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Update: I'm about 80~90% done with the first adventure.

Some bad news, Squadfather's work is not letting up and might even get even more crazier with a possible transfer to another state. He is however fine with us starting right away without him and letting him catch up later when/if he can do so.

Here's the map of the setting to help visualize locations.

They did a great job with it they also have a B&W version as well.

Looking forward to this, this is my first time. Pointers and critiques welcome!

It was an excellent post, Sorrack: teased some backstory, established some character, a little physical comedy.

Nero takes some samples of roasted blob skin. Of course for Medical reasons.

@ Qralloq: Strange, I was under the impression that your robot had a female personality...

Also, it would seem that this is our Dralasite...

S/he is very confused but essentially gender neutral. They're not that kind of robot.

Just because you're the GM you shouldn't rummage through personal belongings. That family photo is personal.

I've always confused the Barbapappa family from Babar the elephant, due to the spelling and pronunciation. I feel enlightened now.

Clickity click, barba trick

Well, you know this mysterious planet is somewhere near the Gravity Nexus.

Nero Jenkins MD is a surgeon is from "Duergan's Star" in the Galactic Federation.

According to Galactic Federation Records: He was just a 26 year old that took classes and became a surgeon. Listed as unknown home planet or family. War orphan.

According to Reinaggar's Hold Records: He was born on Oberon (Undecia) a heavily forested planet. Joined the rebellion for 8 years (18 to 26). Worked his way up to lieutenant on the Black Cobra Ship and then went AWOL after his Commander and Lieutenant Commander died due to a Galactic Federation spy sabotage. His parents were killed in the war. He has no known siblings.

Black Cobra Ship has a poor history of many merciless killings. Command Jop Cob was known to be an evil Commander. Dorus Fant was his Lieutenant Commander. (We don't talk about the rest of the crew.) The destruction of the ARJ7 Passenger ship was his last merciless killing before his own death.Side note: Galactic Federation isn't aware of his Modern Medical Nanites Implant.

Is there a way to set up the forums so the most recent post show as opposed to the first posts?

This is exactly what those are for. ;)

Clicking on the black page will take you to the first of the new posts that was made since you last visited the thread.
Clicking on the red arrow will take you to the last post of the thread, new or not.

Thank you! You're the best!

Antiproduct just suggested me to start a Discord for this campaign. Is it something you'd be interested in?

YES. I don't have the knack to send private messages here and forced to mail them. I do know how to do such in Discord. I also find it a nice place to chat about the campaign and such too.

I'd be up to join a Discord. I'm on it all the time (or at least my notification gremlin lurks there).

And yes I do torment Qralloq on Discord about Trudy and Nero. It never ENDS. Mwaa ha ha.. (Sorry DM part of me took over.)

Alright, Discord set up. Invitation link (lasts only 24 hours): https://discord.gg/CzqRNuC9

I was wondering if for the next fights, you'd prefer a battle map with counter system. I sort of can approximate a VTT using google docs for pbp games. The only reason I didn't tried it yet for this FS game was the trouble of getting counters for the various FS races. As I was doing an internet search for FS images, I quickly realized that I'd be limited to the illustrations in the books, the vast majority of which are in B&W, which would contrast greatly with the colored background and the players' counters...

But if you're still willing to give it a try in (mostly) B&W, I'm game to try it.

Something to aid visually can help. Personally I'm lost in pbp fights without a map yet.

I'm happy with theatre of mind, but a b&w map is a step up, and can certainly help identify threats better.

Hard for Trudy to get shot when you can't see where Trudy is...grumbles..

Theater of the mind works for me though maps are always nice Especially as my mind can be a scary place.

Okay, I'm gong to ask you to put your chance of success as part of your roll so I don't have to check your character sheets all the time. If you wonder which attribute should be used for your roll, ask me or suggest one to me, and I'll make a call/tell you.

Yeah I ususally do put the DC on it.. but that one was at least all low or high..

Okay sir.

