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Coily
 player, 26 posts
Wed 22 Apr 2020
at 19:39
 msg #171
Re: 6th OOC
Also is the current monster within range for Endo to move and attack from the forecastle ladder?
Autarch
 GM, 3046 posts
Wed 22 Apr 2020
at 21:25
 msg #172
Re: 6th OOC
Coily:
The Star of Nostro post says Olfred is on the main deck, but I was under the impression he was dragged to his death out a window into the sea below...

oh, right, yes. good times.
Coily:
Also is the current monster within range for Endo to move and attack from the forecastle ladder?

yes.
Autarch
 GM, 3047 posts
Thu 23 Apr 2020
at 01:38
 msg #173
Re: 6th OOC
Why is Kat attacking the masthead?
Josh
 player, 375 posts
Sun 26 Apr 2020
at 15:21
 msg #174
Re: 6th OOC
Sorry, I think I got confused with the various descriptions and labels being tossed around.  What I meant was that he's attacking the creature that is attacking us right now, and which I thought you were referring to as the "kobold of the seas."  I'll edit my IC post to clarify.
Autarch
 GM, 3049 posts
Sun 26 Apr 2020
at 17:49
 msg #175
Re: 6th OOC
So, yes, the Klabautermann, is a water kobold which I have given the epithet: Kobold of the Seas. There have some other references to this friend of sailors in the game.

The bipedal stone iguana could be referred to as a "great kobold." But that could be confusing.
Ecla
 player, 16 posts
Sun 26 Apr 2020
at 18:14
 msg #176
Re: 6th OOC
I would have been interesting if, by destroying the figurehead, the monster had died as well ...

*spooky music*
Autarch
 GM, 3050 posts
Sun 26 Apr 2020
at 19:47
 msg #177
Re: 6th OOC
Star of Nostro has been updated with clues and locations.
Ecla
 player, 19 posts
Wed 29 Apr 2020
at 19:32
 msg #178
Re: 6th OOC
I finally had enough other things die down so that I could go through the IC forum, post by post, and take notes.

This has helped me understand things a bit better.  It's a challenge to try to make heads and tails out of the clues and situations!

I also want to say that I've really enjoyed the funny stuff (the Dahut molestations excepted, bad bad!) that has been posted.  DCC remains a very difficult game over play-by-post, because of all the deaths ... you almost have to treat the characters as if its cartoonish.

I think we've got a decent chance against the Skrag if we band together.

Fixing the ship and getting home, well, that's tomorrow's problem!
Autarch
 GM, 3052 posts
Wed 29 Apr 2020
at 20:50
 msg #179
Re: 6th OOC
Ecla:
It's a challenge to try to make heads and tails out of the clues and situations!

With this being the case in point, there are three written records as such:
  • Ship's ledger found in the locker in the Poop Deck. Just recited by Endo. Edited to reflect current number of islanders still in vegetative states.
  • The First Mate Conant's final log entries.
  • The Captain's Log. This will take about ten minutes to read.

This message was last edited by the GM at 20:57, Wed 29 Apr 2020.

Ecla
 player, 21 posts
Thu 30 Apr 2020
at 02:06
 msg #180
Re: 6th OOC
The Captain's Log. This will take about ten minutes to read.

Umm, yes, we probably should read this right away.  I believe *checks notes* Fouillis has the logbook.

For searching the crates to get a wheel to fix the helm, any volunteers?  With the usual RPOL die roller shenanigans forthcoming, we'll need someone with good AGI and lots of luck to burn to avoid Death By Crate.
Autarch
 GM, 3055 posts
Fri 1 May 2020
at 21:59
 msg #181
Re: 6th OOC
The crew of the Star of Nostro have secured the cargo crates and barrels so meticulously that any attempt to retrieve an item without first securing the adjoining containers results in an avalanche of crates and barrels coming down on the PCs.

Canadian Ingenuity:
Proposal: use 10' pole, ropes, chains and other implements to reduce the DCs on those checks  :)

I would think that that 10' pole or length of chain in the hands of a landlubber would have just as much chance as triggering the avalanche as just trying to secure them by hand--if not greater.

So just roll, already :).
Ecla
 player, 25 posts
Mon 4 May 2020
at 01:14
 msg #182
Re: 6th OOC
All should declare what they plan to do with their next turn.

