The new OOC chat...

Any of you guys interested in joining this game?

link to another game

This and one other are the only games I still play in on rpol, so no. I'm not getting into new games on rpol.

I'm confused... Ion cannons are supposed to bring down shields, that's why they are there. They override the shields. It's what makes Y-wings and B-wings so devastating to capitol ships. So why are the Ion cannons being useless to the frigate?

That's not how Ion cannons work. Ion cannons have no effect on Shield Ratings whatsoever. The advantage of Ion cannons is that if the damage threshold is equalled or exceeded the target moves -2 steps on the condition track rather than -1 for a regular attack.

So they ignore what ion cannons do in all of Star Wars cannon? Interesting.
Ok.

I will allow Chu-Shkar to make an attack with both the Ion cannons and Proton torpedoes this round, the attacks will be at -5 to hit and the jury rigging of the controls will disable one of the weapons for the remainder of the battle, your choice which.

Rynn and Chu-Shkar to shoot and then we can start the next round.

OOC Chu-Shkar's regular to hit modifiers

Point blank shot +1
BAB +3
Dex +2
B-wing +4
Non-proficient -5

Total to hit modifier +5

As torpedo's second strike at -5, the modifier will +0 for the attack this round.

Umm apologies for my absence.  Let me get back into the swing of things. I'll look up my books tonight and see if there's anything I can do.

Last chance for those that haven't posted. I will update soon.

Hey, wanted to check in. My hope is to resume posting tomorrow.

My Eldest was hospitalized for 8 days, ending in a surgery for a permanent feeding tube.

She's out of the hospital now, and recovering... so life is slowly returning to normal.

Sorry to hear that brother. My prayers go out to you and yours. I am happy to hear that she is doing better though.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:37, Tue 27 Aug 2019.

Oh no. :( I'm so sorry to hear that.

That sucks, Rynn. I wish the news were better.

Sad news indeed...

I hope it will get better, somehow.

Best wishes to you and your family.

Thanks guys, the feeding tube will definitely be a big improvement on the quality of life.

She's bounced back pretty quickly and is already back in school. Kid is way tougher than I am.

XP is up.

I have ideas for further adventures if people want to continue or we could go out on a high! Well done players and heroes for sticking with the game so long. Most characters have levelled up again, sorry Chu so close!

I am all for continuing if you have it in you GM.

This is my longest running game on here, and I'm down to 3 games here on RPOl.

(ARRGGGGGG) 225XP! SOOOOO CLOSE! WOOKIE RAGE!

It's up to the rest of you. Though I should warn you, I'm down to only two games I still play on rpol this and one other. So if this one goes I won't be restarting.

I'd prefer to continue too.
I think we have a good dynamic, although this year has been hard for me.

I'm happy to carry on while you are. If you find a good, long-running game, stick with it!

And woohoo, level-up!

Yep.

Looking forward for the next mission !

level up for me too...... oh my

I'll be leveled by Monday, bogged down by work and moving houses.

Impressive.  Most impressive.

I was going to comment on that.

I chuckled.

I found it hilarious myself.

Congratz!!!

Thanks!

Does anyone have any downtime requests? Does everyone want to move straight on to next mission? New game map in Group 0 for Elrood Sector, for no reason.

Do I get to make a lightsaber?

I do, but I need to discuss it with you in ooc.

Yes you can. You are on a planet made of crystals!

I don't have any plans, but I can wait or find something to do if others have stuff to work out. Maybe Lyla could join the Rebel Pathfinders or other special unit, to represent whatever prestige class I take (a reflavoured Bounty Hunter or maybe the Vanguard with some talent retraining).

Chu-Shkar gave me an idea – team-building and training exercises! :D

So what was the consensus? Down time or next mission?

Is no one going to respond to Chu-Shkar's invitation?

You confused me since we were already going to the cantina. The invitation muddled things up.

You don't get XP for killing the buzz, Chu. :p

Ah. But he didn't know that, remember he left before you said you were going there. And he's been busy. So he's asking you all to meet him there.

Should I move on to a mission or are you guys socialising?

Socializing please.
I at least need the down time for several reasons.

If people aren't interested in socialising I can move on with missions.

I was waiting for Chu's news.

Sorry, I've been sick a lot lately. I'll post today.

For anyone wondering Chu-Shkar's going to multi-class into soldier, but I don't yet have the xp to do that. So while I'm on this next mission with my (temp) new character he'll be training to get that level. When I do level up he will come back with that level. This will explain the absence and allow me to still play while he's away. And any xp in this temp character will be applied to Chu-Shkar who's training.

Okay. But why not just play Chu-Shkar as normal and say the training happens in down-time or evolves during play? That's what I've done with new feats like Weapon Proficiency (heavy) to use starship weapons, or when Tera became a Jedi.

One, I'm taking an entire class. So it would require a lot more down time. Two I actually wanted to take a small break from Chu-Shkar as he's a somewhat difficult character to play with his language barrier, but I didn't want to give him up entirely.

Okay. So, any idea what your temporary character will be?

No clue It's whatever the GM assigns me, as it's a replacement from HQ. (Unless he says he wants me to make one in which case I'd better get started.)

Yes go ahead and make a character.

Shit better get started then.

I shall start something off soon for another adventure.

Huzah!

It's been a while so....


"All wings report in."

Gold 3, ready.

Yo.

Yes I will start the new mission soon as nothing seems to be developing for the role play.

That's my fault. I've been swamped with RL stuff.

Our Jedi has been radio silent for a month... anyone know them IRL?

I've heard nothing from Tera.

Carry on with any Role play. I've created a place holder for the next mission as a reminder for me to get us moving again.

Does anyone have a link to a pdf copy of the Saga edition of Star Wars RPG Core book that cam be copy pasted? I'm having trouble replacing my copy which got erased.

Be careful, I've seen many crackdowns on RPOL from people sharing copyrighed material.

