This thread is, obviously, for discussion of table 2 of my 800 Dragon Break campaign. Leon, Alyln, Harkell, Thomas and Felix work for the Supernatural Society of Cedrana (SSC), a joint operation between the government and various monster hunting organizations (mostly religious sects and the like).
Leon, Alyln and Harkell have been sent by their respective groups to join Taskforce X, a taskforce assigned to hunt down and either retrieve or exterminate supernatural threats, ideally as quietly as possible. Felix does not represent a third-party group, but is there as an agent of the SSC without any other interests. In his social identity, he also serves to add some legitimacy as a face-man and a front for the taskforce's operations. Thomas is a conman who convinced the courts to let him serve his sentence by fighting for the SSC instead of getting sent to prison. This sorta makes Felix like his handler, I guess. The taskforce was only recently formed and the group has had only the barest of the introductions to each other.
First post imminent. I just wanted to cover the basic premise of the campaign and how everyone fits together.
Checking in guys, HI and Leon, Harkell, Thomas, and Felix.
So we have in Supernatural Society of Cedrana (SSC) - Taskforce X
Felix Tipper - vigilante L5 aka [Vigilante (Warlock) 5]
[Human]
[Group's Face-man, Contacts in high places, with Blasting powers
Knows who's who when it matters]
Thomas McFaddy - Sorcerer (False/Razmiran Priest) 5
[Human]
[Con-man, Criminal, Contacts in low places, Mage Craft and know-now
Can spot a con a mile off]
Lady Alyln De-La-Qill
Investigator [Steel Hound]
[Dusk Elf]
[Skills Monkey, Detective, mind reader, Alchemy, shoots
Long time SSC agent, Contact in law enforcement, "Spear me the water works kid, I seen it all before"]
Harkell Greenbeard - Hedgewitch (Entropic Sage) 5
[Human]
[Old tomes, hidden knowledge, the dark secrets to find, contacts in the hidden witching and mage community.]
Leon Hatcher - gunslinger (pistolero) 2/inquisitor (preacher, sanctified slayer) 3
[Human]
[Shooting preacher man, contacts with the religious community's and who is the hand of Justice with powers to back that up.]
Hope I got that about right, Well Great to meet you all, and I hope welcome to the Horror hehe
*ahem*
I'd like to mention that the SSC as such is relatively new, and that Alyln (IIRC) worked for a church previously before being assigned by the pope or someone to work for the SSC.
Excellent! I like this party.
Present.
Also, here's another post for my other alias.
Now we just need our suicide-squad-style intro animations.
Howdy all, I'm here and ready to find and shoot some baddies.
I have altered her Class, As there was a lot of overlap with other PCs She is now with the GMs ok, a Psion Telepath. Her skill set being that of mind reading suspects and altering memory's at events etc. For clean up after.
She is not as strong or skills monkey-ish but I hope just as useful.
GM can you remove me from the one i posted in that was wrong?
It's done, Harkell :)
We seem to be Missing some two, have we lost a Player already?
I did start the game kinda abruptly, but I'll respond tomorrow regardless of Felix's involvement thus far.
Sorry, was a bit busy yesterday and didn't think to check the thread. I couldn't help but smile when I saw that the Director is wearing an owl mask. Did you plan that in advance, or was that inspired by Felix? Either way, I love the idea of the Society's administrators all wearing bird masks.
I thought it was because we clearly work for the court of owls.
Long as it not bat masks
Can we put the kibosh on using social skills on fellow players please? It's kind of insulting to try and control what a fellow PC does or doesn't like.
To be fair that was to show you what she is about to the other agents, not a PvP think just a, I do this thing.
But I know what you mean it can be problematic, so yes of course I will not have my PC do it again. That includes mind reading which has a person she dose not do to her fellow agents out of respect. In game she would not do it unless another PCs player agreed to it and game events called for it.
But at some point she may offer to hook all the PCs up into a mind link so we can talk with out being over heard, are you happy with that as a PC to PC thing?
:o)
On another not I was a little mifft that another player used my PCs real name while She stood there in a mask hiding her identity. So could I ask we don't spill the beans on others PCs identity and history, contacts etc unless that player agrees to divulging such information. :)
The owl mask thing had nothing to do with Crane, sorry. I don't think I even made the Court of Owls connection until after I wrote that, though, but it occurred to me afterwards :P
Just to have it in stone: in general, no one should use social skills on other PCs. Also: having a mask of your own face doesn't count as "hiding" your identity. But now I'm imagining Alyln's face has a giant magical glyph stamped on it that gives her psionic powers and she hides it with a mask of her own face :P
The owl mask thing had nothing to do with Crane, sorry. I don't think I even made the Court of Owls connection until after I wrote that, though, but it occurred to me afterwards :P
Nah, no worries. It just means I'm accidentally copying you. :P
Agreed GM. nate PvP and it did have that feeling after.
