Derrick and Agatho's work will take a couple hours, so others can take action during that time, if desired.

In reply to Immortal Eye (msg # 901):

There's a second tank!

Alright, we got one heck of a haul from that first tank folks:

• Banishing Nodule, lvl 5
• Phasing Gloves, lvl 2
• Mental Thieves, lvl 10
• Exalted Vapor, lvl 4
• Catholicon, lvl 3
• Time Dilation Nodule (Offensive), lvl 6

I'd like to take the Time Dilation Nodule, but everything else is up from grabs. The Catholicon is exactly the kind of thing we should bring back to New Canthus. I suggest we use the Phasing Gloves to salvage the second tank.

How are people doing for points overall? I'm contemplating using my old healing grenade (10 pool points for everyone) to top everyone up so we can keep going. It'll also free up a Cypher slot for me so I can take another.

Related, but I said that I tossed that Mood Patch at Alyssa earlier. I meant to give it to Hoa.

Could you briefly summarize what each one does?

I can heal folks in need without using up your healing grenade.

Sorry my IC posting rate has been suffering lately.  Work deadlines have been pretty wild...

Full Descriptions:

• Banishing Nodule, lvl 5, crystal nodule affixed to a melee weapon: For the next 28 hours, each time the weapon the nodule is attached to strikes a solid creature or object, it generates a burst of energy that teleports the creature or object struck an immediate distance in a random direction (not up or down).  The teleported creature's actions (including defense) are hindered on its next turn (hindered by two steps if the cypher is level 5 or higher).
• Phasing Gloves, lvl 2, gloves: These gloves can selectively phase through solid objects whose level is no higher than the cypher level in a fashion that allows the wearer to see what they are touching, providing an asset for anyone attempting to repair a disabled object or structure.  Someone wearing the gloves could also search behind walls and under floors using the gloves.  The gloves retain their phasing ability for up to one minute per cypher level.  If used as part of a salvaging task, the gloves grant two assets.
• Mental Thieves, lvl 10, subdermal injection: The user exhales a cloud of spores as they put a question to a creature within immediate range.  The spores infiltrate the target's body, find the answer in its thoughts and forcefully eject themselves from the body, inflicting 2 points of damage to the target.  The spores fly through the air and reenter the user's body, at which point they immediately learn the answer to the question, subject to the limits of the target's knowledge.
• Exalted Vapor, lvl 4, smoking mask/gas mask: Allows the user to inhale a potent chemical that restores a number of points equal to the cypher level to Might.
• Catholicon, lvl 3, ingestible liquid: Cures any disease of the cypher level or lower.
• Time Dilation Nodule (Offensive), lvl 6, crystal nodule affixed to a melee weapon: For the next 28 hours, the attacker moves at almost instantaneous speeds when they swing their weapon, easing their attacks by two steps (three if the cypher is level 6 or higher).

Can you heal people without using resources?

No cost to use for me.  The only issue is that the more I use it on someone, the harder it gets to use it successfully, at least until after they rest for ten hours...

I added the Mood Patch to my cyphers. My three slots are full.

In reply to Agatho (msg # 906):

I'll hang on to the grenade then.

I suggest someone loots the other tank. We'll make a pile of the cyphers that we don't personally want to bring back to Canthus, but in the meantime we keep searching the ship.

Who needs healing?

Haven't really taken any damage to speak of.

No need to heal here, either.

Will search the other tank

In reply to Agatho (msg # 909):

I guess I'm the only one who needs healing.

Did you just get injured after wrestling the door, or was it earlier?

My RL busyness may have made me clueless OOC, but Agatho would probably have notice IC...  O_o

In reply to Agatho (msg # 913):

I tapped a lot of my Intellect pool to open the tank. No actual injuries.

Am I free to heal you now, or do I have to wait until we have finished with the tank?  Or have we finished already?  O_o

In reply to Agatho (msg # 915):

I'm done with my tank while Artor works on the second one.

Well, my speed pool is kind of low (7 of 13) but that healing grenade could be of more use if we use it once we all have taken heavier damage.. for the cyphers.. well the mental thieves could be usefull with that being we left in the dark in the other place we were before.. but someone else in the team might be more suited to make better use of it, the banishing nodule could be other option useful for Breog

Hey all (and especially Eye)--apologies for my long quiet. Life as a teacher with two teenage children has continued apace, and 2023 was the most relentless (if not necessarily worst) year I've experienced. That's made it hard to get back into the swing of things with the story here, and I think that it's best at this point that I go ahead and officially withdraw.

Thank you all!

Sorry to see you go, Hoa.  I hope things work out better for you. You are welcome back any time!

Dear Players,

It is with a heavy heart that I announce my decision to end my time as a GM for this game.  With my work and school schedules now, I do not have the time or mental energy necessary to give this game and you players the attention you deserve.

I have immensely enjoyed my time role-playing with you all.  Your enthusiasm and creativity have been engaging and inspiring over the past many years.  Thank you so much for sharing your time to help create a world with me.

I wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors.

Sincerely,

Immortal Eye

Thank you for GMing us!  We appreciate you!

And with that...  POST NUMBER THREE THOUSAND!!! :D

Wishing you all well... :)

Thanks, GM! Clear skies

Thanks for the game!

Thanks! Was fun to try out the system!

Thank you for running the game, i think its one of the longests i have seen in pbp, i think  it's an achievement that you can be proud of , i wish the best