Because reach one thousand posts you must not.

Honestly, I thought you knew.

Learn something new everyday. :)

And Stuntman, I am glad you are feeling better.
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I've two pies left to make, so I don't think I'll get any RP done today but will try again tomorrow.

Rodger Dodger.

Glad you are on the mend, stuntman!

Glad I did mend. Anyhow, this is a phone posting, due to tornado taking some of the local infrastructure down, but I hope for something tomorrow.

Hope your house escaped any damage Stuntman.  And that everyone in your family is fine.

Yeah, everyone and everything personally is fine, except for a decorative shutter on the exterior and two of the porch dragons. The area north of me got hit hard, though - tried to volunteer to help, but the roads were closed.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 9):

I'm glad you and yours are ok.

:)

Just the one broke Stuntman, the Shisa is still standing. Somehow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

I should have something by the close of this very day. I'll wake up and it will be the same day, which will throw me off, but I'll have a post up.

Umm... am I missing something?  I don't see where we are encountering a scorpion, just a flaming, flying man.

The scorpion creature is hiding by the cave entrance. Only those that made the PER roll have spotted him. The main game map now contains a smaller map for combat purposes. Use the rudimentary coordinate system on this map to define where your character is.
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In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 14):

Did I need to make a roll to get to the old man? I figure my super senses should allow me to find him and then get him out of danger?

Is the scorpion the black dot at [14,18]? Or the letter 'D'?

I haven't put ANY combatants on the map. The "D" indicates the area inside which the cave resides. You can find the Scribe, easily. Where would you take him to be "out of danger"?

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 17):

Outside the cave. I can do a long range teleport later to really get him to safety.

Okay, looked at the updated map and figured who DD, DS, K9, Dr are.

Sc could be Scribe or Scorpion.  If Sc is outside of the cave, then it is more likely to be the Scorpion.

PH might be the flying man throwing around fireballs.

Shade is probably with Dr.

No indication on where Stuntman is.

I should be at the cave entrance, not seeing anything of value unless it is stupid big or obvious.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 20):

Did you give The Great Karnac a grid coordinate?

I'm still not sure where the scribe and Shade will be. The Stuntman will be on the map shortly.

Knowing where the Scorpion is will be a great boon to subsequent attack attempts.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 22):

I will be heading back to the scorpion as soon as I teleport the scribe someplace safe.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays.

Merry Christmas to everyone! :)

Yup, Merry Christmas and all that.

I'll post tonight.

Assuming that Darryl is on the path to the cave, the Scorpion is in the rocky hills above him and the Phoenix is flying overhead?

Quick question that I am confused about, is the dark area the cave or a boulder outside of the cave?

boulder outside the cave

So {14,18} is a Boulder outside the cave, and {17,19} is just inside the cave? It isn't clear where the cave is and where 'outside' is.

Think of it as a sort of contour map. The southwest corner is the top and each contour line is 3m lower than the previous line. The large grey blob is a boulder that's approximately five meters long, three meters wide, and two meters tall. The cave mouth is a three meter area behind the boulder. The cave is shallow, about three or four meters deep, though it's about six meters long.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 33):

So we had to go around the boulder to get to the cave.

Like this?

 

To quote Ed McMahon, "you are correct, sir".
Ok, just pretend Desiree Diamond is Johnny Carson.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 35):

Excellent :)  I would try to do an accent, but I just can't pull them off!! ;)

Once the scorpion does its thing, I'll probably go after whoever Desiree decides to hit. If the bruisers last fight taught me anything, it is that I do not hit hard enough. At least, not by myself.

While waiting for everyone to finish their post, can I have Desiree make another post just for responding to Phoenix?

I'm mostly done, out of necessity. Either the fight ends before it starts with diplomacy, or I screw up the coordinated attack as the dice say I do... or I hit by some miracle and increase the odds of a Stun.

In reply to Desiree Diamond (msg # 38):

Yes, feel free. I'm trying to be more flexible in running combat, hoping it will speed things up.

I've been rendered incoherent by fever for a day or two (I think), but I'm back. now.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 41):

I am glad you are feeling better!  Welcome back to land of coherent!

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 41):

I'm glad you are feeling better!

:)

Mic Check, One, Two!

I'm still here.

Still here :)

Perhaps.....

tmnt

I feel I'm missing some contexts...By the way I need to be added to some language groups.

Given the Egyptian theme....




https://www.google.com/url?sa=...69FOA0JATb704p8a2yLl

Shade, did you forget to take Desiree as well with Stuntman??

In reply to Desiree Diamond (msg # 51):

I did not get the idea you where coming with us. I will correct that quick enough.

You know, I can err, because I am a human and often tired lately. Please PM me about an egregious mistake if I make one. I left a game over this, although it was the GM not interested in the idea of "PMs are for critiquing," not a player, which meant the problem was unsolvable.

I'll edit my post later on.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 53):

Will do so in the future Stuntman and I will edit my post as well.

Thanks a ton. Hopefully it's all good from here.

I'll need a few hours, though, so I guess it will have to stand until you can respond to me, whenever that is. My kids are... uh... kind of everywhere. It's one of their superpowers.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 55):

Take your time Stuntman, real life comes before posting. :)   Unfortunately.  ;)

My kids had that superpower, too. Eventually they level up till their range far exceeds your own. I wish they hadn't received their experience points as fast as they did.

And the done. It is now the finished.

oh shoot, I was supposed to post. I'll try to post before going to work tomorrow.

My computer has been commandeered, so I'll have to post after work.

If we get introduced to Bartleby and Loki after the Muse introduces herself, I'm complaining to Rufus......

Hehee ;)

sorry about the delay I'll post tonight when I get home from work.

I'm going to blame the Luck for getting that riddle right. I was not looking this up online. I was trying to solve it legit, and I kind of apparently guessed into it right as Muse was reading my mind.

Or at least came close enough. Either way, OOC, I'm blaming the Luck.

Riddling is sleight of hand, but for the brain. It's not a matter of being smart, it is more about understanding that the riddle's structure will use fact to obscure fact. It will not lie to you, but the surface truth is almost always misleading, like the movements and actions surrounding a magician and a deck of cards.

I doubt anyone else enjoyed it, though. I need to give the next one to someone else, if another one comes up.

I am fine with you taking all the riddles, Stuntman. :)

If the riddle is ever, "What did the five fingers say to the face?", we are all in luck if the GM hands initiative back to us.

