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This message was last edited by the GM at 07:45, Tue 28 Aug 2018.

Well, that's three!

May have another on the line.  I fully intended to get started with whoever showed up and just steamroll on through the first short intro story.  If that goes well and we feel like there's a need for more folks, I'll throw up a Want Ad and we'll add them into the next one.

Get a core and build up.

Thoughts?

Also, get cracking on characters.  Here to help if needed, but I get the feeling you guys have it pretty well handled.

But, be quick.  Storm's comin....

*Waves hello with the arm that isn't grafted to a chainsaw.* Howdy, folks. Your friendly neighborhood Cyborg Cop here. And we're all gonna stay friendly, ain't we? *revs chainsaw just a little for effect*

Hi all I'll be playing your inoccent and miss understood witch

Update!  First three character sheets done.  Yay!

Should be able to kick this thing into gear this weekend.  Might be a few more coming, but they can catch up.  Momentum!

Question for Rusty, Kelly, and Maggie!

Can you think of a reason why your wasteland wanderer might be on the Oklahoma/Arkansas border area?  Willing to discuss or offer some ideas, but wanted to see what you might think of first.

I didn't /intend/ to start with any of you having any particular connection yet, but if you guys want to share a bit and see if there's a neat connection waiting to be tied off, go ahead.

Do any of the characters who've been finished happen to need a big, hulking, scary robot man as a bodyguard? Could either of those characters be at least loosely considered a "peace officer" of some sort?

Doubt if a witch would be seen as a "peace keeper" :)

Depends how you define peace, I suppose.

Family outing day tomorrow, but will get back to hopefully get this started tomorrow night.

Have a good day ....last day of my holiday today beautiful sunny day off to the beach with my girls :)

Looking forward to playing with everyone!

Enjoy your holidays and family outings!

In my case that could be as easy as Jo Wales said "Go to eastern Oklahoma."  Kelly would not be in any hurry to go back to the Maze and probably never wants to see it again right now.



If you squint maybe?  Templars are the closest thing to a centralized agency for public safety in the Wasted West, even moreso than the Law Dogs who don't have a central authority they all report to.

I guess this hinges on whether or not the posse knows Kelly is a Templar already, and honestly I'm not bothering to be secretive about it OOC because even if you don't know you'll find out relatively soon I'd imagine.

Templars are in a weird spot:  in the lore, they're supposed to be secretive about it so they can test the worthiness of others.  But in actual games 1) you almost never get the chance to actually spy on people and see if they're truly worthy and 2) what actually happens is once the posse figures out you've got teh healz you're "the Templar" from then on XD

In less words, you just can't get four or five other brainers to keep a secret.

The reason I ask is because Rusty has some programming that makes him seek to drag outlaws to the nearest "peace officer," so if he identified Kelly as a Templar while dragging around a particularly annoying prisoner, he may have dumped him off with her, then stuck around her so he wouldn't have to travel so far next time...which might be why he's in the area with her.

Rusty isn't a Law Dog per se, but given his particular set of Directives he might as well be.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:08, Fri 31 Aug 2018.

lol There's a kind of synergy there, I guess a good question to ask is does Harry's programming care if the "peace officer" summarily judges and possibly executes said prisoner XD

"The chip said to bring 'em to you. Didn't say nothin' about what came after that."

Though he is allowed to execute those who've committed capital crimes like rape and murder himself (which he'd be inclined to do anyway). Thievery and the like is much more of a grey area.

Well that was a great day at the beach now slightly pink and catching up on the posts :)

Martin definitely doesn't fit the "Peace Officer" mold.  He'd be a bit young for anything like that.

As far as a reason why he might be in the Arkansas/Oklahoma border area, he's a drifter at the moment so he could just be in the area.  Probably lots of folks like that after The Harvest wrecked most settlements.

Sorry about going completely dark yesterday.  I hoped to get some in after the day trip to a theme park but I feel asleep sitting up at the keyboard.

On the other hand, a day at a theme park during a rain storm really does get you in a Hell on Earth frame of mind.

So, we have everyone in the right area.  Great!

Harry and Kelly, are we going to go ahead and solidify that team-up?  Personally, I dig the image.  Its also very helpful in the disguise department.  Who is going to notice or think anything of the scav girl near the giant murderous war-machine.  He attracts the attention.

I'm down with it if Kelly is.

Harry would make a hell of a way to test people's character: how do they react to him, and then do they try to take advantage of him?

Exactly!  That's why it seemed like such a good pairing.  I do want to try and make the disguise/Test of Worthiness a thing here.  I always liked it, but you are right that it can be a struggle to get into the game.

First post up!  Let's see what happens...

Feel free to PM with questions or rolls or any such thing about Weather or Area Knowledge or what have you.

Just looking for how you approach and get in some personal introduction to writing.  Everyone will be in the same spot soon enough.

Had extra time, so I can push forward a bit more.  Gotta get the band together.

Still going to make sure everyone gets a post in before I move forward though, so feel free to take a bit of time if needed.

Momentum.

I have seen this work in other games.

How would you guys feel about pre-rolling a series of Notice checks?  When required, I can just check the next result in your list and move forward.  It would be for noticing things that you, the player, probably wouldn't even know to ask for.  Little hidden details, clues, etc.

It helps cut down on me asking for checks, then waiting on rolls, then responding with resulting information.

Or, would everyone prefer to roll as needed?

Also!  If you think there is something your character would be looking for or is more suspiciously suspicious of or want to know some more details, you can always roll a Notice or Common Knowledge and ask your question.

I don't want to lead on too much.  You should feel able to take some reins and direction.  Especially since we are all in the same spot now...if not talking yet.

Happy to pre roll could you set up another thread for recording rolls like that if we go down that path

I have seen it done that way but it looks like a bit of a bookkeeping mess to me.

The only objection I might raise is there's no real way of spending bennies on Notice rolls if you don't realize you're making them.

I'm with Kelly on this one.  It'd be hard to use Bennies on a roll you don't know you were making.
I can also see the benefits of speeding things along, especially in a PbP environment. Maybe Notice rolls should be handled by the GM and the player notified if they want to spend a Benny on the roll.

I don't really have an opinion on the matter, my self.

I know how I handle things in the games I personally run, but those are different games with different assumptions. In the games I run, I prefer to save rolls for when they're needed, and while I'll leave PCs in the dark about whether they noticed something or not, I'm fine with the Notice roll serving as a notice for the player that something is up. But I'm also more prone to running action-oriented games than ones where horror is a significant focus, so mileage varies.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:31, Tue 04 Sept 2018.

Alright.

I'm personally fine with not book-keeping, but thought I would try it out.  So, we'll just do a quick Lay-of-the-Land Notice roll in new areas.  If someone indicates more specific checking, we'll roll and spend Bennies at the time.

Forward!

Include a Notice roll in your next posts!

Remember, try and keep it at one'ish post till everyone gets a post in.  That doesn't include me, I'll keep trying to sum up and keep pushing the world forward on schedule.

Also!  Forgot this last night, but really meant to...

Kelly MacLeod - Take a Benny for being a Hero (even if it wasn't needed) that's livin' in the world.

Rusty Harry - Take a Benny for Using your Directives against yourself in a fun, story way.

Finally!

If you haven't already, let's include a state line in the bio line.

P:#T:#W:#B:#PP:#/#

As for something to light the lamp with... Since currency is "small, tradeable items" the HoE rules let you, in a pinch, make a Smarts roll -2 vs. an Item's Scarcity Modifier.  Succeed and you have that thing in your goods.  Subtract the cost and its yours.

In this case....  say a box of matches.  Its Common, so a +2 Scarcity.  So, Smarts vs. 4 lets you turn $5 into said matches.

This situation counts as a pinch.

Also, I noticed everyone got quiet today.  It happens....or you were waiting on me.  You guys are in a relatively safe position for now and it seemed like the right opportunity for just playing it out a bit.  If no one is feeling it, that's cool, I'm sure the world can become pushy again.

Just busy at work today :)

Same here.  Tho I'll post shortly...