One time, I saw someone get in trouble for saying that if you google "saga edition pdf" the first few links are helpful. I didn't even think that was a big deal.


So be careful.

My problem is I use to own a legitimate copy of the book in pdf format, I scanned my owned book back when I owned the book. Then lost the book in a move. Then my pdf copy of it got erased recently by some weird computer glitch/virus or something. Along with all of my document files so it wasn't just that book. So now when I'm unable to buy another copy and need it to create a character I can't find one to use.

Ouch. That's frustrating. Weirdly, DriveThruRPG doesn't have any Star Wars books, so that's no help.

I would guess that because WotC don't have the Star Wars licence they can't be printed on demand or pdfs sold online. I haven't checked but imagine there are online resources for character creation. I'll take a look.

Found this on a Google search, not sure how useful it is but might have enough info for character creation.

swse.fandom.com/wiki/Character_Creation

This does help thanks.

I have created an intro for the next chapter, feel free to begin any planning and continue with any cantina role-play.

Remember those that have rank abilities can order intelligence report and extra resources :-)

How are people with the new storyline? Let me know if you have any questions.

No problems here, I've just been worn out because of Christmas and short of inspiration for starting something new.

Should we start out on the Gold, or are we in the city? Should we dress up in good clothes for going corporate? :)

You can start whenever you want. If you want to get to the action quicker it's easier if you start in the city. Your choice how you want to blend in and what your cover story and corporate dress is like.

So... have we decided where we are right now?

Briefing room? or already on site of the mission?

Lamar will be starting on the planet, as he was dispatched from another planet. I've already posted and if you read his post he has set up a sign and counter sign for meeting.

You can choose where to start. Either in the Alabak's Gold or in the city is easiest and quickest.

Meeting Lamar at the starport seems the best place to start the scene then.

Sorry folks, I been in hospital for a few weeks. Don't really know how long I been there, but it's 2020, woohoo!

I got to go back in for a day of testing tomorrow and that'll let me know when I can return to the game.

Really sorry, I been super sick.

Here's to having 20/20 vision now! Happy New Year!

Oh no. I hope it goes alright. Get well soon!

Get well soon Tera. We need you. No laying down on the job trooper! *roaring threateningly in her face* :-)

ok, I'm out for sure now.
I'm still not great, but certainly on the road to health.

That's good to hear.

Indeed, it is.

This is going to go down hill right away. This is why you don't fuck around with contact protocols like this. He WILL drop the entire mission right fucking now because of this. This isn't a joke. He can't be sure these people aren't imperial infiltrators, and as such won't take the chance of working with them.

This is going to be a fun mission. I love it. LOL!

Wait, serious? I just thought it would be fun to play dumb for a bit and subvert the cheesy spy routine. I figured another PC would step in with the correct phrase.

And calling Lyla a "primitive" will earn Lamar very few friends. :o

We are too much of a free lance team ^^

It's still salvageable if someone acts quickly, but it will be fun either way. As to the savage comment, Lamar has a CHA of 9 and the imps are human supremacists, so he was using the opportunity to blend as he exited.

@Lamar, Kyln responded with the proper statement.

Yup. Got it and responded.

I apologize, Director should have been Diktat. I was going off memory, and didn't check until today.

I just meant company director. <shrug> It looks like you mis-posted as Chu-Shkar.

Nope! No I didn't! (whistling innocently) *totally ineffectively*

Did this game finally die?

Nah. This game won't die.

It's had many prolonged pauses, but hasn't died yet.

I was waiting for you guys to go make contact. Admittedly I took by eye off the game, it's been awhile. What's your plan do you need a reminder or you guys okay to restart?

Lamar it looks like Rynn asked if it was safe to talk after Lamar's apparent checking of his security devices.

Yeah, I was waiting for our contact to say something.

Actually I was waiting for confirmation it was safe from the gm.

Just a heads up.

My mom's cancer has returned and spread. We won't have a detailed prognosis until tomorrow, but it's not looking good. If my posting is sporadic I apologize. She has no plan (Will, burial plot ect) so I have a lot of work to do this week.

Damn dude... That's rough. My condolences and prayers. You take whatever time you need.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:52, Mon 03 Feb 2020.

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope things go well.

I'm sorry. Lost my mother mid last year. It wasn't easy, though she had everything very well planned. You have all of our support and we'll be here when you're ready or need a break.

When you're ready to travel to Radell Mining Corporation let me know. Also for ease let me know here, what cover (if any) your character is using and what weapons you are carrying and whether they are concealed and whether they are licensed.

Lamar would have a small licensed blaster as a personal weapon, which he would carry in his tech bag for "safety". As to when, I would like to give Rynn a couple of days in case he can, or wants to, post before we move on.

I assume my blaster rifles won't fly in an undercover operation. :) So, I guess I'll have my blaster pistol (looted back on Tatooine, but apparently I got it a fake license at some point) and knives, concealed as I can.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:11, Thu 06 Feb 2020.

Rynn's heavy blaster is licensed.

He wears a skin suit, so not sure about clothing. He'll go as a computer tech, and keep the blaster in a bag like Lamar.

Uh...how recognisable are lightsabers?

And what do people mine at Radell?

It is common knowledge that Radell Mining Corporation (RMC) is the largest employer in the Elrood sector and owns several mining planets. The corporation mines various valuable metals.

They're a corporation, so we could pretend to be interested in acquiring some rare material used in exotic manufacturing?

I shall move the action to Radell Mining Corp, unless anyone has anything important to do.

I've moved the action on. Have fun.

I apologize, I thought I had informed you that I was going out of town to family from the 7th to the 15th. That is why I haven't posted. I will be returning tomorrow and can post Sunday.

Hello, I'm back sorry for the radio silence.

Nothing bad, just a lot of things to settle as a new foster family.

I will resume regular posting now ^^

Congratz on the new kid(s)! (I assume you the one doing the fostering not the one being fostered.)

