Part 2 OOC

OOC thread for Part 2: The Bacta Run

Why, hello everyone.

It only just occurred to me that Avox was insulting a rodian looks/manner in front of our own rodian.

A lil friction is good for a story. Bo is pretty passionate about Rodian rights and sees prejudice sometimes where there isn't any. It could be fun to play out if Avox has had bad history with Rodian and might tend to stereotype. Bo will have trouble both proving the worth of Rodian, while still being so damn offended she feels she doesn't owe Avox and the rest of the world a damn thing. I doubt she is very diplomatic in her ways to deal with it all, so expect a lil push back from her now and then.

That's fine. Avox is just an offensive angry jerk. He would probably think poorly of anyone who inconvenienced him.. He would certainly stereotype.

Figured that we can move this here in case it turns into a long conversation. Jack was built as a co-pilot, with an Agility of 3 and a point in piloting - space. He's in the Scoundrel career path, which means that buying up the Pilot specializations is cheap(er) for him. The only thing is that I don't have any Astrogation skill, and until I buy the specialization, it won't be in-career for me, aaannd his Int is a 2. Not terrible, but still! I'm all for turning Jack into a main pilot as the game progresses, but I'm open to other options too.

I think Marithyme probably understands that we built our characters with a pilot in mind and then that pilot left, and so we're proooobably not going to be forced to make any difficulty-5-piloting-checks-or-the-team-wipes kind of rolls.

I certainly do. And there will be options to procure an astromech in your future.

All good points. And now that you mention those points, I seem to recall hashing this out once previously.

Sorry ;)

Of course our GM has plans! We're in good hands.

All will be well! :)

Am working on the Bespin intro...please stand by!

We await eagerly, but dont be rushed!

Seconded!

To be clear, the plan is
Step 1: break into the recruiter station and plant the device that will auto slice the info we need into the records.
Step 2: We infiltrate the building as Imperials and walk off with some bacta.

I'm I reading this correctly?

We're going to get a list of the employees and then, if the information has anything good in it, we'll go about blackmailing and threatening said employees to get them to set up a delivery for us. If that isn't the case, we might just tie them up and assume their positions and do it ourselves. One way or another we'll make a fake delivery and take the shuttle straight to the chaser and fly out.

Alright. Bo hopes we get some dirt on an employee. She looks a bit awkward as a Rodian in an Imperial uniform. She will break in and use the device.

I was pretty happy with this plan because it gave Bo a stealth mission, gives Avox and/or other Coercers a chance to threaten some folk, and Doc can use his knowledge o' Bacta (especially when we get shot up!)

Felt like it was using every crew member.

Since this is a natural resting spot, I'm giving out some XP to spend (total 20). Post here how you spend it; feel free to discuss with each other.

I still have a plan to get you a pilot/astrogator, it just hasn't happened yet.

I'm split between getting Inspiring Rhetoric and boosting my Leadership skill (this will give me the ability to help the team recover strain on the fly), or getting Scathing Tirade and boosting my Coercion skill (this will give me the ability to curse out the enemy and make them take strain (in and out of combat from what I can tell), as well as giving them setback die on their following skill rolls).

They both look useful, and I may well get both in time, but is there a clear cut way the group wants me to go in the immediate term? Either of those look particularly more useful/appealing?

Well whilst anyone has yet to get beat up yet I've opted to spend 15 XP on a second rank of the Bacta Specialist talent so Doc's super ready to get his healing on lol. Leaves me with 10 unspent XP which I'm saving.

The xp thread is locked. We can post surve questions there if it gets unlocked?

I'd say go with the Scathing Tirade and Coersion boost personally, we may need a bit of crowd control type ability in the not too distant future.

PM your answers to me, please!

Im gonna grab a rank in Gunnery, and then buy a rank in Jury Rigged for a total of 20.

Bought up the Pilot Specialization and got the Full Throttle talent.

Bought 1 rank of Coercion (10 xp) and Scathing Tirade (10 xp).

Bo will pick up Soft Spot and Grit talents and get a stimpack and the droid parts for the 50c gear

Can we roll to resolve these searches, or do you prefer to RP it out?

Rolling is probably simpler, but I'm good with either!

I'd rather just roll to resolve the uniform stuff, don't really want to take up too much time RP'ing clothes shopping lol

Great, Average difficulty for whatever Skill makes sense in that situation. Savi and Bo get two blue, one for the gift and one for Bo helping.
Please also roll a Destiny die because...reasons.

go for it, remember the TWO BLUES!

Hey everyone a heads up. My house is being put on the market. I was told that it wouldn't until I graduated, but the carpet was sort of pulled out from underneath me. I am trying to get me a job and move out all in the middle of the semester. So if my posts are less colorful and less frequent than normal that is why. I am sorry. Hopefully I wont have to drop this game as it is one of my favorites.

Goodness! Been there; my rental was sold a few months into my first job. Best of luck, that sounds a stressful time!

I'm totally okay to be patient, as long as you don't mind me moving your character along from time to time. I'd really like you to stay in!

