Standard OCC thread.

Hi folks.  I've gotten a lot of submissions to look at already, so please bear with me on response time.

Okay folks, last call on character submissions.

I'll be taking them until tomorrow night, then I'll start deciding on the cast.

Someone just had a good question regarding the time period of the game.

The game will take place in 2003 just a few hours after the altered series finale.

My first episode post will be a quick recap of the final battle, jump ahead two or three hours and your characters begin making their appearances.

Your characters won't know the exact details of the final battle since it just happened.*  If your character already lives in Sunnydale or has been paying attention to what's been going on there, they will know the human population has abandoned the town since that happened a few episodes before the finale.

*The exception being if you want to play a canon but non regular character who was at the final battle, in which case you would be the sole survivor among the heroes.

I'm now going to begin looking at character stats submitted and start filling the cast slots.

I'm also still keeping the game open for players.  Several people have inquired about the game and/or asked about character ideas, but I've only received character stats from a few people.

Those of you who haven't sent character stats yet still have time to get them in.

And if you haven't RTJed yet, come on in, the red dot is still on.

Hey troops.

Once I get at least one more suitable character, I'm probably going to get the game going.  Any characters after that can join us in progress.

A knight of Byzantium eh?  *hides assorted demonic paraphernalia*

I didn't specify, but Merry's in her early 20s.  Definitely college-aged.

I see no problem with any gaps in the character's ages due to the broad nature of the setting.   We can be in the high school one day, the college the next, or anywhere else.  We have the run of the town!!

Welcome Michael Smith to the game.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Still advertising for players, but with four slots now filled, I'm planning to get things going next week after Christmas is over.

Howdy, folks.

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas.

And we are off and running. Episode 1 has now begun with a recap of the final battle and just a few hours have passed.  Your characters should either already be in Sunnydale or just be arriving.

Well...I can't post yet. Director knows why.

Made a change to the Buffy death scene to something less graphic in the initial post. Not planning on excessive displays of violence here.  My intent was to make it clear she was dead and there would be no vagueness to her death.

We all know you can't swing a cat witout hitting a resurrected Slayer these days... ;)

In reply to Meredith Crowley (msg # 23):

Just give me an Urn of Osiris and I'll have them up and slayin' in no time ;D

We shall avoid Monty Python jokes for now.  Well, Merry will; it's not her style. :)

Forgot to take my laptop with me on my trip home, so I'll have to use my iPhone. Expect considerably shorter posts from me for the next couple days.

Sorry for another edit. Looked up medieval torture device references and picked "pear of anguish" from a list without actually reading its application. Upon review, its a little more messed up than I was aiming for there. Just edited it to be thumbscrews instead.

Again, apologies for the edit.

Lol, I learned about it during my history course. They have different versions for different orifices. Truly delightful. If I lived in early modern Europe, I would just tell my torturers everything I knew straight off.

Yeah, in hindsight I actually think I recall it being in a show at some point too (either the Tudors or the Borgias) but didn't make the connection when I initially posted. I thought it best to edit it out as it was more hardcore than I intended and also might be broaching on a violation of rpol content policies.

No problem.

I'm going to give Nathaniel and Meredith a chance to catch up to Frey if they want before I describe what he sees in the high school.

You will find the electricity out and all light is coming from the windows.  Electricity is out all over Sunnydale.  Not too much of a problem in the day, but you better stock up on battery powered lamps when the sun goes down.  I hear there's a "get all you want free" sale going on all over town.

Pear of Anguish?

Yeah, that's an Angelus approved device right there.

Is there are reason no one is posting? I'm only holding off at the moment to give another player the chance to set the tone/direction of this scene. But its a been a few days now.

Nathaniel's player previously indicated no access to their laptop a few days ago.


Otherwise, no posting problems I am aware of.  I figured there might be a post holiday slump as everyone tries to get back in the groove.

Yeah, been a bit out of it for the last few days.  Sorry!

I've got all your character sheets up now.  You should be able to edit them.


Welcome Grave Girl as played by me.  As I noted in the character submission section, I would be taking one character for myself.

That's not her real name.  She's a character from the show.

Any guesses?

Red Hair makes me instantly think of Willow...

But you wouldn't have taken an FC that big, cause it'd go against your premise.

Well, lets see, red-ish brown hair, recently dug grave not in a graveyard but next to another recently dug grave, clearly a teenager...

I'd say it'd would almost have to be (oops, wrong name) - Chloe or Annabelle. Though I'd say Annabelle has the red-ish hair, I can't really recall.

Edit: Actually, I was recalling correctly with the name Molly. Though she wasn't one of the two graves Buffy was shown digging, she was killed at the same time as another potential, so it could be her, I suppose. I don't recall them actually being buried... I think their corpses were left behind during a retreat.

So, probably Annabelle then.

Edit2: Of course, the problem with Annabelle is that I believe that it was implied that she was literally ripped in half. So it'd take some interesting magic for her to be walking around even if somehow resurrected/re-animated. But than again, this is Buffyverse... so... yeah...
This message was last edited by the player at 01:27, Sun 06 Jan 2013.

We have a winner.  It's Annabelle.

She wasn't ripped in half. Have a look at this episode screencap, Buffy finds her body, bloody, but still in one piece.


http://www.buffyworld.com/buff...pg1/7X10BOTN1975.jpg

In reply to Director (msg # 44):

Right, right... I think I'm remembering some talk that was going on in the Bronze back in the day that she was supposed to have been ripped in half (hence Giles drawing in First Date) but they ultimately didn't do it. Too hardcore I guess or maybe it was just a rumor. Or I could be misremembering, the Bronze was quite a long time ago.

You're on to something.  I seem to remember reading that two things were supposed to happen in that episode but were changed due to budgetary reasons; Annabelle was supposed to die more violently and when the Turok-Han is holding Spike's head under water it was going to be holy water and we would see his flesh burning.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:36, Sun 06 Jan 2013.

Well, regardless, cannon she didn't get torn in two, so less weirdness... only slightly less, but still. :D

You know, ever since Nathaniel mentioned a fire spell, I keep getting this mental image of the group running into an uber-vamp and out of nowhere Nathaniel just busting out, "Hadoken!".

Hadoken! Hadoken! SHORUYKEN! Tatsu maki senpu kayukuu!

All he has to do is use his magical controller to input commands... ;)

Don't mind me. I just punch bad guys in the face.

Nobody bother with a fear test.  I've double checked stats, everbody here either has nerves of steel or has a willpower and/or bonuses high enough to succeed before the dice is rolled.  So you four will only be required a fear test in special cases.

I'm not surprised. Nerves of Steel is part of the 'warrior suite' of powers.

Nobody looks very badass while pissing themselves in fear, after all. :P

Michael, I've copied and pasted your post in the combat thread and deleted it from the main thread.  Also multiple attacks have a cumulative -2 penalty, so I adjusted your second attack from 14 to 12.

All combat posts go here, once everybody who is fighing has posted for that round, I copy and paste them all and do one master post in the episode thread to resolve that round.  It will make more sense after we've gone through a few rounds.

They shouldn't have a penalty if you've got the Dex to make multiple attacks.

Actually Micheal, those without the Dex simply don't get to take multiple actions at all (just one attack [or misc] and one defense), unless we're using a rules variant.

