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Deezy checks the charge on the device she attached to Johnny's Glitterboy, and gives another chunk of power. The device whirrs happily, and the HUD on the robot's pilot interface lights up with new information. She then pours another bottle of holy water into the intake port on the device...which sh...

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For people interested in the relationship between heroes and villains, and are interested in a rather cool reversal of those roles, Red Son is the best.

It's such a good read, that stems from a simple what if.

What if Superman landed in Soviet Russia instead of Kansas?

And it goes from there.

Deezy Klatta

Alright, so I'll put Greater Smite on the Boom Gun again. I can also Boost Trait: Shooting if Beretta is at wound penalties, to help compensate for those. That'd add 2 dice steps to the shooting skill.

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Deezy nods excitedly.

"Give me a few seconds to get all of my upgrades running, and we should be cutting them down like WHEAT! To make murder wraith BREAD!"

She smacks her lips thoughtfully. "Actually, I could go for a sandwich right about now..."

Deezy Klatta

Plan is good, but you have Johnny and Beretta reversed on the picture.

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I believe that I have to use it; it's not a real machine. It's a trapping for an improvised techno-wizard power. But I can use it ON you. The device will have 10PPE, so it can maintain it for plenty of time.

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I could gadgeteer it!

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Deezy could improvise an Illusion gadget perhaps? That could draw them out.

Also, would it be possible to salvage Cid's boom gun? Or turn its ammo into mines?

We can dictate how and when and where this takes place. Lets make it favorable to us.

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Alright. I can put another charge of boost trait and smite onto the Gboy's gun from the gizmos.

I'll have one or two Onslaught blasts from a gizmo as well.

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I think if it's okay with our dwarf (and only if that), it'd be good for us to share that part of our background? My reasoning is that not only would it give us both a good springbed for RP, but it means we have one mercenary company who sees us as traitors and would be happy to make our lives diffi...

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The Hammers eh?

You want a background tie? Alecto left her merc unit too.

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Happy to! Wasn't sure what the protocol was; didn't want to assume. My feedback: I feel like a lot of time in the GM's posts is taken up by reiterating what each player posted. It's actually a bit of a chore sometimes fishing through the updates to find the actual -new- information, that I need to r...

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lol

That's pretty awesome.

I am already planning an impassioned but inarticulate, rambling speech.

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Ah! I see! So it's kind of an external casing that turns a pistol into a kind of carbine almost. Interesting. Seems like it'd add weight, but it'd be good for pistols with a lot of kick to them. +2 seems a bit much though. That's the same bonus you get from high tech targeting enhancements in armor....

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I'm not sure from the picture what it is? The stock? The handgrip? The gun itself?

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It's not the worst. I may have been fretting in haste. It's still hard for me to judge sometimes what will or won't work in this system. To be fair, this version of pixies is very different than in Rifts source material...but that race was never intended to be a player character, and a lot of its ab...

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I feel like the 'he needs help' response would be better at 5 than 6.

Not that it's likely to come up this time, but just as a matter of course.

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So...stats Str 1d6, Agility 1d10, Vigor 1d8, Smarts 1d8, Spirit 1d8 Parry 10 Toughness 4 (+1, +6 armor) Skills : 20 Fighting 1d12 (5) Spellcasting 1d8 (3) Knowledge: Arcana 1d6 (2) Taunt 1d6 (2) Streetwise 1d4 (1) Persuasion 1d6 (2) Stealth 1d8 (3) Survival 1d6 (2) Edges : Hind: Counterattack Hind: ...

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Starting rolls for Personal MARS build for a pixie: Fortune and Glory!: 1D12 = [1] = 1 1D12 = [6] = 6 1D12 = [9] = 9 1D12 = [6] = 6 So that's a mighty weapon, which I'd probably want a TW weapon for...hopefully a pixie scaled TW weapon can still do full damage. :) Two applications of Spiritual and D...

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Spitballing Rifts faerie conversions: Rifts traits : Low PS, high PP, somewhat low PE Flight Nightvision and keen sight Invisibility at will Sense Ley Lines Innate magic spells Usually attractive (if tiny) Some have resistance to environments (usually cold ones for 'frost' faeries) SW Racial Traits ...

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It's a good thing Liberatas is a good partner, because Deezy kind of...isn't. She actually seems to have a decent rhythm, but she doesn't know any 'moves' or 'styles' and just kind of shakes and shimmies and does her own thing. Sometimes she pauses long enough to remember she has a 'partner' and gri...

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I dunno if I agree with the theory that allowing something to happen in-game removes the value of having them via character creation tables. Those tables can give you better than normal starting gear too, but we don't try to argue that being able to buy new gear during the game devalues them. :) Lib...