Absolutely do what makes sense! and I should be able to keep up to some degree (I hope). Avox will just have to be more aloof than I originally anticipated.

I'm on another work trip and came down w the alien flu in Roswell New Mexico
Think something growing inside my chest cavity. Sorry for the delay and I'll keep y'all updated

Ee gads.. well, we can't possibly shoot it now. That'd be like shooting WALL-E.

So since I'm coming up on the end of my first semester of grad school, my ability to post (has been and) is going to be a little spotty. Should be better in a week or two, but I wanted to give you a heads up just in case!

No problem, best of luck!

Yeah guys I'm sorry, I need to back out of this game. I just cant keep up with it and it is frustrating me because I want to so bad. Hopefully you'll find someone to replace me. I have to deal with applications for jobs so I can have a place to live in a month. Sorry all, good luck.

I'm really sorry to hear that! You are welcome back anytime.

Sorry to see you go. Good luck with everything!

Good luck, Nick. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

In other news, I'm mostly back now. Thanks for your patience and understanding. I'm completely drained of creative juices at the moment, but I should get a post out later today.

I'm sorry for my extended absence. I've been swamped at work and my laptop crapped out on me at home. New laptop has arrived, but still just keeping my head above water with work.

Not sure how frequently I'll be able to post for the next little while. I'll try to keep up but if I get too far behind to the point where everyone thinks I'm dragging the game down, just say and I'll understand. I want to stay but not at the expense of everyone's fun.

As long as you don't mind me playing for you from time to time, I'd prefer you stay. :)

I'd prefer to stay too and am completely fine with you moving Savi about as you need if I'm non-responsive.

You rock! :)

The enemy's confidence is very unnerving. :(

I've been fighting posting this message for awhile now, but I have to face the fact that my life has gotten busy to the point where I can no longer keep up in my GPForum games. I feel as though I'm just holding games back at this point and that I'm being selfish by not getting out of the way and letting another gamer with more time take my spot.

I'm sorry to have to leave. I've had a ton of fun. When things calm down for me (which could be longer than I'd like to admit) I'll be back. In the meantime, happy gaming and I hope to see you all soon.

Tsavo

PS: That's the message I've been posting in all my games. This one, however has been my fav by far. I just wanted to add how much fun it has been for me gaming with all of you (awesome crew!). Mari - You're an awesome GM. Thanks for making a great story and world for us all.

Thanks, Tsavo! That means a lot to me.

So now we are down to 3. I'm happy to keep going, as this is also my favorite game. I would like each of you to let me know your preference, though! Options are: keep going as is, add player(s), shelve and return, end the game.

Well I definately want to keep going....whether we add another player now or just see how things go as is I'm pretty easy about tbh

I would like to add some players, so long as everyone can work together in how they'll fit in, as a crew, with the rest of us. I feel like what has made this game so interesting is the interaction and interwoven stories between all of the characters. We don't necessarily have to know them previously - not that it would hurt if we did - but some similarities in the backstories to give us talking points or bonding moments, etc.

Otherwise, I think adding people could put new life and energy into it. Might be hard to do in the middle of a job, though.

And even if we only continued with Bo, Doc and Jack, I'd be more than happy to keep going. I have to second Tsavo and say that you've done an incredible job running this game, Marithyme, and I would not want to see it end.

I want to keep playing. Also, don't mind if we add players or keep it the three of us. Your call on adding players Marithyme, but you don't much have a choice about stopping the game. You are doomed to run this for the rest of your living days.

Really glad to hear that, guys! We shall continue.

One thing I've been thinking about is having two of you take on the absent players, at least until the job is done. I don't think I can continue to run Savi and Avox, but they would each be pretty handy to have around (at least with the direction you currently have planned).

I will, of course, adjust things to make it possible with just the three of you as well. I'd remove those two from the story in a non-permanent way, though, in case they decide to come back.

So how about we finish the job and then re-evaluate? I would want to invite new players rather than just open it up, because I think you have all done a wonderful job of building and integrating your characters, and wouldn't want to lose that dynamic to a random element.

The protocol droid is also available as an NPC, should you want to stick with just the three of you. He's not very bright, but he does have other skills.

The protocol droid makes up for it with his lovable nature.

I think this is a fine idea. I feel a little uncomfortable role-playing much as Avox or Savi, because both of their players did such great jobs with them, and I would want to do those characters justice. And they also argue with Jack a lot, which could get tricky! I will certainly try, however, if no one else wants to. I do agree that lumping them all onto marithyme wouldn't be ideal or practical.

I have my hands full just playing Bo. I wouldn't want to play Avox or Savi either. We can pick up some skills since we got a good amount of xp now. Where are our short falls in skills that the droid can't make up?

Okay, I will park them.

Without Avox, you're a bit short on firepower. Savi had lots of social skills.

It's not so much about building up your skills to replace them, imho, as choosing approaches that best use the skills you have.

I don't know if I want to spend any XP until we have the new people and I know what they're playing :) I was transitioning Jack to be a pilot without Ada, but we might get a player that wants to fly the ship.

