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Is werejaguar confirmed? Pending slot and confirmation of race package?

Yar, I saw that, but it didn't strike me as very useful for Rifts. It definitely seems intended for use as a monster villain in a horror-themed game.

Still, it gives some ideas. Thanks for the callout.

Oops, how time flies. I'd better get off my duff and finish that werejaguar thing. Hee hee

"Vague," opines Alecto. "Who will be on which ship? How long will the decoy ship attempt subterfuge before the second ship attacks? What is the preplanned signal to use if the timeline needs to be advanced due to unforeseen circumstances?" She glances at the door Ember had poked...

Watching the girl warily, Alecto does open the goblin's satchel and retrieves the items within. She scans the note and map, then offers them to the next person who seems interested. "I'm not familiar with the terms 'AGA' 'Geist' 'Gloom' 'Dis Hunter,' in this context." She paused, and added...

Well, I mean, I didn't expect lingering on it, but it seems like it'd be polite to at least recognize that something happened. Even if it's just a nod, or an annoyed expression or something.

Otherwise it looks like we're in entirely different games or something.

I posted Alecto helping Ember haul the Tic up...I had missed that Ember was actually on the other ship at the time.

Arr, no worries. Most of ya weren't in a position to react. I was thinking mostly of Tic and Ember.

However, in hindsight I realize Alecto shouldn't have done what I posted her doing in the first place, so it worked out.

So...people are kind of ignoring my post, and at first I was feeling kind of bad about it. But now I'm reading things again, and it's looking like I was confused about where Ember was. So maybe it's a good thing people pretended I never had Alecto doing anything. It means that no one has to redo the...

Aw man, and as the designated android, that means I either have to become infatuated with the chestburster's 'purity' and eventually be destroyed by the rest of you...or join you in the fight and get ripped in half.

#androidproblems

Alecto puts her swords away and turns around to see what's happening on deck. Simultaneously the drama with Ember and the Iron Tic is playing out on the other ship that's falling rapidly behind. The distance seems too far to jump...and even if it was possible it wouldn't be possible to jump back in ...

No worries, man. You're doing fine.

Yar...and did Zo die?

Your update didn't really describe the results of our actions.

Alecto rushes into the gap, charging across the ship and onto the hindcastle where Zo lurks. Her plasma rifle clatters to the deck and there's metalling 'shinks' as she draws her vibroblade, while the other blade scythes out from her left wrist to poke well beyond her hand. The goblin barely has eno...

Ah, yep...I figured it must be something special about the flamethrower! Wasn't sure if it was magic or just an unusually fast firing model.

Thanks for the clarification, Lars!

That's not how guns work though. You might be quickened, but the gun isn't. You can't exceed the RoF. I looked that up in the basement fight, trying to see if I could plasma blast two guys instead of using melee. Turns out the plasma blaster has RoF 1...so I get an extra turn, but the gun's still re...

Hmm! Flamethrowers have a ROF of 2? Or maybe he has a TW one or something. Something to look into, since our party is Quickness-happy.

And a whooooooole lotta luck.

Yeah, it's really rare to see a game start with it. The system is complex, and the character generation is point based, so it's got a learning curve...and sci fi systems in general suffer in comparison to fantasy ones in the RPG market. Even so, it's the first system I've seen that really tackled cu...

Spells rarely have AP.

Alecto's attention is immediately drawn to the goblin with the flaming swords. She hefts the plasma cannon around, leans into it, and pulls the trigger past the safety catch. There's a clack as the firing aperture opens, revealing the seething maelstrom of blindingly hot ionized gasses within the ma...

I think the boats can float on a ley line without a pilot, like a blimp would...only with magic lift instead of a light gas?

That said, maintaining someone at the helm is probably wise. You could attempt piloting maneuvers, especially if one of their pilots is taken out or distracted.

Ah man. Eclipse Phase. I've wanted to play that ever since I first heard of it. Got the books. A few games started, but never got past the first few posts.

One day. One day.

I will encode my brain if that's what it takes to live long enough.

(OOC - Just finishing off the brief conversation they had prior to the alarm being raised :)) Alecto frowned slightly at Ember's answer. She had served in a mercenary unit before; she was no innocent dove when it came to humanoid mating etiquette. That said, the permutations of the act and its socia...

"They will attempt to board," Alecto reports, after taking a moment to project likely strategies. "Kill as many as possible before they can close the gap." She stands up and swings her plasma cannon around into her arms. The spell's effect warps and shrieks around them, in eerie...

It is, but as long as we're changing a few things, why not take the chance to change a few other things?

As someone who's always been fond of melting minds, this is an interesting notion. I haven't had a chance to play one just yet so I can't comment on their balance...but I'll be paying attention now that I have a melter in a game on another board. One thing...is the Huntsman armor a good starting cho...

