Out of Character (OOC) discussions.

In reply to ChosenOne (msg # 1):

 Hey, Welcome everyone. If you are reading this you are already added.

 I just wanted to let you know that it is okay to coordinate on your character skills. Right now you have a Guardian Soresu Defender, Seeker Pathfinder and Mystic Seer (I believe with command/leadership abilities, correct?)

 I am giving it until Monday 2/27/17 before I decide on the other 2 players out of a bunch of RTJ's. So let me know about the builds, so that I can let the final two take some skills and abilities that are missing from the current players.

  If you have any questions for character creation or anything in general, feel free to let me know. During 8-5 CST I won't be able to do much rule lookup (I wish I could get my core rules in PDF), but I'll try to answer in the evenings, if I don't know it off-hand.

My plan for the character is to work with Seer into Makashi Duelist and potentially make a line for Battle Mediation eventually.  Just so you all have an idea which direction I'm going.

At least, that's what I think I'm doing.  It's been a long day, jammed three hundred drugs into my brain, and am half-passed out.  I'll likely be more coherent in the morning.

Hi. Still working on my character. The name's going to be Den Jaxon.

Mine should be about done.  I'll write up a character profile for you all to see, and then I'm done.

Hi Folks.

I shall be your reformed Trandoshan cub. Well, mostly reformed...   some things still push his big red button. Guardian Soresu.

Think I've just got equipment to do now. Padawan kit, robes?...

I just grabbed robes and a lightsaber.  Couldn't afford much else.

Training sabre?...  ;)

I asked about that. GM just told me to take a regular lightsaber.

I may have to make similar enquiries!!!

What spec are you taking?

As I stated earlier, I'm Seer/Makashi Duelist.  I dual specc'd.

Also, it's just a plain lightsaber. No crystals or modifications.  We're padawan.

Plain lightsaber is still very tasty though!

So I'm guessing you will be the social butterfly then. Are you human?

yes, all Jedi will get a basic standard lightsaber issued by the Jedi Order as they are sent on a mission which is where we are going to start so go ahead and add it to your character sheets. Plain jane, green or blue blade, 6 base dmg, 2 adv to crit. Sunder, and breach 1 weapon qualities.

 Non-Jedi,  will have some extra credits to compensate.

Miraluka. But since FFG has no template for that race, I'm using the Human template.

What, no yellow blades, GM?  I thought that was one of the original three!  ;p

I'm going on a crystal quest as soon as I can. I didn't take Mechanics to not be able to modify my saber. Haha!

How do you set up the rolling link for an additional proficiency die? Such as 2A,1P? Or 2A 1P?

[dice=1d8 target=1A,2P system=swee text="Mechanics" memo="Mechanics Skill Check" record=yes] (INT)* 2            1A, 2P


basically change target=2A, 1P, 1B etc. and change that at the end too, so you can see it visually. 1A=1 attribute dice (green) dice, 1P= 1 Proficiency dice, 1B= One boost die, etc.

The one on the sheet you provided uses + instead of ,

is that the correct way to do it?  That's the pattern I followed when modifying.

Yes, Tarrin is correct. Its been a while since I used it.

It needs a + between dice. So  target=1A+1P+1B to add dice to the pool with 1A (1 green) and 1P (yellow) and 1B (boost/blue die). When you put it in the actual dice roller you would just put a space between, but it can't carry over a space in the code, so it uses + when sending to the die roller and that parses it to a space.

That did the trick. Thanks.

I think I'm done with the stats portion of the sheet. Just need the story details on the character now.

Greetings, Noble beings:

  I am Kay-One-Tee-One - a modified K1 Protocol Droid, outfitted with computer data retrieval subroutines, astrogation and navigation computation protocols, as well as a small database of knowledge regarding a more ... criminal information.  I look forward to working with you on this mission on behalf of the Republic...

OOC:  Thanks to the GM for placing me in here, this is the first game I've applied to in the last couple of weeks that has gotten a positive response. Hoping that this is the beginning of a long and successful campaign - well, I can hope at least.

I've been working in the Character Generator for the last bit, and think I've got something decent. I took mostly Computers and Slicing this time around, trying out a Droid character for the first time. Also trying out the Force and Destiny rules, so if I'm a bit behind, I apologise. (Used to the new Star Wars - Re up rules that just came out)  Might need a little help with the die rolling, but I see I'm not the only one with that trouble.



Here's a picture, thanks to Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/...4CAt1lGrsrSDTIHVHWI/

Hey Kiti welcome aboard :)

Looks like a nice mix we got shaping up here!

In reply to K1T1 (msg # 21):

*claims to be a protocol droid*

*uses profile picture on an HK droid*

I'M ON TO YOU!  ;P

Hey all I'm a generic clone trooper, nothing special about me, nope, not one thing.

In reply to Clone Trooper (msg # 24):

Yeah that's what they all said. Then order 66 happened...

Den is a pathfinder/seeker, more on the scholarly side than anything else. He has a fascination with ancient jedi and sith lore/relics.

Long story short, I think I'm doing medic as a secondary, not sure if we need the tanky or the shooty tree otherwise.

Well I will have some tanky stuff, but company is always welcome.

SO how are you tanky? I played this game weekly for about a year, we quit because combat became way to rocket tagey.

The extra soak and durability on commando doesn't really seem like it will be enough to change a whole lot. You are one of the jedi? so you have defense upgrades from sense?

I'm thinking I should just be better at shooting so I can soak the penalty for being braced on a mag-locked shield.

Rocket tagey?..

We are scratch characters so I'm guessing we won't be dodging too many rockets at this stage. As it is I have decent WT and soak, rather than going sense heavy I was thinking more along the Soresu Parry/reflect talents.

And ultimately being a Trandoshan I can grow limbs back if needed ;)

No rockets required. A regular blaster rifle hits for 9+sux so a minimum of 10 damage hit.

10-15 wounds (extremes aside) best armor is 2 soak + 2-4 from other things +1-4 (but probably 2-3 for a ranged character)

Basically you go unconscious if you take 2 hits, 3 if you invest in tank stuff, 4 if you hyper specialize and those are minimum damage attacks from basically the most common weapon.

Once melee gets involved all bets are off. I had to retire my first character because I built too many HP and bothered to stimpack, so i took like 5 crits and lost 3 permanent stat points and an arm.

I've played this game system quite a bit. Combat isn't really as crunchy as other systems, so there's no real need to min-max or be a tank. Just create an RP character how you feel and use the stats to bring them to life. It's not like Saga or Star Wars D20. I've got some combat skills, but I'm also going with a few buffing angles. I can also Face. Roles aren't quite as defined as they are in other systems. So, no need to worry much about that sort of thing.

Sure, there are no featureless white rooms in starwars, it's sort of like exalted where your description of how your advantages get resolved will change things and you aren't just D&D trading shots back and forth.

I'm a soldier, I'm not going to be mainlining any social skills so the role playing will come without much impact from my character sheet. But I do have a character sheet and all the stuff on it is about making dudes into corpses (and making my dudes not corpses).

Also there is something to be said about making the mechanics match the fiction. If I want to roleplay a big tough guy but in reality I still get wrecked as soon as shooting starts then I'm actually just playing an insane guy.

Yeah I'd have to agree. Unless facing a military unit I've not found a gunfight to be horrific. Using cover and moving to medium range seemed to be a good strategy.

In reply to Clone Trooper (msg # 33):

That really depends. Military guys could for sure take social skills. Things like intimidation or coercion are quite aggressive means of socialization and would fall under the purview of being an enforcer. I'm more pointing out that this is kind of a game system where min-maxing combat can kind of wreck the game as it's meant for a more narrative format. Unless you put almost no points in combat at all, you're very unlikely to get wrecked in the slightest. For example, I've got one skill point in lightsaber and can likely hold my own. It's really not worth worrying about. From my experience, I suggest diversifying your skill set to other things that involve combat but not directly?  Otherwise, the game may get very boring for you very quickly.

I'm also planning on being a medic and I'll probably have some survival stuff. My real role in the party is going to be to act all gruff and tell you young'uns how naive you are (the fact that I was grown in a vat and only left home a few years ago aside). I'm content with that.

But I still disagree with your assessment based on my experience and looking at the math. Having points in the skills does nothing to address the issue I'm highlighting other than making your rockets bigger than theirs. Which actually means I agree with you, spread your skills where ever you want. I was just sitting here looking at the Commando tree and being underwhelmed so I wanted to know if I was missing something.

I'll look again at the tree when I get back, but I don't remember it being that bad the last time I made a trooper.

In reply to Clone Trooper (msg # 24):

Roger, roger...nothing to see here. Move along, move along...

:p

Seems like we've got most of the tanky/fighty stuff covered. I'm working on the slicing side of things - think the only place we're short on is in the Healing side of things. Guess we'll just have to use cover as best we can, and the Jedi will get a chance to dodge or deflect anything that might come our way. (Although, being either just Padawans or *just* having come out of "Jedi school", I'm not thinking that we should be expecting Skywalker-style stuff from them at the moment)

I've got four dice in Makashi, so I can dish it out a bit, but I'm in Seer more. I don't really have many combat talents at the moment. So, I can't really rescue anyone as yet. But, I've got good initiative!  xD

Eventually, I plan on boosting people's initiatives and reactions. So, more of a battle coordinator who can fight. Don't expect me to be much use dodging or deflecting for a while!

"Hi, everyone. High Command calls me Sergeant CT-4805. Troopers call me Boss. You can call me either. I've been assigned to command your escort. Been serving since Geonosis, so you'll be safe with me. Safe as you can be in the middle of a war zone, anyway."

I'm running an NPC clone sergeant and possibly the clone squads that'll be going along for the ride. Looking forward to it.

We have Clone squads? Well, that will make the prospect of dying slightly more remote. Probably not much, but something is better than nothing, I think.

:)

  Hey everyone. We are very close to being ready to start. I believe everyone's character has been approved. Just waiting for our resident Clone trooper player and then we should be set.

  Keep working on backgrounds, which explain the source of your motivation, morality strengths and weaknesses. They also should have some things like plot hooks, helpful contacts or interesting facts or events to help role-play. Your character sheets have the 'what' is your motivation, morality, etc.  but the background should give detail as to the 'why' they are that way.

 I award +5 XP for backgrounds that have that, which is given after the first introduction scene.. or future scene if completed later. I will probably ask questions to answer to complete the background so that, when you get them answered, you will get the bonus.

  I will post some things on what I look for for bonus XP for regular gameplay as well, but it is mainly about role-playing things from your background, cool actions, and playing your character based on his strengths, weaknesses and motivations.

I'm not sure quite how things work with backgrounds, but I did come up with one for the Droid. I figure the GM will have a look at it and give it either a pass or fail, and see what needs to be improved, as necessary.  I believe that essentially, I'm done for character generation.  :)

  The background's aren't going to hold us up from starting, so you don't need to rush it. Flesh it out, think on it and make it interesting. We can work on it as we do the prelude scene.

  Speaking of the prelude. I think we are ready to begin tonight, if our Clone trooper player is not ready by this evening (no rush), we will start with the Jedi contingent as they get their orders, and then merge the group as they arrive at their transport ship with the clones.

Sounds good. I should be around.

I was wondering when we'd be starting, I'm glad that we're beginning tonight. I was hoping to get started in *one* "Star Wars" here before much time had passed.

And here...we...go.

Got to do some of the details regarding his subtler emotional triggers, but other wise...

Ready to rock!

  Alright, the introductory thread is up and we have officially started! Let me know if you have trouble viewing it.

I do not see it. Though it may not be for my eyes.

 Yeah, there wasn't anything secret, but sometimes knowing something your character doesn't about other characters can be confusing to not bring up, so I usually leave it out if your character isn't physically there.

  [Private to CT-4805 Boss: The intro was pretty general and gave nothing personal away that you wouldn't notice when they enter a room, so I can send you the intro post if your interested. Now they may mention personal things in the thread, so I don't want everyone to see that in case they have some reason to hide information.]

Ah, makes sense.

[Private to GM: Up to you.]

I can see the Prelude Message, thanks. Will respond shortish.

 I'm heading to bed, so I will post replies tomorrow morning to anyone that is able to post tonight.

[Private to CT-4805 Boss: PM sent with intro, I hope you enjoy it. It was fun to write that scene.]

I will post after the Jedi have tonight, or possibly tomorrow morning, depending. This is their moment, I don't wish to spoil it.  :)

  We are ready to combine and get underway with the new thread. I will leave the Jedi contingent Prelude if anyone wants to add some discussions to that you can. If not we will go ahead and close it. You can post in parallel to both threads..

My body is ready

I'm good either way. I don't mind making some conversation in that thread if someone wants to.

  Jini will talk with Tarrin, if nobody else wants to continue the conversations

Will do.  Just let me post in the other thread to keep the current one moving.

  Anytime you like we can move ahead to Chapter 1 of our story.

  We can make a mechanics roll with an assist from Jini, and consider it training for mechanics & lightsaber for purposes of raising a skill later when XP is awarded. Do you want to role-play that out, or just make the checks and move on? Either way is fine.

