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OOC THREAD.

Posted by The GMFor group 0
Flash Bang
player, 9 posts
Titanic Daredevil
Sun 28 Jul 2019
at 15:15
  • msg #22

Re: OOC THREAD

No no.   Still thinking about it.
The GM
GM, 14 posts
Sun 28 Jul 2019
at 15:50
  • msg #23

Re: OOC THREAD

Flash Bang:
No no.   Still thinking about it.


Okay understood--
The GM
GM, 15 posts
Sun 28 Jul 2019
at 18:02
  • msg #24

Re: OOC THREAD

The GM:
Flash Bang:
No no.   Still thinking about it.


Okay understood--



While we're waiting:

You were right to choose a specific weapon, Flash Bang, but I want you to choose just one of these, too:

--Rocketpack
--Wrist Communicator
--Goggles & Gas Mask
--Utility Belt
--Med Kit


Likewise with you, Cid:

Choose one of these:
--Rocketpack
--Wrist Communicator
--Utility Belt

And one of these:
--Raygun
--Electro-Blaster
--Turbo-Rifle
Covert Infiltration Droid 3000
player, 4 posts
Robot Agent CID 3000!
HP: 20/20 || XP: 0
Sun 28 Jul 2019
at 18:05
  • msg #25

Re: OOC THREAD

Electro-Blaster

Utility Belt
Covert Infiltration Droid 3000
player, 5 posts
Robot Agent CID 3000!
HP: 20/20 || XP: 0
Wed 31 Jul 2019
at 16:30
  • msg #26

Re: OOC THREAD

Distribute

16 (+2), 14 (+1), 13 (+1), 10 (0), 8 (-1)

Forceful: 10 (0)
Agile: 16 (+2)
Insightful: 14 (+1)
Confident: 13 (+1)
Charming: 8 (-1)
The GM
GM, 17 posts
Wed 31 Jul 2019
at 19:29
  • msg #27

Re: OOC THREAD

The GM:
The GM:
<quote Flash Bang>
No no.   Still thinking about it.


Okay understood--



While we're waiting:

You were right to choose a specific weapon, Flash Bang, but I want you to choose just one of these, too:

--Rocketpack
--Wrist Communicator
--Goggles & Gas Mask
--Utility Belt
--Med Kit



(CID, I've updated your character sheet accordingly...)
Flash Bang
player, 10 posts
Titanic Daredevil
Thu 1 Aug 2019
at 12:40
  • msg #28

Re: OOC THREAD

Rocketpack, I guess.
The GM
GM, 18 posts
Thu 1 Aug 2019
at 15:06
  • msg #29

Re: OOC THREAD

Flash Bang:
Rocketpack, I guess.



Okay... any thoughts yet on your special Alien Move?
The GM
GM, 19 posts
Fri 2 Aug 2019
at 16:04
  • msg #30

Re: OOC THREAD

The GM:
Flash Bang:
Rocketpack, I guess.



Okay... any thoughts yet on your special Alien Move?



I'm guessing no...

So how about this... Shalllll weeeeee... just start, and see if maybe you get inspired once we start...?
Covert Infiltration Droid 3000
player, 6 posts
Robot Agent CID 3000!
HP: 20/20 || XP: 0
Fri 2 Aug 2019
at 19:54
  • msg #31

Re: OOC THREAD

I'm good for that.
The GM
GM, 20 posts
Fri 2 Aug 2019
at 20:03
  • msg #32

Re: OOC THREAD

quote:
quote:
Okay... any thoughts yet on your special Alien Move?
I'm guessing no...

So how about this... Shalllll weeeeee... just start, and see if maybe you get inspired once we start...?


Covert Infiltration Droid 3000:
I'm good for that.


Flash Bang?
Flash Bang
player, 11 posts
Titanic Daredevil
Fri 2 Aug 2019
at 20:39
  • msg #33

Re: OOC THREAD

Sure.
The GM
GM, 25 posts
Tue 6 Aug 2019
at 14:17
  • msg #34

Re: OOC THREAD

Two smallish things:

quote:
If it hadn't been for CID tapping the local satellite and facility networks while Flash flew them in on the Mercurian PD hover cycle (at, what was possibly unnecessarily angles and speed), they'd have never found it in time.


Um, but you said it was the world's fair of Venus... Soooo, the Venutian PD hover cycle...? Right...?



quote:
To get to the bomb in time, Flash had needed to blow a whole in the roof, from above, using one of his Flash Bang grenades. 