Oh!  Right!  Some folks have regular work schedules and not 10 hr night shifts four days a week.  Gotta remember that...

Regular i wish I design hospitals for a living my work times can vary extensively depending on deadlines .....been known to do 48 hours straight in the past

Repeated, just in case it might have been forgotten.  Or if you have other cool ideas for lighting things up, lets hear them!

The dice roller is evil incarnate :(

It is!  Feel free to PM it any curses you wish.

Also!  And I know it didn't help Martin this time, but you do have Bennies.  Magge should have 3...  Kelly and Harry 4....  Martin /now/ 3.

Then I better spend one and  re-roll

Added re-roll to last post

lol we seriously all sucked it up there.  Except Harry.

Yeah, Harry got to shine there!

I'm sure the roller will come back around.  Maybe?  Also, I tend to throw out bennies easily for neat ideas, entertaining posts, etc.  Entertain the Gods and they will bless you.  I know the roller sucks at times, so I want to be kinda free with the bennies.

Also!  When you are done with your action post, go ahead and draw a card and put it at the bottom of your post.  A little easier that way.

One more thing!  Martin can hear the fight (especially the gun) going on in the back.  Those in the back could have heard the crashing of the shelf crossing the room.  Sure, you have other things to attend to, but you can assume you know that both rooms have stuff going on.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:16, Fri 14 Sept 2018.

To be fair, I did build Harry as a Combat Wombat...this is his wheelhouse, especially since none of his directives interfere with him putting the hurt on undead. In retrospect, I probably should have sprung for some night vision, too, but eh -- the data jack gives him utility outside just shooting or sawing things.

I think I should still have 4 Bennie's.  3 to start, +1fir the Luck Edge & +1 for the one I earned earlier.

Need to keep that updated in my bio line, I guess.

True!  I forgot about Luck!
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:30, Sat 15 Sept 2018.

Weekend got busy!  Will do the full update tonight!

Not in the Carolinas, but my power still went out tonight.... And knocked out my interwebs...  Will update in the morning!  Providin' the crik don't rise...

I am having so much fun being Ash from Army of Darkness right now...

What does Maggie need to roll to break free of the grapple

I was just thinking that Harry had alot of Ash going on.  Which made me feel less bad about the rule call.  Ash does miss alot...

Maggie, on your turn next round, roll Agility or Strength (Your Choice) vs. the Oiler.

Per SW:Deluxe, Success on a roll to UnShake grants normal action. No need for a raise.

You still have an action.  Will update at normal late late night hour.

First, Martin...brilliant!  I really dig it.  Take a benny.

With your Hold action you can draw the bow and ready the arrow.  Then, Round Four Action fires it!  I'm not sure what the d10 was, but your d4 netting a 7 hits (No Raise).

Boo to the damage though!  On the other hand, the arrow's damage was not really the point!  Just as a reminder to everyone, you can benny re-roll all Damage rolls, per Blood and Guts Setting Rule.  But, again, the arrow is not really the point against a oil-man.  Its the Introduction of the FIRE.  Of course, you are also near fire...

*begins his rolls and GM-y stuff*

We all gonna die!

Hope not!  On the other hand, making new characters is fun!

As a side note, bad news Oilers got a Black Joker!  Good News is, per the Joker's Wild rule, everyone takes a Benny!  Yay!
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:55, Sun 23 Sept 2018.

In reply to Prospector (msg # 50):

The d10 was Martin's Agility die.

Yay! More Bennies!

Kelly don't think there is a fire in the back room Maggie smothered it with a mattress before she was attacked the second time :)

Yeah but there's obviously a fire in the other room, that's the one Kelly's worried about.  If it's so bright we can see it from in here, well...

Oh right didn't realise Martin was doing his own BBQ in there as well :)

Fair Player Knowledge Note:  The storm is not Insta-Death. Minutes out in it and you'll suffer....right down to your soul.  But, you can go into it.  Just be quick.

Sorry, Harry!

Dark again with the main room door closed.

Just waiting on Maggie and Kelly.

And a sense of direction...

If its helpful, we can drop out of official "rounds".  Just looking for a sense of direction.

Fighting the fire?  Running for the metal building?  Heading out into the storm to face Frank?  Headed out to climb over the wall and say hell with this?  Some other idea that will totally surprise me?

Any questions or information needed?  Let me know!
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:43, Thu 27 Sept 2018.

Sorry was waiting for my snake to come back to see if the area was clear in case fighting the fire wasn't an option and we needed to run for the metal building didn't want to step outside into a horde of the things :)

Lol you put your post up just as I was posting so just revised my post to take into account the snakes return

Just FYI, I'll be out of contact from Sept. 30 to Oct 7th due to travel.

Thanks for the heads up, Martin.  I hope it is a good sort of travel need.

To check, the "plan" is Kelly will try to hold off Frank while the others head for the shelter.  Harry to use his "key" to make a way in.

If that is the case, we head into the storm tomorrow!

Don't forget Maggie has already opened the door at the beginning of the adventure the held it closed with vines

Perhaps it's just as easy for Maggie to dispell the vines to let us in rather than damaging the doors so much that we'd not be able to secure them

Well, did you open the door, or just blast a hole in it?

I'm not necessarily suggesting we rip that all the way open but my thought was the hole is likely not person sized, especially not Harry sized, and you'll probably have to figure out some method of ingress.

Harry, I gotta say I agree with you about the Chips.  I have been waffling on it. The Powers That Wrote It decided HoE used regular Bennies.  And their arguement is that it runs smoother for the style of play more common in HoE...  Which I don't quite get.

And the roller here is a punk at times.

So, quick vote!  If everyone here is okay with it, I'll port over some colored chips rules before we keep going.

As for the permanent fear stuff, yeah...well...  The world has gone to Hell. So there.  Some things are broke, can't be fixed.
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 22:08, Sat 29 Sept 2018.

It really depends on the game, but I find the Deadlands style bennies rule to work well in a lot of games personally.  I found it very weird by RAW HoE doesn't use them personally.

Also, Harry.  I'm not sure if this makes it better or worse, but Harrowed get +2 on Fear checks cuz...well...you're already dead.

Ah, yeah, I forgot that. Not that it helps any...I still fail.

The chip system would be cool, or maybe a version of the Extra Effort rules from Savage RIFTS.

So, I read Extra Effort as spending Bennies gets you two options.

Option One - Reroll after a roll

Option Two - Spend a Benny before the roll to add a d6.  Rerolling after is not allowed.

Is that right?
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:09, Sun 30 Sept 2018.

By RAW in Savage Rifts, yes

Borrowed some Chip rolling rules from a friendly GM.  Before your next rolls, roll to exchange your Bennies into Chips.  Then shoehorn them into your bio line Wh#R#B#.

Apologies Kelly!  I try to always think a step ahead so you know what you can do or what to roll without having to wait on me...  Missed it that time.

Harry!  You absolutely can Shake it and provide distraction, Tricks, Gang-up, etc.  Keeping up the pressure so it can't hide easy.  You has options! Also!  A Common Knowledge roll there Harry, for Knowing about Tankers and the sometimes volatile things they carry.

And on a final note, my wife has wanted to practice some writing and see what this RPOL thing is about.

So, Prudence will be joining the fun at the most reasonable opportunity.

That's great to hear :)

Everyone - just to let you all know Maggie has the boost / lower trait spell does anyone want to go hulk on the monsters ass or should she cast it on the creature and weaken him in someway ?

I mean, strictly speaking from a metagame perspective, it tends to be better to Boost than to Lower in a situation where a character is doing something they're (supposed to be) good at.  You can't really go wrong though.

In this particular case, without running, Maggie can only really see Harry.

Frank and Kelly are currently on the other side of the tanker.  If that helps!

Maggie is free to act now by the way!

Harry too, but as he's on Hold he can act whenever he darn well pleases.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:16, Thu 04 Oct 2018.

Just for clarity can i see the monster?

Not without running around the tanker.

Soooo... What're we waiting on?