  Everyone can decide what you are doing for the next day and a half until the first jump. Let me know what you are working on for training. Let me know if your background is ready for me to review, and you will get the XP to spend, once approved.

[Private to K1T1: K1, Jedi Master Agen Kolar, a Zebrak Jedi Master who has been involved in training the padawans on this mission came to you before the meeting with Windu. He mentioned something about a Force vision and it led him to copy information from the Jedi Archives. He said to keep it a secret from everyone, except the Jedi, and only the Jedi can know that you have this data. He stressed that this was very important and critical that this be kept a secret. ]

  [Private to CT-101 Charlie; CT-4805 Boss: Story info..  This Clone group is designated 336th detachment of the 448th Clone Trooper Legion

 Squad 1, consists of Charlie, and three other clone troopers. CT-5211 "Silver", CT-4355 "Smoke" and CT-5397 "Gamma".

  There are five other squads consisting of 4 clone troopers each. Most are new batches but a few are returning to duty after being treated at the MedStar facility. They are staying in two of the cargo holds that were converted to barracks in the middle section of the transport ship. ]

I personally enjoy writing, so I don't mind RPing it out. I'm flexible if the rest of you would rather push the scene forward, too.

Also, I wasn't intending to use this to raise the skill.  According to the rule book, the crystals in the Basic Lightsaber are Kyber Crystals which are a kind of Ilum Crystal that can be modified.  These weapons basically naturally have an attachment.  So, I was intending to actually roll a Mechanics roll to modify the weapon.  I wouldn't minding Jini's help, though!

Admittedly, I'm trying to work out some writing muscles I haven't used in quite a while, so if any want to RP it out, I'm cool with that. Same with Tarrin as well if the scene needs to be moved ahead.

[Private to GM: "Message received and archived, Master Jedi."]
This message was last edited by the player at 20:58, Wed 08 Mar 2017.

I know the feeling, K1.  It's been a bit for me as well.  I empathize entirely.

Kalyx, are you trying to get a hilt attachment?  I'm pretty sure the only reason I got to modify was because all Basic Lightsabers come with the Ilum Crystal which is moddable. It's not a new attachment. I have a feeling we'll have to go out and buy our own attachments later. But, you could try your hand at modding your crystal!

 It isn't a mod for changing the stats of it, at least that's how I read it.. an external, cosmetic change. He just wants something that will fit his claws better, correct?. Which I don't mind allowing..  I just posted that he can try to find something and Jini can help him alter it to help him grip it better.

It sounded like he was talking about a Balanced Hilt, but if it's cosmetic that makes sense.

  I opened up a thread for the Clones, "Fresh off the Vat". K1T1 can visit there or Engineering.. wherever he wants to go. I also added the ship layout in the Main Game Map.

[Private to K1T1: If you want to wander into the Clone Quarters I can add you to that thread.. I figured he might hang out in Engineering.. always good to get with the techs in case you need repairs. :)  But really whatever you want to do, or if you want to take a break. Up to you and your character.]
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:43, Sat 11 Mar 2017.

I figure that K1T1 could spend some time there, or with the people in Engineering - you can never know enough people, and with that knowledge might come in handy. Droids do get damaged, and having one of the Techs on your side never hurts matters.

[Private to GM: Might not be a bad idea - find out how the 'other' half lives, so to speak. ]

 I am ready to go ahead and move to Chapter 1, and posts for the prelude have trailed off. I will leave this thread open so we can finish any upgrades that were in progress and any discussions for social reasons can continue. I will post this evening for Chapter 1 and move us along.

  I am going to open a thread for away/absences, so we know if you are going to be away for more than 2 days so I can take actions for your character to move things along. This is especially important to let me know if we are in structured play.

Ready to move ahead here as well - ready when y'all are, at least.

  Alright, I just need a couple of things from Kalyx and Den (and something minor for all the Jedi).. but that won't stop us from the new thread which I will post shortly.

  From Den, I need to find out which mod he used and from Kalyx; What did he use the Triumph for when he did the cosmetic mod to his lightsaber..

  About Triumph's and Advantages you are free to make suggestions amongst yourselves for use of those (with final decision by the player that rolled the pool, of course).

  I do allow some collaboration, as long as it doesn't take a week to decide. But if someone has a good idea and can post quickly enough, I don't have a problem with you sharing something for another user's spending to Tri's and Adv's. This will allow everyone to have some share in the results, as a group.

  Oh, and just for role-play (no bearing on mechanics), let me know what color you chose for your lightsaber blade.. it can be green or blue with the stock lightsabers. But I'd like to describe the actions and use color to describe the scenes so I'd like to know which it is..

I'm most definitely going with blue.

I apologize for not posting anything, but I've been reading the posts as they come.  There really just didn't seem like anything I needed to add.

I'll take a green one please!

Edited my post for a typo that was driving me nuts.

Kalyx, did your mother fraternize with Ugnaughts?!  I mean, a name like Salyx means he must be your long lost brother!  xD

Short jokes are funnier when we are all the same height. :)

  Hey. You guys can collaborate and decide on what you want to do and discuss it OOC. I can answer questions from what info the crew has, but those questions should be in character. Of course Jini would be the final decision, but since she is an NPC, I will have her go with the consensus of the Jedi players. Likewise, she will listen to the Clone leaders on what to do as well.

  I think Kalyx and I must be using the same name generator. Probably not, since mine is highly customized excel spreadsheet and includes personality profile and stats. I didn't even notice it was that close to Kalyx until Tarrin pointed it out. I just copied the name and race and stats in my list of NPC's. If I noticed I would have probably changed it so it wasn't so close. My bad. At least it was humorous to some. :)

Reliance Cargo Master:

Draamnor Salyx - A lithe young adult male Ugnaught that has close cropped dark gray colored hair, with black shaded eyes and light coral shaded skin.  He has  a burn mark on the right ankle. He has a whiny voice. Personality: lacking honor, very prideful, spiteful, indulgent, sensual, calm, covetous, extremely lazy, dispirited, skeptical, reprehensible, completely incurious, undaunted, verbose. He has a thin neck. STR: 16 DEX: 5 CON: 15 INT: 12 WIS: 7 CHA: 7 ( FFG Stats | BR: 3 AG: 1 WL: 3 IN: 2 CU: 1 PR: 1 )

Heh heh, while Kalyx would normally be proud not to be a pure blood Trandoshan, I'm not sure Salyx would be much better as a father. Besides, his mother would probably eat Salyx alive for giggles. ;)

  I guess the discussion is done and right now you are going to wait to get in system and try to pretend to be merchants with hopefully forged documents from MI (Military Intelligence) agency. Then try to gain computer access on the ground or possibly through holonet relays in orbit? Then commence a search based on what you find or the Jedi powers?

  I will move us along tonight to arriving in the system, but out far enough not to be detected by the planet yet.

I need to shut down K1T1's idea of asking about a geonosian ship if none of the NPC's are going to. But otherwise, ya, I think you have the jist.

Land under our established cover, find a way to deploy our slicer.

Tarrin's not been contesting since he put forward an opinion already. Being mindful of his place as a padawan. In case anyone has been wondering why I've been online and not posting.

Likewise, Kalyx is quietly taking notes on things he wants to utilise, i.e. Points that our slicer can start subtly tracing the ship, and possibly intercept any messages broadcast off world...

 Yes, Cpt. Batch wouldn't allow to directly ask about the Geonosian ship or it would blow the cover. Unless you wanted to try a diplomatic stance, there are other ways to play it.

Just to clarify on where the group stands:

1.    Everyone agrees to land under the fake identity of a neutral merchant, and hide the clones from sight.
   
2.    try and covertly slice the Bissi's systems to gain more information about the Sep General
   
3.    send in a small group to follow up the investigation/search.
   
4.    Leave the rest of the ship & platoon in for backup and extraction.

Really 1 is the most critical that has to be decided before we move on, #2 after that, the rest can change based on the results of 1 & 2.

We're going to need a lot of disguises.  Troopers in armor might be a bit obvious on a Separatist world.

Side note, while he's not much for Deception, we might want Tarrin to be the front man for interaction potential inspection people or whatnot.  He's got a bunch of dice in interaction skills.

1 dark side point here.

I'm not the best at disguised infiltration, could pass fir a bodyguard...

Well, it's going to be an interesting mission so far...

16:49, Today: Tarrin Feruwi rolled no successes, 2 dark force points using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1F.

Ummmm....this is not good, I'm guessing:

21:12, Today: K1T1 rolled no successes, 1 dark force point using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1F.  Force Die Roll.

"I got a bad feeling about this.."

*Looks at all the Dark Force Points*

 - Would someone please yell "PLOT TWIST!" and get us out of this...???

  You still have Den and CT-101 who might roll some light side destiny, or the pervasive darkness in the galaxy won out for this session. That is actually fitting for this time in Star Wars history.

  Does anyone else have their backgrounds for extra XP ready? Please add it to the bottom of your character sheet so I can check and reference it. Basically explain the why of your motivation, morality strengths and weaknesses. Also I would like to know some background details for the points. What's known about your family before the Order. Interesting places you may have visited during training, allies you made or people or places of interest you have encountered. Rivals in the Jedi Order perhaps, or enemies made (though as initiates traveling would have been well protected for the most part).

 It has been over 2 days, so I will roll the Force die for Den so we can continue. He got a light side point.. CT-101 appears to have rolled but not posted yet and he got another dark side. So the pool is set.  5 Darkside and 1 Lightside.

08:21, Today: ChosenOne, on behalf of Den Jaxon, rolled no successes, 1 light force point using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1F.

OOC: Okay, K1T1 can spend the lightside point for the pool to get one more shot at the transponder alteration. I will also give you an extra boost since you are probably familiar with  altering transponders from your background with the Crime Lords. So go ahead and roll 2 boost dice in that same pool

Thanks for the roll. Sorry! Weekends can be tricky when posting.

 No problem, for rolls like that I will usually check for the rolls, so you can just roll it and not have to post. It would be preferred if you posted something with a few word to say you rolled it. I can easily go to the dice roller (which I do anyway to review and add them up since they are easier to view that way than trying to pick it out in bunch of OOC posts).

  Also I made a thread for the Dice Pool so you can view it, and I will keep changing it whenever someone uses it or I do. I will let you know that I used a DS point, but might not always tell you right away what is was about, for obvious reasons.
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Seriously?!?!?

OOC: 09:24, Today: K1T1 rolled 2 failures, 6 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2P 2A 3B 3D.  2nd attempt - Transponder Modification.

Looks like we're going in hot, gentlemen!  xD

Toss the Advantages my way?  Maybe I can talk our way out of this.

You're welcome to them - take as many as you need. Think we're going to need them, honestly.

I don't have Deception, but I have Charm and Negotiation.  Not quite sure how to craft the story, but I'll likely think of something.  I just have to be honest and not lie?

Honesty and not lying...with a ship full of clone troopers on our way to a Separatist world.

...

Oh, this is going to be good.  xD

Well, it'll be *something* at least...not sure what yet, but still...

My fully-armed and operational battledroi--er, wait...that's not right!!

This is too much pressure for a padawan on his first mission!  Sink or swim indeed.  xD

  You can spend advantages to have something different happen to the transponder, negotiate with Bissi as members of the Republic. After all the Separatists are fractured and without any real leadership, so that would be to your benefit. You could also try to just sneak down to the planet (you have a couple escape pods on the ship, each of which can hold 6 people).

  If you want to see a great example of spending advantages, and a really cool story. If you have heard of it yet, check out Dice for Brains podcast (highly rated and has grown in popularity as word of it spreads, best one I have ever heard in any gaming system but this one is Force and Destiny).

http://diceforbrains.com/d4bp/

 The players there are very creative in using advantages for more than just boosts & setbacks. The GM and players are all either experienced gamers or voice actors, so it flows well and they edit it and have some sound effects. The droid which joined the crew came out of one of their spent advantages, and he has become a regular NPC and the way the GM runs him is hilarious.

Could you possibly give me a couple highlights to understand your point, GM?  I'm kind of in medical school, so I don't really have the time to listen to the podcast. Just a couple examples you could tell me from it that stick out to you would enable me to modify how I use Advantages effectively.

  I didn't mean to listen to the broadcasts for this situation, there are 5 seasons, so even if you were to binge listened, it would takes weeks of 8 hour days to get through them all (they are on episode 51 and each podcast runs about 40 minutes). I have listened to them during my commute which takes about an hour and a half each day for a couple of months. I actually had the Ahsoka novel on audiobook from the library, and preferred to listen to the Dice for Brains podast than this novel I was waiting for for 5 months to get.

   What I liked was just the creative side of what they came up with in ways I didn't think about. The group was trying to recover something from a secure warehouse. They had this little creature which was a pet of one of the characters, which was like a space squirrel with a poison stinger (which the player requested in the beginning of the character creation as trade off for credits or xp, IIRC).

