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OOC 1.

Posted by The TinkererFor group 0
The Tinkerer
GM, 96 posts
Sun 7 May 2023
at 15:22
  • msg #149

Re: OOC 1

Someone asked about this via PM but it's information you'd all have:

The gears are precisely machined pieces of very hard metal. So, their AC is high, but if you do succeed on a hit, it wouldn't take a lot of damage to render them inoperable.
The Tinkerer
GM, 97 posts
Sun 7 May 2023
at 15:35
  • msg #150

Re: OOC 1

Vecaal Alifras:
The dragonborn braced as best he could for the impact but the cargo sling slammed into him with such momentum that his efforts seemed almost laughable.  The impact swung his body out off the twisted stairway, only one taloned hand maintaining contact with a twisted handrail. Vecaal flailed precariously for a moment, his body almost parallel to the ground below, before gravity brought him back into the damaged metal structure.  Banging hard against the stairway, he barely managed to hold on and avoid disaster.  Grunting in pain, he secured his grip and searched the ceiling for whatever Veracity was pointing out.

Spotting the closest cog, the dragonborn reached one hand down by his waist and then flung out his arm with full extension.  A glowing golden dagger flew from his hand toward the mechanism.  Using his momentum he swapped his grip on the stairs, spun, and sent another golden dagger spinning toward the cog.  Then, with what appeared to be a grin or grimace (it was always hard to tell with a dragonborn) his slithered up the stairway, hoping to get ahead of the next crane barreling his way.

OOC:
10:46, Today: Vecaal Alifras rolled 15 using 1d20+3.  Acrobatics.  Just made it to hang on to the stairs!

Attack 1 hits AC16 (augmented by bardic inspiration) for 6 dmg.
11:04, Today: Vecaal Alifras rolled 10 using 1d20+5.  Attack.
11:04, Today: Vecaal Alifras rolled 6 using 1d6.  Bardic Inspiration.
11:11, Today: Vecaal Alifras rolled 6 using 1d6+3.  Damage.

Attack 2 misses.
11:13, Today: Vecaal Alifras rolled 11 using 1d20+5.  Attack.

Climb 30 ft upward with Move action.  Successful roll already provided.

Die roller is toying with me already...

Sorry to say that's two misses from Vecaal but Inspiration for a gripping post, I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see whether he would fall.
Frack
player, 24 posts
Goblin Paladin 3
AC: 18 HP: 12/28
Mon 8 May 2023
at 05:51
  • msg #151

Re: OOC 1

Final!y caught up on the other thread. This is a solid little mystery here. With all that said, I just fell asleep twice while writing my own post, so if it doesn't make any sense, I will adjust tomorrow when I am aweker awaker more awake than I am now.
Veracity
player, 32 posts
Mon 8 May 2023
at 19:46
  • msg #152

Re: OOC 1

The Tinkerer:
Veracity, in the moments before the crane smashed into the staircase, traced with a keen eye the intricate chain of belts, pulleys, and gears that drove the cranes. There! and there! she was able to point out to the others, including three newcomers who had just burst through the door. She could only hope they were allies. Her pointing purple finger indicated two critical cogs which, if bent or destroyed, should render the cranes inoperable.

Heya, Tinkerer: I was considering attempting to jam up some machinery in my next post, but I can't tell if this stuff is nearby or a hundred feet up in the ceiling!  What's the distance to these vulnerable components, and what might be required to access them?
Kreo
player, 34 posts
HP:20/23 | AC:17 | PP:12
Mon 8 May 2023
at 21:02
  • msg #153

Re: OOC 1

Distance would help me too, with my spells and my pistol
The Tinkerer
GM, 98 posts
Mon 8 May 2023
at 21:53
  • msg #154

OOC 1

Sorry, it was in there but maybe kinda vague/buried:

quote:
Everyone else: Veracity has pointed out two gear trains that could be broken to shut down the cranes (she already failed an Investigation check to look for a way to control the cranes without breaking them, so I didn't include that in the result, but someone else could use an action to Investigate for this if they wanted). The nearer set of gears is 25' from the staircase. The further is 40'.


That's the total distance, they're close enough to the ground that you could hit them if you were within melee range.
Veracity
player, 33 posts
Mon 8 May 2023
at 22:14
  • msg #155

OOC 1

Oh gosh, the info was in the very same post I quoted!  Sorry Tinkerer, that's a big reading fail on my part, haha.  Thanks for clearing it up :)
Vecaal Alifras
player, 22 posts
Dragonborn Rogue
HP: 12/21 AC: 15
Thu 11 May 2023
at 23:08
  • msg #156

OOC 1

Tinkerer, do you need a fourth roll from me for Climbing to reach the top, or have I given you enough?
The Tinkerer
GM, 101 posts
Fri 12 May 2023
at 01:02
  • msg #157

OOC 1

In reply to Vecaal Alifras (msg # 156):

A fourth, if you choose to use your action to Dash. That will get you all the way up. Or you can keep your action in case you fall and make your last Climb check next round.
Veracity
player, 36 posts
Fri 12 May 2023
at 01:43
  • msg #158

OOC 1

I'm going to wait until after Kreo to post, since we had a little banter going :)