Sorry for the absence.

My mom died yesterday. The end came quick, but it was rough.

Give me about a week and I'll be back at it.

I'm so sorry to hear that. Take your time, it looks like we're on a rest at the moment.

My condolences to you and your family.

I am so sorry for you Rynn.

I have been uber busy. Work in healthcare and as a result, things have been hectic.

sorry folks. When I say hectic, that's an understatement.

The good news is I will be on furlough at some point in the near future for a month and can get back into things. Though this does also have negative consequences for us too.

Having gone through that myself you have my empathy, and full support. Take what time you need.

So sorry for my prolonged absence.

Could someone fill me in on what I've missed?

Welcome back! Since you last posted, we've gone to the Radell Mining Corporation's office building, received a briefing and a bunch of background information, and then been interrupted by a pesky bomb threat. Some of us abseiled down the side of the building to beat the evacuees, we presume you and Tera waited for the elevator or stairs. We're searching for the bomb in the ground-floor loading area, and found a suspicious comlink and a suspicious droid, and this is where we are now. :)

Thank you for that summary, looking forward to getting back into the game.

Hi, glad to see you back.

Yes Rynn can have come down the stairs. Feel free to introduce Rynn coming down the stairs and meeting with the others or contacting them by comlink and doing his own thing.

I should also just about be back.

As a quick question....does force disarm work on bombs?

Force Disarm is for diarming opponents not bombs :-)

Lamar can't read minds. My first comment was an IC way for Klyn to suggest the reroute the timer idea, which he hadn't said aloud.

Hope this one comes across the way intended. I'm not trying for Lamar to be a dick.

Just to make sure: we currently don't have any blaster or weapons?

The characters have whatever they smuggled in. All blasters were deposited with security.

just to be certain we are not waiting for each other: I'm waiting for the rest to post since Klyn is last.
Or should I just post now?

I would just post now.

How's everyone handling the pandemic?

Trying, unsuccessfully, not to gain weight.

I counted myself fortunate that I've been able to carry on working through out. So the impact has meant many changes but I've been leaving the house every day and seeing people every day. Generally that kept me sane. Trying different pastime and hobbies has been the biggest change. I've gone from active group games and sports, such as Larping and Roller Derby to new hobbies at home. New things I've been doing is drawing dungeon maps top down and isometric, painting miniatures he-man and thundercats, sculpting stuff from clay, building miniature stuff with diodes, growing more stuff in the garden, trying ramps on roller skates, street skating.

I have tried playing some games on Jitsi but didn't really suit me. Have been gaming at home with family, we played regularly for the first couple of months, playing Mausritter, a simple dungeon crawl style game with mouse adventurers. Also been playing Rangers of Shadow Deep as a solo or co-operative mini adventures. I'm hoping to get back to playing D&D again some time later this month if the local restriction allow.

I've not put on any weight, I've been eating less if anything. My partner has been working from home and she feels that she has put on lots of weight so I can understand what you mean.

I'm lucky to be in a safe area with a safe work-from-home job, so I've had no changes at all. It's almost disappointing, I wanted something to change in my life. So I'm carrying on as before, but I really want to go out and do something, anything, and just be away from my family.

Well, here in Belgium things were getting quieter... up until now with the possibility of the second wave increasing.

As a teacher, I'm currently home. But with the recent addition of a little boy (6y). I'm quite busy ^^

Yeah everyone still worried about a second wave here. Work continues. With the good weather I'm planning some D&D in the garden soon, maximum 6 people allowed. I threw the idea out there and the table filled quickly. I don't run much face to face table gaming so will be a bit of change for me, when its face to face I usually run live action role play but that currently on pause until I don't know when.

Since there's interest here's the stat block for the Wayfarer, it is your choice whether to take the Alabak's Gold or the Wayfarer.

The Wayfarer is a battered Mu-Class scouting shuttle registered to Radell Mining.
The Wayfarer has been slightly modified from standard Mu shuttles. Altering the size of the cargo hold, cockpit, passengers space, shield generator and weapons.

Wayfarer
Colossal modified Sienar Fleet Systems Mu-2 Long Range Shuttle
Init -8

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Defense Ref 14 (flat-footed 12). Fort 26; +12 armour
hp 120; DR 5; SR 30 Threshold 76

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Speed fly 12 squares (max.velocity 800 km/h), fly 2 squares (starship scale), swim 6 squares (max.velocity 85km/h)
Ranged Twin laser cannons +1, 2 Proton Torpedo Launchers +1
Fighting Space 12x12 or 1 square (starship scale); Cover total
Base Atk +0; Grp +34

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Abilities Str 42, Dex 14, Con --, Int 14

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Crew 2-7 [Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, shields/communications, three gunners]
Passengers 6
Cargo 75 tons
Consumables 6 months
Emergency gear 10 medpacs, 12 power packs, 4 blaster rifles, flare pistol, 2 weeks emergency ration packs, 6 space suits, tool kit, 10 comlinks, 10 breath masks, 6 charges of detonite, 3 remote fuses.
Hyperdrive x2 (backup x20), nav computer
Twin Laser Cannons (gunner)
Atk +1, Dmg 2d10x2
2 Proton Torpedo Launchers (2 gunners)
Atk +1, Dmg 9d10x2, 4-square splash

XP updated for Industrial Intrigue. I will start a new thread soon.

Lamar's pilot is +9 and hit use computer is +13 so he's actually a better navigator than a pilot, but if he's the best out of those present then he should be the pilot first, but maybe having him double check the nav coordinate could be a good thing. Just saying. LOL!

Yes Ryan is the better pilot and Lamar is the better navigator. You can do it however you feel is right. My decision on preferred roles was because Rynn can use starship weapons so he's useful to be flexible and not in the primary pilot role.

I'm happy for whoever you choose to make the navigation rolls, it doesn't depend on where their primary position on the ship is.