Also, you don't roll two separate attacks, you roll once and subtract two from the total for the second attack, subtract 4 from the total for the third attack, etc. If an attack misses, all subsequent attacks are misses too even if the targets of the second or higher attack has a lower defense value than the first and would otherwise be hit.

Of course, all subject to Director house rule/fiat. So if the Director is wanting to handle combat differently, that's cool.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:52, Mon 07 Jan 2013.

...Silly me.

I'm smoking crack again.

@Micheal = Actually no, I've seen what you're describing house ruled in other games.

1. Everyone can use multiple actions regards of Dex, but penalties make this less than optimal for most.

2. Instead of high dexterity allowing multiple actions, it removes the penalty from X number of actions. A slayer with Dexterity 8 can make three attacks per round and one defense (or 1 attack and 3 defense, whatever) with no penalty. However, a White Hat with Dexterity 2 making the same actions would take a -2 and -4 penalty on the extra two actions. This makes for lively action sequences but can also be very lethal, as many foes would get many actions without penalties.

3. All attacks are rolled individually rather than one roll with cumulative penalties. Again, very lively, but as the bad guys would follow the same rule it can turn very brutal very fast.


Edit: Sorry for no posting today, I'm under the weather and have been in bed the whole day.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:59, Mon 07 Jan 2013.

Thanks for your help while I was double checking the book Frey.  Feel better soon.

Now that you mentioned it, I do recall seeing house rules to that effect in other games.

Multiple actions will be handled by the book here.

I've edited Michael's second attack to reflect the first roll minus 2 making his attack score 19.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:13, Mon 07 Jan 2013.

Aha. So nobody can use extra actions except we dex dudes, and we get penalties. People with Dex of 4 or less simply get one attack, one defense, and that's it.

Also, I roll once for my attack round, not once per attack. Noted.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:21, Mon 07 Jan 2013.

Is there a multiple-action penalty for Merry to defend herself and push Frey towards the Turok-Hans to defend her? ;)

Hmmmmm.  Perhaps you should go on full defense and casually slip behind Frey.

Pushing people towards Turok-Hans tends to put you on their bad side. ;)

Silly Meredith, hiding behind the wizard. If you're gonna hide behind anyone, hide behind the knight, for crying out loud.

Frey is the knight!  Nathaniel's the wizard.

Oh, right. Got mixed up for a minute.

Speaking of which, are we using initiative?

Combat actions usually go off of Dex, or Dex+5 if you've got Fast Reaction Time (which is the primary point of that trait...it makes sure you go first. It's Buffy's answer to D&D's Improved Initiative)

Yes Michael, we'll pretty much be using initiative rules by the book.
Mental and magic attacks first, then ranged attacks, then close combat attacks.
After that determined as you said by highest dexterity plus any fast reaction time.
I'll only require an initiative roll if two sides are evenly matched.

Before we proceed, does anyone besides Merry which to add a defense move to their actions this round?

When I resolve the combat rounds in each master post, it will be for both sides so the vamps will be hitting you back.  Or grabbing.  Or slashing.  Or whatever they want to make your lives harder.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:07, Mon 07 Jan 2013.

I saved an action for defense, plus the free defense we all get. I AM Expecting counters from the enemy, after all.

Because all my defenses are the same (block, parry, dodge), I just use whichever of the bunch works against the attack they're using. (It'll be 12+d10 no matter what they throw at me.)
This message was last edited by the player at 23:19, Mon 07 Jan 2013.

Everyone who wants to defend needs to roll now and post the result, because the bad guys will be attacking you this round which be all be in the same combat post.

There aren't separate posts for your offense and defense actions.  It will probably make more sense once you see a combat round resolved.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:36, Mon 07 Jan 2013.

Oh?

Since I have 2 defends, do I roll once (as attacking) or twice?

Yes, same as with your attacks, one roll to cover both, second defense has the penalty.

Merry's theory: the best defense is a good offense (committed by someone else, so that whatever you need defense from is mad at them and not you!).

That's a good theory!

I see Nathaniel and Michael have updated their combat posts with defense, once Frey does, I'll resolve the round.

Sorry for the confusion over the combat system.  A few years ago, a lot of BTVS game directors were using this system and therefore most players were familiar with it too.

That's what we tanks are here for.

Frey and I are supposed to take the hits so you and Nate don't have to.

(That's why Buffy (or Angel on his show) takes point...so people like Xander and Willow don't have to.)

Also, it might be wise to remember bad guys usually have drama points too...and can burn them on 'I think I'm okay.' That's what makes it very dangerous indeed to go for the instant kill round 1. If they halve the damage to less then their life points, they survive, taking relatively little damage.

On a less annoying-rules and die-roller note, I'm liking the slow play on Annabelle. Though I keep waiting for her to find like a worm in her hair and just completely flip out and accidentally break something (assuming she's actually a slayer and not a zombie). She was after all a wee bit that way.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:26, Tue 08 Jan 2013.

On asking for a defense roll in each post, that's because it's certain you'll need one.  Unless you can kill or incapacitate your enemy in one round, you will get attacked.  And since most enemies have a combat score of 9 or higher, not defending means an auto hit for them.

Even when it appears you won't get attacked, they may not be the case.   Say only one Turok-Han is present and I indicate he moves towards Frey.  The other three attack him as well and don't defend, thinking they won't get hit.  Surprise!  This is a superior Turok-Han with enough dexterity for four attacks he attacks all four of you in one round.  If you've already posted your defense, I can resolve the round and move to the next one.  If not I have to stop and wait for all three of you to roll your defense, thus taking twice as long to get through that round.  Not much of a problem when playing in person.  That can slow a play by post game considerably.  Rolling for both and posting them at once saves a lot of time.  And what if you roll a defense you end up not needing? No problem.  You get one anyway, there's no penalties for doing it.

Need to call it a night, will get this combat round resovled tomorrow.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:25, Sat 02 Mar 2013.

Yeah, the ol' Sith Lord in the Stormtrooper armor routine.

Thanks for the suggestion.  Wanted to set up her next scene showing that she apparently doesn't have super strength.  What's with that? Weird.

We just need Nathaniel's combat move to wrap the next round. Looks like the dice roller doesn't like anybody this round.

*shrugs* I'm pretty pleased with Merry's defense!

Also, Micheal, either your second attack or your second defense is -4, not -2. The penalties are actually cumulative regardless of how you allocate the actions. Using one extra action for attack and the other for defense still leaves one of them at a -4.

Can we institute a 24-hr post rule, at least for combat? Waiting for days for folks to post is tedious. Out of combat, its less an issue because you can just talk around the absent person, but in combat eh... its a drag. And its not like its that hard to fairly accurately guess what actions a missing PC will most commonly take in combat anyway.

Folks can correct me if I'm wrong here, but at this point, I would hazard to guess that their defaults are:
Frey - 2 attacks (sword), 1 defense (dodge)
Michael - 2 attacks (unarmed), 2 defenses (dodge)
Nathaniel - 1 attack (spell) and defense (dodge)
Merry - full defense (dodge)

This way combat rounds never last more than a day and folks don't have to worry about RL stuff hampering thing too bad.

I took care of Nathaniel's move and resolved the round.  Meredith's awesome dodge turned out not to be needed.  If the spell failed and the vamp kept coming, she probably would have rolled a 1.

Usually I give about 1-2 days for everyone to post their combat moves before I'll post on their behalf, depending on circumstances.