Currently have covid, so posting is being affected. :(

In reply to Desiree Diamond (msg # 67):

:( sorry to hear that, hope you are dealing well with it ok. The Click got over his case.
hope you do also. Perhaps you can watch some Clicky Wikki vids to pass the time.

You must take care and defeat the evil virus!
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In reply to Desiree Diamond (msg # 67):

Take care and recover, we will be here when you get back!

By all means, Stuntman, go join the Sentinels. We Crusaders will get the job done.

The posting error is fixed. Thank you for pointing this out in a PM instead of OOC.

Oops, Problem with only having one active game on Rpol you forget to check it.

I know how I'm communicating so well. I speak ancient Egyptian. How is it that the others can communicate so well with the Living God?

Probably Universal Translator or something like that on the part of the god. The Stuntman is hoping this event triggered Nighthawk's distaste for firearms, and that maybe he can inspire them to be more lukewarm about such projectiles. He's wrong, and I certainly know that out of character, but Stuntman thinks that this has already happened in history, and that their current time travel is just a natural path.

But he does believe it can be changed, and that their actions do matter.

Ramses is speaking English, as he recognized that the heroes were just like Pharaoh's minions who he had previously learned to speak to.

I'll do some posting when I wake up. That should be later on this day.

Forgot I had an Rpol game again, looking for some others to help fix that. Open to suggestions.

I know enough about Set in the real world to have an idea of what they are about, but that might have zero to do with this Set. The Stuntman was kind of wrong about them, although storms are an on-and-off association of Set's, as is so much else about them. Their role often shifted with the internal and external politics of Egypt, because they were a god of the Outside and the Foreign - that which was not Egypt.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 79):

Kewl, Stuntman, new info I hadn't known about Set. :)  And yeah I know more about Set in real life but not sure how well that translates to game world.

@The Great Karnac:  What kind  of timeline are we dealing with for Ramses to get his people gathered and launch their attack?

As soon as definite directions occur, we'll advance as if the time has passed.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 82):

Sooo..that means Ramses takes no time to gather an army for the attack??

Master! standing Armies is not a new concept, The Egyptian army is estimated to have had over 100,000 soldiers at the time of Ramesses II c. 1300 BC

For plot reasons, I hope we bypass dispatch and assembly times, unless we are expected to be here for some time. Admittedly, I might be wrong Genre Savvy, trying to apply conventional superhero logic to what is actually Dynasty Warriors or 300.

The Stuntman always knows what he is doing, until he doesn't and he just makes it up as he goes. In this case, get to the bad guys and just fight them, or hunt them down one by one and pick them off like wolves after caribou. Three of the team is composed of new folk, so maybe that's why we got some hesitation - half of you are unofficially in seniority, or social leadership.

It's quite fascinating, especially in a Ship of Theseus fashion.

It will take about as much time for Ramses to gather his army and engage the other army as it takes the heroes to get to the objective and watch for the departure of the army surrounding their objective.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 86):

I can transport a lot of things very fast. Would that help?

No help is needed. I'll start the next phase as soon as I get the map set up.

LOL I should have been more clear, she was talking about the "drawing the shades" joke. But that works too.

In reply to Muse (msg # 89):

Both where equally as bad.

:P

It's cool. We all slip, and soon I'll have something ready.

Once inside the pyramid, does Shade's shadow scrying start working again?

You're not yet inside the pyramid, but it appears to be visible to you already.

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In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 93):

I don't have that as an actual limitation. Its more like a special effect. What keeps my penetrative vision and hearing from working is one spectrum of light only, a rare event. On Doctor Destroyer's island that happened, but I am not sure others know of Shades power limits.

Is Shade going to be able to teleport us into the Pyramid like we were hoping? :)

Yes, you now have a map to decide where to go in.

Kewl, does Shade see which room the Pharaoh and his minions are in?

Had a day - I'll try to post in the morning, before noon.

boop.

Hello :)

You know, Pinky could be operating a giant scorpion suit...

*Narf!*

I swear I am missing something important. Where is the map for the room, if one has been made. If none have been made, I shall guess, and do my best from there.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 103):

As far as I can tell, the only map we have is at Msg #264, the one with rooms inside the pyramid.

The map for the fight is in the main game map.

Is Ph for Pharaoh, or for Phoenix?

I'll add a key to the map.

Is Phoenix on the ground, or flying?

The ceiling is just under five meters overhead. Phoenix hasn't bothered to fly.

I think Desiree may be waiting for the Scorpion's actions....Not sure.

In reply to Muse (msg # 110):

Correct, Muse.  Waiting for my turn order.  :)

I wrote what I was doing on post 285. I attempted to drain 7 from the scorpion's strength and I think 3 from his PD. I rolled kinda poor so hard to say how well that went.

By the way, that force field thing: what was that about? Is he holding an OIF and that is its manifestation of "I will not be taken out with a Disarm roll"? Is that an actual power he was using reactively? Was that simply me failing to pierce his DCV, and that's also over the rest of him?

I'm just wondering what happened there, from a mechanics point of view.

I think the Force field is a spell with the OIF - Ankh limitation. That's how I read that.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 113):

I read that as Stuntman didn't beat Pharaoh's DCV and the forcefield was the story explanation.

The ankh is written as an inaccessible focus. I chose to have this represented as a field around the ankh that prevented it from being grabbed. My other idea would have been to let the disarm succeed and then the ankh re-appear in Pharaoh's hand, which might have suggested that there was some value in disarming Pharaoh.
Pharaoh's current DCV is 3, he's shining like the sun. There are no shadows around Pharaoh, although this effect fades with distance. Likewise, the temperature rises as he's approached till it reaches the desert at noon (130°F or 54°C within three feet of Pharaoh, dropping in stages to the ambient temperature at around fifty feet away). At The Stuntman's location, it's still about 100°F (38°C). This is illumination simulating the sun, it doesn't count as sunlight for advantages or limitations.
It took me a while to update the map, most things should be obvious, now.

Ah. It could be wrestled from him, but the Disarm won't cut it. Darn. Oh well - try not to die, attempt next plan.

Easy.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 116):

Thanks for the explanation Great Karnac. Especially since you didn't owe us one at all. :) Part of any combat is figuring out what the abilities of our opponents are. ;)

Well, yes, but normally a force field stops damage, not something like a Disarm or Prone. Given that mechanics are how I the player interact with the world through my character, I was needing to know why the Disarm - which operates like a melee Disarm - didn't work. Was it because of strength difference? Was it because of a reflexive telekinetic effect that would take a PC a billion points to create? Was it because of a DCV difference causing me to just miss? Is it because "by the way, this counts as an OIF because he's basically got a Mag-grip on it"?

