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Taxleia looks over the video. “We’re probably going to have to go to Whykin itself to track that lead down. I have a couple of assets if you want to sneak into the city?”

@Corwin
@Sarah Winters
@Klaus von Leibnitz
@Leopold
@John Carter

Moving the action a little bit. Sea Serpent arrives at the Hivefire Club. His face is surly, his shoulders down, in a defeated stance. - "Damn chariots" - he mumbles while remembering his last round of lost bets in the arena. He goes to the bar, asks for a stiff drink, and asks the barten...

He leans forward. "This sounds like it's going to require some specialized equipment, specifically life support tanks for the Nanny. Obviously, this is what the up front credits are meant to cover, but do you have a line on where to acquire such a thing?" "My altruism has an alterior...

The team is taken to a conference room where the headless cyborg waits. Taxleia grins. "I see they attached a knee noggen. Gentlemen I'd like to introduce Agent 99." The headless cyborg now has head that looks like a department store manikin. Next Steps 1. Questions for cyborg 2. Gain an A...

You approach the pedestal and an unease crawls through you. The bulging eyes follow and watch you. Reaching the critical distance activates whatever mechanism the pedestal is. Darkness engulfs you starting at the peripheral and enveloping your entire field. You sense something but it’s like trying t...

Lady Titania hums a foreign melody. "Would you like to know what you will be diving into? Touch that skull and receive a vision of what awaits you." GOLIATH - Whiskers immediately places his hand on the skull, saying “I am not a# f#an of the magic stuff, but I am a sucker for an inside sco...

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Lady Titania hums a foreign melody. "Would you like to know what you will be diving into? Touch that skull and receive a vision of what awaits you."

Lady Titania hums a foreign melody. "Would you like to know what you will be diving into? Touch that skull and receive a vision of what awaits you."

Gage makes a low whistle. “Yeah, this isn’t scary at all.” He seems to have absorb all the various ideas and conversations. “It would seem Operational Security needs to be established. Titus, what is the Dictator’s plane to keep all this contained?” Tax laughs and side hugs one if the scientists. “I...

“I hope the alcohol was good. Can’t drink the stuff myself but it’s expensive so that should have peeked your interest. If your schedule isn’t otherwise full, I have millions of splugorth credits for you to earn. It will require a bit if travel and involve the origin of where that head came from. Ar...

The dice rolls are putting weird error codes on the previous post. So far we are looking at goop being experimented on. Gage is going to do what he can to lock down the goop from getting out. The video Corwin requested lets you guys find patient zero. The Nano-Goop controls the nervous system. Allow...

Time passes quickly as the environment starts to shift towards psychedelic. Colors across the entire spectrum flash like lasers, bulbs, or just a glow. Hej arrives. He’s Jiminy Cricket if Dwane Johnson was brought in to revive the franchise. His hulking form towers but fast wings seem to move him ni...

“I survived an Alien Invasion and all I got was this sub.”

Shirts are being made up.

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Yizu giggles (honestly) “I’m gonna check the ither tables and be back in a minute.” The club will usually go through different stages. Quiet atmosphere, trippy dream state, and then hard beats at the end of the night. The current setting is quiet atmosphere but trippy will be coming up soon. Yizu bu...

Sarah makes every attempt to remain surreptitious in her efforts both detecting and exerting the slightest bit of control on the rats when they are otherwise unoccupied. She makes excuses of naming them, having conversations with them, asking the scientists their temperaments, etc. Notice 1d6!!+2 W...

"I'm very glad to see you out of that former life and doing so well here. I have noticed that some..." he searches for the word carefully... "Atler... Altarans seem to be very happy to leave those eye-monsters behind. They have taken so much from so many. Tell me more about... Friday...

The ship itself would have security and you could even have a robot brain plugged into it. To monitor security. There will be an “Adventurers Guild” where you guys can find missions if need be. A part I’m trying settle in is “cost of living.” This way you guys will have a periodic. Deduction in fund...

I apologize life distracted me. I’m getting all the details sorted and posted.

I am thinking Phillip got to "Talking" with the officers of the Bottom Feeder and got them to forget about the sub and who they talked with... after taking care of any tracking devices Perhaps one of the infamous Rifts alien invasions occurred. A rag tag fleet was slapped together and you...

