For all out of character discussion, and character creation!

For those who don't have Predation, I or Jesikah can help you make your characters.  Or I have the following I created for a gaming convention:

Rakkon Var, A Savage Karn who Predates, along with his Clumsy T-Rex, Champ

Martin Shay, A Noble Karn who Defends the Weak, along with his Sociable Ankylosaurus, Constance

Vellis Rio, A Learned Tec who Plays God, along with her Clever Piski (tiny pterodon), Hand

Cascade Ming, An Inquisitive Tec who Fuses Mind and Machine, along with his Curious Alphadon (ferret-like creature), Nosy

Bendis Musson, A Kind Pteryx who Walks With Dinosaurs, along with his Timid Argoraptor, Fellow

Gamma Keel, A Rugged Pteryx who Lives In The Wilderness, along with her Vigilant Struthiomimus, Strider

Lariat Shine, An Appealing Osteon who Entertains, along with his Flashy Cimexomis (early possum), Sleek

Serdana Storm, A Skeptical Osteon who Works the Back Alleys, along with her Intimidating Anzu (ostrich-like), Answer

Can't wait to get to my rulebook and start putting stuff together! This game-world really seems interesting!

Quick Question:  What is adventure focus going to be?  Sounds like we have multiple people interested in Pteryx characters.  Obviously we need to balance a little toward GM goals though.

I can tailor the adventure to the group, so that's not a problem.  I have one possible person interested in an osteon, another in a tec, and a third undecided, so there's still hope for a karn.

Then again if someone has an anklysaurus or dakoraptor as an animal companion, we're hardly without muscle.  ;)

But for a brief plot sketch - I would like the group to have known each other and be traveling together.  You'll be heading to Kelanio (the defacto "capital" of Grevakc) for the annual Wild Walk, a celebration of dinosaurs and people working together, with parades, dino-painting, dino owners showing off tricks, dino adoptions, food, music, stories, bone-reading.  The festival takes place the week after the first run of torotix returns to the Torotix river.  (The torotix being a kind of aquatic bird.)  The exact date of the festival can thusly move around a bit, but you're a week away from Kelanio by the Chalk Road (main road the runs the length of Laramedia, the western continent), and even then you'll have plenty of time in town before the earliest possible date of the Walk.

Probably gonna shoot for an Osteron or a Tec, though it still requires some thought. :)

I am open to switching to a Karn or Tec.

Hi all.  I’m settling into a rugged tec who self evolves.  I’m ok with switching him up a bit if others are interested in something similar, but you don’t need to worry about another Karn with me.

I'm going for a rugged pteryx who lives in the wilderness

I'm going to go for a Slick Osteon who either Sees Beyond, or, if the GM isn't going to want to deal with that one, Fuses Mind and Machine. :)

Sees Beyond is definitely useful.  Though in this case instead of seeing other dimensions you're likely seeing through time itself, likely due to some quirk of your DNA being modified in a time anomaly.  (or perhaps a parent's was.)

And I'm going to be functioning as an osteon who Entertains

And in comes the Relentless Karn who Slays Monsters!  Respectfully.

*innocently looks up stats for Kaiju Titanosaur*

...what?

The Battleship of the Land.  Clearly the best choice for killing that is a sword.

Maybe even a laser sword.

Ok, as of today, it looks like Klaue, Rain, and Cascade are the only ones with finished sheets.

I know some people who are less familiar with the system need help, and that's fine, but if anyone else is having problems or needs to bounce some ideas off of the rest of us, please do let me/everyone know!

I should be able to get mine finished today. And my dinosaur companion will likely be Blue, a young tyrannosaur who isn't especially large for her species, but is especially clever, and has striking blue eyes, a genetic rarity.

I will try to finish my sheet tomorrow it's my birthday (49) and I always take it as holiday so I should have time to do my sheet :)

Happy Birthday! And I, too, will shoot for a sheet tomorrow!

Oiktirmon, an Empathic Osteon who Rejuvenates the Infirm, at your service.  :)

I am playing catch up, but I hope to have my character sheet completed quickly.

Looking forward to playing with you all, and to healing you after you have been chewed on by dinosaurs for awhile...  ;)

I’m still working on background and sescription, but should we start talking connections?  I will just list mine... don’t really have one that I would prefer over the others so if anyone wants in let me know.  Maybe not the first because his adaptations are pretty obvious.

1. Pick one other PC. You saved them from a bad situation, but in doing so, you exposed your adaptations, and you think you might have freaked them out.
2. Pick one other PC. You knew each other before you began altering yourself, but you're not sure how they feel about what you've done.
3. Pick one other PC. That person has asked you a lot of questions about your abilities. Are they nefarious or just curious? You're not sure yet.
4. Pick one other PC. You recently discovered a secret about them. You're not sure if they know that you know.

So here are my connections. We'll has things out. Jesikah is a Graceful Pteryx who Roars at the Sun. This is similar to Howls at the Moon, only takes place during the bright, hot Mesozoic daytime, and she turns into a dinosaur.

The story is that Jesikah, who is an explorer and field scientist par excellence (a paleontologist by our standards, or rather, someone who studies both the living dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts and the extinct ones). The mysteries and secrets of the Cretaceous world are, after all, endlessly fascinating, and this entire world is one worth exploring. Unfortunately, she was caught in a time terror, the massive temporal warp-storms that sometimes rage across Grevakc. The storm shifted her temporal position with that of some ancient raptor-like creature, and indeed bound them together.

Now at certain times, that temporal energy will surge about her and "transform" her into this creature. However, it seems to be more than just that. Each of them, Jes and the creature, can affect the other, and she can learn to control it, both its mind and the times she switches. Perhaps it was something far stranger, like being regressed back to a very, very ancient past life, or some might even come up with a more animistic and spiritual explanation for it. Either way, this is both her burden and a power now, the power to run free and live as part of Grevakc at times in ways no human could fully understand.

1) Pick one other PC. That character is able to soothe you when you're in beast form. You'll never attack her while transformed, and she can spend 3 consecutive turns to calm you down, allowing you to revert back to normal form without making a roll. - Rain

2) Pick one other PC. You believe that he intends to convince you (or capture you) to join the circus or some other entertainment venue. The other player chooses whether or not this is true.

3) Pick 2 other PCs. They know it's beneficial for you to kill and eat a creature while you're in beast form, and they often work together to make sure that happens. - Loric

4) Pick one other PC. Since she saw you in beast form, she has clearly been terrified of you. You are determined to show her that you're not as dangerous as she thinks.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:47, Fri 02 Mar 2018.

Aright, let me toss mine in there:

1 Pick one other PC. You are fairly certain this character doesn't believe that your abilities are real.
2 Pick one other PC. You see a gathering of energy and colors on this character that seem to imply that she, too, can see beyond. Whether you ask her about it is up to you.
3 Pick one other PC. Whever this character is near, your abilities seem to take longer and become more difficult
4 Pick one other PC. Wherever this character goes, you are aware of the general distance and direction of his location.

This looks like a decent match, if you are game...  :)

I will toss my connections out there as well:

1. Pick one other PC.  You failed to heal that character once, and she nearly lost her life.
2. Pick one other PC.  When you rebuild that character's tissue, he gains 1 additional point.
3. Pick two other PCs.  To fully regenerate one, you had to use your autodoc to remove an extra organ from the other.
4. Pick one other PC.  Your attempt to heal that character's deathly ill relative ended in the patient's sudden demise.