In this case, the last is true. This tells me "quit trying to disarm him with this means, because it isn't a skill gap or something you can Push or combat trick your way through. It is an impossibility with the means you are currently using." I have less of a case to be upset because the hood was lifted for a moment, letting me see the engine run and why it made that sound.

Aside from the gotcha nature of learning it was an OIF, but then again:
1) That's hard to communicate using in-game descriptions, so I get it, and
2) The difference between an OAF and an OIF is rarely important - most people don't use Disarms or similar methods when more practical tools are on the table, like hitting them in the face.

Hey Stuntman is sick hopefully he'll be well enough for me to post tomorrow.


Edit: He is better I am exhausted. Hopefully I'll have something tomorrow.
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Is Phoenix standing (-2d6 knock back) or flying (-1d6 knockback)?

I don't actually have that limitation. Even the smallest patch of darkness is accessible to Shade-like the one he forms out of.

It doesn't surprise me that I didn't hit hard enough to damage. I do have an idea for cracking some serious damage output on this character, but it is rather on the long-term side of things, unless I either get 27 XP on short notice, or I get access to 27 XP worth of disposable gear.

armor piercing HKAs are best HKAs

Ah 50-50, 100% I wasn't sure which kind of defence was doing it. Moving on to strat 3: Mind Bullets.

In reply to NightHawk (msg # 121):

Mechanics wise, Phoenix is standing. From an FX point of view it's a creature made of fire and never actually touches the ground.

So, roll 2d6 on my double knock back attack?

Yes, that would be correct.

Apologies for the delay, I'm not as fast on the draw as my character.

So, I need to know a few things:
1) Do my pistols counts as superior technology for purposes of Presence?
2) On a scale of 1-3, how violent is Stuntman seen as after his last action?
3) Is there anything I haven't thought of which would improve my odds?

What is working against me that I know of are Combat (-1d6), and that's it as far as I know. The impression I am going for is "FEAR ME, FOR I AM AMAZING AND VERY LOUD!"

I'll give you a six-dice PRE attack for that maneuver. I'll admit the French insults were a factor in my decision.

27, that's a good roll for six dice.

Hopefully, someone on Team Badguy is losing something for that.

EDIT, 12/9/2022: I am apparently using up two Endurance to get to the throne, if I can, and examine Pharaoh's prone body. Hopefully there's something useful near or on him after that that will help us deal with Phoenix. If not, I have a plan.

It isn't a good plan, but I have one all the same.
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Oh, the indignity! To be tossed into an alcove, forgotten with the passage of the sands of time ..

In reply to NightHawk (msg # 131):

Ummm...who picked up NightHawk? I was going after the firey bird person, not the after sundown bird person. Also, I acted after Phoenix. Did he abort his next action to stay free of TK shadow?
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I'm guessing you missed, accidentally grabbed NightHawk, and made the best of a bad situation. Otherwise, I'm with you on being a bit disoriented.

Also, while I'm expecting Diamond and Muse to take them down first - somehow - there is a part of me that hopes I can dare to be stupid one last time before the Phoenix goes down. Coute que coute, after all.

But if he goes down before my turn, that would absolutely be safer for everyone, so I am logically hoping the best for those left.

Apparently the GM threw a bad post in, because Shade was only grabbing. This should've been obvious to the GM as there are no alcoves on this map.
Mea culpa, I've corrected the post.

Diamond is unlikely to be able to do anything against him, but she will try. ;)

I figure NightHawk will be waking up soon, now that battle is over, and he'll catch Stuntman's question.

I'm going to be on the posting, it's freezing in the house. And I don't have a laptop where I can hide under blankets.

In reply to Muse (msg # 137):

Stay warm Muse!

I'm too busy hiding under blankets with a laptop to worry about whether or not someone else is posting.

Sending warm thoughts to everyone!

Merry Christmas!

It's late, mostly because survival time is now over, but yes indeed. It was rough, but the house has returned to livability.

Spent all XP. Delicious!

So, do you roll for our Disadvantages, or do we? I can never remember how this works.

I'll be doing that, if you want to RP something within your disadvantages you should go right ahead.

Okay, I am playing it that Desiree was asked to join the Crusaders off scene or should I have Desiree arrive at the convention for other reasons? :)  I am good with either.

I brought this up to Muse, but if Stuntman is the one who got you into the Crusaders, then he signed it in the cosignatory section of any paperwork to get you in with the words

To the first among my amazing fans.
The Stuntman

It would be difficult to tell if he was really that oblivious to what he was signing, or just being obtuse. (It would be the latter - he does read contracts if he has no agent present)

Hehe, sounds good to me, Stuntman. :)

Is there a way to meet with Puma and the target in private, with perhaps 2 Secret Service agents in attendance? The cover story is an interview, but something else may be discussed.


And does it occur to anyone that a Sci-fi convention will have lots of cosplayers, and our equipment-bedecked assassin can blend right in?

Sci-Fi Attendee, looking at Stuntman: "Heeeeey, I know you..."
The Stuntman, beaming: "Well, I am amazi-"
Attendee: "You're Lionel, Sergei's right hand man in the second DEFCON movie! Obscure, but awesome choice."
The Stuntman, slightly deflated, but still happy: "You have a keen eye for detail."
Attendee: "Your costume needs work, though. He was more built, and taller."
The Stuntman: :(

In reply to Darryl Starre (msg # 148):

We are supposed to hook up with Puma as our contact point. So I think Darryl hanging around him for an extended interview works very well.

Something crossed my mind, and it was bringing up my potential baggage which could directly affect the team. In the form of two, in-character and therefore totally reliable stories.


Chow Deng has always been the poster child for giving the martial arts a bad name. You might better know him by his stage name of Green Dragon. And I am not going to lie: while I have thus always survived our encounters, I do not always end them victorious or possessing of my senses, as he is quite the ferocious fighter.

To him, I am the embodiment of everything wrong with Western civilization: I am proud, loud, brave, impressive on the big screen, and so American in my love of firearms I could have only been conceived in France. The fact that his sister is somehow always brought up as a subject somehow, some way is also a thing - she is one of the few people who knows that Tex Walker is actually Ansel Moreau, although she has yet to figure out my other job. There's nothing between us as far as I know, but try telling a furious xenophobic kung fu expert who always sees the worst in the world around him that.

