OOC Chatter.

May 12, 2023 3:48 am
[ +- ] New World of Darkness
[ +- ] Shhhh...


Some things to get us all started.
May 12, 2023 6:04 am
Thanks for inviting!

I don't have a full character yet, but the reason why she is in the plane tell much about her.
She is a young Japanese, studying foreign culture at Tokyo University. She specializes in the US, and has come over to write her master thesis. She hopes to become a US-correspondant journalist for a Japanese newstation one day.
May 13, 2023 12:39 am
So my character will be Rain Walker, personal curator to wealthy tech billionaire O'Dell Barrera. Mr. Barrera sends Rain all over the world to collect and babysit whatever art piece or antique he recently bought or sold. He also dabbles in illicit drugs using his status to get large shipments through customs without scrutiny.

Rain became aware of her mule status 8 months ago and on this trip has lined her pockets with a little bonus. Barrera"s contact wanted to move something more than O'Dell was willing to risk. All Rain has to do is get into the crate before O'Dell and get the weird box to the Yakuza contact. Should be easy...right?
May 13, 2023 12:42 am
A Yakuza contact in Seattle?
May 13, 2023 12:47 am
MaJunior says:
A Yakuza contact in Seattle?
Yes. Sorry. Seattle is where Rain and her boss currently call home. So she's returning home from Japan.
Last edited May 13, 2023 12:47 am
May 13, 2023 12:50 am
Okey dokey. Just making sure you were on the right flight. Lol
May 13, 2023 1:54 am
Im thinking of playing a female who was raised in Ethiopia by her Coptic mother.

Her father is an American who she knows very little of- he was a soldier of fortune there in the 90s when he met her mother.

Now she's been given a message summoning her to Japan for the reading of his will. . .
May 13, 2023 4:10 am
And after the reading, she was on a plane to SeaTac?
May 13, 2023 4:17 am
Oh wait, a plane from Japan to Sea Tac. . . yes?

I don't know! This is just the start here!
May 13, 2023 6:20 am
Thanks for the invite.

I am thinking to play a perfectly mundane man in his 30s, an interpreter and translator by profession.

He is American, and is returning from a work trip. He was in Tokyo for an international summit focused on sustainable energy, the agency he works for got him the gig.
Perhaps one of his parents is Japanese, which gave him an edge in that language, having grown up bilingual Japanese-American.

He is simply flying home, tired after a busy week abroad.
May 13, 2023 8:18 am
Newbie question:

In character creation we are prioritising Attributes Categories (primary, secondary, tertiary) to get the 5/4/3 dots to distribute on each category.

Does this priority order stay the same for Skills (to get the 11/7/4 dots to distribute on skills)?
So, if I chose Physical as my primary category for Attributes, does that choice also determine that Physical must be my primary category also for skills?

Or can you have Physical as primary category for Attributes, and say Social as primary category for Skills?
May 13, 2023 11:14 am
@Dr_B Your last statement is how it goes.

Skills and Attributes are not tied together at all. You may indeed have Physical Attributes be the primary (5) and Mental Attributes be tertiary (3) and then do the opposite in Skills, or have Social Skills be Primary and Physical as Secondary.

The only restriction per the rules is no stealing from one pool to give to another at creation.
May 13, 2023 12:42 pm
Thank you @AutomAtomic
May 13, 2023 3:53 pm
Small note on the Character Sheet. Under Social Attributes, that Resolve should be Composure. Resolve is a Mental Attribute and is correct there.
May 13, 2023 5:19 pm
Good catch, I didn't notice that. Easy to fix.
May 14, 2023 5:27 pm
I submitted my character sheet, please take a look @MaJunior

here is some background and a portrait, for all to see:
[ +- ] Stan Watanabe
May 14, 2023 6:22 pm
Nice. I also have my character completed and submitted, so I'll provide a short bio to into her like Dr_B did for Stan.
[ +- ] Rain Walker
May 14, 2023 6:40 pm
Same here.
[ +- ] Yamada Sakura
May 14, 2023 6:55 pm
Very nice concepts, folks!
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May 14, 2023 7:43 pm
Characters are looking good!