Erm,

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

"flash-bang grenades" are a thing; they exist to make a very loud noise and very bright flash to deafen and blind people without too much damage (unless it goes off right near your head of course).

NOW THIS IS NOT THAT BIG A THING because if Flash has souped HIS grenades up or something, then who am I to argue? Just thought I'd point out that normally "flash-bang" grenades are not designed to be able to blow a hole in anything...
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:09, Tue 06 Aug 2019.
Covert Infiltration Droid 3000
player, 8 posts
Robot Agent CID 3000!
HP: 20/20 || XP: 1
Tue 6 Aug 2019
at 16:02
  • msg #35

Re: OOC THREAD

In reply to The GM (msg # 34):

I feel like that is a joke for a villain to demean Flash Bang with.
Covert Infiltration Droid 3000
player, 11 posts
Robot Agent CID 3000!
HP: 20/20 || XP: 1
Tue 6 Aug 2019
at 16:43
  • msg #36

Re: OOC THREAD

gm:
(Okay, but I just realized-- I've been thinking of shooting an actual weapon as a hand-eye-coordination thing, so maybe it should be Agile... BUT the rules do say you can get XP by choosing to lower a middle-score roll...

So I'm fine with you getting the xp and blowing the roll either way, but for future reference we need to decide: is aiming and shooting a weapon Forceful or Agile?

(Flash-Bang, you can weigh in on this issue too...)

And if it's Agile, you gonna stick with the 6, or...?)


I can see quite a few guns being Agile (and would like it), but forceful is described as the stat of destruction. Plus massive guns seem pretty much a test of being not knocked over.
The GM
GM, 28 posts
Tue 6 Aug 2019
at 17:19
  • msg #37

Re: OOC THREAD

Covert Infiltration Droid 3000:
gm:
(Okay, but I just realized-- I've been thinking of shooting an actual weapon as a hand-eye-coordination thing, so maybe it should be Agile... BUT the rules do say you can get XP by choosing to lower a middle-score roll...

So I'm fine with you getting the xp and blowing the roll either way, but for future reference we need to decide: is aiming and shooting a weapon Forceful or Agile?

(Flash-Bang, you can weigh in on this issue too...)

And if it's Agile, you gonna stick with the 6, or...?)


I can see quite a few guns being Agile (and would like it), but forceful is described as the stat of destruction. Plus massive guns seem pretty much a test of being not knocked over.



I accept this answer, and I plan to roll with it in that way in future.

Little busy right now tho, will talk more later.
Flash Bang
player, 15 posts
Titanic Daredevil
XP: 1
Tue 6 Aug 2019
at 21:31
  • msg #38

Re: OOC THREAD

The GM:
Two smallish things:
quote:
If it hadn't been for CID tapping the local satellite and facility networks while Flash flew them in on the Mercurian PD hover cycle (at, what was possibly unnecessarily angles and speed), they'd have never found it in time.
Um, but you said it was the world's fair of Venus... Soooo, the Venutian PD hover cycle...? Right...?

Right!   I'll edit that.   Thanks.


quote:
To get to the bomb in time, Flash had needed to blow a whole in the roof, from above, using one of his Flash Bang grenades. 
quote:
Erm,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stun_grenade
"flash-bang grenades" are a thing; they exist to make a very loud noise and very bright flash to deafen and blind people without too much damage (unless it goes off right near your head of course).
NOW THIS IS NOT THAT BIG A THING because if Flash has souped HIS grenades up or something, then who am I to argue? Just thought I'd point out that normally "flash-bang" grenades are not designed to be able to blow a hole in anything...

Hehe   thats true.   Got caught up in my own creative flow there.
I'll edit that too, so that he uses his Ray Gun instead.
The GM
GM, 30 posts
Tue 6 Aug 2019
at 21:57
  • msg #39

Re: OOC THREAD

Flash Bang:
Right!   I'll edit that.   Thanks.



Hehe   thats true.   Got caught up in my own creative flow there.
I'll edit that too, so that he uses his Ray Gun instead.



Understood, no problem!
Flash Bang
player, 16 posts
Titanic Daredevil
XP: 1
Tue 6 Aug 2019
at 21:59
  • msg #40

Re: OOC THREAD

The GM:
(Okay, but I just realized - I've been thinking of shooting an actual weapon as a hand-eye-coordination thing, so maybe it should be Agile... BUT the rules do say you can get XP by choosing to lower a middle-score roll...