So, his talents. First, his reflexes are absurd, he's surprisingly skilled at defense, and he hits like a speeding car. I can outrun him, sure, but I'm one of the few. Seriously, do not go hand-to-hand with him unless you are more confident than I am - stay at a distance and taunt him with how stupid he is for not using a gun or something like a pragmatist of this century would. He's easy to enrage, and you should absolutely exploit this.
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Howler, on the other hand, is completely different. Mon Dieu, quelle femme. She is quite attractive, I will be honest about this, and it is rather distracting from time to time. And that voice! Je pourrais mourir!

In any case, her and I do not get along. She is surprisingly intolerant of death among others around her, going out of her way to avoid fatal blows to the living even as she efficiently and beautifully destroys the world around her with her screams. But I had to stop her, all the same, as making unauthorized bank withdrawals is generally frowned upon.

So when I tried to shoot that amulet off of her neck, figuring it was what was making her a threat, well... that went over like a lead balloon. Not the shot, mind you. Mon tir était incroyable - I was fire that day.

But the bullet somehow didn't catch right, as the attachment was stronger than I thought it would be and seemed to actually hurt her somehow, something I've never done when doing that. She thought I was trying to kill her, and refused to listen to reason, screaming that I can't have it or something. I couldn't hear her clearly, hilariously, as I had a hard time hearing her over dodging for my life and my hearing going on and off. She got away, to say the least, although she had to leave the money.

(The Stuntman lacks critical information about Howler's amulet that would put this into perspective.)

So, what you need to know. She can fly, she's ranged with sound manipulation, she can thankfully make a force field which stops the killing power of my firearms, she's creative and flexible with her powers, and unwilling to kill - and it's that last which confuses the brain. It's like... she's an angel on the wrong side of Heaven's war, and hasn't figured that out yet.

Actually, this is a good time for me to tie backgrounds together and deliver bits of possibility.
Desiree Diamond would definitely have been asked to join the Crusaders off screen. All the Crusaders that have been on screen are aware they are recruiting as hard as they can since the original Crusaders retired/took a sabbatical/went walkabout.

No. Puma isn't around till the character's on site with the senator. The player may have abandoned the game (probably my fault), anyway.
Yes, there will be cosplayers. Probably at least a couple will be Green Dragons or Howlers, and it's almost certain there will be a NightHawk, as well. None of them will have a good enough costume to be mistaken for the real thing.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 152):

Excellent :)

And since Puma is probably gone, I will adjust my initial post to being introduced to the Senator. :)

Happy New Years! You Magnificent Freaks of NATURE!

A compromise with the normal statement vs the rating of this game.

Hehe... and Happy New Year right back! :)

Happy new year everybody!

Hi Puma!

Hello Puma, welcome back to the game. :)

I'm going to need an interaction post with both the Senator and his Secret Service men.

Far as I can tell, everyone has posted once.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 160):

that does not mean someone did not get left behind.  time travel is a funny conundrum.  It all comes down to who, what, when and why.

just like a newspaper reporter asking questions
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Okay, so at least superhero registration in the setting is probably going nowhere. If we are lucky, the political machine works like ours does in real life, and committee is where bills go to die.

Any reaction to the Carlson de-pantsing as he starts his speech?

Give me a bit work has been exhausting and now the ADHD is trying to make reading illegal.

Perhaps he has boxer shorts with 'The Shade' icons. A secret Shade fan?

Shadow boxers?

Carlson is more like to, weirdly enough, be an Ansel Moreau fan. Back in the day, Ansel Moreau was in the same league of actors as Reb Brown, but unlike Reb his movies were sleeper hits. He was, like many 80's action movie stars, a proponent of the "bullet to the head" solution of solving the question of evil.

He was so American in those days, he could have only been born in France.

Didn't Reb Brown play Captain America in a made-for-TV movie?

He did, and it was... um...

Generally not good. If it has any fame, it is likely because people discovered that while looking for the Chris Evans take on it.

Ansel Moreau was a great actor, as long as he shut up, emoted, and let his actions do the acting. The moment he spoke, well... you've heard him talk.

In reply to Desiree Diamond (msg # 158):

thank you for the welcome.

got a question. is there something akin to a cast list? I'd like to know who the heroes are. It looks like we got quite a few.

Sorry world, but the underpants are coming off too. Especially if he is a Shade fan. I dont want his sort of fandom.

:P

I believe the cast is currently:

Drifter and K9: Time traveler
Stuntman: Expert shot and stuntman, special weapons
Shade: person who has joined with shadow and can control shadows
Darryl/Nighthawk: reporter who works with Crusaders and Nighthawk who shows up when needed, might be two different people!
Desiree Diamond: nigh invulnerable detective
Puma: unsure what Puma's powers are but cat themed I am guessing :)
Muse: telepath and healing!

OOC: adds Muse to the list
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In reply to Desiree Diamond (msg # 172):

I feel so ignored...

I'm Muse: basicly a psychic. Music theming but psychic sums it up.

Ahh... I apologize Muse!! <kowtows for forgetting Muse>  It is only because you are so fantastic that you need no mention! :)

As for the pantsing I don't think we are to that point yet Shade.

In reply to Desiree Diamond (msg # 172):

Yes puma is super agile, has retractable cat-like claws, can regenerate to a degree, darkvision, is an excellent climber and had a paralyzing roar. Thanks for the cast list Desiree! I appreciate it.

My regeneration is one body every twenty minutes. It's slow, but enough to mean that if stabilized, I can recover from a full body burn and similar horrific injuries in a day, provided it didn't take a limb or similar.

The Stuntman's story, to put it simply, is that the drugs and gene therapy that were propping him up in the old days have mostly worn off, leaving him only a shadow of himself in mind and body. Many of his skills are straight up gone, the absence of the drugs taking a toll on him. He's older than he looks, and the regeneration keeps him appearing younger than he is, although something like the mummy's curse would still have a debilitating effect on him these days.

He's also been very lucky so far when it comes to his Secret ID. Thus far, no one has traced him to Ansel Moreau, and the Tex Walken identity is just another layer of deception. DOSPA has made note of the fact they don't know who this man actually is - it allows them to keep control of his legal presence in the country.

Also, the connection between Darryl and Nighthawk is not public knowledge, so you would know them as two separate entities. Only the Core Crusaders have learned the connection, and only recently.

I am doing a ready action...oh, and watching for the assassin as well.

I will post tomorrow even if it means posting at work.

Shoot Normally Rpol lets you know when a post dropped before you finish your own. I'll have to check later to see what this changes for Muse. Admitably I was up way too late last night forcing my post out, so I may have missed the alert it gives.

