Welcome to our new digs... :-)

*adjusts seat, puts feet up on the table, relaxes*

Um, Ms Celes, I do hate to be a bother but I do believe the Jawas in the corner are staring at me and DeeJay...oh, and Emessee too, but really they can have her if they want... :P

My apologies for being particularly tardy this week.  It wasn't one thing, it was a bunch of little things.   I should be able to post more tonight or tomorrow. :-)

New thread!

Folks,  I will soon be minimizing my presence on another board.   I may have some time to run another game on RPoL.   Do you have any suggestions?  Most players usually have one game that they never get to play.

Oh, I always have a few ideas, but they tend to be less traditional. I'd certainly be happy with a game of Masks with this crew, for instance. Or Index Card RPG. Or Open Versatile Anime. Maybe Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space?

Ooh, let me think about that. There are some games I'd really like to play

Wow I'd need to give that some thought but I'm definitely interested.  I really do like our small, but mighty, band of heroes.   Also sorry I've been a bit scarce, I'll try to post today or tomorrow.  Darn it Celes I didn't know you were wounded again, I'd have seen to you first.  Bad medical droid BAD,  I'll finish up and come to her aid.
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I think it's the same wound from that last firefight, but patching up in the middle of a smokey corridor isn't the same as properly treating a wound with a starship's medical supplies in a more sterile environment designed for it, y'know?

And it's an excuse to be in the room long enough to try and get the patients moving towards safety, rather than just leaving them here to explode.

Oh yes I agree completely, TwoOneBee would never just leave them to die, it goes against his primary programming and mine.  Maybe we can pick up a spare medpac there.  Jump in the Bacta tank I'll be right there :-P

"Oh, I always have a few ideas, but they tend to be less traditional. I'd certainly be happy with a game of Masks with this crew, for instance. Or Index Card RPG. Or Open Versatile Anime. Maybe Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space?"

I could try some Mask or Doctor Who, I have run both in real-life.  I'm probably not familiar enough to do anime to get all of the tropes right (and what is anime without its unique tropes?).  I will look up Index Card RPG.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 04:50, Sat 16 Nov 2019.

Celes, there is a game of OVA recruiting on another board.

https://www.myth-weavers.com/showthread.php?t=484653

I mention this as OVA games are so rare and this game is recruiting now. :-)

Sorry I have been away for so long, real-life speedbumps.   I will probably be starting another IC thread soon, the current thread is rather long.  IC post is up. :-)

No worries, boss, we've been pretty quiet, ourselves. Don't take my lack of posting as lack of interest, though! Just that motivation to post waxing and waning, despite really wanting to keep up. Definitely still here. That said, I'm about to not be here because I'm flying away to nerd cafe. So, uh. I'll post soon! :D

Thanks for the post, Old Fossil, they never fail to make me laugh, or think, or both.  As for being away not a problem sir.  This time of year is challenging for most people I'd say.  The Holidays and all the activities and expectations that go along with them tend to consume an inordinate amount of our time.  I will be posting tonight or tomorrow though, as I'm off until Sunday night now.

P.S: I'll look forward to your post as always.  Have fun at the nerd cafe Celes, sounds like my kind of place :)

I will post soon, tons of work right now

Imperial Rave!

Nerd Cafe sounds so cool.  :-)  I am so sorry that I have been out of pocket lately.  It seems December is a tough month.  I will try and post tonight or tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure that was on Luke's utility belt, not the troopers'. The question still stands, why would he have a grappling hook and liquid cable on a moisture farm, but it might have been to do things like help tow heavy equipment around.

LOL as long as we have one I won't ask where it came from if you don't.  Also Nerd Cafe does sound cool.

I agree Old Fossil, it is a rough month for finding free time to post.

YAY Ms Shira, Imperial Rave lol :)

Oh, also TwoOneBee posted, that silly old droid.

Sorry for my absence.  Christmas season is a wonderful but busy time.  If I have missed anyone, I will try and make up for it next post. :-)

Also, I have consulted with an expert on Luke's mysterious grappling hook...

https://www.cnet.com/news/mark...g-hook-in-star-wars/

Who are we to argue with a Jedi Master? ;-)

Mark Hamill is the best of us.

Also! Celes isn't in any sort of position to help with repairing stuff. She'd be rolling with 2D vs a 15, and that isn't a winning proposition. Anyone else care to handle this one? :D

I agree Celes and Old Fossil, Mark Hanill is amazing.  I've watched so many interviews with him and each time I'm more impressed.  He's a true nerdy fanboy at heart, smart and funny, an engaging storyteller and talented actor,.  Um, well the doctor has a 3D in general Technical I guess he can give it a try.  What does Shira or Emessee have?

3D Technical, 4D security.

Also, Merry Christmas, everyone!

Merry Christmas Every er being :-)

I hope everyone had a very happy holiday, and got to eat everything. :D

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 28):

I had a wonderful Christmas time.

I had a very quiet Christmas, which suited me just fine.  I got to eat everything I wanted :)  I will post later today, I may as well give the tech rolls a try I suppose.

I hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Year :)  Welcome to 2020 everyone!

Time to see clearly and be awesome to each other! :D

Also, real quick, I'm actually not sure what's going on with the extendable bridge. I don't know where that is on the map or where we're actually trying to go. Can we just walk over to the technicians and to the door beyond them, or are we doing something else?

Happy New Year everyone (although I am beginning to wish I kept the receipt on 2020)! :-)

I hope every one has had a happy holiday season.  I am sorry I have been away so long.  I must have been on an eggnog bender.    My eBay business is picking up and while that is good news, I have had to curtail my online gaming.  This game was one of the few I have kept.

I've also seen Rise of Skywalker and I am glad to have lived long enough to see this forty-two year-old story to its conclusion.

I should post IC tomorrow.  I will admit I am having a little trouble understanding the situation myself.  As I grok it, there is a panel Blissex can fiddle with to your advantage but the bridge is retracted and needs fixing.   However, I am not terribly enamoured of this encounter and am willing to gloss over it if y'all wish.

Certainly I could be generous in rules and situation judgement.

Let me know what y'all think...
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I'll try to post today

I haven't seen Rise of Skywalker yet, but I do know a few of its main story elements.  I too am glad to have lived long enough to see the Star Wars story come to a conclusion.  I am glad your eBay business is doing well Old Fossil, and I am likewise very glad you chose to find time to keep our story going, that means a lot to me my friend.

I shall post tomorrow, I am just getting over my 53rd birthday actually.  Being old, I took the night off and just had a relaxing day at home.  I am too darned old to want birthday cakes or parties or too big a fuss on my account, so I was quite content to just sit my old butt down and enjoy a cup of tea and complain as old men are supposed to do.

I don't dislike this encounter, its sort of nostalgic for me, reminiscent of the original movie and the heroes iconic escape from the Death Star against impossible odds and with great sacrifice.  I'm just sorry my tech rolls sucked so badly, but droids are designed to excel in certain areas and TwoOneBees definitely isn't engineering lol.

I am grateful for the extra 1D for this dexterity roll, it gives me some hope I might make it.  Again physicality is not the doctor's strong suit, but that's what makes it challenging after all, which an encounter should be.  Still it is a thrill to make the important, 'I'd rather not die please', rolls once in awhile.

Let me go and roll that DEX roll now then.

P.S: Also pass the eggnog please Old Fossil sir, I have some dark Jamaican rum that needs a friend :)

P.P.S: YAY Shira post, I always look forward to those my friend, they make me smile.

Goodness, we aren't rolling well today

Hi, hello, greet, I am alive for the most part. Returned from helping run a show at a convention, and have been taking time to recover. Also I bought a guitar. I should be good to post sometime soon, just not sure when.

EDIT: Oh, also don't forget that we can expend Character Points to add dice to a roll, even if we've already made the roll and failed.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:36, Wed 15 Jan 2020.

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 37):

Have we been awarded any?

Hm. Well, we should be awarded around 10-15 per adventure, which I believe we got after rescuing the Force Planet, and can potentially get CP rewards during adventures as well (which might work better for PbP). Do we have any CP left over from the first stack we got?

If I'm being really optimistic, I don't know if I failed yet?

Argh!  Sorry I have been away for so long, guys.  I will try and answer your questions and post IC tomorrow. :-)

In reply to That Old Fossil (msg # 41):

Hope life gets less hectic!

Argh and double-Argh!  I am busy some more and likely can't respond until Sunday OR Monday night. :-(  I appreciate your patience. :-)

Its okay Old Fossil old friend.  I think we all know how life can get overwhelming at times, very suddenly and unexpectedly.  We've been hanging around for awhile now and I think its safe to say none of us are going away any time soon :)

You've had the three of us pretty solidly for the past four years. We'll be fine, life comes first and we're definitely still here. <3

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 45):

Goodness! Has it been so long? I'm glad I found this group. Most RPOL games don't last four weeks, let alone this long.

OK, Whew! Now I can begin to recover from my long absence.

TwoOneBee, I feel ya, my friend.  I too know what it is like cruising through the mid-Fifties.  It is not that I will soon qualify for the senior special at Denny's that makes me old, it is the fact that I am looking forward to it. :-)

Celes, I envy anyone with musical talent.

As I am not sure that everyone has seen Rise of Skywalker yet, I won't spoiler anything.   I will say that IMO, Mandalorian aside, Star Wars could use a long rest and recharge its lightsabers for a bit.

It has been that long since we started gaming.  Wow, you guys were to be the backup game.  A test of RPoL as it were as compared to the fancy board I normally spend my time at.  But you were the ones that have lasted.  I'm lucky to have y'all. :-)

But then as Yoda might say, Star Wars fans have learned to need patience. ;-)

In fact, I'm sorry to say I have completely lost track of who has spent what Character Points.  But it also occurs to me that I don't think I have given you any real experience in that time.   So I certainly think you are due a net gain, a substantial net gain.

Provisionally, I am considering granting you a renewal of the usual five Character Points just to get you through this encounter.  And that is likely just the beginning of what I owe y'all.

I have some free time on Tuesday (well, it is likely) and you are now a priority.   I will finally post IC then but I wanted to give y'all a few days to mull over the experience suggestions above.   No biggie if you don't get to it.   If I don't hear otherwise, consider yourself to have five new character points as you reply to my IC post....

I knew RPoL would come out on top! :D We've got a ton of patience over here, as you can see. n.n

And I am by no means musically talented, I'm just very determined to get these two instruments sounding nice at my hands. I never really enjoyed playing the woodwind instruments, as I couldn't practice them quietly anywhere and was always anxious about being heard practicing. It's a shame too, as I've got this beautiful ceramic Ocarina of Time sitting next to me that I'm too afraid to learn to play because of the noise. But yeah, hopefully I can get good enough to record something to share!

I'm really excited about Character Points. Looking forward to getting to beef up my skills again. :D

And as for this particular scene, I think it best if I stay in the background and let the techier heroes handle it. I'm good for when people need shooting or intimidating. :P

What's a Ocarina of Time (sounds like the coolest superhero ever)...? ;-)

Your words remind me of A Fish Called Wanda.

