Numenera PBP - Mechanics Trial (Inactive)

Game Master Fabian Benavente

Onslaught with Effort to Hit (what is the difficulty of the task to hit the dino? 3 or 4? If it is 2, then I use Effort for damage instead)- subtract three from Int pool bringing total to 15

The 'dino' is a level 5 creature but somewhat easier to hit (level 4) due to its size and slow pace.

I'll assume your effort is going to spend trying to hit it and NOT for extra damage.

Game on!

Center wrote:

Onslaught with Effort to Hit (what is the difficulty of the task to hit the dino? 3 or 4? If it is 2, then I use Effort for damage instead)- subtract three from Int pool bringing total to 15

The 'dino' is a level 5 creature but somewhat easier to hit (level 4) due to its size and slow pace.

I'll assume your effort is going to spend trying to hit it and NOT for extra damage.

Game on!

Yes, in that case I will definitely use it to hit. Do we think we want to make a stand here guys to try to kill the dino or should we duck into the cave where it (maybe) can't follow?

If Rel can get loose, I'm all for running into the entrance and leaving the dino behind.

Might defense against dino.
1d20 ⇒ 19

Rel's blade struck the crown of the beast's skull with an odd metallic ring, reverberating off some vital piece of machinery just below the skin. Whatever it was, the blow caused the monster to recoil and Rel was finally able to wrench himself free.

The landing was hard, but in a flash he was up and dashing towards the entrance. Diving in, he braced himself for any attempt by the beast to follow.

Moving Rel an immediate distance to 'safety' in the entrance, and doing a full defense in case it tries to reach in or bring down the enterance.

Turn 025 is up.

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

Game on!

Heal Rel: 1d20 ⇒ 8
Heal Bedivere: 1d20 ⇒ 6
Center urged his teammates to take some time to recover, Center used makeshift bandages to do what he could for them. After bandaging each wound, he painted over the cloth with a green paint from his bag. "It will help" he assured them, believing that healing is mostly a function of the mind. Center probingly asked of his teammates "What brings you to this cave? I seek to test the strength of my mind against foes and to find powerful numenera."

He then looked around the cave mouth a bit for any storage spaces or numenera (cyphers) that may have been forgotten by time in the nooks and crannies of the natural rock. A guy can hope!
Search: 1d20 ⇒ 5

"What brings you to this cave? I seek to test the strength of my mind against foes and to find powerful numenera."

With some difficulty Rel was able to maintain his usual sarcastic tone despite his wounds.

"Oh, you know. The usual. Fantastic treasure, epic quest, yada yada yada. Everything that usually has me getting thrashed about by some monstrosity or another. You're welcome to tag along for a fair share, but if we come across any damsels in distress you should know that I called dibs."

Sitting down hard, Rel's eyelids felt heavy. That had been a whole lot of running and wrassling, and he was bushed.

Rel's in pretty rough shape. Unless there's something about the quest that's particularly urgent he should probably use both his recovery rolls for a total of eleven hours of rest, since this seems like a safe-ish area. Even if more small men come back it seems like they wouldn't set foot inside.

recovery 1: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
recovery 2: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Putting it all into Might, including anything I get from Center's healing rolls. I'm not sure if healing is meant to be done by naming a target and rolling against that difficulty, or by just rolling and healing as much as you get.

"Was just passing by and saw a glorious battle to be had!" Bedivere said as he was laying on the floor of the cave. "Now is the time for rest though, the time for talk comes after." as he let his eyes close.

Was so occupied with the other campaign, forgot about this one! Sorry!

1hr Rest: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

All to might.

Yes, I think the heal check is done by setting a target and then rolling for it to see if you make it. And like all rolls, where the target is set by the player, I will do the rolling. Just to keep you people honest. :)

But I will allow for passing results to both of Center's checks (2 points each for Rel and Bedivere).
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Turn 026 is up.

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

Game on!

Rel sighed as the beetles chattered and skittered forward. "It's going to be one of those days, isn't it?

Shrugging, he grabbed one of his daggers, twirled it around his hand and let it fly. He didn't expect much to come of it, but it would help to now how tough these things were. Plus, you never know when an animal would simply run away at the first sign of resistance for once.

Are there penalties for lighting in this cave? If it was perfect darkness inside the cave I imagine we would have had to rig up a solution before now, but if there's glow worms or something that make it dim I suppose we'll just have to get by.