So I'm fine with you getting the xp and blowing the roll either way, but for future reference we need to decide: is aiming and shooting a weapon Forceful or Agile?

Well, my golden rule is: so long as the rule applies to everyone, its fair.

I guess, letting players pick the stat that suits them best will make success more regular ... which speeds up scenes (including combat).

But, it does blur the lines between appropriate skills ... and will lead to players feeling they can negotiate upon such matters.  Sooner or later, someone will suggest that their ability to tell if someone is lying is based more on 'Charm' than 'Insight', because charm is all about social intuition as well as projected emoting.


Then again, at the moment, you haven't delineated 'Moves', and which stat to use for each, so maybe you want to leave this as ambiguous, and allow players to use the stat that best fits their narrative (ie which stat matches what they are describing).
The GM
GM, 31 posts
Wed 7 Aug 2019
at 01:45
  • msg #41

Re: OOC THREAD

Flash Bang:
The GM:
(Okay, but I just realized - I've been thinking of shooting an actual weapon as a hand-eye-coordination thing, so maybe it should be Agile... BUT the rules do say you can get XP by choosing to lower a middle-score roll...

So I'm fine with you getting the xp and blowing the roll either way, but for future reference we need to decide: is aiming and shooting a weapon Forceful or Agile?

Well, my golden rule is: so long as the rule applies to everyone, its fair.

I guess, letting players pick the stat that suits them best will make success more regular ... which speeds up scenes (including combat).

But, it does blur the lines between appropriate skills ... and will lead to players feeling they can negotiate upon such matters.  Sooner or later, someone will suggest that their ability to tell if someone is lying is based more on 'Charm' than 'Insight', because charm is all about social intuition as well as projected emoting.



They would have a right to try arguing it, but I'd say no, because Charm is for what you're putting out there, and Insight is for what you're picking up on that's incoming.



Flash Bang:
Then again, at the moment, you haven't delineated 'Moves', and which stat to use for each, so maybe you want to leave this as ambiguous, and allow players to use the stat that best fits their narrative


Wasn't my intention... I simply felt that everything was clearly delineated.

Except this one thing.

So...

CID said: "use Forceful for shooting destructive weapons."

I said: "I'm okay with that as long as we do it every time from now on."

What do you say about it, Flash-Bang?
Flash Bang
player, 17 posts
Titanic Daredevil
XP: 1
Wed 7 Aug 2019
at 02:03
  • msg #42

Re: OOC THREAD

Sure.   Fine with me.
The GM
GM, 32 posts
Wed 7 Aug 2019
at 02:21
  • msg #43

Re: OOC THREAD

Flash Bang:
Sure.   Fine with me.



Groovy
The GM
GM, 33 posts
Wed 7 Aug 2019
at 02:22
  • msg #44

Re: OOC THREAD

The GM:
Flash Bang:
Sure.   Fine with me.



Groovy



Hmm... While I'm waiting to hear from CID's head, Flash Bang, you may attempt to deal with another robot or the damaged pylon, if you wish...
The GM
GM, 35 posts
Wed 7 Aug 2019
at 13:53
  • msg #45

Re: OOC THREAD


Hmm... I just noticed that, at the end of the Character Creation post, I DID talk a little about the rules:

quote:
Shoot
When you take aim and shoot at an enemy at range, roll+Agile.
✴On a 10+, you have a clear shot—deal your damage.
✴On a 7–9, choose one (whichever you choose you deal your damage):

--You have to move to get the shot placing you in danger as described by the GM
--You have to take what you can get: -1d6 damage
--You have to take several shots, reducing your ammo by one


Of course, the "ammo" part is arguably dumb, because it's just a holdover from Dungeon World, and I wasn't really gonna do "ammo" here...

But it does show that I'd already set up shooting as an Agile thing... (and then I forgot I'd set it up thusly...)

So... does this change anything? Or shall we still use Forceful for destructive weapon use...?
Flash Bang
player, 20 posts
Titanic Daredevil
XP: 1
Thu 8 Aug 2019
at 10:18
  • msg #46

Re: OOC THREAD

Lets stick with that then.
It seems I didn’t notice that.


And re:
quote:
Flash Bang, remove the plus symbol next to your Ray Gun...
Guys, you can attack (Forceful) or dodge (Agile) or try something else...)
Must I?
It was a narrative use of the gun, not mechanical: I didn’t claim or use the +1 bonus for the equipment on that roll.
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