Probably should have figured this out earlier...

Do I or Crichton have some sort of short range radio back to the rig?  Probably not, but just wanted to ask before I posted.

In reply to Tech. Sgt. Airen Crichton (msg # 573):

Ah right. A police Humvee probably wouldn't have a ring or pintle mount to salvage.

Bro Edgar and/or Crichton could have easily picked up a radio if they liked!

Tony

In reply to The Marshall (msg # 575):

 Chricton has a radio from way back.

Man. Been out of it the last few days and also trying to figure out what Peter would do with this. I'm gonna try and post something.

In reply to Peter Firecrow (msg # 577):

Thanks for your patience, everyone!

I've had a busy week, and I completed a playtest of an adventure for a game company I'm involved in and writing an in-depth report and errata sheet have taken up a lot of my free time. I'm almost done and I'll have a new post up in a few days!

Thanks,

Tony

And I'm back. How is everybody?

In reply to Smoker Nix (msg # 579):

I'm fine!

My mum said it was time to get my daughter Gianna a doll house. Following is the one Michelle and I picked out:



It is not really four stage, it is 2 stage because the nose cone comes off and is a lander. My mum was unimpressed and said she would still get her a nice Victorian doll house. I said if she didn't play with the rocket, I would!

Odd, no pictures of girls playing with this...

Tony

Ha!  Brilliant.  My kids had one of those!

Neat.

In reply to Smoker Nix (msg # 582):

I can't recall the exact properties of Spook Juice but I assume it (magically) works both in diesel and gasoline/petrol engines, even though this is not normally possible.

Tony

In reply to The Marshall (msg # 583):

Yeah Spook Juice works in both. So long as the engine runs. It is kinda like E-85 engines in the States. Can run on standard gas or 85% ethanol.

In reply to Tech. Sgt. Airen Crichton (msg # 584):

Sorry for the momentary delay.

Sadly, we are losing a player. Adam, who plays Crichton the Junker and the Templar Jason Sinclair. He will be missed!

However, I am reading in "Cannibal" Jack Hayes into the game. Play should commence soon!

Thanks,

Tony

Farewell, Crichton!

Greetings Jack!

In reply to Brother Edgar (msg # 586):

And also with you.

 Just to clarify Tony's post above I am taking an unplanned break for an unspecified period of time. It wasn't really my idea, but it is what I need to do for the time being. I am currently working things out and I hope to be back to the game somewhat soon.

In reply to Jason Sinclair (msg # 588):

Great to hear. We eagerly await your return!

In the mean time Crichton is being NPC'd, if that's ok with you!

Thanks,

Tony

Sorry this time of year gets buys for me but I will try to check at least once a week.

In reply to Peter Firecrow (msg # 590):

Is the torn up van in the reeds on our side of the river or the far side?

In reply to 'Cannibal' Jack Hayes (msg # 591):

The van is close to on your side, if closer to the middle, a little downstream.

The stream seems shallow and is about 20-30 yards across. 1/3 from your bank is choked with reeds and grass, 1/3 is a brown water channel with 1/3 on the far side is also reed and grass choked. The water is a murky brown.

Don't worry about posting late, especially this time of year! I'm grateful that you guys are all still involved and invested despite my games (in general) going through slow posting periods of my own. I have a feeling this will be my last week of regular posting before XMas!

One idea might be to set up an email alert through rpol?

Thanks,

Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:28, Thu 06 Dec 2018.

In reply to The Marshall (msg # 592):

We have a new player here so I'll go over some combat basics and fine points. Combat is as close as I can make it to tabletop DL, adjusted for PbP format. Have a read of the combat rules in the Home Rules thread.

One important mechanic is that you still make a TN5 Quickness for initiative to draw one or more cards and these form your total number of actions. (1 for a success plus an additional action for each raise.) Instead of counting down every single card for every PC in order (which would be a pain) your highest card now becomes your initiative for the turn. You take all your actions on that card. (This is the most workable solution I could come up with to retain card draws for initiative, which is the heart of the DL combat system in my opinion.)

Sleeved cards are still a held action. They can be used to change your initiative, so that you may still be able to use your sleeved card to act before an opponent who draws a higher initiative card (as long as you beat them in an opposed Quickness check). If you've already acted for the turn you can still use a sleeved card to conduct covering/reaction/overwatch if you are set up to do so. Lastly a sleeved (aka hole aka cheat) card can also be used to dodge/dive for cover.

The last is very important because an important rule change in my game is I don't allow spending of chips to negate damage. So remember to use cover and/or have a card sleeved to use for dodging! Some players in the past were not comfortable with this as this is a fundamental rule for both DL and DL:HoE and allows for a much more reckless play style. I may revisit this decision in the future although so far it hasn't seemed to led to excessive PC mortality so far over the years as I tend to play the opposition as fairly conservative in nature. But if you get to spend chips to negate damage so can the bad guys. Which wouldn't mean much for the mooks but heavy hitters like Modeen and the Boise Horror could have done a lot more damage, or at least gone down with a much longer fight and maybe taken a PC or two with them.

Speaking of chips, I will make a draw for Cannibal Jack now.

Lastly, a combat technique I picked up in a long-running Twilight 2000 game (Pirates of the Vistula) I was a player in is to have players include a ".tac bloc" at the bottom of your combat post. First comes ready weapon and ammunition count (at the start of the turn), followed second by your general location, then followed by actions listed in order (with ammunition counts). At least that's the idea and it makes things easier for me to keep track of the action, although it can, ahem, be a little bit of a struggle to add this information.

Thanks!

Tony

In reply to The Marshall (msg # 593):

Things have just been busy for me! I'll make card draws and then you may post actions.

Thanks

Tony

In reply to The Marshall (msg # 594):

Hey guys poking my head in. I should be back after the holidays and ready to take back Chricton. To be fair it is a crazy time of the year to work retail.

In reply to Jason Sinclair (msg # 595):

Yeah, no problem!

I don't expect to get much input from players for another week at least.

Thanks,

Tony

In reply to The Marshall (msg # 596):

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and Boxing Day. I was putting this off due to there being a little work involved for me but here it is.

Initiative draws are up! Check the die roll thread. Everyone who is acting acts before the gator due to good initiative card draws.

Peter, Jand and Roadkill will not be acting this turn due to surprise.

The code beside your name in the initiative order is as follows: highest card drawn, followed by number of actions (TN 5 Quickness check). No actions are held (you do not start with a sleeved card). E.g. Smoker (RJ, 2 Actions) means Smoker drew a Red Joker (yay!) and acts at any point in the turn he likes, and has 2 Actions.

As an additional note I'll be off in Barbados for a week plus tomorrow so probably no posts from me until then, but it's possible we may have internet. So who knows!

Thanks,

Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:00, Thu 27 Dec 2018.

Enjoy Barbados!

Used to share a lab with a fellow from there. One time he went home and returned (probably illicitly) with some flying fish which he cooked for us. They were delicious.