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Helena Conradina Von Der Ahe Human/Elf blood AD[20/23]TA[20/23*]FF[10/13*]| F+3 R+9 W+8 | HP 36/36 | Init+6 |Perc +9+1d6 |SM +8 | phrenic pool 2/2 | Luck 3/3 | Inspiration 5/6

ja bitte.

I'm going to make the first post, I'll start putting up some maps and other visuals soon. Just start posting when you're ready. This is going to be a leisurely story pace despite the fast posting -- i.e., lots of posts without necessarily a frightening pace in terms of covering plot items, lots of local scenery and character building conversations etc.

Very cool Sebecloki

All right, spent more time on the gear than I intended, but this is RH's fighter Angus.

I still need to purchase ammunition, The prices listed on the AoN and PFSRD reflect the "Very rare guns" category, instead of the "guns are everywhere" category, where the price is @ 10%. I'm trying to figure if I can afford a spy glass along with a reasonable amount of ammo, but I will have it done soon.

As for his backstory I will work on copying it and updating it tonight.

Honestly, just pick stuff that's appropriate for the character, this is more about feel than exact calculations.
Sebecloki wrote:
Honestly, just pick stuff that's appropriate for the character, this is more about feel than exact calculations.

Cool, but it was fun going through and picking all the stuff he would have in his 'officers' tent, Not that any of it will get taken along into any kind of dig.

With guns and ammo at 10% and no magical items, the question becomes how many guns and bullets.

Once were through the gate, do you think Angus will be able to 'reload' the metal cartridges he carries for the pistol? The pistol(since the original design was before modern propellant) would be able to fire using black powder, but I don't think the rifle would be able to.

So hoping we can eventually make bullets and powder for the revolver.

All right, going to cook supper will finish backstory before I go to bed tonight.

He may have to adapt new materials for the cartridges. Serinbaal, the name I have given to this setting, has lots of 'guns', they're just made out of obsidian, and bone, and other distinctly un-earthly materials. Their cartridges are made out of thorns, or greek fire, or other strange concoctions.

First post is up, people who made posts in the recruitment forum can re-post those and then go from there.

It's going to take a bit to get through the portal -- don't expect it to happen in the first page. There are some characters and world building I have to do first, and there will be some exploration of the ruins before you get there, but don't worry, it's coming.
Sebecloki wrote:
He may have to adapt new materials for the cartridges. Serinbaal, the name I have given to this setting, has lots of 'guns', they're just made out of obsidian, and bone, and other distinctly un-earthly materials. Their cartridges are made out of thorns, or greek fire, or other strange concoctions.

I was thinking he would recycle the brass cartridge, make gun powder and have a mold made for making lead bullets. If he can use something else for the bullets that would be fine as well.

edit dotted and deleted in game, finishing up the back story now.

Sorry about the late hour, but better late than never, right. Here is Angus' background, personality and appearance. And just a little fun receiving the letter.

Backstory:

Angus. Elphinstone third son of John Elphinstone, (13th Lord Elphinstone and 1st Baron Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling), and his lovely wife Helen Angus has two brothers John, five years older and Alexander two years older and one sister, Stephanie, two years younger.

Angus grew up enjoying the active athletic life of the leisure class. He finished his education at the University of Edinburgh, where his father could keep an eye on him. His studies focused on language, engineering and geography. He felt he would best serve his family and country as a military officer. His father was able to get him a commision with the Scottish Black Watch.

He served his country first in Africa for a year with distinction. Then his unit was transferred to India in the Sindh district, where they were to protect the railways running from Karachi to Lahore. While in Sindh, there were several uprisings of rebels vying for freedom, It was believed that they were funded by Axis elements trying to sow discord in the British Empire. After five years in the military, Angus, grievously wounded, returned to Scotland .His injuries, both physical and mental were due to a fateful mission into the Thar desert.

There had been an attack on the railroad station in Sanghar by an unknown number of assailants who had retreated on camels into the Thar desert. Angus was a lieutenant under commander Dumphee, who led two hundred British, Scottish and Gurkha troops into the desert after them. The British forces were armed with modern military equipment in transport trucks. But after six weeks of chaos, one truck returned out of the desert, carrying twenty one men, only three of them un-injured. The only officer left alive was Angus and he was severely wounded in the shoulder, side and leg. .