Jade Grimhilde wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 1:16 am That could have been a "mystery" boss, an unseen one like Charlie from Charlie's Angels, or Oracle from Birds of Prey has been from time to time. So they said "You're on your own now" and left us some files and contracts.

Mystery Boss. That can never go wrong.

Aspects Update Nano-Goop: A technological substance that seems to be reverse engineered from the nano-machines that created the Prometheus Treatment from the Juicer Uprising. The aliens who made them ran Newtown but were believed to be eradicated by the Coalition. The coalition leveled Newtown and b...

"As did I. They were collateral damage which is unfortunate. But our fate is beyond our control. Be it they die in a vehicle accident, or be unfortunate enough to be turned into monsters by nanotech in the presence of those efficient at slaying monsters, they are victims of circumstance and no...

He looks to the rest of the team, "So, how to handle the cowboy? Ve should of course endevour to convince him in a civil manner, however I fear that vill not be productive. So back up solutions? Taxliea is a mind melter und may be able to read his mind, or assist someone else in doing so. If h...

“Agreed. Gage, I don’t know you as well as the others but this thing absolutely can’t get access to raw materials. At least I understand radio signals, and a jammer tuned correctly is just a backup. ” Gage Chuckles. “Nothing some good drinks can’t solve. Your help was much appreciated, I’m sorry a ...

Sarah takes a moment to corner Gage and remind him that several people working on the cyber material now have access to its design and operation and she urges him to suggest if not order more strict security around the facility, thoroughly revisit backgrounds of all workers with such contact, etc. ...

Having an engineer NPC who stays on the ship is reassuring from a PC point of view, as they can guard the ship from being stolen when the rest of the party is on a mission. And then repairs always take exactly the most dramatic amount of time! :) Perhaps said NPC is agoraphobic... Sounds good. I’ll...

The Players occupy one of the smaller cells. The booth circles around the central table. Various bottles of nector alcohol and good old Tennessee Whiskey (a current niche item in Splynn; any bottles that can be found go for thousands if Splugorth Credits.) A pretty waitress flutters to the table. “H...

The Hivefire Club is a playground for beings and creatures who have an affinity with insects. This does not limit who actually visits but if someone needs to find an Insectoid for some reason, this is the place to be. The club is a mix of EDM and Velvet Smoke Room. The largest and primary room is a ...

An NPC engineer could be added. But many of the rolls seem to be getting filled. A dedicated engineer would make sense as someone who spends most of their time kn the ship.

Looks good.

Looks good.

John is hoping for the latter. One of his standing orders from his superiors in the FDF after they became aware of his situation is to gather and relay whatever data he could on any advanced technology he encounters. The proprietary tech of Doctor Miraculous certainly qualifies. Miraculous Tech is ...

"Tax, did these guys find any techno-wizardry, crystals or whatnot in the cylinder? I mean the goo's microscopic but the parts in the cylinder might lead to a manufacturer. Tax shakes her head. “Not a spec of magic in the whole thing. Not that anyone would believe technological zombies could b...

… We need to analyze the targets, and potential motives for the attack. It seems obvious and very well may be, however it could also be part of a bigger picture, and hopefully knowing what we can learn from the actors, combined with what analysts can discern will lead us to the head of this snake s...

He looks to the rest of the team, "So, how to handle the cowboy? Ve should of course endevour to convince him in a civil manner, however I fear that vill not be productive. So back up solutions? Taxliea is a mind melter und may be able to read his mind, or assist someone else in doing so. If h...

Taxleia grabs an apple from a food table and takes a bite. The red surface shines brightly from the sunlight coming through the tall atrium. From some where in the group a growl errupts. Gage coughs. “Sorry. I guess I’m still hungry.” Long awkward pause ensues. “Maybe we should get to work…” Taxleia...

Place Held

Fyndhal Yumi Overdrive Snake Eyes Sabrick Vek Tiny Tim Session 0 post. So far there is talk of a sub that the PCs travel in and have a home port in Splynn. Splynn isn’t automatically evil, and I’m simplifying the hierarchy to “Power Wins.” So rather than monsters, demons, mortals, so on. As long yo...

Carina “I’m sure your excited to get started. The black goop is being studied on the 7th floor, the cyborg who wore the cowboy hat is also there, his systems where modofied by the goop. The headless man, who we also know is a cyborg is on the 3rd floor for interviews.” The cowborg vibro-knife has on...

