Redelia's SFS Dreaming of the Future (Inactive)

Game Master Redelia

Please provide the following:

Player name
Character name
experience
fame
reputation with each faction
faction you are slotting

I hope to get started in the next day or so.

Player name : Lupulus (292557)
Character name : Garven (703)
experience : 0
fame : 0
reputation with each faction : 0
faction you are slotting : Exo-Guardians

Player: B Viggers
Character: Compucast
XP: 5
Fame: 8
Reputation:
Acquisitives: 1
Second Seekers (LE): 11
Faction: Second Seekers
Day job: Instructor

And PFS ID.. 100387-703

Player name Lysle
Character name K'Klacklun (SFS# 90900-702)
experience 3 XP
fame 4 Fame
reputation with each faction Wayfinders 4
faction you are slotting Wayfinders

I hope to get started in the next day or so. Great! (though I will be unavailable most or all of July 4th)

Oops, that's GM mistake number one, to not include PFS number. Sorry everyone.

Hooray! Didn't realize I was picked! Woo!

Player name: Matthais777
Character name: Codename "BallonBoy"
experience: 6
fame: 12
reputation with each faction:None, this is BaloonBoy's hatching from his GM baby egg.
faction you are slotting: Manifold Host, Special faction (Can take pick of boon if needed)

Player name : R. Haney or online name:Buckshot Bob(38898).
Character name : Dalron Starrunner(701)
experience : 0
fame : 0
reputation with each faction : 0
faction you are slotting : Wayfinders

Player name: EwokBanshee
Character name: Kalkan Toprak
240237-704
experience: 2 xp
fame: 4
reputation with each faction: 4 Acquisitives
faction you are slotting: Acquisitives

Thank your for the reminder message! I accidentally closed this tab and lost track of it!

BallonBoy, GM credits earn you reputation just like player credits do, so you should still have reputations with some factions.

Ah!

Then I would probably shove all my earned reputation into my Manifold Host. :) I'll double check my records for incidentals.

You may have had to apply some early reputation to one of the 'standard' factions, if they were before you got whatever unlocked the special faction.

The Manifold Host boon I got with all the other stuff I got while making this character at Origins, So it's slapped on at character creation. :)

Also, I derped, Character number 176948-702

Because this is a quest series, you are unable to slot boons other than race boons. You do still get reputation for the faction you choose. (BallonBoy, can you please PM me the text that opens an unusual faction to you? I want to make sure you can still get reputation here)

Later there will be a starship combat, so it would be good to discuss now what roles you each want to take on the ship.

There are four quests, so if we keep up the pace of a quest a week, we can be done before gameday. It would be good if we go a little faster, though, since starship combat can be very slow in PbP.

K'Klacklun is fairly skilled as a Science Officer or Engineer, but not much else.

For starship combat, Garven is "best" at engineering. But ultimately he's a mystic so.....

Kalkan is good at any of the technical roles. And, because of that, he makes an ok Captain.

Computers +6
Engineering +6
Piloting +7
Gunnery +3

So, I'll take whatever's left!

Engineering at +9, I think Compucast will be pumping magic into the shields :-)

Can you cast Supercharge weapon on a spaceship weapon?

Well I am best at flying

+9 Piloting
+6 Computer
+6 Engineering

Good point, with +9 Compucast could also be a good science officer. That might be more use at the start - especially if Garven is competent as an engineer.

Balloon boy does best at shooting things, and PM sent. :)

If by "competent" you mean +4 then yes!

So, it looks like crew assignments will be...?

Captain - Kalkan
Engineer - K'Klacklun
Pilot - Deloran
Science - Compucast
Gunner - Balloon Boy
Gunner - Garven

So how do I put my self in the yellow box?

EDIT: I think I got it.

The next two quests in the series can be done in either order. Would you rather do the starship combat now, or do the more normal quest first?

Let's do ship combat for last.

Well, it can't be last, it's either second or third out of the four.

Sure, let's do normal one first, then starship. Then the finale.

I'll second that vote.

Normal it is.

Sure, sounds good

Hey everyone,

If the anti-android 'racism' I'm portraying makes anyone uncomfortable, please let me know. I'm purposely keeping it light and not knowingly mimicing exactly any specific real world biases, but am not sure what everyone is OK with. You can either post here or send me a PM if what I'm saying bugs you in any way; I want this game to be fun for everyone. I can tell you that based on some of what is happening around here, the bias should probably be much stronger/nastier than what I am portraying.

It doesn't worry me. But then I'm not playing an android (luckily!) and don't have to worry about this in RL.

Same here. :(

Hey everyone, I know we're running a bit slower that the pace we discussed, and it's at least partly my fault. I wanted to check if any of you need these characters free by the start of gameday, or if we're OK to still be playing when gameday starts.

I don't need to free up

nope I am good

I'm fine too.

I'm good.

I'm going camping for the next two days, and out of cell range. Please bot me as necessary.

I too am headed to camp for the weekend, scouting with my son. I will be back sometime Monday, US East Coast time. Please feel free to bot K'Klacklun and B.U.G.

We can pause the game for the weekend, since several of you will be unavailable.

Ok

Is everyone still OK with the following starship combat assignments you decided on earlier?

Captain - Kalkan
Engineer - K'Klacklun
Pilot - Deloran
Science - Compucast
Gunner - Balloon Boy
Gunner - Garven

Also, I wanted to warn you that the rounds for starship combat as described in the Core Rulebook don't quite work for PbP. I'm still trying to determine exactly what works.

Captain sounds great to me! and...

...the rounds for starship combat as described in the Core Rulebook don't quite work for PbP. ...

AMEN. The back-and-forth between GM and player works great in person, but terrible when everyone has 24 hours to respond.

That sounds good to me.

Also, what is your take on using Supercharge weapon on a starship weapon?

Assignments work for me. I've played in a number of variant forms of starship combat on-line, none following the CRB and each with advantages and drawbacks. I am fine with whatever you decide.

Fastest way seems to be to have each player post an action and then have the GM try to reconcile/summarize it all. However, this is a lot of work for GM and makes PC choices less meaningful. Depends on what is the priority in the run, I guess.

I imagine while we may be free as characters for GD VII, Redelia may have several other games starting then.

I do have a full plate when gameday starts; however, I know from experience that a week or two at 'overload level' I can still enjoy. I have this and several other games that look like they will go over slightly, and that is fine. I wanted to make sure none of you needed a hard cutoff.

Compucast, I don't think Supercharge Weapon works during starship combat. Unfortunately, I think that the listed actions in that section of the book are the only actions that can be taken during starship combat, and casting a spell is not present there.

I'm still waiting to hear from some of you if you're OK with the above starship roles.