Its not necessarily even good vs evil. By staying we have no guarantee of freedom, realistically the most likely outcome is that we are all rounded up and put in higher security prison to ensure this doesn't happen again.
As I mentioned, Simile would be of two minds as to whether to go or not, she doesn't sympathise with Rat and his methods, but being at the mercy of power suppressing implants and implications of what happens if you try and remove them is scarcely any better in her mind.
Not that she has solutions for anything better.
Well, I certainly wouldn't mind not being alone in a gameplay thread, but I'm not going to tell you what to do. :)
I don't mean "good vs evil" as in "bad vs good"; just, like, the two options being offered seem to be more appealing to characters based on good/bad in their alignment
I await with baited breath. :)
So, did we have a list of the people who are splitting to follow the Rat, and those staying behind? I'm just waiting on where people stand to get things going.
As far as I know I'm the only one who is following the Rat. I telepathically told Igor to stay behind as a contact within the new group.
(I could even play him in the other group if you wanted, but that's up to you)
Everyone else is staying and helping the wounded. The only one who has expressed being on the fence is similie, but she initially RP'd toward staying.
Igor is actually a past character of mine and it would be no trouble to stat him up, theoretically. Though I'd have to do some research in order to replicate his original psionic creation powers.
Inclined to stay with the wounded. But if it makes things easier to run will go with the other group.
I await with baited breath. :)
Technically, it's bated breath (Shakespeare shortening from "abated"). Baited breath is when you eat a few worms, then sit underwater with your mouth open until a tasty fish swims into it. #pedantry #themoreyouknow
Oh! Cool. Thanks for the education.
#andknowingishalfthebattle
I... read a lot of Shakespeare...
Seth is definitely staying. He does not value his life very much, so is not very affected by Rat's threat. And much as he does not care very much for League, subconsciously, he actually wants the chip. :)
I... read a lot of Shakespeare...
No shame, man. No shame.
Hypatia was initially tempted by the Rat's offer but also considers him to be dangerously reckless and unstable. She therefore considers staying to be the safer option. If things appeared to become more dangerous she could change her mind. It's a pragmatic rather than a moral decision to her.
Don't worry about the logistics of the game. As you can see, I like making things difficult for myself.
So since it sounds like the majority of the players are going to be staying, I'll keep everyone who is staying in this thread and get another one made for 626. I'll send you a pm shortly 626, and then you can start your actually interesting mission.
You should all assume that about half of the prisoners here are going to take the Rat up on his offer (since most of them are criminals or villains in the comic book sense, and would love to tear down the system that they see as oppressing them).
for everyone staying here, feel free to introduce yourselves to each other in character.
Before you leave 626, everyone can go ahead and make checks on each other. Just use the prisoner number and skill in your dice rolls to indicate who you're rolling on and what skills you're using. I know I said that I would get the spoilers fixed, but it's been crazy at work this week. I will do my best to get them fixed tomorrow night. If you are rolling on a skill and a person has multiple rolls for that skill, just roll once and then take that result as the result against all checks with that skill, instead of rolling multiple times for each skill trying to get the higher DCs.
Just so everyone knows, I'll totally be stalking this thread, and I don't care if you drop into "my" discussion to peanut gallery "my" adventure. :)
Eh, you could always meet up with 626 later or something
new post is up.
I thought 5e left the "natural 20 isn't an automatic success on skill checks" intact? The original idea was that, no matter what you roll, a guy with Jump +20 can't get across the Grand Canyon.
Okay, before we go on, I'll like to get a headcount of the people who are still here and want to keep playing. I know that the game is a bit different from other pbp games, but I am still pushing forward (I was working til almost 10 pm yesterday and then worked a full day today, or I would have posted yesterday.)
Given the rate that things are going, it might be worth your group have a discussion about appointing a leader, or someone who can make decisions for the group (obviously, if your character wants to go a different way, they can). It might help keep things on track.
I'm still here.
I'm still here and very interested, just had a very hectic week.
Okay, I've got 2 that have dropped out, and two that are still here. Still waiting to hear from Console Cowboy and Kailynn.
Okay, so I know we still have Hypatia and Simile' interested, and I've heard nothing from Console Cowboy or Kailynn. I'm thinking about combining my games, since 626 is by himself and he is currently undermining the other side. I want to get through this situation before doing so, but I would like to get feedback from the group about the direction of the game and what have you.
I am pretty sure that I mentioned during the recruitment that this would be a player driven sandbox game (maybe not in those exact words, but still...), so in order for us to get on the same page, what I tend to do as a GM is put out plot threads and then see which ones the group will follow. In pbp, as you have seen, I tend to do large swathes of text and roleplaying interspersed with combat (cause I know that we're all here for it).
I'd like to get some feedback on the remaining players to see what specifically they would like to see/do so that I can plan accordingly.