Ok, mark off 14 for your taxi. I fast forwarded the mundane stuff. It takes a long time to play on forums without roleplaying some of the pointless stuff. If there was anything you wanted to do in between that stretch, tell me and we'll take care of it.

Qill, I would like to see some etiquette.

05 05 01 etiquette

Clim, you still here?

Koe couldn't have just walked up and got on the boat no questions asked could he piff lifes not that ez i guess.

You would 've still had to explain who you were to the guy prolly. I'm about to leave work so I will continue tomorrow, sorry for the delay, I don't have much time.

it's just my thought. that is deck hand shouldn't have that much say if someone wants to see the captain. on a normal boat there isn't much of lvl's of authority, normal on one that pick up deck hands at every port to fill up spots, it's the captains word and then everyone else's. So i wouldn't have thought i would have go that much trouble from this guy, but i guess he's being the aka security man on the dock.

Precisely. OOC: Knowing they have their crew filled except that one slot, the captain puts a deckhand on the pier ramp to wait for the guy they're expecting. The captain is busy making sure they have all their cargo, the manifest completed properly, works with the navigation officer to ensure a course is plotted correctly ahead of time, is receiving weather reports ad ice drift reports, etc, etc. He certainly dosn't want to be bothered by just any dude, so he puts a deckhand out there to screen "visitors". Also, this has the (more important) benefit of preventing people from coming out and messing with the cargo they just unloaded, and acts as a measure against stowaways. This is south america after all.

true but if a guy says the captain is expecting him and asks to see him i would think that would be enough to get him to take him to the captain. the deck hand is taking his job alittle to seriously i think but some people do. and Koe is having to deal with one witch is fine.

C-Y-A

"Cover Your Ass."

after Koe searches the place

Perception




he will try and make some things learning how to cook, hopefully there will be a cookbook of some sort in the kitchen.

Qill, Give me an intelligence roll.

04 04 04 03 03 03 damn thats a wierd roll hehe

damn dumpshock is acting up today

Qill, When you're ready for the voyage, let me know. I'll need 8 intelligence rolls + a list of everything you want to try and do throughout the voyage. It will be 8 days+8nights, but you're on-call 24-7.

"You are correct, I have to stay to help a friend in need" replys justin. Justin goes and grabs his focus and prepares himself for a battle.

doh posted in ooc

Clim, Let's see some rolls and drain to ignite that baby, then we'll get crackin'. Unless you have something else in mind.

Better yet: Explain to me what actions you're taking to "prepare for battle"?

casting spell to ignite



drain



iniative

i'll post the stuff he'll be doing over the next few days

I am very sick and wish I was dead...may not be active at all today.

get better soon, see ya on fri

Ok here I go. I’ll write some question and general stuff I’ll be talking to the crew about and put my rolls up front.
How many people are on board?

Rolls


Ok the questions:
Koe will be trying to get to know everyone before really starting to ask too many questions.
Where are you from?
How long have you been working on this boat?
How many times have they been to Halley base?
Have you ever spent a lot of time there?
Have you ever gone anywhere else in Antarctica?
How did you get there?
Do you know of any rental places in Halley’s base?
Do you know of any equipment stores?
What’s the town like? Any nightlife? And daytime fun?
Are there any bad areas I should avoid?
Have you heard of any unusual things happening there or near by?
What kinds of industry do they have there? Mining? Tourist? Fishing?
What kind of cargo does this ship normal transport? Have you transported anything unusual lately?

Might add some more questions after I get some answers.

Clim, Here is the order of battle:

Justin - 25
Scarred Man - 21
Young Companion - 18
Giles - 14
The Girl - 9

I'm just waiting for dialogue to end, and it's in your ballpark now. Besides that, you have initiative, so hell, you're calling the shots all around right now. What's it gonna be?

I'm going to attack the young companion so he can't get away and alert other. While using all my sorcery die in reflecting.

Justin's Attack roll



P.S. I'm not very good with descibing action sceens, so could you do that for me?

Sorry, I am not good at describing scenes either. To clarify, the young guy is somewhat out of the way (to the side and a little behind the scarred man), to do so will open you up to an attack by the scarred man (meaning he will get in effect favorable ground against you). Normally I wouldn't mention this, and just let it roll out, but in this case I think it is my fault for not describing it accurately enough.

If you want to continue through, you can and I will describe the action for you. Here are the companion's rolls:

Unarmed Combat (full defense 5 skill + 7 combat pool)

6 successes

If we continue through, it is a tie...he barely slips away. Let me know if this is acceptable and if you want to follow through, then it will be Scarface's turn.

Again...sorry for this crap GMing...my fault, it'll get better.

Qill, You make a special note to ask how often the Arctic Star ports in at Halley, and find out that there isn't really a set schedule. Usually, it will be irregular, depending on supply levels, time of year, if they have to make stops at multiple bases, etc... All in all, very irregular. Anywhere from twice a month to once in 3 months.

You'll need to roll perception/intelligence to search for the crevasse using the rods. If you have a different, more novel idea that finds it and finds a safe way around, it's prolly worth karma (no i don't know any, it's up to you on that one, otherwise just use the rods).

The only thing is if you do a shitty perception, and I roll a bad random die, you may fall in one Don't cheat your dice rolls though please, these guys are trained in case something like that happens.