Also if the situation doesn't necessarily require a combat post from everyone, I'm not going to wait for everyone.  For example; say one vampire is left after a few rounds in a fight scene.    Frey posts first and does a decapitation move that is enough to finish the vamp and the fight. If I see it before anyone else posts their move, I'm just going to post his move to resolve the round.

Micheal's had a stake in hand this whole time?

Nope. He just drew a stake. I guess I'd lose a defense if that takes an action. But any sane hunter is gonna have stakes around somewhere. :)

I covered Nathaniel's action again. I gave Mike the benefit of the doubt that he had the stake in his hand when the fight started, he's been holding it in one hand while punching with the other.

I'm going to bow out.

Please remember to remove me from the Cast list so I cease receiving game updates.

Sorry to hear that.  Good luck with your future games. You've been removed.

Okay troops, I've just found my original ad and bumped it up asking for a replacement.

I've moved the Frey character over to me for the time being until I decide how to exit him from the story.

You've beaten all four ubervamps and are free to explore the school.

And that's a wrap for Frey.  Decided to quietly write him out with the "main character just disappears and nobody notices" device.

He'll be guarding the front entrance a long time.

And that's it for episode 1.

Huh?!  That was quick.  Wasn't it?  I'm trying something a little experimental with this game, shorter episodes. The notion being it's maybe 15 minutes per ep or a web series if it were really on the air.  Episode may often end abruptly and on a cliffhanger.

And now the good part:  I'll be handing out some Exp and Drama points soon.

Can we just assume Merry gave an off-camera eye roll to Michael and started backing away slowly? ;)

Sure, we can do that!

Say hi to your new buddy, Daniel Whitlock.



Now the part you've been waiting for.  Michael, Merry, and Nathaniel add 2 experience points.  And each of you get 1 drama point for your heroic uber-vamp slaying actions.

Since we'll be doing shorter episodes, 1 to 2 xp points awarded per ep will be normal. Drama points will vary depending on what happens.  If you spend a whole episode just sitting around and talking, no DPs there unless someone says something worth a QQ DP.

Happy to be aboard.

...Brave Sir Michael ran away, bravely ran away away!

When 50 Turok hans reared their ugly heads he bravely turned his tail and fled...
Yes Brave Sir Michael turned about and gallantly he chickened out...
Bravely taking to his feet he beat a very brave retreat...
Bravest of the Brave, Sir Michael!

Ep 2 is started.  Mike and Merry pick up where you left off.  Fifty plus ubervamps in the auditorium.  Do as you wish, but I would advise running.

Nathaniel hasn't logged on in over a week, I'll handle him for now and hope he'll be back soon.

Heh.

Director: Do as you wish, but I would ad*WOOOOOSH*vise running?

One step ahead you, buddy.

"Awkward-looking"?  You'll be treading on thin ice with Merry for that one! ;)

Mind you its the running for dear life whilst carrying someone into a quiet and empty room that's awkward looking.  Less so the actual participants.  Though is there really a non awkward way to carry someone?

Well, princess carry is the only one that looks somewhat decent (for the guy. For the lady, not so much.)

Say hello to our newest member Graham Miller.

Hey y'all, glad to be here.

I chuckled at the deadpan neigh.

Welcome aboard Graham.

Note to self: change Muke's name to "Buttercup"...

Would Fast Reaction help with the initial roll? It won't help for any rolls after the first, but it would add to that initial 'off the gun' roll.

I wouldn't imagine it would for the dex roll.  It's usually meant more for how quick you can get into serious mode so to speak.  Initiative and Fear Tests so basically that initial reaction but not the actual action at the start of a fight.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:09, Fri 25 Jan 2013.

Got my book in front of me.  Fast Reaction Time gives a +5 bonus for determining initiative. 5 is added to the dexterity of your character when determing who goes first in melee combat. But no bonus to any actual attacks.

It also gives a +1 bonus to fear tests, which rarely seems to matter since almost everyone who grabs fast reaction time grabs nerves of steel too.

And Merry will sit back, let the boys do the fighting and offer useful advice, as befits her stature! ;). ...at least while we're fighting Turok-Hans.  None of them for her!
This message was last edited by the player at 00:38, Sat 26 Jan 2013.

Very well. I though it might help, but if not, I'll live.

He's doing fine at the moment.  That last burst of speed would impress The Flash.


Daniel, you can post your attack move against the Turok Han in the combat thread along with the results of your offense and defense rolls.  Mike and Merry have provided some nice examples from the last fight if you're not sure what to post.

Luckily I didn't roll a 1 or 10 as I didn't think about whether we were using the Rule of 10 or not, which is obviously not the case.

In retrospect, me taking off was a terrible idea. I should've done a better job with the no man left behind thing.

In retrospect I should have gone for the casual run and gun with the stake and a drama point expenditure.

Sorry everyone, new job and a sick child sidelined me for a few days.  I'll get back into the swing of things today.

No problem.

Merry and Annabelle are now finally face to face.  Or they will be once Merry goes in the house and finds where Annabelle is hiding.

I'm assuming Michael and Daniel continue in the combat thread?

So this my first time playing, so I am not sure if I need to do a fear check as well.  What about initiative?

Depends...

If you have Nerves of Steel, you're immune to fear. If your willpower is 5 or better, you can't fail unless there's penalties.

I do have Nerves of Steel.  So the Turok-Han are not mega evil or whatever it was that still required a will save even with nerves of steel?

Nah. Overcoming Nerves of Steel would take something like the First Evil, Glorificus, the Beast from Angel's Show, some of the Circle of the Black Thorn...

Takes SERIOUS bad juju to beat Nerves of Steel.

Well I figure in Anabelle's case it was more of an emotional trigger for the fear test.  As in Buffy's reaction when her fight was going south with that first Turok-Han.  They're not exactly imposing on first look if you're used to the supernatural somewhat.

Essentially they have the stormtrooper effect.  One lone one may be able to trigger it, but a group of them are probably cannon fodder...that can kill you with numbers as groups are deadly.

Yes David you would normally go to the combat thread at this point, but not this time as Mike's multiple stakings has caused a Turok-Han retreat for now.

According to the corebook, if you have Nerves of Steel you are immune to fear except for "the strangest supernatural manifestations" and then you get a +4 for those.

Everbody here has Nerves of Steel except Annabelle.  Plus she has a phobia of Turok-Hans which adds to the penalty.

And that's a wrap for episode II.  DPs and XPs will be handed out later.

Everybody gets 2 experience points.

Daniel gets 1 heroic feat drama point for his Turok-Han fighting this episode.

Sorry to keep being the newb but how does XP work in this system?  Do we level and get new skills or stuff?  Or can XP be spent?  Would look it up but only have my iPad and my PDF version of rules are on my pc.

This is a spend XP on stuff system.

I forget the ratios, though, if you'd like to post 'em GM?

Just posted the rules on skill improvement in the combat notes thread, will post more later on.

Going to take a survey from the group, I was thinking about keeping a running total visible in the game of everyone's life point scores.  Either start a life point thread or perhaps have everyone put it in their character profile like Daniel has done.  Everyone okay with this or would you rather your life score be kept secret from other players?

I have no issue with either/or.  Though it is convenient to keep track of it in case you forget over a long weekend and come back to a rough situation or the time between episodes.