I suspect that door #2 would be most popular...  :)

Actually, this could also be a decent match.  Oiktirmon uses his powers to figure out where he will be needed most, and uses his companion to get there quickly.  Perhaps one or both of those, or his empathic senses, make him more noticeable to your senses?

Oiktirmon...  how do you feel about cybernetic and nanotechnic augmentation?

Yeah, I rather like that. My character is going to be pretty young, and may end up calling Oiktirmon 'Grandpa' from time to time, if that works for ya. :D

Hmmm!  He is actually OK with that, but you would not necessarily know that.  That could be a decent match.   :)

That works for me.   :)

Hi there will try to post later have a crisis here at the moment....turns out the builder who did my extension 4 years ago didn't know what thermal pipe lagging was....due to all the snow and cold weather in the UK all the pipes under the extension are frozen and I've had to take up my suspended floor to get to them to unfreeze and lag.....

Ouch.  What is today's high and low temperature where you are living?  :o

Ouch, Loric!  I hope the builders can get you warm and re-plumbed again soon!

Yikes! Hopefully that'll get fixed quick-time!

Oh! Might we start talking about companions as well? I'm shooting for Esuml to have a puppy-like-in-affection ankylosaurus. What're folks shooting for?

Oiktirmon has a Sociable Anzu named Peteinos ("Pet") who can get him around quickly to make urgent house calls.  She is a real snuggle bunny.  They sleep curled up together.  She thrives on affectionate physical contact, and droops without enough hugs.  :)

She can actually give fairly decent back rubs with her forehead and her feet.  :D
This message was last edited by the player at 16:34, Thu 01 Mar 2018.

I'm thinking Blue, a Curious Tyrannosaur who is a bit small for her age, but is more clever to make up for it. She has a genetic rarity: deep blue eyes. She's also Jesikah's hunting companion when she Roars at the Sun, as it were.

yes I have hot water and heating again

now for my connections

1. pick one player: who isn't fromthe wiilderness, you cant help but feel a little contempt for that character and her "civilised" ways, which shows distain for all things natural and true.

2. Pick one player: he is one of the few people that you feel completely comfortable bing around, and you are often surprised at how easily you let down your guard near him.

3. pick a player: she once saved you from an uncomfortable social situation, and you still feel grateful.

4. pick a player: this person seems to understand civilization in the same way you understand the wilderness, you could choose to help each other or despise each other for this different way of seeing the world.

Oiktirmon could be a decent match, if that works for you...  :)

I thought of your character when I read that happy to have a conncetion with your character

The Starshine family is a traveling entertaining carnival troupe. Possible you feel you might be on the recruit list. (Though, to be fair, they've never recruited outside the family)

Woo hoo!  :)

Loric has a opossum like early mammal called click

So what do we want to do as far as my connection goes? And I'm looking over what's available to see what could be good. Someone who can help me calm down would be useful, but I am also hoping we'll get to advance in this game and so I can gain control over (and greater power) with the transformation.

So I’m going to decline having Oiktirmon take a connection from me...  you seem to have the ability to connect with a lot of people so I think it would be best for you to take one of the more difficult connections.  That said I’d be interesting into connecting to you via:



I can tell you more if you’re interested though probably it’s best in pm.

As for animal companion,  Arlo is a Curious Anchiceratops.  His description is with mine.  As for personality he’s friendly and tends to get into things especially food.  Imagine a smart, friendly dog that weighs about 2 tonnes.  He has some background so anyone interested can pm me for more.

In reply to Jesikah (msg # 43):

Loric might be a good connection for your no.1 being a wilderness man

I am game if you are, Jes!  :)

Yes, we'll also need to discuss who is going to play who's companion!  Once you guys have that thrashed out (or about so) you can exchange info on your companions with their players.  :)

Bring on the PM!  :)

For that matter, might we discuss an alternative: playing our own? It could get confusing playing each other's companions in a PBP environment, as well as slow things down if we have to wait for another player to post a response to an action we give our own companions. I'd personally find it much simpler and probably easier for the game to do our own, but I'm curious how everyone else feels.

I don’t disagree about just playing our own companions to keep things simple.  Honestly, pairing up our connections is mind bending enough.

That said, I’m up for whatever.

+1.  Game speed may be impacted if we play each other's companions.  I am definitely OK doing it, but I am even more OK either playing my own, or letting the GM do it.  :)

Since we're putting our possible connections out there, here's Klaue's~

1. Pick one other PC. You saved him from a monster (though not by defeating the creature, which is still out there).

2. Pick one other PC. You tried but failed to save her loved one from a monster. You still bear the scars.

3. Pick one other PC. He knows the name and lair of a monster, but for some reason he won’t share that information with you.

4. Pick one other PC. That character shows potential in the art and philosophy of monster slaying. You would like to train her but aren’t sure she’s interested.

I'm partial to 1 or 2, personally, although 4 could work.

As for whether or not to go through with having other players manage our companions, I'm fine doing it either way.

Oiktirmon is a widower.  That could be a good match.

However, I seem to have the most connections thus far, so feel free to give to someone else if needed.

If you want me for the connection, feel free to PM me for details.  :)

Then I am fine with people playing their own companions, though expect some GM interjections if you fail your interaction roles!  :D

As someone who is at home in a lab but prefers field work, and sometimes transforms into a beast of said field, this could be one for Jes.

Hi everyone.  I've been watching to see what everyone is picking.  I like to fill in wholes in the group.  It seems like everything is pretty balanced except Karn's.  I'll plan on joining Klaue.  I'll work out some more specifics as I continue my trip.  I finish tomorrow and should be able to get everything entered Sunday or Monday morning at the latest.  Just a little hard to do a full character post from my iPad.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:22, Fri 02 Mar 2018.

Ok, connections are looking good!

I have some housekeeping from various characters:

Allen - you're less familiar with the system, so I sent you several decisions I need you to make on your character so we can proceed.  Once we get all of that decided, I can help you hammer out the rest of your character.  Be thinking on your animal companion, and I'll get you the list of dispositions soon.  (Or someone else can send them to him.)

Esmul - the sheet you sent me looked pretty good, so go ahead and put that in your character sheet.

Oiktirmon and Loric were picking equipment, while Cascade, Jesikah, Klaue, and Rain all were looking good.

Commuter 2, I look forward to seeing your character hopefully later today!

Sorry for not speaking up much, been a little hectic lately. If there are any questions I need to answer let me know.

Also, I will let everyone pick one non-combat skill as a "background" skill.  Maybe your character learned how to play an instrument, or spent their childhood spider-silk farming, did dinosaur-painting as a side job, or had a hobby of collecting old "home" references (from "present-day" Earth).

And everyone that gets their background done may start with 2 XP.

So continuing on connections it looks like I’m taking connections from both Jesikah and Oiktirmon.  I’m still looking for someone to take one of my connections.

Page number for money you start with?

I'm good with 2, 3, or 4 there. 4 I can PM you. 2 would mean you met Esuml's family beforehand, most likely (they're traveling entertainers).

In reply to Esuml Starshine (msg # 62):

Sure shoot me a pm.

