OOC discussions

This thread is reserved for out of character discussions and banter which doesn't necessarily involve the game.

There is a Discord available for my games here.

Hey, thank you for the invite. I’m new to the system so I’ll read it over tonight and try to come up with a character concept. Sounds like a lot of fun!

Cool. No hurry.

Likewise for me! I've never heard of it, but I'm been hoping to join a sci-fi game. And your content warning is right up my alley.

HI,

I am also completely new to this game and system.

Don't worry, the system is very simple. You have 7 attributes for which you roll 8+2d3. Actions require you to roll equal to or under an attribute on a d20. Roll 1 or your attribute, it's a critical success, roll 20, it's a critical failure. Easier or more difficult actions are rolld at Advantage or Disadvantage respectively. And there you go, you have about 80%+ of the rules right there.

Thanks for the invite. I'll roll up a character.
Quick question are we Space Marines in terms of occupation or can we be scientists, technicians, and medics as well?

I asked that same question in the discord. We can be any occupation. That we're all Space Marines is kind of like starting we're all in the army or navy - and then from there we select our specific role.

P.41 states that starting characters can start with up to 1 Purchase roll at the referee's discretion. So, you know what, go ahead and give yourself a Purchase Roll.

1 magazine. Use it wisely. :)

Looks like there's no actual way to purchase ammo in this system. Guess we'll have to loot it!

I assume ammo will be refilled by the Dominion in between missions. Though, in one of of the web enhancements I found, they mentioned a portable ammo foundry (and by portable it needs a vehicle to carry around), so there's always that solution...

So what has Alphia requested?
lol

I am undecided. I looked through those eight or ten items in the quickstart book, which is the only thing I have, and nothing really seemed appropriate to the character. What she'd really want is a second ability, but I think that's asking too much to start. I know that some of the supplements have new items, but again I don't know what those are.

Requisition Portable Ammo Foundry

Nah, no problem, you can take a second ability if you want. You can still pretty much use one per turn anyways.

Also, if you want ideas from the main rulebook, you have grenades, both flash bang and fragmentation, EVA jetpack, shield, combat stims, laser-honed sword, shotgun, flamethrower, grenade launcher, combat lighting, electronics toolkit, evidence collection kit, PDA, etc.

Request granted!

Congratulations on your acquisition of the Acumen Portable Ammo Foundry™. Please read this user manual carefully.

The Acumen Portable Ammo Foundry™ comes with a standard array of patterns ready to forge (Foundry Reloads not included). And each reload has 100 production slots ready to use.

Pistol rounds take 1 slot each and can be manufactured in about 12 seconds (2 combat turns).
Pulse and sniper rifle rounds as well as shotgun shells take 2 slots each and can be manufactured in about 24 seconds (4 combat turns).
Additional ammunition modifications can be made, requiring one additional slot — these may not be mixed; only one modification per round.

So, our standard patterns can produce:
Standard DSF-issue pistols rounds: 100 rounds in 6 minutes.
Standard DSF-issue pulse or sniper rifle rounds: 50 in 24 minutes.
Standard DSF-issue shotgun shells: 50 in 24 minutes.

The Acumen Portable Ammo Foundry™ can even accommodate for depleted uranium core rounds or explosive rounds!

Acumen does not guarantee that weapons firing rounds with additional capabilities won't damage the weapon, but do recommend additional care and maintenance to avoid any long-term damage.

The Acumen Portable Ammo Foundry™ is not portable and must be mounted to a vehicle or table for effective use. Likewise, Foundry Reloads are not recommended for carrying on your person; vehicle transport is strongly suggested.

The rest of this manual is about maintenance, troubleshooting, how misuse of the product can cause harm and how acumen is not liable form such and such misuse of their products... BO-RING!

Procurement roll:

Every Ultramarine colored crayon on base

Request granted for 2 explosive charges.

Just noticed a mistake in the book. The Enviro-Suit Repair Kit is noted as being able to repair an armor back to AR 1 in order to hold its pressure. However, p.51 stipulates that it's your AP which goes down, never your AR. And that a space-worthy or environment suit at 0 AP can no longer sustain its wearer.

So yeah, the repair kit should make mention of AP and not AR.

Whoohoo! *throwing out all lockpicks*

It's the first mission. Richter is "keeping his helmet on" until he's more than a walking statistic.

Noting for his psyc evaluation.

I'm guessing the whole shaved head thing is more for boot camp. they first shave your head when you enlist to strip you of your individuality, making it easier to mold you into good little soldiers. Once the indoctrinat... erm, I mean training is over, you're free to have whatever hair do you want, so long as it doesn't interfere with your duties of space marines...

I got it from the expanse series. It's a really common hairstyle for the Belters, they shave just one side of their head and do whatever they want with the rest.

Like this: https://assets1.ignimgs.com/2016/01/26/expanse0126161280jpg-19c4de_160w.jpg?width=1280

Richter is just a floating helmet. No body.

Well, not completely. There's some permanently stained blue teeth under there somewhere.

There's also words on the helmet. They read, "GENERIC MARINE - APPEARANCE TBD"

Question is: How could the Commander see him chewing on crayons if he's had the helmet on the whole time?

