Skyscrapers & ... Groundscrapers? (OOC)

OK will roll in RP.

Here is a sample of wonder twin power

Well done. A 10!

Describe it. It's your cage.

Are you 'taking aim', or are you attacking?

If you are attacking, then describe what you do, how you attack, if you hope to achieve anything special beside just doing damage. Then roll your attack, which is probably +Prowess but the dice used always depend on what you are actually doing in the fiction.
Attacking is a pretty basic move in an RPG, so it follows a generally similar pattern. As the example in the rules [ref] say: "a 10+ means the PC does harm, a 6- means the monster does harm, and a 7-9 means they both do harm", though this is not a toe-to-toe fight, so they might not 'do harm' and might instead 'find a way in' or something (ranged fights are almost always to your advantage).

If you are taking time to 'aim carefully' that could set you up to respond quickly to any change in circumstance, or give you a bonus to an attack, but I am not convinced a roll to aim for a 1+ (on a 10+, or even a 2+ on a 12+) is worth letting the enemy take the lead in dictating the action. Rolling is risky. If you are 'coordinating with your partners' then cool, we can see what they do and slot your action into theirs.

That seemed like the kind of action that would invariably call for a roll, so I went ahead.

Techi, like Arcane, can completely change the way things are, and usually it takes time. If you can finish this 4-segment Clock, you can repel the centipedes, and have a solution (get it?) for them going forward as well.

On a 7-9 the clock ticks once, but you have a complication [ref]. Or you can choose to not tick and avoid (or easily dispatch) the complication.
On a 10+ the clock ticks twice, but you still have a complication, you are in the middle of a fight, after all. You can choose to forego one tick of the clock to avoid (or easily dispatch) the complication.
On a 12+ you tick the clock thrice. Technically the rules above for complications still apply (†).
On a 6- things go wrong and you risk losing the concoction. We will see if something can be done to save it once you have dealt with the immediate danger.

((†) If you have the chance you would be foolish to do anything other than complete the task and repel the bugs.:)

Ok well Fiona is going to become fixated on her science and will likely ignore complications as much as possible. Until she can’t! Lol.

Indeed. Your 12 there is why you can stomp the gritter in one go if Herman holds it still. If not then we will need to roll for damage —though with some bonus for the 'crit'— and hope.
We have gone a bit past there. :)

But, if you can deal with the current crisis, you will have time to administer anti-venoms.

@lemagne I appreciate you following vagueGM's "rules" and posting a follow up instead of editing your previous post. Makes this whole play by post experience a little more human.

[ref] Great stuff. Carry on. :)

You were able to leave the area of the building to go down into the caves (though it is up to you if Herman has done the maths to realise that). Getting into the caves from here should be no different, though you may have to jump.

You have not tried going up (but there would not be landscape if it were impossible to access, we don't want 'invisible walls' here:). If you want to go into the hills, show us how you do that.

I don't know. If you want to. Did you bring C4? The government may want to take a look before you close it, but 'you don't work for the government' so it is up to you what you do.

Well, I thought the whole Premise here was that FEMA sends in contractors like us to close breaks, but we have an ulterior agenda to bring back materials and data to aid the Institute's research. Am I wrong?

Also, what is our Cloud of Woe clock at? Is that info players have access to?

I don't know if FEMA is involved in our version. Y'all elected to be private contractors, trying to get there before the government swoops in and takes over 'for their own reasons'. If you believe the break needs to be closed —to keep the government away, or for the public good (better claim the latter, either way)— then you should close it. If you leave it then the government will take over when they can get here.

If you blow the break, there will be nothing holding the skyscraper up, so you will have to get out quick... It will take a little bit of time for reality to reassert itself, though. It will also fall on the neighbourhood below, so I hope those street kids get out of the way.
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I meant to mention that it ticked up when you spent all that time climbing from half-way-up to the top [ref]. Going all the way back down to below the middle, to check your experiment, will take time, as will coming back up here again (unless you find a quick way).
You can see it on the first post of the thread (hit << First) or this link.

Hi gang! I hope you're all doing well. I just to let you all know that I will be stepping away from this game. I enjoyed playing with all of you and thank @vagueGM for running it!

Be well, and happy gaming!

Thanks for playing with us. I'm also going to step away from this. It was interesting but I'm not super into the tiered success negotiation mechanic.

I actually looked at this over the weekend and considered prompting for some movement, but it felt like it was done.

Thanks for your contribution.
Quite understandable. At least you got to see WoDu in action?

Yes. Quite similar to 2400, which draws inspiration therefrom. My appreciation for 2400 also has flagged a bit and for the same reason, I don't really want to tease out the middle-state between succeed/fail. That probably will change six months from now.

Also, @vaguegm, I really appreciate the chance to learn from your GM style. A few things I've tried to adopt into my own practice.