  The creature went into this secure warehouse through a tiny hole in search of food (I think the GM did this just for story reasons, because it was mischievous and always hungry). One of the players spent several advantages that the creature found a bunch of pastries tore into them and spilled them over the power control box for the security droids, blew the fuse and deactivated all of them. Actually that might of used a triumph. It's been a while. But similar stuff can be done with advantages.

  There was one creative use of advantages in which a player tried to run this fruit cart into a bounty hunter, he used several advantages to say that the Bounty hunter was allergic to the Meiloorun fruit in the cart. I think it was also on a failure so the cart didn't hit him, but the advantages caused the bounty hunter to flee in terror down an alley, and was out of the fight for a round or two.

  One I believe that a stormtrooper that they were trying to get past, one of them grew up on the same world and knew the girl and had a crush on her which gave her some advantages in getting him to let her and her friend past them.

  Another where the group tried to launch this little hovering spy chip to record video of a crime boss in an executive tower, they failed to launch it out of the airspeeder, but used advantages to say the engine backwash propelled the device toward the building anyway..

  One that was used in one of the games I ran, where a rifle shot missed a Tusken Raider up on a ridge, but used an advantage that it hit the ledge and broke loose a stone under the edge back him fall down and dangle off the side of the ledge. Actually I think I used that for some threats that the Tusken rolled, but it could have been used the same way from advantages from a missed shot.

  In this case, you can used the advantages (I consider 4 advantages to be similar as far as changing the narrative as a triumph, one without a success or auto crit.) for this situation to change the narrative in minor ways. This ship was taken over by the Republic and put into service,  so something could have been on board they never found. etc.  Now without a destiny point flip, it can't be anything major.. but there are other little ways to change the narrative, as listed above or similar.

How about something along the lines of; As our codes raise suspicion another ship approaches the planet at the same time. There's a case of mistaken identity and the other ship is detained in orbit while the ship is searched. Our ship gets permission to land, we bail out in a shuttle before the mix up is spotted and our ship ordered to halt and held in orbit for a full check up, with just enough time to wipe any incriminating evidence

Sound good?

That sounds cool. I was thinking of something with potential for hilarity like our droid tried to give us merchant credentials but gave us student credentials instead. Students that are studying the success of beaurocracy on a planet. It would both give us a good in (as what government  doesn't love ego stroking?), and will be funny to see troopers try to act like good students. Star Wars tends to have more than a few good humor moments.

By the way, GM, the core book equates three advantages to a triumph. Any particular reason for the extra one?  Just curious for future reference.

  I like it, and given that this planet has a significant amount of bureaucracy, that could probably work with a slight modification...

  You can spend them to say that your attempt to change the transponder failed because it was hard coded, but you ended up sending out two transponder codes, one overlaying the other. One of them matched the model of a YT-2400 freighter that was trying to get cleared to the spaceport. The data came in mixing the two up. Showing your ship was the YT-2400 freighter hauling the supplies which was cleared, and the actual YT-2400 is mistakenly shown as the Reliance Republic vessel which was asked to stop and be boarded by a customs shuttle and guarded by a patrol of Delta-6 fighters.

  Though that will get temporary clearance to the planet, and buy you time to drop into atmosphere at least.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:31, Mon 20 Mar 2017.

 I didn't see your post, Tarrin. Your post occurred as I was typing mine and didn't notice it until later.

  A Triumph can be used to activate a crit or pretty much any other advantage amount to activate a weapon quality, etc. but there isn't a rule the other way around that I have come across. That is more of a house rule I use, so that you can get a similar narrative change with 4+ advantages.

 I am not aware of a 3:1 rule to use as a Triumph in the core rules and have seen a lot of discussion about what to do with high amounts of advantages. Did you see a rule reference that actually says that you can buy a triumph with advantages? If so it would seem contrary to what I have read. But, I'd be interested to see which you are referring..

 Actually it is OggDude (the guy that made the unofficial character generator that most people use) that suggested on the FFG forums using a 4:1 for something to happen similar to that of a triumph. I have adopted that same idea, although I would have gone for more like 5, I opted for his use of 4, since he is a lot closer to the developers in terms of experience than I am.



This message was last edited by the GM at 23:02, Mon 20 Mar 2017.

No worries, GM!

What I'm referring to isn't really a hard and fast rule for narrative usage, but the guideline shown by the chart on page 206 of Edge.  It seems to associate the usage of three Advantages to equate one Triumph on that page in terms of a large amount of usages, though admittedly there is a section in the same chart that only Triumph alone can activate.  So, I could understand the requirement of four Advantages to activate a narrative action like you're describing.  I just never considered a narrative advantage usage to be as powerful of an effect personally as it strikes me as something more akin to the "find something new going on in the narrative" kind of effect that progresses the story as seen in the effect of one Advantage usage in that chart but on a larger scale.

At the end of the day, the game is more narrative in origin, and four advantages in one roll aren't very commonplace from what I have seen unless it is in a characteristic/skill combination that a character has highly specialized in.  Being that I favor interesting narrative progression above all else, I'm more inclined to throw my vote in for three Advantages instead of four in order to leave the door open for interesting twists of fate in storyline that may spark a more unique story.

I'm actually really interested in what he means by the particular line I've emphasized here.  Does that mean that people could use two or three Advantages to introduce narrative changes according to what he is saying?  So, there is a degree to its usage rather than requiring four Advantages as a hard and fast rule to inspire a narrative change.  We could possibly use less to do something interesting as well.  That way narrative change isn't just something we can only use if we manage to roll up four Advantages.  Small quirks or interesting twists can be written with less.  I'd be in favor of something like that if you've got an idea for examples of what degree of change you would be open to with less Advantages.

 I believe what OggDude meant is any advantage one and up can be used for narrative changes, each with a degree of impact that depends on the situation.

 I would judge the cost of the narrative change based on how the change would impact relative to similar effects in that chart on EotE CR pg 206 or similar expenditures in skill descriptions for advantages, but less than that of a destiny point. Like that example of a crucial item that's with you that you didn't bring like rebreather or a paraglide (EU item that acts like a parachute but has fold out wings to steer) if a ship is crashing, etc.

 3 advantages on a roll are not uncommon from my experience, but 4 and up are a little more rare, and usually come at a cost of no successes at least at this point in character's careers. Later on those numbers get skewed as much more proficiency dice are being rolled. But then again, characters with more experience can do a lot more cool things, like navigating a dense asteroid field.

 For example: During a big battle, someone was down to 1 wound away from going down. It would cost a destiny point to say, "Bob reaches into his pack, sure he bought another stimpack (flip destiny point) and is relieved to see he had one more."

  Now, if the battle is done and Bob is down to one and they are safe, he can spend 4 advantages on his last attack of the last opponent to get that same stimpack or blaster recharge pack, etc.

  I would give the destiny flip for a cheap item for free.. not so much for advantages, they would have to have the credits taken off, or owe someone...
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:15, Tue 21 Mar 2017.

I"ll take what y'all mention as truth, I'm admittedly quite out of my element when it comes to the narrative style of this sort of game. (It's been a while and I admit to being used to D6 Star Wars, so I'm sort of learning as I go)

What Tarrin mentioned as a mix-up on the part of the droid to change the transponder code with another freighter sounds perfect, and lets us at least get onto the planet with as little fuss as possible. Hopefully, die rolls will go a little better once we get on the planet.  (Here's to the hope, anyway.)

Can I open a hailing frequency to use Charm on the next person down?  Perhaps explain that there was a mix up with our paperwork to give some bonuses to the roll for fixing things?  Thought that Charm might help raise their attitude toward us as well, you know kiss ass a bit because we're an academic shuttle studying their bureaucracy?"

  It still would be deception, because even though there is some truth in a mix up of paperwork, convincing them that you are there to study their governmental agencies is a lie. Jini has a cunning of 3.. so you have at least 3A plus 4 boosts with K1, Tarrin, Den and Chirris helping craft it. That should be a pretty decent roll. The odds are definitely in your favor at least.

  If it does come to having to speak to an agent from the planet, you could use charm to soften him up before you try to deceive him, which could alter his attitude toward you.

I was thinking of only telling the truth and letting the operator himself fill in the blanks?  Or are you saying that would be considered Deception as well?

 I'm not sure how you could convince him to change it without a lie. Saying you made a mistake on the form, and asking him to forgo filling out the paperwork because... and anything you say other than we are with the republic hunting a sep general would be a deception. I think they would find it strange that students studying bureaucracy can't fill out the forms correctly even with an instructor.

 I will let anyone make the roll, since it is a group check. Tarrin can do it for deception. If we were at the gaming table I would have Den take the lead (he has 3 cunning also), but with RPoL I try to do group rolls so whoever is available at the time can make the roll to speed things along. Nobody has deception in your group so it would be a straight 3A 2D 4B for the pool.

 In the case of group checks.. check the dice roller and see if somebody beat you to it, but anyone can roll it that's involved.

There are honestly ways.  I thought up an entire scenario for this when I mentioned it, but I haven't been able to get to a computer to talk about it yesterday.  And writing about it from my phone just was clunky.

Tarrin is a character that (luckily for me) has a lust for learning new things.  So, him saying that he is interested in understanding bureaucracy is not a lie.  He would likely hail the operator to let him know ahead of time that the paperwork has been messed up due to droid error (also not a lie as K1 messed up the documentation), so would they consider overlooking the problem in the interest of academic study?  People in bureaucracy would likely be more understanding of droid errors as they probably go through them frequently themselves considering the larger a bureaucracy is, the more automation it probably has.  I figure he will flatter them profusely.  To me, that's most definitely Charm.

  If you succeed in this form change (which you have a good chance at doing), you won't have to. I would think that convincing the customs agent would be a better plan B. If you fail, then you still can do that. If you fail at convincing the bureaucrat to pass your entry form without filling it out.. that would pretty much lead to being boarded or fighting your way to the planet.

I'll let the Jedi roll for this one, missed the last one and don't want to be tossed under the 'speeder again for it.   :)

I didn't roll it, but if you want I can describe it.

Roll is done already. :)

Yes, Den, I know. But, you didn't describe what happened. That's what I was saying I could do if you wanted.

  You can spend the advantages to pick where you want to land, or use them for something else. The successes mean that there shouldn't be any flags raised to deny entry and you will be cleared for landing at the space port, presumably at the main Northern space port which is in the capital city of Bissi.

  Tarrin can post the action and decide on the advantages, anyone who is involved in the group roll can do that at anytime. If anyone wants to make changes they can suggest something or ask me to hold off posting until you get your request in. I'll post the next action in a little while after Tarrin or whoever posts.

Sounds good.

  Alright, I posted the summary of what happened to move things along, but left out a destination so you can spend the advantages to move it to a berth on the outskirts of the spaceport complex if you want. I will assume that is what the party is doing since that was the last thing suggested and nobody else has posted a use for them.

  Also, you need to decide what to do when you land.

  [Private to Tarrin Feruwi: Would you be interested Jini Relliri? She is the defacto leader of the operation, but I would prefer that a player make those decisions. Since I agree with you, decisions by committee with a pbp game is going to takes way too long.

  She doesn't need to take over the game, and stay in the back, letting the padawans do things and her watching them and protecting them, instructing them when needed, etc. That way each player can shine at something.I was planning to do that, but it is just making everyone just give a bunch of suggestions and taking too long. I don't want to make the decisions as Jini and make it feel like a railroad game.

 It would require posting a little more often. Let me know, I can offer it to a couple other players, but wanted to give you first chance to be the leader since you trying to come up with plans more than anyone else so far.]

Makes sense.  I should have some time later this evening to post something up if no one else gets to it first.  I'm flexible either way.

[Private to GM: I don't know if I'd place the blame on the fact that Jini is here as the main source of our problems.  I think it's more likely the problem is that people aren't hugely contributing to the story at the moment.  In my opinion, it makes sense given the current environment since we're still in what I like to call the Exposition Phase of the story.  None of us are really sure of what the planet is like and cinematically it is the point at which the character's are being introduced in the plot.  I think it will level out as we are given more things to interact to.

I'm flattered that you are offering her to me!  However, I think I'm going to have to decline for the good of the game.  You see, I was going to discuss with you the fact that I will need to take a leave of absence two months from now for a little over a month.  I am actually finishing medical school and will need to sequester myself to study for my board exams.  I fully intend on coming back to the game as soon as the exam is over, so I don't want to be written completely out of the game.

So, you can see why I may not be the best choice to run Jini.  If she's not going to be a fixture of the party for a long time, I could run her.  But, if you intend for her to be in the coming scenarios for over the next two RL months, you can see how I may not be the best option to take over the character.  ]

I've made an IC post, suggesting pushing the student front to have a look at the spaceport administration system.

 I posted this in a separate thread so you can reference it later, describing the Zidava Spaceport.  link to a message in this game
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:14, Fri 24 Mar 2017.

I apologize for not updating, I was sick all weekend. I am working on a post now, should be done within the hour unless I'm called away for work.

No worries. I'll be around, but my posting may be a bit spotty late this week into next week. Medical exams I'm studying for.

