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Kesslan

Name: Lars
Start Date of Absence: May 16, 2020
Expected Date of Return: N/A
Characters: Kesslan (Far from Home), Hunter (Disavowed)

For a number of reasons I've decided to withdraw from EU entirely for the foreseeable future. I wish you all the best.

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Left tired and worn out after the day's events, and now fed and such, Kesslan just pulls out his blanket and then pauses a moment as he regards the current situation in the barn as people start going to get some shut eye. After a few moments of indecision, the dogboy decides to just blatantly and br...

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Kesslan just stands there in awkward silence for a little bit, looking between the hole, the house, barn, all the damage done and everything else going on. Letting out a soft whine he eventually pipes up with "Well, that could have gone better..." items being left outside the door for them...

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Kesslan just... slowly puts down the one, singular chicken he'd managed to catch once it seemed to be 'relatively' calm. "Well... that was different." he quips, tail wagging a tiny bit. "But uh, yah, we do need to find that thief. Though I'm thinking if they're able to summon demons t...

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Kesslan followed along, finding it.. odd that no one was able to (naturally) understand what ever language was being spoken. Indeed the demonic creatures they'd encountered seemed unusual as well. Add in this wide demonic possession of simple farm animals (Though at least those looked normal otherwi...

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"If the cabin's inhabitants know they're housing a criminal wouldn't they just hand him over? Worse comes to worst, the shiny guys and I will make sure they don't have a house to hide him in, right?" Kesslan sighs a bit and then wanders right on up towards Thursday and reaches out to ligh...

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Vigor roll: [dice:3lap88td]65694:0[/dice:3lap88td] Wild Die: [dice:3lap88td]65694:1[/dice:3lap88td] Kesslan was getting a bit tired after this long trek. The exertion of having to help keep people warm, melt through things, and haul all his kit along was slowing him down. He gives a slow look over t...

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Kesslan slows along with everyone else, fire still blazing away around him, almost like he's simply forgotten to 'shut it off', which was partially the case. That and hey, if you're about to be surrounded by snow, nothing melts it faster than a blazing fire. He's still crackling away (And incidental...

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On my end jumping right into the action etc wasn't a bad thing, since I need to learn this system. What I learned when this site first went live pretty much all went out the window when I was on my two year or so hiatus from EU, and then throw in the change to SWADE and well... I'm basically at squa...

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Kesslan was quick to warn his fellow travelers about the impending doom of snow "AVALANCHE!" he belts out at the top of his lungs.... ok maybe not the best idea but would it -really- trigger a second avalanche, naaaahhh. Annnnnd when they find their way blocked by the giant bear, well, the...

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When the bears charge in on his compatriots, Kesslan jumps up from his position, bursting into fire and then firing his laser pistol at the bear attacking Steelbrook. "Awww shit here we go..." he rumbles out as he starts to try to close the range between him and the bear attacking Steel. H...

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Notice [dice:3dtqtt8c]65290:0[/dice:3dtqtt8c] Occult [dice:3dtqtt8c]65290:1[/dice:3dtqtt8c] Wild: [dice:3dtqtt8c]65290:2[/dice:3dtqtt8c] "Hey Kesslan , mind lighting these guys up?" She calls over comms to the Burster. "With what!?" Kesslan calls back. Sure, he might be a burster...

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Wishlist 1) What item/gear/equipment would you really like to acquire? Oddly, I don't really have any specific wishlist for this character. Tech based characters there's always tons of things I can think of, and especially with the setting of Russia there's lots of gear in the Palladium books that ...

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Notice: 6 Psychic Sense: 7 (For trying to track a Psi Sense) Survival: 6 ISP: 20/20 Kesslan shuddered and whined a bit as the wild rift played hell with his head. That the rift had likely been on or near a leyline likely hadn't helped that any at all. He -hated- leylines and the like in general. Mo...

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Picking up Strong and Powerful

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Me: Hey folks, I'm Lars, I've been playing on EU for years. I first got involved back when I had an overnight job that tended to be pretty slow. Stuck around for years after. I recently came back after a two year hiatus or so after having some significant RL issues (Medical problems, roomies steali...

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Background It was a cold, rainy, November day... because of course it was. That was just how luck had turned out to be the past few weeks, Kesslan thought as he ran through the muddy, rubble strewn streets as a laser blast blasted out a chunk of a near by wall before he rounded a corner. A corner p...