Okay I'm going to be making a post around midnight my time, so quick question am I still able to attempt to read the Android's mind?

You may attempt to do so, otherwise how would your character know they couldn't?

Ohhhh, purely Machine, with none of that "counts as both" I've seen a lot.

I know I only rolled a 44 but did I manage to pick up anything form the attempted Telepathy?

In reply to Muse (msg # 185):

It was a machine mind so you didn't.

Should we move the date between Desiree and Puma to another thread to avoid derailing the Mission?

Yes, that would be good. I think you'll find a place.

Um Desiree, Muse never actually said anything about her test.

 Oops, I will change that :)

I would have also accepted the "I am a Detective/ I saw it on your phone you should really cover that better."

I am leaving this game.  I hope everyone has fun.

Happy hunting then, should you show up again on RPOL. May your next game always be better than your last.

In reply to Desiree Diamond (msg # 192):

Sad to see you go, Good Luck and Happy Gaming.

well very sorry to see you go. Puma and desiree were just starting to get to know one another.

Darryl might help you over the mopes. He can be fun too.

In reply to Desiree Diamond (msg # 192):

Sorry to see you go, DD.

:(

It's unfortunate that The Stuntman sounds like he's full of bluster when it comes to his street knowledge, but an intimate knowledge of the streets was something that got wiped away when he detoxed from the older drugs and his body purged the microchip tech. So he remembers knowing things, but doesn't actually know them. So, he will need the aid of a street savvy ally.

That, or he'll just resort to "The Usual Method", which often devolves into brawls and accidental arson with various violent groups and the locations they inhabit until he gets the answers he is looking for.

So are we all back together now?

I am in dental distress, I'm not going to be capable of a coherent post for a while. So please don't wait for me right now, I'll start posting again when existence isn't pain.

Better now, I'll try and post tonight.

In reply to Muse (msg # 201):

Good to hear Mistress

In reply to Muse (msg # 201):

Glad you are better.

:)

Do we all have comms from being in the Crusaders? Or was Shade's unknown language message meant for someone in particular?

It shouldn't have been unknown, but the GM muffed it. You should be able to read them, now.

I'll have a post up tonight. Been doing a lot of catching up.

In reply to Muse (msg # 204):

and if memory serves the radios come from pc intervention with the police.

 just do not quote me on that.

No rooftop cameras or sensors, and the entire surrounding area appears to be synthetic too.

I've been informed I need to delay my post, on the grounds that this should not be illegible to me. And here I was thinking it was a plot point.

Ok asked this before but it seems to have vanished. Are we back all together or are Puma and nighthawk still separate from the others.

We've landed and rejoined.

By the way, I still can't read the language of the communications over the radio. So, good times.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 212):

I fixed that.

Hey just let me know when I arrive at my intended destination.

There was only one person confronting Shade, and there wasn't anyone being deferred to in the group heading to their vehicles. Which location were you aiming at?

I probably misread your post in my haste to catch up, I was headed for Shade's location then.

Please note the name Antaeus. It probably means superstrength. Possibly only when in contact with the ground.

Hello,

Well got my sheet submitted for approval.  hope to join you soon.

I'm approved, hello everyone!

Oh there are two new players. Howdy Howdy.

Yes waiting for introduction now

I threw Jaarenda Tur in, already by having Drifter bring her through a dimensional gate.

I have not been posting anywhere as i didnt know where/what/how i should join.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 222):

Sensing a were-creature attracted her attention?

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 223):

You leaped through a door that appeared in front of you just in time to allow you to escape the breath of a dragon. At least for a while you will need to stay here so things calm down at home. Discussion with the people you've run into is probably the best choice of actions.

So waiting for Drifter to check his PRIVATE MESSAGES *hint*

Never mind...
This message was last edited by the player at 13:05, Sat 29 Apr 2023.

Welcome. I'm your traditional weapon user, although I lack the gold standard of the AP HKA. Probably horribly underpowered and suboptimal as a result.

Of the people on site, we've got a werehawk, a shadow, a psychic, a catperson, myself, and Drifter.

EDIT: And that's probably you two I'm talking to in-character now. Stuntman's hammy, but he's basically asking if you are talking or fighting.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:03, Sat 29 Apr 2023.

Not me, i dont wear spandex (yet) :-)

I'm somewhere with drifter... barring the GM telling me i am somewhere else  Well i am there somewhere, but still not in spandex.

Well when i get there you can add Elf to that list :-D.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:06, Sat 29 Apr 2023.

Ah, so there might indeed be a Woo-style gunfight. It was a coin toss either way, until a player made their opinion clear on the subject. Still is, until our GM makes the fates clear on the subject.

As he said, "Keep your ears open." Obviously, the signal is gunfire.

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 228):

Oboy, the Linguist is going to want to learn Elvish!!!

And I am a third new face for the game.  Hello.

Barring a last-minute change of heart, I should be playing a classic flying brick.  I'm slowly - very slowly :( - typing up her backstory.  With any luck, I'll have it and a character sheet to the GM tomorrow night.

But my main reason for saying 'hi' is that I could use a hand with my name.  I'm having trouble finding something I like and fits with the naming conventions for this game.  The best I've got so far is Zenith or Comet.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

Meteor Girl?
The Blue Bullet?
Captain Everything?

or even Halley so then you would know where you could have your sanctum sanctorum. yep your very own comet:)

A dedicated teleportal can be set up to visit home to do your house cleaning or even dropping off some keepsakes gained from battle:).  You should employ a butler, chef and/or goffer to keep the space dust off everything

add the that the theme song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix1HjQUW5dw and well this footloose wanderer would be super impressed
This message was last edited by the player at 09:09, Mon 01 May 2023.

Zenith or Comet are both good choices. They help by being your ideas.

Badger for being tenatious?

And you are going to absolutely love my character as a flying brick.

Welcome new players!

:)

Maybe if the character was from Wisconsin I'd go with Badger.  As a Badger IRL, I wouldn't feel right otherwise. ;)

I did have another idea, Adamant.  Or Adamantine if I want more syllables.

And plugging along with the character.  I know how the story goes, but the words don't want to get onto the page. :(

I would suggest Invincible except, well, if you don't know you should look it up. I quite liked the Amazon Prime adaptation, too.

The comic series is debatable. The animated series is, well... it's good, yes. It is also extremely violent, so if you watch it, know that in advance.