I'm fine either way.  Besides, anyone who hurts Merry will just end up on The List anyway... ;)

Keeping it under the character's name seems like a good idea to me.

It matters little either way. Those of us with fast healing are generally 'back to full' by the time we get in the next fight anyway.

I've opted to create a life point chart since most of you are making use of your second biography line.

You'll see you have two sets of numbers, the first is your full life point score, the second is your current score.  Mike is the only one to have taken damage thus far, so his is the only one that looks different.

Mike is the only one here to have fast healing powers.  And since the town is deserted, you can't drop by the hospital and make up a story that you were attacked by a gang on PCP.  So the rest of us are dependant on each other for first aid, Annabelle and Graham have some Doctor skill which will help out some.

20:37, Today: Graham Miller rolled 20 using 1d10+10. practice roll . Also known as the "So not fair" roll!

And that, for the record, is why you let me tank. I have more lp to start with, and I'm the only one who can heal easily :)

If bad things come, I'm on point unless RP dictates you're in a homicidal rampage :P

In other news, I might easily become aware of the vampires. I have sit awareness, and that will help. Also, the perception bonus for hearing things...like, say, battle. ;)

Well fast healing isn't really all that fast unless hours are just flying by.  So I wouldn't go as far as saying heal easily. Coupled with the fact that everyone heals easily with some drama point use.

I don't think the multiple attacker bonus counts for defense, but it does eat up the defender's defensive actions quickly so he can't defend attacks at all or attack too much.

You do get bonuses on defense for multiple opponents, it's not a 100% clear, but the book reads "when two or more attackers gang up against a single target , their actions gain a +1 bonus for each attacker, to a maxiumum of +4 (more than four attackers just get in each other's way).  It says "actions" as opposed to "attacks".


Mike and Daniel will be able to join in after this first round, their perception and notice plus any hearing bonuses are enough to get one success level before the dice is rolled, which is enough to hear the fight going on.

So...are we waiting for something? We're slowing...

And ep 3 is in the can.  Will hand out points later.

4 bringers.

...Hmmm.

The sun is frankly a bigger problem then they are.

Wow, this is really turning into one loooooong day in game, isn't it?  Really great game so far, though. Thanks for directing!

Thanks!  Glad you're enjoying it.

Everybody add two experience points to your total.

Merry, Graham, and Annabelle each get one heroic act DP for your vamp fighting this ep.

Sorry Daniel and Mike, no DPs for you this time since you both double teamed and took out one vamp without breaking a sweat.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:01, Sun 24 Feb 2013.

That's fine. I probably could've taken both those guys singlehandedly, so I certainly don't deserve a point for doubleteaming them :P

This reminds me of the old # slayed threads the rpg tends to crop up.

Ah so we're using the original attribute cost as opposed to the revised, post Army of Darkness cost?

In the revised corebook which I have, attribute cost is a whopping five times per level, minimum of 15.  I think that's a bit expensive compared to the original corebook, so I'm sticking with the original costs.

At least I think I am, I no longer have the original book,and am going on memory. If anyone has the original book and wants to double check attribute costs, be my guest.

You're correct.  2x was the original unisystem general cost.  Either when the Army of Darkness' rpg came out or when Angel came out the official cost of attributes for cynematic unisystem games changed to x5.  Which sort of didn't make sense as you figure classic unisystem would have the more expensive cost with the more realistic focus.

That said, without a mad generous Director or somehow improving without actual exp spending there's no way that characters from either show would have advanced their attributes as quickly as shown in the episode summaries on their sheets using the x5 rule.  So I've never been fond of x5 either.

Edit:  Had it triple post on me odd.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:54, Mon 25 Feb 2013.

Did an hour pass while we looked for books? Remember I'll regen hp if it has.

Spent a half hour looking around for books, but I'd say an hour has passed altogether since the battle Michael was injured.  I've adjusted your life points to reflect an hour of vamp healing.

Didn't roll as all he did was a bit of movement to rush inside and towards the living room during this round.

Sorry for not posting earlier but this was a really long week at work.  Will post shortly.

No problem.

Take your pick, you can attack a bringer in the living room or go after the two in the kitchen.

Bringers for everybody.

In response to the Unisystem in the dice roller statement.  It uses the rules of 1's and 10's Mike.

Eh. That's not a terrible thing. Though it might not be what this GM wants.

It's not a bad thing.  But it's actually only an optional rule when it comes to cinematic games classic uni uses it by default.  And since the GM said rules were basically the default minus the stab/slashing house rule I assumed it's not his intention.

I just figured out how to adjust the dice roller so it defaults to d10, won't have to worry about the d20 mistakes anymore.  It also now inserts a +0 in the modifier section for some reason, but you can just type over it with your appropriate stat number with any modifiers.

Not very experienced with the 1s and 10s rule, so I'd prefer not to incorporate that.

Do I need to remind you people who my sire is (Angel)? And my 'uncle'(Spike)? Slayer Fetishes run in the family ;)

Did you reveal that in character, Mike?

I said Angelus sired me in 1-3, yes.

I coulda caught up to her...but, ya know, daylight, so it wasn't an option :P

That thought crossed my mind, but I figured Mike would prefer to stay indoors and not burst into flame. ;)

Episode 4 is now done.  Will pass out points later.

"Live or die by her own choices, Mike said."

Pretty sure that came down pretty firmly on 'die.'

Everybody gets two experience points.

And everybody gets 1 heroic drama point for the Bringer battle.  Bringers aren't the strongest enemies out there, but they are no slouches in the combat skill department.

Before we move on to the next episode, does anyone wish to spend any experience points on attributes or skills ?   Not allowing any spending on qualities yet.

Let me know, skill and attribute costs are listed in the combat notes and rules thread.

I think I will hold on to my XP for now.

Back.  Sorry for my disappearance.

Welcome back.  You're just in time to drive the bus.  Don't think anyone else can except Graham.

Roll call time.

I will be advertising for new players soon.  Everyone who is willing and able to play, speak up now so I know how many new players I will need.

Still here.

In reply to Director (msg # 176):

I am still here. Sorry with end of semester coming on my work schedule gets a little hectic.  Weekends may be only time for me to post until May.

That's okay.  And May is right around the corner.

Unfortunately it appears Merry and Daniel are no longer with us, I've advertised for two replacements.

In reply to Lihwa Wei (msg # 181):

Welcome!

Shall I do a stealth roll, Director?

Not necessary in this case.  Sneaking past someone is a dexterity plus acrobatics or crime (whichever is higher)then gets compared to the brains score of whoever you are sneaking past.

Even if Mike rolled a 1, he would sneak past an ubervamp under normal circumstances since they're brains score is nothing to brag about.

So I am a little confused on where the cops and police come from. In the series I thought the town was deserted by all the humans except for Buffy's group.  Hence Andrew and Anya raiding the abandonded hospital.  No complaints, I just might have suggested a different course of action if I thought we needed to worry about the police and stuff.  For future reference, is everyone still in town?

Well, apparently, the change in history didn't bury the entire town like it did in canon.

Also, sorry if vanishing back into the school seems silly, but remember, I'm 'gang related, PCP', and if I get so much as a beam of sunlight on me...

No, everyone is not still in town.  It is deserted just like at the end of the series before Sunnydale sank into the ground (which it didn't here, because the game diverts from the events of the last episode).