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Haven't done the background yet, and yes it's basically a reboot of the previous character since it's a new system.

EDIT: Gear and advance are done.

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Ya sure, and it's mostly done, I just need to do the gear, finish up the advancement table and handle the starting advance.

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IF there's room I'd be interested, if not, oh well!

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Advances EP Brawny & +1 die type to STR Hero’s Journey Psi Table: 13 Education: 6 Advances Initial Advances: (From Hindrances): Streetwise, Scrounger Cybernetic Modifications: None Novice 1 Advance: Shooting, Gambling Novice 2 Advance: Novice 3 Advance: Seasoned 1 Advance: Seasoned 2 Advance: S...

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Credits: 1,600 Gear NG-S2 Survival Pack : Popular with adventurers and travelers, this basic survival kit is packed with ultralight gear essential to anyone roaming the vast wilderness and ruins of Rifts Earth. (20 lb) Climbing kit with cord, pitons, and hammer; +1 Athletics (climbing). Compass/ine...

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Rank : Novice Advances Left : 0 Race : Dog-Boy Iconic Framework : Burster Attributes : Agility d6 , Smarts d6 , Spirit d6 , Strength d8 , Vigor d6 Pace : 6; Parry : 5; Toughness : 16(11) ; Strain : 0 Skills : Athletics (Agility) d6 Academics (Smarts) d6 Common Knowledge (Smarts) d6 Driving (Agility...

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Rolls/Tracking here HERO’S JOURNEY (TWO ROLLS) Bursters gain one roll on the Experience & Wisdom Table or the Psionics Table. Bursters gain one additional roll on any table except Cybernetics or anything to do with magic. PSI Table Roll: [dice:athxv2iy]64793:0[/dice:athxv2iy] Some psionic charac...

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If you're ok with it, I'd like to just do a rework of my dog boy burster for SWADE. If that's not alright I'm sure I can easily find something else.

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Well I'd always be happy to join a game you run VV. Let me know!

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Looking for a group again for the Rifts setting.

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Just picked up the Arcana and Mysticism book, just need to read through it now. I'll try to have something ready for tomorrow if all things keep going relatively well

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Alright cool. I'll sink my teeth into it after I'm a little more clear headed. Still kind of hazy from the meds atm.

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Name : Lars Start Date of Absence : Feb 26 Expected Date of Return : March 12ish? Maybe sooner? Characters : Kesslan, Hunter SO I managed to very badly injure my back a few days ago and the meds i'm on are making me very sleepy among other things. So I may be a bit slow/hard to reach for the next l...

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I'm slightly confused as to this upgrades up to a heroic rank thing. Rank sets the number of modifications (in this case two major, two minor) and the level of Edges and powers that can be built into the item (i.e. up to Heroic rank powers or edges but not Legendary). You don't need A&M to buil...

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Yes, it should be 26. 15 Base + 3 from HJ +8 from Advances

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Ah, ok, should be fixed now.

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Advances: Ace, Combat Ace Initial Advances: (Bonus from Hindrances): Edge(s) granted by Racial Features: Fleet-Footed, More Machine, Upgradeable, +1 Agility Cybernetic Modifications: Adrenal System, Armour Plating (3), Bionic Strength Augmentation, Core Electronics Package, Cyber-Wired Reflexes, In...

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Gear Credits: 12,300 Cyborg LE-B1 Light Espionage Plate: Armor:+2, Tough: +3, Min Str: d12+1, Weight: 30. Notes: MDC Armor, –1 to all non-combat Athletics skill rolls. Cyborg HI-B3 Heavy Infantry Plate: Armor: +5, Tough: +5, Min Str: d12+4, Weight: 80. Notes: MDC Armor, –4 to all Agility-linked non...

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Background

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Rank: Advances Left: 0 Race : Pantheran Iconic Framework: Combat Cyborg Attributes: Agility d12, Smarts d10, Spirit d6, Strength d12+4, Vigor d12 Running : d8 ; Pace: 8 ; Parry: 8; Toughness: 27(11) ; Strain: 0 ; Size: 1 Skills: Athletics (Agility): d10 (-4) Battle (Smarts): d4 Common Knowledge (Sm...