Either works and it makes sense for someone else to "take the controls while I calculate the jump." After which I could go back to piloting or we could, and probably would, switch in and out during the trip.

Unless Tera is good at computer things, Klyn will do the navigation
This message was last edited by the player at 21:21, Tue 08 Sept 2020.

People ready to move on?

Holy Cow... I missed the new scene.

I believe we are yes.

I've been having some hardware problems with my PC so delayed my posting. I will update soon.

I think have PC working again, so will update this week.

Lamar isn't trying to be dense here, he's actually thinking the other characters would catch on to what he's thinking. I'll give a hint: what is water made of?

FYI: I'll be going into the hospital for surgery tomorrow and will probably be offline for a few days at least while recovering. So expect delays from Lamar.

Take care and look after yourself.

Good luck and get well!

I was going to post an update this morning however PC not working again. Will try again later.

PC not fixed but quick update provided. On other business just noticed the battery in cat's feeder had run out so she's possibly not eaten any biscuits since Sunday. May explain why she was licking anything left out in the kitchen.

In the recovery. Surgery went well. Was completely out of it yesterday, so couldn't post. But doing well.

Good to hear things went well. Have a swift recovery.

My computer is still out of order. Going to get someone else to take a look today before deciding whether a new one is needed.

Took the graphics card out. PC is running again. Running on the Motherboard. Need to decide whether to replace or upgrade the graphics card. I know very little about this sort of thing but at least it shouldn't delay this game anymore.

I'm doing well after surgery, so I should be able to post as needed for the foreseeable future.

Good to hear all is well.

Whoops, GM ninja-ed me. I updated my post.

Could I have a quick reminder on the range increments and cons of extra range
(especially what's the range of the Gold's cannons).

Judging by the situation, Klyn will attack to, as the Gold must have been seen by now.

I was just working off pages 167 and 168 in the SWSE book. The Gold has laser cannons, which don't have good range: long range is 6–10 squares, and the penalty is −10. Beyond that, I guess it doesn't work at all. (Luckily the Wayfarer has torpedo launchers, which work better at range, and I have Far Shot.)

Lyla is correct the Alabak Gold is not in combat range for starship weapons. To join combat it will need to come much closer, equally it could flee and stay out of combat range.

But the Gold has been spotted no?

The Alabak Gold is not in range for any targeting computers so it is possible that the ship has not been spotted. Starship Stealth is Stealth vs Use Computer. Pilot adds vehicle size and Dexter modifiers.

You are currently flying through the Drift, a a nebula with odd sensor readings and gas clouds. It would be possible to hide a ship's energy signature and stay out of sight if you're talented enough.

A different OOC note. We seem to be down to 3 active characters. Do we need to think about recruiting some new players?

So, we lost the others then? :(

I wouldn't say no to new players, but we might not be in a good spot to introduce anyone new right now.

We haven't lost anyone. They have just been quiet so I was considering add some new players to liven things up.

It been a bit of a shame as Tera missed the Star Dragon and Rynn is missing out on pirates. Both scenes where their characters would get to shine.

Is Klyn able to see it's ion blast and not turbolaser? Like there is no explosion or damage?

If he can, he will stick with the first plan: follow and free later.
If not, then he will join the battle.

Yes Klyn would be able to deduce that the ships are firing ion cannons to disable and not damage the Wayfarer.

I'm not if any of you guys are interested but I've started an old school dungeon crawl at link to another game

Send me a RtJ if you want to get involved.

The last log book entry we had was in March 2018. I'm guessing as it's not been mentioned  that it wasn't useful or needed. Any opinions, would something different be useful?

One idea. I could give all players edit access to the game wiki and you create your own notes.

Still need to know where the entry door is.

It is a square marked in yellow and black. It's in the centre of the spaceship, by descending the cockpit steps you will come directly to it.

Just to mention I'm still here, but doesn't really know what to do or how ^^

Yeah there's limit to what Klyn might do, hopefully he'll be more active soon.

I'll aim to update this week, just giving Lamar time to respond.

Since we are behind cover, do we get any bonuses for that?

Yes +5 Ref bonus

If your attack is less than 10 you automatically miss with auto fire.

Also I put more pirates on the status block but 3 of them are queuing up in the entrance of the boarding tube, so they are in the same squares but below the 3 above. If that makes sense.

Aww, crap. (

Wait, do we get a bonus for having the advantage of height? As I understand it, we're shooting down stairs or a ramp at the pirates.

No advantage for position but +2 Aid Another from another character would make it a hit.

Does a blaster rifle have an autofire mode?

Yes a blaster rifle has an auto fire setting.

Seems like a great time for force points with that autofire.

Yes Force points would definitely boost those auto fire attacks.

Can I go back and add one? With my luck lately, I'm not holding much hope, but I've got a few FPs to burn.

Yes I'll allow it.

Oh, FFS! D:
14:59, Today: Lyla Rahn rolled 1 using 1d6.  force point.

Lyla has definitely been unlucky with her attacks!

Oh, so now I change back my luck improves!

The pirates are not having a good day are they? The down side is if we don't win they will probably kill us, since we killed so many of them.

Man... it really did not go well for them.

GM What has the other blast boat been doing?

The other blast boats will have departed in to the nebula cloud to hide. The barge remained attached to the shuttle.

<opens eyes> We're alive? Yay, we're alive!

I'm sorry everyone. Every time I've been told things will get better. They have in fact got worse. We've had folks quit due to demands,  but over Christmas I've been told that we're now allowed to hire again. I'm not superbly confident we can, but I sincerely hope so since I love playing rpgs. So.... hopefully I can rejoin in the very near future.

Hi Tera! I hope so too, Tera, it'll be great to have you back.

Take care and hoping things do improve. Looking forward to having you back.

Nine years! Nine thousand posts! XP bonus has been granted. Let's see if we can make it to ten years and ten thousand posts.

Tera we miss you. Hurry back as soon as you can.

