Out of Character

For what we don't say on Discord, heh

Quoting from the character creation discussion on Naatkinson's other Cypher game:
So if someone is playing one of these types, I'd be open to playing the other.

I am definitely leaning toward Delve!

Awesome! I'll make some kind of Wright then. Sounds like a great relic-hunting team already!

It does! I am trying not to be overly worried about mechanical effectiveness for this character. I find Numenera character building can be a rabbit hole of optimization with all the combinations, and I don't want to worry about that too much. I think my Rugged Delve who Learns from Adversity sounds fun to play.

That said, if anyone sees anything problematic with my character choices, please let me know :)

Learns From Adversity sounds like RP gold!

With a Delve/Wright combo as the core, let's have the rest add their concepts around that, fleshing out the team.

I also agree that the words "Learning From Adversity" in themselves swim with awesome.

Which books can we draw from for descriptors and foci? Discovery and Destiny, for sure, but are the older documents also fair game? Let's see, I have access to the CRB, as well as Character Options 1 & 2.

I would say any Monte Cook Games Numenera books are fair game. In addition, I have the first four of the Cyphercaster magazine, and a third party foci book The Translation Codex, but in respect of the other GMs, let's stick to MCG Numenera books.

Yeah it's plenty as it is! Pretty overwhelming, actually. Which is why it's better to start with a concept and look for the best fit, as opposed to window-shopping around for what's cool hehe!

So far we have a Wright and a Delve. I also believe that Len was going to make a Jack? I plan on making a Glaive, what about the rest of you?

Len's making the Delve, so no one has called Jack yet.

It seems like Numenera has come a long way since I first played it at its inception. I had never heard of the Delve or Wright character classes. Have the rules changed much since the original release? I played a Nano in that first game. It was one of the early Beta test games.

They kickstarter'ered a revamp of the core rule book. It remains the same mechanics as the original, but they added three foci (classes) to the original Jack/nano/glaive and various other options.

I think there are other types beyond jack/nano/glaive/arkus/wright/delve. I saw a Seeker. I forget what the rest are.

That could be: there are three in Discovery, three in Destiny, but possibly more in the supplements.

From Destiny:
You can choose from a total of six different
character types: the Glaive, Nano, and Jack
described in Numenera Discovery, and the
Arkus, Wright, and Delve presented in this
book.

Well, then, I think I'll stick with what I know and play a Nano. I'll probably just port over the data from the original character and submit it for review.

If I remember correctly and it's been a couple of years, the Jack is a rogue type and the Glaive is a fighter type. Correct me if I'm wrong. I have the basic character fleshed out here but I still have to add the esoteries as well as any cyphers and oddities that we're allowed. My original character had two esoteries and I would like to keep the same ones unless only one is allowed.

Yes, as to Jack and Glaive roles.

Nanos do start with two Esoteries

Okay, quick raise of hands if we're ready to go. I've posted a proposed setting and there have been no objections.

But I'd rather jump in cyphers blazing than hammer down the perfect setup.

Mostly, my plan was to give the other two GMs time to add their stink into everything before I commit us all to a path they might not by into.

Tomorrow night, I'll start the first chapter, so any last minute tweaks, lob them in.

I'm ready!

How many units of parts?

1 unit of parts

These slurges armor is insane... I love it! We have to expend resources on an otherwise worthless enemy

Awww man! I just hope I can salvage 'em for parts later.

Interestingly, the rules are different in the Cypher System rulebook, where one cypher randomly disappears permanently if you pick up too many. In Numenera, there is a table for random effects.

I remember there being a table, with some dangers being worse than others. At least the cyphers didn't explode ti cause damage!

Reminder to Mick, don't forget the asset I gave to you for your next action :)

I feel like I'm playing Myst right now.

Has anybody heard from Oxbox I awhile? I think the last time he posted in this game was just before I joked about the House of Endless Slurges. Hope he didn't take that literally.

He's been inactive my game as well. But I see him posting on the 5TDM game.

The target number was 15 and you rolled a 13 and a 1

Hey, that was fun, Qralloq! Thanks! :-)

Thanks Jabes. Desoto is a hoot!

Yep, thanks Qralloq! I haven't had a chance to look your character over yet. Soon!

Hey folks, as you might have seen on Discord, Falconloft was interested in joining us. They would be new to the system and probably require some help. Are we interested in taking him on? Expanding the pool of cypher players seems like the thing to do, but don't hesitate to voice any objections.

I am not opposed. I think there's hardly any difference between me and someone with zero experience if we're talking about mechanics knowledge haha!

I'm okay with it. I think this setup works well. He can join us for an adventure or two, and stay or leave as he will after that.

I'm ok with this as well

I'm playing with Falconloft in other games. He would be an asset here.

Hey Aldrusian, are you still joining us for chapter 2? We're waiting for you to roll initiative if you want to join us :)

Clarice is up, len

I'm having to pull overtime a lot lately, so I'm still here, and mostly keeping up, but unless there's something that Eunbyeol can handle directly, she's going to be (uncharacteristically) quiet.

Appreciate the heads up.

Hey folks. Sorry for disappearing. My Dad had a stroke. I flew to my hometown on short notice. He's still with us, but not out of the woods yet.