Time to post, it is the weekend so I feel like that's alot of it.  But!  If there's something you need to know or are waiting on in game, just let me know so we can keep rolling forward!  PM or here.  Almost out of this Station...one way or another...

I'm at the bottom of the round.

True!  But Frank already did his (probably) final action.  Since it's all PCs, feel free to go out of order.

I'd like to give Martin till Tuesday to hop back in after his away-ness.  After that, I'll push on.

Just to be clear it is traveling pretty slowly as it scrapes its way out of the garage and onto the open lot.

Oh no.  Clarification, if the truck is moving toward the main gate, does that put it on a collision course with the tanker?  Debating whether whatever is in the tanker has summoned the truck, directly or indirectly.

Wow!  Awesome thought!  But no, the tanker is more in a corner of the lot and the gate is away from it down the wall.  The truck is definitely heading for the gate, but a very paranoid person /could/ think that maybe it was just maneuvering to hook up to the trailer.

It would be easier if I had maps....but I don't...  So...

I will be heading to a family event this weekend.  There is very limited internet opportunities where it is, so I may not be able to update after my usual very late/early morning (EST) tonight.

Back!

Burn burn burn...rain rain rain...

Ha!

Ever watch a movie and it gets to the climactic part.....and Netflix glitches out....or the DVD skips over a scratch?   And you sit and wait, hoping it will come back up, but its so frustrating because its /right at the good part/.

Dunno why I thought of that...
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:31, Sat 20 Oct 2018.

I'd like to apologize for my previous comment.  In retrospect, it was not a helpful tone.  I'm going to blame lack of sleep and an active, frustrating day.

I know Martin has had a busy time since he got back from vacation last week, so I'll give him a bit of time to show back up, but I'm going to push forward.

Maggie?  Harry?  Anything to add before I push us on through the gate and down the road?

I mostly was waiting for us to crash through the gate, honestly.

Yay!

So, no active enemies!  Its still raining for a bit.  The truck is pretty smashed, but relatively intact.  Some fire on one side.  I'll jump back in with responses to the rolls.

Any questions, just ask away, but the floor is really yours now.

Included a list of Notes and Clues on information about Black Dog and the "Driver" on the Black Dog topic.  Will try to keep it updated as you discover/create said info.

Don't leave it all on Harry!  Jump in!

Also, the location is near to Kelly's home turf I think.  Should she want to try Common Knowledge on that area and how it fared.

Yarr...I thought I'd made a reply, but I've been so busy I guess I only worked it up mentally.

Oh!

Since Harry has some background things related to trucks and trucking, he can absolutely Common Knowledge for some info on the trip too.

Now that everyone got to decide about Chips, I have posted some rules for the Truck in the truck thread.  Rather than have it just eat a Chip off of one or all of you permanently, I decided to give you guys some things to spend on for the Truck to demonstrate its luck eating.

Any questions?  Please ask!
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:44, Sun 28 Oct 2018.

Interesting rules for the Truck.  It certainly makes having it around interesting and can be fun, story-wise.

Good!

That's what I was going for.


Sooooo.... Where are you guys off to?  Do what the Truck wants?  Negotiate with it to go somewhere else?  Force it?

That's two buying in...  C'mon...  Can we reach a majority?  Then on to the next thing!

Maggie's player has decided to step back from the game.  Busy RL.  I will NPC until a good spot for her to fade into the West for now.

Nicely done Martin!

Aright!  Everybody is back to Three Chips (Four if you are Lucky, Five if you are Lucky AND got the Interlude story).  If you have more than three (or Four or Five), choose which to keep and toss the rest.  If you have less than you should, draw up to that amount!

Yes!  Fatigue damage is gone, Kelly.

Harry is having a particularly busy week.  Haven't heard from Martin.

Pushed the narrative forward a bit to get Prudence into the scene.

We can play out camp stuff as much as anyone is interested

OR

We can skip ahead to The Job.

I'm ok with either outcome.  I'm just as happy to jump into a job or chew the scenery...

Kelly, Martin, and Prudence

Other than showers and such, what are your plans in camp?  Best shopping (and highest prices) are with the Convoy Traders.  There's a sort of Camp Supply Depot set up by the TexArcanists that would have some things as well.  TexArcana (The actual survivor city nearby is a big one for the Wasted West which allows them to try and support this refugee camp).

We were looking for Eldridge right?

Also site isn't working right for me tonight :p

Site's acting funny for me, too.

I summed up to get it all out there!  Hope that's alright.  You don't have to take it of course, you can always come up with a different plan!

Feel free to ask questions and what not!

I left Turk nearby in case of any in world questions and convoy questions.

Prudence is a convoy guard so she'll be back in this as soon as we get rolling.

As this is a great spot for it, I'm gonna give some shout outs to see if I can find a few more players to join in on the apocalypse.

Unless there's any strong feelings against it.

Let me know quick.

I meant to post this yesterday but my involvement on site is going to be limited for at least a week.  I have a training conference this week and then am responsible for putting on a company wide reception and finishing a drive for a non profit.

About the time I finish all of that, I have a very difficult examination to take Monday the 10th which I've been preparing for for some time.  Pass or fail, I need to give it the best effort I can so my focus will be on it this weekend.

Well, my work has decided to give us extra hours as a holiday treat.  So, my usual posting time is now taken up at work...

The game feels kinda stopped right now anyhow, so I'll keep fishing for new players and when we have time to push forward again we shall!

The holidays always kill posting rates around RPOL, so no rush.

Yeah I'm back after that craziness.  If we need a pause that's all good.

Glad to hear things calmed down, Kelly!

No bites on the post on the SW board, so I may post to the general Players Wanted section.

Martin seems to be completely gone now.

Vote on hiatus till after holidays?  Harry is not wrong that holidays throw posting rates all to heck and my work is still in crazy overtime mode.

I'm down with that.

Yeah that's fine, it's a little silly right now for everyone.

That's one...  A few other fish nibbling on the line....

Welcome, Delilah!

Hello, and thank you! Now, if I start immediately then I may find a portrait I like by the time the game resumes post-holiday...

That's two!  One more I think...

Welcome, Dean!

I'm technically not the FNG anymore! PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT, DEAN!

I kid. Welcome welcome welcome!

I don't smoke.  ;)

Thanks!  Looking forward to some fun RP with everyone!  I'm going to have to up my picture finding game apparently; you guys have some great ones!

And that's three!  Which brings us to six and I think I'll stop there for now.

Welcome the new Martin!

Hello! Martin might be undergoing a few small changes, but I hope to keep him recognizably the same character. Portrait and description might change a bit, but he'll still be the long-haired blonde kid with a knack for scavenging.

Take your time!

I am heading into the Serious Holiday Days so don't expect much out of me for the next few days.  And I won't expect much in turn!

Enjoy the holidays in whatever fashion your holidays may take with whomever may be involved in those holidays with you!

The game will not get going till after the New Year, so there's plenty of time to finalize stats and what not.

Thank you all!

Heading through Holiday Week Two.  Hope you guys are having a fine holiday(s) as well.

Most of the new characters stats are done, equipment bought, etc etc.

We are on track to start in the NEW YEAR!

Honk if you're still on this Rig and ready to ROLL OUT!

BRMP BRMP

Dammit, I'm not heavy enough to pull the horn all the way.

I'm still travelling for a couple days so my net access is iffy and won't be able to write anything decent on a phone...but raring to go all the same.

I don't honk, I toot!

Kelly.

That was an amazing find that made my day brighter.

Toot.

You will start the next Episode with an extra Chip.  Because.

I'm here, but can't honk...too sick. :(

It's hard to beat Doctor Doom and a cautionary Skrull. Or maybe Romulan? Back when the art looked like that, the crossovers were nuts.

Sorry you're sick, Harry! D=

Just wrap up in a blanket and we'll pretend you're farm equipment with stubble.

That was a crazy pic. ;)

Feel better soon!