No worries, I'm still under the weather here, and honking like a Canada goose when I cough. Hoping to get some good anti-biotics here soon so I can sound 'normal' again.

I just love the changing of the seasons...

Get well soon guys. It's been pretty nice here in London, actually sunny. I got to train on the roof yesterday. :)

London is SUNNY?

Lies.  That can't be true!

Nice rolls by both Jedi and Clones this time around. With luck and a little bit of the Force, we might make our way out of this without too much fuss.

*Knocks on chest plate, just in case.*

  How many clones are coming, just Boss, Charlie and the three in Charlie's squad?

That was my assumption. How many more guys of identical height and build can travel togeather inconspicuously?

I just thought it was Charlie and Boss so I wanted to make sure. I will try and post tomorrow.  My daughter has been in a 2 day softball tournament, do won't be back until late tomorrow and limited internet on my phone.

In reply to CT-101 Charlie (msg # 137):

"We're all twins. Yes, all born at the same time. No, you don't need to see our identification. Yes. We are 37 twins, who are here to not cause trouble."

I can't imagine the difficulty for that would be any higher than 3 black dice.

On the up side we can keep praying the same set of forged ID around.

  okay, I'm back and will get things moving. We didn't get back until very late last night, but my daughter's team won the championship game (10 and under girls fastpitch softball), so that was cool.  I only had internet on the phone, so it was impossible to write much especially since I was keeping score for the games.

  I will try to get post within an hour.

Congrats to you and your daughter for winning the Championship.  All that practise and sleepless nights was worth it (I hope). Here's to some down time and relaxation...

Cheers!

 Thanks, K1. I am not coaching with her new team, so I don't have to attend every practice which gives me more free time during the week.

 Also everyone can roll d100 for pocket change which may come in handy. Right now credits that you use to buy stuff (if you had any left) is Republic credits, though pocket change is not tied to accounts and is more like a prepaid debit card, and is used by Republic, CIS and neutral worlds and backed by the Banking clans.

  Boss was given some money that is in this universal currency for buying things for the mission, so the rest is just for your own use. [Private to CT-4805 Boss: credit stick worth 5,000 credits to spend on expenses on the planet. Batch directed the Ugnaught to give you the funds to use here.]

I am also contemplating using a separate dice roller as an additional option if you want. It looks much better than the RPoL roller and it records the results and roll history. You do have to register, but it is free.

This is an example of the rolls from there:

group perception: 2eA+1eP+4eB+1eD+1eC+1eS 5 successes, 1 threat


if you do use it you would need to paste the time you rolled and your username, as well as the BB Code for it (the site gives a button that will show you the BB code and you can just copy it). I had to modify it to display the pictures (since it was in BB Code and not RuBB code for RPoL), but you don't have to, just the link is fine, which will display though the link code is off, but I can copy and paste it from the text.

 To modify to see pics I put the code in a word processor and did find&replace [img] with <img src="

and [/img] with ">   and then pasted it in the message.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:07, Tue 04 Apr 2017.

    Sure wish we had some Light Side points to spend to help us with the Security guys.  Is there any way we can convince them that we're not *just* a group of students on a field trip?  Perhaps one of the students might try to bluff their way with the possibility of acting like they are offspring of a powerful Republic Senator or something like that. I know Biss is not a Republic planet, but there has to be something...

 There are 2 lightside points available. msg #50 in the story thread I flipped two destiny points for each groups roll for skullduggery in their disguises.

I opened a Destiny Pool thread to show what is available. Are you not able to access that thread?
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:53, Thu 06 Apr 2017.

  I can see the Destiny points in the thread but must have missed the 'flipping' post. Wasn't aware that you'd done it, and what it meant for us.  My bad.

 No problem. I guess we should probably put a special color and bold writing for Destiny Point use to make it more obvious in a post. Maybe dark blue, bold and ALL CAPS and centered on a separate line. Like:


 Now there is 1 LSP and 5 DSP again, Jini used one DP to try and deceive the guards that the lightsabers were plasma torch cutters, which is true.. from a certain point of view.

   Thanks for making that plain, ChosenOne.   :)

  Alright guys. We aren't really done with this scene, but I figure this is a milestone enough to go ahead and give out some XP. Everyone gets 5 XP, and if you have your background ready for me to check.. let me know and I can approve it and give you an additional 5 XP. I haven't seen anyone complete it and it is optional.. just let me know if you do.

  Also, if you are crunched for time and have an idea what you want your character to do, just send me a PM with the gist of what you want to do. I can do you rolls, as well as formulate a post for you. This will help speed up the game a bit.

  I am not giving too much detail in each of the scenes, feel free to add your own details about the background and decor, as long as it is just fluff and not strategic adds you can add whatever you want that would make sense in the current scene. This is our story, not just mine. I want to provide the framework and a generic background and you can paint in the details and colors. Even adding an NPC and discussing things just for role-play. Even advantages can be spent to gain an ally or contact, etc. A great example of this is here.. https://community.fantasyfligh...yward-stars-group-a/

  Feel free anytime to PM or post in OOC thread questions about the scene or positioning etc. I will try to post back within an hour to answer questions. I can do that 80% of the time. Sometimes it may be a couple hours depending on what's going on at work or with the family, etc.

  Storywise, what goes next is more open to several options. You could go search and find the Spaceport's administrative offices and put K1 to work. Head into town and check for leads. Use Jini and Den's Seeker skills to track down the General, and several other options are available as well as a combination of those. You can make suggestions, but the player running Jini will make the final decision.

  [Private to CT-101 Charlie: Great job with the posts, I especially loved the one about the troops responding to the general quarters. That was great. Keep up the good work, the clones will have a bunch more to do in the following scenes. That spaceship part of it took longer than it should have, and the problem was no leader. I have assigned a leader now so that should speed things up. You get 3 XP extra for good role-play, so that will total 8. ]
[Private to CT-4805 Boss: Good job on the posts, you get xp also for your new character so you can add another 3 XP for a total of 8 XP. ]
[Private to Den Jaxon: Good job on role-play and actions taken. I am giving you a bonus of 3 XP, giving you 8 XP total for the intro and part of 1st scene.]
[Private to K1T1: Nice job with the posts and responses, especially recently. Keep up the good work. I am giving you 4 bonus XP, on top of the 5 XP the group gets. Total 9 XP for intro & 1st scene.]
[Private to Kalyx: Excellent job with the posts, there wasn't a bunch of actions so it was more pure role-play for this first part and you did a great job of really fleshing out the character so far and really breathing life into his personality. I am awarding you 4 bonus XP for a total of 9 XP.  Keep up the good work.]
[Private to Tarrin Feruwi: Good job with the posts and setting up your character's personality and insights into his past. I am awarding you a bonus of 4 XP for role-play during the prelude and 1st scene. Keep up the good work, and hopefully you will get more time from your studies to pick up where you left off.]

Mind if we use the advantage to introduce a smuggler NPC who can help us with moving the weapons?

In reply to CT-101 Charlie (msg # 151):

 Not at all, that would be a good, creative use of the advantages. I would only say that cost 4 for introducing something big in the narrative, so you can still use two more advantages for the group, if that is the final decision.

  I like that creative use of advantage, well thought of. (Much more creative than I could come up with, I"ll admit)  I vote 'yes' for introducing the Smuggler.

OK, seeing at least 1 response I'll write it up.

 Tarrin is the best negotiator of the group, but since the player has said he would be busy studying for exams, we'll have somebody who may be helping in the negotiation make a roll to negotiate the fee.. maybe not k1.. rpol dice roller doesn't favor droids apparently, much like this planet. ;)

Tarrin has 3A 1P for the negotation roll, and 1 person can help and get a boost, (unless they have more than 1 rank in negotiation, which I don't believe anyone does).

 It will be against 1D, this guy is not the best and brightest. But 1S added because he knows you really need the help to get stuff through.

 So it should be 3A 1P 1B 1A 1S for the dice pool. Anyone can assist.. but just 1

  Yeah, I'm pretty much going to not roll for anything unless it pertains to me personally. With my luck and the die roller not being partial to Droids, better that I stay out of such...calculations.

Maybe the Orokos.site will like droids better. Anyone can assist and roll it, if not I'll go ahead and roll for Tarrin in a couple of hours.

 Also, I posted in the XP and awards thread where you can roll a bonus gift for making it to 250 posts. Everyone gets 1 roll and you can use any bonuses on upcoming skill checks... you can even get additional XP with a lucky roll. Spin that wheel, and see what you get. :)

 Kalyx, I'll answer you here so we don't get too many conversation posts in the 'Awards' thread.

  Yes, that is a great use of that bonus for helping you get into the secured admin area. You can go ahead and post the scene on how that happens. Feel free to use the NPC's I already have, or make up your own security guards from the other terminal exits that are involved with the scuffle and whoever is trying to get something through security.

 They are a wary of the droid, since you are an oddity in the room so perhaps someone less conspicuous with the group can help retrieve the badge, once it is flung free from the security guard.

  Jini has the Jedi power to move objects and can pull it toward you or anyone on the team, so there's an option there as well.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:31, Fri 14 Apr 2017.

Sorry GM. Posted like a few minutes after you!

I just sent you a PM, I thought I deleted my post, but ended up deleting yours. I removed both, so if you can hit back on the browser and repost it (or you have it saved), we will go with your version.

  I'll give it a day for people to respond, object or come up with another plan.. otherwise I'll move the story to the basement of the speeder garage at the entrance to the admin section.

  What is your plan once you get into the admin area? Current time is afternoon here on this part of the planet so it'll most likely be busy with people at work. If you wait a couple of hours, there will be a much smaller chance of being spotted and questioned, even with the badge the group looks out of place.

  The Jedi, even though in civilian clothes look very young to work there, except Jini. The clones in overalls and grease covered look like maintenance people, but you noticed on the tram ride that the spaceport maintenance crews walking around near the spaceships have different colored uniforms and some kind of official patch on their coveralls. Of course, K1 will stick out like an ice cream shop on Tatooine.

  Ask any questions you want to know, I'll try and respond quickly so check back.

   

 - "But Sir, Tatooine would be an excellent market for the sale of frozen treats. I expect that the confections would bring all of the people to our retail outlet...it would clearly be superior to anything else on the planet. The populace would not even have to be educated towards this fact, truly, they would recompense us for the opportunity..."

 The Hutt's would never let someone make a decent profit. But, it would stand out if there was ice cream place, but would probably cost as much as a swoop. It definitely would be hard to miss, and possibly start a riot for those that could afford one. That was the point, although for the opposite reason.. probably not a great analogy. Probably should have used; stood out like a Wookiee at an Jawa convention.

  Anyway, any ideas, thoughts, questions, preferably to the plot.. hello, is this thing on.. *tap* *tap*.

Your resident Droid has made a stupendously advantageous roll on his last computer check. So there are six advantages you can spend to do whatever. it could be boosts or it could be something in the narrative. Anyone in the group can make some suggestions for what K1 will use.

With that many advantages, could K1 find another console with higher privilege to take another shot? Or maybe we find the location of an escorting ship?

 I did discuss with K1 a chance to try to slice into the military air traffic control from that terminal. It is tied somewhat to the spaceport's computer system so they can collaborate on ship traffic. So he was just trying to get flight data for the Geonosian ship the General was on, which failed. I am allowing him to make a harder check to access the military system from there. I guess that should be an advantage spent to have access from that computer to the military system.

  One of the advantages can be noticing traces of the military system interface and being able to exploit that, but that would just effectively be a boost to the slicing roll.

  There was only one transport ship, but there might have been a couple of the vulture droid fighters with him. Although, that really would have been one track for the group, since they would have been flying in close formation.

 But in the spirit of that idea Den.. I could see a situation that the spaceport control could have made a mistake and double cataloged one of the vulture droids, and then erased it and it is in the recoverable section for deleted items and was missed when the data was purged by the military group. That would give you some information on when and which spaceport they were headed to. It wouldn't be a full track, but it would be some info at least. That would cost 4 advantages, and then a second boost since you found the id of one of the ships to trace in the military system for his next slicing attempt. That seems plausible to me.

  Wow, you guys are far ahead on finding ways to work around things with this whole thing than I am.

   I'm more than willing to go with what y'all have in mind.

Sounds good. Although, I think you should use the external dice roller K1. This internal one has it out for you.

In reply to Den Jaxon (msg # 168):

   I keep trying to use it, but it keeps giving me "bad syntax" errors.  I'm pretty much copy/pasting from here into the roller, tho. :(

In reply to K1T1 (msg # 169):

  The Orokos site is giving you that error, or you trying to copy and paste the link back? You can just send the link to the roll. Trying to convert the format from BBCode to RuBB code for RPoL is a bit of a challenge for someone that isn't very IT savvy. Just paste the link to the roll.

   Considering how much of a technological Luddite I am with my cell phone...  I posted this:

    2P 2A 1B 3D 1S - the last roll

   Into the off-site roller. It came back with "bad Syntax" error. I just flipped it the bird and went with the dice roller here.  At least I managed to succeed once, and on a hard roll, even. Watch - an easy roll will be completely malfed up...