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Hero's Journey Rolls: Training: [dice:3pg6372g]63441:0[/dice:3pg6372g] Constant battle, for cause or survival, means your hero knows a great deal about combat. Select one Combat Edge; you may ignore all requirements except other Edges (e.g. to take Improved Frenzy your character must have Frenzy fir...

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Hey folks, I'm going to pull out of this game because I just can't keep up the pace with the rest of you and the GM posts come up faster than the usual 1 week site standard, meaning I'm missing out on a lot of posts between GM posts etc. I think it's better to handle it this way rather than either d...

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Hey Cantrell, Elan doesn't apply to damage rolls because damage isn't a trait roll if I understand things correctly. (Though it does apply to soak rolls)

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Pender Lumkiss wrote:Ranged target is 4, it is 120" away, so add in ranges penalties. +4 to hit for size, and +4 to hit for drop. If you get an 8 you get an extra d6 damage. That's it, so even if you get 12 to hit, you still only get the extra 1d6 damage.

Well I got a 23 so...

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Sadly Smite is a touch based ability in my case or I would.

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Hey so question...

If you get a raise for every 4 points over what you need to succeed or hit, does that mean you get +1d6 damage for every raise? If so what's our actual target to hit the dragon?

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With the return of the shadow dragon and the others engaging it, Kesslan is caught for a moment in concern about fighting such a massive beast. He'd only heard of dragons until the team had encountered this particular creature, but there was no doubt it was evil. With that in mind the mutant burster...

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Well this would have been a good time to have had Improved Fireball. Still, funny enough, I can boost the range enough to just make short range on the dragon. More than if I'm close enough to the ley line to count as being 'on' the leyline. Though they don't really clarify if psychich characters hav...

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Kesslan for his part tried to stay alert and at the ready near the big robot. He didn't doubt Max could handle just about anything in a fight with it, but he also knew infantry could still manage to cling to it if they got too close. It also incidentally gave him some distance from the leyline itsel...

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I'll park Kesslan at E5 so there's someone handy to keep the robot clear of any infantry that get too close if need be.

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Notice: [dice]1[/dice] Wild Die: [dice]0[/dice] Ace Die: [dice]2[/dice] Smell/Psychich Sense bonus: 2 Total: 8(10) Kesslan was to say, rather morose and subdued for a good part of the time. He'd honestly felt really bad about someone else dying to protect him to say the least. He was generally a fa...

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Just a heads up folks but I'm going to be out of town for a week visiting family starting tomorrow so I won't be able to get posts in during that time.

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Late to the party, Kesslan finally shows up after having been out for some time. The dogboy doesn't say much for the moment, just nodding or making other greetings to the others before turning his attention to a meal like he'd not eaten in a week. More so in the way he just chows it right down fast ...

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Eh, it was worth a shot at trying something new for a group. It just didn't work all that well on my end.

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[dice]0[/dice] Enemy Play at the beginning of the game session. A villain of the GM’s choice becomes your character’s sworn enemy and you may not soak wounds caused directly by him. Starting now, you draw an extra Adventure Card each game session until the enemy is “retired.” Extra Card from Enemy: ...

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Voted,

Rated a bit lower because splitting everything up the way it did make it really hard for me to follow what was going on when, where etc and seemed to cause some people to miss responses or just not respond to other players etc.

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Hey folks, Internet is finally fixed (Well for now at least) so hopefully it stays good and solid from here on out. I'm slowly catching up with the back log of posts I need to do for all my characters but I should hopefully have something up for Kesslan here tomorrow. I just need to try to wrap my h...

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Hey folks,

I'm back in town after a trip.

Internet is still in a bit of an iffy situation but I've got a workaround for the time being that should allow me to post regulairly.

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-What is Kesslan doing? Standing around wondering what the hell is going on. I posted, were barely any posts after mine, none of which really seemed to follow any particular thing and then everyone just started posting in totally different areas doing... what ever. Everything's so scattered I've go...

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Speaking up Kesslan says after a moment of sniffing about to make sure there weren't more signs of that 'darkness' about. "I think some of them were possessed by that creature." he explains. "Or at least by something. I could sense it fading moments after the fight." he explains,...