I decided I'm going to start you off a little more experienced. To that end...

Attributes - 1 point
Skills - 1 point in one category, 1 point in a different category
Specialties - +1
Merits - 2 points

(Note that as points, these follow the same rules as during creation -- meaning it takes 2 points for the 5th dot in anything.)

I expect we'll be starting either Monday or Teusday. I'm looking forward to playing with all of you.
May 14, 2023 8:24 pm
Sorry I will get my character finished when I get back from delivering the kids home today
May 14, 2023 8:25 pm
You're all good, plenty of time.
May 14, 2023 8:45 pm
MaJunior says:

Attributes - 1 point
Skills - 1 point in one category, 1 point in a different category
Specialties - +1
Merits - 2 points

nice, beefed up our Stan accordingly
May 14, 2023 9:21 pm
Don't forget your extra merits!
May 14, 2023 9:36 pm
Hmm I though I added 2 dots of Resources, but they didn't save. Oh well, they're there now, thanks.
May 14, 2023 9:58 pm
I completely forgot to add specialties at the first place.

Fixed that. I took the Kung Fu fighting style, but am calling it Karate instead.
May 14, 2023 10:33 pm
I always forget about Resources. This is great.
May 14, 2023 11:06 pm
So we get specialties just as desired not specifically on high skills or attributes?
May 14, 2023 11:26 pm
This is quite the interesting group. I'm really looking forward to our game.

May 15, 2023 2:35 am
Character submitted.
[ +- ] Amaresh Esra Negasso Jones
I was absolutely expecting to get to freebie points eventually. . . hope I did everything right here; will add picture as soon as I can get one to reflect her-- AIs hate mixed people and refuses to generate them.
Last edited May 15, 2023 2:49 am
May 15, 2023 3:09 am
Alright... I'd say everyone looks good. I'll get us up and running in the next day or so. If anyone wants to make any adjustments prior to start, just let me know what you're changing.

May 15, 2023 6:04 am
MaJunior says:

Alright, so there is a book dedicated to combat (two actually, but one in particular) and the short version is... Karate lines up with Boxing moreso than it lines up with Kung Fu.

Boxing covers the unarmed aggressive striking (think hard strikes, brick breaking, KOs and broken bones, etc.), and Kung Fu covers the defensive unarmed striking (fluid, mobile, avoidance). Karate generally is considered more the former than the latter.
Ok, I am not a very detailed combat expert.
In which case I will adjust a few things to my character, for I don't meet the rquirements for boxing.

Dropping kung fu then for danger sense. As I no longer need a strenght requirement
-1 Strenght, +1 intelligence
May 15, 2023 2:38 pm
Are you sure? You could absolutely keep what you had. I was just worried that if you wanted karate in particular, there was a (mechanically) better fit for the style.

If you just wanted something that fit what you had the stats to support, we can do that.
May 15, 2023 4:57 pm
I see. I just want to use her karate to make her a bit more bad ass and capable to be a bit more than just be smart and talk. I shall switch back to the old build. Although I think danger sense fits (having a sharp eye, noticing when things are wrong), I think a fighting style adds a layer to character and is a bit more interesting to play.

I don't know all to much about martial arts at all and my posts will be more karate kid than actual karate really. But I think it adds to the character.
May 15, 2023 5:35 pm
You could even call it Taido.