Well, those of us in Eleanor can use its weapons yeah?

That's probably more useful than Alecto being on deck.

Edit - Conferred in Hangouts; the angle to hit the enemy skiffs is bad due to the ATV dangling underneath.

So yeah, a teleport will work fine.

I genuinely wish Alecto had been there. She would have had so many questions.

Putting all that together in a first draft: Werejaguars are: Strong and Fast : Begin with 1d8 in Strength and Agility Natural Hunters : Begin with 1d8 in Climbing, Fighting, Notice, Stealth, Survival, Tracking Impervious to Most Damage : Werejaguars can only be Shaken by damage inflicted from any so...

Going to tinker with werejaguar RCC ideas here. Not sure if there'll be official stats or not, but we'll see. The Savage Worlds Horror Bestiary has stats for what I assume is a werejaguar's 'hybrid' form: Attributes: Agility d10, Smarts d6, Spirit d10, Strength d12+1, Vigor d12 Skills: Climbing d10,...

I am 5 points from another slot, but I'm in 2 games and I did a little recruiting, so I think I'm ok. Fingers crossed.

Alecto wasn't far behind, taking one of the gunner seats a few minutes after Ember boarded. "Alecto here. I am in position." She looked over at Ember and asked, "What did Zane want in exchange for the weapon you purchased? He offered to allow me to 'share' in the price, even though he...

Alecto nods.

"I will as well," she says, and heads out after Ember.

Mmm...definitely want to join this with a werejaguar. Next quarter is July, yeah?

"I agree with Ember," says Alecto. "They are likely to expect an attack. The less time they have to prepare, the better our probability of success is. It also reduces the chance that information will find its way to other SETs, or other complicating events will take place." &quo...

Hm.

Alecto could buy a Piloting skill chip sometime.

I really need to start stocking up skill chips. The versatility of having a 'skill on demand' is quite nice.

...

Some silver swords too maybe. She can go all Witcher.

Alecto considers, then points out, "I can simply stay in the Mountaineer if need be. A cabin is not essential."

Alecto looks at Hans abruptly. His talking about how the Sky Ship worked made her realize something disquieting.

"Hans. Is there a source of electrical power on the ship?"

Alecto tilted her head as she saw Gargamel's face change, then she reached out to touch his cheek with a fingertip.

"I would like a cabin as well."

Alecto gets to her feet.

"I will wait at the Sky Boat," she announces, and heads on out of the briefing room.

"Spider," says Alecto as the grizzled man is on his way out, "What language is that warning written in?" She assumed Sadie knew, but preferred not to leave it to chance that she would include it in the briefing. It was the kind of detail that officers may not believe soldiers ne...

Alecto, for her part, deemed the cost of acting to attempt to subdue the Iron Tic to outweigh the potential cost of inaction. He wasn't threatening anyone, and the damage he was causing to the room could be repaired. Disciplinary actions and the costs of those repairs were not within her given respo...

I really kicked myself for not finding out about SW Rifts in time to help fund it. I'll definitely weigh in on a kickstart for good supplements!

Sadly, a long running game on another board I'm part of is breaking up. I'm hoping to get some pals from there over here, so I threw this up over there:

http://dragonsdance.forumotion.co.uk/t3 ... read#99044

Fingers crossed!

Question! Does Deezy get another shot, or is the coming update for the turn where she already shot?

The map was updated with her targets dead, but I can't tell if that map update was the turn update, or not.

Should I post new actions?

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...or not? Or...anyone there?

Alecto glances at Thrudh, then Ember. She scoots a little closer to Thrudh and says quietly, "The company handbook and regulations do not mention chair position at briefings. There are some points of expected dress and demeanor that several of us are technically in violation of, but which I hav...

Under Arcane Machinist ability description. You get your Smarts dice in gadgets per session.

Alecto enters next and gives her squadmates an acknowledging nod. On seeing Blackwell she greets him with by saying, "Commander," and takes a seat towards the middle of the table.

Alecto has a high enough Parry that Counterattack is probably worth it, overall. Frenzy and Counterattack specifically don't work together. The text under Counterattack states that the extra attack from Frenzy means you can't use Counterattack that turn. Furthermore, my reading of Frenzy makes me th...

That is my power. My gift. My curse. I am the Postninja. :shock: Added Level-headed. Seems like a solid choice, since Alecto's better off if she can run into melee before the baddies get to shoot. Also raises the odds of drawing a Joker, which is nice. Not sure how Frenzy works in connection with fi...

That may be my bad. I'll review the rules for MARS and see if we get 20xp on TOP of the 5xp other characters start with, or if it's a TOTAL of 20xp. I think it's the latter, and me putting 25xp is an error. I'll doublecheck though. ... Hm, nope. It's 20 bonus exp. Must have missed that. I'd feel sil...