Yeah, the syntax is different for Orokos. It would be 2eP+2eA+1eB+ etc.

basically the format is:

  # dice + dice system (e= edge of the empire) + Dice type: A, P, B, S, B, F

no spaces in between and then hit roll dice.

  Perhaps someone else can make that roll. It is still a combined roll (officially using both non-skilled and skilled assistance) in my opinion so anyone can make it since everyone is assisting in making sure they get out okay. Using Charlie's higher AGL, the roll is 3A 2D 3B 1S currently or if you are using Orokos;  3eA+2eD+3eB+1eS

  If nobody rolls by the end of the workday around 4 p.m. CST I will roll it to move things along, but would prefer a player make the roll.

  Very good, roll! Orokos likes droids, more than rpol it seems..  you still have 3 advantages to play with.

 I might suggest something like someone earlier tossed an old, discolored and weather-beaten cloak with a hood out of their speeder onto the floor of the parking garage. K1, could find that before the cleaning crew tosses it to cover himself and avoid suspicion at least at a long distance to appear more humanoid, up close it would be obvious.

   Might be a thought - I'm still getting used to the idea of advantages, and how to use them...

   "Take this cloak, and your disguise will be complete...the meat bags will not suspect a thing."

   (Must...not...channel...HK47!!)

  Go ahead and choose what to spend the 3 advantages, and then the group can choose which direction it wants to go..
   

• Head over to the cantina to meet up with Boss and Mori with the smuggler contact, which would require buying some bus tickets or calling a cab.
• Explore the local cantinas, tap caf's, and gather info about the Sep General, and review the data K1 sliced. (that area is walking distance of spaceport)
• Whatever else you want to do..

[Private to CT-4805 Boss: You can go ahead and try and negotiate with the Smuggler.. which would be your other character.. So I need his stats for negotiation to be the opposed check for Boss' roll. How close are you with that character? If not close, we can just give temp stats for a reglular smuggler which would be using Cool and give Boss negative dice of 2D 1C but 1B for recommendation of Mori]
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   I'd be in favour of taking an advantage to find an out of the way Cafe or someplace that has a booth that is out of the line-of-sight (to keep K1 from being seen or noticed) where we can review the data I've collected.


 [Private to GM: Just curious, but with the information I've managed to obtain, how will I be able to show it to the others? I know R2D2 has a holoviewer, but can K1 possess the same sort of rig? Just curious...]
This message was last edited by the player at 04:38, Sat 29 Apr 2017.

 So you want to use the advantages to skirt the edge of town, staying off the main thoroughfares and find an out of the way cafe or cantina that has a place where you can hide from other patrons and allows droids in their establishment. That's possible for your 3 advantages.

  If so, go ahead and post with your characters, minus Boss, finds a suitable place in the Weeping Wampa Cantina & Cafe, on the northeast outskirts of town.

 The proprietor is a tall woman with very long course brown hair double braided. Her eyes are hazel and she notices the droid but doesn't seem to care at all. The place is fairly clean, but the woman seems to be a bit stressed. The place is fairly empty, so you are able to find a booth thats toward the back and has a wall dividing it so K1 can sit away from the aisle and can't be seen from the door, or anyone else in the bar except the owner as it is facing the back of her bar.

  You can even role-play the proprietor, she is verbose, impatient, and sullen probably due to financial woes, so you can have a conversation.. unless you want to ask about rumors or information, in that case I'll have to post for her to answer those kinds of questions.

   Hey all. I apologize for the slow down of the game in recent weeks. We are working on getting the story going. We had some delays due to several key players at several points in the story running into some real life roadblocks. But, we are about to get to the meat of the first episode so stay tuned. We should start to pick up here in a bit.

  I haven't heard from a couple of people in a while. I know Kalyx has contacted me about a bunch of stuff going on and Tylen/Boss also is going out of the country today actually. But, he will stay behind as the pilot anyway and I'm running Boss as an NPC for now. Hopefully Charlie can get back with us and Tarrin is hoping be able to get back after his graduation from Medical School I believe.

  One way that is working well in my game on another site, is that we use a group Google Hangouts chat where we can discuss rolls in real time and answer questions quickly without having to go through posting. Saves a bunch of times of posting and waiting, and I can update them when I'm working on something so they know to check back for a response. Its also great for players to collaborate on a plan out of character and really hash out ideas and come up with the best solutions or expenditures of triumphs and advantages.

  I can send you an invite if you have a Google Plus account to start one for "Fall of the Republic", that might make it easier to post because it works well on cell phones and that app is good.

  I have some really heavy duty writers on the other game, which is called "Imperial Dawn". Its fun to play, they practically run the games themselves and I just guide them along. They don't have a ton of people like RPoL, but the people on there are all very good, detailed writers (one of my players, Nigel, had a background 7010 words long). Some of the other games on there are fun to just read through.

http://www.roleplayinggames.ne...rd.cgi?&board=69

   I was beginning to wonder about the Campaign - hadn't heard much in a while and thought it might be slowly grinding to a halt. Hope that isn't the case, but I'm keeping all options on the table. Knock wood, things will come back together and we can move along at speed.

Hey Mr. GM, do you happen to be looking for more players for that Imperial Dawn game? Trying to find more EotE games is a difficult task.

  I limited that game to 4 because when we get more than that, we end up waiting on people. Less chance of it that way.

 Okay, so before I get to the Despair.. go ahead and let me know what you want to use the advantage & Triumph for and after that I will tell you what happens with the Despair. As for the successes, you are able to climb up a ridge that overlooks the area around the ship, so you can view the surroundings easily. (all players have a say in the advantages/triumphs and you can take the best suggestion). Most likely the advantage would be to give another boost die to the Survival roll, which is easiest to explain in the narrative since the view will give you a good chance to find the best path possible to your destination.

  The area is sparse, dry vegetation, mostly sun-beaten rocks, gullies and sharp, broken ridges. No water sources anywhere in view, and looks like it rarely rains as everything is bone dry.

I agree about the advantage. Passing on the boost. As for the triumph, any suggestions from you guys? I'm thinking I catch sight of the ship or his entourage so we have a direction to go.

   I like the thought of the sun's light glinting off of something metal, that upon getting closer (or having K1 pick something up on sensors) turns out to be the ship the General used to land on the planet.

K1, the 1 advantage is not enough to emit a sound that would keep all predators at bay. But, seeing a hint of metal is possible if that's what you want to do.

The 6 successes translate to a much faster route to the coordinates. From your vantage point you found a gully headed in the correct direction, that you can travel on and is also a well used game trail that makes a natural path to follow and will make very good time to make it close to the ship without being spotted easily.

A hint of metal is good, and so is cutting the time to get to where we need to go is even better.  :)

 okay, so Triumph was used to spot the Geonosian ship, and successes on the survival for a faster way to get to the target coordinates. The advantage would be that you would be pretty well hidden in the gully.

 So we are good to continue and follow the gully. You can go ahead and write that up, and you traveling toward the metal you suspect is the General's ship.. but don't write anything about your arrival there, just part of that journey. The gully will be about 15 ft wide on average, wider in some places and narrow in others. There is no water, and only sparse vegetation usually in the narrow areas where the shadows keeps the ground cooler.

 You are free to expand on that any way you want, as long as it is within that basic framework I listed in the last post. The sites the sound, the heat of being closer to the equator and in a dry, desolate area. You don't spot anything large from your vantage point, but perhaps glimpses of small rodent and/or reptilian creatures that scurry about in the distance.

Will you write it k1 or shall I? My computer is dusted and I would prefer not sure a lengthy post on my phone. Should be up and running again on Monday

   I thought I covered it with my own post fairly well, did I miss something?

  If you want to Orokos (which is optional) you don't have to try and format. Just paste the link in the post if you want to use it. I can go in and edit it and format it correctly.

   I setup a macro that does it, so I can convert it in about 10 seconds. It was a matter of just recording as I did a bunch of find and replaces for Rubb code. Then I run it. But you have to figure what to replace and where so you don't replace something else by accident.

Hey guys

I'm the new kid on the block, fresh from our GM's other game, looking for some Clone-Wars Jedi fun! Since this is a rather poor time to add a character to the game our GM offered to let me play Jini Relliri, our local friendly Mon-Calamari Jedi Knight, until such time when a new character can be introduced.

Welcome!

  Welcome to the frying pan, Kymrel.. just in time to be mauled. Forged in fire, I suppose. :) Post is up and the beast is about to pounce. Everyone gets a slot before the creature, so decide who you want to go first.

  [Private to Jini Relliri: OOC: Jini is the commander and officially in the lead so she can give orders to the clones if she feels the need.]

Hmm. somehow I posted initially as K1, which I didn't mean to. But it is corrected now. The creature is at short range. Everyone can post in any order.. doesn't matter since you all have a turn before the beast.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:47, Tue 06 June 2017.

Would Jini have a chance of knowing what kind of critter this is? I'd prefer not to spend her action in the first round on a Knowledge (Xenology) check...

  That is an incidental check and anyone can make it at 1D, for Xenology. A roll is good, knowing something about its anatomy can give you bonuses. The Jedi padawans would get 1S added to the roll because they haven't done much outside the temple to actually tell what it is.

Excellent.

http://orokos.com/roll/522707

That's 1 success and 2 advantages.

Could it have been something Den had seen in his studies? Perhaps read lore about it? Could I remove the setback if it's the case?

And on an unrelated note, how can I fix my character sheet? My tables are all sorts of messed up.

In reply to Den Jaxon (msg # 200):

  Yes, Den can ignore the setback since his studies have been on Xenology, he would know some things about it.

It doesn't look bad to me.. a couple of minor things.

10:56, Today: Den Jaxon rolled 2 failures, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 1P 1D with rolls of 6(A), 6(A), 6(P), 3(D).  Xenology.

Doesn't look like anything to me!

I am correcting the post for Boss.. forgot the 1D on his roll. That made it a miss, but singed the fur on its snout to give the 1 setback. (with the 2 adv. left)

  What actions are the rest of the group going to take? The Nexu is at short range, and partial cover. So any ranged attack at it would be 1D + 1S (for cover defense). You can move, draw weapons, take a guarded stance, etc.

  You can 'aim' brawl and melee attacks to line up a shot, but I don't allow it until the target is at least engaged.

  Guarded gives 1 defense until end of your next turn, but also gives you one setback on an attack roll until end of your next turn.

Den is guarding until Jini makes her first move (as posted). He is not one to strike first.

Jini has already made her move. And flubbed the attack, unfortunately.

Can I use my attacl post as my next attack? It didn't seem like it applied to our first attack turn. I thought Jini was holding until next turn to attack, so Den stayed put.

 Alright, so right now. Jini had spotted movement, but right now you can't see anything through the bushes that is up ahead where the canyon narrows. The path goes between the two thick, prickly bushes but its so small that you need to walk sideways to avoid the thorns.

 At the moment nothing is moving. You can try and roll a perception check with against 1C 3D 2B (for Jini calling out where she saw movement), or take some other action to draw whatever it is out..

Are we still in structured play? If we are, I'll hold off rolling for Jini.

 No, we are in narrative play at the moment.

Wow. I get the feeling poor Jini is about to get into trouble. http://orokos.com/roll/523316

4 failures, 3 advantage, 1 despair. Not good.

I rolled a pair of boosts separately, in case she gets the boosts from her Hunter talent: http://orokos.com/roll/523317

That's 2 successes, 2 advantages. If the boosts apply the end result is 2 failures, 5 advantages and that pesky despair.

I'll wait for the GM to adjudicate the roll before posting IC.

Here comes the combined athletics check:

http://orokos.com/roll/524119

Not bad, not bad at all. 2 Successes, 1 Advantage and 2 white pips Jini can use as either Successes or Advantages (no need to use the black pip). So if just succeeding is enough I'll add 2 advantages for a total of 2S 3A.

Seems like a good idea to use the advantages to get this done quickly to get boosts on a check to hide the group (either hiding in the same bushes as the dead kitty, or finding a small cave/crack we could squeeze into to keep out of sight.

The bushes are where you saw the movement ahead, where the dead herd animals were.. the Nexu attacked from the 2.5m ledge above the canyon in the middle of the group from the left side, about 15-20 meters from the narrow part with the bushes. The path to the Geonosian ship is ahead where the bushes are and the fighters are coming from. I am putting up a picture so you can see the area in Game Status thread.

Good to know, A+ for the drawing!

Seems to me we have a choice. We can leave the Nexu, toss it into the pile of bones and hope the droids ignore it, or drag it into the bushes and possibly irritate whatever is hiding there. What do the rest of you say?

Other than the bushes, are there any hiding places in sight? Small caves or large cracks in the canyon wall large enough for the group? Would a DP flip help with that?

  There are none other than what is showing.. a few small rocks all over and scree from the ledges in areas, but nothing significant unless you flip a DP to have something more convenient appear.