When Angus returned to Scotland to rehabilitate he decided to stay in Edinburgh, instead of at the castle Where he grew up: His family held a membership at The New Club, a private social club with premises in the New Town area of Edinburgh, He was at the club when he received the letter from Professor Mc Dougal, whom he had studied language with, asking him to return to the Indian subcontinent.

The letter explained that Sir Alden Percy Clausden, an associate of McDougals was reopening the archeological dig at Mohenjo-Daro. That the dig required a military presence and Clausden preferred an educated officer familiar with: the Sindh people and culture, the geographical area and the Indian troops available. When Clausden sent out letters inquiring for such an individual, Mc Dougal responded that he knew the right man for the job. Subsequently contacting Angus.

Two days after he received the letter, Angus met with the professor, and the military attache. He agreed to the reinstatement of his commission as a captain, with the stipulation that he could select the Gurkha Company who would provide military presence for the dig. The unit he requested was the 3rd company of the 2nd Battalion of the 9rd Gurkha Rifles, It was the company that the twenty Gurkha survivors of the Thar campaign had been reassigned to. They called the unit the black kukri.


appearance:

Angus at six foot two inches tall is a tall broad-shouldered thick-wristed outdoorsman, His tan features, mutton chops, and short wavy dark brown hair accents his long forehead, high cheekbones and deep blue eyes.

He is normally seen in one of two uniforms. On special occasions he will wear his dress uniform. But for everyday wear the Field uniform. With both uniforms he will wear the backsword His father John Elphinstone, gave him. When wearing his field uniform he carries his officers side-arm, the Webley revolver. Having learned to be prepared for anything, while on patrol he also carries an infantry rifle, a Scottish dirk and a full kit.

Personality:

Angus is well-educated and well-mannered, his personality outdistancing his acumen and savvy. His soft spoken and polite manner often opens doors for him. He is relaxed and friendly, laughing off most who may mock his mannerisms. However, when pushed, he will quickly respond with appropriate measures.

On the Myers-Briggs scale Angus is "The Doer" - ESTP
Friendly, adaptable, action-oriented. "Doers" who are focused on immediate results. Living in the here-and-now, they're risk-takers who live fast-paced lifestyles. Impatient with long explanations. Extremely loyal to their peers, but not usually respectful of laws and rules if they get in the way of getting things done. Great people skills.


Vignette:

Angus looked around the room. 'The King and the Queen, you don’t see that very often.' Angus kept very still, resisting the urge to shuffle his feet or wipe his brow. He kept his eyes down; his hands in front of him. 'You hear about this sort of thing, but this is the first time it’s ever happened to me.' He slowly lifts his eyes and looks at the other gentleman gathered round, they also were being very quiet. 'Every now and then some loud mouth braggart “oh this happened or that happened” Not the sort of people I usually believe.' The room had gotten deathly quiet Angus knew he needed to say something, it was expected after all. 'Well I guess when the situation arises you take full advantage of it.'

He places his cards face down on the red-velvet top and leans over the black oak table pushing the remainder of his small stack of chips past his discard and into the center of the table. "Well boys, I guess I’m all in, I’ve worre Ma’self out, time ta finish. If I win this hand Ma luck changes a wee bit, if not, I go ta bed having lost ma gambling allowance for a whole week again. So whose willin ta pay ta see the cards I acquired on tha’ last go rround?"

Of the six other gentlemen at the table, two had already folded, Argyle looks at his hand then looking at Angus he toss’ his hand in disgust; while Mc Cloud shuffles his cards again flips through them one at a time, dropping them on the table and pushing them away. Edwards shakes his head "I may be English but I’m not stupid, you’ve been bluffing all night, I’m in." and with a flourish he counts Angus’ pile and separating a fourth of his, matches it. McEntire takes a little longer; he looks from Edwards then to Angus and back to Edwards. Finally he counts out about an eighth of his stack and adds "Well I’ve been luuucky all night, Nay a reason not to let you earrn a wee bit back, if ya can.".

As Edwards turns his two pair, and Mc Entire smiles showing a full house; Angus waits a moment and shows the ‘royal flush’ that he acquired when he was dealt the king and queen. "Been losing all night, had tha nine, ten an Jack; figurred wha tha hell I’m dun one way or tha other.". Angus tips his bonnet to his fellow gamblers and collects his winnings.

'First week I’ve come out ahead, I may be finally getting the hang of this gambling thing.' As he goes to leave the game room, a footman approaches with a sealed envelope. "Sir, this correspondence came for you."