...Otto shoots at unexpectedly empty safe.

Wanda:  "What are you doing?!"

Otto:  "I'm thinking...!"

An ocarina is a wind instrument rather like a flute or recorder, often made of clay. They can be round or oblong ("potato") -shaped, and are found in several Legend of Zelda games. The two that feature it most prominently are Ocarina of Time (Zelda 5) and its immediate sequel, Majora's Mask (Zelda 6), which both revolve around music as the primary way to interact with anything that doesn't need a good stabbin'.

Toot toot, magic flute.

I just played a clip of the Zelda music.  It is quite beatiful. :-)

I should post IC tomorrow.  Sorry for the usual delay.

I'm hoping to get a post in sometime soon, myself. Been all frazzled and now I gotta catch up and figure out what's been going on.

The computer I use for this game has possibly died.   I will try and post tomorrow... :-)

OK, computer is back up but it is a slow recovery.   I will likely post Tuesday night.  Thanks as always for your patience. :-)

No worries Old Fossil my friend.  Computers can be a pain in the backside no doubt.  Just glad you managed to recover it.  Tuesday is cool I'll be here man.

I'll get a post up today Old Fossil.  Thuraya is scaring me, we need to get her back to her more balanced Master.  If she ever meets Vader, I think we may lose her.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:05, Sat 07 Mar 2020.

So far Celes has been rooting for Thuraya's bloodthirst, since it matches her own and she has no idea how the Force works. Now Celes is thinking maybe this kid is a getting a little too murder happy to hang around with Shira.

Do y'all like Thuraya with a little dark side?  It could go either way. ;-)

I do, I think the struggle to stay on the path of the Light side is particularly difficult for a padawan.

Oh as a player I'm pretty into it. Celes has no idea what that sentence even means, but she's into killing when it's practical and is kind of not into killing when it's for funsies. Thuraya's been edging towards sadistic enough to get Celes's attention.

All good, 'Touch of Gray' isn't just a Grateful Dead song.  I'm sorry I have been delayed in posting.  And it may be that I can't post again until Tuesday.  Thanks for your patience, as always.  We seem to be almost in a different world than a week ago. :-(

In reply to That Old Fossil (msg # 61):

It's all very chaotic here

Crazy days, folks, stay safe...

Agreed.  My wife and I are doing our best.  She's retired now, so staying at home is not the issue.  I still am working, but the bank where I work has gone overboard with their safety precautions, so I'm not too concerned there.  The hardest thing about all of this is not going stir crazy staying in.  I am an introvert, but even I get bored staring at the same four walls after awhile.

Glad we have this game where we can at least do something interesting and connect with people, have some fun and forget for a little while.  Cyber hugs everyone, hope you, and your loved ones are happy and healthy.

Stay safe, Doctor (TwoOneBee's) orders lol.

In reply to TwoOneBee (msg # 64):

Yes, be careful everyone!

Do we still have a lightsaber?

Hi folks, sorry for being quiet. Nothing's panicky over here, but it is heckin' depressing these days. I've been working on a few other things to keep my mind busy, and am kinda falling apartish.

And yes, Shira. Thuraya built her own, and Shira is presumably still carrying the evil bug princess's crystal lightsaber that possibly infected Shira with some sort of glowy plant friend monster. I'm actually a li'l vague on what that was all about still, but I presume we'll find out more as time goes on.

Yes, you still have the evil bug Princess' lightsaber.  It just been waiting for you to notice it (evil chuckle).

These are tough times and I understand if this game might seem a triviality.  Don't worry about posting if you've other things to be concerned of right now.

In real-life, my tabletop groups are suffering from enforced player isolation from each other.  I'm not complaining.  I understand and agree with the reasons.

But I will be starting a virtual real-time game (real time text at the least, maybe audio and video) soon. I use a different set of muscles when I GM real-time. If you guys are interested, I will send you the info when it is determined.

Sorry for accidentally reproducing the previous post. That was just to make it easier to read while I typed my response.

Hi, still not up for real posting right now, but just wanted to make another "I'm not dead, just depressed" post. How's everybody else holding up?

Lol I do that too Ms Shira.  When writing, my mind works much faster than my old fingers can type which is why I need to edit everything lol.  Fortunately I believe we have role-played together long enough that casual mistakes are easily overlooked by friends who are just excited to see that we've posted :-)

I'm okay Ms Celes just staying home when I'm not going to or coming from work.  Glad to hear you are still with us, but sad to know you're feeling down :-(  I wrote a post suggesting a possible plan for our situation, light on the pew pew and heavy on the 'we're not the droids you're looking for' of course.  It could sure use your input when you feel up to it my friend (no rush naturally).  Hope you are feeling more uplifted soon, we need Celes talent for daring improvisation can get us on that command shuttle :-D
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I finally caught up on the month and a half I missed. A thing for the boss first: Blissex canonicaly looks like this: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Walex_Blissex rather than a pudgy muffin, but we do still have that Imperial officer we rescued and never described the looks of. :P

Gonna see if I can crank out a post now and put myself back in the playspace.

I'm grateful for whatever y'all can give, whenever y'all can give it. :-)

I didn't know Blissex had ever been described.  I guess I had him choosing the wookie-sized buffet at Hoth cafeteria.

Busy.  May not be able to post until Thursday.

I will get a post up today, I apologize for the delay

I've been pretty busy too :(  I'll post this weekend.  LOL looks like I offended our new Imperial protocol droid ally, which was not my intention, no matter how pompous he is :P

I'm gonna see about going last in this shindig, mainly to give my friends a chance to a) get behind the Y-Wing, and b) get the troopers in front of the Y-Wing.

All good on delays people.  You are all worth the wait. :-)  (And I have been a little tardy myself).

It may be a few days before I can post.  We are having termite troubles.  It is bit like the Otherspace adventure, just on a smaller scale. ;-)

Your new droid ally was pompous at the factory by default. :-)

I'm back, folks.  The Termite crew came and left and the house is still standing.  I'm gonna be an optimist.  Sorry I was away so long.

Welcome back Old Fossil:-'. Glad you survived the termite invasion intact :-)

In reply to That Old Fossil (msg # 81):

Yay, welcome back!

Sorry I was away so long.  Can't blame the termites this time, just the minor slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.  I hope y'all had a happy 4th of July. :-)

I will try and post tomorrow night.  I'm not feeling this particular encounter and I wanted to ask if y'all are either.

Mm. Not terribly, really. If you want to just blow up the troopers, I'd be good with that. I'm kinda in this huge death machine, and everyone else is either gonna get majorly wrecked or has not a lot to do.

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 86):

If you force-pointed the big death-cannon, we can probably end the fight quickly?

On the one hand, that's true. On the other, I have no idea how many Force Points I have anymore, as I've forgotten how many I spent and am not sure which of those bought me replacements or new ones. But I was also just suggesting the boss could handwave it if we aren't into this setup.

Delayed.  I will post tomorrow with a eye towards a smoother resolution. ;-)

I certainly don't mind that combat encounters leave me more challenged to find meaningful ways to contribute.  If I'd wanted to play a more combat oriented character, I'd have played a Battle-droid lol.  Ooo or my Jawa, I'd still be open to playing my Jawa, he was so much fun.  Honestly though, for me its about role playing, and a pacifist/healer is a one of my favourite roles.

Everyone should have a chance to shine, and I am happy to take a back seat and let Celes and Shira blaze star bright in the more Pew Pew moments.  Its exciting to bask in their radiance and watch them do what they do so very well :)

I am cool, if you'd rather move past this encounter, as a DM I truly understand.  I look forward to your update Old Fossil as I always do :D

Sorry for the delay again.  I expect to post tonight.

As for Force Points, I have forgotten myself.  So, I will trust y'all's best guesses.

TwoOneBee, players who want to RP above all are so rare.  Thank you for being one.  Next game, bring in your jawa, I love jawas.  A friend of mine once had a commando jawa called Ninjawa. :-)

Hm. How could I help Shira get a better shot? Also, I think now would be a great time for Shira to use a Force Point and multi-action these guys in the face. With backup, of course. :D

Okay, I'll try! Posting today!
This message was last edited by the player at 06:23, Tue 14 July 2020.

IMO, this encounter isn't worth a Force Point.  Although you are having trouble hitting them, they are also having trouble hitting you.  That's really the problem with this encounter, you've really no reason to close the range by moving to the lesser gravity.

Playing the odds, you will win.  It will just take time.  Thuraya can (and intends to) TK the troopers into the narrow arc of the grounded Y-Wing.  That will help.

Shira can help herself by NOT firing this round, but aiming.  This will give her a +1D for next round's shot.

Again, if this encounter is becoming tedious, I can move it along.  The troopers do intend to close with you.  But you are more skilled and the closer range will help y'all more than them.

Also, if you stay around the Y-Wing, you can get slight cover at no penalty.  There is a lot of bent metal to use.

I think maybe we've gotten enough of Thuraya's help to push her personal arc along, and having more NPCs than PCs in the party (at this point our group is 7 people, possibly 8 if the droid went with us, and then 9 if you count MSE) might make for a lot of NPCs doing stuff we should be handling ourselves.

That said, I am totally eager to see Shira save the day on this one.

I'm quite enjoying things as well.  I can visualize this very well in my mind, and I do like seeing both Celes and Shira blazing away at the Troopers, its exciting.  We do have quite a few NPCs, and I agree we shouldn't let them do everything for us, but hey if they are willing to help I'm totally good with that.

I too, want to see Shira become the Mistress of the Pew Pew :)

Fair enough. :-)  I sometimes forget that ~you~ guys are the front credits and the other NPCs are the end credits.

That said, the only two actual NPC combatants are Ali and Thuraya.  I will let them fight as the last combatants on your side (so that they can mop up if y'all miss) for this encounter.  Otherwise, I will try and focus more on y'all.

Thinking it over, I'm not really feeling this encounter.  It offers very little compared to the time and effort it is taking.  If y'all are cool with it, I will just wrap it up.


Otherwise, I will play it through if you wish. :-)

Shira, pew pew it up! And then yeah, I have no objections to calling this one. I'm not really feeling it either, though the image of the scene in my head is pretty cool. Playing it out is just... kinda agonizing.

I feel a little guilty about how much we're skipping, but that would be okay

Hm. I think part of it is because the D6 system is designed more for in person play rather than PbP, and so a lot of its mechanics didn't take into account the flow of a forum game. There's a lot of back and forth, and it takes quite some time to take out enemies because of all the whiff and ping, if you'll excuse the Savage Worlds term. The nature of it is that it's going to drag out a bit more than with some other Star Wars systems. Still, it has had the most support over the years, and the most modules created for it, so it has plenty of content to draw from. None of the others really have that going for them.

Well it doesn't always take as long as some systems to take out your opponents, since it does allow multiple shots where say, D and D limits what you can do, based on Rate of Fire and/or your number of attacks/round.  Having said that, however, its true it doesn't flow quite as well in a PbP game.  I definitely prefer it to d20 however, which I have had more than my fill of.