@GM. Here here! That is a true accomplishment. And for everyone's information. I have mostly quit RPOL, but I'm still in two games. This and one other. I just don't want to leave these games. They are too good, and I enjoy my friends here. So lets keep it going!

I feel much the same way about Rpol. This game and you lot have at time been the only thing keeping me here. At present I've found myself joining games after years hiatus. My decision to play more was influenced heavily by the lack of other opportunities enforced by social distancing. I am enjoying it and reflecting on some of the great games I've played in the past too. Also started running a new game, we'll see how well that fares, I'm not sure what the life expectancy of a new game on Rpol is nowadays but how long a game ran for was always the weakest link for Rpol in my opinion.

I have a friend that is interested in Star Wars and plays here on rpol. But he hasn't been invited. Would you all want another player? And GM would that even be possible?

Yes, we have space here for more players. If they're interested get them to send a RtJ.

I didn't notice that I got the 9000th post. I also can hardly believe it's been 9 years. Lyla is one of my longest-running characters, after a lot of false starts in previous, aborted games. It's rare to see a character actually last long-term like you expect when you create them. At this point, I feel like I've got lazy with short posts and one-liners, but after this long, I know I've already said and explored a lot and don't always need to write more.

And thank you so much for still running it. I've gotten weary of a lot of games and systems, but this is still fun for me.

I just checked my RTJ... dec 24 made 7 years for me. My longest on RPOL as well.


It's been a great game all these years.

This is my 2nd longest game, but only barely. The other one is about 6 months older. It's a testament to the fact that both have gone on for so long.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:08, Tue 29 Dec 2020.

This is my longest game by far. I was in one for longer, but it died 2 years ago.

I've played in some successful games. Not long running ones. The most successful game I played in only lasted a year but was active and completed a story arc. Anyone else play in the Star Wars Knaves Peril game? It has been lingering for over 10 years with irregilar bouts of activity over the years, it's the closest thing to a long running game for me.

Depending on how much explosives I have, I have a real sneaky idea. Load the barge with an explosive attached to it's engine. Set up a remote pilot connection. Have the barge "tow" us into the base and then blow the engine. With an automatic cutout of the tractor device. The ship crashes into the base causing mayhem, and we land to attack. This causes disruption and chaos while also damaging them, but also gives us surprise.

Lamar has a claylike block of detonite. Its effectiveness at blowing up a starship really is down to the skill of the saboteur. In Star Wars style I expect a bomb in the correct place will destroy the barge.

And my computer use skill should be up to the task of setting up a remote pilot link.

We could also plan for a engine overload

Let me know when you have a plan decided and I'll move it along.

I've put on our current ideas into a plan and orders. I hope that works for everyone.

XP updated for Into The Drift.

Does that name mean anything to anyone?

A reread of the first message may help for info:

link to a message in this game


However the name is not known to anyone.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:23, Wed 13 Jan 2021.

Anyone need anything from me? Do you have a plan?

Which ship is Rynn in? Regardless he'll be taking it slow.



11:15, Today: Rynn Culmar rolled 13 using 1d20+10.  Pilot Check .

It's your plan not mine. But if I understand it, Klyn is flying the Alabak's Gold, Rynn is flying the Wayfarer and Lamar is flying the space barge by remote.

My question was more to the group.

I didn't know which ship Rynn was supposed to be heading to.

Good I did get that right.

A plan? Ha!

I need a Pilot check from Lamar and from Klyn.

Pilot, or Use Computer, sense he's doing it remote?

I'll let you choose, which every one you prefer.

Rolled both and updated my last post. Both were good so I think I should be fine. I rolled before you responded. Figured it would be faster.

As an aside, he could use the pilot for the flying and the use computer to also check for sensors on the way down. If he finds there are none he could try sending a comm back to the AG to come on in as they should not be spotted.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:06, Sun 07 Feb 2021.

Do you have plan now you are in the pirates base?

Nope... Time for the GTH plan. Kill everything and let the gods sort them out. :-)
This message was last edited by the player at 01:15, Wed 17 Feb 2021.

I made one, if it's okay for everyone. I don't think we should blow the place up before we've looked around to see if it's safe.

Did I miss your plan? Because I don't see it. Nevermind, I see it now.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:59, Wed 17 Feb 2021.

Wow GM, I didn't even get the chance to roll. LOL!

Klyn's roll was impressive enough to allow Lamar's success and I didn't think it was worth holding things up. It's felt a bit slow on action.

Not complaining, just laughing.

Sorry I stole your thunder ^^

Small question: the blast door is 'human' sized or 'ship' sized? I don't remember...

Blast door is 30m x 30m, so large but not spaceship large.

note to self: include a speeder on the Gold as soon as possible ^^

No worries.

Everyone hold up on posting, I'm waiting to hear back from the GM on a question I just asked and it might be important.
Go ahead.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:43, Thu 25 Feb 2021.

GM I know it's a longshot but does Rynn know these guys from his pirate days? Has he heard of the Scourge?

Yes Rynn would have heard of the Scourge but only as small band of pirates. Rynn might consider his knowledge out of date or something might have happened recently for the Scourge to be as powerful as they appeared with the gravity well projector.

Rynn goes after the pirates.

So we're waiting on Lamar, Klyn and Tera.

Do you have plan of what you want to get done?

I did, and I did it. :)

How is everyone? We seem to be running slow at the moment. Do we need to skip ahead or get to more action?

From my end you entered a stand off with the pirates then not much input.

As an aside my attention has been diverted as well as I'm also now running 2 other games here on Rpol which have been faster. So the slow pace here didn't really get noticed by me straight away.

Well, 3 of us are in a defensive posture, while Lyla is exploring.

I for one plan on keeping a defensive posture until something makes him defend. It would be lunacy to act as if all is well with armed pirates nearby.

If we want to summarize the search and pick back up on the exfil I'd be ok with that.