Ok, seems like it's evening in the camp and cries were heard. I put have angus checking the perimeter with one of the sergeants. Headed toward the screams to see what unfolds.

Trying to be vague until we have more information about the layout in relationship to the dig site, the river and the camp.

How many soldiers will be in the camp? Are they all Gurkha's? I figured it wouldn't hurt making up a couple of soldiers, do you want me to make them up as I go or would you rather make up the NPC soldiers, or do you just want to give me a few guidelines?

I'm assuming most of the soldiers are fluff, and will not be in much of the player character's actions.

You can make up NPCs too, this is going to be partly collaborative

The camp is going to consist of over a hundred individuals. About half are native workers doing digging. There are several dozen soldiers, including a few homelanders, though mostly locals and some auxiliaries.

There are about a dozen scholars of various sorts, a few diplomatic representatives, and the germans, who only number about a dozen, including their commander.

I'll try to throw up some kind of map. It's on a bluff overlooking the Sindhu River, on the far side opposite the ruins.

So I'll figure on about 50 Gurkha soldiers, two subordinate officers that are Indian, five sergeants, twenty of them would be men that Angus had served with previously.
Sebecloki wrote:
Angus Elphinstone wrote:

does Angus know who he is or what he is doing here? Is he directly over the local auxilaries, or is someone else?

'Blast, whats he doing out here.' Seeing the man fall, Angus quickly moves to his side, turning to the sergeant, "Sergeant keep an eye out." Kneeling he checks the man for wounds and signs of life.

He probably recognizes him if he tries, but he's not the local commanding officer, he's just attached to the regiment.

The collapsed sikh breathes heavily as Angus attends to him, as if he were exhaling a life time of hurts. However, he quickly recovers, sits up, and seems to recognize the Scot.
"Oh, you're the Scot -- I mean, thank you, and I am Nikhil Singh. I don't think we've been properly introduced, I just joined the camp's detachment this afternoon. Apparently your director wrote for additional reinforcements. Anyway, I saw you on on the way in already."

So a little help is needed,

So Nikhil is new to the detachment today? Is he in the military? How is Niklil attached to the regiment? How many ‘new’ soldiers/arrivals are there? Who is the local commanding officer, How many military personnel outside of the 50 or so that Angus has are there? Are any of them white men?

Our Indian just called a white officer ‘the scot.’ Just trying to sort out how to respond based on limited information.

he is in the military -- he was summoned by Sir Clausden along with several others, maybe a dozen or so, for some mysterious reason to 'reinforce' the camp.

You can make up the local commanding officer is you want. There are only a handful of white men beside Angus, maybe a dozen or so, the rest of the military are locals.

The sikh overheard Angus' accent or some other identifying feature. All the others whites are English.

I was just thinking about the chain of command. In the sense of the military. He's in a separate squad, requested by Sir Clausden that arrived that day. Is there any other 'military' units, other than the new one in the area? Has Angus met their commander?

So any actual military would be under British infrastructure of some sort. I'm not talking about separate hunters or guards hired out of the locals, but any militia, Indian soldiers or what not. They would be under British military control, either native officers or white. At this time in the British military, any native officer, no matter the rank, would be subordinate to a white officer, no matter the rank.

My reference was to the Indian calling a white man 'the scot' just very disrespectful, I was a little surprised by it, especially if he was military.

Not that it will matter to Angus or me, I'm just trying to get a feel for what's out there and how it relates to him being there as an officer.

As a side note, need to remember when Angus is speaking different languages, the original conversation with the sergeant would have been in Gorkhali

के हामी तिनीहरूलाई गुगल अनुवादको माध्यमबाट चलाउन चाहन्छौं र भारतीय स्क्रिप्ट प्रयोग गर्नुहोस् र बिघ्नकर्ताहरू प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्

Gorkhali:
Do we want to run them through google translate and use Indian script, and use spoilers
or <Do we want to just note which language we are using?> Gorkhali

It only matters when Angus is speaking English, I'm tryin' ta do a mild Scottish accent.

Angus knows the commander, you can make him up if you want.

Some of the workers are also hunters.

I didn't intend for it to be disrespectful, but now that you've made that interpretation, let's go with it -- he wants the opportunities offered by military service, but is foremost loyal to the khalsa and wants to see the Khalistan as a reality.
Sebecloki wrote:

Angus knows the commander, you can make him up if you want.

