[DH1e] The Damocles Contingency (OOC)

[Lysimachus]

I'm not sure what Reynard should be picking up from what he can see. He might have see the method in the madness, but I'm obviously not smart enough! 

 

No angle for a sniper, right? Is the Grassy Knoll comment meant to suggest we should be looking for a second shooter?

 

Or is there some weapon they're planning to use that uses the wind? A gas attack?

 

I'm actually not sure I trust any of the Arbites, we've seen 1 replaced but could easily be more than 1? Do we want to let them hustle Gwynne out of sight?

[Machine God]

1 hour ago, Lysimachus said:

 

No angle for a sniper, right? Is the Grassy Knoll comment meant to suggest we should be looking for a second shooter?

No it's not. Look at Mazer's IC post about the sniper's shooting from impossible positions. Read the names of the snipers. Accounting for 38k of drift you have Lee Harvey Oswald, Grassy Knoll and Book Depository Building. 

 

JFK Assassination. 

 

Kletus Harvello-Wald, a disgraced Imperial Guardsman, when he executed the Premier of Meridia in his ground car, as he passed by a librarium. Some say it was his accomplice, Graysei Knohl, but the truth is lost to time.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by Machine God
Clear up

[Lysimachus]

Yep, cheers MG. I did get the JFK reference (as evidenced by the fact that I wrote 'Grassy Knoll')

 

I just wondered if Mazer was using that to hint at something also about to happen in the story.

 

And it was more the bit about Reynard seeing the method in the madness when looking at the flagpole, I didn't get what I was meant to be seeing.

 

...unless it is implying a gas attack, in which case, cool, got it.

Edited April 23, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Marshal Valkenhayn]

In the post it seemed to suggest that the shooter had opened the south facing window to get an angle on seeing the flag and gauge the wind, unless I read that wrong. Could be for a gas attack, or could be as simple as wanting to insure his shot out the east window won't get spoiled.

 

Or, as it seems that window partially overhangs where the men below are gathering to assault the tower, he might be about to drop some grenades out the window on the assault team below.

 

Your guess is as good as mine.

[Machine God]

@Lysimachus - Sorry. I thought that you mentioned the Grassy Knoll as I posted it earlier in OOC.

 

Yes he checked out the window to see the flags to adjust for windage. 

 

Anyway always look for another assassin. For all you know Kerr Restal might have other motives that even I don't know about. It is Mazer after all. 

 

Who is this masked assassin? 

Judge Haldane the Arbitrator? No! 

Rosemary the Vox operator? 

 

Maybe Heinric the mild mannered janitor? 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by Machine God
Typo

[Mazer Rackham]

3 hours ago, Lysimachus said:

...but I'm obviously not smart enough! 

 

If you think we believe that after playing through plunder, I have a bridge to sell someone! 

 

Your mind tricks don't work here! I'm watching you! 

 

1 hour ago, Marshal Valkenhayn said:

In the post it seemed to suggest that the shooter had opened the south facing window to get an angle on seeing the flag and gauge the wind...

 

Correct, and so I apologise for any confusion, I forget some people are normal folks not possessed by the Spirit Lord of 12 Gauge.

 

43 minutes ago, Machine God said:

Anyway always look for another assassin. For all you know Kerr Restal might have other motives that even I don't know about. It is Mazer after all. 

 

I...er, thanks? 

[Lysimachus]

Thanks all, think I'm clear now! 

[A.T.]

OOC - for sake of clarity Falk wants the valkyrie to drop in lower so that its engines create crosswinds and perhaps even a physical obstruction, and the opportunity for Gwynne to get to it rather than being escorting into potentially another ambush.

[Necronaut]

Scourge's perception test and response post is up @Mazer Rackham. Fit that in with ongoing events as you see fit. Sorry for dropping off the radar yesterday; I did not mean to hold up the game/narrative. 

[Mazer Rackham]

1 hour ago, A.T. said:

OOC - for sake of clarity Falk wants the valkyrie to drop in lower so that its engines create crosswinds and perhaps even a physical obstruction, and the opportunity for Gwynne to get to it rather than being escorting into potentially another ambush.

 

No worries - I hope the result satisfies!

 

1 hour ago, Necronaut said:

Scourge's perception test and response post is up @Mazer Rackham. Fit that in with ongoing events as you see fit. Sorry for dropping off the radar yesterday; I did not mean to hold up the game/narrative. 

 

Nothing to apologise for. I can make busywork er, invent adventure for days, whilst people go and do things like sleep, eat, work, you know that weird crud humans get up to. 