Let me verify my connections:


Oiktirmon => "this character"/"his" (msg #27)



Oiktirmon => "he"/"him" (msg #39)



Rain => "that character"/"she he"/"her his" (msg #44)


Let me know if anyone wants to add, modify, or delete...  For example:


I'm still amazed that no one asked for that one...  ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 04:59, Tue 06 Mar 2018.

What's the next step?  Where are we at?

Sheet complete, including equipment, background, companion, etc.  :)

We will be starting late tonight, after I wake up.  :D

I haven't seen Allen in a week, so I assume something's come up.  If he shows up later, we'll see if we can fit him in.

Woo hoo!  :D

Hi all sorry for being a bit quiet Ive been preping for a project and been doing a few late nights should be on track to start when everyone else is ready :)

RPoL Dice Roller:

23:50, Today: Oiktirmon rolled 1 using 1d20.  Mental Link Attempt, with Range Extension Effort.

Off to a strong start...  :o

I was rolling at the same time.  I think I stole your luck.  But you and Loric both posted before I could hit the damn button.

That's because I've had my two early morning double expressos to get up for work so I'm buzzing lol

Remember all - If you want to convince your companion to do something, you have to make an interaction roll, DT 3, which means a 9 on a d20, or the equivalent.  As you go up in tier, it does get easier, but for now, make sure you make those rolls!  You can edit them into your current posts if you asked your companion to do a thing already.

Just added my roll to my post

Actually, just how far away is the dinosaur?  I assumed short range, but that may not be true.

Of course, my dice roller talents make the point moot anyway.  I am certain that the new arrival will find my entrails to be delicious, and will live happily ever after...  :o

Short range, yes.  Just a short, short range to death or glory...  ;)

Sorry for my delay. Been fighting a cold all weekend, hope to catch up later today.

POST NUMBER ONE HUNDRED!!!!!!!!!!  :D

Can Jes look around to see if there's any evidence of an actual time terror here? Something Mira said has triggered her suspicion (and her player's!).

04:03, Today: Jesikah rolled 8 using 1d20.  Command Blue.

Well, the durn dinosaur is distracted! If it helps, I have a knowledge of geography and so would know what this area should generally be like, as well as having been through a time terror myself. I do need to get trained in perception, though....

I'll burn 3 IPs for 1 Effort on this roll, since Blue isn't helping me.

04:06, Today: Jesikah rolled 9 using 1d20.  Perception, 1E.

Jesikah:

Hey all, a couple quick housekeeping things:

If you are activating a power, using a skill, or making another kind of roll (for example, to interact with your dinosaur), you need to put that note and/or roll result at the bottom of your post, as per the Rules thread example.  Otherwise I am left guessing any mechanical results, or I will have to make the rolls myself for you, in which case I won't be adding Effort on your part (as I don't want to spend points out of your pools unnecessarily).

If you are asking your dinosaur to do a task, you MUST make that interaction roll, DT 3, before they will do it.  If you fail to make it, and want to roll again, you can, but you have to apply Effort.

Hey guys, Klaue hasn't bothered to check in in almost two weeks, so he has been dropped (I don't believe he even posted IC).  Welcome please Bastion, a Savage Karn who Predates!

Welcome aboard!  :)

Hi everyone! Will do my best to get caught up and ready to go by tomorrow. Excited to finally get to play predation.

In reply to Bastion (msg # 84):

Hey folks I’m struggling a but witht he flu.  I’ll be back to it in a few days.

Welcome Bastion!

No worries, Rain.  I'll assume you're doing something to help until you're feeling better.

Feel better Rain.

Welcome Bastion.

Any one what a connection with me?

1. Pick one other PC. You suspect they
are either afraid of or disgusted by your
adaptations, but you haven’t asked them.
2. Pick one other PC. They woke you once in
the middle of the night, and you accidentally
injured them. You’re still not sure what they
were doing there while you slept.
3. Pick one other PC. You recently discovered
a secret about them. You’re not sure if they
know that you know.
4. Pick two other PCs. You overheard them
talking about you, but you couldn’t make out
the gist of what they were saying. You aren’t
sure whether to mention it or not.

This could work.  PM me if interested.  :)


I still have a few unclaimed connections as well.  I am amazed that door #2 is still unclaimed...  :D

Remembering you in prayer...  :o

Hey all, just a reminder that time anomalies are like little energetic events that resemble slight distortions in the air, often with bursts of electricity.  Those who go in them get cyphers coded into their DNA.  Cyphers are like randomly-generated class abilities, extra toys you get to use.  Time anomalies crop up reasonably frequently, so feel free to use the cyphers freely.  You will have to make a Speed Defense roll whilst walking into a time anomaly, in order to avoid the worst of the energetic discharge (it's not anywhere near as serious as a time terror).  Time anomalies can also contain artifacts and remnants.  Time anomalies are very abundant in the wake of time terrors.

Sorry about the delays. Will resume normal posting schedule tomorrow!

For those of us who are not rule experts... what exactly is a Speed Defense roll?  I assume it is a d20, but what do we have to roll to be successful?

Also, what do we have to roll to be successful for a Time Tap?  O_o

In the Cypher system pretty much every roll is a D20. The GM gives you a TD number is this case I believe the GM said 2. You multiply that number by 3 and that gives you your target number to beat on the d20.
So a TD 2 means you need to roll a 6 or higher.
Now it's a speed defense roll so any character ability that effects speed defense rolls will help. So if you are trained in Speed Defense you lower the difficulty by 1.
You can also apply effort using your speed Pool cause it's a speed roll. At our tier we can apply one level of effort. Effort cost 3 pool points minus your speed edge.
So if you apply effort to the roll and have an edge of 1 you would subtract 2 from you speed Pool and then lower the TD by 1.
Hope this helps it's a quick and dirty explaination of the basic mechanic or the Cypher system.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:51, Fri 23 Mar 2018.

Got it.  TD 2 was the missing piece of the puzzle.  :)

How about for Time Tap?  What is the TD?  O_o

Judging by the text, I would say it's the same DT as the time anomaly.  One of them is DT 3 and the other is DT 4, so pick your poison and make an Intellect roll.

Is there any advantage to taking the DT4 time anomaly (more detailed information, or etc.)?  Or is the one I tap into randomly chosen?  Otherwise, why would anyone choose a harder one?  O_o

Normally there's only one time anomaly at a time, so you get no choice, there just happens to be a cluster due to the recent time terror.  And no, there's no advantage otherwise as the ability is written.

Hey guys, I am doing the last two days of my 7-day, 12-hour shifts ending Monday morning (overtime isn't fun, but money is), and so I'll get your cyphers and answers to your questions on late Monday evening.

In the meantime, if you have anything you'd like to do, ask, plot, or consider about the compound you've located, chuck that into the thread so I can hopefully answer it all in one fell swoop.

I'm about to give everyone their cyphers in a private message.  All of these cyphers are coded into your DNA.  If the cypher does something that doesn't require a physical component, everything is done internally.  For example, if you receive a cypher than restores points to your Might pool, activating the cypher encourages your body to release chemicals to rapidly increase your healing on a temporary basis.  One that influences people might encourage your neural pathways into a high state of empathy and communication for a short period.

But if your cypher demands a physical manifestation, like your cypher is a detonation that you throw that explodes like a grenade, what happens is your body briefly has 4D printer capabilities and does indeed manifest it physically for the short period you need it.

What's up everyone?  Everyone still here?

Still around! I just figured the question of who everyone was ... Well, Esuml kinda already answered that for herself. (Obviously, also trying to get other folks to pipe up!)