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That is precisely what Deezy wants to do.

Though it may run outside the purview of the game, since she wouldn't always be at the place.

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What if we don't use Logun's Garage?

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"Full conversion?!" Deezy squeaked excitedly, "I have to see that! You know, that would actually make it EASIER in some ways. You'd have a lot more room for focusing and gathering equipment, and storage for power. All the gear could just tie into the central energy system. The real t...

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Deezy nodded enthusiastically as Libertas spoke, then burst in with, "Okay I hadn't heard that but no, that's what I mean! What you'd WANT is implants that can draw from ambient environmental energy, which is a lot harder to do...and then you might also be limited to areas of high energy like l...

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Deezy eyes Tarin skeptically.

"Uh. You do know that...it's over, right? The siege? Tolkeen?"

She didn't really like talking about it...it was still a sore place in her head...but it seemed like this guy Tarin might have it even worse.

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Setting up a business is a personal goal of Deezy's, so these questions are pertinent.

I was prepared to simply have it be a sort of quixotic thing that never really worked despite her sincere efforts...but it could be fun to actually have it be part of the game.

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Talking to Deezy, Gordon will point out a man sitting at a stool milking a tall beer, "That is Logun. The mechanic who operates the garage next door. Don't let his cybernetic eyes spook ya, he's super friendly." Deezy looks over from Conrad and brightens at the news. "You think the N...

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"Well, it's certainly filled up in here," Conrad looked around the bar at all the SET members mingling. "Deezy," he shouted, "try this, it'll put hairs on your chest." he held up the pitcher of beer Deezy, hearing her name, looks over at Conrad with a bemused expressio...

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"I am in!" is Deezy's triumphant reply. She tromps over to the bar. From the helmet clipped to her belt, and the glimpses that sometimes show through her paraphenalia, she's got a modified set of Triax armor on. Not too uncommon these days, since the Coalition started trading with them. &...

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There is a flare of light from outside the door, seeping in around the edges, and a noise like tiny jet engines. Both the noise and the lights abruptly cut off, and there's a loud thunking noise, and something like a person saying, "oof!" The door to the bar flies open and admits a skinny ...

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Deezy glanced at the ATV and shrugged. "I'll probably be pretty busy fixing Beretta's glitterboy!" she informs Conrad. "Besides, at ground level I'll probably have more luck with TIAMAT and the good Mark One Eyeball than the periscope on that thing! Limited field of view! What you rea...

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Deezy glanced at the ATV and shrugged. "I'll probably be pretty busy fixing Beretta's glitterboy!" she informs Conrad. "Besides, at ground level I'll probably have more luck with TIAMAT and the good Mark One Eyeball than the periscope on that thing! Limited field of view! What you rea...

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I am serious! However, a lot depends on how many EP my recruiting brings in. I think I recall that it counts double this month? If that's the case, I may have 10, which means I can join this AND the Black Company. Which is my hope. If not, or if someone I brought in flakes, I will fall short...and w...

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Love to. Can't. Waiting on account/approval/etc.

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I thought everyone went through Tarin's first portal and we were all on the dock side...

All right. Still confused, but it doesn't seem to matter much. I will just shut my eyes and let it flow on past.

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Okay, I'm getting super confused OOC with the 'portaling' thing. Here's what happened in my head: 1) We all came upon the river, and needed to cross it. 2) Oh no! The ferry is on the other side! 3) Beretta and Conrad cross the river to get to the ferry to bring it back and help the rest of us over. ...

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Deezy laughs at Aderyn's question, though it's muffled from her being waist-deep in the wreckage of Cid's ruined side. She pops out a second later and throws a double-handful of slagged metal and composites out onto the ground. "No! It's Klattatech Heavy Industries! We...I mean me, I...we make ...

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Try to jury-rig Cid into something approaching a usable condition, I guess.

And recover PPE.

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Oh, those are cool!

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Worth saying: Deezy is OUT of PPE, and only has a couple of devices left for the day.

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"That is SO COOL!" Deezy exults on seeing the mythical beast. "You HAVE to show me how you DO that!" She then gives Tarin a nod and a sort-of salute. "Tarin! I bet that was your Rift, right? Hah! Next time warn us! I had to make a quick decision about whether or not to shoot...

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Hm. Well, anyone else need healing then? I still got a gadget here with 7 PPE in it.

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Deezy's rocket boots give out just as she gets over the pier on the other side of the river, dropping her unceremoniously onto her feet into a dead sprint for the shattered robot. She drops to her knees beside the spot where Beretta has been carefully extracted and holds a device that looks kind of ...