I know how that is, when a game gets slower and then players and GM get slower because of it. It doesn't go where. I try to post pretty promptly.

My extra-cautious plan might not have been the best for keeping everyone involved and active as well.

But yeah, if there's not that much to worry about, let's sum up and skim over the dull parts and empty rooms.

Agreed. If the pirates don't plan to attack, let's summarize our search of the place.

60% percent of the group responding in within 6 hours is a good sign.


Anyone heard from Tera... she's been quiet for a few months.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:27, Wed 07 Apr 2021.

Good to see so many responses.

I've not heard much from Tera. Last message was very busy with work so not something to worry about at least.

Sorry for having the damn pirates laugh at us, the switch probably isn't hidden but with a nat 1 on the dice, Klyn ridiculed himself ^^

I didn't find it on my 26 last time, and I rolled 2 points higher this time.

Who is piloting what?

From posts so far Lyla is shooting out of the Wayfarer, Klyn is flying the Alabak's Gold, Lamar is remote piloting an empty pirate vessel presumably from the Gold.

I'm assuming Lyla is expecting Rynn to pilot the Wayfarer, the Wayfarer doesn't have any pilot weapons so Rynn can focus on the flying.

I had originally intended to be on the Wayfarer, but the gold works as well.

I assumed we'd be on the same ships as we came in on, so I went on the Wayfarer again.

Yes Lamar can be on the Wayfarer as he's remote piloting it doesn't change anything at the moment.

Do we even have any force sensitives?

Tera is. I don't know if she has any mechanical way of making that Force lucky guess, if one even exists in SWSE, but I figured this was a great opportunity for that Star Wars flavour.

Yes Tera is the team's Jedi and can use the Force to determine the best course ahead.

Is Tera still in the game?

Tera's player has been busy but I'm expecting them to return at some point.

Any particular plan for the crew's next action?

Need any further info or clarifications from me?

We wouldn't mind the result of Klyn and Lamar cross examination of the data ^^

And did we find out the aftermath of events at the shaft? Is a pirate ship still there or did it leave? Did they retrieve the blastboats and personnel? I imagine we can fly over, look down, and see something.

Thanks. Oh, and are those Ithorians still around?

As a quick note on your hyper jump calculations. The Elrood Sector is on the game map so you can calculate any journey, try to think of it as an open world. A detour to Elrood would be a 6 hour delay.

Yes the Ithorians are still about.

It's not just me right? These don't sound like Verpine... right?

Correct, they don't look like the Verpines you remember.

GM do we not recognize their species?

Make a Knowledge - Life sciences roll.

I think I've seen them before, but I'll see what Lyla knows:
14:59, Today: Lyla Rahn rolled 25 using 1d20+10.  knowledge: life sciences.

Added a new log entry and update the latest episode on the wiki. Only the bare bones as not sure how much folk refer to either.

I wasn't aware there was a wiki...

Assuming the ship has power, can someone in a space suit pilot a ship that has a hole in it?

Someone in a spacesuit can definitely board it to find out.

On Monday I'm away from home for a few days. I will have access to Rpol via my phone but this may result in slower posting from me.

I'm a bit lost, sorry.

We went there with both ships? Klyn pilots the gold, and for the other one?

That's up to you. Is someone piloting the Wayfarer or has it been left on the landing pad?

We could let the Greys take the Wayfarer.

I wasn't sure if we were bringing both or not, but if we did, Rynn is piloting it again.

We're not leaving the Warfarer behind with Slythor, he'll claim it!

I think I had assumed we were on the Wayfarer as part of a ruse to pretend we worked for Radell, but confused that by mentioning the Alabak's Gold in a recent post. Let's keep it simple and the party together and assume we're on the Gold and leave the Gray Griffins on the Wayfarer somewhere safe and out of the way.

Anyone else need anything from me? I was waiting to see if anyone would reply to Lyla.

Lamar and Lyla are already across, so someone else would need to send the droid.

Does anyone need anything else from me?

I was just waiting on the others, as I couldn't think of anything to add.

I don't see anything left to do here. The data we found needs a full computer, think a CRAY, to crack and sift through it. A datapad won't do it. Flight recorders are designed to not be accessed except by those that are supposed to be, and this is more powerful.

Yes, we have what we need.
Now we must analyze the data and see where it leads.

I'm currently in the process of building a new computer. This has delayed my posting and this may continue temporarily.

No worries.

Understood. I hope it works. :D

Ok. New PC is up and running. Its the second I've build. Last one was about 8 years ago so this was an update.

So should resume usually posting on Saturday onwards.

Ten years, well done folks. Not reached the ten thousand posts mark yet, we've obviously had a slow year.

Congrats on the anniversary!

Woohoo! We're still going!

link to another game

There's a new game starting soon. I'll be playing in it. More players welcome.

I'm just wondering how to react: are we aware of this change in situation, and maybe expect it to be a hallucination or time travel or whatever, or do we fully believe we are where and who we appear to be?

The characters will fully believe they are where they are and what is happening. They won't remember entering the cave or what came before. They have agency and they can act within the scenes to take any action.

Okay, thanks.

I entered the separate thread first. Boy was I confused... LOL!

Same here ^^

It actually  helped though as I feel the character would have been slightly confused as well before falling fully into the scene. I hope that eventually those scenes will become readable for everyone, as there is some great storytelling in there.

Yes I'll make everything public when we've finished.

I've opened up the individual threads so others can read. Please continue to only post in your own threads until I tell you otherwise.

I thought I would never get out with +2 in endurance ^^

Ouch, by the way, 9 hp left.

I got lucky, aced it first time with a +10. :D Glad you could finally join me!




Oops. I forgot to consider if blasters work underwater. Come to think of it, I might've had a special underwater blaster rifle then. But I'm using my fancy DC-17m ICWS, and I guess it does everything.

Where are we posting at for Awakenings and You are Worthy? It's not rpol? All the settings and themes are different.

