Apr 20, 2025 6:43 am
Oh I see. Knock him old cold is my goal. And that's fine, I was going more for scaring them than controlling them. Even without the bonus I did roll a 16, tho...
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Apr 21, 2025 7:29 am
Pilots split. Sasha moves to the systems printing and storing building where to mechanics are working together.
Lane goes tot he central building where she find 4 mechanics and delivers a well planned punch to the biggest of the mechanics - sufficient to scare everyone, but not too hard to do too much damage to the man.
One woman start screaming, but the rest calm her down, mechanics run away and get into the transportation vehicle and leave the base. As they do so you hear they whispering about Lane gone mad or most probably corrupt - she is working for pirates.
Meanwhile Sasha and the 3rd pilot ... TO BE CONTINUED based on player's posts
Your base visual representation - there is a central building for mechs and smaller for systems, weapons and workshops for printing spare parst and installing them of the mechs.
Lane goes tot he central building where she find 4 mechanics and delivers a well planned punch to the biggest of the mechanics - sufficient to scare everyone, but not too hard to do too much damage to the man.
One woman start screaming, but the rest calm her down, mechanics run away and get into the transportation vehicle and leave the base. As they do so you hear they whispering about Lane gone mad or most probably corrupt - she is working for pirates.
Meanwhile Sasha and the 3rd pilot ... TO BE CONTINUED based on player's posts
Your base visual representation - there is a central building for mechs and smaller for systems, weapons and workshops for printing spare parst and installing them of the mechs.
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| Player | Pilot | Action | Status |
| @Drgwen | Lane | Scare max number of mechanics | DONE |
| @Balthazar | Sasha | Take out two lone mechanics | Pending Push it roll |
| @Choomie | ??? | ??? | Pending |
Apr 21, 2025 11:23 am
ooc:
Push attempt = 11 = Success
Push attempt = 11 = Success
Last edited April 21, 2025 11:24 am
Rolls
Push attempt (add result to - (1d6)
(3) = 3
Apr 21, 2025 11:32 am
OOC:
@Balthazar why did you roll 1d6? I read
Quote:
you can make a second attempt to achieve the goal of a failed skill check in the same circumstances. This is called pushing it. However, if you do this, the skill check immediately becomes RISKY.
Am I missing something?
Apr 21, 2025 11:53 am
No... prolly my bad... miss read a prior post on push and couldn't find it in the manual.
Push attempt = success!!
Push attempt = success!!
Last edited April 21, 2025 11:53 am
Rolls
reroll of push - (1d20+1d6+2)
(18) + (3) + 2 = 23
Apr 21, 2025 11:56 am
GreyWord says:
OOC:
I'm afraid the only way I could see logical to narrate pushed result 10-19 is: you take both out, but second alert the rest before you take both of them down. @Drgwen do you want to help? As an exception and because we are just learning I could allow to apply TEAMWORK retrospectively.
That will allow Balthazar to roll another 1d6 and choose best (and any roll better than 1 would be enough).
If he rolls 1 though your both PCs would be compromised by the failure and it would significantly reduce chances for your own action
Last edited April 21, 2025 11:57 am
Apr 21, 2025 3:02 pm
OOC:
That's a successful push! Nice!
1d6 was in case another PC would decide help you rather than take their own actions. OK I will narrate as if it is just two pilots right now. @Choomie could join you in the narrative continuation
By the way - is Sasha how you like your pilot to be called? Character sheet say it "Pilot Name (Pilot)" :)
OOC:
What do you do now as: 1. there are two mechanics somewhere probably hiding from you and probably still trying to blow up some stuff 2. Explosives set means high risk of things to blow up should fighting happen in the base territory 3. You have very little time before pirates arrive. 4. You combat ready mechs are ready for you to board. So do you want to get into mech and start combat already; disassemble explosives; search for mechanics; anything else? Your actions now will impact stage 2 and 3 of combat. For example you may discover some of your mech systems or weapons are not properly installed on your mechs and if you don't have enough time to do that yourself you may go into combat with a weapon or system not functioning. Or some random bombs could go off during first few rounds of combat if the last 2 mechanics are still trying to do their job.
| Player | Pilot | Action | Status |
| @Drgwen | Lane | ??? | Player to decide |
| @Balthazar | Sasha | ??? | Player to decide |
| @Choomie | ??? | ??? | Player to decide |
Apr 21, 2025 6:28 pm
OOC:
So, how bad a consequence is it for these explosives to go off after we've cleared the area? For example, can we just get in our mechs and fly away, toward combat? Apr 21, 2025 6:36 pm
Lane turns to Sahsa and says, "Eh, I think there's more wrenches hiding around here. And look, they've already rigged this place to blow. I ain't great with explosives, and I don't think we got time to play hide n seek, you know? Let's strap in and get out there before this place goes boom, yeah?"