So you guys are heading back up or are you continuing down stairs as per the original plan?

I'll defer to those with free will, but I'm for going down before we get blowed up

Troubleshoot System (p.50) will work. It takes 1/2D supplies and takes 30 minutes or so to do. Of course, the Thief skill and the use of a security kit would be faster...

FYI Life has been a real kicker for the last few months. I thought it would be back to normal but it has not. This has caused me to drop about half my games here. Fortunately this is one I wish to keep going with. This is not the only thing I have had to drop so I am hoping that with these changes I will be able to focus more time on the games I have remaining.

Life is often nastier than the Dice Lords...

Glad to see you're still with us.

I was supposed to start working more as well, but when I noticed people rushing to use public transportation as soon as the restrictions were lifted, I told my boss I didn't want to risk starting on Fridays right away...
People don't seem to understand that even though vaccinations are well underway, return to normalcy should be slow and progressive. I'm almost expecting a new spike in cases...

Still need Sorrack's Nero's, and Mesec's pics for counters.

No idea how you make pictures for counters. Probably going to have to do the best you can.

I make the counters, just give me a link to your avatar picture.

I downloaded that image years ago. I don't have the site location. All I have now is a 413x640 JPG File 40.5Kb on my hard drive. I put a upload on Discord.

Should work. Thanks.

While we wait, you can always place your counters on the battlemap...

Oooo! Fancy! Good job there Kal.

How you do it?

I use maptools for the counters. I used to make maps using Pyromancers, but with Flash being killed, I found https://www.mipui.net to make maps instead.

Nice Map. My goggle account is toasted so I can't move icons with it.

Are you on a mobile? Players using mobiles had problem with googledocs maps before...

Have tried multiple times to get my Google account fixed, but it will not let me.

Alright, well tell me where you want to be. Given that you were aiming towards the holes, I can only assume you're near the door, possibly still in the corridor peeking in...

Given my *splendid* suit maneuver, I guess I am in the front.

Probably near the door, just inside the room. Sam and Sorrack entered and made their way towards the eastern door...

Wonder if I can use my fireball out of INIT?

Friendly reminder that I've set up an FS Discord.

https://discord.gg/EkyqgfBW

@ Viking: please roll Sam's INIT for next round as part of her post.

@ Viking: Did you tried a 2nd attack during your round? If so, it would have been done at -20 multi-action penalty (for a 50% of success), and now your multi action penalty would be at -40 (in case you need to make a resistance check).

No I misread the post and thought it was a new round.

Ah, ok.

Indeed.

Depends on the melee weapon, though it's usually AGL+Warrior. There should be a space on the character sheet to note weapons and hit%...

So, could you explain what it takes to actually accomplish something? What type of rolls mean success? I can’t even seem to stab something I am standing next to.

Could you make your character sheet public, so we can have a look? Click Characters->All Characters then on the line for Sorrack the Fluid click the book-shaped icon until it is red.

Ok, I believe I have it set to public now

Right, so melee would use Warrior (-20 and disadvantage because you're untrained) which is based on Strength. Therefore your skill is 25, you need to roll under a 25. But it's harder that your roll is you take the worse of the result of you swap the dice order. Rolling a 25 is the worse of 25 and 52, so 52.

Marksman had the same problem, obtained, but it's based on Agil which is 65. That means if you had a ranged weapon, you would hit on a 45 or less (again with Disadvantage).

Summary: you're not a combat character, but you'd do a lot better with a ranged weapon.

FS uses a fluid (no pun intended) system of Attribute + Skill level for action rolls.

Basically, when performing an action, pick an attribute + skill combination which will make sense for it. For certain actions, it won't be much of a choice, which is especially true for combat action (requiring the Attribute + Skill combination listed in the weapon's description on pp.59-76).

An attribute of unskilled is really bad, because on top of the -20, you also have disadvantaged (with your tens and units potentially being switched if the result would be worse for you).