[Necronaut]

@Mazer Rackham sorry to be a bother, but in all of the excitement I have lost track of my current FP count. I believe Scourge used one when dueling/sparring with Cephas, and another during the fight with Helene. Did we have an FP recharge period somewhere in there or am I misremembering?

Edited April 23, 2023 by Necronaut

[Lysimachus]

I hope I worked that out right... I'm pretty sure it should be a full Aim considering how long he's been pointing his gun at the window, and I'm doing some school level pythag to get Range (assuming 3-storey tower at 12ish metres, as long as the landing pad is under 32m across, the hypotenuse should be within 35m Short Range? )

 

Edit: Also, I'm not sure about Tearing. Do I roll all the d10s plus 1 extra and then discard the lowest (what I've done)

 

or...

 

do I roll 2d10 for the Standard Damage and discard 1, then add the extra 2d10 for Accurate? (Think that would make the final result 1 less, as I'd have to wipe out the 4 rather than the 3?)

 

 

 

 

And tell me if I can't reroll successes and I'll have to stick with what I got! 

Edited April 23, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

56 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

@Mazer Rackham sorry to be a bother, but in all of the excitement I have lost track of my current FP count. I believe Scourge used one when dueling/sparring with Cephas, and another during the fight with Helene. Did we have an FP recharge period somewhere in there or am I misremembering?

 

No I don't think it was restored, you've pretty much been in battle on and off for hours, and I don't think we've had a session/part close.

 

38 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

I hope I worked that out right... I'm pretty sure it should be a full Aim considering how long he's been pointing his gun at the window, and I'm doing some school level pythag to get Range (assuming 3-storey tower at 12ish metres, as long as the landing pad is under 32m across, the hypotenuse should be within 35m Short Range? )

 

Edit: Also, I'm not sure about Tearing. Do I roll all the d10s plus 1 extra and then discard the lowest (what I've done)

 

or...

 

do I roll 2d10 for the Standard Damage and discard 1, then add the extra 2d10 for Accurate? (Think that would make the final result 1 less, as I'd have to wipe out the 4 rather than the 3?)

 

Tearing is one dice extra, so you roll them all, discard lowest, calc damage.

 

I'm looking at the Errata on Accurate and it states that the extra damage only applies to a Basic Weapon, but this is clearly nonsense. All weapons with Accurate will benefit from the extra damage - otherwise, why the hell bother having it all?

 

EDIT: on re-rolling a successful roll, a FP may be used to re-roll any Test, so failed or passed ones.

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by Mazer Rackham

[Marshal Valkenhayn]

I'm not sure if I have enough of an angle on the situation to clearly see the shooter and figure out what's going on, especially with all the dust in the air. We need to hope that the Arbites have this, or the assassin is a really bad shot.

[Necronaut]

Pretty much!

[Trokair]

The Lady may have her own means to escape harm....

[A.T.]

1 hour ago, Marshal Valkenhayn said:

I'm not sure if I have enough of an angle on the situation to clearly see the shooter and figure out what's going on, especially with all the dust in the air. We need to hope that the Arbites have this, or the assassin is a really bad shot.

 

With a dodge roll that bad the assassin might think they are going after a decoy... :p

[Mazer Rackham]

For simplicity and clarity, we can assume that the vox/comm beads sync up and whilst Solomon won't know who is who, he will recognise Ident keys on the frequency as people speak. Being a pilot and used to communicating mainly by vox in the depths of a ship, you will understand friendly idents.

 

This may prevent blue-on-blue firefights in the next few game minutes.

[Marshal Valkenhayn]

Elsewhere on the planet, Solomon's old team suddenly feels invincible.

[Necronaut]

The dice did not favor us this day, lads. :(

[Marshal Valkenhayn]

@necronaut

 

Time to run over there and suck the poison out, soldier. Hustle hustle. If that doesn't work, chop the arm off.

[Lysimachus]

I assume we are waiting for Ikka to get back from his tournament (wonder how he got on?) to let Nicios do the Medicae test?

 

I think he's got just over 50% chance of success, any of the rest of us will probably kill her immediately... 

[Mazer Rackham]

1 hour ago, Lysimachus said:

I assume we are waiting for Ikka to get back from his tournament (wonder how he got on?) to let Nicios do the Medicae test?

 

I think he's got just over 50% chance of success, any of the rest of us will probably kill her immediately... 

 

Reynard (no medicae and 4 DoF), goes to suck out the poison.

 

No, that's her eyeball! Schloop!

[Machine God]

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[A.T.]

A standard medkit is good for a +20 on any medicae roll. Given how much we get shot at we should probably buy one...