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Cross-posted from Sons of Jericho OOC

Although it isn't an official holiday in the states, enjoy the Superbowl tomorrow everyone!

As a spoiled Patriots fan I will be rooting for the Tom Golden-Boy and the Belichickian Sith-Lord as per usual, so try not to hate us too much if we somehow manage to win it (far from a sure thing this time around, but the last time against the Giants was SUPPOSED to be a sure thing, so we'll see, I guess).

I'll be hosting a little get-together with friends Sunday as I know some of you certainly will, so posting will probably be waiting until Monday morning/night at the earliest.

So, in the true American way, make sure you eat, drink, and enjoy the game (and the commercials)!

Although it isn't an official holiday in the states, enjoy the Superbowl tomorrow everyone!

As a spoiled Patriots fan I will be rooting for the Tom Golden-Boy and the Belichickian Sith-Lord as per usual, so try not to hate us too much if we somehow manage to win it (far from a sure thing this time around, but the last time against the Giants was SUPPOSED to be a sure thing, so we'll see, I guess).

I'll be hosting a little get-together with friends Sunday as I know some of you certainly will, so posting will probably be waiting until Monday morning/night at the earliest.

So, in the true American way, make sure you eat, drink, and enjoy the game (and the commercials)!

I'll log my vote for Eradico and Mattias, he'll need the extra XP anyway, as the newcomer.

Thanks for the votes, Vulpert may be filthy, scrawny, and ill-tempered, but...well...but...

I guess I got nothing!

No worries, Deiros. Here's hoping everything turns around for the better soon. I'll NPC Decius until you can return.

I agree, nice touch with Mechanicus Cog, Kaltos.

Eli is not privy to those secrets insofar as he has been told about the history and nature of their mission. However, he has served the chapter for well over a century and in that time has been able to acquire some general knowledge of what is going on.

OK, thanks Ellipsis, I just wanted to make sure where he stood in the whole Unforgiven/Fallen spectrum before I proceeded too far. Judging that Brother Eli is the introspective and perceptive sort, I'd agree he has probably intuited some of the bigger picture on his own.

Sorry to hear that Deiros, I hope things get better for you. No worries about the game, just let me know if you need me to NPC you at all.

Great post, Bal. More from Bazzraef tonight.

One note though, Nova Cruxis was actually the city on Tantalus where Roge Halis' beloved supposedly lived, it now shares the fate of Tantalus itself so it not an avenue of investigation that can really be pursued at this point.

Ellipsis, just a question before I proceed further: had we established if Brother Eli was cognizant of the Dark Angel's chapter secrets, particularly with regard to the Fallen yet?

Hmm, I wonder what kind of Mortal Kombat 'fatality' a Disciple of Sollex tech-priest would have?

Had to work late tonight Rad, but I should have Vulpert's up by this weekend at the latest.

Found this on the FFG Site The Chaos Commandment Definately looking forward to seeing how that story plays out.

Just commenting on one of Bal's older posts:

It is actually a nice series so far. I can't say I was to impressed with the first scenario, the Apostasy Gambit, as some of it seemed to be almost like an introductory D&D dungeon crawl with a coat of Warhammer 40K paint slapped on; but otherwise salvageable for the most part. The second, The Church of the Damned, was very well done, with some very interesting settings and conflicts. The final chapter should be good as well. The focus on Tzeentch and the corruption in the Calixian Ecclesiarchy serves as a good backdrop.

OK Caledonii. As you can see, I have moved the timeline forward several days for the others, so I will move you and Decius on to a new indoctrination/training scene as well. I should have it up soon, so sharpen your chainswords!

Caledonni still on vacations ^^

The first chance I get I will try to find the aftermath of the Karlack regiment.

OK Deiros, the opportunity may or may not be there, so if there is an alternate activity for Decius to pursue, please let me know.

Nice, a campaign featuring the Tau. I'm reading through and really enjoying First Founding right now, an excellent sourcebook.

Oh, and as the previous post indicates, my demise has been greatly exaggerated, lol. Just lots of extra hours spent at work. I'm hoping to catch up on posting today/tonight and tomorrow.

Thanks Eradico, the real test will be this coming weekend. I suspect it will be Baltimore. With San Fran playing in the other conference title game it looks like it will be coming down to whether or not offense or defense is more important in the NFL these days.

The Pats may have set back organized religion for good after that thrashing, though. It looks like Brady & Belichick's deal with the devil is alive and well. Tebow was a thrill to watch last week, not so much this week. He remains an enigma.

Bal, I don't think that was the best the Steelers could have given, the injuries to Ben and Mendenhall along with Ryan Clark missing the game gave the Broncs an opening they made the most of.

I'm still rooting for a New England/Green Bay rematch of Superbowl XXXI, would be fun to watch those two excellent offenses and two lousy defenses set some scoring records.

OK here are Vulpert's advances.