That was

That was me causing confusion by setting up lots of different labels and title. Post in the open thread.

Lyla, I had hoped you would order me to not kill the fish people for their deception.

I presumed that was rhetorical and you didn't seriously intend to threaten them. But anyway, I've edited my post to include a small intervention.

It’s open to discussion but I’m of the opinion that firing starship weapons at the cave and the likely collateral damage and loss of life would be a moderate Dark side transgression. I’m an arbiter only and this is not intended to sway your choice in anyway, however I didn’t want to award any character a Dark side point without first giving due warning.

What collateral damage and loss of life could there be? There's been no mention of a settlement nearby and I presumed we'd moved far enough away from the cave mouth for Anyar, Iych-thae, and any others to be safe. Lyla would not order it if anyone was standing in the blast radius, and accounting for the increased range and pressure underwater. Maybe we could add some kind of warning to get them to move further away?

But these guys are dicks and they need to be taught. :|

The Rebels swam away from the Anguillans and the visiting Ithorians, leaving them at the entrance of the cave.

Ugh. They would still find a way of obstructing us, wouldn't they? Maybe some warning shots would clear them out? Anyway, what do the rest of the PCs think? Am I just going mad?

So, Lyla... Do you like how I used your own words? :-)

Well, if it's a good line, steal it! :D

What is the plan?

I thought it might be worth a refresher.

The Rebels mission was to rescue the Gray Griffins and secure any new worlds for Radell, in exchange for supplies from Radell to help in the war effort.

The various factions they have encountered to bargain with, overcome, aid or hinder them in their mission of industrial intrigue have been;

Imperial Mining Ltd or IML

Star Dragon

The Scourge

Iych-thae and the pilgrims of the Mother Jungle

Slythor

Anguillans

The Imperial base!

How you plan to use any knowledge gathered or connections made is up to you...

At this point, I feel a bit lost or like we're done here. We had three aims. The primary aim was to rescue the Gray Griffins, and we've done that.

The secondary aim was stopping Chalmer Trilili and the Scourge. We hoped to find them here and didn't, and now the trail's gone cold. Do we have another clue for tracking down the pirates, another planet to visit? In any case, we have severely damaged their operation.

A tertiary aim was to secure a world for Radell, this also seems to be a bust. One, the world is inhabited, not free for the taking, I hope. Two, this doesn't necessarily involve taking on another Imperial sea base. It might be smaller than the last one, but we're stretched thin, have plenty more enemies, and no one knows we're here. I want to be sensible about it: if we try it and get caught/die, the Rebel Alliance will never find out about it. We should return, report it, get more intel and resources, and see what needs to be done about it.

As for the other groups, we haven't encountered IML yet, but presumably they're enemies and in the Imperial base. The Star Dragon seems like a random encounter, and we can't find it again or do anything with it that we know of. Slythor we've got what we can out of and have burned bridges with. Iych-thae and Anguillans were impossible to work with. The Gray Griffins might tell us something new, but they haven't really said anything since we rescued them, so maybe they need a proper hospital.

So, all I can think of is returning to Elrood to report in, get fresh intel, rest up, and find some way of dealing with the pirates' interdiction field. But I'd welcome a better idea.

I agree wit you totally. There is nothing to go on until more information becomes available.

What you do is entirely up to you.

I will remind you however that you were not ordered to do anything with the pirates.

Your orders were twofold, rescue the Gray Griffins and secure any new worlds for Radell.

The first you have achieved, the second is in the balance. This is a mission of industrial intrigue.

We were not ordered true, but the company was losing ships to the pirates, and we were supposed to help the company. So...

Just to clarify, the base is a space station correct? You said it was in orbit.

No. The Base is a floating Base on the ocean.

This isn't something we can just fly over and bomb and shoot until it sinks, is it?

You can try. Chance of success? The base's armaments include a Turbolaser and a shield generator, also where there's an Imperial base there's always Stormtroopers and TIE fighters. Some sort of sabotage or subterfuge might be more likely to succeed.

So what's the plan? Are the Rebels staying in Alluuvia or plotting a hyperspace jump, if so where?

It looks like we're done here, so back to Elrood.

Groans at Lyla

Really Lyla? Make it so? Am I Westly or Data now?

As long as you're not the redshirt, you should be fine. :D

LOL!

Any other actions?

Shit... shit... shit, shit, shit.

My digital copies of the Saga books disappeared during one of my various data migrations. And The Trove isn't up any more for me to replace them. Does anyone have any of the books on digital that I can get copies of? I need those modifiers so I can roll stealth.

Wayfarer stats are posted

Wayfarer

Dex +1 Size modifier -10, Lamar’s Stelath +9 = +0 vehicle Stealth check

Don't forget as well as Force Points there's also Destiny Points when things get tough. They can be used to avoid hits and also to score automatic hits.

I had forgotten about them. Is it too late to use one?

I'm willing to allow the use of a Destiny point at any time.

Alright, I spent a Destiny Point to negate the last attack on Lyla, so she keeps some hitpoints. I think that's the only use that's valid for me here.

Sorry for the long delay I was waiting to see if Lamar had anything to add and didn't realise it had been so long.

I know that feeling too well.

Shit. Did I miss a post?

Alabak's Gold? I think Lamar and Lyla are on the Wayfarer, but at this point I feel hopelessly confused and lost, so let's leave, regroup and repair, and work out what to do next.

Yes you're correct, Lyla and Lamar are in the Wayfarer.

Apologies been busy. Will catch up with you guys soon.

This whole mission has become a schemozzle and a drag, there's only two of us left, we don't know what's going on, and we're basically stuffed. Is there any chance we can catch a break for once and just get away and regroup or wrap this up?

Ok I’ve added an exit for the Rebels.

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From my end it seemed a muddle, not sure if it was caused by only having 2 active players. From my view point this made decisions from the Rebels very resolute and a few actions were off track with no one to challenge them. Do we need to recruit new players or has this game reached its natural end? The game has now reached its 11th anniversary, which is pretty amazing! In terms of my plans there’s still plenty to do in the sector…

Just these loose ends to begin with...