Everyone may take one mundane item and add one enhancement. This is based in the Heroes Journeys tables and not considered magic or super science. ENHANCED CRAFTING Up to 2 upgrades Cost: Each upgrade costs the item’s base purchase cost; at a −4 modifier to the Gear Availability check. WEAPON Armor ...

Dictator Ixon stands, gathering the attention of everyone in the room. “Now that you understand what we are asking of you. Carina will see that you get anything you need. I expect a report of your progress soon.” While not specifically avoiding chit chat, Carina does maintain a cool silence. Walking...

Lars wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:27 pm GM needs to add people to the group.

Well that’s a sad duh moment for me.added!

Use this to discuss characters. Let me know if you’ve posted to the New Character forum and need it moved.

I'm okay with die rolls outside the forum.

Yumi Overdrive wrote: ↑Sat Nov 26, 2022 1:22 pm Speaking of vehicles, could I trade two Rich rolls to get the TW wing board from the Mystic Gadgets equipment table?

Yes, for it.

We have a forum!
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The city of Splynn is built upon the old capitol of the True Atlantean empire. Like Homer described thousands of years the city is a series of circular canals, radiating from the central pyramid. These canals extend from the city all the way to the east coast, and through out the continent. The city...

Tiny Tim wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 7:32 am Are we able to use Signature Items and Patron Items?

Yes

Fyndhal wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:27 pm WIP character:
https://savaged.us/s/alaquisaren

I’d ask what his roll is but then a Jack-Of-All-Trades fits into lots of rolls.

Add 2 advances

Yumi Overdrive wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 12:42 am All their hives are really far inland though, dead center in the middle of North America. It’d be hard to get there from Atlantis!

There are hives off the great lakes west of Mantisque/Northern Gun. You’ll just have to travel through the great lakes.

After enough time to eat Titus leads everyone through the government building. Titus nods to a secretary. She informs him the Dictator is waiting. In the Dictator’s office Mr Ixon and Carina are having a tense discussion. “Miss Hart, I understand your employer is a busy man, but if he is going to of...

I even have an idea for the first adventure! I have an old Aliens novel I enjoyed. It revolved around the bug queen has special royal jelly that can make the normal bugs into super bugs. So the first mission can be traveling to the Xiticix hives where a mission to sneak in and steal some sweet sweet...

Step 1. Do you want to have the characters know each other or is this right at the start if forming the business? Perhaps some event left them each owning a portion of the boat and an unfinished mission. Like the original owner gambled the boat in different places and now all the PCs technically joi...

A sub would work well. A couple smaller vehicles could in a cargo hold or something. The ship could then have a regular birth some place. My thought was to use Splynn, it would make sense the Splugorth cut large canals from the coast to Splynn so the slaver ships can take slaves directly to Splynn a...

Question: For races like the Altara, would they be considered Rogue (and those considered as 'hunted' in Atlantis) or would those Hindrances be replaced with something more appropriate? Or are those races disallowed? Still poking around in the book, don't really have a solid idea yet, this is mainl...

The sub could work. Here is the original art from underseas for the Bottom feeder. 9B023B8A-9BAC-4416-91B7-996253139814.jpeg The flat side view is odd but if you really want to have fun we could steal the art for a coalition sub. It wouldn’t be the sub, it would be a Bottom feeder with a skull. 9B02...

Awesome. I will get things going. Since the holiday is tomorrow I will try to post more details after that.

Note: Conversation is continuing but not walking over anyone that posts after this. Titus nods. “The Senate appreciates your assistance and will handsomely reward you. Unfortunately the reality of this situation is sobering. Presently our standing army is less them 5000 with the Rangers around 2000....

Know who Crusher Joe is? Want to play a character who works/part owns a company that is paid to do dangerous (also prob stupid) stuff, all from comfy digs in Splynn, Atlantis? Have that character concept that just doesn’t make sense in that North American campaign you’ve eye’d? Well look no further ...

Titus looks around the table. Gage, Leopold , John Carter , Sarah Winters , Klaus von Leibnitz , and Corwin . “Dictator Ixon appreciates your assistance in this investigation and allowing us to maintain information security by keeping the circle small. The Senate is being informed, but beyond that i...

Other Notes. The man who Jespin killed is a CS operative. His affiliation is more all the data says he is then they have any clear idea of what department he’s under or probably his real name. Win Voss is all the notes in the tablet indicate. The headless cyborg has been detained but he’s cagey. It’...