First order of business, finishing the Bone Picker advances:

• +5% S for 100
  
• +10% T (second advance) for 100
  
• +5% Agi for 100
  
• +5% WP for 100
  
• +2 to Wounds for 200
  

Total Spent = 600

I'll then use 100 XP to transition to the Cat Burglar career, and spend the remaining 500 XP on the following advances:

• +5% BS for 100
  
• Pick Lock skill for 100
  
• Concealment skill for 100
  
• Silent Move skill for 100
  
• Trapfinder talent for 100
  

I figure with these advances that Vulpert will continue to fill the roguish role in the group. Conveniently, this particular skill set should be an easy enough one to pick up while in prison. Oh, and I'm sure that Vulpert's streetwise and canny nature had as much to do with keeping Kol alive amongst the dregs of society as Kol's muscles kept Vulpert safe from an "'Andy in the Shawshank showers' scenario.

Obligatory Shawshank Redemption reference, spoken in Red's voice:

'I'd like to say that Vulpert fought the good fight, but...'

Let me know if it checks out Rad, I'll have the background up shortly.

Bal, outside of your loyal lady friend, do you have any other ideas for how Kol and Vulpert passed the time?

Should have mine up soon, Rad, just found the pdf copy of my 2nd edition Warhammer book (ironically before the physical copy).

I'll post Vulpert's advances and background tonight.

Got it Lorm, sent a reply.

Thanks for the head's up Catman, caught it just in time!

Hey Rook, I started a couple of threads on the FFG forums. Was trying to get some input on how I handle my Brother Emeric. I think I received some excellent feedback:

Techmarine Allegiance

Black Templars and Librarians

Nice posts Eradico. I have to say I'm impressed by the quality of the replies you received. It seems like the DW and DH messageboards are frequented by some knowledgeable folks with a great grasp of canon and the setting. Definitely a resource worth taking advantage of.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Thanks for being patient with the erratic posting the last couple of weeks, the holidays get pretty hectic around here, and as much as I enjoy happy kids, presents, and tons of good food, it's always good to get back to the normal routine. I'll be posting to Sons of Jericho tonight, and then the Oremor Affliction tomorrow, and it then it should be back to our normal schedule. Looking forward to another great year of gaming with everyone!

Have a Happy New Year everyone!

Sav, no worries, just let me know when you want me to make rolls for you. The Paizo dice-roller is perfectly acceptable as well.

Sorry about the delay in posting this week, have been busy at work trying to scale things down from a five to a four man operation.

Cool Eradico, played some Death Angel with my cousin, just returned from Ohio as well. We managed to lose half our team by rolling '0' when using the teleportarium in a game that was otherwise going pretty well. We got to the last location but were neck deep in genestealers and just missed a win. Tough game, but lots of fun!

We're back in business game-wise, too. The holiday break was fun for me and much needed, work has been a drain lately and relaxing with family after the stresses of Christmas prep was just the ticket. I'm ready to get back into the games, so bear with me while I re-acclimate myself to posting. First up tonight is a post for the Pinnacle of Pearl scene. I'll be catching up both Oremor Affliction some more and Sons of Jericho tomorrow.

@Rad, should also have Vulpert's advances for WFRP for you tomorrow, too.

Happy Holidays guys! I've been busy with Christmas prep the last few days, but will be coming back with some heavy posting on the 26th to catch up a bit, see you then.

Bal is dead on, you guys are definitely very different flavors of cookie. Speaking of which, my wife and I just finished up baking a dozen types of Christmas cookies, just one small part of a very demanding holiday prep. We host the family every year, so finding free time has been tough. The good news is, I can enter a 40K brainstorming fugue state while icing the faces on gingerbread (with my proficiency, some even LOOK like chaos mutants) so I should be back with a vengeance after Christmas.

Tonight we will wrap, and then it will be a long winter's nap before the the Christmas Eve party. I'll see you guys in the Dark Millenium again very soon, until then, have a very happy holiday!

I just want to give you guys some insight into where things are heading in Sons of Jericho. My posting might be a little light prior to the holidays, but I am hoping to return to the regular schedule after Christmas. I expect to finish up with scenes in Watch Fortress Erioch prior to the New Year, and we should be launching the next mission, the Price of Hubris, by then. If there are any further activities or objectives you would like for your characters to attend to prior to the start of this scenario, post below please.

OK, Catman, looking forward to seeing it.

Wow.

This scene marks the beginning of the end, more or less. We're now entering the last act of the scenario as I imagined it, nearing the end of the first act of the campaign, as well.

I hope everyone is still enjoying themselves, I figure now is as good a time as any to answer some questions in OOC about the campaign, the characters, and things that have transpired thus far. Feel free to ask anything, be it clarification, or elaboration on something that has occurred so far, I really do enjoy hearing your feedback and incorporating your ideas and interests into the narrative of things.

