Part 3 OOC

For random comments, questions, what have you.

Is it just the Tibana gas we have as cargo now or did that go with the supplies of Bacta to Theresa? Also, are we rolling a fresh Destiny pool?

Yes, please!

Hey, everyone. My schedule is pretty crazy right now, but I spoke with marithyme, and I'm going to do my best to stick it out with this game. She's being kind enough to let me try that. I wanted to thank everyone in advance for being patient during any periods of time where it's hard for me to get a post out. Looking forward to continuing with this.

Removing the Pilot specialization and Full Throttle put Jack back to where he was after character creation. So with the 180 exp I got:

Outer Rim from 0 to 1: 5
Deception from 1 to 2: 10 xp
Ranged (Light) from 2 to 4: 35 xp
Quick Strike (Tier 2): 10 xp
Dodge (Tier 3): 15 xp
Call 'Em (Tier 3): 15 xp
Lethal Blows (Tier 4): 20 xp
Guns Blazing (Tier 4): 20 xp
Natural Marksman (Tier 5): 25 xp
Deadly Accuracy (Tier 5; Ranged Light): 25 xp

Finally spent my XP:

(190) Talent (Dedication - Presence) - 25 xp
(205) Talent (Surgeon R3) - 15xp
(225) Specialisation (Politico) - 20xp
(230) Talent (Kill with Kindness) - 5xp
(235) Talent (Grit R2) - 5xp
(240) Talent (Toughened R2) - 5xp
(245) Talent (Plausible Deniability) - 5xp
(260) Skill (Coercion 0-2) - 15xp
(270) Skill (Charm 1-2) - 10xp
(285) Skill (Medicine 2-3) - 15xp
(290) Skill (Negotiation 0-1) - 5xp

So are we just going for a three way split on the last take (so 3000 credits for each of us that were on that little jaunt) or are we keeping any back for the ship???

I'm not feeling particularly picky! I'm really open to anything here. As a suggestion, though this might be a little gamey, we could do 1,500 to each of us, 1,500 to the ship fund, and then 1,500 each to our new crew members, as a signing bonus. Unless they were given extra starting credits already

What was the total payout?

9k, if I'm not mistaken.

I think that is fair then. We get our new team members starting on the same foot as us in xp and $ and start a fund for our boat.

I’ll be at GenghisCon in Denver all weekend. Might not be posting much.

I'd like to get the Bantha's Eye Laser Sight on page 52 of Dangerous Covenants. It's 500 credits.

I'm more than happy to RP it, too, if others are eager to do that.

So, did I understand correctly that us new guys got some extra money as a little advanced "welcome to the ship?" I don’t think I’m looking specifically for anything right now, but I guess I should mark that down on my sheet if that was the case.

Yeah was 1500 credits for each of you new guys.

Any limits on Rarity for purchases here? Was thinking about picking up a set of Armoured Clothing but as it's Rarity 6 I wanted to check first

No limit, but you will need to do a Negotiation check to see if you can find it. Rarity six would be a hard (3 purple) check, but since you're on Nar Shaddaa I'm going to down grade that to average (2 purple).

I’ll just roll in here for it as I’m not too fussed with doing any shopping RP :) Triumph for a discount?

Sure thing. 10%

Awesome, thanks :)

You know what... I just realized when Doc (mcneils5) did his charm check last week, I could have used my Loom talent and given you a couple more advantages to spend. :P My bad. I'll try to keep track of my talents better!

Xp has been updated; feel free to spend it during the trip to your destination.

I picked up another level of defensive stance. For 2 stress I can increase the difficulty by 2 of any melee attack against Bo.
What are the rules on the blade breaker?

I think I'll be holding on to mine until the next allotment.

As far as I can see per the sourcebook, the Blade Breaker doesn't have any specific rules, but it does have Defensive 2, Pierce 1, and Sunder Qualities.

This one also has the cortosis quality.

OK LETS ROCK!?

Hey everyone,

So we've lost Tookie, and MoMo, and even before that things have been incredibly slow. I'd like you to honestly let me know your perspective. Have you lost interest in the game? Where the story is going? Your character? Is the attrition the biggest factor? Am I not giving you enough to go on?

We can go a bunch of different ways at this point. We can re-start where we are (my least favorite option, unless something else changes), reboot into a different storyline with the same characters, start completely over, or abandon the game.

Please let me know what you think. Totally open to criticism; I know I haven't put a lot of energy into the game lately either. Quite honestly I was quite bummed by the loss of Tsavo and then MoMo because their characters were so central.

Have you lost interest in the game? Where the story is going? Your character?
I haven’t lost interest in the game, story or my character. I feel like I’m still getting started with him, and would love to see where he goes! Will he be able to leave his old life style behind in pursuit of something more "normal?" Or will he revert back to the only character he knows how to be when faced with challenges?

Is the attrition the biggest factor? Am I not giving you enough to go on?
I think the story has slowed down a bit, and I honestly sometimes feel like I’m not sure what I can do. Like right now in the story, we are descending down to the surface of a unknown planet. Being relatively new on the ship, I don’t know if I would jump on controls or terminal to do anything. Which puts me in a position where I don’t feel like I have much to do until we get down to the surface. I guess I could strike up more conversations with the others, since I'm new to the crew.

I also total understand the loss of a PC, as Tookie had to bow out of our other game as well. It's really too bad. :(

We can go a bunch of different ways at this point...
I’d like to staying with the current story, and continuing it to its end. (If I’m not mistaken, the current goals for the PCs are to help a guy get back his ship from pirates on an unknown planet.) Obviously if others cast more votes for something else, I’ll go along with that too. But I would like to keep playing, unless I’m the only one. :)

Please let me know what you think. Totally open to criticism; I know I haven't put a lot of energy into the game lately either.
Not that it’s a criticism, but like most Play by Post games, sometimes we all seem to be waiting for each other to do something. Posting often (4-5 times a week), keeps things active and can prevent things from stagnating. If everyone only posts once a week, it can loose some narrative flavor for sure.

Thank you Joress, very helpful!

I'm still enjoying the game and would love to keep going. If you're really not feeling the current 'job' we're on then it may be best to either do a soft reboot or just a time jump past this to something else, depends on what you're thinking really. I'm just as happy to carry on with the current mission but I think it's important that you as the GM are feeling it. I've been a bit slower on my posting of late, usual summer issues and work headaches abound, so having a bit of a more relaxed pace to the game hasn't bothered me at all really but I will say I have held off posting some times when I feel like Doc's been hogging the spotlight a bit too much, I think moving forwards I'll just keep posting whenever I've the chance and just leave it to you to let me know if you want me to hold back a bit to let someone else come to the forefront of things.

Hope that helps.

That helps too, thanks!