For Harry, Kelly, and Martin -

I'm going to go ahead and assume the Black Dog Rig Crew is going along with this cargo run.  Because that's the adventure, dammit.  But!  Was there any information they would have wanted to get?  Did you guys want to buy/gather any other supplies?  All they offered was the fuel, which you could actually sell some of for other supplies.  Food and water spring to mind.  Just some logistical interest.

I'm a pretty new Martin and don't have a thorough understanding of everything in-game so far, so I'll defer to the wisdom of my elders. Food and water isn't a bad idea though.

Harry was going to ask around about things they could do for other supplies, such as spare parts and food. Fuel is great, but they still need chow (even Harry needs a pound of meat every once in a while). Also needed to get some replacement shotgun shells for the ones he used earlier.

Yeah bread and water, and maybe some wound recovery.  I mean there's "gear" that would be nice to have but we aren't at that point yet.  I don't think Kelly has fired one round and she doesn't rely on boomsticks as much anyway.

Aright, sorry for the big post, but I'm trying to get everyone into the same place to start with.  If I missed anything, didn't answer something, or there's something else you needed, let me know and we'll sort it out!

Dopey question: Could one of y'all veteran players or Prospector explain the stuff to put in my bio lines? Parry, Toughness, something in parentheses and I'm guessing Wounds. And how many chips/Bennie's do new players start with?

Actually should we all redraw?  And has Kelly had time to make a natural healing roll?

Assume power points have returned?

Usually line 1 I put some description (though I have PP there right now)

Second line is Parry(parentheses would be equipment bonus if any), Toughness (parentheses is armor value), Wounds, Bennies

Ok, I'm working on a post, I swear.  But, having trouble putting a pic in the char description... suggestions anyone?

Having trouble selecting a picture or trouble figuring out the insert code?

It's:
<img src="link">
This message was last edited by the player at 21:28, Fri 04 Jan 2019.

Hmm. Doesnt like it for some reason...  starting to dislike photobucket.  There an alternative folks use?

Answers to Questions!

1. - Yep! Kelly explained the Bio line stuff.  PP Remaining/Max somewhere in Line 1.  Line 2 should look like....

P#T#W#Wh#R#B#.

Which translates to Parry#Toughness#Wounds#WhiteChips#RedChips#BlueChips.

And Sure!  If you would like to redraw any and/or all of your Chips you may!  Everyone gets a base of 3.  Check if you have Luck or Bad Luck!  Kelly still gets the extra Benny for the awesome Dr. Doom find.  I try to be a DM of my word.  How the rolls for Chip Draws are made are in the House Rules Thread.

2. - Sorry Kelly.  Its gonna hurt and suck for at least five days before natural healing really kicks in.  The Apocalypse sucks.

*waves his hand idly*  Check now, Dean.  MAGIC.

Awesome, thanks!

Dopey Question 2: How many times do we roll to draw? Thrice?

Three shalt thou count.

That shalt not count FOUR!

Neither shall thou count to two, unless thou continuest to three.

In His name.

Okay that's two for me then because why would you redraw a blue?

16:10, Today: Kelly MacLeod rolled 27,12 using d35,d35, rerolling max with rolls of 27,12.  chip draws.

Red and White!

Had to remind myself... PP should be long recovered by now all good there.

3 draws then.

17:19, Today: Dean Mitchel rolled 69 using 3d35, rerolling max ((26,32,11))

That's a white, a red, and a blue I believe?

17:16, Fri 04 Jan: Delilah Wolf rolled 74 using 3d35 with rolls of 21,28,25

I got me three redbois. That won't go horribly wrong, I'm certain.

Correct!

Did I just accidentally make everyone's favorite RoBro want to turn me inside out and play my guts like the accordion.

You bet that sweet ass, I did.

Sorry, Harry!

Nah, it's more like "activated his guard-dog mode." It's not like he wants to do anything here...it's more a consequence of who he was Canned by.

I like my imagery better, so hush with that "reasonable safeguards and protocols" stuff. XD

Busy day.  Will post as soon as I can/few hours (unless can sneak in a few quiet minutes somewhere here then).

*munches on popcorn* Ooooh...  The clashing personalities!  THE DRAMA!  Will they get along?  Will they turn on each other?  That's what keeps audiences tuning in each week!

Well, that and the occasional horrible exterior threat!  We'll get to that later...


On a completely different note!  I have picked up the new Adventure Edition PDF. And, while I am not going to suddenly switch everything over to it (unless there is a strong desire and complete consensus to do so), there are some things I do want to try.

I'll add those things to the Setting Rules thread.  Please review and let me know thoughts or opinions as they come up.  Thanks!

I see no new rules. Consequently, I approve the fuck out of this lack of new rules.

I dub thee, Sir Punk of Punktown.  Punk!

I said as they come up...sheesh...  Give a GM a break!

As for the actual game!  Anything anyone need to get into the scene before heading off?  I just need to know where everyone is going to be.  The Cab can hold up to 5 (Driver, Shotgun, Three on the Sleeper Section Couch.)  To be clear, those in the sleeper might be comfortable...but would be useless in any sort of fight or emergency situation until the Driver or Shotgun let them out.  The trailer has plenty of room though!  The tail section has some folded up ramps that would provide cover and something to hold onto/lean against.  You can post up in either of the trucks as well; inside, in the bed full of parts, or maybe under the trucks laying down.

Just need to know where folks are.  Feel free to discuss IC if you'd like.

I actually think most of the changes are very good.  Been playing with some of them for years as custom rules in other games (some of the skills and such particularly as Well as some of the action rules).

Questions:
Why does succeeding to get enough food/water mean your supply die drops?  Shouldn't it remain the same?
Likewise, if you get a raise, shouldn't your supply die increase?  I ask as, due to what's listed, 2 failures and you're dead.  Which is effectively worse by far than being in a fight and taking damage...  Similarly, is there any way to improve the die or is simply a cascading failure system?

Do a person's skills or edges affect those rules in some way?


I'm good.  On the trailer.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:34, Fri 11 Jan 2019.

When you are rolling against Supply, you are using up your Supplies.  Its an abstraction of how well you planned, gathered, traded, portioned, etc.


In a way, it does.  With a Raise you get to use your supplies without your die dropping.


Not dead, but starving/dehydrating.  Fatigue levels set in, etc as you make the difficult Vigor rolls.  You can die, but it'll take a while and be very uncomfortable first.


Yes!  Getting paid for a job, finding a cache of supplies, taking from someone else, scavenging, hunting, gathering, etc.

Notice is going to help in Scrounging, Persuasion might help bump your Earnings for a job.  Survival could be used to find food and water, which would add to Supply.  Shooting and Fighting would likely help in the taking part....

But ultimately, yes, I want it to feel like your "stuff" is getting eaten/drunk/used up.  So, in a way, life /is/ a cascading failure system?

EDIT: Maybe I should have also mentioned that in Hell on Earth everyone basically starts off Poor.  In the Wealth/Supply rules, that gives everyone a start of d4.  But, you guys have all gotten a recent reward for taking this job, so d6.  Implying that you guys traded for supplies with said reward before leaving.  Which was kinda said and probably a good idea.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:09, Fri 11 Jan 2019.

That's Dame Punk of Punktown, peasant!

My big question is how this impacts stuff we already purchased using the original system. I have a week's worth of shitty food, does that just disappear into the d6? Do I not have to roll the three-day thing until it runs out? Do I get my money back to spend on things that haven't been abstracted?

As Dean mentioned, my instinct would be to assume that a success shouldn't cripple your Supply rating the same as a failure or crit failure, but if that's what Da Rules say and how you want to play it, c'est la vie!

As much as Del would like to be in the cab, her job is to protect it. She'll also be in the trailer, on the mounted gun if Dean doesn't want to be.

How do bennies and Supply work anyway?

I'm good to go, scene wise, though Harry raises an excellent point to address.  Kelly will park herself wherever she thinks will prevent possible tensions.

Since I'm the one with the Drive skill, I will be in the cab.

Whichever way your prefer!  We can do a Good Planning Bonus to your Supply roll's for the first two checks (about a week) OR you can have the money back to put into other stuff.