Apr 21, 2025 6:38 pm
And Everest can't fly as much as I remember. You can board your Everest and move toward enemy
Although you don't know where they come from just yet I want you to ged direct communication with Snake once you are inside your mech - that's when we will start combat first stage - briefing.
Although you don't know where they come from just yet I want you to ged direct communication with Snake once you are inside your mech - that's when we will start combat first stage - briefing.
Apr 22, 2025 5:05 pm
Gory Gonzal arrived behind Lane and Sasha; he had a mop of brown hair and a bar code tattooed across his forehead. His clothing of choice was a bulky outer garment, more in common with a tarp than a coat.
"If you two want to get a start on the manhunt," he said. "I can try and fig're a way to shut these bombs off. What do you think?"
"If you two want to get a start on the manhunt," he said. "I can try and fig're a way to shut these bombs off. What do you think?"
OOC:
If he gets the okay, Gory is going to use either his skill trigger "Hack or Fix" or "Stay Cool" depending on which is more appropriate, with the goal of disarming the explosives (I'm thinking one at a time).Apr 22, 2025 5:15 pm
Lane shrugs and says, "I guess it would be nice to have a hangar to come back to, as opposed to a smoking ruin. Sure."
She then looks for the other mechanics.
She then looks for the other mechanics.
Apr 23, 2025 5:56 am
| Player | Pilot | Action | Fail consequences | Status |
| @Drgwen | Lane | looks for the other mechanics | wasted time | ??? |
| @Balthazar | Sasha | ??? | ??? | ??? |
| @Choomie | Gory | disarming the explosives | wasted time | ??? |
Looks like @Choomie could roll 1d20+1d6+2, while @Drgwen only 1d20, but a fail would only mean that's the last thing you manage to do before combat.
@Balthazar - what would you like to do? Maybe help Lane?
Apr 23, 2025 5:56 pm
"We're on it", she responded to Gory, "Good luck and be careful diffusing those explosives... "
Sasha followed Lane's lead and helped her root out any of the remaining mechanics.
OOC: Lane gains an extra +1d6 to her roll.
EDIT: Ignore my roll... I believe Lane would roll it with the rest of her roll
Sasha followed Lane's lead and helped her root out any of the remaining mechanics.
OOC: Lane gains an extra +1d6 to her roll.
EDIT: Ignore my roll... I believe Lane would roll it with the rest of her roll
Last edited April 23, 2025 6:02 pm
Rolls
1d6
(4) = 4
Apr 23, 2025 7:35 pm
OK cool we are ready for some rolling and I will narrate results based on rolls. If you fail you can push it, but wait for me to describe new consequences before you decide if you want to push. Fingers crossed - no pushing will be required.
| Player | Pilot | Action | Fail consequences | Status |
| @Drgwen | Lane | looks for the other mechanics | wasted time | to roll 1d20+1d6 |
| @Balthazar | Sasha | Help Lane | same as Lane | n.a. |
| @Choomie | Gory | disarming the explosives | wasted time | to roll 1d20+1d6+2 |
Apr 24, 2025 5:57 am
Lane stalks the hangar, looking for mechanics.
Rolls
Hide n seek - (1d20+1d6)
(10) + (1) = 11
Apr 26, 2025 6:36 am
OOC:
Since we are waiting for @Choomie roll and because I would say it takes more time to disarm the explosives one my one, so, let's move the other two of you forward and allow do a bit more actions/rolling.You two! Why? What did they promise you for betraying the colony? Mariana - a middle age woman mechanics scream at you.
Jonathan - man in his 50ties try to cal her down whispering something to her ear.
OOC:
You the detonators in their hands and you understand they are scared of you and stressed of the whole situation (pirates attacking the colony- they don't know if the colony will even survive and now they just hear over communication channels you beat up one of other mechanics). What do you do? This time I don't insist you to pick skill trigger, but invoke your background instead
- explaining how do you think this action involves your background
- optionally including the skill trigger words in the sentence (make them underlined for me please if you do)
And roll 1d20+1d6+ optionally 2
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