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Ahem...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH-QwK4v0ZI

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Notice: [dice]0[/dice] Wild Die: [dice]1[/dice] Total: 4 Psionics: [dice]2[/dice] Wild Die: [dice]3[/dice] Multiple Actions: -2 Extra Effort: [dice]6[/dice] (-1 Benny) Total: 4 Everything Burns: [dice]8[/dice] Psionics: [dice]4[/dice] Wild Die: [dice]5[/dice] Multiple Actions: -2 Extra Effort: [dic...

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Apparently I should have been a ninja.

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Kesslan knew something was up by this point, but he wasn't quite sure what. Just that it was 'not good'. Those kind of scents always meant 'not good' and the talk of taking a baby again was a sign of 'not good'. 'Good' people didn't just take babies! And if they were dealing with the likes of vampir...

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Nah I already had Kesslan go in. He was just radioing everyone to let them know what he was up to. Right now he's got no particular reason to worry about going in alone. He's not sure there's something wrong, he just thinks there might be and is looking into it. Radioing the others was more as a hea...

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Kesslan wasn't quite sure what he was dealing with, but also didn't want to just go in alone without anyone knowing where he was, so he radio's the rest of the group in hopes at least one of them has their radio on. "This is Kesslan, I'm checking out some new arrivals to town at some dive calle...

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Anyone hear from Kesslan? He's been AWOL last few days. Ya sorry about that. Had a bit of 'comedy of errors' over the weekend. First the front porch collapsed, then the hot water heater broke and then my computer hard drive died all on the same day. So it's taken me a while to get back up and runni...

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Kesslan steps out into the streets, still sniffing around having heard about the one vampire that had been discovered. For now he seems to just be wandering around town, still sniffing away and trying to see if there were any others that might be hiding. Daytime after all, would be the best time to ...

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There's also one UV grenade at the general store at 1,200 but like everyone else, Kess is pretty broke.

Still picked up some minor essentials though!

On that note, man encumbrance adds up quickly in this game.

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Kesslan readily pays for the items, only to be distracted by the mention of a vampire in the store room. Though with it having been dispatched he's a little less concerned, but none the less decides it's best to sniff around town a little more and see if he can't find any more before they cause prob...

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He's not a dogboy, he's a Pantheran (Aliens Unlimited). But yes, that's my character on EU from back when I first got into PBP way back when. I've actually got quite a few characters on EU right now. Kesslan (Pantheran Paratrooper/Enforcer), Sarik (Pantheran Magebane), Mouser (Neural AI), Oradro (Se...

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Kesslan for his part, arrives some time after Cantrell and just peruses the various items that were available. Noticing one thing he'd forgotten to requisition before they left he picks out some packets of suitable items for trail rations, since you never knew for sure if you'd find food along the w...

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Kesslan for his part just busies himself with.. well what ever he felt like being up to. Which at first was really just taking a brief nap when people decided to meander about town. Eventually however he decides to get up and check out the general store. He didn't need much as far as he knew, but it...

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Kesslan for his part sleeps great! But.. well he gets to sleep easily enough just about anywhere and is pretty content about it most of the time too. That was the one upside to being somewhat simple minded. Morning of course also brings hunger and a desire for breakfast, which in his case seems fit ...

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Kesslan for his part doesn't press any further with Mr Marvin so long as the Psi-Stalker appears to 'behave' around his new friends. The dogboy was simply content to leave it as a warning of 'mess with my magic user friends and you mess with me' sort of thing. He was.. pretty simple that way. Beyond...

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Kesslan winds up bringing up the rear a little, though he can't help but catch that rather predatory look from the Psi-Stalker towards the mages in the team. While he barely knew anyone on the team so far, he had to admit that all of them (Yes even Markus) were ultimately good people. This instantly...

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Kesslan 'ohs' at Grease's response. And if he's offended by the cyborg's tone he doesn't show it. Then again he was probably used to such things given many people tended to look at Dogboys that way for one reason or another. All Kesslan does is scratch at his head a little "Uh... ok." and ...

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Kesslan's ears droop a bit when shown the burn. "Sorry about that." he says sounding entirely sincere about it. "That dragon and all the vampires trying to steal the babies was bad enough.. then that thing showed up and grabbed you so I got kinda mad about it. Lot of bad monsters hurt...

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Kesslan is moderately confused by the hand shake but ultimately accepts it. "Uhh.. what he said." he says in response, meaning Max's reply. "Things like that what ever it was are the real enemy."