   Wondering if the Droid could scan in that area where the question mark was placed. Maybe find something there or some place to hide from the Vultures?

  Sure you can roll perception to view the bushes to see what is there that was pointed out, but that is going to be against 1C 3D, plus 2B because Jini indicated where to look. Keep in mind that a roll could net a despair, so any roll you make is a risk, especially if you have a low skill in that area.

  Do you have any equipment or enhancements that help with that? Maybe alternative visuals, like infrared?

  Also will you be doing this prior to moving the nexu or after?

Could I use the force to sense the area? You know, I'll roll the force die, just in case.

14:56, Today: Den Jaxon rolled no successes, 1 dark force point using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1F with rolls of 3(F).  Sense.

Hmm, 1 dark side. I might just take it. Sometimes you have to take the easy way. I'll post in a bit.

In reply to Den Jaxon (msg # 220):

 Yes, you can use Force Sense to detect all living things within short range. Keep in mind the dark side force point usage requires a destiny point flip also.

   Since you mentioned the "despair", and we've already had one of those, I'm not sure I want to roll and risk it. If I did, I prefer to wait until after the creature's been moved, however.

  Let me think on it tonight.

Don't forget, if you have a skill rank (which it looks like you do), then you also have a chance at a triumph with the roll, which could give you the hidey hole (or something like that) on a good roll without flipping a Destiny Point.

Well, we need to do something. Any other ideas before we make an attempt at hiding it?

Are you using the Dark Side point for the Force Sense, Den?  You didn't say definitively that you were going to.

I'd hate to flip a destiny point.

Is there anyway to dispatch the remains of the creature to make it look like it's been killed naturally?

   Well, I at least got an advantage out of it...  :P


Today: K1T1 rolled 3 failures, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of  2B 1P 3D 1C ((4(B), 4(B), 11(P), 8(D), 3(D), 3(D), 11(C))).

 Not unless you, Kalyx and Tarrin are really hungry..  j/k ;)  I can't think of anything you can do in the time you have to make that happen before droid fighters flyover, which is roughly a minute.

  K1, what do you want to spend the advantage on? You can pass a boost(possibly for stealth to hide for the group), notice a helpful detail, recover 1 strain, or introduce something very small in the narrative (not enough for a good hiding place).

  Jini wanted to use his 2 adv to add a boost to the stealth check to hide by having a small alcove or something along with moving the body.. but I think the question is where to move the body on the map. It could make a difference though you can go more than short range with effectively 2 rounds to work with and at least half speed for moving the heavy beast.

   Was just thinking about this, and seems you read this Droid's mind. I would indeed like to pass on a boost to stealth to avoid those Vultures looking for us.  :)

 I'm guessing that you are moving the nexu  to the bushes by the carcasses and using both for cover.  Is that correct?

   Correct.

Correct!

  okay, you will need a stealth check vs. 1C (I am flipping a DP to upgrade) and 3S due to several people in the group trying to hide in thin vegetation, and 1S due to an additional droid aid in the search) + boosts that carryover from previous rolls so I think there are 3 from using the nexu carcass, hiding by the bushes, etc.

  No unskilled assist boosts, because in stealth the more people there are, it offsets any benefits when they are not skilled in most situations. It was a good choice to hide near the carcasses, since the white bones can help hide the white armor of the clone troopers, or that would have been another setback.

  I show Jini with 1 rank in Stealth, and both clones have 3 agility. So the final roll I believe is 1P 2A 3B 1C 3S.

Well, this seems like a rather important check, so I'll flip that DP right back to increase the chances of success.

http://orokos.com/roll/525040

Oh, crud. 1 Failure and 3 advantages. How can I not roll more than 1 success on 6 positive dice? I guess we're about to get into a lot of trouble.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:43, Wed 14 June 2017.

   I know your pain too well, and can empathise.  :(

  Sorry for the delay, busy weekend with a long softball tournament on Saturday and had people over yesterday. I will post what is happening up to point where some rolls will need to be made to execute both hiding the clones and deceiving the vultures.

  I need Boss roll a group stealth check to hide in the thorny bushes, the others are giving boosts to help shield the two clones. So it will be 1P 2A 4B 2D

  I also need someone to roll for the group deception. I don't see anyone with deception ranks (such an honest bunch), so it will be 3A 1B 1D (1 boost for actually having a dead nexu kill to seem like hunters)

Since Jini has Cunning 3 I guess it makes sense for her to roll the check.

15:46, Today: Jini Relliri rolled 3 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 1B 1D ((4(A), 8(A), 2(A), 5(B), 7(D))).

Well, seems it's a good change to try this dice roller for once ;)

I'd like to use the advantages to give Boss a boost to the Stealth check, as Jini captures the droid's attention.

18:25, Today: CT-4805 Boss rolled 1 success, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 4B 2D

Well, I forgot to add the boost, but I suppose it doesn't really matter.

Not sure what to spend the advantages on- maybe he notices something about the droids as they pass by? I'm open to any ideas, really.

Perhaps he notices what Jini saw in the bushes earlier?

I'm fine with using those advantages for the vulture droid agitating whatever is moving behind the thorn bushes, if that's what you want to do.

Sounds good to me.

   "I'll buy that for a dollar..."

I'll post something tomorrow. My daughter had a makeup softball game and just now got back.

 The choices are to climb out of the ravine (exposing you to patrols) or to get around the grieving nexu. For the latter, you would need to make a group survival check (closest thing to animal handling). It will be 1C with 2 setbacks, setbacks for the fact that your group killed its mother, and sibling (as far as it knows the vulture droid was just another of your group). I am going to use a DP to upgrade the check because of its volatile emotions.

So based on what Jini's player wants to try.. it will be 1P 2A 1C 2S 2B..  Jini gets 2 boosts for her 2 ranks in Hunter talent. More people really won't help with an upset animal so, no boosts for unskilled assists.

That's what I was proposing to our GM in the Hangouts chat (which I highly recommend for other players). Trying for the Survival check to get past them without aggravating them. What do the rest of you think? Don't let Jini run the show just because she's a Jedi Knight!

   Leaving the ravine and inviting patrols is probably the last thing we should be considering. Fooling a Vulture droid might not be difficult, but two-legged organisms have a penchant for being unpredictable at the worst of times.

   At this point, K1 is perfectly fine with the thought of just neutralising the last nexu and moving on. If its mother and sibling are dead, then you're dealing with an angry creature out for revenge. Or, it might just kill for any number of reasons. Either deal with it now, or sneak past it on the way to the Separatist General, and possibly on the way back as well. Neutralising it will solve the problem and any droid (or patrol for that matter) will consider the nexu victims of the law of the jungle.

It's an upsetting decision, as the anguish is overpowering the young padawan. His desire to calm the beast is going to be clouding his judgement. He's not going to want to kill it.

Jini will be opposed to killing it as well. She is quite the nature-person and is already feeling bad enough about her knee-jerk reaction killing the Nexu mommy.

The clone sergeant is likely in favor of killing it, simply for expedience, but he will not object to an alternative plan for dealing with it and likely not voice his opinion unless asked.

Well, I suppose we'll try to get past them without more violence if possible. If that fails, the people who want to kill them will get a chance ;)

http://orokos.com/roll/528323

Well damn. This is sooo not good. The check resulted in 0 successes/threats and a single Despair.

I'll hold off posting in the IC until our GM has had a long laugh and then decided how to use the Despair.

  The despair means that the nexu's grief had turned to rage and attacks with fervor. Adding a boost dice to all his actions for the remainder of the encounter. It ignores you until you pass and then its sibling actually dies, and it becomes enraged and springs to attack from behind.

  I wish I could post more about the scene, but we are on the way to a 2 hour trip to my daughter's softball state tournament so I'll at least give you some details to work with. The standing nexu can be seen as you get close with obvious moisture in its four eyes, licking the wounds of its sibling, keening over it's companion. Then after you pass, the injured one died. The Jedi all sense that, and then they also can sense its grief turn to rage as it shakes with adrenaline and prepares to leap at someone in the party.

  Everyone can roll the initiative, either cool or vigilance (since you got passed it before it decided to attack). Also roll 3 Force die (the one with the most dark pips will be the one that gets attacked by nexu). If there is a tie, it will be an NPC, otherwise I will roll a percentile dice to determine.

Vigilance check has resulted in 4 Successes and 1 Advantage: http://orokos.com/roll/528361

Force dice roll resulted in 3 dark side (and 2 light side) so Jini is a likely target:  http://orokos.com/roll/528362

17:57, Today: Den Jaxon rolled no successes, 3 dark force points using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3F ((5(F), 2(F), 2(F))).

17:58, Today: Den Jaxon rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 1P with rolls of 3(A), 6(P).  Vigilance .


Looks like I might be a possible target as well.

Heh, looks like you are. Especially if our GM lets the light side pips negate the dark side. But since he didn't say I assume one of us is in trouble.

   Man, if I didn't know much better, we're getting really good at accumulating Dark Side points on rolls. Shades of a future to come, perhaps?

   :)

Since Boss is an NPC I'll refrain from rolling unless the GM would like me to. (Also, if you do, are the clones wearing their armor?)

Yes, you can roll and they are wearing clone armor

Look on the bright side, maybe we'll  only get out of this maimed instead of killed.

  The bright side would be if someone dies the nexu will be well nourished. :P

  Okay, on the serious side. The light side pips can be the 3nd tie breaker. The person with the least LS pips will win (well, actually lose since they are attacked) the tie breaker. Currently that means Jini, since she is an NPC.

  K1, Boss. Please roll the 3 Force die and initiative (either Vigilance or Cool).

  Also, feel free to post your characters point of view up until the point that the nexu prepares to rage attack while we wait for the initiative rolls. You can wait until your turn and post it all together, but since we are waiting anyway..

http://orokos.com/roll/528911 teen Nexu initiative - vigilance  : 1eP+2eA 3 successes
http://orokos.com/roll/528911

http://orokos.com/roll/528913 Force die for nexu target  : 3eF 5 Light Side
http://orokos.com/roll/528913

  Too bad that wasn't for an actual Force power roll..

http://orokos.com/roll/528919 vigilance init  : 1eP+1eA+1eB 2 successes, 2 advantage
http://orokos.com/roll/528919

http://orokos.com/roll/528920

  Jini and the others are safe. Tarrin having extra senses is hit hard by the anguish felt through the beast, and the easiest target, which makes sense.

http://orokos.com/roll/528923 cool check for initiative  : 2eA 1 success, 2 advantage
http://orokos.com/roll/528923

http://orokos.com/roll/528928 Force die for nexu target  : 3eF 2 Light Side, 1 Dark Side
http://orokos.com/roll/528928

 - Well, I'm off to a heck of a start on the Force side of things:

10:19, Today: K1T1 rolled no successes, 4 dark force points using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3F with rolls of 7(F), 3(F), 6(F).  Force Dice roll.

 - But seem to have pulled out of that dive with something a little better regarding the initiative. Can I use the advantage to aid in our stealth around the Nexu, if we're not going to shoot them?

Today: K1T1 rolled 2 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A with rolls of 7(A), 3(A).  Initiative check.

EDIT: Looks like it'll be "Fight or Flight" time, then.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:18, Mon 26 June 2017.

Could we use stealth before the nexu strikes? Or at least make an attempt to sneak by it? If we pass the test, it could be the nexu was overcome with grief and couldn't attack, maybe?
This message was last edited by the player at 16:37, Mon 26 June 2017.

We tried to get past it with the (failed) Survival check. It knows we're here, so Stealth would not have worked.

I will go ahead and roll for Boss to move things along, since that's the last one before we begin the conflict.

http://orokos.com/roll/528963 vigilance init  : 2eP+1eA 3 successes, 2 advantage, 1 Triumph
http://orokos.com/roll/528963

http://orokos.com/roll/528965 Force die for nexu target  : 3eF 4 Light Side, 1 Dark Side
http://orokos.com/roll/528965

The Nexu's initiative roll..

http://orokos.com/roll/528976 cool check for initiative  : 1eA+1eB 2 successes, 2 advantage
http://orokos.com/roll/528976

  I will work up the initiative order, but there are several slots ahead of the Nexu and Boss with the Triumph gets a free maneuver also (still maximum of 2 can be used, just no strain).

 alright scene status and dice pool updated. You have 4 slots before the Nexu gets his attack. I will work on a post up to the point where the Nexu stops keening and wails from pain to rage. You can post your point of view including your action if you want to take one of the first 4 slots.

Jini still hopes the Nexu is just posturing, so the rest of you can feel free to take the four slots before it attacks.

  So right now we just have one action, which is that K1 is moving to intercept the attack. Is that correct that you are going to take the attack or are you just trying to throw off the beast (as in give it a setback to attack on Tarrin?).

  I haven't heard from Boss, but I think he made his intentions clear that they want to take care of the threat (as in kill it), so the clones will attack unless they are countermanded by Jini.