And I agree, it does feel weird to lose something on a success.  But, success or failure, you are still eating/drinking your supplies.  To survive is to consume resources over time.  Supply should always be on a downward track.  Failure and crit failure means your supplies have to stretch which means you aren't getting enough food/water but you are getting /some/ so you don't starve or dehydrate.



Rerolls, adding to the total, etc.  Supply check would work just like a Trait roll.  Supply die, Wild die.  Spend chips on the roll just like usual.


The alternatives to the abstraction are to bookkeep exact amounts of food, water, etc and use it up daily.   OR possibly just leave it to the story and maybe the next chapter comes in with everyone's food supplies running out...or water....or whatever and just drive the story from there.  If its a fitting situation for the next chapter to start in.

Added folks to generally where they suggested in the Black Dog Thread.

Harry's Driving.

Dean and Delilah are in the fARMORs, each manning a bolt thrower.  Only one shot, unless you guys want to run the engines and hydraulics the whole trip.  Fletcher seems iffy on that idea since he can't check on and/or repair while traveling and doesn't want to arrive with broken equipment.

Prudence (Who is still here but doesn't talk much in OOC because she is right next to me in the actual world) is posted on the end of the trailer at the ramps.

Kelly?  You can take shotgun or be on the trailer, probably at the ramps too.  Martin will be at whichever you don't choose.  There's plenty of room on the trailer and its not super easy to move around on, so, while traveling folks are not really gonna be able to get on each other's nerves too much.

Fletcher is in the sleeper section as he's not a real useful combatant and is a coward.

I'll take the funds, please. I don't think a bunch of jerky qualifies as good planning. =P



Yay! Prudence, I've been legit worried us new players had scared you away or something.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:40, Sun 13 Jan 2019.

Hmmmmm... Shotgun.  For now.

Shotgun it is!

Also!  I'm not sure what happened to New Martin, but he's gone absolute radio silent.  I hope to hear from him, but for now he'll be an NPC.

On the other hand, a new player got in touch and wanted to be a Junker, so they'll be taking over Fletcher as a PC!

Welcome, Fletcher Actual!

*waves hello*

Ironing out a few things but should be up and running relatively soon.

Greetings and welcome.

Hello! I think our friendly neighborhood cyborg will have an interesting request for you soon...

Story moves forward tonight after work for me....  3am ESTish!

Any more IC questions and RP, get it in now!

Question.  Fate Chips.

I read that they're in use.  I saw mention of a die to roll in place of the normal "draw".

Are there any mechanics in play to represent the finite supply of each type of chip and the changing chances of drawing a certain color due to other people decreasing the amount of total chips in the pot?

There is not!

A concession to the nature of Play-by-Post.  It's worked fine in most any game I've been in.

No worries, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything I should be aware of.

Yeah it's a concession, much like the fact you draw cards the wrong way *shrug*

How is the draw wrong? I have edges relating to cards! HOW BAD IS THE WRONG?! D=

Just to check, is the truck fully stopped or is it still rolling along, just in a slow temperamental manner?

Not stopped persay, but a very noisy sudden deceleration due to the spirit releasing compression on the engine.  Apparently its called Jake Braking and is frowned upon in many areas for its loud machine gun sound.  Of course, this is Hell on Earth.  There's lots of machine gun sounds!  The truck is still rolling for a bit.

Delilah!  As for the draw stuff, I think Kelly is referring to the fact that I let each player draw their card for the next round.  Which means that everyone is sort of drawing from their own deck and it reshuffles every time.  Which is not exactly how the game was written, but it works.  I let the players handle it in case they have Edges regarding the cards and I might not remember that.

Oh, no worries, then. I thought it might be one draw for the whole combat or something (which would make Jokers hella rare, if nothing else).

Ah, yeah I know the exact sound.  Spent enough time in areas adjacent to freeway ramps that saw heavy truck traffic to never forget it given that it is quite distinctive.

Today in the News:

We really needed Fletcher, so thank you for joining.

Me and Pru super-failed against the stealthy monster army rapidly closing in. One assumes they're wearing purple (please get this reference and validate my nerd cred). It's been a good ride, y'all, albeit a short one. XD

What?  Stealthy monster army?  I don't see any...

I am sorry...  I cannot validate nerd-cred...  I tried to Google it even.  Which in retrospect makes me feel sadder than not knowing it...

Harry!  I dig the spend!  I boosted Truck "Supply" to represent the Driver gaining some extra "juice" for fuel, repairs, psychic fortitudes.  Its very fitting to the fate-sucking nature of the Truck.

"You ain't nevah seen a purple army, 'ave ya? No! Cuz purple's a sneaky coloh!" - Da Orkz of WH40K

The Orkz have this latent magical potential that makes things they strongly believe true to be actually true, which is how their insane spaceships function. They think painting it red makes it faster? Painting it red WILL make it faster. Part of that is believing that purple makes things stealthier.

And now I have explained the joke!
This message was last edited by the player at 00:59, Sat 19 Jan 2019.

I knew about the red thing. I did not know about the purple thing.

I remember when I read about it, it detailed red, blue, purple, yellow and green, but red and purple are the only ones I remember.

Yeah!  I remembered the red thing too, but only after it was explained.  Did not know about the other colors.

Those crazy Orkz.   What will those boyz think of next.....

Been years since I did the 40k...  I was always Tyranids.  ;)  Love me them swarms of monsters...

I always liked the Imperial Guard.  Also kind of a swarm really...
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:50, Sat 19 Jan 2019.

Its hard to find a balance between allowing some time for character interaction and moving forward...

So, votes for moving on down the road as any conversations continue as best they can in the winds?

I'm fine either way. Also a heads-up that my area may get whooped with a blizzard this weekend, so if I'm not replying promptly then that's why! I know, you'll all be heartbroken without my constant nonsense.

I was composing my post as the Prospector was posting apparently, so sort out any replies with that in mind if you can.

I’m away from computer all day.  Will try to post but won’t be till late tonight or tomorrow.

Take your time, Dean!

Surely nothing bad could possibly be living in the horrible red "water".....

Sorry all!

Rough, busy week and this scene requires a big setup.  I am working on it!  Will be up as soon as I can manage!

For Dean and me, what are the range bands and damage of the turrets we're on?

Yay! The SWADE support and Test rules! I love those to bits.

Admittedly, despite being a bit of a Savage Worlds snob (second RPG I ever played, so much nostalgia), they do seem really nice.

Yeah!  I've always kinda done this anyway.  Allowing people to Test/Trick/support with a variety of skills and circumstances.  Now its just the actual rule, so....nice!

fARMOR Bolt Thrower: 25/50/100  3d8  AP4; Reload 1 /if/ Hydraulics are running

Its on the Truck Thread.


On a completely different note, Harry!  Since you are currently driving, could you take NPC Martin?  Just an ally with no wild die.  He's on the tail of the trailer next to Prudence.

Righto, sorry about that, Prospector. Thank you for the info.

Sure. Is he manning a similar bolt thrower?

Nope, he is currently manning the ramps at the very back of the trailer with Prudence.  He has a bow!  He made it himself!  See the NPC thread for stats.

A little bit of a trucking question...does The Black Dog have blind spot cams? A lot of newer rigs these days have cameras that are supposed to help mitigate blind spots to the side and to the rear.

Another, less important question: Does the Black Dog have an on-board mp3 player that I could play music out of? And, if so, could I choose the songs?

(I'm going somewhere with all of this)
This message was last edited by the player at 00:40, Sat 26 Jan 2019.

Yes to the cameras!  That is in keeping with the Black Dog's supernaturally pristine tech.

Yes to the player!  But you only have access to what the Driver had last uploaded.  That being said, you can decide on his music tastes.  So have fun!

Harry, you probably have a better idea than this, but part of me wants your goal to be telling us which flank to protect by selectively playing bits of the Cha Cha Slide.

In reply to Black Dog (msg # 208):

Oh good! We will have some fun on Harry's action, then. }:D

UGH...this is why I buy quick in most games!  ;)

Yeah, getting the low initiative hurts in every game.