The police and fire departments did in fact evacuate Sunnydale with everyone else but now they are back in town and going about their business.  Why?  Someone told them to.  Who?  Now you don't want me to spoil the surprise do you?

So Graham and everyone else should be surprised by the presence of the police and fire fighters. I'm sure it will be discussed among the characters once they've escaped.

Mike is fine, his position was a few yards away from the front entrance, so the cops spotting the "gang member" and trying to drag him out in the sun would not be healthy for him.

Still here. Just a long weekend.

And finals time..

That's a wrap for this ep.  Points will be handed out later.

Last vacancy now filled, please welcome Buffy Summers.

Yep, Buffy Summers.

Or is it?  Things may not be what they seem.

No longer is she...Just a Buffy...now she's become...SUPER BUFFY! (That's what happened Season 8 by canon...)

Welcome Buffy. Having fun Slaying and Punning.

Well, at least I'll be able to smell if she has blood or not. So if it's actually Zombie Buffy, I'll notice.

Thanks for the intro Director.  Sorry but NO spoilers!!! Now if I can find some good buffy pics so it'll be much easier on the description thing. Anyway great to be here just the same.

Ah good, glad I could react as expected.  :)

Sorry for the delay but for being the last week of a semester, work was extra busy for some reason.  Hopefully, it will slow down for a few weeks as we hit Maymester.

That's okay.  Don't forget to drop your jaw at the sight of Buffy when the next ep starts.

Point award time.


2 experience points each for Mike, Graham, and Annabelle.

And 1 Drama point each for Mike, Graham, and Annabelle (Mike for evil vamp fighting, Graham and Annabelle for evil cop fighting).

There's a lot of Sarah Michelle Gellar pics, you shouldn't have too much trouble.

That's true thank you for reminding me. Just finding the right one especially when she donned the role of the Buffenator herself. Buffy would be over 30 now.

Finally, a fight in which I'm far from the best combatant!

I'll let Buffy have the pair, I'll take the other one ;)

Depends on the dice this is my first time with this system. :)

Well, if you're using her Season 5 stats from the original book, you're +18 to my +12.

If you're using Season /7/ stats...

You're like, +20 to my +12 :P

Hmmm.....I am under the impression that this was the Season 5 Buffy. But I could be wrong I don't want to use the wrong stat when rolling.

Well, Season 5 Buffy is Dex 9, Kung Fu 9...

So you should be at +18.

You'd also be +18 on defense

Game speed will be sluggish for the next few days.  My internet access is currently down, typing this message from the library.

I think that I messed up. :(

Particularly since you should be season 7 Buffy...this is literally right after chosen and the Scythe being used.

So I just realized I never welcomed Buffy, so better late than rude, welcome to the game.  As for messing up, don't worry. This is a new system for me as well. Besides you usually learn more from mistakes than from getting it correct. :)

Thanks Graham I'm glad to be here. :)

Internet still down, managed to resolve this round from the library computer.

For reasons known only to her player and myself, Buffy's stats do not match up with any particular season of the show.  You may not want to rely on her too much.

My Internet is now back up. Once Buffy posts her move, I'll get this round resolved.

In reply to Director (msg # 211):

Good news about your Internet. Hope everyone has a safe Memorial Day weekend.

Great news I'll make sure I can post my move asap.

And this round is now resolved.

Likewise with Graham, I'll wishe everyone a safe memorial day weekend.

I wonder...do cops normally have nerves of steel?

I should consider vamping out when I punch them. Let them see I'm an unnatural thing.

(Or:Gang Related, PCP...)

No they do not.  Vamping out will make them bat an eye.  And then some.

I'm currently looking for one new player, since Lihwa quickly disappeared before meeting any of you.

The four of us will go about our business as usual, but you will have a new ally coming your way in the near future.

Did the other cop run into the sun? Cause I'd have liked to take him down before he could run away, you just resolved combat before I could post.

Yes, he ran into the sun and I just edited that post to clarify that he did.

There will be other cops to encounter later, so you can do what you had planned to the next cop to cross your path.

Well, it was more of, I'd planned to keep him from calling for reinforcements. Too late now.

Yeah I had the same thought, Mike. Oh well. Such is life in Sunnydale where things din't go our way.

Well, he is on foot and you guys have a car now, so you can get in the car and chase him down if you want.


You find a nice big blanket in the police car trunk, so Mike doesn't have to separate from the group.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:43, Sun 02 June 2013.

Welcome your new teammate Emilia Grey.

Hi guys, i'll get a post out later today but just wanted to say hiya and look forward to slaying with you...

Hi there. :)

Oh we have buffy.... is it really buffy? i thought everyone died in the hell mouth.... :S

Mind you wouldn't be the first time buffy has died and come back... it would be.... well the 3rd time.

Welcome Emilia!

And that's a wrap for ep six.  Points will be handed out later.

Eeeeek vampires!

Sigh. More of my...soul challenged kin. :P

Yay i got post 666

I should've rolled notice but well Buffy is a bit weak on that. :P

Perfect timing eh?  Annabelle was explaining vampires to Emilia, and now we have a helpful visual aid.

Fortunately for me, if the Vampires are in darkness, so am I.

Fortunately for everyone, we don't have to punch or stake them to death. Tossing them into the sun will do just fine. (Grapple, followed by doubled strength roll...)

Award time.

2 experience points for everyone.


1 HF Drama point each for Buffy, Mike, and Graham for their Turok-Han fighting.  2 HF Drama points for Annabelle (she did finish off two of the three Turok-Hans in that fight).

Episode 7 is up.  As noted, only Mike and Graham may post combat moves for the first round since the girls are in the store, they will hear the noise and can join in on the second.

And yes, Mike and the vampires are protected by the roof over the gas pumps, but the sun is just a few yards away.  A grapple followed by toss move will throw a vampire into the rays of the sun.

Hey guys, just wondering when i should post for combat... never really been able to do combat all that well in this system which is why i'm playing to get a better understanding.

Well, first you need a fear test as an inexperienced vamp girl.

That's double your will score, -1. Don't roll bad...

If you fail, well, bad times.

Ok if my will is 3, then doubled would be 6 - 1 = 5

What should i be rolling?

d10+5. And don't roll low.

Safe to say Emilia will be freaking out

10:52, Today: Emilia Grey rolled 7 using 1d10+5. Fear Roll.

Yep. 7 is a flat out failure. So...

You may do whichever expression of fear suits you best...

(It also may help freak you out that Mike is rather casually tossing people out into the sun where they're being immolated...)

I think my sir robin impression was impressive, several yards in 15 seconds isn't bad.

Almost missed this round wasn't able to post for a bit.

In reply to Buffy Summers (msg # 246):

I think I am about to win the heartless bastard award...

You don't say. :P

Wish you hadn't posted about walking away :D could have made it a bit harsher :P

Anyways, Buffy, when he said 'call my sire' he means call Angel.

Mike, at this point in time, has decided getting out of Sunnydale and regrouping in Los Angeles is a very good idea.

I'm also waiting for your post, if anyone's wondering.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:34, Sat 22 June 2013.

That can work.

Remember, though, this is season 7...congruent with Season 4 Angel. So Jasmine's just been toasted, and Angel just took over Evil Inc...that is, Wolfram and Hart.

Good dramatic speech by Graham.