Some of the workers are also hunters.

I didn't intend for it to be disrespectful, but now that you've made that interpretation, let's go with it -- he wants the opportunities offered by military service, but is foremost loyal to the khalsa and wants to see the Khalistan as a reality.

Cool that's why I'm asking. I was just trying to sort out who and what he was, in relationship to the other player/NPC's

The disrespectful think is really secondary. I'm just trying to get into the feel of the time period, sans, the whole were going to find a stargate and fall into a world that will make no sense to us...

I will go back and reread on the khalsa and Khalistan.

khalsa is just the skih word for their religious community -- there is a concept that there should be a separate sikh state called khalistan, which inspired some sikh terrorist activity in the 1990s in Canada.

I put up a map of the camp -- it's close enough to something reasonable though not perfect, I know. A lot of stuff is going to be fudging it/close enough kind of stuff.
Robert Henry wrote:

As a side note, need to remember when Angus is speaking different languages, the original conversation with the sergeant would have been in Gorkhali

के हामी तिनीहरूलाई गुगल अनुवादको माध्यमबाट चलाउन चाहन्छौं र भारतीय स्क्रिप्ट प्रयोग गर्नुहोस् र बिघ्नकर्ताहरू प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्

** spoiler omitted ** or <Do we want to just note which language we are using?> Gorkhali

It only matters when Angus is speaking English, I'm tryin' ta do a mild Scottish accent.

I'm not sure it really matters as long as characters don't use metagame knowledge they don't have, but do whatever entertains you. I'll follow the same pattern with the NPCs.

I think we can prevent ourselves from meta-gaming, I just wanted to ask about how were going to use the other languages. At some point in time we will be in another world using languages we don't know now. It seems like it will be difficult using 'spoilers' for everything but English.

Anyone else have an opinion?

JP you keep saying Helena Conradina Von Der Ahe but I keep hearing Lady Rosalyn Otavian Luminuss

for what it's worth I love the Mauser broom-handle, since her's has the removable mag, did she make it fully automatic as well :)

I was thinking she may but its near impossible shoot the thing accurately on any kind of multi-shot. The Chinese army use to shoot them sides ways because the pull was so bad they hopped to spray an area at body hight. haha.

She will be using it a single-shot pistol.

yeah, but the Chinese version was in .45. Is hers 9mm or the original 7.63

How do you want to identify if were speaking another language?

just state it "Angus replies is gurmukhi, ".....""

And put the foreign language in italics or bold I guess.

editSorry when I put the 'how do you' above I was just asking for JP's opinion, wasn't trying to be pushy

Sebecloki wrote:

just state it "Angus replies is gurmukhi, ".....""

And put the foreign language in italics or bold I guess.

hhmmm, usually put bold for speaking, italics for thought, and bold italics for telepathic communication. That's why some folks use the brackets

on a separate note, were at 21 posts in gameplay, not counting all of these over here. So not bad.

OK, my wife gets done at work at 4:30 (EST) if she's working from home, that means 4:30 (EST) if she's at the college, then closer to 5:00, means I won't post much, or at all, until around 9:30 -10:00, then I turn into a pumpkin most nights. I figured I should give a heads up, If I'm not here, happy to let whomever I'm with take point and keep pressing forward. Just don't get me shot :)

I work long hours on the weekend, so I'm not going to always been this available either -- I just want to have a pace where I mostly have something to reply to every time I log in, and I'm not waiting days for people to reply to stuff.
Robert Henry wrote:
yeah, but the Chinese version was in .45. Is hers 9mm or the original 7.63

O a Chinses .45 would be fun but no.

Its a later 1933 M712 Schnellfeuer so 9mm Parabellum round I think.
Helena Conradina Von Der Ahe Human/Elf blood AD[20/23]TA[20/23*]FF[10/13*]| F+3 R+9 W+8 | HP 36/36 | Init+6 |Perc +9+1d6 |SM +8 | phrenic pool 2/2 | Luck 3/3 | Inspiration 5/6

Angus, going to wait on the GM to come back to me on the SM roll.
Once I have it can reply :)
GM_Panic wrote:
Robert Henry wrote:
yeah, but the Chinese version was in .45. Is hers 9mm or the original 7.63

O a Chinses .45 would be fun but no.

Its a later 1933 M712 Schnellfeuer so 9mm Parabellum round I think.

