As we are traveling back to the Doomwalker it was a few days so the few bruises left will heal once we have a goods night rest. The Duke got the one time use heal thing from the owls.

Brainiac can make the Insightful roll

In reply to Ajakstu Gul (msg # 66):

Jeez, good one!

I travel out of town tomorrow till sunday or monday, just an FYI.

The Duke wipes out 1/3 and leaves some for the others ;-)

So will wait for their actions before posting.

Could someone give me a quick lay of the land regarding the vehicles?  Does everyone have their own?  Who's riding with whom?

I arrived in "Groundcar: A sturdy 4 or 6-wheeled transport. Fits a driver plus up to 4 passengers."  Anybody riding with me?  'Cause if I'm alone, I can't drive and shoot.  Or are we stopping to take these things out?  I'm up for whatever - just don't want to speak having misunderstood the situation.

In reply to Pesky (msg # 70):

I am The Duke’s appointed chauffeur. Alyn has his own walker. Vult and Kalsk are most certainly not with me. As Vult is gaseous it is t driving. Kalsk is a treacherous cat being who possibly could drive.

Kalsk is not treacherous, unless you count the psychic parasite (symbiote?) in his head, which usually is pretty dormant. (Ajakstu just has a grudge because Kalsk's people held Kalsk prisoner for a while (after he tried to steal from them as I recall).)

So Kalsk will gladly drive your groundcar while you shoot, if you like. (If so, Kalsk will suggest to you that you target the cyborg hornbill-man driving the big wheeled spaceship.)

Not a sentence I hear everyday.

Hello everyone, I'm back now! It was a long, dramatic weekend. I went on a camping trip with ~12 people, and that part was great, although there was one really crappy part to it all which is that I had to put my dog down on Saturday during the trip. But I'm slowly working through the loss and grief.

About the vehicles...yes, Alyn is in a Psiwalker which is a quadwalker which has a special version of the controlled upgrade that he can can send remote instructions to via his telpathy, rather than like a radio wristband or or tablet or whatever. So I named it a Psiwalker.

I think we have a "main" transport similar to the one Pesky has, which is where Ajakstu, Duke, and Kalsk and sometimes Vult ride.

And I agree with the DM - Kalsk is not treacherous at all. Both of them have been loyal NPC allies to the party. Kalsk just has that parasite, but as the DM said it's been relatively quiet and inactive for a bit because it's afraid of Alyn being able to lock onto it telepathically and kill it/mess with it/force it to vacate Kalst / etc. so it's in a sort of standby mode if you will that forced a standoff between itself and Alyn (in standby mode, Alyn has a tough time locking onto its mental signature). However, I do believe if we got too far away from it, it would eventually start acting up again.

Well damn, Alyn.  I'm so sorry.
As a dog person, that kind of loss is about as hard as it gets.

I was in tears the whole time I drove her to a vet near our hotel, and also for some time after. It was...taxing. My parents are also torn up about it...I really am realizing how much our lives revolved around that dog! We honestly probably should have put her down a couple months earlier but my dad and I really had a hard time letting her go (she's 1/3 my dog 2/3 my parents' dog, but I'm the one who took her to the vet as they couldn't handle it).

EDIT: Also Pesky, grats on your 5. In this game, even failure can be good as it's the only way to get xp. And after 10 xp you cash them in and upgrade a stat.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:06, Mon 07 Aug 2023.

Agree. My condolences as well.

Already added to my character sheet.  Thanks for the reminder.

I'm down to 3 health.  Can I just eat the medkit?

No... that was meant to be a one-time thing as far as getting instant health back. Maybe you should keep your head down as much as possible until this combat is over...

Hey GM -

I posted this in my last post. 

Is it ok that I directed Kalsk too, just to get me into the next position?  I want to move the game forward, but I don't want to overstep my bounds.

Thank you, guys.

That sucks Alyn. Huggles and some posthumus pats on the head for the good boy. Letting go of a pet is as bad as losing a family member after all.

I'd gladly give up some of my crazy aunts (on my dad's side of course, not the nicer ones on my mom's) if I could have the dog back and also back healthy. So I do agree with you, Duke, and I appreciate the kind huggles and pats.

You are/were perfectly fine.

I am leaving for a 2 week vacation and will most likely not make it online in that time.

Dang!  Two weeks?  I'm trying to find a free 20 minutes!

Enjoy your break.  We'll guard the food for you.

Enjoy and stay safe. We'll be here for you...along with the food!

Are we on break until The Duke returns?
Just wondering how often to check in.