Narr I'm ok with the name thing,
Just I feel a player would have been upset if I had told everyone their PCs vigilantes secret identity, so I don't. Rule of Cool etc.
With the glyph thing, Pisonincs is odd as a PC can make a concentration roll to hide the display of a power, but from its affect any other PC can make a Spell craft roll to work out what the power is/was/dose etc.
Any-ho moving on.
PS
sorry about the bad spelling and grammar, I have mild dyslexia and it gets in the way sometimes.
With mind link and mind reading I'm playing her so that she finds entering the minds of others distasteful and even painfully. So she uses her psi cyrital as a kind of mental firewall. She called it her mind device and acts like her powers come from it.
My thinking is as magic energy is rear as rocking horse dodo here. So knowing how each of use do things would be unlikely.
Even with her high spell craft skill she has little or no idea how you guys do the magic like things you do. With magic being so secret or hidden I would think any DC to know how things work would be higher. With the aim to add to the mystery.
What you think guys
Spellcraft and Knowledge (arcana) and the like work as normal.
Edit: But of course, it's your choice to even make these skill checks. If you intentionally want to fail for role playing reasons, that's fine too :)
Om a little confused with that, So anyone with such skills would know most things about Magic? Then magic is commonly known of not commonly used. How is magic restricted GM is it that few have the skills and or access to the knowledge.
Of the NPC classes, only Adepts get Spellcraft as a class skill. Experts have the option to choose the skill as a class skill.
I'd imagine NPC Experts aren't likely, in this setting, to choose spellcraft as a skill.
In the setting primer on the original recruitment, there was mention of people performing minor magics that were not always to be believed, these people are most likely Adepts (or low level PC classes).
Spellcraft is trained only, and the NPC arrays of ability scores you're looking at a 15 for an "elite" character, so with 1 rank, the +3 bonus from class skill, and a +3 (rounding that 15 up to a 16), you're looking at a +7 modifier. The DC to recognize spells is 15+Spell level.
So, a level 1 spell would be a 60% chance of success for such a person, and a 9th level spell would be a 20% chance for such a person. That is assuming they are up close to the spell being cast as well, and with magic being uncommon, that isn't likely. The rarity of magic might also allow for some penalties to the use of Spellcraft for NPCs.
I get you, thats cool
current look but with white heir.
What's everyone's opinion on me rolling for them? For instance, if I know you have to make a perception check (say, for plot reasons), do you want me to roll it for you, or let you roll it? I've had a players before who felt differently on the matter, and some greatly objected to me rolling for them.
I don't mind.
I'm fine with GM rolling. It keeps things moving at a better pace, often enough. Plus there are plenty of skill checks that even the rules suggest the GM should roll.
yeah if its something the GM should roll, like hidden checks, by all means.
rolling everyone's initiative at once is also good to get the combat steaming ahead.
in general i prefer to roll my own saves, but it isnt a huuuuge deal
Yeah, I think I'll just roll checks I know need made, like perception and knowledge checks. I'm trying to post more frequently, but holidays >_>
Sorry. IRL has gotten crazy. Bot me if you need to.
If rolling knowledges, keep in mind that i get to roll twice and take the better result, and can do all untrained even for results over 10
On the same vain, Note Allyln has all KN skills and on a failed Kn roll she can use a power to get a re-roll +4
Am I correct in my reading that Thomas and Harkell are finished at the site and the boss team is going to pick them up now?
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I have nothing else to do there, unless there is something i missed. I could use Divinations on everything but that would take up a lot of time, spell points, and i dont imagine it will really reveal a whole lot.
yep I think boss meeting is done and we are heading to meet up.
We are done too.
Hey guys, hope I didn't cause too many delays. The week or so around Christmas has been kind of absolute insanity for me. I'll get back into the swing of things here.
I guess I was somehow unclear: using your perception and backtracking from when you arrived at the scene, you conclude that the ONLY creatures at the scene were: Harkell, Thomas, Alyln, Leon, Felix, Sheriff, Nurse 1, Nurse 2, the Woman, Sheriff's Horse, Your Horse, Nurses' Horse, and Mystery Creature. The only noticeable objects were your buggy, the nurses' buggy, and the woman's buggy. You didn't detect the woman's horse because it was completely dead.
ah i was confused, i didnt realize there was a second nurse and thought that was the enemy spellcaster
same here, GB, but all ok now, all cleared up now.
Just forget she said that surch or we did it
So what is the party doing?
Staying under cover till the fighting is done.
I've done what i can as far as on-scene investigations. I'll tag along with the others, doesnt matter what side i go with if we split, I'm not really made for gathering info via charisma skills.
Come with us, we may have need, if you like.
I was thinking we could go to the nearest beach and drink martinis.
Failing that I was planning on going to the hospital.