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Alright, with luck the update should have fixed the site instability. How are we all doing gang? GM?
I'm on. Will update tomorrow, you can act before that.
Cool, cool. I think Tommy-boy has our public interface handled for the moment so Shrike won't butt in on that.
Note to self: Pick up Divination soon.
I was *this close* to blowing Doherty's head off, but I decided that would probably not be a great idea.
Happy Father's Day to everyone
Did the officer ever get back to me on people who may have seen the body dumped or Kelley arrive?
Uhm *rustles through notes* he has now.
Just a little more walking; I figure that, if I were a magical Nazi spy, the first place I'd bug to make sure no-one's caught me would be the Police dispatch. I don't want a record that we were sniffing around the scene of the crime.
Of course, the Officer and the Reverend will likely talk but Tomasz really only has one way to stop that.
I do not condone officer and priest killings
I think my barrier should at least muffle sound, if not stop it entirely, but I'm reluctant to apply real-world physics without GM-approval.
Yes, assuming that protection magic muffles sound is reasonable. Anyone listening outside would hear you as if they were underwater,
Just a note in case you feel lost: this is pretty much a sandbox right now, so it's up to you to decide when to move things forward. Also, some clues might appear later, and some may be red herrings.
Confirmed Presences:
-Allied Military (British Home Guard, SIS, including us)
-Irish Republican Army
-Anglican Church
-Catholic Church
Assumed Presences:
-Ahnenerbe-SS
-Lovecraftian/Pagan/etc Cult
Notes:
-Missing homeless population
-Evidence of magic used in the killing of at least one victim
-At least one was killed close to a location associated with the unjust killing of civilians
-No reports of magical workings yet
-IRA is showing interest in us, likely out of a general concern rather than actual guilt.
I don't like the IRA for these crimes, I don't feel like it fits their MO. We might be able to assume Nazis but blindly following that could be disastrous. The churches get a mention mostly to remind us they are there and likely enjoying a bit of conflict. As for the cultists... well, they're like roaches, always cropping up where you don't want them.
Currently, our big source of potential information is the IRA meeting. We should check on at least one other victim's corpse to confirm the use of magic as a murder weapon for more than one victim.
I still think we need to check under the castle. Germans love castles.
By 'Yes', Tomasz means he can drive. His English just isn't perfect.
In this time frame, wing suits are not yet effective. Parachutes, as well, only work when jumping from a sufficient height, such as an airplane or a very high tower, they would be useless for standard buildings.
Pretend he was asking for magic wing suits (not going to get it obviously).
I'm really surprised about the parachute bit though.
As far as I understand, parachutes require a minimum speed to properly deploy. Jumping from top of a building, unless it's sufficiently high, would not be enough to allow it to open. If so, you'd likely end up with broken legs and a half-open parachute on top of you.
That's my understanding as well - especially given the time period we're in.
Parachutes don't unfold instantly, like imagine those little green army guys, if you dropped one from two feet off the ground it wouldn't deploy. Now Feather Fall could do the trick nicely, but I don't know Feather Fall. That does give me an idea, though.
You could manually deploy the parachute behind you and just lie it on the ground on the roof, but that could complicate things if they came up through the roof door
It still wouldn't open properly, it would be like jumping with a blanket. A rope would be far more effective.
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So base jumpers get 100+ft as safe with quick unfolding parachutes... but with an already unfolded chute...
And that's in 2017, not 1942. BASE jumping wasn't even invented until 1978! Parachute is not happening.
That's probably with a ram-air chute specifically, which were not around in the 40s. According to Wikipedia the earliest modern BASE jump was in 1972 and before that the shortest successful jump in what would become the BASE tradition was a height of about 173ft. On top of that, having the chute unfolded already will make a marginal difference at best. Letting the chute unfold is a fraction of the time needed to slow descent to safe landing level. Having it already unfolded without some kind of bulky and clever rig set up also heavily increases your chances of getting it tangled or caught.
We're also dealing with 40s buildings here. Pictures of Belfast in the period show buildings mostly topping out at 4 stories, so the suitable rooftops near the meeting will be about 40-50ft up at the most which I highly doubt is far enough to safely parachute.
I could sit down and apply my admittedly limited physics knowledge to the problem but everything I've seen so far indicates that this idea, while cool and very Bond, will most likely end up with you breaking only your legs if you're lucky. The Snapleaf should do you nicely or we can set you up with a rappelling rig.
Edit: Gah! Beaten by Sam, that'll teach me not to check the threads before posting long-winded explanations.
maybe something like a hang glider then?
I mean it's a moot point now, but for future reference.
Parachute heights.
Huh. Learned something new today.
So hang gliders were a thing as of 1880 and were controllable by 1910
You'd just need to make Fly checks it you're aiming to steer them without flying into buildings.
On the to do list for next level.
1) take one level dip in gunslinger for more dead points and dex to damage
2) take vital strike
3) put ranks in fly
Current layout, if I understand:
- Sam and L trying to infiltrate the IRA meeting.
- Mina standing guard outside.
- Pierce perched on the porch (actually on a nearby rooftop but allitterations are always appealing).
- Shrike and Szymanski heading to the morgue.
Are you ready to move forward?
I think so. Our infiltration of the IRA meeting should not take all day, and I'd like to bring Pierce along to examine the bodies. During the infiltration, I'll also take a position near the building to provide aid in extracting our agents if things go south. I'm the only one with easy access to nonlethal ranged attacks and I was serious about not wanting to kill any of the IRA if possible. They are not the enemy Shrike is here to fight.
ready
I'm going to be out hiking all weekend; bot me if necessary.
Also, Tomasz will be requisitioning a car for the day.
Pierce should be rocking a nice +16 on that heal check. Don't roll a one.
Sam is good to go on the IRA meeting.
Same
As a side note, I'll be switching out the various Keen and Distance enhancements on my Mind Blades for Merciful.
Argh, an opportunity to screw with a classic undead beasty and I'm not even remotely specced out for the fun possibilities!
PIERCE, PIERCE YOU HAVE TO TRY FOR A CALLED SHOT TO THE HAND HOLDING THE HEAD!
TELL ME THIS IN CHARACTER BECAUSE IM NOT GOOD AT KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
You can surely try! I like called shots! The official rules are overly convoluted, though, I'll just add modifiers on the fly.
Oh cool.
Also I just went and checked and I'm trained in know (engineering, psionics and local)
But the only one that's really any good is know (engineering)
Ah, wait I thought you already had the Improved Called Shot feat, I was mistaken. We're functionally interchangeable for this hair-brained scheme then
I only ever take one attack per round
Improved called shot lets you take several attacks per round as called shots
I don't need it
Ugh, excuse the lack of editing, I was in a rush to write a suitably awesome post before headed to work