Also waiting because I'm not quite sure what to do...  We came here to pilfer something valuable, not smash equipment and beat up workers!  The ship has surely sailed for a clean and quiet getaway, haha :P
Baern Snagglehorn
player, 46 posts
Fri 12 May 2023
at 02:05
  • msg #159

OOC 1

We can leave the way we came in, just with a few extra people in tow :)
Kreo
player, 37 posts
HP:20/23 | AC:17 | PP:12
Fri 12 May 2023
at 02:08
  • msg #160

OOC 1

I'm hoping I made a decent post but I got lost in what to do
The Tinkerer
GM, 102 posts
Fri 12 May 2023
at 14:06
  • msg #161

OOC 1

Kreo:
I'm hoping I made a decent post but I got lost in what to do


Yes, you gave me something very good to work with. :-)
The Tinkerer
GM, 104 posts
Sun 14 May 2023
at 15:43
  • msg #162

OOC 1

Frack:
"Tears of the hammer!"


Delightful! Inspiration awarded!
Frack
player, 28 posts
Goblin Paladin 3
AC: 18 HP: 12/28
Mon 15 May 2023
at 02:03
  • msg #163

OOC 1

Hee hee. Frack says that will definitely make the hammer feel better!
Kreo
player, 38 posts
HP:20/23 | AC:17 | PP:12
Mon 15 May 2023
at 02:41
  • msg #164

OOC 1

Oh geez, two Veracity posts to respond to now!

By the way Vera, not trying to plow past what I assume is a very amazing deception roll, but the DM said Kreo recognized the tiefling from afar (likely to smooth initial trust?) so I'm going with
Veracity
player, 39 posts
Mon 15 May 2023
at 03:04
  • msg #165

OOC 1

Yeah, she's in a light disguise that looks like herself after 20 more years smoking and working in a mine, so totally plausible Kreo recognized her :)  Good luck when she gets into deep cover, though!
Veracity
player, 40 posts
Mon 15 May 2023
at 03:09
  • msg #166

OOC 1

Oh, and I love Frack's mis-spoken Tyr curse, too!  I'd love to make pals with the two miniature heroes, but they didn't seem to pay mind to Vera talking to them before charging past ;P
Frack
player, 29 posts
Goblin Paladin 3
AC: 18 HP: 12/28
Mon 15 May 2023
at 04:23
  • msg #167

OOC 1

That was so rude of Frack to leave you in the lurch, but in his defense, he was distracted by a downpour of shiny metal fasteners! Had it not been for that, you would've been answered by a flourish of bows and "at your service"s and what not. They say first impressions are important. I hope Frack can recover.

At least Kreo had the common courtesy to answer your questions.
Procz
player, 37 posts
HP: 11/11
AC: 14 (Mage Armor)
Mon 15 May 2023
at 17:01
  • msg #168

OOC 1

With a touch of metagaming in mind, I'm not sure there is any point now in more people going up to the office via the crane? Is there any way out, that way, or do we have to go through the workers anyway?

Also, Procz is still looking for someone...
The Tinkerer
GM, 106 posts
Mon 15 May 2023
at 17:26
  • msg #169

OOC 1

Procz:
Is there any way out, that way, or do we have to go through the workers anyway?


I don't think any one of you has all this information, but between you you know or suspect:

-The main entrance from which Procz, Kreo, and Frack entered. This is the closest exit and would take you back out front to where the striking workers and Steel Resolved were when last you saw them (which has been not very long at all, just a minute or two).

-Down the stairs, across the engine room, and out the way the other three came in. Last they knew, there were three Steel Resolve out there.

-There may be a train or other means by which workers and/or goods are shuttled to and from the factory. This would presumably be at the rear, where the factory is built into the wall of the volcano, and would require getting passed the workers who are currently fighting a blob of water.

-There are large windows all along the top of the factory and a skylight in the ceiling. These are all accessible via the catwalks where Vecaal currently is. The windows would lead back out front, 100' or so up in the air. The skylight would put you on the roof, a bit higher up but less visible to those below.
Veracity
player, 42 posts
Tue 16 May 2023
at 01:24
  • msg #170

OOC 1

The roof exit sounds kinda appealing, now that I see the options.  We don't know what we'll encounter on the way out, but we do know that there'll be some difficulty at any of the other potential exits!
The Tinkerer
GM, 108 posts
Tue 16 May 2023
at 10:58
  • msg #171

Re: OOC 1

Kreo:
"Workers of the Cog unite."

Inspiration for Kreo!
Frack
player, 30 posts
Goblin Paladin 3
AC: 18 HP: 12/28
Thu 18 May 2023
at 02:30
  • msg #172

Re: OOC 1

Baern Snagglehorn:
[Do you want me to listen to this pipsqueak?]

A gnome calling anyone a pipsqueak is good stuff!
Frack
player, 32 posts
Goblin Paladin 3
AC: 18 HP: 12/28
Thu 18 May 2023
at 02:58
  • msg #173

Re: OOC 1

Frack:
Frack scrunched his face and adjusted his helmet in deep thought. While temporarily distracted by a strange alcohol elemental, the approaching gnomes didn't look friendly, nor did they look like Ilya Gyula (whoever he was)."Well, since nobody here looks like a half-orc, I suppose we'd best look somewhere else." He shrugged and pointed to the office above. "Maybe he's up there."


Just to clarify, Ilya Gyula is female, but Frack missed that detail.
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