[DH1e] The Damocles Contingency (OOC)

[Trokair]

4 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Looks like it's a moot point, anyway. That's some damn nice rolling, @Trokair!!!

 

 

The dice giveth and the dice taketh, I have learned not to ask too many questions.

 

4 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

 

We get to live! 

 

Now you Jinxed it!

[Trokair]

Would it make sense for only some of us to take the lift up to get the message out to Locke, so to lighten the load on the lift so it can go faster?

[Lysimachus]

Might be best if all of us get out of here while we can? That way we might survive, even if Damocles still goes up?

 

I've worked out about 8.5kg of stuff Reynard will drop, so we're almost halfway to the maximum 20kg +20 mins already?

[Necronaut]

Scourge's trademark crusader helm is 2kg, plus his dagger and laspistol (which never got used) together are another 2kg, for 4kg total. The rest of his kit is... Priceless? Abandoning any of the rest of his equipment (armor, boltgun, daemonhammer) would easily push us over the threshold, and Scourge would possibly do it, save that he probably views most or all of them as holy artifacts. 

Edited August 2, 2023 by Necronaut

[A.T.]

Falks shield and handcannon save around 9 kg. Can ditch the lascutter as well but we might still need it.

 

Also two frag grenades and a couple of dozen rounds of pistol ammunition.

Edited August 2, 2023 by A.T.

[Necronaut]

I have a lascutter for you: Hywelesbane. When one only has a hammer available, all problems start to resemble nails waiting to be driven. 

[Lord_Ikka]

Nicios already dropped all his weight...

[A.T.]

1 hour ago, Necronaut said:

I have a lascutter for you: Hywelesbane. When one only has a hammer available, all problems start to resemble nails waiting to be driven. 

 

We are pretty much at the limit anyway - if Scourge ditches his laspistol I think that is 20kg on the nose, possibly a little over accouting for Falks pistol ammo.

[Mazer Rackham]

24 minutes ago, Lord_Ikka said:

Nicios already dropped all his weight...

 

What about those huge stones he's clanging around?

[Necronaut]

Placeholder updated:

 

https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375260-dh1e-the-damocles-contingency-rpg-ic/?do=findComment&comment=5978272

[Lord_Ikka]

33 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

 

What about those huge stones he's clanging around?

Those belong to the Emperor. 

[Mazer Rackham]

1 minute ago, Lord_Ikka said:

Those belong to the Emperor. 

 

Ah, Holy Stones. Explains why they're so shiny.

[Lord_Ikka]

Here we are making ball jokes and @Necronaut writes a truly touching redemption arc post.

[Necronaut]

As the Duke of Nukem would say in such situations, "I've got balls of steel!" 

[Mazer Rackham]

9 minutes ago, Lord_Ikka said:

@Necronaut writes a truly touching redemption arc post.

 

Aye, he has penned a mighty and noble thing. 

[Necronaut]

@Mazer Rackham deserves credit here too: I hadn't actually planned on giving this character a name beyond a pseudonym to facilitate better inter-party communication ("Hi, Scourge," works better narratively than "Hey, guy... Whoever you are..."), mostly under the assumption that he would die heroically sacrificing himself to defeat the forces of evil at some point. And I nearly succeeded! 

[Trokair]

Ah, I had wondered following Mazers post on Sunday (when the Golem spoke) if we had known the Penitents name, I just assumed that I had just forgotten a detail from the beginning of the story.

 

 

Also placeholder post from earlier this evening updated, good luck with the accent you lot. 

[Mazer Rackham]

Yon scallywag had earned it. 

 

I'll pause for MG and Restal's reckonings before moving us on.

 

I plan to finish the campaign tonight/tomorrow, and then tie everything off with an epilogue.

 

At some point after, (possibly Friday), I'll then ask our beneficent Moderator Mr Lysimachus to close the IC thread and we'll field Q&A in this thread and do general tidy up, discussion, dissection etc. Please make sure placeholders are filled as soon as you can get to them, so everyone has a chance to read them as part of the ongoing story.

 

Is that ok by everyone?

[Machine God]

Posted. 

 

https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375260-dh1e-the-damocles-contingency-rpg-ic/?do=findComment&comment=5978499

[Lysimachus]

8 minutes ago, Machine God said:

Posted. 

 

https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375260-dh1e-the-damocles-contingency-rpg-ic/?do=findComment&comment=5978499

 

:sigh: if I'd realised Bardas wasn't getting on anyway, I wouldn't have dropped the 600 Throne breastplate either... 

Edited August 2, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Lord_Ikka]

11 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

 

:sigh: if I'd realised Bardas wasn't getting on anyway, I wouldn't have dropped the 600 Throne breastplate either... 

Hey, all my stuff was electro-blasted off me. At least you have clothes on.

[Trokair]

10 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

 

:sigh: if I'd realised Bardas wasn't getting on anyway, I wouldn't have dropped the 600 Throne breastplate either... 

 

I mean I did ask if we can lighten the load if some of us stayed behind, you could have devined my intention from there. 

Anyway I am sure Bardas will take care of anything left behind, if he dose not need to repurpose it for somethign else... 

[Mazer Rackham]

I'll allow for the lift to bomb up a bit faster, since we're light one body.

[Mazer Rackham]

Aaaaand just like that - it's over.

 

Phew! 

 

Players, please do not post in the IC. Please bump your gums in here as you see fit.

 

A huge thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and sanity into making this a reality.

 

I salute, applaud and thank you. 

[Trokair]

A big thank you to our (only some time evil) Game Master, Mazer “Faustian Barging” Rackham.