But, I'm sure they will leave you something to do!

Yeah because I'm doing the figurative math here.

Not sure if rolling the truck's window down is an action or not, and there's possibly some Cover involved.  Also, Kelly is firing from a moving platform so there's at least that penalty.  To be fair that'd be a pretty hard shot to make IRL.

I'm thinking there's a lot of penalties to just take a shot.  I may have Kelly Aim for a round, she is not the greatest marks(wo)man.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:54, Sun 27 Jan 2019.

I did not consider those extra penalties. Whoops! Fortunately I got a lucky ace on the attack and Del is probably close to as good with ranged combat as Kelly is in melee, so I think my results hold up.

For the moment, the truck is not moving and is therefore not an unstable platform.  That will most likely change when Harry goes, but for the moment.  All good there.

The Runners have Light Cover (-1).  Rolling down the window or popping the door should probably count as an action, so Taking a shot would be at -3.  Just to help!

Delilah, again no Unstable Platform so good there.  The Thrower was ready and needed no action to set up and the Bikers had no cover.  There's a -2 for Medium Range though.  But!  As you pointed out, the 11 still hits.

Poor biker....

My Marksman Edge gives me the benefit of Aim (+2) as long as I don't move, which canceled out the range penalty. ^_^
This message was last edited by the player at 06:34, Sun 27 Jan 2019.

Touche!

Having said that, it did occur to me I should put the math for that on the roll for posterity, even if it cancels out, so I'll do that in the future.

Sorry it took me so long!  They switched my shift again.

Harry!

Movement options....

-The road ahead has tumbled trees.  While not big, the Black Dog is not really an "off-road" vehicle and would quickly get stuck in one of many ways.

-The highway itself is two-lane county highway blacktop.  Traffic being nearly nonexistent post-apocalypse, both lanes are free to use.

-The highway back is completely clear, save one lone dirtbiker speeding up.

-To the left of the truck (Driver's Side), is a tumbledown brick ranch-style house with a big busted garage/shed deal and a old packed dirt/gravel driveway loop.  There are some sparse trees and brush, but you /could/ try to get the Dog through. Would be very slow, careful, tight going though, especially with the trailer.

The machinegun seems to be set up in a window of this house, with good coverage of the road and driveway.

Two bushwacker runners are in this yard, running alongside the highway about 25-30 feet away from the Dog.  (IE, One move action.)

-To the right of the truck (Passenger's Side) is another ruin of a ranch-style house, but with a much less useful straight driveway that doesn't loop back to the road.  I suppose you could use it to pull in and back out again to the direction you'd like.  But, again, slow maneuver.

Two bushwacker runners are in this yard, as well.  Running alongside at about the same 25-30 foot distance.

The runners seem to be heading for the trailer more than the cab.

Helpful?
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:16, Mon 28 Jan 2019.

HA!

First, Harry take a Chip for the song. Its terribly appropriate.  I dig.

Second!  I didn't explicitly say, but the house is one story.  It barely matters for the idea will still work.  A semi trailer coming at you could be very distracting indeed!

Third!  We will have the Test be against the runners (who did not expect this /at all/) AND the gunners!

Four!  You'll need to make the Drive check at -2, to account for that trees, scrub, ditches, whatnot.  It's tricky, but doable!  Also!  If you get a 1 on the Drive die, we go to the Out of Control table.  No matter the result on the Wild.

Five!  It should go without saying, but the Black Dog and the Trailer will now be an Unstable Platform and ranged attacks thereon will suffer a -2.

So, if we have an accord, sir, roll on!  Drive at -2 vs. 2 Bushwacker Runners and the Gunners.  I have made their rolls, for expediency.  Runner #1 3 (This one is already Shaken, Shake him and he's OUT), Runner #2 5, Runner #1 8, Gunner #2 3.  Feel free to describe the results at your fancy.

If we have no accord, change your action as you will!

Either way, don't forget Martin!
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:24, Wed 30 Jan 2019.

Alright. Posted my action, though I still need a bit of GM input so I know where Martin winds up at the end of this, and if he's in a position to try for the gunners.

He was on the end of the trailer, so yep!  He can dive into the house!

IF its any consolation, Fletcher, I don't really think this will last much longer!

Reload 1 means it takes a full round to reload, yes?

And pulling out my own weapon would also be an action?
This message was last edited by the player at 02:44, Fri 01 Feb 2019.

Yes!  If the hydraulics were running, they could crank it back and you could reload a bolt as an action.  Without the hydraulics you can't re-cock the thing.

Drawing your weapon is an Action, yep!  You can still act after that, taking a cumulative -2 for each extra action and each action would have to be a different action.  Don't forget you has Chips if you wanna do cool stuff anyway!

EDIT!  Per the House Rule, High Adventure, you can spend a Chip to get a one time use of a Combat Edge.  Like say....  Quick Draw....
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:01, Fri 01 Feb 2019.

Sorry.  Without the trucks running, the hydraulics aren't operating.  If you want to go through the effort of trying to start the truck up and bringing the hydraulics to pressure, you can.  But it will take some rounds.

They were kind of meant to be a fun, one shot "cannon" to play with.

Oops!  I misread.  Will fix!

That's Dean...and Delilah gone.  Kelly, Harry, and Prudence!  Whatcha gonna do?  Whatcha gonna do when they bushwack you?

It only just occurred to me I could have used a chip there...  ;)  I'll remember for next time.

Big ominous ellipse in front of Delilah, what'd I do? D=

I'm normally really bad about hoarding resources like bennies, so I'm trying to be a little frivolous with them instead.

I try to be free with the giving out of chips to encourage their use!

Okay, what can Kelly see?  I'm sure it's obvious to everyone but me but spatial reasoning isn't always my bag.

I think a guy is in melee range with you, Kelly. A -2 to parry was mentioned, but I'm not sure if it applied to you or the Bushy.

That's true, I'm going to have to deal with him before the question is terribly relevant.

But that raises another question, if he has a Spear am I out of Reach since I have a Sword?

Unless he's on terrain high or low enough to put him out of reach of your sword, a spear isn't giving him (or you) any advantage or disadvantage.

No attacks of opportunity for moving into threatened squares, only for trying to get out of melee.

But that's my question.  He has Reach on me, can I even get him from where I am?

You would have to get down, but as was said there's no threatened squares or anything.  You could Test Fighting against him (Knocking his spear around), or hop down and hack at him, or go Full Defense and fend off their paltry attacks or whatever else you could think of!  If you'd really like to stay on the truck and hack at him, we could let you hang off the side and swing wide for him..  Say, -2 to Fighting to reach for him but stay hanging on the truck?

Go get 'em!

Okay that clears it up.  I wasn't sure about the positioning, if that makes sense.

Totally!  Sorry it took me a while to get back to you!

Ran out of time!  Will complete update late tonight...early tomorrow...  3AM can be both.

Question: which version of the Shaken rules are we using in this game? Are we using the older version, where you needed a Raise to still act on the turn when you unshook, or the errata'd version where you can act as normal after a successful unshaking?

My copy of Deluxe says...

Failure - Remains Shaken, may only perform free actions

Success - Character is no longer Shaken and may act normally



So, Success = Action!

How far away is the house Fletcher pointed out, in terms of Pace and Range?

Long Pistol/Shotgun range from Harry.

A Run action would get you back to the Highway.  Then another Run next round to get through the yard on the other side.  Or Four regular moves wild be another way to look at it.

The rifleman in the indicated Window would also benefit from Heavy Cover (-4).  He's staying real low.

How far is the biker from my position?

As an Fyi, I might not be able to post until Mon.

Medium range for your crossbow.
And no worries!  About to road trip the rest of today, so tomorrow sounds good!

*Tries to think of ways of making a clearer battlefield for next time*

Have you thought about Maptool? I use that fairly often.

I know some folks who use map tools but it’s bit harder for those not familiar with it.  Roll20 is easier I think.   And if nothing else, paint works.