Deezy Klatta

Playing with stuff for CS character. HJ : 1d20 14 In Psionics, that'd be a Mentalist Edge, which is good... Player Name : SalmonMax Google Handle : samminmax@gmail.com Character Name : Ashley Logan Rank: Novice Experience: 0 Advances Left : 0 Race : Human Iconic Framework: CS Infantry (MOS: Psi-Bat)...

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Hehe, you know what I mean.

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Hmm!

It might be fun to have a character who didn't start out psychic, but 'became the enemy' at some point.

Though with all the psi-sensitives running around in the CS, that's hard to justify narratively.

Just brainstorming right now.

Thanks for all the feedback and help!

Deezy Klatta

Interesting! Is that a custom framework, or just a modified Mind Melter?

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Yar, I'm aware of that much...I was fishing for information about whether or not 'master' psychics participate in that...and what kind of measures are used to keep them in check. But I can find that out as I go.

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Doh. I lost my old books ages ago. Well, I'll just submit a character and we'll see what happens.

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As someone who hasn't interfaced with the original Rifts book past a certain point, the last word I've read is that the Coalition States don't allow master psychics into their armed forces...but some of the material on this site seems to indicate they do, albeit with severe limitations and restricti...

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Well now. That's interesting.

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"Hang in there, Beretta! I'm not too far out!" As Deezy rocketed towards the stricken Glitterboy, she selected a few components from her many, many pouches and slapped them together while barely even looking at them. The device that took shape wouldn't be a lot of fun , but it could possib...

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Beretta seems like a strong choice to me, IC and OOC.

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Is 'time magic' really a trapping? Seems like it's just flavor text for Quickness, Slow...similar normal powers that already exist.

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Hmm. Deezy in an ATV surrounded by munitions.

...

Yep, can't see any problems with that. Proceed!

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lol...Deezy is already compiling a list of grievous system flaws with glitterboys, and itemizing a companion list of solutions!

Self-guided kinetic kill boom gun slugs are coming right up. She's still working on how to get the 'hamster with a joystick' to survive the railgun's acceleration forces.

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Not to put words in Beretta's mouth, but the feeling I got in speaking with the player wasn't that the character may die...it's that the best case scenario is that Beretta is off the mission, and probably requires immediate medevac back to the castle, meaning the mission is at best delayed, possibly...

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Yeah. Sadly, my time machine's busted, so I can't go back to when it was still going and contribute.

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Oh thank GOD.

Switching books was freaking annoying!

Classier, I'd say, if it was free...but I'll take what I can get.

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Out of curiosity, how does one go about getting additional user accounts? Is it just an informal request, or is there a process?

Cuz I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get one or two more after the dust settles and the EP are updated.

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Deezy's still something like 5 turns out or so, at least.

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Oh, Greater Healing is a separate power?

Huh.

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The mega version of healing in my PDF is resurrection... But without a source of PPE, I can't cast it. I have 20, native, but it costs 30 to cast. And TWs are limited in their power selection, but Healing is on their list. I'd probably need another TW to assist me in the casting, both for PPE and to...

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Deez has the Master Mage perk, so she can access the mega-version of any power she can use...which is pretty much any of the TW-eligible powers, via the Arcane Machinist power.

I'll respect your wishes of course, but I'd be happy to help out however I can to keep your character viable.

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Hm. Mega-heal can resurrect.

But it takes more PPE than I can imbue a gadget with.

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Deez can improvise a Healing power.

Dang, I think she's getting close to her cap now. She's improvised an Onslaught, a Smite, a Boost Trait...but yeah she can still do two more...

Deezy Klatta

Um...I have loads of Repair skill?

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The fun is in the discovery! They will know the details from the outcomes.

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Deezy is WILLING to drive it!

She doesn't have the skill for it, but that is a TECHNICALITY.

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Yes...use those bennies!

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Still torn on Alecto's precise background. It could be something of ARCHIE's construction, or perhaps some kind of pre-Rifts thing, or from another dimension. Interestingly, it may not know its own origins. Regardless, it comes as part of a set; there are two others of similar (but not identical) bu...

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No, 'Squidge' isn't her real name. Or rather, it's not the one she was given at birth. She wanted a clean break from all that though. A former citizen of a Coalition State, she was tagged young as possessing psychic abilities and grew up under the oppressive regulation of being registered. She refus...

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Yeah, I'm leaning towards 'robots as a race' myself, honestly. But that still leaves open the question of which Iconic Frameworks are open to them, and which need some adjustment, and which are just flat out not allowed. :) I feel like robots could probably take most Mars frameworks fairly easily, p...

