Ha! Red Shirt is becoming quite loquacious, it seems to me. He could have cut his word-count to a minimum by pointing to his own chest and saying "Stay." Or, alternatively, "I stay." :)

The Judge is giving Tommy a few more hours. Expect a post from the Judge within the next several hours.

Tommy hasn’t logged in for a bit, so the Judge is reaching out to him outside of RPOL. For now, the Judge asks Jake, Tracy, and Padre to continue. They have offered ideas to each other on how to proceed but the Judge isn’t sure how to translate the dialogue to action. It seems like Padre is ready to take the lead, so feel free to move forward with narrative—this comment applies to all 3 pards.

In reply to Judge Messalen (msg # 374):

Hey all, sorry for my extended holiday break, caught a bad bug on our return and been down for a couple of extra days but finally feeling better.

In reply to Thomas Pearce (msg # 375):

Sorry to hear about that, pard - Glad youre feeling better!

In reply to Thomas Pearce (msg # 375):

Welcome back! :)

In reply to Thomas Pearce (msg # 375):

Glad you're back in the posse and feeling up to snuff.

The Judge will follow-up on recent player posts in ch27 later today.

Dang. Looks like the hardcases picked theirselves up some sharpshooters.

Waal, it's more like these fellers are damn lucky. As the old adage goes, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

If you look closely, you'll see they are Extras who rolled only Shooting d6 -- no Wild Die. So they both got lucky with decent rolls on the d6, then they both got even luckier with Aces on the damage dice.

Maybe Jake can one-up them ...

FMI, what time is it in the game now?

According to the professor's fob watch, it is roughly 2:30 a.m.

In reply to Earnest Nicholas Samuel Ringgenberg (msg # 382):

“Gonna have to git a wiggle on if'n ye wish to see for certain-shurre, Jacob-me-lad“

This is something I am now going to be saying to myself for the rest of my life. +1 for internal dialogue here.

In reply to Albert (Padre) Juhasz (msg # 384):

Pleased to have been of service, good sir! :)

In reply to Jacob Richardsen (msg # 385):

As for Padres inclination here the only reason I would NOT fade to black is to allow Tracy and the pards to track down the town doctor or barber or the like to help with wounds.

In reply to Albert (Padre) Juhasz (msg # 386):

Ah, the barber and his razors . . . best that wounded men be well-bled, in order that they may rid themselves of the ill humors that might otherwise impede their healing! :)

P.S. I can see Earnest shaking his head and exclaiming "Ach du lieber!"  (or mayhap "Gott in himmel!"). :)
This message was last edited by the player at 01:41, Tue 23 Jan.

In reply to Albert (Padre) Juhasz (msg # 386):

Tracy has already received treatment from the town’s available healer per post in ch27. Any fade to black would cover a short time span and still give time to seek other help, such as Daniel’s. Still, this comment helps because it indicates Padre is okay with a fade to speed up play while giving a chance for heroes to try to get help for Tracy. The Judge needs to know who might stay in town vs who might travel to get such help—if there is agreement to do that.

In reply to Jacob Richardsen (msg # 387):

Maybe just a quiet "scheisse".

In reply to Earnest Nicholas Samuel Ringgenberg (msg # 389):

I'm fine with a quick fade to black. Seems Tracy maybe should decide if he prefers the pards to find a local doctor or get help from Daniel, or both.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:07, Tue 23 Jan.

Ha! Well-played, Perfesser. :)

I'm still tending towards the gambit of "You'd better tell us what we want to know, or we'll turn you over to this fearsome Apache, who will take great delight in dangling you head-down over a slow fire" (cue Red Shirt). :)

In reply to Jacob Richardsen (msg # 392):

Might have to go that route!

The Judge will post a narrative by tomorrow morning in Ch27 to advance the plot, as it seems clear the heroes are camping here for the remainder of the overnight.

Judge,

Re: Earnest's suggestion that some of the pards could check the invaders' base camp to see if the leader's horse has returned, and to check as to whether any of the hardcases have done likewise, then join up with the others in Rockville  -- how much travel-time would be required for the base camp party to rejoin those who have proceeded on to Rockville?

Based upon the wording in Mag. #525 of the IC thread, it appears that present game-time is an hour or so before mid-day (Earnest would know the exact time, I believe).

Thanks.

PS. Based upon their familiarity with the area, I am thinking that the PCs (IC) have a better understanding of this issue than do I, OOC. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 21:37, Tue 13 Feb.

In reply to Jacob Richardsen (msg # 395):

If on horseback, it's no more than 30 minutes between each town and the invader's camp area at normal pace (not running). On foot, about twice as long. Yes, it's roughly quarter-past 11 when the pards awake, and we'll assume another 10 minutes to assemble, discuss and prepare to depart. So figure 11:30 a.m. by the time anyone heads out.

So you can compute travel time based on that, although that doesn't include whatever activities the heroes might undertake in any given location. It's just the approximate time to travel from one point to another.

The pards are refreshed enough to avoid the -2 to Vigor rolls mentioned earlier. However, they aren't fully rested, and depending on what transpires, the Judge might ask for Vigor checks against Fatigue at some point during the day.