Maptool takes a bit of effort to get the map started, but once you have it, it's relatively easy to move/update.  Also, you really don't have to use 95% of the functionality lol

I'm a little stumped at the moment, as I don't want to put people in too much danger just charging the sniper nest...you aren't likely to get the same surprise I got the last time a second time. And suggestions? Should I keep the Dog stable so you guys don't have platform penalties?

I'm a bit biased about keeping the Dog still because the penalty negates my aim bonuses, but I'm also the fighter who can't really help with the snipers right now (since my weapon range is tiny and I don't have a backup rifle) and my opinion should be ignored.

I think it depends.  If we spot the snipers and can eliminate them, awesome.  We stay and do so.  And then loot ('cause gear is expensive and that bike could be sold for parts, fuels, ammo, etc etc).  If not, we leave.  Job comes first after all.

You have my vote.

I think we have a slight misunderstanding, when Kelly was getting on the runner I meant this:



It's probably more properly called a running board?  Or it's one of those things that has a different name in every English dialect and sub-dialect?

Prudence, however, is very much NOT on the runner right now...

Sorry Kelly!  I did finally understand after rereading for the fifth time.  Dunno why I could not get it.

As for Prudence, she is not on /the/ runner, but /is/ /a/ runner.

I blame myself for calling them Bushwacker Runners instead of Bushwacker Foot....or Bushwacker Sprinters....or Bushwacker Runners-but-not-those-kind-of-runners.  Should have just called them Bushwacker A-holes, but that didn't feel specific enough.

Please give Kelly a chip for saying "vamoose."

It doesn't change my action any...i'm headed vaguely house-ward, trying to keep the shooters Distracted so they don't pick off Pru.

I decided that Pru couldn't possibly have seen the sniper shot from inside the house, behind a machine gun. Nor could she have distinguished that shot from any other shooting going down. So she is using Constant Vigilance, but is unaware of the specific sniper danger. She's crazy, but not running into open sniper fire crazy...

Delilah - No chip for Vamoose.  If she had dropped the "g" off of trying (e.g. tryin') MAYBE.  Its all or nothing with Western references.

Everyone - On the other hand, everyone should feel free to draw a chip due to a recent drawn Joker and the JOKER'S WILD rule.

So, I guess, you do get a chip Kelly.  Touche, Delilah...

I would absolutely would have given Kelly a Chip if she had said "DRIVE ME CLOSER, I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!".  In fact, that's a free one if ANYONE can work that seamlessly into a scene.  Two chips if you are riding in a tank at the time.

As to other things, it is completely feasible for some not to know about the sniper shooting ICly and very hard to communicate information from cab to all the various trailer folks.  There was ALOT going on in a very short amount of time.

Heck it, was such a fast and furious firefight some of us couldn't tell the difference between a bad guy and a truck part.  So.

NOW TO MOVE FORWARD!  There's alot of Holds and Readiness and Standoffiness going on.

The question to the Players is, are we assaulting the potential Sniper Den or heading back down the highway the way you came?  If we want to assault, we'll move the rounds forward.  If the vote is for Bug Out, you guys can easily do so at this point.

So, who's officially for ASSAULT and who's for BUG OUT?

Fletcher is officially for not getting shot and is confident he can do that from inside the Black Dog, regardless of people going on to sweep the house or just deciding to leg it.

So, as a player I'm nuetral towards it as I've no real skin in the game, so to speak.

I want to wax these guys, personally.

Well, ic it looks like they’re running.  So I’m not interested in chasing them down.  Too much risk,’no reason to pursue.  But if they are staying and shooting, then let’s keep fighting and take them out.

VICTORY FOR VAMOOSE!

I'm with Harry. We let these guys go, they come back with more of their gang and bigger weapons later. Also I want their rifles for Dean and either me or Prudence.

Unrelated, we should also snag the other bike down the road where I harpooned the driver.

Of course!  I mentioned looting was key for a reason! ;)  But whatever the group wants!

I won't be too broken up if they get away, but I want to make sure we have time to clear the roadblock and get in any good looting we can find. Also, the bastards shot me. And my chip is directing me to follow Kelly's order to go after them. So I have plenty of reasons to keep after them.

Kelly's motivation is if they get away, they'll do this again to someone else less equipped to stop them.

I feel like that rounds out to GET THEM.

So, go to!  Go to!

Can I actually hear Prudence saying this? I mean, I'm in the cab and she's a bit of a distance away grabbing the bike.

Would you like to?

It could easily be that Harry's blocking maneuver put her on the ground at the Driver's side.  She could easily be excused to be within shouty range of the cab and for him to notice.  The motorcycle in question is the one that Kelly and Dean cleared in the yard.  It is a loud truck of course, but folks have been communicating around the trailer and to the cab up to now.   Hasn't been a bother so far.

So, would you /like/ Harry to hear it or not?

Is Kelly in distance of the house or do we need another round of pursuit for that?

We can absolutely say the truck moves you close enough.

I would like to tag along behind Kelly in this bold charge. Behind because the trailer is behind the cab and Delilah has a below-average Pace, deeeeefinitely not for human shield-related reasons.

I feel like there's a need to speed things up a little.  Stand offs are neither fast nor furious!

So, I felt like using the Quick Encounter rules to narrate a Chase would be just fine for these little bushwackers.

So, decide who is Chasing them into the woods.

Or, if no one wants to do that, we can just end the combat here.

Well crud, is anyone here much of a tracker?

I have survival, which I would think could be used for tracking. It isn't very high, though.

I'm the survival and tracking expert.  (They're separate skills.)

He is!  He's perfect for this exact thing!

Let's see those rolls from all the Chasers.  Survival could still be used as a general Hunting/Woodswise sort of thing.  Tracking is great for literally tracking.

So, looks like success!  Update tonight!

First though, I need to know...  Trying to Capture or Kill or leave it to chance?

EDIT, Completely understood everyone's intentions and they made sense.  No worries Delilah!
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My vote is capture.

Also!

Harry is waiting with/guarding the truck.

Martin is setting up the machine gun.

Fletcher?

Prudence?

Just want to know what you guys did while the rest chased down the snipers.  Or if you joined in.

About how much time would it have taken them to do what they're doing and get back?

Dean doesn't have much of preference either way honestly.   Probably leaning towards the side of just killing them.  Because, really, what are we going to do?  Capture, talk to them and then....let them go?  Turn them over to...who?

Oh, probably execute them, but we might get some good info out of them first.

Del's a Law Dog, remember, so she likes a little ceremony to capping fools when possible.

Fletcher: In the neighborhood of 15 to 30 mins round trip?  Does that help?
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Yes.  Thank you.

Does anyone else smell a fresh, steaming pot of ominous foreshadowing?

*looks up from stirring the cauldron*  What's that?

No...

This is just soup.

No.  No I don't.   Neither do you.  Move along citizen.  ;)

In my defense, you caught them...  I wanted them to run away.  But NoOoOoOo....

Enjoy your soup.

*stir*

Can we add some potatoes and stock to make it a stew? I always spill soup.

Of course.

And...since this is Deadlands...  Plenty of MEAT.  Chunky style.

And now, I must to work and responses stop till late late tonight.

Won’t be able to post till late tonight.

All good, Dean!

Also, Dean...Fletcher...Prudence feel free to assume you are near enough to wherever Harry, Kelly, and Delilah go off to to listen in/join in if you want to.

Also, Fletcher, take a chip for remembering that the fARMOR is a perfect tool for clearing the road.  I mean, like PERFECT.  We can have Martin helping him get it set up and down from the trailer.  So, if you'd like to overhear and join the discussion, go ahead, otherwise have fun detailing how to use such a thing to clear the road!

Gawd Harry, hating on Delilah like that. It isn't her fault I wrote her as a graduate of the Jack Bauer School of Interrogation. XD

24 Hours or your next Terrorist Attack is Free!

I'd also like to say, it just goes to show how upside-down the world is when the armored undead warmachine with the chainsaw arm is the "Good Cop."

That is fantastic.

Are you implying, sir, that cold-blooded murder of prisoners is a reprehensible choice?!