The blessing and curse of a large party of PCs.  Everyone is standing around waiting for someone else to make a move, particularly when no one is certain how to proceed without dragging everyone to their doom...  :o

If they won't answer for themselves, go ahead and post anyways!  I'd rather be moving forward with three than lagging with eight!

Apologies for my delay this week has been far busier than normal.

I’ve been first and only to answer once or twice already. I didn’t bring my laptop on this trip, so I waited to let someone else go.

+1.  I had a starring role for the medical scene (obviously), so I wanted to give other folks their chance.  However, I suspect I will be chiming in soon either way...  ;)

Anyone else around here?  Bueller?  Bueller?

Guys?  I'm dancing with myself over here; who's going to find this kid?  I mean, I can write a mean short story resolving this, but then it wouldn't be a game...

Go ahead and post a thing!

I'm hoping someone else is willing to write in and I'm not playing solo.  If I am, then I'm upping my post rate to 2x a day.

Between a Real Life schedule crunch and my starring in the last scene, I've been trying to give other folks first shot.

However, I will try to chime in a bit more, since everyone else seems camera shy...  :)

Ok, we seem to be down to two active players.  I'm going to open up the game for replacement players later this week (likely over the weekend).  If you want to keep your character, please post.  Some people keep checking in, but not posting.  I haven't seen posts from some people in literally months.  If this game still interests you, post.  If you're done, please let me know.  If you know you'll be available once a date passes (you're slammed with school, work, vacation, or other real life entanglement), also please let me know.

If there's something I can do to improve this experience as a GM, please let me know.

I'm still interested, but I guess that goes without saying since I'm one of the two active players.

Is it good to take an action at this point?  Wanna kick Ballads chair out from under him.

Oh yeah, totally.  Action it up.  Since you're sitting right there, I'll give you the chair kick.  :)

Sorry, flight schedule has been nutso this week.  Finally got a post up.

Happy 4th of July!

I will be at GenCon until Sunday the 5th, so I'll be posting after that!

I'm jealous.  My friend and I are planning on going next year.

I forgot ALL about this game xD only recently got back on rpol lol

Roam, I'm planning on going again next year, so maybe we'll see each other then!

I had recurrent training last week and avoided everything to study.  Sorry, I really should have let you know beforehand.

These things do happen.  Hope the studying went all right!

Passed with flying colors. Sim was fun too.

Just FYI, when I say "Modules" I mean like individual free-standing roofed rooms or small building the size of rooms, complete with windows and doors (in many cases, doors with keypad locks or palmprint locks).

Ok, I was thinking a little smaller than that. I will adjust later.

Yeah, consider it more like you're in the corridor of a lab or hospital, with each module being a different lab or operating room-type thing.  It's just that the "ceiling" is a cave roof some 60' above your head.

this was definitely one of those "life got away from me" times.  I apologize for taking so long to reply.

just to check...
The ankylosaur is chasing Gaytha or trudging along with her?

It appears that the hole in the door was made by Gaytha and Mira, then Gaytha comes back with this beastie chasing her with a light cannon and no Mira.

So, you're facing a door that either Gaytha forced open or someone else did.  Beyond the door is a large room or corridor.  Running left to right through that room, just beyond the busted door, are the argo raptors, then Gaytha, then the cranky anklo with the cannon, as if this were a Benny Hill sketch, or an episode of Scooby-Doo.  Mira is not currently in the line of running dinosaurs, or at least you haven't seen her yet.

I'm dying,  I just want to know what's on the other side of that door!!!!!!!

YOUR DOOM!!!!

Bwahahahahaha!

So I can't see Mira?  Do I get any sense that it's her in that 9 foot cylinder?  Could I run and get on the crawler or am I gonna have to start the next one and time for a chase?

You don't immediately see Mira, but this is a large space.  She might be behind/beneath one of the larger crawlers or otherwise hidden, as they're certainly large enough to hide her.  The large cylinder is certainly large enough to hold her, though since it's frosted you can't see the contents.  The little dino-battle at the other end is far enough away that Mira could be down there, just not immediately obvious because of the chaos.  Her last communication did mention trying to stop people from leaving, and down there by the dinos does seem to be the exit.

You are a short distance away from the crawlers, so you could run there this round and climb on it next round, or shoot it/someone, or something else.  Or just run up to it and shout/talk, if you're feeling chatty.

Roam, still alive?

Yes.  Sorry with Holidays, Wife's birthday and now I'm in a training class for 4 weeks.  Class is high workload, sorry.  I'll try and write something up tonight.  Thanks for your patience.

I'm in upgrade school right now.  Away in Salt Lake City for training for another 2 weeks or so.  Sorry but posting will be very very slow until that's up.

Roam, you still around?

Hey Roam, I'm going to give it to the end of the week and then delete this game.  I haven't had an IC post from you in over two months.  I know you said things would be slow, but there's slow and then there's just stopped.  I wish you the very best of luck with training, school, gaming, and life!

sorry life is totally nuts.  between lots of kid stuff and my upgrading to captain, I am working all the time and trying to help kids when I'm home.  I will try to get a post in tomorrow and I apologize.

I understand - things like this go by the wayside compared to the much more important things like family!  I just need a check-in every couple of weeks or so, so that I know you're still alive/interested.

I am, and I'm sorry about that.

Not sure what to do with the Ankylosaur.  Would I be able to calm it?  It seems confused with what's going on.

It apparently was being controlled but isn't anymore, so you might be able to entice to go away, or possibly ask the other SATI guy in the earth-mover if there's some command words or control chip to get it to listen to you.  You could also give it something else to think about, like something to chase or follow, or something that wants to chase it!

Oh great.  This is not likely to end well!

Hey Roam, I am leaving for GenCon tomorrow and am not certain I'll be able to post again until the 5th! I may pop in if I have the time, but no guarantees.

No worries.  Are there going to be any other players at some point or is this just solo for now?  I’m pretty cool either way, I am having fun.
Thank you.

Please have fun at GenCon.  I plan to go next year.  I have never been, but my friend and I have been role-playing since the early 90’s, it’s about time.

I would love the chance to go talk to Onyx Path, White-Wolf, Fantasy Flight and all the other developers.

We can see about getting other people once I'm back from GenCon.  :)

I actually went to the last GenCon in Milwaukee and the first two in Indy, then returned to Indy last year and this year.  I must say, there have been many substantial improvements since the first few years.  The poor dears didn't know what they were in for the first time.

But yes, the dealer's hall is not to be missed.  So many game manufactuers all in one place, so many gaming accessories and props you didn't know you needed...

And actually, I am running a Predation game this year.  This exact game, as a matter of fact, from the first post until you rescued Quill, which is just about the right length for a convention game.  I just spent part of yesterday updating and printing out clean character sheets for my pre-gens.

That's cool.  Good luck.

How was GenCon?

Jolly good time!  I actually got to meet Monte Cook, Shanna Germaine, Sean K. Reynolds, and Bruce Cordell and tell them about the game I ran, so that was a lot of fun.  Met some people I knew from other online gaming (Syrinscape, a gaming soundscape program) and brought probably too much stuff.

The Predation players had a ball.  When they got to Haven, because there were six of them, when mayhem started I pulled out some bigger guns, including a Teslasaurus.  Someone was in the machine shop at the time, so they ran one of the solar jeeps into the Teslasaurus and caused an explosion, so that was fun!