Edit: Simultaneous posts
Qralloq is nearly right. Melee can be based off STR, but once again, it depends on the weapons. For example, your whip definitely uses AGL. Similar thing for ranged: most uses CRD, but a few weapons will use other attributes, you just need to read your weapons's description.

That makes more sense, thank you. I’ll take that into consideration on my build. What about thrown knives? Agility with a -20?

The weapon's description on p.68 shows us that knives can be thrown with a CRD+Marksman skill check. Both your AGL and CRD are at 65. No need to give yourself a -20 penalty on top of any other you may accrue during the round...

I don't think I have the marksmanship skill. Does that change the calculations?

Same as if you don't have the Warrior skill to attack in melee: -20 and disadvantaged...

Yeah, so far the RNG really seem to hate you guys... Nero and Mesec in particular... XD

The Machine hates Nero? Can't think why that may be...

Probably cause it is laser edged on his mind might be a good reason for the Machine to somehow hate Nero.

Just a reminder, that door on the left was the door you heard all that scratching come from, and judging by the noises, there are more crabs behind that door than you fought here...

Accidents happen™? On a serious note though, thanks for the reminder. I won't pretend I said it to see if the others remember. xD
(please someone point this out so I may cry out "onwards then comrades!")

Sorrack roll is reminding me that I've had an idea lately to fix those specializations which I'm really not a fan of. Instead of rolling your specialization at +10 above your score, and everything else at -10 below your score (never rolling your skill at the actual score you levelled it to), how about I grant re-rolls per "sessions" to one's area of expertise? Let's say 1 for a broad specialization, and 2 for a regular one? Feels like if players are saving their re-rolls for an important check, it would fit well with the game's cinematic feel. Of course a re-roll would be a free action and would not further multi-action penalties (well, not anymore than the regular failed roll would have). And of course, you cannot "bank" unused re-rolls to use in a later session, you either use them or lose them.

I think that's the best solution I've came up with so far and I wanted to run it by you guys first.

That may work but what decides a "session" that has always been a tough one for me running games. When do you reset? Is it one adventure which is usually take 2-4 sessions depending on the adventure when playing in person.

I kind of like the way it is though I think the whole starting skills at negative numbers I think throws people at first. The main problem I am seeing is that you start with so few skills (like it was in the original Star Frontiers) but there are more skills in this game it seems to look like your character is not very proficient.

Yeah, we'll probably have to have that talk anyways, because you're already supposed to earn DP each session... Though, considering that right now, you do not have the time to train nor the © to spend to improve your skills, the point is moot... No wait, Destiny are also per session, so yeah, we need to have this discussion.

Okay, I we could say at every set numbers of scenes (combat or social encounters, rooms explored and searched, travel which is not handwaved, etc.) would be a "session"? What number to pick? I'm thinking about 4-6?

I might have missed something but are we waiting on something before moving forward in the story?

As for what is a session I agree that 4-6 scenes sounds good. You may want leave it open a little as large battle might cause you to lower the amount of scenes but a few quick scenes may increase the amount for a session.

I had the same thought today, so I tried to get things moving. @kalajel, if only you saw Discord before you posted xD PER+explorer for checking the room? I can add the roll or make another post if you want.

Do keep in mind that I have a roughly 75 mins commute from home to work, and then roughly the same amount of time again later after work back to home.

There are times I simply cannot check Discord.

I've tried installing it on my work station, but so far, no dice...

Agreed on sesion size.

I think that it seems about right (session size).
Also, added that per check. Will try to keep main thread clear and post occ here, cause it helps my ocd :p

Just a heads up, my computer might die on me soon...

Oh yeah, I had decided to give specializations re-rolls instead of the darn +/-10...

Anyways.
Since you were looking at the object and counting on your academic knowledge, I'd say INT.

What the procedure for doing the subsequent rolls? Individual posts, or just eight rolls on one post and just take them in the order they show up?

Yeah, just make a bunch of rolls on your next post, and we'll grab them in order they show up, until you get 3 successes or 3 failures.