Heh. Isn't that always the way it rolls when PCs get involved in anything?

Nothing more to add from me.

Taking everything.  Check!

Where is everyone gonna be positioned on the Dog now?  Especially need to know where Crowboy and Steve are stowed?  And how are they stowed?

Leave the .50 set up on the trailer tail?

Anyone else want to take anything specific other than Harry?  Especially the rifles?

I think Crowboy is the one who needs a babysitter the most, so we should station him up on the fARMORs where the people who don't like him much have really big guns to intimidate him with. Steve can probably ride in the cab.

Oh, can we power the trailers up to reload the turrets before heading out?

Did that while you were all off on a wild ambusher chase.

Thank you, Fletcher. ^_^

How long did it take to reach the town post ambush?  Need to track the downtime for repair purposes.

For repairs to the Dog?

This would fall in the day of travel territory.  Just one Repair Roll.

IF that's what you meant?

ALSO!

Forgot to say, Harry!  That was great!  Draw a Chip, sorry for the delay on that.

In reply to Prospector (msg # 308):

Cool, I now have a second Red chip.

No, Fletcher's Smite gizmo needs a set amount of hours spent tinkering with it before it can be repaired.  So I need to track that time spent.

Oh /that/ Repair!

Gadgets...  So cool.  So fragile.

How about enough time for Two Repair checks?  If the first one succeeds, then don't worry for the second.  If the second fails, you are S.O.L.

Malfunction repair times aren't standardized, they're rolled.  Fletcher needs at least 5.5 hours to fix his gadget.  I figured a portion of that time passed on the road, I just need to account for how much.

It's been a while!

TexArcana hired and paid in diesel already!

Sorry if that wasn't clear!

Ah. Were we told who we were supposed to meet when we got here?

Weren't really.  That's why they sent Fletcher to take care of the deal.  Del and Dean were to protect the cargo and feel investment.

Alrighty. Edited my reply to take that into account. Still being a bit stubborn, just for different reasons.

Perfectly reasonable to be stubborn and suspicious!

So, beyond Harry and Fletcher.  What pairs are going to go into town for trading?  Any other things anyone might want to do or investigate or whatever?

Are Crowboy and Steve allowed to do so?  If so, are they paired with each other or someone else?  They don't really have anything to trade with of course.

Anyone not going in is directed to a path around the walled section of the little downtown zone to whichever gate the Dog wants to end up at.

We can make this as quick or as slow as anyone wants.  There's stuff here.  Possibly information.  Etc.  You take the lead.

Delilah definitely wants to do some trading. She'll also escort Crowboy and/or Steve if they make a good case for going in.

Kelly has no need for immediate trade but might check it out while we're here for... purposes.

My suggestion is certainly that if Crowboy or Steve go in, either Delilah or Kelly go with them.

Fletcher will likely be busy getting Rusty up to speed, so no real input on who's doing what do long as no one's getting into trouble.

Based on where the Black Dog is supposed to meet up with the Convoy, what's the best route to leave the town?

Dean might have originally entertained the idea of going in, trading and all that.  But definitely off the table right now.  Mostly, he's being careful and waiting to see if that guy comes to speak to him or not.

In reply to Fletcher (msg # 322):

Here's a question -- aside from us being PCs, what's keeping the group together once this is all done? I know Harry and Kelly are committed to heading out to Bullhead City following along with Turk's Convoy, but I don't know about the rest of y'all...are you expecting to head back to Texarkana after this job?

I'm working on that!

Harry, Kelly, and Martin are all in on taking the Dog to Bullhead.

Prudence is here from Turk's Convoy and will be along as long as there is a convoy association.

Fletcher is finding reasons.

Crowboy and Steve are dead without you guys (and possibly with you guys)

Del and Dean are, as far as I know (their players may feel different), up in the air on the decision.  And that's what I'm working on.  We'll see how it goes!

So...

Harry and Fletcher are going in with the Dog?  Should I just move forward with that or were you guys working on posts?

As soon as I know that, I'll push forward with them and with the others moving around to the north gate.  Where Other Stuff May Happen.

Crowboy and Steve do not have any good reasons to go in and, seeing as how no one would really push them either way, they do not.

Delilah and Kelly are going in for Trade and REASONS.

Prudence and Martin will be going in too.

Dean will sit outside, judging....judging.

Yeah, I'm set, so feel free to advance things.

Who me?  Do I look like I'm judging?  Am I shaking the Finger of Damnation?   I didn't think so!

judging judgmentally off to the side...

Let's just not leave The Stooges, as they will henceforth be known, unsupervised.

If I wanted to increase our Supply using the stuff we got from the raiders as barter, would that be a Supply Roll as well?

Supply should only get bumped up through some significant efforts.  Survival rolls and scrounging rolls in appropriate places is one way.  Earning from a Job would do it (in this case, you guys already Earned when paid upfront which is why Supply started at d6.)  Or finding an awesome cache of stuff; like a Civil Defense Pod, a major stash by some group, hidden base, etc...

These bushwackers just didn't feel like they had enough stuff to really count as a persistent boost, but did feel like they could get some extra Trade Cred.  Thus the bonus.

Now, if you wanted to throw in the .50..  It's an antique, but its a very powerful one.  We could bump everyone's Supply for that.

That's a good point. We only have 12 rounds for the thing to begin with, and scrounging up ammo for it is likely going to be a pain...what do the rest of you think? Should we try to stock up on ammo for the .50 cal, or just sell it here?

I say let it go. Fletcher could probably build the group a weapon of similar efficacy and more plentiful ammo, given time and effort. It's a really cool item, but not one we can get much from (even mounting it somewhere on the Dog would probably be more trouble than it's worth).

On a similar subject, is saving ammo casings and hulls something we still need to track, or is it assumed as part of our standard survival and looting?

EDIT: Addendum to the .50, I say we sell it, but we'll probably benefit more from selling it to a bigger or more militarized settlement. That or trading it for a specific major item or service that we need. So I guess my vote is to keep it for a rainy day, but not burn resources to accommodate it.
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I'd say save it until we find something we want to trade it for.

Kelly has no particular interest in it.  Hint:  I have a d6 shooting and will probably never have better.

Prudence is all for selling it here.  They have plenty of food we could get for it, and she for one has no intentions of ever coming back here.  Don't want to sell it somewhere that might decide they don't like me...

So that d6 bullets thing: is that d6 bullets per gun, or d6 bullets per player? If we can get bullets for this gun *and* our other personal arms, that's a point in favor of keeping it.

Supply Die of ammo, of whatever caliber/type you want, per player.  So, d6 right now.

It covers basic trading and replacement of used shots.  If you haven't fired any, that's okay.  You still get it!  Only works this way in towns/camps capable of/willing to trade.  This is also where keeping your brass and stuff would fall into.  We'll just assume you take care of that kind of stuff and trade it as needed.

The benefit to selling it here is that everyone will get a Supply die bump.  They have plenty of food and water to supply you with in exchange for that .50.  But, to be fair, you could probably get that bump trading it almost anywhere.  They can use it here and have supplies that you need.

Just as a note.  The junker system in HoE reloaded isn't nearly as robust as the one in classic.

There's no longer a system for junkers to build pretty much anything, and then pass it on to another as a standalone item that will work until it randomly explodes.

So, he can "make" a gun to replace the .50, but only one and it would cost an advancement.

He can cobble together weapons on the fly using components (which he's currently out of), but those will only have a few combat rounds of usefulness.

With materials he could try making conventional rounds for the .50, but that would entirely be at the discretion of the Prospector.

My vote is to save the .50 and trade it when our "supplies" get "low", since everything except a raise will drop the supply die we have.

I'm fine with that ^

I am tired and dumb.  Did they not let us in the south gate just to walk us around and say we can go in the north gate if we want to?

They walked you around to the gate where the Dog would come out.  But after not allowing more than two in.

A change of scenery, adding some folk to interact with.

It's not always solid gold. Sometimes the Apocalypse is more boring than I meant it to be!