  Are there any other questions? You can let me know on Hangouts, here or by PM. I don't mind answering questions, comments or requests so feel free anytime to reach out to me. My virtual door is always open.. :)

Jini will hope against hope the Nexu is just posturing and won't order the clones to shoot. But she isn't so confident that she will order them not to.

   

   Trying to throw off the beast, please.

Apologies for being AWOL, had an unexpected trip out of town. Barring any objections I'll take one of the slots and start shooting as well.

   Welcome back, Boss.   :)

Fire away.

Hey, everyone!  I've mostly made it back!  My wedding is next week, but I've got some free time this weekend to get back into things here!  So, feel free to fill me in on things that need doing along with possibly a rough synopsis of things I need to know.  I'll get to reading every post that I missed (because I'm obsessive like that and love good narrative), but a rough synopsis will help me get back on the horse more quickly!

Welcome back!

I'll let the others fill you in on recent events, but I just wanted to say hello, since I've recently joined the game. I play in another game with our GM and got recruited. Since my character can't be added to the game just yet due to the situation the group is in at the moment, I've been given Jini to play until such time as my character can join the party.

  Congratulations on your pending marriage and welcome back!

  Here is a fairly brief summary..

  Your group was able to lift a key card to access the administrative offices, during a scuffle with someone trying to break through security. There, K1 hacked into the spaceport systems to try and track the Geonosian ship with General Toggus, but discovered the tracking data was pulled off to the planetary military base. The droid was able to slice into the military data and get the tracking information for the Separatist ships.

  To keep a low profile, they hired a local freighter captain to take them out to the coordinates which are in the badlands of the planet's equatorial region. They approached a mining outpost and then flew very low to avoid sensor detection and landed within a couple kilometers from the Separatist's last known location. There they went on foot, found a gully that ran basically all the way to the coordinates listed and they spotted the Geonosian ship in the distance. They kept to the gully to avoid being discovered. But they were attacked by a large Nexu halfway down the path and ended up killing the beast. Unfortunately to the group's despair, their blaster bolts were noticed by two of the vulture droid escorts at the coordinates and they took off and came searching for the disturbance.

  The group tried to hide, but were spotted and one of the vulture droid's landed and told them they were in a restricted area. They had the clone troopers hide in the thorn bushes and under the Nexu corpse and convinced the Sep droid that they were hunters. On the other side of the thorn bushes were two more teen nexu's waiting, but were spotted by the droid and it shot and mortally wounded one of them. The vulture droid then told the group they had one hour to clear out of the area and the two fighters left back to their temporary base.

  They realized from the pain of the remaining nexu that they were a family, and the two smaller nexu were offspring of the one that the group killed. They tried to avoid the nexu that was grieving over the dying beast, but had to get passed it to continue. After they passed it, the wounded nexu died and it went into rage and prepared to attack.

  That is where we are right now. The Jedi are hesitant to attack the last of the nexu, but the clones are attacking in self defense. We are still in round one, two have taken actions. K1, and Charlie. There are two more slots available before the nexu's turn.

 I'm going to go ahead and roll for Boss. I am flipping a DP to upgrade the attack. Here is the roll. He missed but got 4 advantages. Since Boss has been out for a couple of days, the rest of the group can make suggestions to spend the advantages.

http://orokos.com/roll/531662 firing blaster rifle at nexu  : 2eP+1eA+1eB+1eC 0 successes, 4 advantage
http://orokos.com/roll/531662

That's some bad luck there. And trust me, I know bad luck :)

Perhaps he'll disrupt the Nexu's planned leap, giving it a Setback to attack? And a boost to himself for his next shot?

Has Tarrin had an action as yet in the current phase?

And should I be rolling that 2d10 from the notice thread?  I noticed that one wasn't rolled for me while I've been gone.

A little confused by what's currently going on.  Have we already fired on the remaining Nexu?  Wasn't sure if I could use Charm or something on it to get it to back down.  It's not a Force Power, but I've got a decent amount of dice in it.  Probably not logical to do so if we're already killing the last of the Nexu, though.

  Yes. In fact, we hit 500 mark so you can roll that twice! Everyone else can roll once to get the 500 post bonus. Next bonus will be at 1000 posts.

  As for the attack, CT-101 has already fired and hit the nexu, so charming it will be very difficult, probably daunting. K1 just kind of moved in the way to disrupt the nexu on his turn, causing a setback. Boss just fired on it as well, even though he missed.

Hmm.  I rolled two auto-successes and a difficulty decrease for the next roll (which I suppose would be trying to save this Nexu's life.  I'm such a tree-hugging Jedi. xD ).

So, where does that put me on this?  I suppose Charm is what I should be using since I can't really talk to a Nexu with Persuasion.

So, you said it was Daunting, difficulty lowers it down to Hard (3D).  K1's action adds a Setback to this?

So, I'm looking at 1P 3A 3D 1S?  Could I grab an advantage for a B from Boss's last action or something?  Because yeesh.  Even for this being my specialization it's a lot.

  You can try and coo the beast, but it will be 3D (using the downgrade difficulty bonus), but it will be upgraded since the beast is enraged. So 2D + 1C + 3S (setbacks due to it can't understand you other than body language and vocal tone, and the fact that two people have fired on it, albeit in self-defense).

  That could change based on how you plan to try and calm it without talking to it. Can you describe what you are going to do?

I was thinking of doing something like stepping between both sides and placing one hand with the palm toward our side in a "stop" fashion while extending a hand slowly toward the next with the palm facing upward (animals tend not to like it when a palm is coming downward toward their heads). Thinking of doing this on my knees in order to physically lower myself to its level.

  That's fine. You can add the difficulties I mentioned, keep in mind it is attacking your character. I didn't pick that because you were gone, it was a random roll between everyone and your roll had the most dark side points (I had everyone roll 3 force die). Using sense and the Force and the connection you sort of got when you felt the beasts pain and suffering, would be the only reason I am allowing this.. usually it would be a survival roll for a beast to calm it.

  Also, it will get a boost on its attack since you are making yourself more vulnerable to calm it.

No problem.  Can I still add a Boost from one of Boss's four advantages?  Maybe like his missed blaster bolt hit the sand and startled everyone into a standoff to allow for a small break in the action?

Also, does anyone care if I bust a Destiny Point on this?  We're working with a surplus, it seems, and this action is very Jedi-like in acting like a mediator between man/woman/alien/machine and nature.

14:44, Today: Tarrin Feruwi rolled 3 failures, 2 advantages, 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2P 1B 2D 1C 3S with rolls of 5(A), 1(A), 9(P), 12(P), 5(B), 5(D), 2(D), 4(C), 5(S), 4(S), 4(S).

Three Failures, but two Advantages and a Triumph?  I'm not sure how to unpack this.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:46, Fri 07 July 2017.

  That's a fun one! I love failure/Triumph's, but Triumphant/Despairs are the best. You have to get really creative for those. :)  Success/Triumphs are fairly easy, but players still can come up with interesting effects.

  I'll let the group comment. Triumph's & several advantages are a group think tank effort. I'll add some suggestions later if needed. What would be something interesting that happens that could give your character a decent boon, not directly related to calming the nexu? Something cool you might see in a movie.

I have a few ideas, actually. I'm just dreading the face-mauling I'm about to get. xD

Perhaps the Nexu we killed was a mother who was feeding her young and had fed them a body of a Sep engineer at some point previously that still had its security keycard?  It's just tangled in the young Nexu's hair?  Drops it on me as it tries to maul me or something?

Man, this'll teach Tarrin to try to help. He'll just stab things from now on. ;p

  Well, they aren't at a complex or building, they are at a network of caves, so they wouldn't have a keycard per se. But, perhaps, the nexu that just died, coughed up a comlink and a hand from a separatist person that wandered into a den where the nexu was hiding out and attacked before being driven off by the security personnel. That would be feasible.

Would that be helpful?  I'm not really sure what precisely we need at the moment.

WAIT!  I just realized I also have two successes banked from the post count!

So, it should be the equivalent of zero successes with two advantages and a triumph!

How does that change things?  Am I not going to get horribly mauled now?

As long as you don't have a single success after the roll, it doesn't really matter if you have 2 failures or 0. So it's a bit of a waste.

Lame.  So, all my bonuses from the first 500 posts get wasted into a fail roll.

What were you saying before about bad luck, Jini?  ;p

Well, you did roll that almost impossible check... :D

Actually, it was well within the possibility to succeed. I had better base dice balanced against two setback dice and two auto successes. Should've been fine. Just rolled one of my As as a blank.

  "So...you're saying there's a chance."   :)

Are we waiting for Tarrin's IC post?

Yeah,  but he's probably on his honeymoon. I am totally swamped, getting back from business trip late, then driving 9 hours tomorrow morning. I hope to have a post up maybe tomorrow night.

  Den, Kalyx are up to finish round 1, and then round 2, which will have 4 more PC's go before the nexu can attack.

  The Nexu is at 11 of 20 wounds, with a soak of 3.

  I apologize that I have been absent. I thought I would have some time during my vacation, but it was very busy with the softball tournament. Anyway, work had major projects happening before and after the vacation and I'm still working on the last project for a new additional location that's taking some time. But I will try to move us along..

  First, is there anything else the group wants to do before you continue down the path, which I assume is the course of action?

  If not, then you will have to make a group stealth check to avoid the patrols from here on out. The difficulty is 1C+4S (I had it wrong the first time you rolled stealth, the droid had vigilance 1 to make his 1 characteristic into 1C, the 3S is for trying to conceal your entire group from being spotted, and 1S additional because they already spotted the group and will pay closer attention to the gully this time.)

  If you are going to roll it, please post in OOC first to let people know you are rolling it so we don't have a cross-post.

  As always, ask any questions here, by PM or in Google Hangouts. https://hangouts.google.com/group/EuYuEsjI0XtbNmXp1

Since I'm around I might as well roll:

http://orokos.com/roll/537210

3 Successes but also 3 Threats. Once the GM has allocated the Threats I'll post IC.

  The group made it safely without being spotted to the edge of the Separatist encampment. We'll just chalk up 2 of the threats to taking more time to dive for cover when patrols went by. Add a strain to Jini for worrying about getting spotted for the last threat.

Sure. I'll get an IC post up soon-ish.

   I've managed to roll 3 Advantages this time around - yay, droid!

   Question: Can I use 1 Advantage to confirm where Jaxon is pointing in regards to the life signs? If so, can I use another to determine the approximate range of the co-ordinates?

  Den is sensing the General a kilometer away and most likely underground since it is below your current elevation so you wouldn't be able to pick that up with even starship sensors. In other words, Den is sensing that he is deep in the system of old lava tubes and tunnels beneath the surface. Seeing how there are several droids guarding the entrance to the underground tunnel/cave system, it makes sense.

  The big question is how you are going to get past the droids without bringing all the clankers down on you, and no telling how many more are in the ship.

   Ugh, so much for that thought, then.

   With all of the advantages, couldn't the Jedi and students just walk in and 'pull a Kenobi' to defeat all the Droids? Wait, they are Padawans ... a "Grand Entrance of the Republic", or something?

   I'm open to ideas at this point.

 EDIT: Never mind the roll, thought it was for something else. I'll edit the post accordingly.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:04, Fri 04 Aug 2017.

I'm a little confused. Wasn't the Discipline check made to recover strain?

If we wanted to try to look for alternative openings into whatever position our target might be in, what would be involved? Survival or Knowledge (Education) to determine where likely spots for cave openings might be? And then Stealth to get there to take a look? Or is there some other way?

I can't say I'm keen to try the frontal assault guys so let's explore other ideas. One other idea might be to try to lure the droids out from the area, but with them having aerial superiority that seems like a very risky play.

Any other ideas?

Could there be a connecting tunnel to the caves nearby? Or another way underground that is not guarded?

In reply to Jini Relliri (msg # 314):

Perception or Survival skill to find an alternate entrance. Both would be 2D 1C. The difficulty upgraded due to group trying to stay out of sight.

Jini has a decent Survival skill, but even with her skill it would be about 50/50. Are any of the other characters more competent? Anyone with a high Cunning or a good perception/survival skill? If not, perhaps one of them could at least give her unskilled assistance?

Den is only OK at survival and perception as well. Probably similar skill, I'd wager. Would we do a group roll? Or individual?

I'm so sorry, everyone.  I wish I was on my honeymoon.

As soon as we got back from our wedding, we came back to find out that our place somehow got bedbugs, so we spent the week bagging everything and sending everything we owned to treatment.  I've barely got a few sets of clothes and am at my parents' house.  BUT, then we come to find out a week later that we weren't getting bitten by bedbugs.  The ENTIRE APARTMENT BUILDING has cockroaches.  And has had it before, but we were lied to when we signed our initial contract when we asked.  We were getting bitten every night BY COCKROACHES.  So pissed off.  So, we got all the tenants together to force our deadbeat landlord to actually take care of this problem otherwise we were all deducting $500 from each of our rents until he got off his ass to do it as per city ordinance.  A week later, we THINK it might be taken care of, but we're not unbagging any of our stuff.  My wife is looking into finding a new place for us to live while I'm out here studying.

