In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 313):

That should be pretty self-evident ;)

Inquisitors, however, are not enforcers of the law: they are not known to have any interest in crime or legal matters... if that helps.

In reply to GM (msg # 314):

I'm going to be out of the country and unable to post from Sept 8 - Sept 22. I'm...not sure how to play this. Normally I wouldn't have Brennan just go to the Inquisitor's citadel but that might honestly be the best way to move the story forward while I'm gone. Open to any suggestions (and please don't get me killed while I'm gone) :)

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 315):

So I am going to have to go AFK, at least until Oct 10, probably Oct 15.

The site move has been really rough and its accelerating; so I'm going to be cranking on that.

Sorry guys :(

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 316):

You gotta do what you gotta do, man!

That's ok, once Brennan is back up to speed it might take a few days for him to get killed then we can transition back.

In reply to GM (msg # 317):

How much does Cyril weigh?

Asking for a friend.

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 318):

I imagine he's a little short, and a little overweight, and I don't know if a wooden leg weighs less than a normal one.  I'm horrible at judging a person's weight, so feel free to eyeball it from there.  or if you're looking to hit a specific threshold, let the GM eyeball it for you.

In reply to Ciryl Fontaine (msg # 319):

Ciryl weighs about 3-4 standard sacks of flour, if that's what you're getting at.

okay while sharing the avatar picture while impersonating each other is clever, it makes reading your exchanges very disorienting.

In reply to Ciryl Fontaine (msg # 321):

I'm hoping to win like Marion through a combination of cunning and confusion ;)

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 322):

That does seem to be her MO

In reply to GM (msg # 323):

There's no sharing, really. I have had my face STOLEN, and my font color as well.

Thief.

:P

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 324):

What I do best....

Also in audit prep today tomorrow and wednesday morning :(

This is going to be rough....

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 325):

So heres where I am from a metagame position

I think this is not a great idea, according to Deev I'm not overly convincing as Brennan.  That being said.... Titus is 100% on board with this stupid idea.

It doesn't seem like anyone has any extra information to go on with this, and I'm low on echo so... this is going to be bad.

That being said short of staging the jailbreak scene from Matrix I don't see a way out of this.

We could try to negotiate some kind of police agreement with them but I don't see that going far...

What do you guys think?

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 326):

I don't think it will work, but I also don't know what else to do besides leave him in jail, which is a bullshit thing to do to a fellow PC who isn't trying to be written out of the game.

If it leads to a TPK, so be it. I still have a couple aces in the hole if shit hits the fan, but they involve demonic pacts that are a terrible idea so...

So we're all agreed this is a dumb plan, let's get to it.

I'm mostly concerned with the fact that I don't know what our next steps realistically are after I'm out.  We still have Titus tied to Jack, no definitive answer to him from the inquisition, and now the inquisitor is very aware of us and has plans of some variety for us as well.

In reply to Ciryl Fontaine (msg # 328):

There's that, as well. I don't have any good options either.

Foe 1: The Inquisitor
- Support from a huge and powerful organization that can track us easily and move quickly
- Technically the legal authority on these matters, so it's real treason to fight him
- No paladin and not physically intimidating, so beatable but...see points 1 and 2...

Foe 2: Springheel Jack
- Can track us easily and move quickly, but only at night
- Can kill humans with one hit, in a blur of motion
- Somewhat tied to the town, and definitely a Bad Guy (tm) doing Bad Things (tm)

Foe 3: The Priest's Cult
- Tied to Springheel Jack, but separate in scope and complexity and perhaps even motivations
- Eyes and ears everywhere

Foe 4: Lord Garr
- Still marching (ostensibly) to deal with the murdered bride thing
- Big army, legal threat to us

ASSETS
- Titus (Out of Mana)
- Deev (Scared and Fragile)
- Bryce (Defected)
- Cyril (Imprisoned)
- Brennan (basically on what's left of a 2-hour parole)

I have no idea what to do.

you guys don't know it yet, but if he rode his horse to death to get here, he's pretty out on a limb and/or desperate. he might be more negotiable as an individual than he wants to let on.

this is the big daddy and in-character Ciryl really wants to put a bow on this.  I feel like we don't have a lot of room to work here aside from getting the inquisitor to yes definitely lend a hand and get this done before more pressing matters happen  he doesn't have to like it, he doesn't have to consider us equals, he doesn't have to trust us, but we need him to work with us instead of against us.

since this one is kinda technically under Titus's thumb at the moment, I have no major fears about it, and no qualms about selling them out to the inquisitor if we can get away with Titus's life and be rid of Jack at the end of the day.


I'm just gonna stamp a big "not my problem" on this one.  it does seem a more long-term issue regardless


we really need to get the inquisitor to be an asset, even if only for the shortest term.  I dunno what kind of leverage we have on him, and I'm not completely against the idea of pulling a fast one on him  when it's done (however well that may or may not work out) but given how we have consistently come up against a wall trying to suss out Jack on our own and with our limited resources we need a definite solution to what I think is the most pressing hangup, that being the magical mystery man with fantastic and terrible powers.  Every other problem is a lot more mundane and manageable.

In reply to Ciryl Fontaine (msg # 330):

I agree with Ciryl on this one.  If we can flip him to our side maybe he can come up with someone to help with Spring Heel Jack.  I have an idea sloshing around in my head its a bad one but it may work.

There will be a lot of hand wavey bullshit and I may be visiting my dad, but... y'know....

Basically it would be a 'yeah you got me but here listen to this.'

Also the wandering haunts could always do a thing....
This message was last edited by the player at 19:59, Mon 26 Nov 2018.

you say that like it isn't just everything getting worse.

...But its different!  I never promised better.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:24, Mon 26 Nov 2018.

Look whenever you guys are done burning the life vests let's just sink this ship and see where we wash up.

EXACTLY!

2/3 of the party is going to sell their soul to the devil before this is over.  This is what this game has become.  If I have to reroll again I'm just going to be an actual murderer and rapist.  The high ground's not worth it.

In reply to Ciryl Fontaine (msg # 336):

I'd really rather not sell my soul. I'm just thinking out loud.

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 337):

I feel like we are making this way harder than it needs to be... but I know so little about the inquisitors except the same rumors that Deev has heard that I can't be of much service...