That’s exciting!  I have been listening to Onyx Pathcast and am reading Changeling the Lost for another game.

I didn’t realize you were running the Deciphering Tomorrow game for Numenera.  I started out in that game as the Serene Jack that Moves like a cat or something like that.  I just totally lost what was going on and was not thrilled about someone being a block of gelatin.

Yar, that's me.  Cube hasn't been disruptive, and he had an interesting backstory.  His character is very sober and direct, not a joke, so that's why I didn't mind him being what he was.

But!  In other news I have a new player for this game, Corelian Redfern, an Adaptive pteryx who Lives in the Wilderness, who will be joining us soon!

Yes, happy to be here exploring the Cretaceous.  Just getting some character details, etc. finalized.

I also play in Deciphering Tomorrow.  Cube is ... odd, but not a disruption or distraction.  He just ... slides along as we investigate the weird and worrisome.

Sorry FC!

Hi everyone! Kerensa is an Appealing Tec who Carries a Quiver.

She's a Tec from the Dota lab, who's keen to see the world beyond Salmon Center. Despite carrying a quiver, she's... not ideally suited for combat :)

Initial Link to the Starting Adventure possibilities:

1. You met a total stranger (one of the other PCs) and charmed him so much that he invited you to come along.

2. The PCs were looking for someone else, but you convinced them that you were the perfect person to join them instead.

3. Pure happenstance—because you just go along with the flow of things and everything usually works out well. [Clearly a good default!]

4. Your charismatic ways helped get one of the PCs out of a difficult spot a long time ago, and she always asks you to join her on new adventures.


Connection possibilities:

1. Pick one other PC to be the true friend who gave you the excellent bow that you currently use. Secretly pick a second PC (preferably one who is likely to get in the way of your attacks). When you miss with a bow and the GM rules that you struck someone other than your target, you hit the second character, if possible.

2. Pick one other PC that you’ve known for a while. The two of you used to do an act where you shot an apple out of her mouth, either for money or just the enjoyment of friends. One time you missed and hit her in the cheek. She may or may not still bear a physical or mental scar from this experience. Either way, you never did your act again.

3. Pick one other PC who is interested in studying archery. He is a quick learner, and if you spend one hour teaching him a few of your secrets, you both gain +1 to any die rolls when you fight the same foe using your bows.

4. Pick one other PC. That person brings up strong emotions in you, whether of anger, desire, or something else. If she is within short range while you’re using your bow, you find it difficult to concentrate and shoot straight.

Welcome!

Well, since we don't seem to be actively ON an adventure right now, we could certainly RP out initial link 2.

Unless Roam (or the GM) has a preference, I'd be ok participating in Connection 1, 2, or 3.  Coralian gets around, usually gets along well with people, and wouldn't really care too much about a scar on her cheek.  She already has a bow to use, and spends enough time in the woods that she could have made you a bow (or given it to you after finding it).  Or things could get interesting if you keep missing bad guys and hitting me.  Methinks you and my Vigilant Ankylosaurus might end up having words with each other.

There will be something in the offing here soon - the Walk starts a whole new set of potential concerns... ;)

I wasn't complaining.  Downtime has value!

So sorry, I'm back to work and it kicked my butt this last week.  I will try and post tomorrow.

Welcome Kerensa.

Do I think Tarla and I are in a good position to try and block the Hadrosaurs or put them into an alley or something?

Rome, you can try to redirect by asking Tarla to mock-attack in hopes of getting the hadros to run to a less-populated area of the open market.  Like a guard dog snapping at the heels of cattle.

Coralian, you too can ask Ajax to run alongside them and use his size/weight to bull them away from potential targets.

Would need dino interaction rolls from both of you for something of the sort.

Kerensa, what are you doing?

I rolled a 10

I have had a hell of a week at work.  I'm sorry I got lost.  I will try and post today or tomorrow.

Things happen.  :)

My availability waffles - sometimes it's slow at work so I can post there while at home I'm busy.  Other times it flip-flops.  Post when you can!

What do you want me to roll for that?

Let's do a Speed roll to see if you get it right at the Pteradon's eyes!

Spent 2 speed with 1 edge for 1step.  Roll was 12 + 1 step would be 15.

*clings to wall. shrieks incoherently.*  Posting will resume after full shrieking has occurred, probably in a couple of days. Thank you for your patience. :)

At least you can still type if you are hoarse.

Good luck dealing with whatever is causing the shrieking.

Work has me shrieking.  It's the end of the month and they are trying to reach quota.  Luckily today they gave us a small reprieve - or else realized that if the shift supervisor (me) is working on one of the lines, I can't aid the other line without shutting mine down, resulting in an equal amount of work done whether I'm working the line or not.  Right now they're all working fine without me, so I can resume posting!

Things that Zashran can get include:

*clothing, armor, or weapons made of solarium (a self-healing material, heavier armor made of solarium taxes the wearer as if it were one level lighter)

*piezotextile clothing, tents, or minor scientific instruments (it's a fabric that harvested energy from body movement and can be used to generate small amounts of power)

*wetweave clothing or shelters (waterproof spider silk)

*lab equipment

*tools

*scientific instruments

*light sources

*books (which would provide assets on tasks with enough time to consult them)

*weapons (particularly laser guns or laser crossbows of various weights)

*sonic grenades

*tranq darts

*tazing ammo

*stun guns

*camping equipment (for field observations)

*dino traps

*one designer dinosaur egg for personal use (not for selling)

I think Coralian would be most interested in:

Wetweave shelter

Piezotextile, if it could be made into straps or bags for Ajax.

Tranq darts (and gun)

Assorted tools of good manufacture

Maybe a few scientific instruments to run off the Piezotextile - mostly to detect pathogens and poisons.

Hey guys, sorry I've been a little more quiet as of late.  We're having some stuff done at the house which involves a lot of elaborate set up, and then I can't sleep there during the day while the work is being done.  If work is less busy I might be able to steal some time there at night and update, but if not I expect the next time I'll get is Thursday evening/Friday morning.

All good.  Real life comes first.

Hi, sorry I haven’t really logged on in a few weeks.  Work and family have been absorbing my life.  I should have said something earlier.  Sorry.  I am still interested in playing.

A most lovely Christmas and holiday season to you all!  Christmas activities kicked me in the butt, but I should be back now!

Hey guys, there will be some new people joining as we venture into the wilds!  I'll be adding them in the next couple of days!

Hello there!

Thanks for adding me. I will be a Volcanic Pteryx with a small flying companion. I have yet to nailed details down about everything but I will try to be ready later this week. :)

Looking forward to meeting you!

Thanks. Work is going well on my character and I already have my companion, Tap. He is a curious Tapejara. :)

Hi! I waffled a bit between Pteryx and Tec, but I went Tec in the end, just one with a rugged explorer vibe! I really love the character as she developed and I look forward to playing with you all.

Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and...dinosaurs!

Ok, the gang in Kelanio will be heading out soon, and will be meeting up (by some means TBD) with our new folk.  New thread tomorrow!

Work is nuts and my kids got lice.  Life has been interesting.  Sorry I've been MIA for a bit.  I am sorry for my slow pace.

Life (and lice?) comes first.  We're ok.