Given the results, this will be a success, but I'll wait to see if anyone wants to have their character do something during the several minutes it will take Sorrack to deduce the purpose and function of this alien device...

Vita-iron pills or foodpacks don't restore any hp, right?
Also, tried to tidy up my sheet Kal, have a look when you can.
Moreover, I can't spend my DP since I have just 90(c), right?

1. Nope, they prevent you from losing more from starvation or dehydration.
2. Okay, I'll have a look.
3. Right. And to this I'd add, since you need to spend © to improve your character, this implies hiring some sort of coach, trainer, or purchasing or renting some sort of DIY digital books or instruction videos, which means you'll need to get off this planet first...

Ah, so no "practiced and missed enough shots to improve my aim" huh? xD

Given the site's recent changes, it occurs to me that if you want to include the FS logo to further personalize your character sheet, then I should provide some...

I am sorry for disappearing for a bit. I am bipolar and a bad round of depression hit and it was hard to do anything besides getting to work. Doing better so I should ba e back posting soon.

Okay, no hurry. I just took slight control of your character to help repair Trudy...

Hum, guys, are we still playing here?

I was expecting some action after you sent that note. What's the plan?

We have definitely lost momentum. With Nero out and Sam afk, I need to step up from being a somewhat passive robot companion.

That my fault. I didn’t realize the significance of the note. I was waiting for someone to do something cool with the information. Didn’t know I was the only one who could see it…

Fancy the redesign @kalajel ?

At first, I thought the site was not loading properly before I realized they went with minimalism...

I will be posting again tomorrow. Been working 6 days a week for 10 to 12 hour days.

Oh nice, you can now make the dice roller keep the highest die. Good to know... :D

I now have this mental image of the group using the disabled robot as some sort of sled to carry their salvage...

It would be really handy if alien built medical vivisection robots came with an extendable luggage handle and those little wheels.

Let me check what kind of insane roll I'd need for that...

Yeap, that'd be int+tech, so =< 20 for me.

I wonder though...

Hey, here is a simple table at work:

Huh, why is it not working...

Trying to figure it out 😂

Alright then...

Edit: Hey, it works!

One last test
Ok, so the trick is : ##%

We're pretty much closing up on 4952 Delcia. There shouldn't be much left to the adventure after this floor. So @Qralloq and @WhtKnt, if you can start thinking about your characters, before I introduce the next adventure.

Awesome! I'll take a look at the rules and see what I can come up with.

Viking's Sam is a medic/tracker type, but what's Mesec's specialty? Just so we don't double up on silly things.

He's a pilot/commander type. Haven't quite figured out the commander part though 😂
I keep reading and keep messing up the skills part, but I'll figure it out eventually.

Hmm, yeah, looking at the rules, it seems it's pretty much up to me on how it's used, but some suggested effects seems to be roughly the equivalent in power of +20 on WIL checks, all attacks at +2D for the following turn, etc.

I'm thinking of a vrusk thief-type, from Star Frontiers, if that is alright (I assume so, as Sorrak is a dralasite).

The rules for Vrusk are in that magazine he referenced, Frontier Explorere Issue 23.

I'll go with a a Yazirian warrior type.

Cry in unwanted FrontierSpace core species... T_T

Nah, kidding, that's all fine... I wouldn't have included those options if I wasn't okay with risking the game to feel more Star Frontier than FrontierSpace.. :P

Just be sure to keep in mind some of the changes to the rules I've made...

Hey guys I had another idea for specializations (well, I sort of gave myself an idea when making a magic item for my friend's BBF game). If the whole re-roll thing doesn't end up working for specializations, perhaps we could use the following rule instead.

Basically, we'll keep re-rolls for now, but if it doesn't work (or you really want to try this new variant), then we can use this rule instead:
• Partial specialization allow 1 roll to be made at advantage per session (roll 2 dice, decide which is tens, which is unit). This can be used to negate a disadvantaged roll, but has no additional benefit on an already disadvantaged roll (unless, see below).
• Full specialization allows to make 1 roll per session using 3 dice instead, deciding which is the tens, which is the units, and which is simply ignored.