If you'd prefer to skip the rest of this encounter I'll understand, but like Celes I am thoroughly enjoying it in my head and I like seeing Shira and Celes do the pew pew thing :)

Take them out SHIRA and CELES.  WOOOOOOOOOOO!

OK, we will let this go a little longer.  I have advanced the action somewhat and your fortunes have improved somewhat.

I apologize for being away so long.  I have had a bad reaction to a shingles vaccine.

The Doctor hires a squad of cheerleader droids for Shira and Celes.  Then he programs a cheerleader's outfit for himself and DeeJay and manufactures some pom poms!

WOOOOOOOOOO!  GO GO GO SHIRA AND CELES!  BLAST THAT TROOPER, SAVE THE DAY!  YOU TWO ARE THE BEST!

Oh, TwoOneBee also programs a mascot uniform for EmesseeOne lol.

Hey, if anyone's going to be wearing a cheerleader outfit it's me. *Tosses her hair*

LOL.  I think I could program at least one more :)

Ha! Cheerleader bots  The image made my day.  Shira's trooper won't be in the sequel.  I will post again in a day or so. :-)

Folks, if no one posts by the weekend, I will just move past the quicksand encounter.

After this encounter, we will be nearing the end of this adventure.  I am looking forward to you guys finally making it. :-)

I'm kinda not feelin' it and having a hard time coming up with another way to say "pew". Really leaning towards dropping that Force Point, but I've made enough impulsive purchases lately.

Any chance I can assist Shira?

Sorry for the long delay, just a bunch of real-life minor bugaboos but lots of 'em.

I've made a GM decision to move past this encounter.  It was dragging at best.  Happens some times.  If you think I have made a mistake, I apologize.

We are in the last few scenes of this adventure.  I am looking forward to the title fight... :-)

Posting today!

No worries Old Fossil, I think life for all of us has been rather unusual of late.  Reminds me of the old Chinese curse: "may you live in interesting times."

Not to worry, I think the final encounter will be more than enough to satisfy our desire for action, role playing and Star Wars goodness. :)

Shira, I can't wait, I love your posts :)  You have some catching up to do though, I posted back in August. :P

Celes where you at?  This encounter has YOU written all over it.  We need your acerbic wit, your strategic genius, and your truly stellar luck and pew pew expertise to get us out of this one lol.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:55, Sat 05 Sept 2020.

Oh I'm studying the situation and working to come up with something. I have several plans, and I think most of them end up with Celes as a hangar stain.

Shira's still wearing those flying boots, right?

Those untested, wildly unpredictable boots...?  Oh, yes! ;-) (mad GM giggle)

My apologies for being so tardy during the endgame, team.  Busy week for all the plague hunkering down.  I will try to get a post up tonight or tomorrow...

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 113):

Ooh, I forgot about those

LOL, oh boy.  I think this Imperial Captain has no idea the kind of havoc we can cause in an AT-ST :P

Um... I think we need Celes in the AT-ST, because I only have Mechanical 2D, so I can't really drive this thing let alone hit anything with the cannons.

Shira, if you activate those boots, I want to be in the AT-ST for my own protection lol.

Can I use my boots for any kind of boost to my running roll?

My apologies for being so unavailable this week.  I will try and reply on Thursday night. :-)

No worries, Old Fossil. I still need to get abpost in this week as well.  I'll try to do so tomorrow.

Having read your game replies, I think I may owe all of you an apology.  I may have misstated the situation your characters face.  If so, I do sincerely apologize.

But it could also be that I am wrong about getting it wrong in the first place.  In which case, I apologize as well.

Essentially, Captain Kolaff really wants to duel with you in AT-STs.  The module wants yet another fight of stormtroopers-and-smoke as they herd you towards an AT-ST.  The stormtroopers aren't really trying to kill you, just get you into the AT-ST.  I believe this encounter would only wound the already-wounded and/or unlucky.

I find the planned stormtrooper fight a drain on the game for a couple of reasons.

1.  You have already done a fight with the stormtroopers-and-smoke earlier.
2. The conclusion is essentially inevitable.  You will be herded to the AT-STs to fight.
3.  Running this combat may (through the perversity of dice) still hurt or kill characters anyway.
4. Even if this combat doesn't injure any character, it is still a time-sink that doesn't really reward your characters in anyway.  They don't get more information or equipment for the battle.
5.  The way Star Wars games are normally run is that fighting with stormtroopers is nearly-always a losing battle.  The stormtroopers are infinite in number.  This is very genre, remember that practically every time the movie heroes fought stormtroopers, they were trying to escape (although West End Games does beat the endless stormtrooper feed to death sometimes).  The heroes might be able to fend the nearby troopers off for a bit but there were always more on the way.

So, I was going to make the stormtroopers more of a plot force than an actual combat.  If your characters were moving in the direction of the AT-ST at any rate of speed, you would make it there with no harm or using the actual combat rules.  The troopers would put a little 'acting' into shooting near you to spur you on but it would be obvious to your PCs.  Even stormtroopers don't shoot that badly.

And fighting in the AT-ST is your best option, for speed and protection in the large hangar bay.  Your characters would know this and I perhaps should have made that more clear to my players.  Captain Kolaff is being a very useful idiot and your canny team would know how to exploit that.

My worry is that I have explained the basic situation so very badly that your characters are spending Character and Force points as well as risking injury and death for a battle you simply don't need to have in the first place.

Or it could be that you do understand the situation as I intended you to.  If so, that is fine and we will continue from this point as posted.

Let me know what you think.  I will post in a day or two.  Again, I am sorry if I have caused a misunderstanding... :-)

I think I'd gotten it from the get-go, but Celes had a different plan: distract the troopers so the girls could get close to Kolaff and disable his AT-ST using their lightsabers, then jump down to the hangar below using the opening in the floor and jet boots or the Force to land safely and get the shuttle going. Meanwhile, the others would pile into the dueling AT-ST and then take the heat off Celes so she could reach it safely and finish off Kolaff.

S'what I've seen in my head, anyway.

Sounds like a solid plan honestly that will still result in the AT-ST battle.  TwoOneBee is heading to the AT-ST with the rest of the droids and the captain and Wallex Blissex hopefully
This message was last edited by the player at 17:12, Fri 18 Sept 2020.

In reply to That Old Fossil (msg # 123):

I was a little confused why Celes was firing at the troopers with a blaster when the big AT-ST guns were just a hop away and we could shoot them with those instead. Seems like a risky play. But I usually listen to what she tells me, as she looks out for my shiny but fragile self.

And my posting may be a bit slow; I'm not feeling so well.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:33, Sat 19 Sept 2020.

Part of the goal was to give the girls something big to do with their lightsabers, and taking out Kolaff's robo-leg to make him fall like ED-209. :D

Are we way off base here, boss?

Again I am busy when I need to answer an important question.  You all deserve more than I have time for now.  I will post Saturday, this game is the top priority.  Thanks as always for your patience.

OK, it seems to me that y'all did have a clearer picture of the situation than I thought my muddled presentation offered.  I hadn't expected that reaction but that is not a complaint, just more proof of how inventive and creative my players can be. :-)

If y'all like the actions you have taken (now that I have explained things better) we will simply continue from your last post.  If you wish to amend your posts, go ahead and post more action starting from where my last game post left things.  Either answer is fine.  You may want to discuss this among yourselves.

A third option is to simply write yourselves just wading through these troopers without doing the combat rules.  Like Doritos, don't worry about the troopers, I will just make more.  If you like this option, get back any Character or Force Points spent.  You can write all the way to getting into the AT-ST's cockpit.

Let me know what you think.  I will try and reserve extra time Tuesday night to give you the reply you guys deserve.  We are almost done with this module, it can come off the rails for a little bit.  Let me know your questions.

Hm.  A bit quiet.  OK, I am calling it.  If I don't hear otherwise, I will start the next IC reply with all of you at the AT-ST, in the cockpit or beside it as your character sees fit.  Your opponents will be stopped or stymied and any Character or Force Points spent recovered.

Kolaff will call for hundreds more troopers but it will take a little time for them to get there.

If you don't care for this approach, post IC or OOC differently.  I'm cool with it but let me know. :-) I will post on Tuesday.

Oh! Yeah, I thought we were just gonna continue from our last posts and see if we could surprise Kolaff with our team sword wizards. If needed, we can skip to that not working out and get everyone (all nine-ish of us?) crammed into the scout walker. Unless some of our tagalongs aren't tagging along.

Celes' idea sounds good!

My last post I did have TwoOneBee enter the AT-ST.  I can add an additional post if I need to, but essentially I believe he is in place now for whatever is to follow.  I am eager to see how this whole affair plays out.

Also go go go Celes and Shira WOO WOO WOO!

In reply to TwoOneBee (msg # 134):

We'll try our best!

OK, my apologies, I now have a better grasp of the situation.  My IC post is up.  I think your strategy will work.   As always, I appreciate your patience. :-)

Posting today! Sorry for the delay, I'm drop-dead tired.

Now seems like the right moment to use a force point. particularly as I don't have the lightsaber skill.

Yes, I think this would be a good time.  We are in the final act. ;-)

I will try to get out some kind of reply in the next few days.  No hurry if you need a little more time. ;-)

I have finally become reacquainted with some of the more obscure rules in D6 Star Wars.  Go ahead and read the latest IC post.  See if my rules interpretation is correct.

In essence, the scout walker is very easy to hit but very hard to damage due to the difference in sizes between the metal beast and our favorite ghostling.  In my opinion, Shira should make multiple attacks and trust to multiple damage rolls.

Go ahead and check my math and rules knowledge, fellow players.  I apologize for slowing this game down even further.  But I think the net effect will be a spectacular scene worthy of any Star Wars movie (even the only three that really matter ;-P)

Let me know what you think...

I think that sounds great! I was wondering how we'd get through the walker's armor, or if there was some obscure lightsaber-vs-armor rules that I was somehow missing. Still, seven chances to beat a 2D handicap puts the odds in our favor.

Firstly, I completely agree with the amazing Ms Celes.  Lightsabers are the bomb.

Secondly, I believe your math is correct, Old Fossil, both your application of the scaling factor and your assessment of the damage options and potential open to Ms Shira.  Seven chances at damage are definitely better odds.  Your interpretation of the rules matches how I would apply it.  In essence, the much greater size of the object being attacked is both an aid and a hindrance to the attacker, which honestly makes perfect sense.

Post Scriptum: Don't worry about overlooking an obscure rule, I can tell you as a very long time DM I do it all the time, it happens.  They get forgotten because they ARE obscure and thus seldom applied.  You're awesome for having found it in time to give us an edge we really need :)

Post Post Scriptum: GO GO SHIRA!  WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  YOU ARE THE MOST BADASS GHOSTLING I KNOW! (You're the only Ghostling I know but still :)

Today I shall roll the bucket o' dice.