I hope things start to go better for you Roam!  We'll just assume you and Tarla are coming along and staying alert and wary, like you do.  :)

Do you want us to make any rolls or do anything like that?

Howdy, and welcome new people.

Where is the pack of raptors in relation to the two groups of humans?  Text based map maybe?

I am catastrophically bad at maps, but here we go.

You are 30' away from the raptor pack, with the fallen hadro between you and them.  So, we have raptor pack, stretch of path, fallen hadro, Kerensa and Coralion and respective dinos.  About ten feet further back we have Roam and Tarla.

Twenty feet east of the path (in line with the hadro) are Hemon, Rebekah, and dinos, with the exception of Tap, who is circling above.

So ...

---Ra------H,K,C--Ro----H,Re----


In a rough line west to east ... yes?

Northernmost is raptors, then hadro, Coralion, ect. Hemon and co are at right angle to the east.

This better?

   Ra
   |
   |
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   |
   Ha
   K,C------He,Re
   |
   |
   Ro

Yup, that's right.  :)

Do you need us to roll initiative?

I've got initiative for now.  :)

Looks like the dice roller doesn't like me...

Oof.  I feel that Hemon.  We've all been there.

I fear that Blue might take the arrow rather than one of the raptors. :(

Do we need an initiative order to continue now?

GM said they've got the initiative for now, so I think you're ok to post.

Yeah, just everyone post, and I'll resolve in a logical fashion.  Remember, your dino's action is part of your action, so you don't lose your action directing them.  If you want them to do something while you are, just include the handling roll as a matter of course.

Updated my last post accordingly.  Thanks for the reminder.

Fair warning, fellow humans: I'm all out of useful things to launch at the bad guys except arrows ... and that's not going so hot so far.

Also, Post 500!  Woo hoo!

Hey, I'm still here. I’m sorry for the silence. We’re still on, I still want to play. My seasonal job suddenly let me go after telling me they’d keep me, leaving me in a really difficult spot. I’ve been an emotional mess and trying to find new employment ASAP so as not to end up on the streets, but I'm still here and interested.

I’m going to do posts, but I just might have to make do with a slower rate until I get something sorted out. Gonna try not to go slower and pick up a normal pace again. If you'd rather I go on extended leave, I get that, too. I’m sorry about the mess, but let me assure you that we’re still good. Just a really rough time right now.

Best of luck finding a new position, hopefully one that pays well and makes your commutes quick and painless.

Best of luck in this rough time. :)

We have two left on the north and four to the west.  North are now at DT 3 to hit.

Busy week coming at work. I will try to answer before Tuesday but might be delayed a bit. :)

FYI Roam, Coralian firing an arrow did not result in Coralian striking her target with an arrow (this time), so I'm hopeful Tarla was more successful than I was.

Pretty sure we both scored the hit.  Should be okay.

I can make the baby hadro grow up in 24 hours.  I kinda need to use this cypher, because it's just taking up space.

Can I have Coralian inspect the stasis-ed raptor while the doc is healing the dinos?  I can edit the post if needed.

Sure, that'd be dandy.  I'm sure the owner of the hadros (them who hired Hemon and Rebekah) would be pleased to add to their herd so efficiently!



Yup, what are you looking for?

Understanding of the augmentations, perhaps origin, genetic alterations ... anything that might help us understand the situation better.

I apologize for the lengthy absence!  It's a world gone mad!

How's everyone going with COVID-19 ?

Surviving.  Very little in my area, but lots of precautions.  Working remotely which is ... not ideal, but doable.

You?

I'm in France so I'm in my 3rd week of confinement. Working from home so that's pretty neat. :)

I’m in the San Francisco area.  Things have been locked down here for a bit.  I am still out working trips and when I’m home I am trying to help my 8 year old finish his school year.  Not really putting much pressure on the 5 year old for schooling through.

Am working, was deemed Essential Critical Infrastructure, but also they just shorted our hours due to the companies we supply metal to having their factories shut down. Don't know how long this will last, as it's impossible to sterilize our plant, so I think it's only a matter of time before we get a quarantine shutdown. I can't post from work anymore, as they dumped four new trainees on our shift and I am needed to train some of them. Will attempt to update tomorrow, as I need to look up cyphers for people who are getting them from the time anomaly.

Hang in there!  Thanks for continuing to work.  We need that right now (as long as you're safe!).

I'm on a two-week furlough from work now, due to our customers being shut down and nothing much to do in my section of the plant. While we have had several cases of the virus in the plant, none were in my section (my plant is literally a mile long).  There's been maybe ten cases and one death from my plant, and I'm hoping the company will just finally come to its senses and send everyone home for at least two weeks more to stop anything else from happening.

How's everyone else doing?

Five cases and one death in my county and the one next to us.  We're rural, in case you couldn't guess.  I'm still working remotely full time, which is slightly less bad than when we started doing it.

My state has FINALLY started increasing testing, so we're likely to see more reported cases.  I'm really wishing they would also start doing antibody testing, too.

My brother's family was presumptive positive and spent two weeks at home recuperating.  My SIL had it the worst, illness-wise.  My brother was asymptomatic and was on daddy duty 24/7.  Two small kids in the house is ... exhausting.  Now both parents are back to work, which is working from home, so the only change is that they aren't dealing with fevers and aches on top of everything else.

Still working from home full time like if nothing happened. I have the chance to work in IT and the company where I'm working hasn't stopped activity. Everyone's working from home (Insurance company).

Apparently, there are less cases each day in France but you can be sure that it will explode anew when people will be able to start going out again.


Edit: what's the size of the clearing?
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About 150' in diamater, roughly.

I thought Roam was staying with Doc.

Do Hemon, Rebekah, and me meet up on the opposite side successfully?

Sorry, misread that, though he was going around.  Yes, you meet successfully on the other side, uneaten by any titanosaurs.

Let's do a dino control check, if you please, DT 3.

Here's my roll.
19:53, Today: Hemon Kah rolled 16 using 1d20.  Interaction with Tap (DT 3).

I may be blind or stupid but... What's a piski? I can't find anything about them in the book.

Piski is noted as a type of Pterosaur available as a companion.

So that's what I thought. The name was ringing a bell to me as I had looked at Pterosaurs when creating my  character. Not sure why I was unable to find it again.

Took me a while to find it.  No entry in the back for a page reference.

Yeah, it's like a cute mini pterosaur.  Like a parrot, but dinosaur-sized-and-shaped.

Also, good news everyone, our player for Rebekah is back!

Yay!  I'm looking forward to further interaction with her.

Welcome back, Rebekah!

Me, too! I'm looking forward to playing with you guys. This is my favorite game I've played in a long time, and I didn't go on hiatus because I wanted to, believe me. I'm really looking forward to diving back into this great game.

So, without messing up Coralian's efforts, Rebekah wants to go inspect the rest of the facility.

And without messing up Rebekah's efforts, Coralian wants to keep the group and the wider world safe from this guy ... which may end up helping him, at least in the short term.

Moral dilemmas are so intriguing!

Sometimes that's the way it works. Even in survival. Short-term sacrifice, long-term gain.

I'm excited, though. I really love this game.

Did anyone watch the Cypher Unlimited crew interview Shanna Germain?  It was maybe 2 weeks ago. Great interview, she is such a sweet heart. Her original name for Predation was Fucking Dinosaurs!

I haven't seen the interview, but I follow her on Twitter.  They bought her a shirt with that on it.