So I couldn't resist the urge to investigate, found a fun little article In the process. Your pistol is still the 7.63, but don't be sad, it was the most powerful pistol round in existence until S&W made the .357 magnum. They only made a few in 9mm. and the ones made for military use were marked with a 9 on the handle so the soldiers didn't use the wrong bullets.

I like the mauser broomhandle, angus would have been using one, except I'm hoping to be able to reload the Wembley rounds.

Really Robert wow I did not know that. Well, that explains why the thing kicks like a mule and is just about useless at busts.

As for 9mm is Wikipedia wrong then. See below.

Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer
From 1932 to 1935, the Yugoslavian military tested batches of the Schnellfeuer in both 7.63mm and 9mm Parabellum for the purpose of arming mountain troops and special operations units. Improvements requested by the Yugoslavs included a detachable barrel, improved front and rear sights, more durable parts to prevent breakage under sustained fire and lowered position of the shoulder stock to avoid "hammer bite".

I was thinking she would have got her hands on one because of the the "hammer bite". It does not really matter I think its just an interesting point of history for future games.

No I think the Wikipedia information is correct, I know that the pistol was first manufactured in the 7.63 and then they made it in other calibers as pistol rounds developed.

The article I read the gun teste was in the 7.63

I know the pistols they made for the German military were the ones they marked with a 9.

Maybe saying they manufacture 'a few' 9 mm. is a stretch since they may have made thousands.

I hadn't read about the pistols they developed for the Yugoslavian military, but will do so after I finish typing this :)

I'm just showing my partiality to the 7.63 round. It was more powerful than the 9 mm and it was the original bullet manufactured for the gun, being developed by Mauser the same time the gun was. The gun had a lot of innovations: semi-automatic, the 7.63 bullets were 'bottle-necked' (so shaped like a rifle round) which helped prevent jamming and the weapon used modern propellant instead of black powder.

I think your right it's a 7.63. With the 9mm what got me was the losing of a thump. there are some videos they make it clear when the stock is on keep your thump away.

But yes its an iconic gun.

Just for the record, I have studied German in university for about 2 1/2 years, and I passed a very difficult graduate reading exam of academic German -- my speaking is atrociously bad, and it would take me hours to compose even a sentence at this point (I studied for this test a decade ago), so I'm using google translate. If someone wants to fix it for me, that's fine, but that's all I can manage.

Fantastischen!!

Nice, sadly I do not speak a second language so I'm totally dependent on google

I'm going to wait a few hours to see if the other player posts again before I continue.

Hey Sebecloki thanks for answering all the questions.

I realize were just at the beginning and I'm throwing a lot of stuff at you, I'm just trying to get a feel for the place and the characters. It helps picturing the stuff in my head.

I doubting if I Angus trust the 'advisor' so I'm trying to connect what he said with what Angus would have witnessed.

Again thanks for being so willing to respond!
Sebecloki wrote:
I'm going to wait a few hours to see if the other player posts again before I continue.

It will take a few hours to read all the posts.

Helena Conradina Von Der Ahe Human/Elf blood AD[20/23]TA[20/23*]FF[10/13*]| F+3 R+9 W+8 | HP 36/36 | Init+6 |Perc +9+1d6 |SM +8 | phrenic pool 2/2 | Luck 3/3 | Inspiration 5/6

Tolly it's up to you if she sees you or not, or if you called back to her. All she saw was the light going off.

Gedeyon is cruising for a bruising

Ok, wasn't happy that Angus didn't have muttonchops, and wanted him to look a little tougher, so changed Icons....
Helena Conradina Von Der Ahe Human/Elf blood AD[20/23]TA[20/23*]FF[10/13*]| F+3 R+9 W+8 | HP 36/36 | Init+6 |Perc +9+1d6 |SM +8 | phrenic pool 2/2 | Luck 3/3 | Inspiration 5/6

Hi Tolly, Sorry for the miss understanding.

We being Hellen and Tolly are not where Mr Gedeyon and Angus are. As Hellen was ordered back to her tent by her boss who is also there.

Early on the GM said there was a group of workers/Natives in a clearing between some tents. A group of men who looked upset. She has headed that way and is trying to work out what is upsetting then and what may be going on. This is what she asked about speaking native.

just ignore my post then

I think it could work as it CT, just with the workmen as the focus and not Mr. Gedeyon. But its 100% your call.

I'm not sure of the who, where, what of the character environment. I'll wait for a GM summary
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