So heckin' many dice. :3

Ah, a bucket o' dice, reminds me of Champions (I'm old! ;-) )

LOL, I remember Champions(I too am old :))

The more dice on our side the merrier I say :D

Enjoy it Ms Shira, its a rare opportunity indeed.

Also Merry Samhain or Happy Hallowe'en to those who celebrate :)

Ah, my dicing hand aches to throw a haymaker in a Champions game.  Although, I know better than to offer such a rule-intense, map-dependent game online.

I do love Halloween.  You see the inner selves of the people you know.

Y'all please check the latest game post.  I believe that Shira might be entitled to better damage rolls.  Let's boost the price of Shira's original action figure by Kenner (with real vinyl circular robe and extendable lightsaber from arm). ;-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..._Wars_action_figures

In reply to That Old Fossil (msg # 147):

Yeah, my rolling 5D+1 was an accident, it was supposed to be 5D; the +1 is on my attacks, not damage. But the wrong number of dice is just because in the WEG system when the Wild Die rolls 6, you get to roll it again.

I've been terribly busy and I am sorry for the delay.  I will try and post tomorrow. :-)

No worries Old Fossil, its that time of year, honestly.  Even though the pandemic has necessitated a change in how we celebrate the holidays, they are still being celebrated after all.  I for one, have been inundated at the bank with extra work.  We all have our challenges, personal and professional.  Take the time you need my friend, I am not going anywhere and, I suspect, Celes and Shira aren't either :)

This is a truly tough time.  I hope y'all stay safe.  I will post in a few days and try and move this stubborn encounter forward. :-)

Oh heck. I kept thinking I'd posted.

I don't have much in mind, just getting the girls into the walker before the enemy realizes what happened. I think I'll hold off on a proper post for a minute.

Happy Thanksgiving to anyone who celebrates the holiday.  May you and your loved ones be well fed, merry and safe.  I am thankful for you all :)

Happy holiday, everybody!

I hope everyone had a Happy (and safe) Thanksgiving!  I will try and post on Saturday. :-)

I'm excited to see what's in store! :D

We did, thanks Old Fossil.  Just my wife and myself, but we Zoomed with the kids and grandkids.  I echo Celes enthusiasm, I'm eager to see what you have in mind next.

Posting today!

Glad you all had a happy Thanksgiving or just an enjoyable fall.

I am amazed about how easily people have become a Zoom (well, telepresence) culture in just a year.  While I can't wait to go out and hug certain people, I do believe we have now entered an age where no one will be separated from anyone else (at least virtually) ever again.  And that gives me a little hope in this grim season.

I'm a little delayed this week.  I should be able to post Monday. :-)

It was a lovely thanksgiving.

In reply to Shira (msg # 158):

Er, take two. Today. Life is busy.

Hi, sorry for my absence. It's been a really rough week or so and haven't felt up to much.

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 161):

Oh dear! I things get better for you!

I echo Shira's sentiments, Celes.  Truly sorry things have been so difficult.  I hope things get better for you from this point on.  Thanks for the post my friend, and Merry Yuletide, if you celebrate it.

I'm grateful for all my players and whatever they can give, Celes.  This is the darkest year I have ever known.  My sympathies to all who have to endure it.

Thanks, everyone. This year really has put everyone through the wringer. Also, I hope Celes didn't doom us all.

Actually, I don't think she did.  Check out the IC post... :-)

Merry holidays, everyone. n.n

As for Lady Blissex, looks like there's still some excitement from her yet!

Merry Holidays, Celes :)

P.S: The Doctor is on his way to treat that wound of yours lol.  Not sure what to do about Lady Blissex, but I think we may have to err on the side of compassion, because that's what makes us better than the Empire, at least in theory.

Merry Christmas my friends.  I just finished watching the Mandalorian season 2 and it made me think of you lol.

Posting today!

Very Happy New Year my friends.  May this coming year be more cheerful, bright and hopeful than the previous one :)  I look forward to many more adventures with you in 2021 :)

Happy New Year, everyone. 2020 was awful, so let's be extra nice to 2021 in hopes it is appeased before anything worse happens.

Happy New Year (it would have to be), y'all! :-)

Are we skipping to the heroes being on the shuttle, or do we still need to get there from the walker?

My apologies, I was unclear.   It suits Lira Wessex to stroll aboard your shuttle with y'all as her 'escort'.  She knows she isn't getting off of this ship without you (as you can stop her so easily as this point).   If Lady Wessex orders her forces to stand down, they will. They are too indoctrinated to disobey.

Essentially, if she is going to make a play or activate some evil plan, she wants to do it on a ship that isn't about to explode.  In short, unless y'all want it otherwise, Lira Wessex and all of you can just leave Starfall without any resistance or incident.


So you players can agree to have her board the shuttle and write from there.   She knows she will likely be searched and restrained.  But the lady is resourceful and has a slight smile as though she knows something you don't...

That doesn't quite answer my question. I mean, we were all in the walker, and now she's asking us permission to come aboard the shuttle. Did we Lucas Screenwipe onto the shuttle, or are we still in the walker and need to get to the shuttle from here?

My apologies for both being away so long and for being so obtuse.  It has been a long month or two.

Your characters are, strictly speaking, still in the walker.  But Lira Wessex wants off of a ship she knows is about to explode.  And she knows that she can't get off of this ship unless you agree to let her.  As she sees it, you could prevent her entering the shuttle by simply killing her, leaving without her but with the shuttle, or just plain destroying the shuttle (should you be that committed).

So as long as she feels she is guaranteed a place on the shuttle leaving the dying Starfall, she will guarantee your own safe passage to the shuttle (which she knows you will probably want to do first) if you will guarantee hers.  In short, you can just consider write yourselves as walking from the walker to the shuttle as long as Lira feels she can then board the shuttle herself.

Does that help?  Again, I'm sorry for all the confusion and delay the last few posts of this game.  I will try to post in the next day or two.

No worries, Old Fossil.  It HAS been a long month for me as well on many levels.  I will post the doctor boarding the shuttle and being careful around Ms Wessex.

No worries.  We can take the time to get this right.  This adventure (one way or another) is nearly over. :-)

I've been kind of absent for a bit, and it's mainly because I haven't been in a headspace to post. Been trying to write something in my head for a while and it keeps disappearing. I'll try to get something up soon.

Celes, you are worth the wait! :-)

The next posts will be among the last of this adventure.  I am looking forward to its resolution.

I completely agree with our esteemed GM, Celes.  One very well thought out and heartfelt post is imminently better than several smaller posts that were simply written 'to get something up there' so to speak.  I love to write and I go through those moments when I just can't 'get into it' for lack of better terminology.  I look forward to each and every one of your and Shira's and Old Fossil's posts.  When you're ready to write again, I promise I'll be here, eager to read it :)

I'm just sad our adventure is coming to an end, but all things must I suppose.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:18, Sat 06 Feb 2021.

One adventure is ending.

https://en.meming.world/images...There_Is_Another.jpg

Argh, I think I may have accidentally killed one of my other games by failing to post this week.

Oh no! :o That's no good. Are you sure it fell apart completely?

This adventure may be ending but there will be more if you want them...

OK, folks, the last few posts are being posted for this adventure.  Soon it will be time to pass out experience.

I only just realized that at some point we started calling the Subjugator "Starfall". I fixed my last post referencing the Star Destroyer. Starfall was the Rebel Task Force sent to attack it. That made a Wookieepedia search a li'l more difficult, but I think I got what I needed. It's a body count for our blowing up the Subjugator! :D It's apparently a very early Victory Class, even predating the Victory-I Class, and has less than half the crew at a mere 1500.

Oops, my bad!  But Starfall does sound cooler. :-)

One epilogue up, perhaps another in a few days... :-)

Okay, that was an epic epilogue, Old Fossil.  Bravo my friend, bravo :)

Stands up and applauds!

Magnificent. :D

And yes, I certainly remembered Sundancer the whole time, and Celes was taking mental notes of Thuraya's behavior for him. Now the big question for our bounty hunter is whether the two of them agree on how to handle the girl's future.

Dun-dun-dun!

I'm glad you liked it. :-)

So who wants some well-deserved experience?  Let me know how many points you would like.  I think you deserve some. :-)

As this Star Wars adventure wraps up, I wish to take a break from that Galaxy far, far away for a bit.  We have been gaming this for literally years and I have enjoyed your company.

I will start the game up after a break but I need a rest from Star Wars for a bit.  To be honest, I was noticing the quality of my GMing slipping a bit.  And you probably noticed it to.

Now while I do want to take a break from the game, I don't want to take a break from y'all.  You have been consistent, excellent posters and I am grateful for it.

So, is there a game you would like to see run?  I know you would have the staying power to make it a winning investment of time and effort...

In reply to That Old Fossil (msg # 195):

Could it really have been four years? Goodness gracious, where does the time go?

I am unsure how much experience I would like, lol, but I'll look into reasonable upgrades that TwoOneBee might consider and how much XP they would require.  I definitely want some lol.

As a DM, I can absolutely appreciate the need for a break every now and then.  I've been running Middle-earth campaigns for at least thirty years and I recently told my players that I've grown 'tired' of running in that world.  I still love it, but I've done nearly everything I ever wanted to do there.  Sometimes you just need a change.

What game would I like to see run?  Oh now that is a question.  I have played and run so very many games over my thirty seven years of addiction to role playing.  I am up for almost anything, I'm really very eclectic.  I've played in everything from Star Frontiers to Basic D and D, Bunnies and Burrows to Lords of Creation, Battle tech to Marvel Superheroes, Gamma World, RIFTS, World of Darkness (Vampires, Werewolves, Mages, Wraiths and Changlelings) and a host of oddball games in between.

So let me know what you would be willing to run and I'll be there Old Fossil.  I really enjoy our little group and I'm not planning on going anywhere but on the next great adventure with you guys/gals :)

It's been some good years. n.n

Lately I've been getting back into D&D 5e after a long absence. (Mainly spurred by one of my friends spending $300 on the D&D Beyond legendary bundle and DM-level subscription, and us wanting to get some use out of that investment.) I'd be pretty happy with such a game, myself.

I'd also be excited about a game of Masks: A New Generation or Marvel Heroic Roleplaying. Love me some superheroes.

I'll have to think about it, I should have preferences tomorrow.

TwoOneBee, Ah, sorry to miss your Middle-Earth campaign.

Celes, I have a D&D premise and a Masks premise.  I will try to get them up by Tuesday.

Looking forward to your input, Shira!
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I shall come up with my input soon, this was a rough weekend.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:13, Mon 29 Mar 2021.

I usually have a few seed ideas for games.  So if you are simply interested in hearing more with no further obligation, I will 'grow' them a little.  No time prepping for a game is ever wasted.  I will run them all someday somewhere (I tell myself anyway)...

D&D:  The best of D&D is scattered among campaign settings, themselves scattered across decades, companies and editions.  I want to offer a game where characters plane-hop across the realities (with differing degrees of difficulty).  Your characters can be monsters IF they can be scaled to the PC character level.  The game would likely feature the Planescape and Spelljammer settings (the two campaign settings particularly suited for world-tripping) and the Shadow Earth we think we know (it is the normal world with magic and monsters but these are shadowed from the minds of most people)...