The Imperials have captured Alluuvia and will gain all materials and subjugate another alien race.
The pirates continue to harass all space travel in the sector with the Impasse
Radell Mining corp is being squeezed out through competition with Imperial Mining Ltd which will weaken the Alliance supply of raw materials.

Not loose ends in terms of plot but might be interesting role-play you also have

Iych-thae and the pilgrims of the Mother Jungle
Slythor the crime boss and his double crossing droid
Star Wing and the Star Dragons

I'm okay with recruiting more players. And I don't think we were quitting entirely on the mission, but we're in a bad way at the moment and need to withdraw and regroup.

With the slowing pace and attrition of players, I'm afraid the game may be running its course. I also think I might've done all I can with Lyla at this point, at least in this kind of story. OTOH, I'm in no hurry to say goodbye to her, so if you do want to keep going and recruit new PCs, I'll be here for it, always. :)

And yeah, we just need to recover our breaths, take stock, and come back in fresh and strong. There's been too much to deal with and not a lot of it made sense, especially since we got to Alluuvia. Saving a planet already captured by Imperials, when not even the locals wanted us, and didn't endear themselves to us, seemed a step too far in the circumstances.

Ok I'll see if we can recruit any more players for the next mission.

Ello all! I'll be your Jedi-in-residence, Sylvar Kazat from the planet Cathar. Nice to meet everyone and I can't wait to start traveling the galaxy saving people, hunting things, the family business.

:D

Welcome Sylvar Kazat, I have opened up the character sheet.

Ah, new blood! Welcome to the gang!

Greetings. Welcome.

Next mission starting. Introduction for Sylvar Kazat set up. Hopefully we'll all be playing together soon.

In a busy time won't be really able to post until after the 2nd.

It looks like we have another new name in the list. Welcome to the crew! I look forward to meeting both of you in play.

Hi guys, working on a couple of concepts.  Hope to finalize something as quickly as possible

Ello there from one new player to another.

Hello!

Ok, barring the GM raising any thoughts on my character, I have completed him.  All I have left to do is write up the description (which may come later today)

I have him set to be fluid in his growth depending upon what the existing party needs and where the story takes us. (basically I can be a pilot, heavy weapons/gunner, mechanic, computer guy...my direction will just depend)

Good morning all. So this is roughly what we have at the moment;

Soldier – heavy weapons
Scout – pilot, mechanic and computers
Scout – heavy weapons and stealth
Scout – pilot, mechanic
Jedi – Jedi stuff

There’s another players working on either a Noble or a Scoundrel, so should round off the team well.

I’ll update soon to introduce the new characters. In the meantime you’re welcome to chat and plan any introductions. Briefly the initial concept will be to have the new characters hiding out on Bodrin. Bodrin is a mining colony which shuts down for 5 months of every year, making a good hiding spot until the mining season starts up again.

Grey Tapper, Sylvar Kazat, Treg Quo and yet unnamed will be together or nearby to each other on Bodrin. If you have ideas you’d like included in the back story let me know.

Don't forget that Lamar is also a Sniper.

Anyone need anything or have any questions?

I've been busy and felt it better to wait for the others to introduce their characters so I can properly react to them. If not, I'll try to come up with something.

Sorry, rough week at work and have plans for today.  I will post an introduction tomorrow.

Working 14-16 hour days this weekend but off Monday morning. I'll be able to get up and running after sleeping the sleep of the dead.

I love what I do. Really, I do. I just don't love how often they want me to do it.

Sorry guys. Things got a little hectic recently. I’ll try to get a post up tomorrow.

I finally had some time and inspiration to get back into the swing of things and re-introduce myself. :)

Sorry, I don't mean to ignore the rest of you, I just don't have a plot reason to talk to you others yet.

Odd, Lamar called you on the comms.

Yeah, I replied to Lamar. It's the other new PCs I don't yet know what to do with.

Now everyone is starting to introduced, let me know when you are ready to get onboard the Alabak's Gold and continue with the adventure.

I shall be away this weekend so my activity on Rpol will be limited.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:27, Thu 23 Feb 2023.

At Emerald City Comic Com till tomorrow night. Can't update till monday probably. Will do so then.

Shall I assume everyone gets on board the Alabak’s Gold and Lyla leads the new Rebels on their first mission?

Any particular plans for the mission or shall I also assume you are following the homing beacon?

Fine by me. But that's up to Lyla and Lamar.

Sure. No issues with me.

Yeah, no worries here. Let's go!

I suppose we should tell Treg and Sylvar we're Rebels, but maybe that should wait until it's too late for them to back out. :D

Getting off the ice planet sounds like a good plan.

Sorry I've been a bit absent lately. I'll get thing moving along ago shortly.

Hey everyone! I am new here. :D

I have an idea for a brawny, simple but lovable and loyal character that just kinda hangs out with one of your characters(think Groot sticking around Rocket in the MCU or like Chewwy and Han) because of some feel good reason like paying a life debt, or being childhood friends, etc etc.

Anybody interested in something like that? Don't feel pressured though, I have plenty of ideas if that doesn't click for you guys.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:56, Sat 18 Mar 2023.

I rolled for stats, not a bad result.

But OOPH that 7 tho! (╥﹏╥)

In reply to Smirk In Progress (msg # 389):

Fancy having met a Cathar Padawan who you now hang around with for reasons we can discuss? Pending GM approval, of course.

Why not you sylvar tongued devil.

Ohhh...I like you already.

In reply to Sylvar Kazat (msg # 393):

Why thank you! So tell me a bit about Sylvar so I can start dreaming up some good ideas for your big lug of a counterpart.

I have been reading through some of IC and I gotta say you all write very well and the action is griping!

What level is everyone? Should I build at that level, or at 1?