The comic series had a familiar issue, the basics had been done before and the series couldn't find any new hooks.

Not watched it, but heard it was decent.

whoami:

I understand the problem with writers block, i often have great ideas just no way to follow them up well.

I haven't read the comic but I love the series.  But JK Simmons' voice acting really elevated it, without that I don't think the story would be as compelling.

Eh, It can go on my list of things I ought to watch.  It's only like 5 years long at this point. :(  JK Simmons is a point in its favor, but there just isn't enough time in the day...

I have to admit curiosity at Jaarenda's claim, and what it is that she has to offer.

I did finish a background.  In general, how open are we to the other PCs?  I'm curious how much I should be sharing here and in my character description.

One other stray thought: is the game world the sort of place where I should pick up an extra level of Striking Appearance for being a natural redhead? ;)

Well... to answer your question, Aid str, aid recovery, and 0 dcv enemies asking for hay makers?

Of course... more striking appearance is always good.

My description should be fairly open. It isn't the standard, and it is very unorthodox relative to others, but I feel it tells others a lot about what they need to know. How much of that would you know in character? Well, if you have USA connections of quality, probably all of it.

But I felt it offered enough to make one go, "Okay, I get it", and leaves enough back to make one go "Hey, what about that, though..."

Okay, my question was a little incoherent.  What I meant is that Adamant will have Striking Appearance vs everyone, for being a well-formed female.  I was half joking, and half serious, about at least one 2 point level of Striking Appearance for the red hair.  Because of this trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pm...n/HeroesWantRedheads

I'm not certain whether this is the sort of game/group where that would be an appropriate gag/character element.

It occurs to me, that the new-new people wouldn't necessarily know what the current group is about. I will do my best to sum up the kinda heroes you are joining.

Stuntman: Guns movie shenanigans (mostly human some enhancements)
NightHawk: Werebird (current Melee power house as far as I can tell) Otherways a human reporter
Puma: Cat girl (Melee specialist all the powers of a feline hero, I have yet to see her go all out in combat, imagine a more skill less power type.)
Drifter: Gun Salesman (only ever saw him fire a single shot, so IDK)
Muse: Psi Bard (I buff, I nerf, I punch brains)

EDIT: Last but not least:
Shade: Master of darkness, but on our side (Teleport through shadows, can handle multiple opponents, loves darkness puns <3)

Still really sorry, 'bout that.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:54, Sat 06 May 2023.

In reply to Muse (msg # 247):

Muse you wound Drifter... he sells perfumes, Robotics, top of the line outfits, magical devices from fantasy worlds, medical products to legitimate stores, toffee apples to sweet toothed procurers, ambrosia from Olympus, Psi devices from Wild Cards, trips to Pern for a seat at a Hatching.

Oh dear he had better take a trip to check in to make sure that is alright with the Weyrs and see if there is a Fire lizard egg available.  He could get his own by stepping in at the right time with loads of free food. Not wanting to alarm anyone he would fly in to one sunny beaches.  Well at least he could say hello to some of the natives

  Piemur, Lessa, Canth, Menolly, Master Harper Robinson, poor Ruth, F'lar, F'nor etc

would be interested in seeing if he had the Empathy to impress one of the Pernesse Dragonkind

He also lugs around a rifle with three handles which should be hard to miss. It is listed in his description.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:51, Fri 05 May 2023.

There's also a shadowy guy calling himself Shade, but we won't quibble.

Drifter can also summon damsels in distress sometimes...

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 249):

NOOOOO HOW DID I FORGET SHADE?!?!?!?!?!?

He stealthed outta my mind.

In reply to Muse (msg # 251):

*sneaks into Muse's fridge, makes a sandwich, and sneaks out.*

:P

In reply to Shade (msg # 252):

At least your taking my absent minded bull well. I'll edit the original so its all in one place.

Not sure what i should be looking for on the thread as i guess i'm looking for information on what direction we are going.

This scene would mostly be introductions, for both Jaarenda Tur and Roger Mitchell.

Things are coming along.  The GM and I are just ironing out the character sheet.

And I've added a character description for both IDs.

Yes, I am borrowing from Power Girl for that hero costume, but there are only so many good costumes out there.  And I think the lack of boob window, cape, or belt pulls it out of obvious ripoff territory.  And a bolero jacket is the thing that Black Canary, or Rogue(X-Men) wear.

In reply to Adamant (msg # 256):

Do you have Stripsey as a Family member... please I think it would be cool to fight beside that  battle armour of his.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:42, Wed 10 May 2023.

In reply to Drifter (msg # 257):

I...  um... ?  What?

Okay, can you walk me through the chain of thought that leads from what I wrote to Pat Dugan?  I don't see the connection, myself.

In reply to Adamant (msg # 258):

Pat Dugan (played by actor Luke Wilson) is also a character in a series called Stargirl.
His nickname in the show is Stripsey.  Drifter (aka I have) has seen the show so...
This message was last edited by the player at 17:46, Wed 10 May 2023.

In reply to Drifter (msg # 259):

Well, sure, Stargirl and Stripsey make sense.  I'm just not seeing how that is connected to Adamant or her secret identity.

You said Powergirl. Conjuring a certain set of heroes including various incarnations of powerful aliens. We have aliens and mutants and a guy with a big robot suit. Hey, that set of heroes has a guy in a big robot suit. Stripesy, right?
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:10, Wed 10 May 2023.

In reply to Adamant (msg # 260):

and Drifter knows nothing of Adamants secret ID.  He was just connecting dots and trying to decide if he would ask Stripesy to make the journey to Tri C.  K9 just might need a tech of Stripes capabilities one day

After the season finale... the character would be fair game at that time. He might even be willing to bring the whole family over, once it is explained that the villains did not perish  with the death of that ice manipulator and that recruiting help in beating the bad guys is what Superheroes do in this world or another.

Of course Drifter has not forgotten about a certain Dragon that still is running rampant.
He is wondering when the matter of help is going to come up?
This message was last edited by the player at 21:31, Wed 10 May 2023.

There is a caveat to Stuntman's perspective. He has Defense Maneuver I, which means is someone does come up on him from behind, he's generally just fast enough to not be completely off guard. He won't have a Targeting Sense on them, though, and that will matter.

I'm a bit confused - clearly we're not all in the same place - where did Drifter take us to, in the facility, and who is with us?

In reply to Roger Mitchell (msg # 264):

yes we are in the facility. There are different buildings. Puma just checked out the cryo lab and nothing!

And Darryl is headed to Admin.