Masks: A New Generation:  The boundaries between worlds are breaking down,  a Crossover Event is beginning.  And only the ignored and underestimated young heroes of the merging worlds can prevent final disaster.  The Crossover Event best works when we focus on the heroes of one setting first so that they have a backstory and home to LOSE.  So I think we would start with a team from either the DC or Marvel Universe (the X-treme Teens or Even Younger Justice)...

World of Darkness could be nice, or Exalted. There's some GURPS games I'd be interested in, Transhuman Space or Interstellar wars. I own a copy of the Mistborn RPG I'd really like to try, I don't know if anyone here has read those books.

I had a Game of Thrones game end recently, that could be fun. I'm not a huge fan of the books, but I have a character I've had a lot of fun playing in that setting. Pendragon's another fantasy rpg I'd like to try.

I had a character for the Honorverse RPG I'd really, really like to play again, but that game seems to have never been finished; they published one mini-adventure with quickstart rules and that seems to be it. If you want the core book, there's only playtest copies floating around online.

I can't say I know Masks, what's that play like?

In reply to TwoOneBee (msg # 197):

I own a Lord of the Rings roleplaying game but I've never played it; Return of the King is one of my favorite books, but I think Tolkein wrapped up the plot threads very well. I'm not sure how I'd make a campaign when things seem to be going real well in the Fourth Age.

Shira,

I love the World of Darkness.  I always wanted to run a game where players could be any kind of monster and they would be outcasts working together (in fact, there was an Outcasts book with this very premise).  But that could take a lot of books.  I probably want to start with an older, and 'dead', edition so that my campaign won't be invalidated by a later book.

I think the strongest feature of GURPS is the wealth of campaign settings.  If I was to GM the game, I would make it a kind of worlds-spanning game, like Quantum Leap across all realities.

Shira, I am so intrigued by what I have gleaned about Mistborn that I am buying the audiobook with one of my spare Audible credits.  God, I love audiobooks.  Playing them in the background while doing other things is like getting extra hours back into your life.  That, and you can't do anything else useful while driving a car.  Thank you for tuning me into Mistborn.

I am curious about Exalted.  It is one of White Wolf's few 'bright' game.  Even their superhero game is horror in spandex.  A brief read of the premise from Wikipedia shows a baroque and unique cosmology that intrigues me.

There are more interesting fantasy worlds than Westeros from Game of Thrones but I will say that the House creation system is very charming.  In GoT, you essentially play a noble house and some of the people in it.  I had considered running the adventures of a noble house in the North next to the great Wall that supports the Black Watch and is a light prison for minor nobility (the distance and isolation keep the foppish inbred aristocrats from escaping.  Think Napoleon in exile).

Pendragon is neat!  You play a lineage of knights in Arthurian Britain.  My worries about this was that the rules system is the old Seventies rules from Chaosium and that you play the most priveleged white, male and noble characters in that realm.  So I had the idea of a campaign that a strange doom has come to Salisbury that necessiates the local lord seeking either non-knights or knights that can be female, serf or foreign-born to help escape the strange curse that has come over the land.

Could you get me a link to the Honorverse rules, Shira?  As for my thoughts on David Weber's writing, well...
http://www.rogermwilcox.com/stories/weber_pizza.html

I didn't understand Masks when I first ran it.  It is not really a superhero game.  It is more of a coming-of-age game where the teen heroes become adults that happens to be about young superheroes.  The game is a Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) game where you play highly customizable archetypes and all challenges (intelligent or otherwise) are reacted against from a selected range of formalized moves.
Review:  https://theanxiousgamer.wordpr...ks-a-new-generation/
A collection of the stock playbooks (character archetypes) for the Masks game that helps illuminate the game even for those who don't yet know the rules:  https://www.magpiegames.com/wp.../Masks-Playbooks.pdf

That sounds like it could go a lot of ways. I've got some characters that could have a great time of it in a setting like that, from standard D&D ideas to some of Tulok the Barbarian's neat character builds. (You know me and my liking to play licensed characters.)



I've actually got an anxious Indigo Lantern from the DC Universe for just such an occasion, or else a Bull mutant from Marvel. The Lantern I think of as a Doomed the mutant was designed as a Bull, but I might be able to tell a different story with either of them using different playbooks. Heck, I mean technically there's nothing stopping us from playing two characters each and prepping two separate groups for a crossover. :D



The most experience I have with Mistborn is the board game, though a lot of people have pointed me toward the RPG and the novels over the years. I'd be up for a World of Darkness game, long as someone can catch me up on all I've missed since the God Machine was first released.

As for Exalted, I've asked many people to describe the game to me over the years, and each time I ended up more confused than the last. At this point it kinda feels like Cosmic Horror if all the horrors were dead and their bodies were the cosmos. Plus Dragon Ball Z, plus Naruto. I still can't wrap my head around it.



Masks is a game that intends to play out like teen superhero stories: Young Justice, Teen titans, X-Men Evolution, all those sorts of things. The players each take a character archetype to represent the way they want to approach the setting. A few examples:

The Beacon - The "weak" character always trying to prove they belong on the team. Basically Hawkeye.

The Janus - Someone balancing their normal and superhero identities, like Spider-Man.

The Doomed - Someone with an imminent problem that's going to kill them unless they can successfully fight it, like Raven.

These archetypes are extremely versatile, and a single character could fit within several of them depending on what facet of the character you wanted to play up (and character advancement includes the option to switch playbooks). Task resolution is made such that you could literally have Superboy and Artemis on the same team and neither would outshine the other. "Damage" is emotional, rather than physical, and has distinct mechanical effects depending on the emotional condition you take. Influence is a powerful resource that you can use to affect other characters, and you can get it, take it, or give it away depending on how the game goes. Your stats are "Labels" that represent how you see yourself in the world, and how the world sees you, and shift up and down pretty often throughout play, especially when adults try and tell you who you are (which has different effects depending on whether you Accept or Reject their words).

Have I mentioned I kinda like it?



Which game? I have a couple, though I've only really tried to look into The One Ring.



I mean, wherever we start, nothing they put out can invalidate what we play, because our game is more important to us than their game. I'd really recommend just dropping into V5. Because it's the only one I haven't deleted from my Google Drive yet. <.<



That is so far the two games you've already pitched. I see an itch that needs to be scratched here. :P
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Celes, I had never heard of Tulok the Barbarian.  Thanks for letting me know about it.  Sometimes watching a known character being played by someone else can be as refreshing as a brand new character.  I always enjoy anticipating what the next Bond or Doctor will be like.

Y'all are right in that I have a yen to be a completist.  If I like a setting, I want to have access to ALL of it.  Although I feel that worlds-hopping is something GURPS is crying out for regardless of GM.  The Masks 'Crossover Event' I mentioned above is essentially an attempt to allow ANY superhero from anywhere to meet.

Exalted is a bit hard to explain and thus, having never played it, a bit hard to wrap my head around.  But I love shapeshifters and would jump at a chance to play a Lunar Exalted were I offered a game.

Celes, yours is the summation of Masks that I wish I had written.  Very well done.  An Indigo Lantern or a Bull Mutant (the best way for 'Marvel Misunderstandings' to happen) are both intriguing choices.

OK, I am pleased by the enthusiasm shown by you three for the idea of other games.  While many games have been mentioned, I don't believe any one has been explicitly seconded by another player besides the one suggesting a particular game.  That is, no one has (to my reading) actually said, "Yes, I would like to at least look into Game X suggested by Player Y."  To be fair, this may be implied by your replies and I am just too sleepy to pick up on that.  Let me know if I have missed something.

I would not ordinarily split hairs but, IMO, a game needs at least two intrigued readers (at least enough to read a longer game pitch) to have any chance of taking root.  In short, if you like the other guy's idea enough to hear more about that game, let me know again as I may have missed it the first time.

But, above all, I don't want you all to feel any sense of obligation.  I like running games and doing the work of preparing games.  If my game notes aren't needed for the here and now, they will be used elsewhere and later.   I believe I will be running a game on RPoL in the near future regardless and you three are free to read, join or decline as you wish.  This is the same for all members.  All are welcome but you guys are specifically invited.

That said, if you three are equally agreeable to the games mentioned above or new ones suggested, I might offer a Masks game.  In fact, barring another choice, I might offer a Masks game regardless.

I could write pages on why Masks makes particular sense but this one reason trumps all; Masks is very easy and quick to join, it couldn't be otherwise.  See, a character in Masks takes about five minutes to make if you know what you are doing and only about ten minutes if you don't.  And player characters are the only formal and structured elements in Masks.  There are (essentially) no non-player characters, maps, monsters, magic items to be statted in Masks as there are in other games.

And Masks is a reactive game, neither players nor GM can prepare too much.  It is a bit like jazz improv.  When it works, it is magic. When it doesn't, ehhh...  This might be one of Masks' few flaws, it depends on players who can tell a story and not dice-crunchers and map-movers.  This is shock to most OSR (Old-School Roleplaying) gamers.  My first few Masks games cratered because I didn't understand that.  But now I think I do.

What I am trying to say is that, beyond the incalcuable thinking and imagining needed by players for characters, there is less than an hour of real 'work' to get into a Masks game.  So, if the game is a complete washout, at least I haven't stolen much of your time.  And the thinking and imagining of your characters is itself a kind of joy, something to occupy your mind during the dull, menial and repetitive tasks we all have to do now and then.

Also, and I think Celes will back me on this, Masks games are quite popular.  Superheroes are white hot now and Masks scratches an itch few games do.  My problem probably won't be having too few players to start a game, it will be having too many players to stuff into a game.  What really helps is setting a Masks game in one of the great comic-book universes, already the greatest and most familiar shared worlds each full of material for my game long before I was born.

What I am laboriously saying is that, if I do offer Masks, don't feel you have to join or the game doesn't happen.  There won't be any problem seating the full round table at the Study Hall of Justice.  But you would be most welcome.

So, to sum up, is there a game mentioned that two players are explicitly interested in and obtuse me missed that?
Otherwise, if I offer Masks, would you like it to focus on the DC or Marvel Universes first (if it works out, I will also work on the other universe but let me start with one for now).

If DC, your characters might be the next generation of the Justice League (dare I say the Junior League?) or Even Younger Justice.
If Marvel, your characters might be school kids in the newest Avengers Academy, X-Men or even SHIELD campus.

This is the only specific Masks game-related question I will ask in this forum.  Should the Masks game be offered, I will continue to develop it in its own forum.  But knowing which universe to set the game in is the greatest question I can ask to start the game off and move the game forward further than any other choice.

Let me know what you think.  I will also get your Star Wars XP to you soon...

I admit I have never played Masks. Of all the Superhero games I have played: Classic Marvel Superheroes (which I also GMed) DC Heroes and Universe, Villains and Vigilantes, Wild Cards, GURPS Supers... that's one I haven't yet encountered.