Speed attack with thrown dagger. Light weapon. Attack Flourish activated.
Speed: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Center had been deep in his thoughts as they walked through the long cave. He carried a lit torch from his pack, preferring to have a light source that he could depend on than the occasional dim light offered by lingering numenera or luminescent creatures.

He only noticed that they rock appeared to be opening up into a larger chamber when his companions stopped suddenly ahead of him. He quickly scanned the field of battle and knew that he wanted to stay away from those mandibles.

Center stood his ground and summoned the power within him. Seeing Rel throw a knife, Center decided to release a piercing Onslaught at the same creature. He knew that the more of them that attacked the same beast, the harder it would be for the beast to avoid the attacks. (The Old One-Two-Three, pg.101)

Onslaught with Effort to Damage - Int pool - 18/21

Bedivere took a deep breath and gripped his sword. "Little men guarding big bugs? I don't suppose we could get them to talk, haha! and he ran to strike the right beetle.

-1 Step, +2 Damge
1d20 ⇒ 12

Turn 027 is up.

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

Game on!

Center shouted out "Bedivere! Fall back, if we don't concentrate our efforts we have no chance of defeating these beasts."

Center retreated to the cave mouth and made another onslaught attack, Effort to Damage (int pool 15) against the closer beast.

I know they reduce armor by 1 - think that applies to Ward as well? Nothing to say that it doesn't but I am thinking I have 0 armor, but I have an effect that gives me +1 armor. If the attack reduces my armor by 1 - I assume armor can't go negative so I would still have 0 armor but +1 from Ward. I am saying this not to be 'difficult' but because I think these rules discussions are the purpose of this thread. yes?

I know they reduce armor by 1 - think that applies to Ward as well? Nothing to say that it doesn't but I am thinking I have 0 armor, but I have an effect that gives me +1 armor. If the attack reduces my armor by 1 - I assume armor can't go negative so I would still have 0 armor but +1 from Ward. I am saying this not to be 'difficult' but because I think these rules discussions are the purpose of this thread. yes?

Like always, any type of comment is welcomed so have no fear for I will never censor anyone. :)

The slicer beetle supposedly destroy armor (all of it). I changed it so it slowly destroy armor (1 point at a time).

However, I think it's meant to only work on physical armor (armor worn) and not force fields like I envision the power ward to be. So Center should be fine. We'll see about Bedivere and Rel...

Questions?

Game on!

Unsatisfied with the inaccuracy of his dagger, Rel drew his sword-staff and prepared a mighty slice on the beetle attacking Center.

Might attack with sword-staff. Base damage 6 with +1 from Thrust for total of 7. Attack flourish continues
Might: 1d20 ⇒ 11

The bug proved remarkably agile, easily hopping out of the way of the clumsy blow.

-1 step for Speed Def Training
Speed Def: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Turn 028 is up.

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

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Center moves ten feet, to stand behind Rel. He makes another Onslaught attack, effort to damage.
"We have to blast through this armor!"

"We have to blast through this armor!"

Rel paused. "... or do we? This littler one might be just small enough...

Rushing forward, Rel dodged to the side, planted the butt of his sword-staff on the rocks below the beetle and lifted with all his might.

Attempting to lift the beetle just enough to either disrupt its defenses or expose a less armoured underside for the others to hit. Not following any explicit action here, just trying to think outside of the box. Since the corebook defines an 'attack' as "An attack is anything that you do to someone that they don’t want you to do." this might technically be considered an attack, in which case Attack Flourish is triggered.

Might: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Ducking back around to the entrance of the "room", Bedivered readied his crossbow and shot a bolt at the larger Beetle as Rel attempted to life the smaller.

+1 damage, -1 step
Pierce: 1d20 ⇒ 20

Turn 029 is up.

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

Game on!

Rel was in a bit of a panic after seeing the nano pinned. If he was going to lift again and hold it he was going to need to do something about the foul thing's flailing legs.

Might attack on smaller beetle with sword staff. Attack Flourish continues.
might: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Center reeled from the blow, it left him bleeding profusely.

Tell me if I can't do this because I am trapped - I'll spoiler it

Center reeled from the blow, it left him bleeding profusely.

Tell me if I can't do this because I am trapped - I'll spoiler it

** spoiler omitted **

I'll allow that to work but, since you are 'under the beetle', it will only work for one beetle (the one on top of you) this round.

Fair?

Turn 030 is up.

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

Game on!