Link. https://youtu.be/yTjtAhQG6is

I am on their discord page. Lots of good stuff floating around. They just did an interview with Dominique Dickey that among other things wrote the Heist On Miracle IV adventure.

I am enjoying (as a player) Roam's complete sabotaging of Coralian's manipulations of Cole.  She's doing everything she can to wheedle information out of him with honey, and Roam just comes in and pours vinegar on the whole situation.

I was really hoping we could avoid having to murder him to protect ourselves, but I don't think that's gonna work now.  Thought perhaps that's presumptuous of me.  We'll see what tales are yet spun.

Hey, I’m sorry.  I saw the honey and wasn’t trying to pour vinegar.  I was just saying that I do like what he’s done and I’m sorry I threatened his life.  Let’s sit down and talk.

Haha.

It's totally in character for Roam, that's why I like it.  We'll see if there's a way we can spin this so it doesn't inspire him to set off some alarm or something.

Roam can stab him.  Plus we do have an official SATI scientist with us.

Yep!  Shall be interesting.

Week busier than expected - work is being a pain, will need to wait until Tue the 11th to start posting again. Apologies!

Quick video on the Dust channel on YouTube.  Interesting film.  Perhaps the origins of SATI?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHeVjHvl_A8

Windstorm. No power. Will post when able.

Do what you have to do. I'm fresh off a busy stretch myself but I still love this game and I still want to play.

I now in a position do to an update on what happened in my neck of the woods.  Search for "Iowa derecho" if you want to see exactly what happened, but what basically was going on was that on Monday, August 10th a massive windstorm hit my area around 1:30pm (I was asleep due to my nocturnal schedule, but I woke up in a hurry).  It was a derecho, a straight-line windstorm with winds up to 100mph, though it was about 80mph in my area.  Is sounded like a freight train and looked like a hurricane, with branches and bits of roofing flying by our front windows.  We lost power shortly after the storm and didn't get it back until late evening on Friday the 15th.  We didn't get Internet back until Saturday the 16th, and spent most of Sunday and Monday replacing the food we'd lost from our fridge and ice chest and doing chores we couldn't do with the power out.  We were very lucky in that we (or my parents in the same area) didn't have any house damage and very minimal tree damage. Some folks weren't so lucky. There were trees across roads, trees on houses, and some cities had very massive property damage to a huge amount of homes and businesses (one city to the west of us has people camping in their front yards as they have no place else to stay). There are still roads shut with trees and light poles across them, and we've lost an immense amount of trees everywhere.  Every day for a week the air is alive with the sounds of generators, chainsaws, and woodchippers.  It's going to take weeks to get the branches and trees cleared that fell down during the storm, more to remove the trees that are damaged but still upright, and every third house is sporting a tarp to cover lost shingles, roof damage, or worse. We're one of the lucky ones and I am very grateful right now.

I will hopefully be able to update the game tonight or tomorrow.

So glad you made it through safe.  That was an awful storm and the damage is vast.  Take care and thanks for the update.

Thanks for the update. Good luck with everything. We are patiently waiting and let us know if there is anything we can do.

Wow, that sucks a lot. We are not really used to this kind of phenomenons in France and they sound really impressive. Glad you made it without too much damage.
And as the other said, we can wait patiently while you fix what has to be fixed. IRL first. :)

I just want to make sure I understand Cole's latest statements.  This is what I understand him to mean/believe:

1) He understands that we killed some significant portion of his raptors.
2) He's not really upset about this, just disappointed that his research failed/is set back a bit.
3) He doesn't want a link to Xanadu even though he earlier stated the outposts planned to be linked via the transponders.
4) He wants us to set up the transponders exactly where we suggested they shouldn't go.  He wants to test them where they will show effectiveness (or fatal non-effectiveness).
5) He still believes we are full-on, legit SATI reps.

Please let me know if I understand correctly, or need to roll to do so.

Yup, that's right on the money, Coralian.

Ok, first thought is to hand the tablet to Rebekah!  Yikes!

Also, is the mapping and the imprint input on the same device?  Like, can I distract him with reviewing the mapping while someone tries to ... something ... the imprint receiver?

Maps seem to be on a different machine at the moment, but I'm certain you could come up with an excuse to view them from the data tablet!

Handing it to Rebekah's not a bad notion, though it might give back some funny results if she puts her imprint in!  :D

Well, I was thinking that she'd hack it to ensure that our imprints read as valid.  (If we need a legit imprint, it goes to Dr. Lewis.)

Otherwise, Xanadu's gonna come hunt us down.  Whether they'd kills us or offer us a job is an open question.

I feel stupid for fixing the Piski's nest now. That could have make a good diversion if they had broke free.
If we need a diversion, I have an equipment cache cypher. I could summon a smoke emitter or something like that and cry a big "Fire!". But I fear the Teslasaurus would overreact something like that and we might need something more subtle. :P

Well, someone could always "lose control" of their dinosaur...  ;)

Roam, Dr. Cole is the guy we're bluffing.

Dr. Lewis is our charge.

Unless you're some sort of sleeper agent?  ... something you'd like to tell us, Roam?

Edited.

I have a plan!  Just working out some details with the GM.

I'm going on a 10 days holidays starting tomorrow.
I should have Internet access but not sure if I will be able to play much.

Have fun.  Stay safe.

If I understood the geography right, from the road, we went north to get to Cole.  We're planning to set up the transponders between his base and the road, but set back from the road a bit to reduce the odds of bad interactions.  Then we're resuming our trek to the northeast.

That right?

Why not? Sounds good to me.

Quick question before we continue.  Did we run Cole's tests of the transponders like he asked?

Yup, you can if you like, or you could blow off the whole operation, either way you wish.  :)

I'm back from vacations and will be able to post again. :)

I'd rather have done the testing.  Arouses less suspicion, gives us more information about capability.

Perfectly willing to entertain other ideas, though.

Testing sounds good to me as well. We could even try to add a backdoor to the whole thing so we could get the ability to control the dinos. :)

Agreed.

@Coralian: should we consider that you woke us up so we can help you searching the source of the sound?

Yes.  Post edited.  I missed the "midnight" part before.

Going to be on vacation through the 9th of November, should able to resume on the 10th. Possibly could post before then, but no promises!

Safe travels!

How big is the thing crawling out of the ground?

Also, welcome back!

Dune sandworm size.
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Just kidding.  About three feet across and about ten feet out of the ground with no end yet.

Rawr! Also returned to my favorite game from something of an impromptu vacation, so I am happy to get back into this.

Welcome back. :)

Thanks!

I'd like to spend time (if we have it) using my Understanding ability on the worm.

Did you need something from us? I should get a post in, anyway!

Sorry for the long silence. I completely forgot to post earlier.

Now that the holiday chaos is done, I'm ready to post as often as anyone else wants!

I hope everyone has a very Happy New Year!

Yup, holidays over and I hope they were good for all!  And if this wasn't your holiday season, I hope the past week or so was good anyhow.

Everything went fine for me and I'm looking forward to 2021 which should be cool at work. :)

And a Happy New Year as well.
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Have I mentioned lately that I love this game?

It is definitely a fun world to play in.

I'll get a post in when I get home.

I've been hard at work studying for my CNA, but hopefully on Tuesday I'll pass and be okay!

Best of luck to you.  Maybe a sideline in poetry?

Unintentional, but I'll take it!