I'd be totally down with playing it though.  I have tons of ideas for a Superhero game, although my heroes tend to be a bit offbeat.  I like to develop weird ideas.  The characters I love best are the oddballs.  I am fascinated by the mystic side of Marvel and DC (Doctor Strange and Doctor Fate were early favourites).  I loved the old Hulk where he wandered the world as an outcast and fought all kinds of monsters and was pulled into so many mad schemes by villainous tyrants.

I loved and bought every issue of ROM Space Knight and would gladly play a Galadorian of similar nature, (but that wouldn't be a teenager).  I loved Ghost Rider instantly (perhaps I am drawn to the more DOOMED types, as Celes mentioned).  And who didn't like the Teen Titans or New Mutants?  And I was of course, enthralled by all the Green Lantern stuff and the Guardians of the Galaxy as well.

Having said that, World of Darkness games I'm always down for, and I'd play GURPS as well in almost any setting.  Honestly there's not too much I wouldn't try.  Heck I played in a Mouseguard game here on RPOL for about six years, and a Wraith the Oblivion game and a Babylon 5 one too, and Flashing Blades...

I just love to role play, and the more unusual the character I get to bring life to the better I tend to like it.  I can start looking up the information and rules for Masks if you're definitely going to run it Old Fossil, because I am VERY interested :)

Celes, your posts are always well thought out and I truly do look forward to every single one.  I am, like you, rather confused by the concept of Exalted, and the Mistborn world I do not know, though I've heard the books were excellent.  And even though I've never heard of the game until now, the fact that you personally like and recommend Masks is good enough for me :)  I'd love to peek at your Indigo Lantern character too.

Thank you for explaining some of the concepts behind it btw, it definitely did help me get the basic idea I believe.  I'm going to research it a bit to see if a character idea I have will fit.  I do like the idea of archetypes, they are great for giving you the bare bones from which to create truly memorable personalities.  I usually prefer older characters, but I can certainly do teen angst. We were all there once, although its been a very long time for me I admit.

Shira, I love your enthusiasm :)  I've read some of the books in the Honorverse and they are definitely cool.  A very Science Fiction meets the old maritime naval culture.  I played a Sphynx character in an Honorverse game years ago; I couldn't resist the challenge.  Game of Thrones frightens me a bit, its such a violent and brutal world, But I suppose it depends on the GM and just how dark they want their game to be.

Middle-earth in the Fourth Age is the BEST age to do a game in though, since Tolkien wrote so little about it you have the freedom to develop what you like.  It is fun, if you love the books and/or movies and ever get the chance to play in a game I'd recommend it.  As for me my Middle-earth days are nearly done, at least as a DM, otherwise I'd gladly have you in my game, I know you'd make a great Elf :) I'm truly sorry I missed the opportunity to have you as a player my friend.

Old Fossil, you asked which universe I'd prefer to start in?  My vote would be for the Marvel Universe as a baseline, since I know it slightly better than the DC Universe, but I'd be thrilled with either one.

I'll look forward to your Star Wars XP post.  I've a few ideas for upgrades to TwoOneBee to make him a bit more versatile and useful to the group :)
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I've played Mage and a Kinfolk out of Werewolf, but there's a lot of good stuff in White Wolf (I hear Wraith the Oblivion is really, really good). GURPs does indeed have a lot of good settings; I looked at joining one of those parallel earth GURPS games once but I didn't get in.

Oh, White Wolf's Abberant, I own that. I got it used so the cover's torn off but it's still readable.

You're welcome! I really liked the Mistoborn trilogy, so I'm glad I got the opportunity to recommend it to this group!.

GoT games have a bad tendency of falling apart just after House creation, which is a shame because it's such a good source of story hooks. I had one were we decided on a huge castle and I'd just married in to the House, so I kept getting lost in the castle. Of course, then my IC husband decided he didn't like how another player had made his character and quit the game. RPOL!

I take your meaning about Pendragon, certainly (Although there's Sir Palomides and a couple of other Arabic knights who always get cut from adaptations of the Arthurian tales). I'd probably play the classic damsel; pretty and likeable works for me.

The quickstart for the Honorverse was "A routine customs inspection": https://www.drivethrurpg.com/p...rverse-RPG-Adventure . I don't know where to find the playtest rules.

As for Masks, it's interesting but I'm a little hesitant. I kind of feel like teen superteams don't work as well; Jubilee's one of my favorite characters in anything ever, but she was never as fun on Generation X as she had been on the X-Men because the whole team was The Kid.
Which, actually, a bit of a tangent, but once I was in a Star Wars freeform where I was the enthusiastic young Padawan to a more experienced and tougher master, and it was a ton of fun. I tried for a while to recreate the character, but it never worked because most systems require all the characters to be mostly the same power level so playing an apprentice/sidekick is not possible.

Celes, 'Bee, Exalted is sort of Romance of the Three Kingdoms meets Dragonball Z. Solar Exalted were blessed by the Gods with great power and authority for their heroism, but were betrayed by a lesser kind of Exalted (the Dragon-blooded), who usurped their position and created the vast and corrupt Realm. Now the Solars are back, to set the world to right, or to destroy it, depending on their nature. It's more complicated than that, but that's the gist of it.

My LoTR roleplaying game is just called "The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying game", from 2002. A family member gifted me some of his old RPG books.

Oh, I loved Babylon 5. Best TV show ever made, in my opinion.

Aww, you're too kind, 'Bee. I wonder if it was the same Honorverse game?

Ah, I see. It's probably better to think of teams like that using more of the Five Man Band concept rather than compositions that have a The Kid archetype (great for Star Wars D6, not so great for teen supers). It really does work out pretty well.



That can actually partially work with Masks! Characters aren't expected to be necessarily equal in terms of powers and ability, but the rolls are using stats which represent how the characters see themselves. You're fully expected to have the Beacon (someone so out of place on a super team their whole issue is constantly having to prove why they're there) and the Nova (a teen with such overwhelming power they regularly lose control of it) as equals in the same scenes.

You wouldn't necessarily have your super be the apprentice to another PC, since the players are all supposed to be teenagers, but two archetypes come with adult mentors. The Legacy is the current member in a long line of supers in the same theme, modeled after characters like the Flash. You get to identify two prior or even current members of your legacy who are still around, an potentially one you get to help train as your future replacement. The conflict there is trying to live up to your legacy, or else changing what that means. Then there's the Protege, who is basically Robin. You have a mentor teaching you how to be a super, and the conflict is trying to be your own person while also being molded by this authority figure.

You could absolutely make a Jedi Padawan using The Protege, and it would be awesome.



I can more easily wrap my head around zoomed in views like that. Most people try and get me into the cosmology of it and I lose my heckin' mind. Might be down for something like that, if the mechanics are easy enough to slip into.



Oh! I vaguely remember that one! It used the CODA system, same as for the Star Trek: TNG RPG. Same developers and everything. Hard to believe that game is coming up on 20 years old.

Sorry I have been so slow to reply.

'Bee, magic and doomed types work just fine in Masks.  Knowing that there are far more interesting adults than teens in most comic universes, I have a plot device where some heroes have been de-aged when a villainous magical attempt to gain immortality goes wrong.  As magic is more conceptual than physical, were he there, Rom would have been transformed into a teenage robot (yes, a teen robot).

Marvel would be my first choice too as a training wheels universe.  It is (arguably) the most popular, familiar, deepest and oldest of the comic universes.

Babylon 5 is the best.  Isn't it amazing how much better Deep Space Nine got after a few years of Babylon 5 on the air? ;-)

Shira, in most teen supergroups there is still a mostly 'kid' archetype; optimistic, naïve, rash and impulsive.  Jubilee would be just fine (and even dark Vampire Jubilee could still work but perhaps more as a Doomed Playbook rather than a Beacon Playbook).

Celes, as before, you have said what I wish I said about Masks.

OK, then, here is what I have decided.

I will offer a Masks game on RPoL set in the Marvel Universe.  We might visit other universes later should the game last.  But I wanted to start with Marvel, it is the most forgiving to a new group.

I will open a thread in the Game Planning thread in about a week or so.  Just between us Jedi, I don't really need a game planning thread but it is a great way to essentially advertise your game twice and the game planners are your self-selected hardcore players you want to center a game around.  I will post a link to the new thread here when it is ready.

Again, you guys are particularly invited and everyone else is welcome.  But I'm not trying to push you into Masks if it is not your cup of tea.  Believe me, if I'm right, my problem will be too many players.

Now back to Star Wars.  I'm thinking about giving you a gross amount of XP.  Literally.  I mean 144 points, twelve squared.  The number offers the most evenly divisible options for dozen of other nearby numbers in each direction.  If that amount seems wrong, let me know what number seems right. :-)

P.S. Appropos of nothing, I have had a chance to peek at the new Dune rules.  I didn't want to like them but I do.  Maybe one day, the spice will flow on RPoL...

https://thegaminggang.com/our_...imperium-rpg-review/
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Marvel game advice thread up...

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That kind of confused me. So the PC has a mentor but he doesn't actually go on any adventures with the group? Seems a bit hard to put in to practice.

Yeah, Exalted has a complicated cosmology and it can get a bit tangled, but it's less germane to the day-to-day events in most games than the discourse around the game would lead you to think.

They did a remaster of Babylon 5 recently; it's not a far-reaching as I'd like, they didn't re-do the special effects, but the picture quality is much improved.

Don't remind me about Vampire Jubilee, that was just an baffling failure to understand the character. She's supposed to be the contrast to the more grim aspects of Logan's life.

In reply to Shira (msg # 212):

It isn't really that difficult. The mentor helps the protege learn what it means to be a hero (according to the mentor's philosophies, of course) and provides them with the tools they need to do their heroing. Often the mentor will either be like Old Man Bruce and simply stay in the Batcave, or be an active member of an adult super team and be busy doing adult super stuff.

Since the game is most often location-based, the heroes won't often be globe- or dimension-hopping so often they can't spend time with their people. The protege can be expected to deal with their mentor either every day, or on the weekends their family allows them to go to their "internship" with Mr. Stark, or what have you.

It isn't quite like in Star Wars, where you're expected to have Qui-Gonn as a PC alongside Obi-Wan going on crazy adventures all over the galaxy.

A bit busy this week so let me just say, the teen super genre practically demands that your mentor can't always be there when the action happens.  And, usually the mentor is overprotective of their charge but this typically comes across as patronizing disapproval to the cocky young teen (who, you just know, is going to rebel). :-)

In any case, the mentor option (either the Legacy or Protégé) is just one of many options.  There are others which don't interact much with adults at all.  One, the Delinquent, actually goes out of their way to make trouble (the little scamps).

And, in this alternate timeline, Jubilee doesn't have to be a vampire at all... ;-)

Shira: Babylon 5 (and to a lesser extent Crusade) was an amazing series.  I continue to be inspired by its complexity and wonderful characters.  No other science fiction series I've seen, thus far, has ever come close to rivaling it in scope or attention to detail.  I briefly ran a Babylon 5 game here on RPOL.  So much potential.