GM lost home network, in laundromat to say I'll be back in a couple days.

Well, good luck.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 267):

Well that just plains sucks! Good luck!

Okay, Power Girl to Stargirl makes more sense.  But still rather tangential to what I was talking about.

Also, ughhh.  It's been a bunch of long days since I last posted.  Hopefully my coworkers will be back soon and stop making me cover their shifts.

And I hope the GM isn't out a bunch of money to fix things.

Not out a dime. Just time while new stuff gets here.

Oh good.  Nothing adds insult to injury like having to pay for a bunch of replacement equipment.

Well, this is going to be interesting. It seems the on-site security in the game isn't sure what to do. I got the hardcore professional, so I got nothing.

"I mean, I was outnumbered two to one. I'm not an idiot. I would have wasted them both in a fight. I was trying to be merciful." (he actually isn't an idiot [+INT/-WIS in That Other Roleplaying System], absolutely would have gotten his face pounded into the ground if he had fought the both of them, but does legitimately think he was being the bigger man by not just shooting first) Shame they didn't answer the Deduction inspired question, though.

Is there anything else to find in the building? I can check for secret underground levels.

I don't know why it was so hard to remember to switch the dice roller to 3D6, Brain Function PLEASE!

still checking in even though it has not moved much.

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 276):

ditto Lady Tur

very slow game, but still checking.

Actually, this is a good chance for the rest of us to see you and vice versa. We are all congregating.

Updated Muse's image, technically not done, but I love how it has turned out.

In reply to Muse (msg # 280):

Looks good!

:)

Still waiting for the GM/Det. Broyko to get back to me.

Did have a nice little trip this weekend, and got to blow up a small part of America to celebrate its independence.  Though, I tell you, I always end up needing a day or two to recuperate from vacations...

Sorry if I was a little laconic, my teeth started acting up again while I was working on the post.

TMNT

I saw a bill board is there a new movie or something?

The elf knows what a gun is?

Its tagged OOC :-P

no the elf doesnt know what a gun is,  but does now what a guard looks like cause they always do the same things.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:29, Fri 28 July 2023.

Felt I should put out a call for Shade. They might be in trouble.

are we at the police HQ now?

Gonna be honest, asking the same question as Jaarenda. I don't have a moral objection to interacting with Adamant or anyone else who is new or yet to interact with us. But I didn't catch any word from Shade on the subject.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 290):

I am basically acting as group transport to get the players to wherever they need to go.

Sorry if I jumped the gun there.  I've been waiting for a while now... ;)  And it sounded like you were heading back to the station.

Also, I'm not sure what exact posting etiquette I should be observing here.  Whether it would be appropriate to reply right away to Jaarenda's question, or I should wait until X other people post?

well as drifter responded i'm thinking it will be fine.

Police HQ is currently a *fuzzy* thread, it isn't necessarily concurrent with the main plot thread.

So, the plan is:

1) A stop by the station, and planning

or

2) We split up at multiple locations

Shade's Stuntman's means of getting around, unless he bails on the Stuntman for some insane reason. At which point, the Stuntman would just shrug and take liberties with someone's car to get to Long's last known location in Colorado. I don't expect that to come up, though, to be honest.

If Shade is going for option 1, then obviously the Stuntman is along for the ride, and has to deal with it until Shade is good and ready to move out. I'm just trying to figure out my location for posting purposes.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 295):

I am here for those without very fast movement powers.

Plus, we can stop by Vegas for a show!

:)

I have a run of 20, but otherwise no movement power for me.

oh that means she will get to ride in a car sometime... that should be fun.

Please indicate where your characters are going, GM isn't sure.

Mobility wise, you are probably closest to the Stuntman, although his leaping ability is absolutely superhuman... although not exceptionally so by Champions standards. The Stuntman would be OP as a Dark Champions character, and is somewhat substandard in build by normal Champions standards. I was aware of this coming in, but I'm also as confident as my character at handling things.

Also, once he's wrapped up the food break, he'd like to get to Raymond's last suspected location. We have one lead left. Either Shade's required, or he's going on a trip.

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 298):

I was hoping (and posted to that fact) that Shade or Drifter would transport us to the Long residence that was remote. That's why Darryl pulled up the panorama view on Doogle maps.

currently Drifter is at the police headquarters with Lady Tur, but as he and she are about to go shopping at The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Milan, Italy

A quick side trip to the Long residence might be possible! if a better picture is available...

not everybody can fly."

In reply to Darryl Starre (msg # 300):

I might have missed it. Did you do so in the police thread or the assassin thread? Ether way you should assume Shade would transport you if no one else wanted to go. Then come get you as needed.

Assassin thread, actually

Well Mr Great Karnac, is there something that you would like me to do, other wise i guess i'll just check in once in a while and see what is going on.

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 304):

why not jump through the portal and explore more of this world.  There are reported bad people here to fight and new places to see.

Well i'm currently in Italy with you :-)

I could certainly do that, i didn't know what the wandering off on your own policy was or if that was something that was allowed.

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 306):

"have video phone have portal don't have have passports... easy squeezy"

Well them Mr Karnac, i would like to go through the portal and see what kind of trouble i can get myself into as suggested by Drifter.

If you would have followed Drifter through the portal, post in the same location Drifter is at as arriving through the portal.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:07, Tue 05 Sept 2023.

Hmm did i scare drifter away?

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 310):

nope, still in tri C talking to a Grandmother and her Grandchild.

So, who or what are we waiting on?

I've lost track of where everyone is. Please indicate what location your character is at and with who.

Well i was with drifter maybe on my way to see TriC people?  but i just went back to the police station

Mostly I am at the police station. However, I can be wherever people need me.

I was making it clear that if the teleporters are not willing to do anything, that maybe I should Strategically Transfer Equipment to Alternate Locations and just be done with it.

My last post was in "The Assassin." Apparently at the station.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who was confused by all the thread hoping. I'm wherever the majority of the party is, I presume that means I'm with Shade, Stuntman, and Puma.

It might be worthwhile for the heroes to decide how they're getting to Chinilaya and where, in general terms, they wish to arrive.

Well, the Stuntman is narrowing it down from Shadow Bus to manual transportation.

Nighthawk is considering Fly by night. Supersonic flight is occasionally useful.

I can get people to where they need to go, just say the word.

what is Chinilaya

If you asked Stuntman, in character, he'd shrug, tell you it sounds southern-central Asian, point out it is probably a third world country, advise bringing water purification, and advise against eating any strange meats. He'd also say it is apparently the place this Doctor Raymond Long fellow is going, a man who had a hand in making very bad infiltration robots who did bad things.