Center approached the Slicer Beetle that was engaging Bedivere, and with a gesture sent the creature flying backwards, skittering along the uneven cave floor.
Glove Use: 1d20 ⇒ 20

Seeing that his companions were in dire straights, Rel made started making a lot of noise in attempt to draw the beetles towards himself next time they scuttled forward. He swished his sword-staff back and forth, using it to catch the dim flickering light and direct it and the beetles.

Attempting to draw the attacks of the beetles to ensure that we keep as many hale adventurers as we can for as long as possible. In the "cooperative" actions section of the corebook it seems to indicate that drawing the attack is done as a part of defensive actions rather than my action for the round, so that being the case Rel will be in full defense mode for a 1 step advantage on defense for the first attack anyways.

Cyphers for Leman

table: 1d20 ⇒ 10, List C
cypher: 1d100 ⇒ 77
Magnetic Winch
Level: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Usable: Small metal box
Effect: When activated, this metal box breaks into two halves joined by a very strong and thin metal cable, which can be extended up to 120 feet (37 m). When a second switch is pressed, the boxes each become very strong magnets. When a third switch is pressed, the cable is retracted by a motor that is powerful enough to pull 5,000 pounds (2,268 kg) of dead weight until the two boxes are joined again.

table: 1d20 ⇒ 14, List D
cypher: 1d100 ⇒ 33
Permanent Handle
Level: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Usable: Handle-shaped metal and synth piece
Effect: When activated, this device permanently bonds (on a molecular level)
to whatever it touches, giving that object a handle. It inflicts damage equal to the cypher level to any living creature it bonds to.

Customize and add them to your PC sheet.

Turn 031 is up.

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

Game on!

Yes, I got another sucker player. :)

Somebody posted in the wrong thread... :)

Whoops. Is there a way to delete old posts on these forums or is my shame now forever on display? :)

"Oh no you don't!"Rel shouted as the smaller bug tried to creep back into the fray. Swinging his sword staff wildly he attempting to crush the bug for good.

Might attack with sword staff. Base Damage is 6 +1 for Thrust. Attack flourish is activated, providing a +1 to all companions on their next roll.
Might: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Oy! Yelled Leman as he entered the room. You lot look worse off then me! Which is really saying something. Seeing the beetle nearest the party was well in hand, Leman skidded to a stop, turned on his heels and looked twords the 2nd beat up beetle. With out a second thought he dashed forward.Fleet Of Foot: 1d20 ⇒ 14 With his shield at the ready Lemar dove at the beetle with his verred. Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Knowing that his glove would be running out of power at any moment, Center took two steps East, passing Rel and gesturing towards the nearest Bug(1). He hoped that using the full power of the glove to send the beetle into the cave wall would at least crack the carapace, or maybe even end the bug's life.
Sweeping Glove Last Use: 1d20 ⇒ 10I think it is auto-succeed usually but since I am asking for a different effect I am rolling

As the bug skittered towards the wall, Center glanced over to see the newcomer charge recklessly at the remaining killer bug. He was shocked to find that not only was there a new human in the cave, but a new bug as well!

He sighed and cleared his mind in preparation for a long fight.

Turn 032 is up.

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

Game on!

Whoops. Is there a way to delete old posts on these forums or is my shame now forever on display? :)

Shame for ever on display as a warning for others! :)

You could ask the moderator to delete it but don't worry about it.

So we are still at three players...

Game on!

Leman Winced at the hit. Armor Speed Defense: 1d20 ⇒ 4 The creature had done a number on Lemans leather jacket. He turned as the beast chasing him rushed into the room. It flew past him and pounced on some poor soul. He never stood a chance. Leman swung again at the beast in front of him, praying that this time he would be able to avoid the next attack. Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 12 Leman made a break for it. Trying to stay out of reach of those nasty pincers.Fleet of Foot: 1d20 ⇒ 6 Move a short distance from both creatures

Leman: I think the fleet of foot is meant for you to move first and act second. If you act first then that is all you do in that round.

Questions?

Game on!

My bad! That's fine! In the book it's worded "If you succeed at a difficulty 2 Speed-based running task, you can move a short distance and take an action in the same round. Enabler" so I assumed I could just dart around like... Something that darts around... It's early... Anyways! I hadn't noticed the and was italicized, which does make it sound the way you described it. :D

Center was happy to see that these bugs could be killed. It renewed his will to fight. He began focusing on the newest bug, it was smaller - like the one that had just fallen to Rel's blow. He prepared his onslaught attack with Effort to Damage (Int 12) and released it as soon as the bug stopped moving, only then noticing that the bug was standing over the body of his short-term traveling companion. Center mumbled a few words to honor the fallen.

