Admin, OOC, and Launch Discussion

So cruel. Wow. Well played.

Busy day, but some quick tactical considerations:

X has the right idea in the narrative. Kray et al can converge with Thorn et al on the east side of the throne. Move north as a cohesive unit, sentinels locking down the edges (ideally) as we pull together in some kind of formation(ish) tactical withdrawal from the throne room.

I think speed will be key early. If we can coordinate it, perhaps the group could even pull off a turn where we all dash and cover more ground.

Remember: the idea is to get out, not a high score body count. Of course, I'm sure there'll be plenty of corpses to sow along the way...

Get out is right - I don't think we could survive more than a round for any reason other than J getting tired of rolling electronic dice for NPCs.

Ulathi everywhere, easy to kill, but not mook easy. Maeriks wants to save as many of the women as possible, but understands the press of the situation. He has some choices to make...

Hierophant is going to be a problem with the telekinetic grapple. If she binds one of us, I don't think we can do much. I suspect we could break her concentration, but then can anyone even approach her? Except for Maeriks maybe.

Titan. I think we should just run away.

@DMJ does Maeriks know if the Ulathi or Titan could approach the throne too? (E.g. If Maeriks went toe-to-toe with the lady god, could anyone else interfere?) Does Maeriks cease to be the Adept just because Hierophant is all mad?

We've made two major enemies now - Glaaki and Dagda. There isn't much we can do about that, but I think that the women in this chamber are all that the Ulathi have captured. Is that right @DMJ? If these women were denied from the Ulathi (rescue them or honor kill them) they would be slowed in their growth.

All good entries, y'all. Dig it!

In case anyone is stalling or running strategery on when to post, that's cool for sure, but just know I am not going to run the response/effects post until all input is in from everyone. Most of the time I try to update one by one, but on this one I really need to hear all the incoming info and form some kind of compilation of how it all integrates and converges in one big explosion.
Ox, this is great, bro. Right on with the compiled net final Damage, targets, etc. Let me know about Movement as you guys work together on talk-through so that I can visualize what you guys are doing positionally during your turn.

Fucking OFFENSE. Gimme a HELL YEAH!!!
CB, one correction: The Dagda is no enemy. Different guy. He is a member of the Dannein First Gods. Definitely all Danneins are familiar with him, but he has not entered into this cluster so far at all.
Dagan is the power entity behind the Throne, The Hierophant, the opponent of Glaaki, etc. Similar names; different Powers. Dagan has never been known as a god or even heard of at all by anyone here.

Unknown whether Ulathi or Titan could approach Throne.

Unknown if anyone/anything could interfere if Maeriks assaulted The Hierophant on the Throne.

The Hierophant's recent turn to anger against Maeriks/The Adept has made no manifestations in tangible quantifiable effects so far. Maeriks can still understand Uisde language. Maeriks still has the weird memories that seem like they are his yet clearly they are not. Maeriks still has fragmentary understandings about the Ultathi, the Throne Room, his role, his background and training, The Hierophant as an office. All of the info on this is more like "feelings" - more like general baseline understandings than specified background data. And all of it is severely incomplete - a confusing situation in almost every direction.

If the Ulathi do not have the women to birth children, it does seem like that would stall their expansion. Unknown whether the Ulathi have other similar resources or not.

Also to bring up something that is clear to the characters, but I'm not sure if it is clear to you as Players or not:

If there is going to be a Get the Fuck Out of Dodge (GTFOOD) Mass Dash for the door, don't forget to incorporate planning to include Sorcha Rhone. Manually.

She is just waking up. Groggy. Probably confused. Plus would she really SPRINT AWAY as her first immediate Action choice, or would she probably take some rounds trying to assess what is going on with her mom?

That question is not really meant to be answered, but clearly something she is NOT doing right now is launching towards the door full throttle on a Rogue Cunning Action boost, casting Stranger Things telepath blasts en route.

If Little Redhead is getting out in the next round or two, it's going to have to be because somebody is carrying her.

She's light though, probably around 65 -70 lbs. It won't affect Movement, just takes up an Off-Hand and an Interact With Environment freebie.

Stranger Things = dope.

Kray can carry Sorcha out. He lost his shield anyway.

J: I'll get Kray posted today for his action.

FUCK, YES! Ivor Special incoming...

Sorry I mossed the OOC chat yesterday.

I definitely want to GTFOOD, but wasn't sure where everyone was going first. My thought was to attack people in the near vicinity to distract while we got Sorcha out.


I could also do a Rogue special and bonus Action dash, action dash, action surge dash and say fuck y'all! But Bryn wouldn't make it far on his own...

Absolutely, Ez. Huge emphasis on cohesive. I think this next portion is going to have a lot of "unless" in it, especially when it comes to movement. The five of us moving as far as we can during our turns as long as we can do it as a unit. It looks to me like you're anticipating that already, DMJ, in waiting for everyone's post before you paint the picture.

Jesus. What happens next!? Never experienced this kind of slow trickling fun before. The closest I've had to this is when I was in to the Walking Dead books and had to wait for a month before the next TINY AMOUNT OF ART came out.

So great. Such hell.

I will be posting up Maeriks in about 3 hours.

I lolled so dmaned hard at this.

Right on - we're getting there. These recent entries are HEAVY, bros!

We're watching as Kray and Maeriks come to pivot points - facing major changes in their lives even if for different reasons, and even when no one is quite sure yet how much life is left to live. Man, both Maeriks and Kray revived last quotes from Rutcranna to each. Both of those are pretty sad to me now after you guys frame them in the story and what is going on in the minds of the characters. Should these guys be put up for an Academy Award for Best Actor in Near Hopeless Death Action genre?

Alright, now Jabes is like 2Pac - All Eyez on Him as we wait for the last post for TR1.


Holler if ya hear me, Jabes.

If that last bit of PC input comes in, I'll work with you guys to get a vision of what is happening. The way it is heading now, looks like the team can rally and consolidate east of the Throne and possibly, depending on opponents' status, make at least some Movement northward towards the door.

I'll try to write up a good descriptive, incorporate some environment and NPC response that fits, and hopefully rework the Grid Map again to have some clarity of where things are. I want to be careful and precise in communication because I know these very important seconds, the actual "Bottom of Round 1" even, may really REALLY matter.

Not sure exactly how this will go just yet, but great effort and great writing so far, fellas. Good luck.

Only if we change the genre to Lucky Bastard in a Near Hopeless Death Action film.

Sorry for the delay, guys! Ivor's back. :-)

Developing Grid Map
(TR1, partial Movement, incomplete)

I vote action surge GTFOOD

Ditto.

Yep. Gets us to the doorway.

Aw man, no one wants to stay and see how many people Throne Lady can magic hug at once??

*I also vote leave.

Yes GTFO asap Sos 8675309

Wait, what?! I thought GTFOOD meant GET FOOD!