JLeeBly and PbP Gameday VII Present: Dead Suns 1 (Incident at Absalom Station)

Game Master JLeeBly

We shopping from Armory as well or no?

That's were the laser drill came from. Creating 1 inch wide 1 inch deep holes in just about any material except metal is very useful.

Not that I probably have the credits for anything decent but I know the weaponry is filled out a good bit via the armory.

Itching for something cool. :D

Yes, it certainly is :-)

When I get home, I will do some delving; that said, my gut reaction is to buy a metric tonne of grenades, which I will toss in an industrial backpack, and link to a Detonator...

After careful consideration of the allotted time we have left (both due to the official ending of the PbP, and a vacation I have coming up that will take me away from home starting Black Friday), some content will be omitted or abbreviated.

This includes a space combat which would have taken approximately 4-5 rounds.

I apologize for those who may have been looking forward to a space combat portion -- from the start, I had ideas for how best to handle it in a PbP setting, but time is now our enemy, and I must exercise some GM fiat to get the content of this AP in.

Thank you for understanding.

I am fine with an abbreviated run.

I have no issues with that (particularly the starship combat, which I don't really enjoy that much, particularly in the PbP format).

Do what you need to make this a smooth run :-)

The first book is replayable anyhow.

I've been actually dreading the upcoming space combat, which I assume was on the way after we got a ship. I've played one space combat in real life and I found it both tedious and prolonged.

I had concerns, considering some of the themes people picked. I am a big fan of how the Elite: Dangerous RPG handles space combat, and if this were a longer campaign, might be the way I would address it. Not so much. Thanks for the support everybody. :)

Space combat is awful and I am fine with it being skipped every time.

In the interest of time (as in, I have about a week of reliable computer availability left), we're about to fast-forward a whole, whole lot. For that, I am truly sorry, because I have enjoyed running this session for each and every one of you, but there are two major factors that are going to "force my hand", as it were.

First, the PbP deadline is anon. I thought I could knock this game out in 90 days, and I was wrong. I hope you have still enjoyed it regardless, and I have certainly learned from the experience (this being the first time I'm GM'ed anything AP-length for PbP).

Second, I will be going on an extended vacation with my wife and daughter almost immediately after Thanksgiving. Even if there was a willingness to proceed in spite of the PbP deadline, I cannot offer regular posting for almost three weeks, which will assuredly decimate any momentum we may have had (post-forum issues, that is).

So, my intent is to finish this AP out strong and give you what I feel are the two most important bits of story remaining in the AP in their entirety (a revelation on the drift rock, and the final encounter), and writing a digest of all the activity that takes place between those points of time.

For all practical purposes, I need to put a bow on this session by Wednesday, November 21st, and this is the only way I can think to do it in a satisfying (albeit not completely satisfying) manner.

Thank you all for your patience, for your cooperation, and for playing -- you've been an awesome group. :)

Fun playing with you. Are you going to be taking a few weeks break then start up book 2?

Fun playing with you. Are you going to be taking a few weeks break then start up book 2?

It's not something I've considered, truth be told. My work life has been getting more chaotic by the minute (we're down a very important staff member), and with holidays, etc. etc...

Won't say "no", can't say "yes". :P

Have a great vacation and I appreciate the fast forwarding. A three week break and I probably would have forgotten to check back in.

Enjoyed gaming with you all!

-Ryan, player of Dakes

Reporting! I need everyone to give me the following!

- Your PFS/character number that you want this credit to apply to (Level 1-2, 3 XP)
- A d20 roll for convention boon

I will be reporting this session upon completion and receipt of the above info. Thank you all again for playing!

135676-708 Jackojare, Exoguardians
boon: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Player: Lysle
PC: Sev-
SFS #: 90900-703
Dataphiles
Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Apparently I get to roll for boon as well, so for veracity:

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Chronicle sheet is available here. I'm making it available for a few weeks before I make it disappear. Thank you all again for playing and for getting me your PFS numbers / factions to me in a timely manner. :)

Thanks GM JLeeBly for running! I particularly enjoyed your descriptions and efforts to keep things moving along. It helped with the immersion experience and to keep up interest.

Thanks all for a fun game! I look forward to sharing a table with eachnof you again

As to killing the boss, I dmed the same game and my group did the same thing, a handful of grenades with a detonator, though it was only the ones they found, which was at least five of them. Didn't insta kill the boss, but took out about half its HP. Nik-a-Nik you spent a lot of credits for that fight.

Thanks GM JLeeBly for running! I particularly enjoyed your descriptions and efforts to keep things moving along. It helped with the immersion experience and to keep up interest.

Thanks all for a fun game! I look forward to sharing a table with eachnof you again

Thank you for the kind words. I'm sorry RNGesus didn't bless your trick attacks this game. :P

Heh. Well, this was a campaign-mode one-shot, and there is usually a boss monster at the end of each book of an AP - it seemed like a reasonable decision to make ;-)

Also, thanks for running this, JLeeBly :-D

Also, thanks for running this, JLeeBly :-D

Thanks for playing -- it was a pleasure. :)

Nik-a-Nik: I need a PFS#, faction, and Boon Roll (straight d20)

Psyche: I have your #, just need faction and Boon Roll

SFS Character Number: 2847-715

Faction: Wayfinders

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 20.

SFS Character Number: 2847-715

Faction: Wayfinders

Boon Roll: 1d20.

enjoy your laser upgrade! send me an email address!

@ All - Thanks again for a really fun game! I look forward to sharing a table with each of you in the future.