Gage looks to Leopold , John Carter , and Sarah Winters . “If the three of you are up to it, the Legion will want to follow up on this. Sir Jespin may be retired but he’s still one of us.” [As the TL is formed from the remnants of the Cyber-Knights, it would likely mean, people in good standard with...

"concerns me. Do we have any analysis on that cylinder shaped gygamawhatsitz that... I believe John recovered? Can anyone link that to Vallax tech?" Titus nods. “Yes, it seems to be an override.” He nods towards Klaus von Leibnitz . “That seems a logical assumption. Viewing video supports...

sooooo this is a lot of jumping. Please feel free to post in regards to any point in the run around. The report itself is also quite eye opening as the initial analysis identifies the technology as that creates by the Vallex aliens, the people who created the Juicer Enhancement to extend a juicers ...

Titus sets a tablet on the table and screens light up ay all the seats.

“This is preliminary evaluation of the goop. I think you will be interested in what we found.”

After 20 minutes the door opens and an unusual man walks in. Titus Derick Pruitt.png “Hello everyone. I see you’ve been stuffed into a small room. I’m Titus Pruitt, personal assistant to his Dictatorship Issac Ixon.” For background. The senate elected leader of Kingsdale is called the Dictator. The ...

The rush of the transport to Kingsdale. A hurried landing turns into being shoved into a side parlor. Then to the Senate floor where heated arguments between senators drag on for nearly an hour. Before the senate even recognizes the groups arrival an abrupt recess is called and another shuffle to a ...

Note: Gage is providing a quick recap. “So the high points are a strange box found by John. The people seemed to be possessed by the black goop that spread quickly and that the goop responds to digital communications. (I assume some type of radio wave commonly used across north america.) During the ...

What is Kerx86? Kingsdale has an industrial base since they do cynernetics, bionics, juicer, and crazy upgrade. Computers and electronics would need to be manufactured or at minimum assembled locally to some extent. Kerx86 is a name for a company I assumed must already exist with the amount of enhan...

Carina.png Carina straightens her clothes and hardens her stare. The Rangers all straighten their backs and might even be considered nervous in her presence. She nods at Taxleia. Taxliea nods back, then whispers to Klaus von Leibnitz . “She was crying? The “Hatchet”, was crying? I shouldn’t be mean...

A dozen Rangers emerge from the VTOL and take up a defensive perimeter. Sarah Winters Leopold For simplicity, a VTOL picked them and the civilians up from the engine to join everyone else at the Passenger Cars. NPC Run down Human 1 - Dead, killed by Sir Jespin Headless Guy - Since he aided the Secre...

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Gage is a Combat Mage and the local Tomorrow Legion Senior Representative. (Recap)

He pulls all the TL people together.
@John Carter
@Leopold

“Great job. That could have gone better and easily gone worse. I’m gonna take whatever win we can salvage from this.”

The R-Bolt is about as tall as an Ulti-Max. The large thrusters make the fully air combat capable. They are used by the security forces for the Central Bank.

The passenger cars come to safe landing thanks to the emergency failsafes. Once it sets down door locks disengage and airplane inflatable slides activate allowing people to exit. Everyone that became a feral has stopped moving. While most are now dead from whatever the goop does to people, several a...

I feel like things could just drag out. The main goal is achieved so it makes sense to try and move out of combat. The next step is debrief with the Kingsdale senate.

@Sarah Winters
The pilot’s are pulling panels from the wall and manage tp hot wire the controls to make an emergency stop.

@Klaus von Leibnitz

The goop becomes inert and stops replicating. Klaus finds the goop takes the commands and stops doing anything. It actually seems rather dumb and requiring a constant input of commands like it has to be controlled. Replication seems to be the only automatic function.

Tropes of Zombie movies dictate being bitten is the cause of becoming one of the walking dead, or in this case a 28 Days Later style feral monster. This trope even exists in Rifts Earth were lore and ancient pop culture merge into Myth. The passengers cram into defendable locations such as the bathr...

7 success towards Dramatic Task. Leopold jerks loose the connector with a zat of electrical energy. 1d6!! Some sort of clamps engage and red lights activate. Some sort if emergence clamping system activates. Total reduced to 6. Corwin throws Hines over his shoulder and pulls Carina threw the door. H...