Mmmyep. And then folks asked about it, and the questions were typically answered pretty fast.

Thematically it fits, but mechanics can't be ignored. Especially not in the infinitely reflavorable world of Savage Worlds. :) Honestly though, it all kind of depends on what you want to focus on, Zed. Each choice emphasizes a particular focus. It's just a matter of which appeals to you or suits the...

Woo hoo! Red Benny Bros! High five!

Yar, maybe our GM could pop into this OOC thread and give us sort of 'update' on the situation?

Seems like folks are confused, and it may be leading to a big slowdown in posting.

Just as a guess.

Is there a list of tags we can use?

I need to embed text in a clickable box, like OOC comments, but not labeled OOC Comments. Like a little spoiler box for an aside, or a vignette or whatnot.

I tried [spoiler] but that don't work. Rather than guess, I figured I'd see if anyone knew.

It was Pokemon. And yeah, 'death sport' is an exaggeration. Technically they don't DIE, but the difference always seemed kind of academic to me. I mean, the only reason no one dies is that it's a wacky cartoon. Extrapolate to real life, and yes...pokemon die. Probably by accident. The rules of the g...

Second Quarter [dice]0[/dice] "Alecto." The Black Company recruiter repeated her name with just a bit too much emphasis on the middle 'c' sound. AlEKto. "Is that a codename? Real name?" The woman seated across from him looked young...but no one was gullible enough to accept that...

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Oh my. Red Benny gives Alecto wings.

Young sadists enslave wondrous creatures of nature and pit them against one another in vicious death sports to the adulation of cheering crowds. -- Bizarre twisted mutants and normal humans engage in horrific races, on tracks both mundane and hauntingly alien, in cars souped up with dirty tricks and...

Gargamel might be in trouble if we weren't less than a hundred feet from a hovertrain with a fully staffed medical bay on it. But...we are. He'll be okay, if the player wants to keep on with him.

I feel like Gordon needs to have shouted, "This is madness!" before it happened.

And then Zed might have said something about it being something else? Not sure what exactly, we can workshop that.

Well, Thrudh made his roll, so he never rolled on the fear table. Alecto failed her Spirit roll, so she has to roll on the Fear Table. So that's 1d20, plus the 4 points penalty the monster inflicted on the spirit check. But Alecto was at -2, due to Bravery. So my question is...does Alecto roll 1d20+...

Does Bravery reduce the 'bonus' to the Fear table?

The appearance of the enormous monster triggered an immediate reassessment in Alecto, as hardcoded subroutines kicked in. A supernatural entity, nature unknown, abilities unknown, defenses and vulnerabilities unknown. Threat level Omega. Prioritize unit survival. A route through the sublevel to the ...

For some reason I thought we'd started another round.

My bad.

Consider that Alecto's next action, if applicable. Sorry.

I'd have had you pegged as a bit more of a powergamer.

Maybe I'm just projecting.

Power Gamer: 54%
Butt-Kicker: 17%
Tactician: 67%
Specialist: 33%
Method Actor: 71%
Storyteller: 67%
Casual Gamer: 50%

Alecto drew back a bit from the Rift as its interior lit up with hellish roiling flames. The howl from her pack generated a quickly-populated list of possible culprits. She concluded it was very likely coming from the scroll however, as it had appeared to have supernatural properties and was a new a...

Throwing the scroll into the rift...is that an entire action?

Ask them what? To kill evryting?

Uh...no. I have stuff in there I want. I can get the scroll.

Creator. Does this unit have a soul?

*panic...genocide*

Yeah. I was thinking more like...we had a job to throw a certain scroll into a volcano, right?

CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ME.

(^_^)

Just to confirm, the Rift is currently a seething maelstrom of hellish flames, like unto the maw of a volcano?

Ah, I didn't realize the body check roll could ace! Also, didn't think acing would matter on Agility, but hey! Might as well see. :) Agility Ace! [dice]0[/dice] Bodycheck Ace! [dice]1[/dice] So Agility is 17, and bodycheck is...7! Hah! Pity that's more than the number of crates, but I'll take it. :)

The situation was not optimal. There were many questions to ask; a great deal of data that needed to be collected before a suitable course of action could be evaluated. But there was no time. The Coalition forces had communicated an intent to detonate the explosives around the room. Gordon, the targ...

Right, well, the more the merrier.

I'm just gonna roll Agility and Strength and the 1d4...and let y'all work out what the results are.

Alright so...I think given the situation, Alecto's going to try to get the explosives through the Rift, unless someone gives her a super good reason not to. My question is on the mechanics of that. Can she take multiple actions (with the penalty) to move more explosives? Or are non-combat actions no...