Edit: Perhaps, to help limit this whole "per session" thing, I could tie this to Destiny?

Both FluxCapacitor and Esidrix have shown interest in this game. I've sent them invitations. Hopefully, they'll be joining us soon. With this, we'll have our full party of 6.

Edit: Oh btw @WhtKnt, I just noticed something I've missed on your character sheet. I did changed the way defensive suits worked as I was not a huge fan of the whole "pool of extra BP" thing. This type of armor system tends to irk me for some reason. Now defensive suits gives DR like they used to in Barebones Fantasy. Also, do not forget your skill modifiers from your VirtSign Corp... Perhaps note them under "notes" under "Other"?

Oh, for the new players, I have a Discord set up for my games if that interest you.

It occurs to me that I should have come up with some in-universe lore to explain the presence of Star Frontier races when Sorrack introduced his Dralasite character, but that all eluded me for some reason. Anyways, now with a new Yazirian and Vrusk character coming soon, I feel like I should rectify this.

I've been working a bit to have the SF races fit in FS, and explain why they're not major powers like the Galactic Federation, the Novim Council, or the Yar Clanarchy... While I have a lot of notes taken on the Vrusk and Dralasite, I managed to finish the Yazirians. So you can all tell me what you think.

Yazirian
When the early human settlers started colonizing the systems near the Duergan's Star system (circa -310 GFT), one of the first planet they settled was Loridian in the Kassel system. There they met an indigenous race of simian-like humanoids calling themselves the Yazirian and having settled themselves in the Meridian Strip.
Some of the early stories the early human settlers heard from the local Yazirians was of some of their territory lost to "the blinding light" or "the terrible darkness", both event having happened "a long, long time ago" leading the settlers to realize that Loridian wasn't as side-locked as originally though, but that such change of the Meridian Strip would gradually happen over the span of hundreds of thousands of years, if not millions of years, and as such to be of little concern to them. They also heard stories of "worm demons", probably referring to a now-extinct worm-like apex predator, but no evidence of such predator even having existed was ever found...
Sadly for the Yazirians, things were only going to get worse for them after the initial contact; as history has shown us things don't usually go well for the natives of a colonized area... Word soon spread of resource-rich Loridian and its primitive natives, and many unscrupulous businessman or seedy fortune-seeker quickly flocked to the planet, bartering with the local population to purchase large swaths of land for next to nothing. The local Yazirians were also exploited, put to dangerous work on exploring and extracting resource on the dark side of the planet for a mere pittance as they were seen, and used as cheap labor.
In fact, in -182 GFT, a particularly ruthless businessman decided it would be cheaper to have his Yazirian workforce brutally butchered rather than pay them what little they were owed. The crime was only discovered 3 years later as the mass grave of those Yazirian workers were randomly discovered by another surveying expedition. The brutality of those crimes shocked the human settlers, and incensed the local Yazirian population. It took 2 years to finally apprehend the businessman in question, after an interstellar chase. He was quickly found guilty after the initial trial, but it took another 4 years of him exhausting all of his appeals before he finally got executed for his horrible crimes against the Yazirian people (who were just about to start an uprising on Loridian at that point).
After those events, the Yazirians' conditions improved, and when the Galactic Federation was formed, they were offered full membership within it, both to help them improve their lot even more, and as penance for the atrocities committed against them by humanity. It became quickly obvious to the Yazirians that they would never become a major power on the Frontier and this offer was probably their best chance, what with being limited to living on a relatively thin stripe of eternal twilight on their own planet, and having already ceded large swath of this habitable land to the humans a long time ago. The slope the Yazirians had to climb looked steep indeed...
Help eventually came from an unexpected source: The Erakai. When in 290 GFT, Erakai merchant ships participated in the first and historic cross-species colonization of Loridian with the humans, the Erakai quickly formed a bond with the local Yazirians as both races had many things in common, such as their ability to glide (annual friendly gliding competition between Erakai and Yazirians are held on Loridian to this day), and having suffered bloodshed at the hands of the humans (the tragic first contact from back in -296 GFT). With the help of their new Erakai friends, the Yazirians managed to create their own corporations, and attempt to beat the humans at their own game. Now, today, the Yazirians (sometimes called Loridinians by those who are not in the know) own 4 of the 11 corporations which are part of Loridian's Syndicate Council, including one which is part of the top 3. They've also managed to re-purchase land ceded to human settlers, though, much of it is still firmly in the hands of other corporations, or the Galactic Federation. This might not seem like much, but given where they started, and how much they accomplished with what little they had, and in such a short amount of time, it is simply amazing and inspiring.