Looking forward to getting First Founding as well, it is currently in the mail from Paizo!

Also, I apologize for the ponderous pace of late, I've just been very busy. Had an unexpected resignation in my department recently and have been trying to keep up with work, and working more as a result.

The beginning of this week looked good for catching up, and then a Nurglish stomach flu got my son and wife, so I was playing 'medicae' to both while trying to keep my 2 year old daughter from touching anything my son was playing with, lol. I'm happy to report everyone is feeling better now, I'm just hoping all my hand washing and bleaching has kept me from getting anything.

Posting should be picking up again on my end barring any other unforeseen setbacks, thanks for being patient.

Can I just say that I'm really enjoying everyone's posting while the Kill-Team is at Erioch? Each Marine is really getting fleshed out and presenting a unique persona which was mostly missing from the combat-oriented Extraction adventure.

Should make our next "official" mission that much better.

Good job, team! Rook, thanks for rolling with the punches!

Meant to reply much earlier to this, Eradico. I'm glad you guys are enjoying the Kill-team's downtime at Erioch. My main rationale was to give everyone a little time to explore their character's personalities, backgrounds, motives and goals a bit more than they could in a mission setting. I'm very happy with how things are shaping up so far!

Take your time, Catman. Sometimes the words just don't flow the way you want them to, but give it time, and they eventually will.

If Rook and Balfic will be using their old characters, then there is already a Bone Picker and a Norse Bondsman in the mix.

I plan on resuming Vulpert, Rad.

So, were Kol and I in the dwarf prison for the last couple of years learning to like the taste of rat? I know we joked about it once before, but I have to admit it does have some pretty entertaining roleplaying potential.

Should be able to get some updates across both games today, guys.

Sorry about the infrequent posting of late, but extra hours at work and the usual craziness around the holiday schedule has been making it tough to get some free time.

Consider me interested, Rad, just let me know!

Sorry for my short absence been busy this holiday xD

No worries, Deiros, Decius had that bender to sleep off anyway, heh.

OK, guys feel free to take whatever time is necessary with Dunkan, no need to rush. I know I hinted that the tournament is fast approaching, but there is still ample time to engage in dialogue. You will want to me make certain everyone is on the same page for the operation.

I'd consider it a new session for the purposes of renewing Fate Points, Eradico. They will reset again when we begin the Price of Hubris. The interval between missions is long enough and initiates enough roleplaying encounters in this case to justify it.

OK, more of a turkey hangover than I first thought. Managed to get a good update in for Sons of Jericho tonight, Oremor Affliction will follow tomorrow.

Hope everyone had a happy holiday!

I just finished reading the Achilus Assault, and have to say I came away impressed. A great source of fluff about the inner workings of the crusade in the Jericho reach and the machinations involved and how the Deathwatch can become embroiled with them. Ideas enough for several campaigns. I'm hoping they take a similar bent with the Jericho Reach book.

Sorry about the lull there, guys, I've been busy this last week with a number of things outside of my immediate control, chief among them work. I'll be posting to both games tonight to get things moving again.

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Plots? What plots? Mwuhahahah ;)

Rook, Balfic and I were talking and we think we both missed a scene. I left the Inquisitor and was going to get healed up and he was with the White Consul and waiting for a reply. When did we meet up? I did not know how to answer the sgt at arms, because I did not know why I was there.

Sorry for the confusion Lorm, it was my understanding from Balfic's last post that he was headed to check on the Karlack 2nd in the Infirmary/Quarantine level of the Tower of Brass. I elected to have Quintus accompany him given his role as leader of the last mission, and since he had the most success diplomatically with Inquisitor Quist following the debriefing. One thing to note, is that you and Brother Vex's visit to the Inquisition stronghold comes one day after your respective scenes so far, so any number of other activities or errands, such as visiting the infirmary, could have been completed in the interim.

I know that both Decius and Caledonii had expressed interest in checking on Roge Halis and the guardsmen as well, but this will depend on your success in petitioning the inquisitor, so I felt it best to resolve that scene first.

Don't worry though, there is plenty of time to complete all your personal goals for the time between missions, I'm just trying to include as many players/characters in scenes as possible to keep things flowing for everyone.

If anyone wants to post in OOC any further downtime requests for their characters going forward based on what has transpired thus far, feel free to do so below.

I'm going to try and update DW after DH tonight, too.

No prob, Kaltos, Ahmazzi almost made an appearance in DW yesterday, too. I caught it before the Edit link timed out though.

Thanks Psionichamster, its been a long strange trip for us all, so I hope it has been worth it for you.

I know all too well what lengths one will go to in order to stay entertained on an overnight shift, so I'm with you there!

Hang around, it may sometimes move at the pace of a one-legged glacier, but things are starting to come together for the endgame.

My apologies for the spotty posting this last week, guys, a hectic work schedule slowed me down. Hoping to catch up some today and tomorrow!