[DH1e] The Damocles Contingency (OOC)

[Mazer Rackham]

@Machine God Just a quickie, bud - I assumed the Int test was to hide the Electoo, but were you looking for something, or trying to use Scrutiny?

[Machine God]

2 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

@Machine God Just a quickie, bud - I assumed the Int test was to hide the Electoo, but were you looking for something, or trying to use Scrutiny?

No I deliberately wrote the Aquila left hand over right so that an 'Observant' individual might notice the Electoo. The Int test was so that I could add about theological dogma and add the Washing the Feet thing.

[Mazer Rackham]

4 minutes ago, Machine God said:

No I deliberately wrote the Aquila left hand over right so that an 'Observant' individual might notice the Electoo. The Int test was so that I could add about theological dogma and add the Washing the Feet thing.

Ah, gotcha.

[Necronaut]

@Mazer Rackham, sorry for disappearing. The missus has just come down with covid, and I have been up to my eyeballs in work both at home and thr office. Will try to get something up this evening. 

[Mazer Rackham]

Don't fret about us with that kind of trouble in your life, squire.

Repair to thine hearth sir, and aid thy family.

Hope Mrs Necro gets better soon, and you all stay well. 

[Necronaut]

@Mazer Rackham I'm probably not going to get anything up tonight. I'm not asking you to autopilot the Penitent, but for the time being he's going to be playing the silent, scary and watchful type, like a no-nonsense bodyguard to some aristocrat ought to be. I'll spend a few thrones on food from the vendor we visited a few minutes ago in-game.

 

Again sorry! 

[Mazer Rackham]

No need to apologise brother, we got your back in here.

You take care of business, give your family our best, and we'll carry Scourge along in the GM bag of impervious holding.

See you around soon.

[Lord_Ikka]

Quick question Mazer, do you want to roll the Psychic Phenomena tests, or do you want me to? I can easily let you know if one occurs, but didn't know if you wanted to do the roll and work it into a description of the outcome of the psychic manifestations.

[Mazer Rackham]

Yep, I'll roll for Phenomena, your latest IC post is perfect, ser. 

Edited August 30, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Lysimachus]

So, quick question: as far as I can see from the map we are 1 block of uphive and then at least 9 blocks of midhive to get to the Sanctum? At basic (walking?) speed, that works out as minimum 7.25 hours. Will the lifts going from level to level travel any faster than that?

Edit: presumably time in the lift can cover resting time for day 1 (sat on the floor or benches in lifts, etc?)
 

Edited August 30, 2022 by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

The travel time is just a baseline abstraction if you had to dodge traffic, whereas the lifts themselves are a mostly direct line. Due to this, your travel time will be reduced by 1D3 hours. The randomness of this is to account for lift occupants, shift change-overs, queues for bloody kids riding the lifts up and down pressing all the buttons () etc. Feel free to narrate this. However, each of these lifts are in almost constant service, and therefore can become temperamental...

You may count the lift as a rest area.

[Lysimachus]

Okie-dokie boss, done!

[Lord_Ikka]

Nicios, in combat armor. Decided to leave his face in shadow, to make him creepier. 

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

Looks good - the faceless wanderer does indeed look very dramatic!

[Trokair]

Dose Bardas know the Chief's name (I could not see it when I rescaned past posts) or is this a case of everybody calls him barkeep?

Also, lol at the guns name.

[Mazer Rackham]

Yeah, it's a gang moniker, so to everyone outside the gang it means nothing, but if you say it to the right folks, they'll know who you mean.

EDIT: I have added some GM comments below.

What I see when I move the players on:

Spoiler

What my Players see:

Spoiler

 

 

Edited August 31, 2022 by Mazer Rackham
The Burden of a GM

[Lysimachus]

Ha, I saw you'd made us a map* and the battle music from FF or Zelda (or some other old rpg) immediately started playing in my head... 

 

*very nicely done, btw!

[Machine God]

Nicios with the big white Smile!

[Lysimachus]

Sorry, been out of the loop today. Just to confirm, the Drone tried to Grapple as part of a Charge, right? (I assume it must have, it couldn't do so without moving out from where it was?)

Then Scourge charged it back, so they are all Engaged in the centre of the chamber?

Just trying to confirm where everyone is before I decide what Reynard will do...

[Mazer Rackham]

27 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Just to confirm, the Drone tried to Grapple as part of a Charge, right? (I assume it must have, it couldn't do so without moving out from where it was?)

No, the grapple was initiated by way of an extending 'go-go-gadget' arm "A telescoping appendage" - mechanically, it works like the Lictor's Flesh Hooks and is 'ranged' Grapple. The Drone didn't move.

Your character will have noted when the hand stuck in the wall, the arm is also multi-jointed, and therefore may turn corners...at least up to range. You may also conclude then, that it would work like a harpoon, or grapnel.

Scourge then charged it, and it's currently fighting him from its original position (so I can cop out of a new map! ;p)

Does that help?

Edited September 2, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Lord_Ikka]

Timing-wise, it should be about 4 hours for Falk and Nicios to arrive at the sanctum from the train terminus after they depart- will that be later or earlier than the arrival of the lander crew?

[Mazer Rackham]

Earlier.

Technically you're already there, but you're coming from the other side of the sanctum which will (conveniently - what are the odds!) put you in striking distance, if you hoof it. You will be in vox range, but I'm just leaving the train gang to sort out what they want to do, since interference with what's going on is possible. Either Falk or Nicios could interrupt - Stitches has been told to accompany the fop from the top, but Beren has not indicated if he is actually going with them. (I think he has spotty internet IIRC).

This means it's all up in the air. I'll wait a bit, and if the posters aren't available I'll move your group along, Ikka.

Any good to you?

 

[Lord_Ikka]

Oh, I was just wondering- not in a hurry or anything. Falk and Stitches still have to react to the current situation, while Nicios is just waiting to see what happens. I'm perfectly fine with waiting to see what they do and watching the lander group fight off a bodypart-snatching drone. 

[Mazer Rackham]

*Steeples fingers*

I see, interesting...good feedback is very important to continued player  vivisection  satisfaction.

EDIT: If/when the players do reconvene, we don't need to bother with the the terribly tiresome rigmarole of PC exposition explaining the encounters: "And then, I had to change my pants to red ones, because the ladies like more va va vroom!"

We can all just assume that you've walked and talked, and the Players know. We can save some digital ink. 

Edited September 3, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Machine God]

MR - Could we please have an updated Map for Round 2?

I can't work out where everyone is exactly

Never mind.

Edited September 3, 2022 by Machine God
Worked it out