I'm going to have to pull out of this game. Thanks for being great players. If you are curious as to where this adventure was going, you can take a look at A Stolen Song by Aaron Potter: http://www.onepagedungeon.info/2015/image-gallery/detail/p-aaron-potter---a-stolen-song/ for the adventure. The twist ending was that the girl who's song was the "stolen song" was originally going to be from the marauder tribes

Sorry to hear that Len, we'll miss you while you're away. Best luck to your father.

Aye, luck be with ye.

But now, how will we proceed?

Well, we can montage back to town. I can promote someone else to GM and we keep going?

I cannot follow Len's story, but I am willing to pick up the mantle and run A story. I always have sci-fi ideas.

Okay, just so everyone knows, I'm working on the next chapter, just need a bit of clarification on a couple points so I don't contradict what's already happened. I'll have something posted hopefully by the end of today.

Just so I don't forget anyone, can everyone give me a post to indicate they're active?

Posting here that Im active

I'm active

I'm here.

I sent mcinnis a PM to get him into the story, hoping to hear back very soon. And that reminds me, I think he's on Discord, so maybe I'll catch him there. />__>/

I am watching, but I want this conversation to sort of coalesce into a consensus before I move things forward.

So... We're moving kind of slowly, and I'm not sure 100% if that's my fault or not. It is my first time running anything Cypher-based, and I realize I'm probably not running it as well as I could. Is there anything that I could do that I'm not that would help people get re-engaged, or is it just that everyone is super-busy elsewhere?

I'm not sure either, other than typical weekend slowness. Jabes had some work rush. I think Legion is evacuating out of Florida. Naat has been stretched but is working on that. As for me, I have no ideas on how to solve that next obstacle, so hoped the others might. I'll put that IC.

I do forget about weather sometimes. We very rarely get anything superbad here.

I'm back from the latest work rush. Eager to get back into this, but understand that several of you might still be dealing with Hurricane Dorian. Stay safe, friends!

Woot for Effort!

Haha! I did not. I simply threw together a bunch of science-y gobbledygook -- I guess I got lucky.

Rolled a 1! Yeah, I'm definitely back! XD

Haha.

Desoto has such bad luck lately!

XD

I was wondering why I could read Falconloft's note to Jabes, then when I read Jabes' note reply, I remembered. Oh yeah, I am a GM IN THIS GAME! Haha.

XD Pretend you don't see them!

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!!!

I feel like we've stalled out and that's probably my fault, but I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to kickstart things again.

I feel that this non-euclidian maze is too hard to understand. Coming up with ways to navigate nonsense is hard so it's easier to just leave it to Jabes to deal with.

I am not even sure why were really there, but I do remember there was a reason. It's just been awhile. Then there was the weird could it be time travel, our village had been destroyed, thing.

It's probably just too much to juggle and keep fresh in your brain for a slow paced game.

You might be right about that, which if it is correct IS my fault, because I thought I was coming up with something that would be more suited to a slower game. I can probably correct for that...

You could try giving us a straightforward montage back into your plot. If it's too late to recover momentum, then we'll know then if we fail to engage.

I agree with Qralloq. I'm finding the whole thing a bit hard to follow because of the slower pace. I don't really think it's anyone's fault. If it were a game where everyone had time to post 2-3 times per day, it may be easier to follow since it would be less spaced out.

Apologies to all, but circumstances have changed around here so that I will be able to be online a lot less than I used to. To my Falconloft, please feel free to bot Desoto. I hope my situation changes soon. Thanks!

I'm not sure what the goal is here, now that Falconloft's adventure is complete, but I think my time with Numenera is done. Unfortunately, as the original GM, transitioning ownership to another GM isn't very straightforward. I'll work with Keleth to make that happen. Let me now who should be the new owner GM.

Depending on if we can repopulate or not I'll stay around. To be honest, as much as I like character creation in Cypher, the actual play is a bit... flat. However, I am willing to stay around to make sure there's a group.

I really like the system. Numenera the setting fails to connect me. It's like, there is this huge history, and the players are random ticks on a dogs back. It oozes movement and disconnect.

Part of that is why we set up the town. To ground the players rather than keep them as shiftless nomads.

That might be what it is for me too. I remember back when it launched I felt like the setting was a bunch 'hey that's weird!' without any real theme. The fantasy game that was going in it seemed better, but that fell through shortly after I joined. I might need to give it a shot with a different setting. Maybe one that involves transforming weapons...

I agree with the like of the system but disconnect from the setting. With the idea of discovery being the chief component of it all, and being given a setting where untold worlds are in the past, you could conceivably just make up whatever you want, but again, it does feel random.

I would take the reigns, but I'd also rather flesh out my idea. With the current sentiments, it would just be an add-on to the randomness and distraction from Tarshu. My idea involves a gigantic robot hand/arm breaking through some earth as a start of some event.

I might also tinker around with the idea of my space game again, as it did start off pretty well. I definitely enjoyed giving my players some agency with it.

Probably best to post a new game and let this one go then.

I enjoyed playing with all of you! Thanks for running this, all of you GMs :)

Agree with Naat, I appreciate the effort and the chance to RP with all of you. I'll kick everybody and shut this down this evening.