Missing in Modesto - One Shot story area

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Jun 3, 2019 2:29 pm
With Denton in the lead and Calvin's assistance and advice you manage to steer fish into an area to smack the water with a long branch freaking out the fish. Carmen walks out with rolled up pants and shoeless to snag stunned fish.

You manage to get several fish, more than you could all eat even in a famished state. Denton frowns a bit while cooking the fish, he knows there's no parasites since he managed to get them 'opened' before cooking them over the fire with a sharpened piece of woof but he's managed to cook enough fish for the group for two meals, unfortunately you're all stuck eating bland grilled fish. If you weren't all quite hungry you'd probably pass.
OOC:
Survival got you resources for 2 meals for everyone and something to store the left over cooked fish for later, cooking roll you didn't poison anyone (yay!) but you're not getting any major complaints or praises for your cooking. Now free to press on, I assume you've filled the wineskin with water that seemed clean as well once it's empty by clean you're pretty sure none of you will get sick.
Jun 3, 2019 2:51 pm
Carmen picks a bone from between her teeth as she throws a fish head into the river with a frown. "Let's hope we get to civilization again soon. I don't think any of us anticipated this search to take us so deep into the woods." The woman puts her soaked pants back on and gets ready to press on.
Jun 4, 2019 2:28 pm
Jack gathers up whats left of the fish for later and fills the wine skin with fresh water. Sparking up a fresh cigarette he nods to Carmen "Yeah, lets be on with it, sooner we're done with this job the better" and he starts heading off to try and pick the trail back up.
Jun 5, 2019 2:55 pm
Barely hiding her disgust, Molly finishes her meal. The others are ready to get moving, good! "Yes, I agree. We’ve got to find those kids soon."
Jun 12, 2019 11:11 am
OOC:
Thought I'd have time Monday to update...
With food and water and rest checked off you trek on leaving behind the water source. The trail isn't as apparent here as you move around the forest but without fatigue you all mostly focus on your safety and figuring out where one would take kidnapped kids by pony in this modern era when surrounded by woodlands.
OOC:
As Tophu suggested I think lets try a dramatic challenge. Let me know what you all are attempting to progress to finding the tracks of the kidnappers or navigating through the woods or something else. I'll let you each know the difficulty for the checks, this might have the potential to add a boost or setback to the next check. Three failures means I get to do something interesting in the story.
Jun 12, 2019 7:00 pm
Carmen does what she can to keep the team motivated and to boost morale. "That is it, everyone! A breakthrough is just beyond the next hill. We had a hard night, but we can keep it together..."
OOC:
I'm guessing an Average Leadership check based on the chart on p. 120?
Jun 12, 2019 8:01 pm
OOC:
Ok lets go with an average check with a set back die as you mention the night bringing thoughts of all the stuff you've had to trek through to get here.
Jun 12, 2019 8:44 pm
Carmen does her best to boost morale and improve team cohesion.

Rolls

Leadership

3 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 2 Success, 1 Advantage

Jun 13, 2019 10:34 am
Jack pulls his camera out and starts studying the pictures he took of the tracks back at the house, looking for any similarities between those and any tracks they find here.
OOC:
Not sure what would be best here...
Jun 13, 2019 1:43 pm
OOC:
Sounds like Survival with a boost from Carmen's words and camera reference each. You have a bit of trouble for comparison due to the time though and weather so Hard difficulty check fits I think.

Running Successes Total: 2
Jun 13, 2019 1:51 pm
OOC:
Here goes then...

Rolls

Survival

4 Success, 1 Advantage, 3 Failure

Total: 1 Success, 1 Advantage

Jun 13, 2019 4:57 pm
Keeping eyes and ears active to scan for the kidnappers, Calvin does his best to follow the tracks.
Jun 14, 2019 1:14 pm
OOC:
Sounds like another Survival roll at Hard, lets get a boost from Denton's advantage as well.

Sucesses 3/8
Jun 14, 2019 6:36 pm
Following tracks

Rolls

Survival

2 Success, 1 Advantage, 2 Threat

Total: 2 Success, 1 Threat

Jun 14, 2019 6:55 pm
Denton and Calvin's actions lead your group about although at one point you go turned around in backpaths through a wooded area.
OOC:
One setback to the last check, three not fails so something doesn't happen that could have. Lets see if we reach 8 successes or the other plot point gets triggered.

Successes 5/8
Jun 15, 2019 9:08 pm
Trusting the trail to the others and following along, Molly turns her focus to the pieces of the puzzle, contemplating and looking for any hidden connections among the clues they’ve already gathered. "Maybe there’s something we’re missing," she mumbles as they walk along the path.
Jun 15, 2019 9:15 pm
"Well seems like we can't see the wood for the trees here. Maybe we need to get abetter view of our surroundings" he glances around, looking for any particularly tall trees "Anyone good at climbing?"
OOC:
Thinking climb up a tree and make a Perception check to see if there's anything of note about (buildings, smoke trails, roads, big flashing exclamation marks in the sky, etc)
Jun 18, 2019 11:28 am
OOC:
Sounds like Molly is going with a vigilance check at average, a setback from Denton and Clavin's trek going a bit sideways. Last part of the challenge (one per player).
Jun 20, 2019 1:47 pm
OOC:
Well Jacks still thinking to get some elevation to get a better look around for any signs of 'civilisation'
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