Celes: Location based is cool, it will be nice to develop some background for a character and maybe a few places as well.  I wouldn't mind a little dimension or globe hopping now and then though :)  Do you have an idea for a character?

Old Fossil: I am still ruminating on an idea for a character.  I'd love to play someone from a Canadian/Inuit background (since I was born in Canada).  I'll come up with something soon.  Also YEAH I liked DS 9 but Babylon 5 blew it away until the last few seasons when DS9 almost caught up:)  Also I loved the Dune books, and the Dune min series they did for T.V. some years back, but not the movies as they truncated things far too much.  I would definitely welcome a Dune series that should have more time to develop and do justice to the worlds that Frank Herbert imagined.
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I've got a few ideas, myself.

Indigo, a telepath/telekinetic who's afraid of his powers. He's a comic book nerd, and is well aware that having things like mind control and memory control are always villain powers (conveniently forgetting that heroes like Professor X and Marvel Girl exist). He'd suit best as a Doomed or Nova, though I'm leaning towards Nova these days.

Ricochet, a mutant child TV star whose powers basically make her invincible, and now she has survivor's guilt from that time she tried to band other super kids together to fight off bad guys. She didn't protect them well enough, and now has PTSD about leading teams. She's a Bull

Chronon, a speedster whose speed comes from time manipulation. He's one in a line of time-based speedsters, a legacy started in the future and then brought to the past after a climactic battle with their nemesis, Tempus Rex, the Time King. He's a Legacy, for sure.

I also have an idea that kinda fits one of the extra playbooks, The Star. PHOTON is a kid genius who helped one of his teachers perfect a power suit that lets the user manipulate light, and together they marketed a restricted form of it as a next-gen optical computer system. So now they're rich and PHOTON is the face of the company, and also has to protect it from their nemesis, a rogue military commander who wants the super tech to create... I mean, you know what I'm gonna say. You know. It's supersoldiers. It's always supersoldiers.

TwoOneBee,  A Canadian and/or Inuit concept would be quite welcome.  I would like a touch of Alpha Flight wherever you are based.  And, of course, your characters will go on 'field trips' across the globe now and then.

Celes, I like ALL of your ideas.  You've pretty much fielded a super team on your own.  And I do allow multiple characters as long as they don't crowd a scene.  Really, can you have to many super-soldiers (just finished watching Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the answer is, yes, you can). :-)

The game should be up within a week.  Watch this space, true believers!

The Marvel Masks game is up, for those who want to put on their spandex! :-)  Let me know if you have any trouble with it...

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I agree, Celes you have some wonderful ideas there.  You could be your own super team lol.  I appreciate you sharing them with us, it may inspire me to come up with a great idea for myself.  Its hard to say which ones I like best, but I'm particularly drawn to Indigo the telepath, and I also really like Photon :)

Yeah the new game is up, let me go and have a peek.

The game is really taking off! I am pleased.  Masks is the Special Dark of games, not the Krackles.

Do y'all think 144 points is the right amount of experience for your Star Wars characters?  And you wouldn't need to spend it now.  You could spend it before the next game.

I'm good with 144 points.  I can do quite a bit with that, thank you very much Old Fossil.

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 216):

Tempus Rex reminds me of Trevor Fitzroy, I always liked that rivalry from the future

Oh heck, the guy's name is Chronomancer? My nemesis was originally named Chronomaster! Could totally repurpose this Trevor person to suit my needs.

Also yeah, 144 points sounds like a good chunk of change for our adventures, followed by a between-movie hiatus. Can definitely play around with those. :3

I definitely don't have Jubilee's way of speaking down just yet.

You have your Jubilee's way of speaking down! :D

The voice'll fall into place with more RP.

I'm there as Stone Cold :)  So Shira you are Jubilee?

Looks like 144 points it is! :-)

I would suggest you spend it before next Star Wars game (whenever that might be).  Spending it now is like looking at that steak on your plate but not yet being able to eat it yet (why, yes, I am dieting, why do you ask?).

I'm glad y'all are in the Masks game.  In less than a month, unadvertised, it has a quarter of the posts this advertised game got in several years.  I told you Masks is like RPG cocaine. ;-)

Man, my blaster skills are gonna be mind boggling even without Force Points. Definitely wanna invest more into that armor, though, and try to make it a full time thing.

Hey boss, there's someone in GMs Wanted looking for a WEG Star Wars game. Wanna give them a boop to see about joining the crew?

Alright, I've spent all my CP. That went by... waaaay faster than I expected. It's been a couple decades since I've had that many CP to spend at once.

I have to decide whether I want to buy force abilities or not

Do we want to make our sheets visible to each other yet? I put mine in my Description so everyone would know what my specialties are, but I still don't actually know what Shira does, for instance.

Also, are we going to remove the players who are no longer with us, and their respective character threads? It feels weird to still have Akiri, Dakert, Grev, Nate, and Thuk in the game and getting pings for this game when they haven't been around in over a year. Plus all the unused character creation threads take up a lotta space.

Finally, how do we want to proceed when we get back to these adventures, in terms of the party composition? We started with a fairly big group, and then it grew bigger as we added Thuraya, the Jedi, EmesseeOne, T-3PO, and the as-yet-unnamed Imperial prison guard, for example. We had a party of 9 going into that last encounter.

Oh! I didn't realize. Perception is my best stat, persuade, sneak, that sort of thing. Being a Ghostling, my strength is awful.

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 232):

Some of them still log in. I think my favorite image from this game is still Thuk's spacesuit with the extra arms.

I agree we should remove threads for player characters who've not been active in over a year.  I still need to spend my XP.  Thoughts for the doctors upgrades?  Hmm I could take on Emessee One.  One more droid wouldn't be a hardship especially one f such ahem "limited capacities."

TwoOneBee turns around sharply, his optical receptors turning green.  "I don't think that's called for MSE-1, everything I said was entirely factual.  I see I will need to upgrade your vocabulary matrix and delete some of the colourful colloquialisms you've acquired; consequences of serving on an imperial vessel no doubt.  What do you mean Ms Celes taught you that?  Now don't  get testy with me you overpriced hydro spanner!"

See Old Fossil?  We'd be like to circuits in the same sub processor, really :-)
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My apologies for taking so long to reply.  Y'all know I have been busy.  I will reply in detail in a few days.  Yes, it is time to prune this game.  The WEG game I will check out but it will have to have another GM, my dance card is full. :-)

Speaking of "another GM", I got the urge to run a game and I couldn't stop myself. If anyone's interested in playing another Powered By the Apocalypse game, I'm in the process of putting together a game of No Rest for the Wicked. It's based on the Borderlands game series, and the rules are a bit of an experimental mix between Apocalypse World and Dungeon World, and I've already got two players interested from the Game Interest forum. I'd be happy to have any or all of you there as well!

Question, do any of us have Mechanical as a strong skill?

I'm sitting at 3D Mechanical, with 4D in starship stuff. Check out my Description and you can see what I've got goin'.

My Mechanical is 2D and my Technical is 3D so Celes is definitely better than I, although I beat her I'm sure in Bacta Tank Operation lol.

Hi, guys;

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to reply to y'all.  I'm too busy wrecking the other game. ;-)

I have left a belated offer to join in that Star Wars WEG thread.

I am cool with removing inactive character threads and will do so unless, for whatever reason, y'all think I shouldn't.  This should happen in a couple of days.  I am also good with kicking such players out of the game.  This is not punitive.  I figure they are tired of getting pings and messages from a game they have left.  I've never done this before on this board.  Should I send one final warning?

Emessee was aggrieved at Big Droid with Big Words and streamed a full barrage of just what vocabulary had been learned lately.  Then Emessee ground themselves at Big Clumsy Feet Droid' big clumsy feet.  Was it an expression of annoyance or affection, as some felinoid creatures might butt their heads against someone they cared for (not that any felinoid in any Galaxy would ever admit sentiment for another)?  It would be hard to say.  And given Emessee tiny motors, it might be awhile before the target even noticed...

Yes, you can keep Emessee around, to be sent on dangerous 'missions' for Imperial agents in the further away warehouses after the little droid has been particularly annoying... ;-)

I like your experience and improvements in general to your characters.  I will go over them with a more fine-tooth hydrocomb when we get playing this game again.  Right now, I've got to just hold on to the tiger's tail that is the other game.

As a house rule of mine, you don't have to spent XP to become Force-Sensitive (or to lose that ability).  I always thought that Force-Sensitivity was a choice, even if subconscious, for those rare few that had the potential.  Once you do spend the points for those first Force Skills, though, you have committed to a Force-Sensitive character.  Sundancer will train Shira, which means she can progress normally.  And she can have her own lightsaber by next game.

More later...

Cool! I'm excited to see what comes of it.



The most recent of them posted over two years ago, so I think sending them any more messages would just be a bad idea. It's been brought up a few times now to clean up the players who've left and all the threads that are no longer useful, so I suggest just doing the necessary pruning. It's not like they're coming back, after all this time. It'll be fine, no worries.

In reply to That Old Fossil (msg # 240):

Cool, glad we can keep our Mouse One, it is amusing and occasionally useful.

I shall apply my XP soon, I have not as yet.  Still debating what upgrades our Doctor should receive.  I assume the cost of said upgrades will be paid for by the Rebels, so long as they are reasonable?

I agree with both you and Celes, Old Fossil.  If they haven't replied by now, they won't heed any other messages.  Your time is valuable and better spent my friend :)

I, for one, am enjoying the game thus far.  I don't think its a waste at all.  It takes time to get a good game off the ground.  Growing pains are normal.  For Celes and Shira, I'm Stone Cold btw.

Wow!  It has been a long time since I have replied. :-)

Fair enough, we will let the lost players go.  They can always find their way back if they want.

I will start deleting threads.  And I will start on our game wiki.  This will be VERY slow as I am currently working on the other game. You guys don't have to worry about reading the wiki for a long time.  But I am learning just how useful they are for an RPoL game. :-)

Holy wow, there aren't two pages of empty threads anymore! Nice cleanup, boss! :D

Yeah, no worries on the speed of this wiki. I think we're all pretty invested in the other game right now, ourselves.

Sorry I have been away for so long.  I will try and post somewhere between tonight and Tuesday

Hey all, I'm sorry I have been away for so long.  Yes, the Rebellion will happily pay whatever upgrades TwoOneBee needs.  The Rebels always tend to equip their agents better than the Empire (but then there are a lot less Rebels to equip) and TwoOneBee has proved himself to the cause over and over again. :-)

Welcome to our new player, Hoshana! :-)  May the Force be with them.

Hoshana applied awhile and I am ashamed to say I missed that during the back-burner period of this game.  But Hoshana is aware that this game is sort of coasting right now. Still, I am inspired to move a little faster than I might have been.

Adding just a teensy bit to the Wiki...