Everyone in the train feels a lurch and then out the window the scenery starts to pass quicker. Quicker. Finally a sense that the train is going faster than it could possible need to. Everyone hears Gage over the Comms. “The train is accelerating. I assume it’s obvious that if we don’t slow down, a ...

The action move us to the final act. The complete culmination of the plot. The Train is going to accelerate to nearly 200 miles an hour, reducing the time to get to Kingsdale dramatically. I’m thinking to try this as a dramatic task. 12 total tasks over 3 rounds, with a wildcard that will be the cha...

@Sarah Winters
Sarah is a road block the feral monsters must get by. Three of them push against her to get through the door.

The Third

Corwin The headless cyborg tries to hide taking a small cylinder from the pocket of Secretary Hines. It is about the size of a pen with a clicking mechanism at one end. The implications of a handheld device with a button are numerous and obvious. Then, as the self described savior of Secretary Hine...

Part 4 KINGSDALE TECHNOLOGY Power generation comes from a variety of sources such as wind, solar, oxide fuel cell and nuclear power. The kingdom has fair manufacturing capabilities and can produce mega-damage body armor, E-Clips (although not enough to be self-sufficient), plastics, building materia...

Sorry for a post that may be redundant. This is a summary of important things that have been noted in previous posts. Black Goop - The people who are Feral bleed black goopy blood and also seem to spread it by biting or just plain puking it up. Elevators - Each Car has an elevator at each end of the...

The entire situation starts to intensify as people in car 3 will begin rushing car 2 and several people in Car 4 are already starting to turn. Everyone can see the writing in the wall. In car 2, the wave coming through the door of car 3 is going to be too large for a single blast to stop all of them...

In car 2 the open doorway to the hover engine reveals the hallway is lit by emergency lighting. The feeling of disquiet even stops the panicked passengers. Only the explosion of a dozen feral people, from Leopold’s magic blast, pulls from them from their stupor. A woman in the group of survivors sig...

Car 3 John Carter Klaus von Leibnitz Corwin Corwin stands in the path of the headless man carrying Secretary Hines. Secretary Hines. “Shoot this thing you glorified mall cop.” The Headless Guy. “It would be in your best interest to let me by.” Next to the headless man Sir Jespin steps up with Carina...

Car 2 Sarah Winters Leopold Leopold looks at a group of 20 feral people running, jumping, and clamoring over seats towards him. This wave heads towards the “front” of the car that is past Leopold. Adding to the problems, near him, a teenager hides between seats rather than flee from the wave. At the...

Recap Corwin blocks the headless man from entering the next car. Corwin notice check gives him a vibe that the headless man is only speaking a half truth in regards to saving Secretary Hines. John Carter shoots a borg, who returns the favor by throwing a knife into the person Carter made to seem to ...

Once he's satisfied with the firing solution he's lined up, John If there are any range penalties, a +2 is applied to offset them. Shooting roll 1d8! Shooting Wild Die roll 1d6! +4 to Shooting and -2 for MaP makes the final result 5. Damage roll 3d6! AP 5. Shooting roll 1d8! Shooting Wild Die roll ...

Corwin Corwin has the initiative but I’m going to take a speaking action. Hines struggles in the headless mans arms. “Save me you idiot, this thing is trying to kidnap me.” A radio signal. “That is incorrect, I am taking the Secretary to safety aboard the armored hover car. He will then be able to ...

@Sarah Winters

Eviscerator Notices someone or thing trying to access its systems.

Damage 1d12!!+1+1d8!! Raise damage 1d6!! [/inline] [ge: 2d10! , plus d6! for raise, Total: 13 damage, 2AP[/inline] one of the “ferals” The Feral gets a good brain rattling and falls over half heartedly pawing at a chair. The man next to her nods. “Thank’s. Should we hide in the bathroom? It doesn’t...

Leopold A “normie” dives past Leopold escaping from to Ferals. They charge Leopold teeth first. 1d6 Tripping over his feet he lands head first into a pointy object. 1d6 , Damage= 1d6 The Feral bumps into Leopold almost hugging him. At least that’s the closest comparison Leopold could come too as th...

Taking aim at the mercenary leader's head he fires another pair of shots hoping to cut the head off the snake. Bennie 1d10=10; soak 2. 1 Wound and Shaken Damian notices the gun out of the corner of his eye. Throwing his arm up to protect his head he prays the very expensive armored clothes protects...

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