Finished working on the Vrusk today:

Vrusk
When the Novim arrived in this sector of the galaxy and explored the star systems near Inaecia (circa -282 GFT), they discovered a race of industrious and sentient insect-like beings one one of the planets (which would come to be called Perasia Prime) of the Perasia system. Those beings, calling themselves the Vrusk, were in the middle of an industrial revolution, still several decades away from starting their own space program. This posed a conundrum to the Novim who very much desired this resource-rich planet. The industrious nature of the Vrusk could also greatly help the Novim with the manpower needed to establish themselves in their new home. However, the idea of lording over such being was very distasteful to the Novim who still remembered the cruelty of their former masters who bio-engineered them... Of course, if the Novim were to give those beings new technology and aid them in their space program, both species could greatly benefit from one another.
So it was that the Novim approached the Vrusk. Not as gods, not as overlords, not as conquerors, but as friends who genuinely wanted to help, and wanted to have an ally in this strange new region of space. The Vrusk greeted the Novim with open arms, and gladly traded resources and manpower for the new technology of those strange benefactors, eager to reach for the stars. The Novim-Vrusk relationships remained on very good terms, and in 6 GFT, inspired by the formation of the Galactic Federation, petitioned the Novim to be formerly accepted as citizens of the Novim Council.
This posed another conundrum to the Novim. Though they greatly appreciated their Vrusk allies, they had already established their government as each Ark having a seat in the council. The Vrusk were not from any Arks, as they were not forced to flee their former homes like the Novim had. Could they really created another Ark for the Vrusk, or perhaps cede on of the seats of one of the 3 lost Arks to the Vrusk? In the end, they settled for a simple and elegant solution. They created a new post, that of Chancellor of the Council. Though the post may seem ceremonial at first; it is the Chancellor's duty to present the agendas, bills, and documents the Council will debate and vote on for the day, the Chancellor still holds considerable power since should the Council ever reaches a draw or a deadlock, the Chancellor has the power to break this draw by virtue of a swing vote, or take a decision for the Council to break a deadlock. And of course, the position of Chancellor of the Council will always be held by a Vrusk (though they are encouraged to have many advisors of both species to help keep the Chancellor as impartial as possible). In this way, the Novim have made a promise to the Vrusk: "You will never be our servants, you will forever remain our equal."
To this day, it is not rare to encounter a Novim ship which crew is composed of about 10~15% of Vrusk, with their quarters, tools, and workstations adapted to their unique physiology.

Sorry for disappearing I have been working 6 or seven days a week for about 10 hours a day, we had 4 people quit at the same time making us really shorthanded.

Ouch! Okay cool. Well, post when you can. I just hope our new players are still with us, and again, I'd like to apologize for the delay, but sometimes, this is the nature of pbp games: "Life, uh, gets in the way"...

It's not a problem. I am still here.

No worries.

Fluxcapacitor has contacted me via PM to inform me that he'll pull out for RL reasons. I could replace him, but we already have a large enough group as it is. If I eventually feel like we need more people, I can always recruit later on...

What's the plan? What do we need to do to wrap up the current adventure?