It's an art based in karate, but with gymnastics and more movement/avoidance than "typical" karate (which tends to be pretty linear).
May 15, 2023 6:24 pm
Just youtubed it. Yeah that sounds cool!
May 16, 2023 5:28 pm
and so it begins!
Jun 17, 2023 12:20 pm
with 18xd10 rolled and 0 successes, Stan is officially the most indispensable member of our team!
Jun 17, 2023 12:35 pm
Lol it really be like that sometimes
Jun 17, 2023 12:47 pm
Lol I feel it.
This is why I still try to roll when possible (even when success is unlikely -- and even when success seems assured). You can roll tons of dice and get nothing. It really does happen.
Jun 17, 2023 3:28 pm
Dr_B says:
with 18xd10 rolled and 0 successes, Stan is officially the most indispensable member of our team!
Owww what did you do upset the RNG? :)
Jun 18, 2023 8:20 am
I may have used the occasional expletive towards it... 😅
Jun 20, 2023 1:16 am
Fourth times the charm for Stan! Nice.
Jun 20, 2023 5:52 pm
That was a lot of 10s
Jun 20, 2023 5:58 pm
Stan felt the mounting pressure and made a real effort to focus 😅
Jun 28, 2023 12:24 am
You guys seem to be mid conversation so I don't want to push you forward if the group isn't ready... not sure if you're waiting for me to move on, or if you guys want to have this discussion.
Jun 28, 2023 1:09 am
We haven't heard from Amaresh yet.
Jul 24, 2023 6:14 pm
Ledosero has gone to "zzz"s, and even Autom has been gone 9 days.

So, to my remaining players -- all two of you -- do you want to open up for some recruiting, run this as-is, or wrap it up?
Jul 24, 2023 7:22 pm
Oof. Yah Ledoserro disappeared on a bunch of games I'm I or running.

I'm good either way- I liked my character but was having trouble getting into the plot of the zombies and the compound crewm
Jul 24, 2023 7:33 pm
To be fair, there is literally nothing keeping you at the compound.
Jul 24, 2023 9:44 pm
Wouldn't mind continuing this, to see how WoD handles a range of situations.
I would be happy to continue as is, with 2 players, as I find small groups can work really well in PbP?

Happy to explore leaving the compound too.
Jul 24, 2023 9:47 pm
Well, I'm ok with it being just the two of you, if that's what you both want to do.
Jul 25, 2023 12:01 pm
what do you say @Alordis ?
Jul 25, 2023 1:17 pm
Sure, let's give it a go! Yeah I'm leaning towards ditching the control freaks and going out to risk the zombies or whatever they are- feels like a better idea.
Jul 25, 2023 1:49 pm
let's do it, we go rogue!
Jul 25, 2023 3:25 pm
Sounds good. Honestly, I sort of expected you all to have resisted and been in the group that got sent to the boat. Players never cease to surprise. Lol

Let me get through work, and I'll get a transitory-type post up. Probably jump forward a week or two, narrate a couple of incidents I had planned on you guys experiencing that you can use to steel your resolve to leave.

I'd planned to have the group RP through them, but I'll go narrative to speed it up some.
Aug 3, 2023 7:56 am
Ok, did a little edit work for housekeeping purposes.

Went ahead and made the note readable (as that was Alordis' intent).

Side note: The Space Needle is at the Seattle Center, same as The Armory (aka The Seattle Centerhouse). The Space Needle is a stone's throw (damn near literally) from where the survivor compound is.

Just pointing out how close it is, in case that changes how it's viewed by the characters.

https://i.imgur.com/lKbqVJy.jpg
I mapquested it. Lol The building that has an icon for the Seattle Children's Museum is The Armory. They're close... like under 300 feet apart.
Nov 7, 2023 3:29 pm
@Dr_B

To start, let me apologize for vanishing. Went on vacation and lost my phone. Had to finish the trip, get home and work two weeks, wait a week for payday, order my phone, then wait for it to be delivered.

Back now though.

Talked with Alordis, he cancelled his games due to IRL. Not totally sure if he's playing anything, but if he completely stepped away from PbP that leaves you as the only person here.

Alordis is always welcome to weigh in, but if he doesn't this becomes entirely your call -- Do you want to call it and retire the game, or open it up for recruiting?

I'm open to either.
Nov 13, 2023 7:47 pm
Alright... no replies. I'm going to close it down, maybe try again down the road.

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