Noted!  (*gulp*)

Posting in OOC so we can co-ordinate a little:

Y: as an Animal Trainer I'm hoping she has the right background for the +2 ambush bonus, if so she'll make the die roll on that *gulp 2.0*.  She has an idea that involves fresh livers as bait.  She will need help with traps as mechanical devices aren't her thing (hint hint, chestmaker)

X: is going to assist Y and help organise the ambush, i.e., find people who want to fight and make sure they have weapons.  He's a woodsman, he sees the monster as a big tree that has to be cut down.  Choppy choppy.

Z: is a coward and not going to fight but he IS going to try to read the charts.  Endo want to help too?  Might be good to have some redundancy in this life-saving endeavour?

Also: can any character sing or play music?

This message was last edited by the player at 01:14, Mon 04 May 2020.

Autarch
 GM, 3058 posts
Mon 4 May 2020
at 01:53
 msg #183
Re: 6th OOC
Anybody on a ship can sing a sea shanty :).
Josh
 player, 378 posts
Tue 5 May 2020
at 02:17
 msg #184
Re: 6th OOC
Ecla - Kat can play the fiddle, though he'll want an explanation before he pulls it out.

GM - can we help each other on rolls here?  Like, say, if either of my folks want to lend Yolanda a hand with the trapping?
Autarch
 GM, 3059 posts
Tue 5 May 2020
at 02:46
 msg #185
Re: 6th OOC
Sure--if you find convincing ways to help.
Ecla
 player, 26 posts
Tue 5 May 2020
at 22:49
 msg #186
Re: 6th OOC
You heard the man, folks, be convincing :)
Ecla
 player, 28 posts
Tue 5 May 2020
at 23:00
 msg #187
Re: 6th OOC
Ecla - Kat can play the fiddle, though he'll want an explanation before he pulls it out.

Noted, and posted.  Feel free to whip it out!
Ecla
 player, 29 posts
Wed 6 May 2020
at 14:52
 msg #188
Re: 6th OOC
Nice rolls, someone had to save our skins!!
Autarch
 GM, 3060 posts
Wed 6 May 2020
at 14:54
 msg #189
Re: 6th OOC
Just give me something to work with for the trap. The only think that came to mind was ... where this nightmare started.
Autarch
 GM, 3063 posts
Fri 8 May 2020
at 20:50
 msg #190
Re: 6th OOC
For clarity: there is nothing to indicate the creature descended into the bilge through the barred hatch as the ick is limited to a small area away from the hatch. This transmutation has been witnessed before.

To wit: Yolanda watched the creature dissolve before her very eyes.
Autarch
 GM, 3068 posts
Thu 14 May 2020
at 23:16
 msg #191
Re: 6th OOC
Did you all know that the Japanese had kamikaze subs and boats as well as aircraft? Bonzai, indeed.
Autarch
 GM, 3076 posts
Sun 24 May 2020
at 20:46
 msg #192
Re: 6th OOC
Questions three:
1) Did we see lifeboats anywhere in our previous explorations?
No lifeboats.
2) Can individuals burn luck to improve INIT?
Yes, the one who made the roll for the group.
3) Diving into the water and then swimming under the ship and popping up around is at least possible, yes?
The ship is moving too fast for that; you'd need to be tethered. You're not in deep waters either, so you risk being shredded by a reef. I wouldn't do it.

As I understand it, it will take an islander 2 full rounds to escape from the bilge: 1 to get near the platform and the next to reach it and climb the ladder.

This message was last edited by the GM at 22:51, Sun 24 May 2020.

Ecla
 player, 39 posts
Sun 24 May 2020
at 22:23
 msg #193
Re: 6th OOC
2) Can individuals burn luck to improve INIT?
Yes, the one who made the roll for the group.

Gotcha, editing ...
Autarch
 GM, 3077 posts
Sun 24 May 2020
at 22:52
 msg #194
Re: 6th OOC
I also edited my last post to reflect that there may be, of course, other clutches.
Autarch
 GM, 3079 posts
Thu 28 May 2020
at 02:30
 msg #195
Re: 6th OOC
In post-World War II Japan, beggars, aka peddlers, were members of a guild: the Yakuza guild.
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