Hello and welcome, Hoshana! We do have a somewhat slower pace here, as you can see, but we have a lot of staying power.

Welcome, welcome!

Welcome Hoshana :-)

Ah, the long delays may have discouraged Hoshana.  My apologies.  They are still welcome when (if) they show up.  Hey, at least it wasn't the sixteen year wait for The Phantom Menace.

I have begun to upgrade the wiki for this game.  I realize that wikis aren't the most popular addition to RPoL but they are a chance to organize information in a non-sequential manner, the usual and largely necessary default for a message board.

The link for the wiki is always on the upper right corner of your web page.  Take a look at the paltry but growing material for the sequel. :-)

Here's a silly question I should know the answer to.  How do you view and print character sheets?

Can you be more specific? Are we talking about in a pdf, or on RPoL, or something else?

Sorry, anything works.  I just want to see them so I can start (slowly) plotting the next adventure.  There is no hurry. :-)

Alright, I'm gonna assume you want to view our PCs' character sheets on this game.

I dunno where the others put theirs, probably in their Character Sheet section. To find that, you click "Character Details" up in the top left, then use the menu to select the character you want to view. Their Character Sheet section is under the basic data box in the middle there.

As for me, I put my character sheet in my Description so everyone can see it. You can either just click my name here, or The Cast and then my name, or Character Details, my name, then View Description.

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 256):

Ooh, very convenient!

Celes, thank you for the info.  I am embarrassed that I did not know this. But I can work with that now. :-)

Being my Star Wars crew, you're all invited to join my new Star Wars Saga Edition game, set before the events of Knights of the Old Republic: link to another game

I'm in and hope others will join as well.  Sorry I have been away for so long.  I shall try and post in a couple of days. :-)

Friends,

Real-life has been busy and the teen super game is taking up most of my time allotted for RPoL.  So it will probably be some time before I get back to the this game at any real level.

But I hate to just let this game grow fallow.  I had thought about just running a laid-back Star Wars adventure just to keep the lights on but I am getting burned out on running Star Wars for the near future.  I need to recharge those batteries.  Now, I am enjoying playing Star Wars.  Celes' game (under another name) seems quite promising.

So I ask you, is there any game with SIMPLE rules you would like to amble into?  I fine with the D6 rules system, I just need a break from Star Wars for awhile.  If not, no worries.

Boss, you're already busy enough as it is, and Marvel is keeping us all plenty busy (as you know we're all over there!), so don't feel you need to take on something more. That kind of behavior is my job. XD

And yes, I'm running two Star Wars games with you in them. Knights of the Old Republic is picking up, and I'm trying to get Edge of Rebellion moving again. Old Fossil, did you still have interest in Edge of Rebellion? I know you kind of vanished shortly after we introduced Amaya.

I suppose you are right, certainly the last week has proven my dearth of free time.

My apologies for not being so present in the Edge of Rebellion game.  Don't take it as lack of interest or I wouldn't have applied for your KOTOR game.   It seemed like the game slowed to a very slow crawl not long after I joined and I honestly thought the game was effectively dead.

Over time I kept forgetting to check and I apologize for that.  Now that it seems EoR is back (or never really left), I will try and get Amaya back up to speed. :-)

Yaaay! <3

I mean to join the Kotor game at some point

That'll be awesome! If you need any help with that, naturally you can ask away. I'm here to help!

We could use some more brave heroes in the KOTOR game if there are any takers. ;-)

The only player here who isn't in KotOR yet is TwoOneBee, and they've been on hiatus because of RL shenanigans. :P

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 268):

I've got to join, but I'm so overwhelmed lately

I understand, take care of yourself first and foremost. We're here to have a good time, not to add pressure and stress. <3

Hey guys, in real-life, I've had a few gut punches.  My mom now needs more looking after.  Her health hasn't declined, thank goodness, but it has become more complicated in terms of time and efforts.

And I need to spend more time making more money.  I'm doing OK on eBay but I'm a long time from the Lear Jet, private Hawaiian island and travelling 'secretary'. ;-)

We aren't bothered too much by this in this game as it was on a back-burner anyway.  But it just means it is going be a bit longer before it returns.   As always, I appreciate y'all's patience. :-)

How are we all doing? I'm doing pretty well, starting a Master's degree.

That's fantastic! Good luck, Shira, though I doubt you'll need it! n.n

I'm doing pretty well. I have a new partner, a friend of mine of the last several years, and I'm taking a flight out to see them soon. That's pretty exciting, but also I'm disobeying the very first rule of traveling to Illinois that I've read on every guide to visiting Illinois: do not go in Winter. My Californian body is doing to freeze solid the moment I step off the plane. XD

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 273):

Thank you! That's lovely, I hope the trip goes well.

Sorry I have been away for so long.

Shira, what are you getting your Master's in (if I may ask)?

Celes, a partner who is also a good friend is a rare thing. I'm glad for you.  I hope you didn't freeze in Illinois.  I would suggest my home state of Texas but we have trouble keeping the heat on when it gets cold. :-(

Great to hear from you!

In reply to That Old Fossil (msg # 275):

History. It's History with a focus in education. I'd prefer Military History but the college I'm at doesn't offer it and I don't wanna go through a length application period.

That's a very cool major, Shira! As your mother, I'm proud of you for sticking through it. n.n

And ye, I'm having a pretty good time out here in Illinois! My partner and I have been keeping warm inside and only occasionally heading into town for supplies. Oddly enough I was warm enough getting off the plane that I didn't need to stop to put on my trenchcoat even though it was 13 degrees. Weird. The only issue I've really been having is getting my work done using just my phone and ipad at first, and now a rather slow Chromebook (which at least lets me access desktop-only services). Also finding time to practice music.

Also, half my family lives in Texas. Bexar County was actually named for my family, who founded it, and we have (or at least had) a strong presence in San Antonio, where almost everyone on my mom's side of the family still lives. That's an exciting bit of ooo I have on my birth lottery resume. :P

How's everyone been doing?

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 277):

*Hugs!* Thank you, momma!
I'm all right, lots of work. I could never do all that work on a phone, I learned to touchtype really well but I never got the hang of typing on a phone more than slowly.

Oh, Celes, if you wanted to take a look at Exalted, third edition is on sale for only 2.50 on Drivethru rpg last I checked.

Aww, I'm missing this crew.

Wanna join my Discord server and we can stay together over there? :D

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 281):

Sure! Send me the link!

Yaay! Here's an invite link to my Discord server for everyone here, because I like you. It'll last seven days from now, but if you miss the window and want in, just lemme know and we'll fix that right away. n.n

https://discord.gg/6unWHZG6pX

EDIT: Edited link to replace the expired one with a permanent one.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:23, Mon 10 Oct 2022.

Hello all,

It has been a time since I have visited or posted.  The reason is that I am now spending my time trying to become a professional (that is, paid) gamemaster.  Money is a little tight and the only way I can now keep up with my hobby of role-playing games is if they are making me money.

And now I am finally ready.  My first pro games are about to begin.  I had to choose based on market factors (and not necessarily my first choices).  I will be shortly starting a James Bond 007 game and a Star Wars D6 game.  A Marvel Masks game might be in the future.  If you are interested, message me. :-)

Otherwise, I shall still drop by RPoL infrequently.  It might be nice to play a game now and then without worrying about running it.

Lovely to hear from you! I'm glad things are working out well.

I hope it works out well for you! :D

In the interest of making sure my friends can find me, I've edited the Discord server link above so it's permanent rather than only good for seven days. I know we don't all check here all the time, so figured it would be a good idea to make sure it's usable. n.n

Oh, I miss this one.

Same, honestly I'm ready to come back whenever Our Old Fossil is. n.n

Yeah.  This was a good game.

Hi Grev! <3

Hey Celes.

Grev!  Great to hear from you!

In reply to Shira (msg # 293):

Hey Shira.  Good to hear from you too.  It's been a few years.

Merry Christmas everyone.

In reply to TwoOneBee (msg # 295):

*Hugs* 'Bee! Wow, I missed you!

Yaaaay! Merry Foodmas! <3 I hope you get to monch the tastiest things. n.n

Trust me, Shira,I missed you and Celes and that Old Fossil too.  And yeah I ate way too much lol.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:56, Wed 27 Dec 2023.

Just checking in and saying hello.  Happy Groundhog's Day lol.  Miss you both and I miss this game.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:19, Sat 03 Feb.

Hi there! The offer to join my Discord server and partake in me games with Shira and I is always open, if you're interested. <3

In reply to TwoOneBee (msg # 299):

Great to hear from you, 'Bee! Playing anything fun on RPOL?

Thanks Celes :) I appreciate the offer.  If any time in my schedule opens up, I'll take a peek at your Discord and see what games you're running.  Actually, why wait when I can ask?  Out of curiosity, what games are you running?



I'm not playing anything right now, Shira.  Just trying to resurrect my old D&D 2e Middle-earth game, but so far I don't have the time to devote to it that I once did.  How about you?

Oh, it's a whole community! We've got a few things going on right now. I'm involved in a D&D 5e game on Tuesdays, a Masks game on Sundays, and a Star Wars game that's PbP. That one moves a bit slow, a post or so every few weeks/months, but we've gotten into our first mission, and it's pretty exciting! We're also down like three players, if you want to see about slipping in there with me and Shira. n.n

There's also a Pathfinder game on Thursdays, aaaaand I think some other stuff going on that I'm not involved in either? Plus I'm preparing to pick up my Transformers game again as a scheduled voice game rather than PbP, since that didn't work so smoothly for us. And of course there are a dozen or so folks in the server who just hang out and socialize rather than having time for much gameyness with us. :D I'm "nintaku." if you wanna do me a Discord boop.

In reply to TwoOneBee (msg # 302):

Oh, as ever, I'm in too many pbp games. An aliens game Celes is running, a Walking Dead game, a starfinder game and two star wars games.

In reply to Celes Varik (msg # 303):

Sounds awesome Celes.  Glad you're having fun.

In reply to Grev Longtooth (msg # 305):

*Hugs* Grev! How are you doing?

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In reply to Shira (msg # 306):

Okay.  How are you doing?

In reply to Grev Longtooth (msg # 308):

Great! I've got a couple of new jobs and I'm in some great games. I'm very happy

In reply to Shira (msg # 309):

Awesome.  I'm happy to hear that.

In reply to Grev Longtooth (msg # 310):

In any games lately?

Hey All, just checking in.  Grev, really cool to see you again, been a few years.  How is life treating you?

Wow Celes, you are staying busy, it sounds like a lot of fun.  I'm a bit jealous lol. I'll definitely check your Discord out, thanks for the invite :-)

Shira, the three best words I've heard all year were when you said " I'm very happy!"  That's really what it's all about.  Sounds like you and Celes are happy and thriving.  Nothing gives me a bigger smile than knowing that.

In reply to TwoOneBee (msg # 312):

Aww, that's such a sweet thing to say, 'Bee! I hope we get to play a game together soon!

Yay! If the boss ever comes back, I'd love to get us all together and playing again. n.n