I was waiting to see if Sam was searching that last room for more kit provisions, and if Sorrack wanted to make a check to repair things...

Will do. How many repair rolls should I make?

As many as you can afford, I guess...

My postings and responses will be somewhat delayed for the next few days. My brother committed suicide on Thursday and I just found out today. I need some time to process this, so don't panic if responses are slowed.

Oh, shit, that really sucks. My sincerest condolences. Take whatever time you need to deal with this.

Would people be okay to slowly start next game?

How are Sam and Mesec's advancement going along?

Everyone else with new characters are ready (and still with us)?

I was thinking about the following upgrades, just need your logistics verification.

STR 35 => 40 --- 3dp, 300c
Commander: -10 => 0+ --- 6dp, 600c
Marksman: -10 => -5 --- 3dp, 300c
Total: 12dp => 12 renown, 1dp left
1200c spent, 365c left


Is there a possibility of going for shopping? I definitely need ammo, lol.

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According to p.97, I should rank up and get a bigger paygrade; what's with the +1D BP?

You may not increase something more than once after a given game session. Says so in each "Improving (blank)" sections on p.96 of the rulebook. Otherwise, looks good.

That could be easily fixed by improving pretty much any other skill by +5 for 3DP and 300©.

Yes, you'll have time to go shopping.

If you rank up, you'll also gain a Loyalty Benefit from Federation Navigation System In. (which is funny considering they just fired you and jibbed you on pay). So you can pick one of the following benefits:
-> 25% off on the fee for downloading current course at navigation buoys.
-> FNS could grant the character the title of Investigative Officer which would grant free passage on any FNS ship to anywhere in the Frontier. The title isn't worth much anywhere else, but players might use it to pull rank on any other FNS employees.
-> Being lent an astro-tech bot. The bot is fully part of the party and accompanies them on missions, but its loyalties might still remain to the FNS, unless clever players reprogram it.
-> FNS grants the character a parcel of land on 4952 Delcia which can be later used to build a base of operation.

The +1D BP means you roll 1d10, and add this to your current total of BP (i.e., you gain a "hit die" from "levelling up").

Got my ass handed to me there. Also, lol on the 5e analogy "for dummies" xD

Still around, probably need to go read the rules again :) But I'm ready when you guys are.

Ah, yes, I be a delinquent character creator. My Yazirian Warrior is forthcoming, and I would be fine to start whenever you're ready.

Okay, I'll start next adventure, feel free to jump in when you can.

I'll roll my BP and make my final choices over the character creation thread.

Still here. Just have to empty my brother's apartment over the next couple of days, so I may be slow, but I am definitely still in.

I realized I had not finished working on my take of the Dralasite, so here is my version of FrontierSpace's Dralasite:

Dralasite
When the Erakai arrived it the Chaynik-kai system in -362 GFT, they found a strange race of "blob people" living on what would become Chaynik Prime. They were limited to living in a few isolated valleys where the level of moisture was just right and very rarely seemed to venture outside those valleys. At first, they did not paid much attention to what they considered a primitive life form, nothing more than a scientific curiosity, and were content to leave them to their few isolated valleys. After all, the Erakai had the rest of the entire planet they could settle on while leaving those strange beings alone...
A few scientific expedition were later undertaken to learn more about the strange amorphous creatures who called themselves Dralasite, and found them to be rather gregarious and extremely curious. The Erakai discovered the creatures to be far smarter than originally thought, and that the reason they limited themselves to those handful of valleys was because of their susceptibility to water. As such, those few valleys where the Dralasite lived allowed to filter in just the right amount of moisture for them to thrive there. While they could venture outside their valleys to hunt or gather resources, such expedition was kept relatively short due to the great danger posed by the very humid environment of Chaynik Prime. This strange biological fluke and the climate of the valleys meant the Dralasite were sort of stuck living in small tribes despite their great intelligence.
The Erakai decided to help the Dralasite out, crafting envirosuits for them which allowed them to thrive in other areas of Chaynik Prime as well as help them settle part of nearby Vlasa-kai. They also decided to hire the Dralasite to help them grow their organic merchant frigates; the amorphous Dralasite would be a perfect workforce to squeeze in tight spots to help the Erakai grow and prune their organic ships as well as hunt the Gaxins who often infected those living frigates...
When in -295 GFT, the catastrophic first contact with the Humans resulted in the destruction of one Erakai merchant frigate, the Erakai thought of another role for the gregarious Dralasite; to become the "face" of the Erakai race to the rest of the frontier. The Erakai felt their own insectile appearance might have been a bit too alien for the other species of the frontier (the existence of the Vrusk was not known to them yet as the Novim would only arrive and discover them 13 years later). Despite a questionable sense of humor and a strange gelatinous appearance, the diminutive Dralasite were deemed less threatening, and as such more appropriate to socialize with other species of the frontier. The Dralasite readily embraced their new role of ambassadors, diplomats, and representatives of the Erakai race, and relations with other species of the frontier improved.