So yeah.  Sorry for dropping everything so suddenly, but as you can imagine things have been a little...insane.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:09, Tue 08 Aug 2017.

Sorry to hear! Real life always take priority, especially crap like that.

Hope you're back soon! :)

I'm back now, actually, Den.  The large majority of the work on the apartment building has been done.  Just not sure what to do here or where to pick up at the moment.

  Ugh. Thankfully, I've only ever had to deal with one cockroach, but we've had to fumigate twice from two bedbug attacks a few months apart. Gods, if I never see another bug...

   Good luck on the apartment hunting, tho. Hope you can find something that doesn't already have 8 legged tenants in it.

Thanks, K1.  Unfortunately, it probably won't happen for at least a month or so as my wife was starting to look for a new job.  It's pretty pointless to get a new place only to have to move again.  So, she's doing interviews for her new position at the moment.  Our things are going to be bagged up in that apartment for almost a month.  She's staying there while she responds for interviews to make sure the bugs don't show up again, so that also means that us newlyweds are going to be apart for at least a month.

I'm inclined to go with my friend's suggestion and just burn the place down.  xD

Ich. Sounds like a very bad time had by all. Biting 'roaches. Only way that could be worse is if they were flying around as well.

As for our situation, Jini would roll AAP vs DDC. With unskilled assistance it would be AAPB vs DDC. Not exactly great odds, but unless someone has two ranks in Perception or Survival OR Cunning 4+, it might not get better than that. Anyone with more skill or Cunning?

  Welcome back Tarrin, and sorry to hear about the trouble, that really sucks. I hope you find a better place for you and your wife.

Thanks!  Where would you like me to step in?

  First - congratulations on the nuptials. Not the greatest way to begin your lives together, but they say adversity builds character... (And after 25 years, my wife and I both have a *lot* of character)  :)

   Good luck to your wife on her job hunting venture. Not easy to find one while you've got other things to worry about, but here's to the hope that she lands something soon and you can move onto bigger and eventually better horizons.

   As for burning the place down, I'll second that motion. :)

  Right now your group is deciding on how to get into the cave system to pursue the Separatist General, while avoiding being spotted by the vulture droid patrol and battle droids. Tarrin took 6 wounds (10 dmg - 4 soak) from the nexu, before it was driven off by the rest of the group, so he's not in great shape since he only has 10 wound threshold according to my notes.

Yeesh.  Poor guy got mauled.  Ah well.  Hopefully, someone got to take advantage of the boosts I rolled!

Wish I could help you there, but not I.

Well, if it fails, we'll have to figure out a way to distract them.

Yeeeeah, about that... http://orokos.com/roll/539771

Net result: 2 Failures. You were saying about a distraction?

I could...bleed all over them?  :D

Shall we call that plan C and keep on searching for a plan B? :D

Also, I shouldn't roll dice. Ever.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:46, Thu 10 Aug 2017.

  Well, that fits. Between the patrols and lack of foliage for cover, its hard to make your way to a place to search around. Your only cover is the gully where you came from and a couple of berms with prickly vegetation where you are now.

Looks like we may have to Old Republic this and storm the gates then.  Especially with that failed roll.  ^^;

   Welcome to the club, Master Jedi.

At least her die roll didn't result in her getting mauled for over half her wounds. xD

So, what's the plan, Jini?  I'm kind of hankering for us to keep moving.  Should be go spelunking in the cave to find the entrance that's out of the way then?

You tell me... Something that doesn't involve dice, hopefully...

Honestly, I'm not sure.  I'm a little confused by our current options, honestly.  I'm not sure taking on three super battle droids (and potentially more reinforcements) while I'm injured in a great idea despite the dice I have to lightsaber combat.  I'd be up for the spelunking in the cave since we know that our target is underground.  There may be a part of the facility connected there that's less guarded, so would involve less combat.

Also, not sure if I should be calling for a medic at this point.  Anyone have a stimpack or something?

  Normally, I'd be fine with the thought of spelunking, but as a Droid, I'm not completely sure that I'm equipped for such 'adventures', and considering we're going to need a slicer at some point to deal with the internal alarms and such, I'm not wholly convinced the idea is sound for a non-organic.

   There has to be some other way to get into this place - I'm not wild about a frontal assault, but it is starting to look like our only option - unless Jedi and Padawans go the spelunking route and leave me behind until they can get inside the base and somehow manage to disable some stuff to permit K1 to enter.

That seems like an even more difficult prospect than going in guns blazing with all of us together. I'm pretty equipped for an assault with my skill set, I'm just hurting pretty badly right now. But, it may be the better option if you're not equipped for spelunking, K1. Maybe I'll luck out on a roll and "find" a stimpack while we're going. xD

   I would agree - a stimpack would probably do you a world of good. Perhaps should find some, you could use one and we could salvage the rest and squirrel them away for later. (I have a feeling we might need them.)

Stimpacks are worth like nothing, so I could declare finding one as a minor thing with an advantage or two, right?

I'm still a little new to everything that can be claimed with advantages or triumphs.  I know the basics, but some of the more nuanced stuff I've never tried.

A couple (he says, meaning 4+) of stimpacks is usually the first thing I buy for a new character. Unfortunately, Jini doesn't have any, and no Medicine skill. She does have a decent Intellect, but no first aid kit, so if nobody else is better equipped, she could try to get you a wound or two back with a Medicine check. But, you know, that involves me rolling dice. And we already discussed why that's a bad idea!

Also, for the option of spelunking, we need an opening. We tried looking for one (this was the Survival check) and found nothing. So either there is no opening to be found, or we simply didn't manage to find it.

The two options I can see are to either create a diversion of some sort to draw off as many droids as we can, or to go for the frontal assault. The first sounds more reasonable, but since they have Vulture droids in the vicinity and we don't know the territory, that sounds like a one-way mission for the one(s) creating the diversion. And we can all tell that a frontal assault sounds like a painful way to get the entire group killed.

Hm. There might be a third option. Could we try to sneak closer to the ship and try to enter that through an alternative entry point (K1T1 will be needed to open any airlock found) and then possibly sabotage the ship in some way? What else could be gained from this? And is it actually a viable thing to do? I don't think we have anyone really decent at Stealth...

Actually, we could probably try to contact our ship and see if they can create a distraction for us. Or possibly open fire on the Genosian transport, forcing it to take off and flee. They could also keep the Vultures off our backs. But that would leave us trying to assault the base there with a ticking clock. They would send for reinforcements and expect an assault. We would need to be quick getting this done and getting us back to our ship before they are driven out of the system by whatever the CIS sends as reinforcements for their favorite pet scientist.

Yeah, I think that purchases were on me.  The sheet that was provided had no slot for remaining credits listed on it, so I think I never actually wrote down how many I had left (I think it was like 900) and so never actually bought any gear besides my lightsaber and armor.  And with the disappearance due to all the medical stuff, I never got around to it.  So, go me!  xD

The mission this time seems a little wonky considering our skillset.  We're supposed to surprise the person we're tracking down, but I think any way we go about it, we spoil our element of surprise.  None of us really have Stealth (I know I'm like the exact opposite with how my Presence is), so our options are rather limited.  I don't really think creating a distraction against these odds is a good idea because, as you said, that's pretty much a one-way trip for whomever takes that job while the rest of us go for the assault.  That's unless we have people who are well-versed in explosives AND stealth to set charges over the site in different locations to keep them distracted.

Tarrin is more of a talker/conversationalist than a covert operative, so he would be better at negotiating for the general if the odds were in our favor already.  Like if we had them cornered with the arms to back them up.  I think if we can find a way to push in and get them off-balance, I could probably negotiate for their surrender and get them to turn over our target.  Perhaps calling in a strike from our ship would be good for that kind of plan?  It would show that we have the numbers to back us up while we ourselves go for an assault on the compound since we have no demolition specialist for a distraction.

The more I think about it, the more I think that plan may behoove us the most.

 The clones have stim packs, at least Boss does. Charlie has a med kit,  and has medical skill.  He should be able to patch Tarrin up.

I like that plan as well. It's probably time to get this over to the IC, Tarrin can suggest that to the poor, floundering Jini...

Would anyone mind the clones patching me up before we make the charge?  I'll get the post up today. The wife thought it'd be a good idea to surprise me with going camping in order to see the Perseid meteor shower (I would have been happy going to sleep back at the house). Temperature dropped to under sixty, so I'm sitting in the car on my cellphone minus my laptop at the moment trying to warm up since she didn't have any blankets packed.

Brb, dying of hypothermia. xD

Just so I'm clear, is it that the General is allied with those that brought him here?  Or is he actually in command of them?  I was going to take advantage of the fact that they're two different forces combined in negotiations, but I wanted to make sure I'm actually being accurate here.  I didn't quite understand it when I went back and read the mission parameters.

I had assumed the general was in charge of the CIS forces, but the fact that he's on a Genosian transport is very interesting, to say the least. It might be that the Genosians are more willing to surrender, or that we (read: you!) can somehow play off the two sides. But perhaps our GM can clarify the situation a bit?

Yeah, that was my intention.  I was thinking that if we can "overwhelm" their forces, I could negotiate with the Genosians to turn over the general in exchange for letting them go or something.  It's only really a Negotiation if we're willing to give them something in return.  Otherwise, it's Coercion, which I'm not quite as good at.  ^_~

I like that idea, but if they have only a few Genosians and a bucketload of droids that won't work too well. But I guess we won't find out until after we've implemented the plan, unless we want to stick around and observe the compound for a while. Which might be an option, but a risky on.

Actually, thinking about it, Separatist General Daas Boggus might be a Genosian -_-

Now, THAT would suck.

But, if they're not the same race, here's the thought.  If we start carving through the droids, we start to make the Genosians nervous.  The Genosians start thinking about what they can do to get us to not murderize/take them in.  We say we're just here for the General, we don't care about them.  They are more inclined to then just turn over the general in order to save their own skins.  Hell, if we want to sweeten the deal, let them keep the droids, too!  That way it's like we're paying them with the general's toys and we spend no actual assets of our own!  Considering droids are expensive, that may make them more amenable.

Sounds like a solid plan. No chance aaaaanything could possibly go wrong. I love it, very Star Wars :D

  That's cool, Tarrin. I loved watching the meteor showers, but I did it from a bay window in my living room many years ago (it was a big meteor shower, so even with the light pollution we saw a bunch). Hanging out in the cold is no fun.. I'm a native Floridian so me and the cold are not friends.. (I get several setback dice to everything). ;)

  As far as plans for gaining entry to the tunnel system (no evidence of an actual base there), Star Wars is Space Opera, so even crazy plans can work. Star Trek, not so much.. but that's why Star Wars is more popular, and you can succeed with approximately 3,720 to 1 odds, if the Force is with you.

  The General Toggus is a human male. Count Dooku is dead, so bargaining with the ship's captain is a possibility.

   The medic can just toss you a stimpack which will give you 5 wounds back, so you can include that in your post. Feel free to describe the clones action in as much detail as you want. They won't say much, just say 'your wounded, sir' and toss you the item or something like that.

Is the ship we came in on combat capable? Would it outgun the Genosian ship, or vice versa?

Oh, Dooku is dead?  That I did not know.  That makes this much easier since the Sep's are probably in a bit of disarray with their chain of command.  This plan might just work!

Yes, the Republic ship is combat ready. It's an even match if Geonosian ship is in the air, but on the ground it doesn't stand a chance, but the vulture droids could cause problems, but the Reliance has a huge advantage in hull points and better guns.

Well, I'd say Tarrin's plan of action is the way to go. Unless anyone has a better idea?

  I guess I should have made this more clear in my earlier description, but the way you want to go is a natural tunnel entrance of an old lava tube, not a base. There is no doors to seal on the entrance. It's all natural rock. It can be caved in somewhere further down, if you want to curtail pursuit from any remaining forces or if you fail to actually get the Geonosian captain to surrender or leave.

  The clones have frag grenades, and probably wouldn't get a total cave in as its too large here but there are probably more narrow tunnels further in that might allow a frag to block the passage.

Cool.  Do you actually want me to go back and edit the whole thing?  Or can we just assume that's what I said?

Well, we need to get out later, so that's not a good idea. Guess we'll just have to convince the Genosian...

  You can probably leave it and just that he was assuming it was a base entrance since he can't see it real well. I leave that up to you.

We could just be assuming it's a hidden base with a door hidden inside the tunnel somewhere...

   I love the whole meteor thing as well, but I'm from Canada - the original Great White North. We have setback dice on anything warm - including the 30+ Celsius degree temps we've been getting in the last weeks. (roughly 90+ Fahrenheit, for those not familiar with metric) Glad you enjoyed the shower, even if the temperatures were closer to Winterfell seasonal levels. :)

I'll pass on editing those posts since they're...quite large.  I'd rather us just get on with the scene, personally.

I feel for both of you.  I'm from Chicago where the weather rises and dives between the two locations you both mentioned--often in the same day.  We've had a snowstorm in July on a sunny day before.  I put nothing past this place.