Fingers crossed everything will be alright. :)

Hope all went well with your test Rebekah!  :)

It's not until Tuesday. I'm studying this weekend.

As Bek and Blue each only took 1, is that a DT 1 task or 2 for the 2 points total? I have a medkit that gives me an asset. Does that make it automatic?

One check for each task, yes the medkit gives an asset, so no checks required for those small wounds.  :)

Hemon, if we want to check out the tracks/ tunnels it might be us on our own.  I'm not sure if you want to split from the greater group at this point and go for it.

If you do, I'm happy to do that.  I have the tracking skill and a raptor!

While I'm probably not good as you when it comes to fighting, I'm a pretty good tracker as well. Hemon already stated that he prefers to stay there and follow the track in daylight but if Roam wants to go, he can convince Hemon quite easily I guess. And Rebekah should be able to handle Tap while Hemon is away.

No, lets take care of the group!

Do we have time to complete the 10-hour rest or are we still taking steps on that cycle?

Yup, take the 10 hour rest

Does that mean we get a recovery roll, right?

What are the rules again on how our dinos heal?  It's 1 point per our Tier per recovery roll, right?

Yup, that's right.  So if you have several to use, feel free to roll them all.

I don't think I've used any. Do we get to use them all during the ten hour rest?

Yup!

Out of home until Saturday. Not sure if I will be able to post.

Sorry for the delay in my post. I'm having some difficulties IRL. I will try to post something over the weekend.

Hey everyone,

I'm sure you noticed me slowing down my posting in the last few months and weeks. While I am enjoying DMing the game, I have had a flareup (or downturn, I suppose) of my depression due to work factors, home factors, and general world issue factors, which makes it hard for me to work up the wherewithal to post appropriately, or sometimes at all.  Which then can snowball into feeling bad because I haven't posted, but then being too depressed to post, which means I feel bad I haven't posted...

You get the drift.  ;)

I am seeking appropriate professional help to get better/make things more manageable (this isn't my first rodeo). I am going to take a short DMing break whist I get through the first stage of treatment, so I hope to resume posting in just over two weeks.

Everyone remember to take care of yourselves!

~Isida

I'm sorry to hear that. The difficulties I was mentioning bin my previous post is my wife having a depression as well.

I hope you will be able to feel better. Thanks for having been a so good GM. :)

Gotcha. Luck and health.

We’re here for you.

Not dead, should be resuming updates tonight or tomorrow!

Oh!

I'm glad to see that you seem to feel better. :)

Likewise.

Roam and Rebekah still with us?

Perhaps they can stay with Dr. Lewis while Hemon and I scout?

I'm still alive. These last few months have been some of the darkest in my life. Buried me deeper than the fossils I love so much. This is still my favorite game and Rebekah my favorite character, though.

After such a struggle, I'm able to breathe again. Feel the sunshine again. Do gaming and writing and the things that make me happy again. So yeah, if you folks still want me, I'm happy to pick up. But I get it if it's all too much.

Of course we still want you, Reb! What would Hemon do without you?

Seconded.

Thank you very much for saying so. If the GM agrees, I'm very interested in continuing.

Catching up and will post tonight after work.

Hey, sorry I'm absent.  I have a big interview at the end of the month and am studying like crazy.  I can pop in and out, but it probably wouldn't be good enough to be an active participant.
I would be really happy to pop back in afterward though.  Sorry for screwing things up.

Don't worry on my account.  Slow is fine.

Good luck on your interview!

*wonders what kind of interview requires a month of study*

Yes, indeed, good luck with it!

I'm considering dipping back into GMing, and Predation is on the short list. Would anyone here be interested in playing (GM, including you, so you get to play for a chance) if I do?

I think it's a wonderful idea, but I don't have the room in my schedule to participate at this time.  If my situation changes, I'll let you know!

Good luck Roam, I'll NPC you until you get back!

Rebekah, I'd definitely be interested in some Predation.  :)

Good luck, Roam.

@Rebekah: I could be interested as well. :)

Also, I will be out of home for a whole week starting this Sunday. I'm not sure if I will be able to post during that time frame.

I'm a Captain at a regional airline.  I have an interview with a legacy airline.  Interview is more than HR.  Have to do a lot of "Tell me about a time...", Technical questions about planes, airports and safety measures, and running through a scenario of what you would do when x happens to mess up your day...

"Mr. Linden, what do you do if a group of pterosaurs suddenly appears in the airplane's path?"

So you Roam in real life, too? :)

That does sound like a complex interview.  I hope all your studying pays off.

Roam, that sounds jolly interesting and challenging!  I hope all goes well!  :)

@Final Commuter: has the creature moved back into the ground or it's still waiting there?

Waiting there, its pointed end pointed at the woman who stepped out of tree.  She is unmoving, and so is the creature, for now. You do recall that the pointed end does glow hot and may possibly emit something that could be dangerous.

Oh yeah, we remember that. :D

I feel like I should wait until the stampede passes before I jump back in.....
=)

No no, you should jump out of the way!  :D

Sorry for the delay. Many urgent things at work and the team is cut in half due to holidays. I should be able to answer before the end of the week though.

How do I coral them?  Between Stalker, discover Dino’s and such I should have an idea and the others should help direct them.

I am afk until Tuesday at the earliest due to a funeral.  Sorry for any delay.

@Coralian: don't be sorry in such situation

I will also be AFK from Saturday to Tuesday. I will try to post something before.

Generally one would have to be in the sea, and probably do some genetic manipulation to increase growth speed to surround the dinosaurs with coral.  :D

But if you'd like to get the dinosaurs to stop, slow down, or trot in a circle until they manage to calm themselves, I'd call that two DT 5 dino interaction rolls (dino behaviors, etc counting as an asset).

I'm willing to help as an asset.

Also coral dinos would be really cool to see.

I have "Draw the pack" if it can help.
Looks like I came late to the party. Good job Roam.
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I've got my post coming up shortly! Must save Blue!

I hate to say that but I think I will stop here with this game. I like dinos a lot and it's been really nice to play with you all but the Cypher system is not for me.

Sorry to leave you all like that. Thanks for the work, GM and thanks to all of you for the good time together.

Thanks for your time and creativity, Hemon!

Thanks for joining us Hemon, and I wish you well.

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I apologize for my absence. I had six things happen at once, and I hope to update in the next couple of days.

Thank you Hemon, I hope to play with you again sometime.

I will keep up as best as I can, I just started training at United Airlines today.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. If you permit it, I'd like to stay here as a lurker to continue following the story. :)

Fine by me.

Fine by me as well, Hemon!

I'm sorry for my silence - I am still struggling with depression and adjusting my treatment plan.

Take all the time you need.  Real life comes first.

Thank you, let us know if there is anything we can do!

Depression still kicking my butt. Luckily I am taking a vacation this coming week, so hopefully that will do me some extra good.

If any of you would like to play Predation live, I'm starting up a campaign via Discord (audio, etc.) and Roll20 (character sheets).  Sessions would be weekly or biweekly.  Tentively sessions start at 6:00 p.m. Saturday night, U.S. Central time.

PM me if interested.

I'm not dead.  I'm still tending to my mental health, but I am alive. Not sure when we'd be able to resume, but just letting people know what's going on!

Thank you for letting us know.  Glad to hear you are still around!  Keep taking care of you.

Take good care of you. :)