Very cool idea for werejaguars. Like it. Can't wait to see what you have.

So, did I read correctly that Gordon just seemed to arm or prime explosives? Is this a signal that any of us are equipped to detect and/or interfere with? OOC - It's a bit odd to me that this rift is here and open for this. I wonder if the set-up is that they'd like us to throw the explosives in the...

A hail of laser fire erupts from the panicked Coalition troopers, much of which is absorbed by Alecto's armor. The more powerful rifle blast punches through in her midsection though, and a lucky hit from the pistol sizzles through a thinner spot in her upper arm. She never flinches though, barely ev...

I'll get my post up shortly.

A few things left to take care of IRL before I can put enough time here.

Since so many guys are dropping so quick, can I just say something like "Alecto attacks whoever's still standing?"

Even if she'd been wounded, it wouldn't be TOOO bad. As a construct, she doesn't suffer as much penalty.

But yeah, native toughness of 20 takes some lucky rolls to get through with normal weaponry. Wouldn't be surprised if some of those 4 bennies the GM spent were on them.

Yep! That's why she's not impressed.

With the attacks, I mean.

Well, lets just see how that goes.

I believe unshaking is Spirit, as opposed to Vigor...which is Soaking Wounds...

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Alecto has her Not Impressed face on.

Of course, that's kind of how she always looks, but still.

Hm, do I need to use 2 bennies to become Unshaken? Can I attempt to roll to unshake, and if that roll fails use a benny? Or do I have to decide to benny or not before I roll? Also, does the CS go before I do? EDIT - Oh, I get it. The 20 shook me too. The 21 would then Wound me, unless I insta-benny ...

"Engaging multiple targets," Alecto reported over the comms. The air rippled in front of the three Coalition soldiers guarding the branch hallway...and then it sprouted knives and started trying to kill them. The shrill whine of vibroblades cut through the ominous thudding footfalls of th...

Alecto paused, then silently relayed to the team's channel; "I see two armed soldiers in coalition armor; sidearm and rifle. They are covering the entrance but do not appear to have seen Zed, Hans or I." "I am continuing into the room to gather more information." Keeping low and ...

Yeah, that last is what I was thinking of at the end of my post.

That probably makes the most sense. Cautious.

Hm. I'm kind of just thinking...lets shoot 'em. I don't think we got the drop on 'em; they're clearly expecting trouble...but still. Lets just start this boulder rolling downhill, shall we? :) I guess alternatively we could sneak up to the first corner there, hoping to avoid notice, and get further ...

"I have not re-acquired the heat trail," Alecto reported quietly as the team passed through the barrier spell. She drapes the stealth poncho over herself and cinches the hood around her head leaving just her eyes clear. A moment later the material activated, reproducing an image of her su...

I'm thinking Alecto will take the poncho of concealment and use some stealth to take point/scout ahead unless anyone else wants to.

Alecto can't sense the magic or anything, but she has other sensors that may be useful.

Any sign of the heat trail once we're through?

Oh a PONCHO.

I read 'stealth suit' and imagined a sort of bodysuit.

Well, that'll work fine then!

Actually, how expensive are those. Alecto might want to invest in one of her own. She's not bad at stealth.

I don't know if Alecto can put the stealth suit on though. She's wearing Huntsman body armor. I don't think you can put a stealth suit over armor, can you? As for how widespread it is...it's not a secret, but she doesn't advertise it. I expect if you looked up her file it'd be there, or spoke to one...

Alecto is given pause by the field of energy blocking the drop before her. It doesn't seem to block physical progress through it, but its properties are unknown. Also, it seems to have a dampening effect on thermal radiation. The heat trail she'd been following descended into the pit, but on thermog...

Oh, I think it's hilarious too! I didn't mean my comment to sound like a complaint. I'm actually kind of impressed. :) I shall wait for Zed to scan this barrier before jumping headlong through it, I think. Alecto is Cautious. OOC - I'm aware that Gordon is actually potentially very powerful against ...

And even more amusing are when the movie mistakes have to be covered for. :) The Kessel Run thing is great. Because later on, when the Star Wars universe was expanding and writers who knew how to science a bit started coming in, they realized they had to somehow...rationalize this crazy stuff Han ha...

lol, I know...it's a quote, man. Arnie, from The Terminator, in the gun store.

If I'd written it, it would have been gigjoules, not watts...but then again, if I'd written it, we'd have a very different collective memory of cyborg assassins from the future.

"I have a thermal signature," Alecto reports. "Through a hallway that appears to be newer construction than the surroundings. I am in pursuit." She pulls her plasma cannon from the clamps that hold it on her back, pulling it up and over her left shoulder. Her blades were put awa...

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