[DW] Blackthorn and Swordhand: OOC Thread

[Commissar Molotov]

Interesting to see the developing dynamic between Kol and Achillion - thank you for bearing with and I hope you enjoyed the psychic interlude.

 

Komrk - if you wish to leave a brother behind to protect the ship you can do so with Thorvald - as the NPC, that's what he's there for, and he will accept any order you give.

[Petragor]

 

Even considering the Lasgun Variable rule (Which I don't think is a thing in Deathwatch), the maximum you can overload a lasgun to is 1d10+5, pen 2.

 

I apologise for intruding on this thread in a moderate GM capacity, but that is an interesting idea.

 

*Scribbles furious notes*

 

MR.

 

It should be noted that overload also makes the lasgun lose reliable, gain unreliable, and consume 4X the normal amount of ammunition. That's the cost for more damage...

[Mazer Rackham]

That's very true, however, it leads me onto a point of interest for any newcomers to the game:

 

Hordes never jam, and never run out of ammunition. 

 

MR.

[That Beyond the Light]

I love the fact that Tyber and his team are just deflecting the lasgun shots

[Necronaut]

Against an Astartes, an individual or small group of guardsman equivalent troops stand no chance. An organized battalion of said troops however, will give any Astartes pause.

[Commissar Molotov]

Yes, the Sternguard forces will soon encounter hordes! (And Pyke will have a good chance to demolish them!)

[Steel Company]

Sorry guys, I haven't been around the last couple of days to keep tabs on things, I've been in the hospital with my son, who as a belated birthday gift inherited type one diabetes from his mom's side of the family. Talk about a metric ton of info to absorb over the course of two days, I'm going to do my best to keep up on things, but I may be a bit distracted by personal life events right now.

 

Anyways I'm home for tonight and tomorrow and he's coming home tomorrow with his mom, so it'll be day one of our new normal, I just hate the fact that I have to stick him with needles while we get everything dialed in for his body's needs.

 

So long story short, not looking for sympathy, just understanding if I'm less than my normal (almost irritatingly so) attentiveness to these boards.

[Ancient_Sobek]

Ok, I added a placeholder for my turn in the battle scene. I put my action and roll in the spoiler. Let me know if I did that correctly and I will go back and add the narrative text.

[Commissar Molotov]

Steel, really sorry to hear your unfortunate news. Luckily we know you will endure and overcome! Take the time you need, Tyber can easily be wrecking things in the meantime (and Helgrim can take over interrogating the poor soul you have captured.)

 

Sobek - the +5 for your armour is already included in your black stats, but otherwise your roll was correct. Now that you've missed, you could choose to spend a fate point to re-roll?

[Commissar Molotov]

Okay, so I think time zones aren't in our favour, but whilst we wait for Sobek to decide his options, we can have round two start.

 

I'd encourage Ashlander, TBTL, Argent and Apostle to declare their actions today if possible - if necessary, Greysight can shoot and kill Trooper D before we get back round to Pyke.

[adesro18]

Hi everyone, Sorry I haven't been posting too much, I've been relatively swamped the last few days with real life stuff. But I have followed the story up to now, pretty cool stuff. Really enjoyed the psychic reading scene it was very interesting. I have some suspicions as to what might be happening OOC which I'll save for now. I figured as well since I am not a void faring chapter nor experienced in void combat I'd leave it all to my more advanced bretheren in this regard to get us closer to our objective.

In regard to the recent email sent, I'm looking forward to getting back into the action flying over to the riches untold. Looking forward to putting our collective melta guns to use.

[ashlander47]

Life really knows when to put the boot in, eh Steel? My condolences mate to you and your sprog, let's hope it's not a tradition of rotten birthday gifts.

 

As far as declaring actions goes I reckon I'll have Incariel continue half moving slowly forward and toss some hot death at the furthest back pair of troopers, K and L I believe. I'll drop a placeholder and the actual roll results in a secondo, then when I have time likely later tomorrow I'll fill in the post proper.

[Commissar Molotov]

Perfect stuff - good to see you back Adesro. Luckily for the most part because we have a large ensemble cast, we can assume that the characters of players who are absent are in the background doing interesting stuff.