Crevasse Detector @twl.122
Koe has one of these, you have the bk atm hows it work?

Crevasse detector is basicaly a little radar system. You'll still have to bust some intelligence and you can use it to help find a safe crossing point. It says it can locate snow bridges, but you're looking more for ice since big vehicles need to cross.

my roll.

okay i have come to my conclustion after a couple of days of thought. I will pass my turn so me and giles can Gang Rape (that is what we callled it in my home games) the dual wielder. I will reroll my attack roll when the time comes.

Ok Clim, Giles has attacked using a close combat maneuver (after this run he may be able to teach you the art he knows if you ask him about it). The scarred man seems to be using the "whirling" maneuver (bonus vs. multiple opponents), but you're not sure.

Here is Giles' attack roll:

4 successes...good roll

I need a roll from you, I believe against 3's but I will double check when I get home. Just post what you got on your dice and we can save time if I'm wrong.
After I get that from you, we'll see how we got him. If your doing anything special let me know, I am assuming you were jumping on the gang-rape wagon with Giles.


Clim, you made it to Halley base. Time to maybe relax a bit but knowing Koe, prolly get straight to business. Whaddya wanna do?


P.S. I am sorry I have not been on so much lately and I apolagize.

I want to see what this girl knows about the black hand, than we can take it from there. I really want to help get her mother free.

justin's Attack Roll

Koe will be keeping a good eye out for anything out of the ordinary (blank handish types and other people that don't look like they should be here)

perception

Clim, Scarface's defense rolls against us (in case you were wondering).
Using Whirling Maneuver (negates friends in melee mods)

vs. Giles' attack (close combat negates reach, +1 mod to scarface using whirling = tn5)
4 successes

vs. Justin's attack (reach -2 using whirling +1 = tn3)

Justin 1ups Scarface.

Scarface rolls body 4 + 4 pool to resist (limited armor 3 focus reduces power of lightsaber by 3 = tn3S) Scarface stages it down to zip.

After that, scarface tried a manabind spell on Giles which with shielding he easily resisted. Scarface took no drain. Since you technically had to pass two turns (the way we do initiative), he went, and then the girl went.

It is your turn now.

justin will be casting a force 6 lighning bolt at Moderate damage

target 4 6 sorcery skill 3 spell pool



drain +1(DL +1)

Clim, The scarred man is using 2 points of spell pool in shielding, increasing your target for the bolt to 6 meaning you got 2 successes (seeing how you tarted at moderate rather than light it looks like you expected this). He attempted to reflect it back at you, but only got 2 successes so it dissipated (he needed to exceed you to send it back, and he can only use the number of dice he exceeded you by to do that. I.E. If he'd gotten 3 successes, he'd have 1 die to try and cast it at you.)

Here was his reflection roll (against your spell's force):


Oh by the way, Giles has 2 of his spell pool into shielding on you, and 2 on himself so we're all good in the spell department. You took no drain with your lightning bolt.

Giles then attacked (a normal attack) against 3's:


He scored 4 successes, which that bastard tied beating 3's (4-reach 2, +1 whirling):
actually he rolled kinda bad so I was the lucky one

It is a new round, and your turn.

etiquette roll

I will go all out on him with my lightsaber

Target 3

Clim, Holy Shitass. Here's that fucker's defense roll. Another damn tie. I need to start using real dice, that die roller is whacky. I rolled two critical failures in a row over in another game. This guy would've wiped the floor with Giles by himself.

Sorcery 8 + 8 combat pool 4-2reach+1whirling tn3


On his turn, he goes to Giles with a Force 6 Ice Bolt at Moderate. Withholding dice for shielding and reflecting, he throws 6 sorcery dice against 6's

1 success

Giles Attempts to block it using 8 spell defense dice.

...and barely does so with 1 success.

Scarface resists the drain at 4Ss (used spell pool)


Before Giles' turn, you get your second turn. He's low on pool, but has a higher skill hitting the same number as you, and we know for sure he has used 6 dice for a spell so he may be low on spell defense (but harder to hit)?

Qill, mark off 300 for your room for a night and the meal.

Sorry Qill,

250 for the room

100 for the meal

So 350 total, not 300.

i'm going to try another lightning bolt since i only have 1 more combat pool for this round

justin's sorcery roll target 4 force 6 moderate



justin's drain roll +1(DL+1)



looks like light draing to me

Clim, you score 3 successes with his shielding factored in, to which he throws all his reflecting dice (6) against your spell's force (6)

1 success

He takes a 6S lightning bolt, must resist w/ body 4.

...and takes a Serious wound!

Technically it was Giles' turn, but he didn't attack, then it went to Scarface, who talked...now it lands on your 3rd turn.

I'm going to go and take a look around for the girl

justin's perception roll

Well, you don't see her in the immediate area, and you can't hear anything except the sound of traffic from the street and muffled music from inside the club.

etiquette roll for the concierge

justin's perception roll

I'm on a crap computer and about to go home so I'll cover Clim's post if I get the time this wednesday thursday, or when I get back to work. Also this will give Qill a chance to post in again.

Damn shame too...I have to do a lot of typing on Koe's stuff

sneak for moving without making much noise and bring attention to him while he enters and moves to his seat.


and perception

updated koes sheet finaly for all the money stuff that has happened in the last week