Overcome with grief at the loss of his companion, Rel charged at the nearest foe, his flailing his blade wildly with tears in his eyes.

Might attack with Sword staff on beetle 3. Base damage is 6, increase to 7 with Thrust. Attack flourish active.
Might: 1d20 ⇒ 1
Well, I guess that's an appropriate reaction to seeing your friend die.

Turn 033 is up.

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Game on!

Leman was desperate to slay his foes and was tired of playing games. It was time to show them what he was really made of. Dashing backwards, Leman dropped his sword. Fleet of foot: 1d20 ⇒ 8 Leman ran a short distance to stand directly between the two beetles As it clattered to the grown his hands were already at his side. With a flick of his wrist, and a flash of steel, Leman let fly 2 of the 8 sisks that hung from his leather jacket hazardously. He put all his might behind the throws. I've gotta make these count. 2 Speed attacks, applying effort to hit. 2 points for Quick Draw, 2 points for Effort -1 edge. (I believe since they're considered one action the effort applies to both but I wanted to check. If not I apply effort to hit Beetle 2) The Sisks deal 4 damage each.

Do I start with Cyphers?

Leman was desperate to slay his foes and was tired of playing games. It was time to show them what he was really made of. Dashing backwards, Leman dropped his sword. [dice=Fleet of foot]1d20 Leman ran a short distance to stand directly between the two beetles As it clattered to the grown his hands were already at his side. With a flick of his wrist, and a flash of steel, Leman let fly 2 of the 8 sisks that hung from his leather jacket hazardously. He put all his might behind the throws. I've gotta make these count. 2 Speed attacks, applying effort to hit. 2 points for Quick Draw, 2 points for Effort -1 edge. (I believe since they're considered one action the effort applies to both but I wanted to check. If not I apply effort to hit Beetle 2) The Sisks deal 4 damage each.

Do I start with Cyphers?

Yes, your cyphers have been already rolled. Look a few posts above.

I'll do the math during the turn recap and let you know what happened.

Game on!

I must have my head in the clouds. I totally missed it! My bad! I'll be more vigilant.

Center smiled, satisfied knowing he could do damage against this foe. He had began to lose faith in himself. Seeing Rel lose his weapon, Center redoubled his efforts. He crouched and focused his energies. Another force orb appeared between his hands, and he sent it to finish off the bug.

Onslaught with effort to damage against Bug3. My attack last round brought my Int Pool from 15 to 12. This effort will bring my pool from 12 to 9.

Cursing at how he had lost control of himself, Rel let the sword staff lie where it fell and drew his broadsword.

He was reasonably confidant that Center could handle the injured beetle, but he wasn't willing to leave another companion alone while threatened by beasts. Springing back into the action, he brought his broadsword up in a wide arc...

Attack with broadsword on beetle 3, if still alive. Base damage is 4, increased to 5 with Thrust. Attack flourish is active but Leman is too far away to benefit.
Might: 1d20 ⇒ 1
...Wow. Just... wow. I am shocked both at the unlikelihood of two ones in a row and the fact that they happened at an extremely appropriate time in the narrative.

Turn 034 is up.

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Leman grinned as the beetle hit the floor. He glanced at the man who had thrown his sword across the room and saw he was following suit. He also managed to knock his partner so hard that he shot the celieng. Great. Thought Leman. These guy's are a bigger mess then my old crew. And to make matters worse... Unlike my old crew, I'm pretty sure these fellas are sober! Sigh. Looks like i'm going to have to finish this. Leman took a half step back and with a flick of his wrist sent two more sisks at the remaining beetle Speed Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 1 Speed Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 2 That's what I get for being cocky!

Picking himself up and attempting to wipe some of the black ooze on his pants, Rel wondered shook his head to try and end the ringing. "Alright, walk it off big guy." he thought, and lumbered off in the direction of his sword staff, trying to work the limp out of his step.

I'm not going to push my luck, just a move the round over to wherever my sword staff is so that I can pick it up next round. I suppose the penalty might still apply to any defense rolls if the beetle survives to make another attack.

Recovery Roll: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Center stumbles forward slowly. Knowing he needs to help the combat but aeare that he won't be of use if he is incapacitated. He concentrates his energies inwards. Taking stock of his injuries and addressing what wounds he could.

Pools
Might 7/10
Speed 10/10
Intellect 9/21