Okay, we reached a bit of a problematic part of the adventure as I'd really need to know if Viking is coming back or not or if I should recruit as a potential replacement as this will affect the survival gear Nebula Vista Corp will put together for you guys...

So, what do we do? Do we wait a bit? Do I assume Viking is gone for good and recruit instead? Do we just proceed with 4 players? I sort of need a complete party to proceed from now...

As much as I like Viking1031 as a player, she has been inexplicably absent for many long stretches for a quite a long time now. If you need to rely on her being a regular poster, then the game will likely languish.

As to proceeding with 4 or recruiting further, then that's your call. If four is enough (and the four we have in particular), then let's go ahead.

Yeah, I'm fine with a player being absent form time to time, especially if they have to deal with mental illness, as long as the rest of the group is willing to pick up the slack, but now I sort of got stuck in a corner of "Okay, I need to know exactly how many players I have now so I can prepare the supplies lent by you by NVC"... I guess we can assume we're only 4 at the moment and adjust on the fly later once Viking joins back... It just might change some equipment later though... Oh well, I guess we'll cross that bridge once we get there...

I'm with Q on this as well.

Okay.

Just testing something I tinkered with on my character sheet. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Sounds good to me.

Double checking since I'm newish. The one day's pay is what's on our character sheet and is, possibly, different for each of us?

Yes. For rank 0 characters is should be 300© per day, and for rank 1s (Mesec and Sam) it should be 400© per day.

Hey, I was thinking, since there is no way to roll a "d00" on GP, and as such, 100 will most likely show up as a failure when it should be a success, maybe I can force a success with a line of code?

Probably something along the line of: {"rolled": "1d100","reason":": ##%","total": "100","highlight":"success inverted bold"}

Of course this leaves the critical and fumble rolls which requires doubles (and I think I read something about the double tag not working on GP lately...), and the automatic success (00-05) and failure (95-99).

1d100-1?

Could work, but would require everyone to remember to always type "1d100-1".

I am going to Disney World from tomorrow through the 12th of November. Please bot me as necessary and I will try to check in from time to time.

Cool. Anyways, we're still waiting for Mesec to tell me which creature takes which damage from his burst fire... :P

Soon ™ 😅 I've had limited time in my hands lately, but last time I checked, Mesec was pretty much cornered xD Also, I think I fired thrice at one ugly fucker and had a retreat described as well, so I was certain I had my round covered.

Yeah, I assume you just change the order, retreat then shoot instead, since you played your round a bit too quickly™. But you did tried 2 bursts, one of if failing.

Well, seems that game is pretty much dead. I'll go ahead and delete in during the weekend. I'll probably be starting another FS game a bit later. I'll reflect a bit on why this game failed, aside from the obvious me not checking to see if someone updated a previous post for like a month... and what lessons I can take out from that.

Hopefully, my next game will be better organized. If any of you wish to join, I'll give you priority over anyone else who might be interested.

Thanks for the opportunity to try out FS. :)