I also had a mental image of us interviewing the new PCs before hiring them aboard in between jobs, and that felt pretty cool.

Also, Marithyme, if it is easier, I will play Avox or Savi. Whatever you think would work best for the game.

Well I was thinking of picking up either cybertech or droid tech as my next specialisation for Doc but I'm just as happy to pick up Politico if we need a bit more of a talky character as it fits nicely with Doc's background (main reason I was avoiding it previously is that Savi had that side of things covered)

Interviewing new characters to join the crew seems fun. Of course we would have to accept them, but we could make up the reasons why after we have a chat in character.

Okay still just going without new players too.

Let's hold here until we're back at full complement. Should only be a few days.

Gotta hit the road again for a few more days. Sorry all.

No problem! I've been busy the past couple days anyway, so it was good timing.

Marithyme, if/when we get new players, if one of them wants to be a pilot, could I refund my purchasing the Pilot tree, and Full Throttle? I've been holding onto my experience lately, since I don't know which direction Jack is going yet.

Yes, you certainly can!

Thank you!

I'm going to prompt Tsavo today to see if he is going to rejoin us. If not, it makes more sense for him to fly the ship so the rest of you can participate in the heist.

Hi peeps, just to let you know I'm going on holiday from tomorrow for a little over a week. Still hoping to be able to post on an evening at a reduced rate but I've no idea what the crack will be with regards the the interwebs so I may be completely off for a week (hopefully not though)

Thanks for letting us know!

Sorry, everyone for my slow and brief posting in this and the other games I share with you. My husband is away a lot in the summer and single-parenting is not something I'm very good at...leaves me with even less time and energy than usual. Things will get better in a few weeks; please bear with me!

Absolutely! Take your time. Good luck!

Uh oh.. well, this is unfortunate. My luck and decision making in star wars games has not been the best lately!

Well, this seems pretty dire. Maybe we should head for the transport some how and get the hell out with what becta we can salvage? Fighting withdraw?

Hey all. Thanks to Marithyme reaching out, I have returned! I will read the adventures you have had in the meantime so I can be caught up. Really looking forward to being a part of it all again.

Welcome back

We could really use Avox, for sure!

Welcome back mate!

Man you guys got yourself into a pickle while I was gone.

Highlights will include Savi man-handling a protocol droid, Bo sword fighting some sort of super battle droid, Doc taking command of a group of storm troopers and an officer, and Jack managing to turn a bureaucratic debate into a cowboy duel.

Special mention to Doc considering construction of a bioweapon. Yikes.

Well done all.

It's a pickle, but then you rolled two Triumphs in a row. This out that I'm offering is not a trap; it's a way to wrap up this mission. :)

I don't think destiny points can be flipped to lower difficulties, unless I'm mistaken. It's been a while since I've looked at these rules.

Just double checked, and MoMo is right...you can't downgrade anything with destiny points...only upgrade. So you can upgrade your own skill check (one die from green to yellow, for example), or the difficulty of an opponent's check (from purple to red). You cannot decrease difficulty.

Soooo....you can add another purple to that roll, but first must decide if you are going to still spend the destiny point and re-roll one of your greens as a yellow, or not spend it and let the roll stand.

Bo, what is it to be? If I don't hear from you by tomorrow night, I'll just roll the difficulty die and count the destiny point unspent.

I edited my post a few days ago. Sorry to keep everyone waiting. If it is just a added diff die I can roll that here. You decide what result to use.

Sorry, totally missed that! The thread doesn't highlight when posts are edited, and I didn't think to check. :)

We lived (so far)!

I've mentioned this in a few other games, so I apologize if it's just a broken record at this point for some of you I share multiple games with, but my schedules (if you couldn't tell already) is going to be really crazy for the next few weeks. I give full authority to control Jack as much as the team needs, if I'm unresponsive and slowing things down. Should be back to normal in a couple weeks! Thanks for your patience with me!

Hold here for a moment; I have some longer writing to do and won't likely have time until the weekend. :)

Feel free to chit chat here in the OOC about your thoughts, the weather, what have you.

This game has been better than the weather has been, if I say so myself.

Apologies for all of the terrible piloting rolls, everyone. :) Jack wasn't really meant to be more than a co-pilot, and since we might be getting new players, I haven't spent more XP on it than what I already had. Makes for a watered down Jack-of-some-trades, master of none.

These are busy days for myself also. National Monuments are under attack, they are trying to squeeze an amendment to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into this BS tax bill, and a series of environmental regulations are getting axed. So much for the planet and likely the human race, eh. It will be a fight from here until xmas break. I have been keeping up while on the road a lot, but should key in when we get going anytime.

Sorry, crew. Tsavo won't be back, so Savi's end was going to happen - just a question of when and how. The second act always has to end on a tragic note, so this worked perfectly.

XP spent with 10 left over
Bo is now rating 3 melee killer (15xp)! thats 3 yellow dice on her vibro sword attacks! She also dipped heavy into talents Defensive Stance (5xp), Jump Up (10xp), Dodge (15xp)