He won't be winning any popularity polls with Emilia and Annabelle for a while, but still a great speech.

Mike is too smart to say anything out loud, but he actually agrees. If Emilia doesn't shape up, fear WILL get her killed. The streets are littered with people like that who die.

Look at poor...was it Jennifer? She ran off by herself, and died.

It's a good old fashioned AD&D concept. NEVER SPLIT THE PARTY!

Emilia might run away in character but the Player isn't :P

<is hit with writer's block> :(

Graham is actually trying to make up for Jennifer. He went easy on her and she ran away to be killed.  His guilt over that is affecting his behavior toward Emilia. Now whether anyone actually figures that out is another matter.

Mike also has some guilt over that.

Of course, she ran into sunlight, so there was nothing I could've done, but...

Emilia might get killed but at the moment she's the only white hat around a bunch of heros.... not great for her

Annabelle's actually a white hat too.  Her SIT skills give her an edge, but power-wise she's not much higher on the scale than Emilia.

Or really good, if that means they have to get through more of us to get to her. ;)

Are the cops in sunlight?

Nope, they are at the opposite end of area covered by the roof.  You can attack without fear of sun damage.

I knew it. It's the Buffybot. I'm surprised it was repaired after it was destroyed early season 6.

IT? <bops Mike>

Well...you've gotta point.

As you were originally designed as Spike's sex toy, you definitely do have a gender, so you're she.

Field Goal! :)

So Mike, did you guess she was Buffybot right away or did that come a little later?

What about Emilia and Graham, either of you guess she was Buffybot at any point?

The backstory is that Willow was rebuilding her bit by bit in the "deleted scenes" from season 7.  Buffybot would have been in the final battle, but wasn't sufficiently powered up.  While everyone else was in Buffy' house, Buffybot was downstairs in the basement charging up, then was activated and went looking for us at the high school.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:41, Thu 27 June 2013.

I think I need to talk to the director because Buffybot is gonna get peppered with questions and if we are going with the official lore....

http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Buffybot

The above link is to her entry at the buffy.wikia site which should give you the details you need.

In season six, episode 2 she was destroyed by a group of demon bikers and never rebuilt in the canon of the show.


Her being rebuilt by Willow and here right now is where we deviate from the show.

I guessed right away. You said little known side character were available, mains were not.

Heh. Hilarious if Graham accidentally activated a few Spike Sex programs Willow missed deleting. Could be hardcoded. ;)

I read that as you haven't actually gone back in yet, but were intending to after hearing ideas from the others.

I'll save you a trip.  All the first aid supplies are gone.  And all the beer.  And all the toilet paper.

And Graham posted right as I did, you both are in the store now and I've just updated what you found and didn't find.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:04, Sat 29 June 2013.

In reply to Director (msg # 274):

Whoops. Sorry about that.

No worries. The downside of simultaneous posting, it happens sometimes.

You two can grab some last minute supplies and we'll move on to the hospital.

Anyone have anything else to say?


If not, I'm going to jump us ahead a few hours shortly before sunset.

That's good by me. Mike, as I said, just finds a sunless place to snooze, during which time he'll get all his lifepoints back.

I guess we can move on since Buffybot can't do anything else at this time.

One more thing before we move forward, need to know who's sleeping and who's awake for the next few hours.

What are Emilia, Graham, and Buffybot's intentions?

Mike has made his intentions clear, he's going to sleep and let his vamp healing work.

Annabelle intends to do first aid on Graham, then will grab a nap if Emilia agrees to her plan of taking turns.

In reply to Director (msg # 281):

Sorry for lack of postage.  Was visiting family and the internet connection at hotel went out.

Graham will sit through Annabelle's first aid treatment and then search the hospital for first aid kits, tools or anything else he can scrounge for supplies.

Buffybot would most likely power down to recover.

OCC; sorry about my lack of posting as well my internet dongle ran out of credit, so i've been son's internet over the whole weekend

No worries.

We've now regrouped and rested, it's a half hour until sunset.

Buffybot now has self repair circuitry that was installed when she was rebuilt, when she powers off, she heals at the same rate Mike does.  Not a radical new robot ability, Ted had it. The rest of you won't have to worry about fixing her everytime she gets hit.

Egads, it's an invisible plot wall!

Don't you just hate those! lol, Hmmm had an ic idea though, what ever is making it is probably at the center, all we have to do is work out where the center is... (Probably hell mouth.)

Who is our occult expert right now? It was Meredith before, but...

That's a wrap for episode 7, points will be issued later.

Annabelle has an occultism skill of 4, a rare Slayer in training who paid attention to her book learning.

Hmmm... i guess i'm pretty much the zeppo :( although i think i should get a bonus occultism 1 because of all the new stuff i'm learning! :P

Now Emilia, you are a valuable member of the team, let's not use the Z word.

Everybody gets 3 experience points each for this episode (which was longer than usual, our longest one yet).

Mike and Graham each get 1 heroic DP for their vamp gang fighting at the start.

I'm here troops.  Sorry for the absence, went out of town for a few days.  Didn't get the chance to keep the game rolling as I planned.

Normal play will now resume.

No worries :D

I'm glad that youre ok.

(OCC: how come's that first turok han was such a bad ass but the others fell like regular vampires, heck even Andrew managed to take out a couple!)

I figure that not all Turok-Hans are as tough, just as all "regular" vamps aren't as tough.  A vamp veteran is tougher than a vamp minion, a vamp lieutenant is tougher than a vamp veteran.

But Andrew taking one out is really stretching things.

He took out two in the last episode, (Ofcourse these might have been bringers, but if that's the case then it was Giles (who admittedly is fairly experienced) but still one of these things beat down buffy better than glory managed.... hmmm interesting fight turokan vs Glory... that would be a beat down to see.

Hmmm just looking at my last few posts... maybe i should have given her the psycological problem of Pyromania

Emilia:It's d10+Inf+Attractive :)

Then i rolled right, 0 Influence (White hat's suck when it comes to skills)

It's intelligence plus influence plus any attrativeness modifier (negative if your character needs a bag over their head).

So Emilia's final score is 12, which beats the soldiers brains score of 10, so as you can see she succeeded.

Cool :D

I just wrote Graham out of the game. Not going to look for a replacment just yet, the four of us will go on for now.

Nuts (FGMI, (For Game Masters Info) I'm normally not able to post between friday and sunday, (although my weekday posting is normally spot on)

That's okay, the game seems to slow down on the weekends anyway.

At least Annabelle and Em are making preparations. :)

Just a quick question regarding flamethrowers... does that apply to Emilia's hair spray and lighter? I figured she would be a dab hand with hair spray

That's a wrap for ep 8.

Three experience points for each of you.

No drama points  this time, no heroic feats this ep or any other DP earning events.

Can never find the right spell when you need it :(

Can't make things too easy now.  Not gonna let you find the "destroy vampire" potion that can be mixed together with common household chemicals ;)

There's other things you can make with common household chemicals. Like, say, napalm. ;)

Hey i made a flame thrower.... although was a bit of a bad girl at school so the hairspray flame thrower was just a bit of fun.

Annabelle is waiting to see if Emilia will try her flamethrower move, then take if from there.

Is Buffybot going to post her combat move?  Just need hers to resolve this round.

Dunno why, but the Dice seem to like Mike more when he's tossing opponents into kill zones then they do when he's actually fighting.