He has to take the helmet off at some point to chew on a new crayon...

We all just graduated from boot camp. Did Richter ever wash his face and hair, or did he always wear his helmet to the showers?

Did Richter even go to basic? I'm pretty sure he was made in a test tube in Dr. Parasol's lab. And all the memories he thinks he has are just post hypnotic suggestion.

Let's just go with he's big and dumb looking for now.

Yeah, you weren't made in a test tube. Dr. Parasol is an infamous biohacker who took liberties in doing illegal experimentations on her clients without their knowledge or consent. And when she got found out and fled, well, let's just say things got a whole lot more uglier...

Sweet looking forward to peeling the layers off that.

Oh, I'm already thinking of an adventure which might involve the party visiting Dr. Parasol in her high-security prison... :D

Might be a necessity when the Crayon Muncher starts accidentally killing people with his brain.

It's the Dominion of Humankind. Everybody's expandable. :P

Guess Archer must have looked through the binoculars the wrong way...

What is common knowledge of the Grey Men?

They kidnap humans and harvest genetic materials. If anyone survive an abduction, tales they tell of their experiences are rather gruesome as the Greys don't seem to believe in anesthetics...

Richter is wild eyed, 6'1" 244lbs of "hormonally challenged" grade AAA meat. He's a big man, not a huge one. Crew cut Copper hair and short beard. Blue green eyes. And a blue stain on the right corner of his mouth, presumably from chewing crayons. He has no tattoos but a large number of scars. He looks more like a bike gang member than a substitute teacher, which was apparently his career before he was press ganged into service.

His file reads 14F which means he took service in the marines as opposed to prison for a crime. The file goes on to say homicide but does not specify particulars. Only indicating he is flagged for the most dangerous assignments.

Do we know how these ships work? Was this part of the training?

Do we know if the explosives can help in this situation?

thx

Nope. The Dominion of Humankind hasn't gotten much of the Grey tech to know how it all works. There are a lot of speculation based on what little was obtained and what has been observed. Nobody has ever tried putting explosives on a Grey ship before, so there's always a first time...

In the vacuum of space, no less... :P

He hasn't yet. So far the camera has only ever seen his back unless he's in armor. Even in the armory when he attempted to steal it showed only his hands and torso he was too tall to get his head into frame.

Okay, slight problem this morning. For some reason my Discord refused to work. I tried downloading the newest version in case I needed an update, and this one only works for Mac OS 10.13+... I have Mac OS 10.12.6... Yeah, I have a new PC I should be getting in May, until then, I have Discord on my phone, I guess, but I'm fighting against my French autocorrect each time I type. So yeah, things are going to be real fun for the next month or so. I'll try and see if I cannot somehow find a way to fix this somehow...

So Bookrat asked on the Discord if we were continuing playing or shutting the game down. Me personally, I was planning on continuing, but maybe some of you don't really like the system or setting...
So who wants to continue playing and who wants to call it quits?
Don't worry, I won't mind. Better to know now than push you to play something you don't like (or at the very least giving you the feeling like I'm pushing you to play something you don't like).

I saw this mission as the first part of the story, so I'm ready to continue.

I think it has some kinks to workout but it's been fun.

Let's do this

My character was completely useless in the adventure due to such strict starting equipment rules and the terrible psionics rules for humans. I'd rather simply transfer her out of the unit and leave the game.

I'm going to agree with JamaisVu.

It was a fun game, but the rules here just don't seem to favor anyone but a marine, and that's not my PC.

Rather than fighting it and trying to make it work, I would rather try one of the other hundreds of games that I've been wanting to try.

Thanks for the great game, Kal! And for everyone else - it was fun gaming with you. We hit off some fantastic banter back at the beginning, which was awesome!

I'll see.you guys the next game around!

Why not just play a filler marine and come back after you feel like you've advanced? I can see a lot of potential in advancing your characters and learning the tricks of the trade.

Think Samantha Carter from SG1 or Daniel Jackson. Both started as nerds and ended as one of earth's greatest warriors. Daniel Jackson even became a god.

Coming from the perspective of someone playing the big dumb jar head.

The combat was a drag due to how tough the armor is, and the problem doesn't seem to be getting better due to the armor upgrades but not much ways to increase damage. I'd like to withdraw as well. Thanks for the game, kalajel.

Yeah, I'll admit, armor in this game could use a bit of rework...

I really liked the setting and the mood. The dynamics were interesting and I'd be curious to see where AJ, Enzo and Richter are going with their stories. However, I found the combat a bit confusing and I gave up on thinking about how much amo I use with what kind of shot etc. The thing with the armour wasn't very intuitive for me either. As most seem to have opted out, I will send Melena to the far far away and look for a scifi fix elsewhere. thanks for including me and see y'all soon :)

Well, with four players leaving looks like it's best I pull that band-aid. I'll leave this game active a few days longer then close it. I'll look into starting somethign else.
Thank you all for playing and giving this system a chance.

Thank you for running it. It was fun to try a new system and setting.

See you around the planes!