 

If you know ahead of time that you're not going to be around (particularly in the case of combat) then let me know and I will happily take over and try to keep your characters alive!

[Mojake]

@Swordhand, is there anything in particular we're looking for on the Riches Untold?

 

Edit: how big is the ship? In m/km if possible?

Edited March 26, 2021 by Mojake

[That Beyond the Light]

Ekieo will take another shot at trooper C. Can you do a standard attack on one enemy then standard attack on another in the same round?

[Commissar Molotov]

Trooper C is dead - if you look at the most recent map I've put up, you will be able to see the dent you guys have already made on the mortal opposition!

 

 

If I were you, I'd consider firing at F, G, H, I or J. (You could leave the closer targets for those like Pyke, perhaps.)

 

EDIT: You could choose to do a half move and then fire, or you could even try a Semi-Auto Burst against F and G. Depends what you want to do.

 

With regards to the "two standard attacks" - the rule in Deathwatch is that if you complete two half actions in a turn, they can't have the same "sub-types". If you look at the GM KIT Combat Actions tab, you'll see that each action has a movement type (such as melee, ranged and movement.)

 

HOWEVER, once we look at Squad Modes, there are attack patterns such as Bolter Mastery that will allow you to fire more than once in a turn.

Edited March 26, 2021 by Commissar Molotov

[ApostleRP]

quick question about semi auto burst folks,

 

are you able to split your hits between targets, or do they all have to fall on one target?

[That Beyond the Light]

Trooper C is dead - if you look at the most recent map I've put up, you will be able to see the dent you guys have already made on the mortal opposition!

 

 

If I were you, I'd consider firing at F, G, H, I or J. (You could leave the closer targets for those like Pyke, perhaps.)

 

EDIT: You could choose to do a half move and then fire, or you could even try a Semi-Auto Burst against F and G. Depends what you want to do.

 

With regards to the "two standard attacks" - the rule in Deathwatch is that if you complete two half actions in a turn, they can't have the same "sub-types". If you look at the GM KIT Combat Actions tab, you'll see that each action has a movement type (such as melee, ranged and movement.)

 

HOWEVER, once we look at Squad Modes, there are attack patterns such as Bolter Mastery that will allow you to fire more than once in a turn.

Thank you. I'll devise a plan and post it up.

[Mojake]

@Swordhand, when we get on the Storm Raven; if we do a pass of the Riches Untold, Achillion can do a mind scan to check of there are any living beings aboard and relative strength. He can also send a telepathic message to anybody on board if we determine that we need to do a rescue op. Edited March 26, 2021 by Mojake

[ApostleRP]

quick question about semi auto burst folks,

 

are you able to split your hits between targets, or do they all have to fall on one target?

never mind, found it myself! shots can be spread to targets within 2m. 

 

@Mol, are F & G within 2m of each other?

[Commissar Molotov]

Yes.

 

EDIT: The long version: Yes, you can distribute hits, as long as the second target isn't harder to hit than the first.

Edited March 26, 2021 by Commissar Molotov

[Lysimachus]

@ApostleRP: Very envious of Lycus' base BS in the 70's , did you spend 5k of your XP on all 4 levels of stat upgrade??? :P

[ApostleRP]

@ApostleRP: Very envious of Lycus' base BS in the 70's , did you spend 5k of your XP on all 4 levels of stat upgrade???

 

Actually that's only with a +10 ;) Just got good stat rolls and chapter buffs too

[Brother Argent]

I know Solza is before Pallan but I intend my boy to keep moving up and take a shot a H or I

[Lysimachus]

 

@ApostleRP: Very envious of Lycus' base BS in the 70's , did you spend 5k of your XP on all 4 levels of stat upgrade??? :P

 

 

Actually that's only with a +10 ;) Just got good stat rolls and chapter buffs too

Now I'm really curious? :D

 

Max starting stat is 50, usually a Chapter buff is +5, so +10 in advances would get you to 65 total (and that's assuming you rolled a 20). Where did the extra 7 to get you up to 72 come from?