If you are picking up what I am putting down, Stuntman doesn't pay attention to things very well unless they are in his wheelhouse. It's not so much he can't, as his profile demonstrates, so much that he's got a laser focus and just wants to do stuff already. He's impatient, and still is convinced Raymond Long is the focus.

If you asked me, here, Chiniyala is a Central American nation, probably a dictatorship, where the current bad guys have set up shop, of which Raymond Long is just an assistant. Many of the events leading to this one precede Stuntman's time with the Crusaders, but the gist of it is that a bad dude is basically making robot doubles to impersonate key individuals in positions of power to subvert the USA and turn it into a puppet government, or at least be a parasitic power bloc. Basically, your classic doppleganger invasion storyline - Red Scare analogies and all that.

Chinilaya

Well if that is where i need to be, then i will take shade up on his offer of transportations as the high heel express does not have that kind of distance to go there.

I think Muse said she was taking him up on the teleport in character, but that may have been buried.

Everybody on the shadow bus please keep your arms and legs close to yourselves and away from the screaming hordes of darkness!

Kidding! Or am I?

:P

In reply to Shade (msg # 327):

Cheer screaming hordes of darkness i guess?

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 328):

...suuuure, That's it. They are...cheering. Yup. Nothing other than that.

Yeesh.

:P

I am taking my son to the USAF national museum this weekend (7 hour drive), do not expect a post from me until maybe sunday or monday.

Well, never mind we were going to but he is going to do stuff with his friends friday  so we will do it later.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:23, Thu 26 Oct 2023.

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 330):

so did you ever get around to the trip to the USAF Mistress?

Nope we will do it another time.  He went out with his friends instead as the museum will be there anytime, his friends would only be that night.

I'm kind of hoping that this game will kick off, but unless there is a thread i am not in ... it is very slow.

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 332):

we could change that a little.  How about Drifter shows you more of the World IC.  Want a Trip to Egypt and the Pyramids or Paris or The Sahara Desert or Stone Henge or Maiden Tor or the Stone Heads on Easter Island or Angkor Wat or even Petra.  Or if otherworldly sites is more your thing! How about Elysium, Pern, Olympus, Arcadia or The Elysian Fields?

Jaarenda Tur's Homeland is not the only Mystical land in existence
This message was last edited by the player at 10:27, Wed 08 Nov 2023.

I would be up for what ever Drifter,  This is one of those characters that i have made on this site that appeals to me and i have been hanging on hoping that this would go some where.

I had been hoping that this would go story wise, but i am open to a little duo roleplaying.

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 334):

the GM logged on yesterday but did not post

so your guess is as good as mine :(

I keep expecting someone to post about "where they're going now" or "how they're getting there".

In reply to The Great Karnac (msg # 336):

I was waiting for someone to say who needs transport to the mission.

If I depict the Stuntman as a more impatient individual, he's going to start spontaneously jumping into shadows to try and figure out how Shade does it.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 338):

Stuntman-"Shade, let's go!" *Leaps into Shadow*

BAM!

*Shade walks out of a different shadow* -"Hmm? What now? I was getting coffee. Why is Stuntman laying on the ground like that?"

I was taking shade up on his offer of transport.

As i dont know where anyone other than drifter is right now, i have nothing i can post to do
This message was last edited by the player at 23:23, Fri 10 Nov 2023.

Well, I wrote assuming Drifter and yourself are in the station. If you aren't, let me know. I'll rewrite my dialogue.

we had not gone anywhere as far as i knew yet, we had just talked about it.

I don't know how experienced at adventuring Jaarenda is, so she may or may not have some experience with people like The Stuntman - rogues that are full of themselves, yet somehow have not died yet, living the type of charmed life afforded only to storybook children and real life fools that survive. If he reminds her of someone, go with that, and if not, oh well. But I'm mostly spitballing.

His skill at deception is "no", so she can identify that first statement as bluster. Especially since, you know... her reaction to him might be completely at odds with everything he just said. His skills after that, though? If anything he is seriously downplaying his abilities. He's just outclassed by Shade in every way on most of the rest, left to his own devices.

Think your typical DnD adventuring groups.

I don't have some of those things planned, i just add what i think would be good for flavor as i go.

OK, for real this time.

Taking my son to the museums sunday - tuesday or wednesday?

I might be able to make some posts, but dont wait.

So, a general heads-up. I apparently have bronchitis, and can expect to have my lungs kicked in for the next few weeks. I am taking a cocktail of steroids, aerosols, and what seems to be a narcotic of some type based on what it does. So I have a wonderful medley of side-effects to look forward to.

Several of them contradictory, and given that I know how drugs like speedball tend to work, I am honestly not looking forward to this, and I only hope it is somehow preferable to hacking up a quarter of a lung every day.

So, if my response time is slow, or if I am on but not doing anything, it is likely because I can still read and process information while high as a f***ing kite, but I cannot actually do anything with it. And I am completely aware of this ridiculous state of mind, and there is nothing I can do about it. I might post occasionally, and if it is... let's just say "flow of consciousness" in orientation, this is going to be why.

In reply to The Stuntman (msg # 346):

Take it easy and recover.

We will be here when you are ready.

Generally i' should be able to stand up to most normal guns as far as body goes ...  but my character has no idea.

So is there a plan for moving in to the place, as the GM seems to be looking for that to advance.

Someone should outfit you with a modern modular tactical vest for added protection.

i have 10 rdp/ed i should be good up to around 3d6

In reply to Jaarenda Tur (msg # 350):

Better than I have!

:)

I am surprised that Resistant Defenses aren't universal. Stuntman's fashion sense is actually 10 rPD/rED, and his dumb luck gives him a little extra. So he can shake off small arms fire, and his main concern about excessive Body damage is blood loss - as long as that can be stopped, he'll get better in a day at worst.

I've always thought of D&D characters of having 9rPD/9rED of Combat Luck

Alright, I think its high time that I called this, I'm just not suited to play by post anymore. As much as I wanna keep running Muse, I'm just unable to keep up even in the best of circumstances.

Good Luck and Happy Gaming all.

Likewise, but for different reasons.

Events in my life have changed significantly this past week. I have a lot to do. I am alive and well, and that is what counts.

But I have much work to do. I must leave this game. Farewell.

good luck muse and stuntman.

sorry to see you go! Hope life gets better for you both!

Is there something specific that we have to do to "advance" the story?