[DH1e] The Damocles Contingency (OOC)

[Necronaut]

4 hours ago, Trokair said:

I feel like I am about to be Pipin in Moria, who want's to be Gandalf?

 

Humorously, per Tolkien's lore, Gandalf is more akin to a daemon, albeit a helpful and generally good-natured one. To which I wholeheartedly say, "BURN THE WITCH!" 

[Mazer Rackham]

51 minutes ago, Trokair said:

Not 5 DoF, or 6....

On the one hand there is nothing life threatening hinging on this role

 

Life-threatening? Poppycock! What could ever go wrong in a place like this, whilst trying to tomb rob a corpse with only one arm and suspiciously advanced augmetics made of strange metal? With a power source under it that should have burned out years ago, whilst at least four hours away from rescue?

 

Pish-posh, I say!

[Trokair]

I am trying to work out with how stright a face you said all that. 

 

 

Edit: Fate point rerolled, regretting it already, IC post edited. 

 

I should have seen that comming.

 

 

Edited July 4, 2023 by Trokair

[Trokair]

Mazer, for my own clarity, is Executor Princeps Devran Holle, the Executor corrupted by the Golem as it took over the AdMech enclave, or was that a different one, and  Devran Holle sat entombed down here because he resisted the takeover?

[Mazer Rackham]

You can assume that the name was uttered by Von Bosch at some point in his ramblings, and mentioned by Lazlo, both of whom believed him very much alive.

 

Bardas will be aware, that thanks to staid AdMech tradition, only one Executor would exist at any one time.

 

Any help?

[Trokair]

 

Just wanted to be sure as to where things stood, I could not remember encountering the name Devran Holle before, and as I got the impression that you had deliberately not named the Executor that was mentioned in the previous posts in relation to the AdMech enclave and the Golem.   

 

As such I was trying to work out if this was that same Executor (as you have now confirmed, thanks) or if this was another, a predecessor for example, or one sidelined and eliminated by the golem for resting.

 

[Mazer Rackham]

I've just worded the map out, couldn't get a decent plan.

[Trokair]

Thank you for trying.

 

Remember, a picture might be worth a thousand words, but if you only need 500 for a task then that is better than half a picture.

 

[Lysimachus]

Question: can we use Awareness for the test if we have it?

 

Edit: chucked the roll up anyway, will let you decide what applied! 

Edited July 6, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

Yes, no problem with that. Awareness is a skill based on Perception, so the brush was broad.

[Mazer Rackham]

Structured Time post updated.

[Lord_Ikka]

Sigh, even rolling an 8 Nicios is for second-to-last place,,,

[Mazer Rackham]

It just means you'll live longer. 

 

I'm sure Nicci will get a chance to do sommat. 

 

Tactical map is up.

[A.T.]

hmm, command... don't think anyone has that (or even the option to buy it).  Half stat?

[Mazer Rackham]

Yes, that's no problem given your deeds, rank and situation.

[Lysimachus]

Hmm, so that would be half Fel +10. For Reynard that's (45/2) +10 = 33, right? Do the Arbites have any Disposition that improves things any further, or is that covered by the +10?

 

 

Falk (also Fel45) would get another +10 for Peer: Arbites for a total target of 43, so maybe we should leave the Command-ing to him? (Probably appropriate, to be fair!)

 

 

Edited July 7, 2023 by Lysimachus

[A.T.]

38 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Falk (also Fel45) would get another +10 for Peer: Arbites for a total target of 43, so maybe we should leave the Command-ing to him? (Probably appropriate, to be fair!)

 

There is a 'legate investigator' that grants command for Arbites of rank 4 or higher in the inquisitors handbook (it's where I got the sigil of question idea from) - Falk would have picked it up but we aren't using alternate ranks. Perhaps if there is a follow up game at some point :p

[Machine God]

Right, so Kerr Restal got great initiative but is stuck in the middle of the group. 

Lets hope that I don’t roll a Jam with his right Las-carbine in FAB. 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 7, 2023 by Machine God
Typo

[Mazer Rackham]

Everyone was stuck on the map randomly.

 

Given that FAB allows a half move, and there's enough room to slide past each other, I don't think it's too onerous. 

 

If there's no further queries, Players can start.

 

Edited July 7, 2023 by Mazer Rackham

[Machine God]

Not to miss out on the LoTR quotes.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYSYAHDKtvM

[Machine God]

@Necronaut - SAB is a Full Action, a Jam is a miss.

 

Then clearing a Jam is a Full Action next turn, success means that the Bolter needs to be reloaded and any ammo in it is lost. Bolters need a Full Action to reload.

 

So on Round 4 you can fire again.

 

It might be better to engage some Hammer Action.

[Mazer Rackham]

@Necronaut the bolter you're using is a Godwyn-Diaz and has the Reliable weapon quality, which means on a Jam, you roll a D10, and only if you roll a 9 on that dice is the weapon Jammed.

 

The shot is then relegated to just a miss.

 

You may edit your post with the roll against the Jam. The Miss stands, as this is a separate roll unaffected by the Quality.

 

MG has the right of it on the other aspects.

 

A quick note on the ammo consumption. I never thought about it before, because jams are relatively rare, but MG is right again in that (RAW) the whole magazine is discarded - this is due, once again, to FFG's manglewords. A house rule that I generally apply here, (RAI), is that the rounds for the Attack are discarded - so in his instance, it would be the 2/3 rounds used in the SAB.

 

That goes for everyone, no matter of weapon type.

 

In truth, the refresher is very....prescient.

 

Edited July 8, 2023 by Mazer Rackham
Duplicate word

[Necronaut]

@Mazer Rackham sorry about that -- I must have left off the reliable trait when I added it to my character sheet, or I otherwise didn't realize the weapon was supposed to have it. Will correct shortly. 

[Mazer Rackham]

No need to apologise. Your character is the flagellant, not you! 

[Mazer Rackham]

Just to clarify before I change up the map - I've got it as Restal shooting up the 4 x strong horde map North, Reynard burning 4 x Horde map East, and Nicios mind-bulleting 6 x Horde map South-west. Is this all correct?