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For his own part was a little nervous just being there openly around the CS troops. But so far at least they weren't trying to shoot him and he was quite content to simply leave them alone so long as they weren't trying to kill D-Bees or doing any of the other things the CS were said to do to people...

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Post up. Just wanted to get some OOC feedback because while Lucretia may be IC in charge, I am not OOC in charge... I didn't want to take the game in a direction that the rest of the players didn't want. Trust me, if my character doesn't like something he's bold enough to simply say so. CS actually...

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Oh well derp, it was in the stickied adventure deck thread. Oh well already rolled. New card is Deadly Blow.

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Ok, so as to the adventure card thing. I don't recall ever actually rolling for one, or if I did I totally don't recall what it is and obviously never noted it anywhere. (My medication doesn't help with the remembering stuff either). So I'll just roll for the standard adventure card. [dice]0[/dice] ...

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Notice Check (With Arcane Senses/Smell): [dice]0[/dice] Wild Die: [dice]1[/dice] Kesslan 'snuffs' out the flames about him when the threat appears to be either gone, or at least on the run. He just stares out at the water with a low growl for a moment before calming down, though keeping a wary eye o...

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Kess has smite with a firery runes trapping. Would that help? Duration is only 3 rounds but affects an entire magazine of ammo or up to 20 bolts/rounds/arrows and only costs him 3 ISP. Most of his abilities either don't use ISP or aren't very ISP intensive so he could easily spare the 6 isp

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Hey Max, I don't think MAP applies to the run die; it's not a trait roll (so no wild die or aces, either). If I understand the system correctly to beat a fear check at -4 you'd need a 8+ on your spirit dice roll. So you'll fail on anything lower than a 12. Er, I think you're double-counting the pen...

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BTW that fear check at -4 is one of those things I think is kind of out there so early on. Though it's part of why I hoarded so many bennies. If I understand the system correctly to beat a fear check at -4 you'd need a 8+ on your spirit dice roll. On top of that the penalty is added to the fright ta...

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Yeeeaaa... how about no I just set it on fire while it's still in the water!

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Pender Lumkiss wrote:-Coalition navy book for the maker.

Man. I totally forgot about those. Then again I haven't touched CS Navy in years.

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I have never even heard of a Maelstrom-Maker. That something specific to the Savage system? Also how in the hell did this town not get totally wiped with all these big baddies around? O.o Also looked at the hypersensitivity to leyline thing again. If it's 3 hours away, how is the master vampire bein...

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Dogboy should still. The psychich sense isn't actually a smell, it's merely interpreted by the dog boy as such on a basic level.

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Kesslan is taken aback when the monster vine things pop out and start attacking the two troops. He didn't trust anyone who was CS, technically didn't like them. But he didn't hate them. At least not without due cause, which he didn't really have in this particular instance. All that meant he felt re...

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I am probably interpreting the dog boys psychic sense incorrectly, I just assumed that it requires an action to detect arcana, if I missed that I am sorry. Well, I mean it's possible it's me that's wrong in this particular case as I'm not sure exactly how this system handles it. Under palladium it'...

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Well feedback on my part then I guess: 1: One could say there's 'always room for improvement' but here I think it does apply for most of us. That said GM specifically yes, there's the lack of foreshadowing in some instances (Such as the CS) and some confusion surrounding the way we are supposed to r...

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Am I wrong in thinking Bane, Max and I are also down river(ish) while dealing with this sudden attack on the CS soldiers?

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Revelation:
Your hero finds all the information available when doing research, or realizes critical information when confronting some obstacle such as a monster’s weakness, the answer to a riddle or cipher, etc.

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*mumble mumble growl grrrs*

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Voted.

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Well I think I finally settled on what to pick for my advance. I'm really going to have to sit down and make a bit of a plan at some point because I'll have to make a few very specific advances to unlock the full power list for the Burster

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Woo advance!

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I think that should help nicely....

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Deciding to be a little daring in attempting to assist Bane that they didn't need the CS soldiers along, something he wasn't even comfortable of the idea, he lets out a low growl. "We can handle him just fine." he grouses. His tone comes off as somewhat offended, but the glare he shoots th...

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Ah.

In other news, I'm not sure if I can add to what Bane is trying to do. Or if I should even dare try since Dogboys are -2 to charisma stuff outside of other dogboys and I'm pretty sure my character isn't exactly that charismatic?

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