That's very interesting Mike. Since you put it that way.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:25, Sun 25 Aug 2013.

Hi sorry about slow posting been busy last week back on my game now

That's okay.  I covered your combat move last round, which was simple enough since you made your intentons clear.

What sort of weapons are in the armory by any chance is there a flare gun? (Since it's about the most lethal thing that Emilia should probably handle)

Yep, flare gun  can be found.  You attack with it using a dexterity plus gun fu roll (if no gun ful skill then dexterity plus zero roll).

Is this the same battle or two different ones now?

Two different battles going on at the same time at different locations at the base.  Annabelle and Emilia are in the armory, everybody else is outside near the front gate.

wow emilia seems to be having alot of luck when it comes to attacks that's 2 natural 10's

Pretty cool.

We've had some impressive feats in this fight all around.  Annabelle also manged two 10 rolls, both in the same round.  And I think Mike safely has the consecutive vamp tossing into the fire world record secure.

Interesting...LOL

Heh. I didn't miss the fact he said 'you're a one vamp wrecking machine' not 'you're one vamp wrecking machine.'

It's like the Lt's figured out what I am.

Not my call to say if cute army boy is toast or not. Because it'd give Emilia a Drama point if he IS toast. :P

"Agony that is life."
This message was last edited by the player at 04:48, Mon 02 Sept 2013.

Hey it was only a passing fling

LOL You don't say! :P

Two offended girls try to leave a base with military support behind without either of the two fighters in the party.

...Common sense failure...

Not leaving the base just the scene where all the deadpeople are

I can't seem to come up with a good post. :(

Annabelle does intend to leave, but she's got a plan to improve their odds.

Getting away from condescending army officers is a bonus.

Granted, this is a different system, but rule #1 of AD&D is NEVER SPLIT THE PARTY.

Never played AD & D.  It that an actual rule that says the group can't split, or just a suggestion?

I was in a BTVS unisystem game a few years back where the GM had a "no split" rule.  It resulted in a game where we spent all our time talking and arguing about what to do next, not allowed to do anything until we all agreed and did it as a group.

It was like being in Congress.  Lots of talk, nothing getting done.

It's just a very strong suggestion. The DM in my last game made a point of MURDERING people who split off from the main group for anything other then scouting.

In puffy they always spit up, it's slightly harder for the DM i remember in D&D i had to have two games going in pretty much seperate rooms but it worked out in the end, (Ended up with the two parties at war with each other with out knowing it) (Alot of fun)

Are Annabelle and I going to be on a seperate thread or should we post in the same thread?

Same thread.  We're all still in the same episode, just cutting back and forth between different scenes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtk7mweahY

As I'm suddenly reminded of this when I inform the Lieutenant his men are already dead.

That was a good setup Mike. :)

And that's  wrap for episode 9.  Will give out award points later.

Now, how two white hats get away from 4 bringers...well...

Hi guys my posting maybe a bit eratic as a few of you know i live in kenya and we are having a few problems at the moment,

I hope that I finally saved up enough XP to begin to make Buffybot more balance between physical, mental and social. :p

Nice thing for you as a bot, you can upgrade things like int and per simply by buying more RAM...or better optics. :)

True on that one Mike. :)

Award time.

Everbody gets two experience points.

Annabelle and Emilia get 1 drama point each for their Turok-Han kill.

And Michael gets 2 drama points.  Even with his superior abilties and some help from the soliders, I counted eight Turok-Hans dusted (or ashed in most cases)by him in this episode.  That's impressive.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:06, Wed 25 Sept 2013.

This is the way we toss the vamps, toss the vamps, toss the vamps...

You missed our Tinker toy

Emilia, a kick move is dex plus kung fu - 1.  But since you and Annabelle were attacking the same bringer, you got +2 multiple attacker  bonus, so your final attack score was 12.  The bringer defended against you, but only had one defense available allowing Annabelle to hit despite her low roll.

Mike, a character makes a dex plus acrobatics roll to sneak up on someone (or dex plus crime if that skill is higher), not necessary in this case since the bringers were otherwise occupied with getting to the roof.  Say for example, you were trying to sneak up against one lone bringer just standing by a tree, then that stealth roll would be required.

Director just seen your log in name TK421 hehe nice subtle star wars reference...

Right ok sorry all my uni system books are in storage back in england

Yeeeeeah, this is why you don't run off without the warriors. See, humans take double damage form slash/stab weapons, as well as bullets.

That's why it did 26 damage...it actually did 13, then the director doubled it cause you're human.

Just as an occ michael why aren't you trying to kill us all the time:

Chip
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Ah, I mentioned it in a past scene. He's souled.

The general concept is, he was the last vampire Angelus embraced before getting recursed with his soul by Willow in Season 2. Because he was literally only an hour undead at the time (Angelus sired him with 'canon fodder' in mind), his connection to his sire was so strong that the curse flowed from Sire to Childe, and hence, the curse as written is in effect. Yes, that include that deadly happiness clause...

Unlike the original, though, Mike got hit by his curse before he had time to munch anyone, so he's hardly an ex 'scourge of Europe.' Instead, he got souled pretty much instantly, and thus, never got the chance to kill anyone. Hence, he's more cheerful then Angel, for he doesn't have a 10 mile long laundry list of things to atone for. His amazing combat ability is directly related to being Angelus's childe...the Order of Aurelius, one and all, tends to be seriously badass. (Even Dru's badass, in her odd way...)
This message was last edited by the player at 08:20, Thu 03 Oct 2013.

Hey don't know dru she was very very bad ass she killed kendra, and could have taken buffy (if her mind had been a tad clearer) she had that whole hypnotic thing going

Thanks for noticing the Star Wars reference in my name Emilia, not too many people have.  Good call on the fear test roll, Annabelle is bleeding enough to rate one.

One of the things I find refreshing about Mike's origin is his young age.  He's practically an infant by vamp standards.  Most vamp characters I've seen on rpol seem to be a minimum of 200 years plus.

Heh. I had to explain how he ended up with a soul. And if he's young, by vamp standards, he isn't showing his youth much. :)

Hehe thanks.... any chance of getting a drama point for doing it with out being asked, :D

Assuming i don't get gutted the same way.

When did Dru remove Kendra???

Season 2, Becoming Part 1.

Spike:Dru bagged herself a Slayer? Good for her!
Buffy:*GLARE!*
Spike:Though, not from your point of view I suppose...

Hypnotic glare followed by a critical strike to the throat with her nails

This is gonna be interesting. I hope the Chief is out of Buffybot's earshot or otherwise might cause issues. Hopefully Mike can reply soon because I might hold off on replying.

Buffybot is out of earshot and can't hear a word of the conversation.  You are not aware of any danger to yourself.

Unless Michael says; "Yeah, just shoot her." and the cops open fire.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:33, Mon 14 Oct 2013.

"Yeah, just shoot the only actual combat assistance I have. It's not like she's going to survive every battle while you guys are SCREWED!" :P

Clearly, the next thing I should buy is int, influence, or both, for Mike's BS skills are taking a turn for the better.

Not a bad idea.  The Sunnydale PD aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, he may be needing to fool smarter people.

Annabelle hasn't posted her move yet because she needs Emilia to shout out that the spell is ready to go, where Annabelle will then unleash her plan to lure the ubervamps into the circle.