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True, but Savage Worlds gives us more options. The tools that the Companions gives us lets us define robots as a 'race.' But an Iconic Framework is much more involved, and more powerful, than just a race. So we'd either need to define an Iconic Framework for all robots...which might be a bit limitin...

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Yeah, I was just throwing out those ideas to stimulate discussion on it, not trying to say they couldn't be done. Some great ideas though! One question I have further, on the subject of robot PCs...the Sci Fi Companion rules create a workable 'game race' of artificial intelligences, but that's somet...

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As robust as Savage Worlds Rifts is, there are a unavoidable gaps in the frameworks they provide. Rifts is famous (some would say infamous) for its dizzying array of OCCs and RCCs and PCCs and kids today with their rock and roll and their hula hoops and I don't know what all... ... Anyway, I wanted ...

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It's not a -bad- idea...but I am cautious about endorsing it. I do feel like Rifts has one setting-specific narrative bugaboo, at least in the Palladium products...and that is 'alien intelligence creep.' Most of the setting's big issues boil down...at one point or another...to goopy Cthonic alien in...

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Oh yeah. IFF systems are definitely things that giveth...and taketh away.

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I dunno! It seems to me to be a hardware thing. Either your weapon is equipped with multiple ammo sources, or some kind of 'smart feed' mechanism that can tell ammo types apart and feed them in by user command, or it isn't. Having a lot of experience doesn't make much difference if your gun only has...

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Yeah, those glitterboy slugs don't mess around. Having a GB's only gun always fire incredibly devastating area attacks limits them a bit when in groups. It'd be nice if there was a 'kinetic kill slug' option that only did single target damage, and some kind of ammo selector capability. ... Oh. The t...

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The order we're acting in is a bit nebulous as well...perhaps the incoming fire can come after allies have a chance to move, but before the wraith does? Or the area can be centered a bit away from the wraith to catch it, but not allies? Just fishing for ideas at the minute. It's actually kind of odd...

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"Schoolboy!" Deezy calls to the glitterboy she'd enhanced. "Shoot the...the other thing! The undead thing! Beretta can shoot the regular guys!" She aims her targeting laser, painting the murder wraith as she continues flying into the fray at a pace frustratingly slower than the h...

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Oooo...sparklyknife...

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Beretta doesn't have the magic boom gun. It's the new guy who has that.

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I have done as instructed, my liege. The insolent fools on Enworld will bow to your infernal desires.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread ... ost7036612

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Has anyone done recruiting on Enworld yet?

I have some cachet there, and it's a very fertile ground for PBP players.

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Hmm. Interesting. I could see that as a background for Squidge, but it's not where I want to begin with her.

Maybe.

Hmm.

It bears thought. The arc would be interesting.

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Mew. My other concept wouldn't work too well in a CS game. They don't use master psychics ever, if I recall right.

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Maybe there should be a dragon juicer which is a dragon with a juicer conversion, rather than a human who has a draconic-TW essence juicer conversion.

Juiced up dragons! That's what the game was missing!

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Yeah, it's not for free. My psion in a different game had to spend skill points for the Psionics skill. Rifts Iconic Backgrounds give skill ranks along with ABs, but that's just part of the whole 'really high power' schtick that Rifts has. Having to spend skill points on AB skills if you're NOT part...

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Seeing the trajectory of that first shell brought Deezy up short for a second. That was...a terrible shot! But to be fair, he was shooting across half a kilometer at a man-sized target! That wasn't rookie target practice! He needed help, and like a good neighbor, Klattatech was there! She dug out he...

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We got a magic boom gun. That's all I can do until I get jet across.

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lol...how?

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(ah! Missed that! Congrats, the Smite raised then! It's +4 to damage instead of +2!)

Deezy's laughter came back over the communications channel, with the whine of her rocket boots churning in the background.

"It's fine! Really! Just unload on that thing! By which I mean shoot it!"

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It takes a few seconds for Deezy to realize that even at max speed, it's going to take a few minutes to get across the river. Those were minutes they didn't have! If only there was a way to pack herself into a cannon shell and get fired by that boom gun on the new guy... ohwaitasecond! She swerved c...

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I've put a post up on a game site I go to.

Thinking about putting one up on Enworld too...I'm in a lot of games there.

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So there's this site I know called RPGpost where some folks like to play White Wolf games. In particular the old Aberrant game, though we've worked out a lot of tweaks and refinements, and have pretty much abandoned the goofball original setting depicted in the book. There's also a pretty cool Mage ...

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Hrm. I hope that doesn't mean we have to fight you too.

Lets see...Beretta's on the far side at the moment. Who's the pilot of the new glitterboy again? Is that Jonathan?

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