Ooopse my bad sorry i've been away this weekend

I hope that Mike is ok....

Fortunately...

9-10:1 success
11-12:2 success
13-14:3 success
15-16:4 success (You got a 16, so the spell is cast)
17-20:5 success
21-23:6 success (this is where Mike caps out, without drama points.
24-26:7 success
27-29:8 success (this is where Buffy and Angel, the canon characters, cap out)
30-32:9 success
33-35:10 success (This is Illyria/Final Boss territory only territory, generally.)

Blast, Buffybot is clearly out of touch. Any other surprises that Buffybot need to know? She is trying to assist....

None I can think of at the moment.

The council was destroyed about halfway through season 7. Buffybot had been deactivated since the start of season 6, so she should be unaware of any recent events before the game started.

Thanks that's what I need to know.

what about wesley and his dad they both survived, (along with the librarian at wolfram and hart) also there was a couple of other watchers who weren't in the building

The characters from Angel, the Series, aren't allowed in this campaign, but I do not think they are declared dead. After all, the current timeline has Angel just now taking control of Wolfram and Hart, so it's the beginning of Season 5 over there.

Including Spike being a ghost destined to regain his vampiric form, as unless we go to Los Angeles at some point, the events of Season 5 Angel will play out as normal.

I'm guessing with the exception of Spike and Angel Dashing off to paris to find a buffy decoy...

When I said the council was destroyed, I was thinking of the leadership of the council.  Although if I remember that episode correctly, I think they were talking council members being attacked all over the world just before the explosion.

And any watcher assigned to a Slayer in training was being killed by the bringers just as the SITs were.

At this stage, there may be a few active members left, but they are likely in hiding.

Maybe I'm wrong but I thought that the watchers train the slayers and unlock their powers. I don't recall in the original movie or the show itself about anyone other then a watcher doing so. With no watcher for Annabelle....

It sounds to me like the Watchers generally got "Order 66ed." Which means there's survivors, they just haven't been found yet. And yes, Wesley's one, because LA must more or less continue as normal.

However, Watchers do NOT unlock the Slayer Power. How it really works is:One Slayer dies, the next one is called. Problem with that for Annabel:We've already had an active Slayer (Jennifer) die on screen with Annabelle alive and well. As such, she in theory should've activate at the moment of her death.

But she didn't, so...

Translation game wise means that Annabelle would have to save up 100 xp to upgrade Slayer in Training to Slayer? It's gonna be interesting to see how Annabelle evolves. :)

Jennifer's death wouldn't activate a new Slayer.  She wasn't "The Chosen One", she was one of the many new Slayers created by Willow's spell who survived the final battle only to die later.  The death of those new Slayers doesn't activate a new one (Not just my theory, that's the canon according to the Season 8 comic book series).


A new Chosen One was activated at the time of Buffy's death when the game began.  Who is this new Slayer?  It is a mystery.  Maybe we'll never know.

Actually, it wasn't Buffy's death that triggered a new 'Chosen Slayer.' It was Faith's. Buffy lost the 'triggering ability' when she triggered Kendra. Kendra, in turn, triggered Faith. Thus, it is Faith's successor who must die to activate a Slayer the old fashioned way. In which case, it is highly likely Annabelle will be Chosen, as all other potential Slayers in the universe are Active.

You're right.  I had forgotten that part, Faith is the last of the line not Buffy, but since she died at the same time in the game canon, the end result is the same.


Annabelle is the new Slayer, she just doesn't know it yet.  That's why she alone was the only Potential to rise from the dead.

In reply to Director (msg # 386):

So Annabelle is totally on her own for winning her powers then?????

What do you mean by on her own?

Well, either she has the Template or she doesn't. If she has it, her combat rolls would be much higher. If she doesn't, I suppose she needs to spend a DP on plot twist to put her sword over her heard and go BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL! :P

I had to confirm the invite rule didn't apply. Else I'd have gone out to engage him in battle.

Happy to confirm it for you.  Be careful around the living room furniture as the battle unfolds.

On the issue of Annabelle and Slayerhood, she's now the Slayer but doesn't realize it yet.  It explains in the Slayer's Handbook that a Slayer's powers may not appear all at once, it may take a week or month until she's at full power and you apply the Slayer powers bit by bit rather than all at once.  Remember less than twenty-four hours have passed in game time.

In rule terms, a character with the Slayer in Training quality can spend 14 experience points to upgrade to full Slayer status, they get all the Slayer benefits except the skill bonuses (you already get those with the SIT quality).

No Power of Greyskull ceremony required. ;
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Ah, so you've been saving her XP, and then you can pull 'plot twist'...
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Now I can get back to the story then. :P

Sorry been quiet just had a he a weekend xx

Who said vampires can't fly?

The one I just threw? He can fly. Landing might be a little rough, but... ;)

Don't know he might beat your grapple

But I'm having so much fun playing toss the turok han into the sky. It seems such a shame to end him thus. ;)

New from Scotland

Sick of tossing a caper... try our new sport Turokhan Tossing

Elsewhere, up in heaven:

Buffy:Why is he tossing the Turok Han up in air?
Xander:Looks like he's having fun to me.
Willow:I think it's kinda mean, myself.
Giles:Glad I didn't live to record THAT in the Watcher's diary...
Anya:But Xander, when do we get to have sex again?
Xander:Any time, babe. it's heaven!
Spike:I, on the other hand, am off to become a ghost and join the magnificent poof's show. Seeya! --->Exeunt.
Buffy:How come he gets to go back to unlife?
VOICE FROM ABOVE:HE HASN'T FINISHED ATONING.
Xander:You mean he can atone in the first place?
I FORGIVE EVERYONE'S SINS IF THEY REPENT.
Xander:Good point.

As Emilia is a little fuzzy on the specifics of that; as i'm sure the world is since anyone there are the time would be dead but this is my gathering of the events,

Everything follows the last episode of Season Seven up until spike is about to explode.

He doesn't give the nice long warning... (along with the longest dusting in slayer history) he just goes poof and the school sinks into the ground but NOT the rest of sunnydale,

Questions:

How did Annabelle survive, cos she was killed in said episode

Why didn't the rest of sunnydale go down?

How many turokan are we looking at?

Annabelle was resurrected. She crawled out of her grave as the first thing she did.

That's funny.  And pretty accurate too.

1)Annabelle actually died before the final battle in episode 7-10, Buffy later buried her body. As Michael indicated, her first appearance in the game was her crawling out of her grave.  Her resurrection was a side effect of Willow's spell.

2)In the game, Spike's amulet had a slightly different effect.  The first was banished to another dimension, but Sunnydale didn't sink into the ground.  You can read the first post of episode 1 for a recap of how things ended diffently.

3)As of the end of the episode 1, there was somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 Turok-Hans left minus the ones destroyed since the game began (those were the ones that made it above ground when the amulet activated, most were destoryed by the amulet effect).

Speaking of which, how many of those guys have we killed? Since there's a finite limit, we should be slowly whittling their numbers down...

Somewhere around 30.   So about 20 more to go and no more Turok-Hans to terrorize you.  Just regular vamps, demons, zombies, etc.

Just as a point of character development i'm thinking of taking Emilia the witch rout would that be ok?

That will be fine.  You should probably start by getting her first level of occultism skill.

The hell? He beat a /24/?