[SF] Fly Free or Die AP - GM Ewok

Game Master EwokBanshee

@Guess? Yeah, Del's not making any purchases right now, so you can borrow the 3,229 from her to buy your rifle upgrade.

Thank you very much! I'll mark down that Guess? owes Del 3229cr.

GM Ewok, will it be okay to update Guess? with the new rifle sometime after the current combat encounter?

Yeah, update after the current encounter but we'll be retconning that you bought it before.

Alright, I feel a bit bad about accidentally misrepresenting Del's Poison State and her closeness to this bad state. I was seriously considering giving you the chance to retcon Melissa and/or Guess?'s turns to render Del aid. But then I noticed... Del's save roll was so bad that a +8 wouldn't have even helped.

Thankfully, you're not about to go into a dungeon and will have time to get Del back on her feet. It'll just take a little more creativity than you would have otherwise.

With dimensional storage space usually the issue isn't the containers capacity it's the opening. Guess or especially the fluffy lil ooze could fit in there no problem, jaraduk....we may need to trim the horns. Akh and Del? Thats a lot of crisco...

Once there you can turn on their armor seals and then even melissa is good for a day. (seals are easy to turn on and hard to turn OFF by design)

Do we have capacity problems now that we gave up a dimensional pocket wrapped in a ship?

Dunno about the horns but maybe Jaraduk should give up the ghost on powered armor and make some room that way.

Oh, whoops, you just mean that we're not right next to our ship. Sounds like an Akh and Jaraduk carry-job.

I just looked and noticed there is a Junkbot Grenade (level 9) that can be designated as a healing bot, with Medicine +12.

It is considered trained in the Medicine skill and can perform first aid, treat deadly wounds, and treat drugs or poison as if it had a medkit (though it can’t provide long-term care or treat disease).

The grenade creates it as caster level 9. In this case it seems Del's condition is a little advanced for this guy, but it seems a nice option to keep around with Jaraduk's salvage grenade feature (something he and only he can use, and reconstruct it with 10m time available).

FYI, I'm travelling the next three days and may not be able to post!

Melissa has a picinic basket of holding, an engineering score and has been living so far out in the boonies credits are useless anyway, and a unhealthy distrust for the banking system. She's been printing everything from mining picks to healing serums as needed.

It hasn't mattered before, but she has 1395 in cash. And I think for her that would be CASH cash not cred sticks.

I'm so excited for this inevitable run in with the Wintermourn...

I'll be traveling over the next 2 weeks. I may not have a chance to post or my posts may be short. Please bot me as needed!

This is an FYI that I'll be away in nature next weekend, June 8-9. As this is a weekend I expect minimal disruption and i will return to resume posting Sunday evening (US/Pacific time).

Hey, y'all! I'll be traveling from the 17th through the 24th. I'll keep some posts going to keep us moving, but will definitely be a bit more limited than normal.

First week of the summer was unexpectedly busy around here. Should be settled now. Back online.

There's a little time before this occurs, but it's a longer time away so I didn't want to spring it at the last moment.

I've got a trip from 7/31 to 8/12, and for much of it I won't have internet access.

I'll be traveling over the next 2.5 weeks, so my posting may become spotty. Feel free to bot Guess? at any point.

I should be back to a normal schedule by around July 25.

Welcome back, Del!

Ah, the joys of summer scheduling. I'll be taking at least one week almost entirely off PbP in mid-August, dates TBD. Thanks for the heads up, y'all!

Maps: the ultimate enemy

They really can be!!

There's a little time before this occurs, but it's a longer time away so I didn't want to spring it at the last moment.

I've got a trip from 7/31 to 8/12, and for much of it I won't have internet access.

Reminder

I keep thinking I'll find time to get back to posting regularly and failing miserably. I know I don't have the time to post anymore, but I've loved this game and loved playing with all of you, so I've tried to keep it up anyway. But, it's time to say goodbye. Del needs to retire from the game, as I just don't have the time to spare right now.

Thanks for a great game, as always. It's been fun. I look forward to peeking in when I have the time to see what Del's friends are up to.

Happy gaming, and give 'em hell!

Until next time.

I'll be taking at least one week almost entirely off PbP in mid-August, dates TBD. Thanks for the heads up, y'all!

Alright, y'all, my trip is from 8/8 through 8/23. I think I'll (we'll, lol) be taking almost that whole time off, with maybe a few posts at the beginning and end.

But, it's time to say goodbye.

It has been a delight to play with you, and with Del. We will miss you, but understand that real life must come first! Please do check back in 2025 as we work through the book your book. It is going to be a grand finale.

GM Ewok wrote:

I'll be taking at least one week almost entirely off PbP in mid-August, dates TBD. Thanks for the heads up, y'all!

Alright, y'all, my trip is from 8/8 through 8/23. I think I'll (we'll, lol) be taking almost that whole time off, with maybe a few posts at the beginning and end.

I suppose the rust big isn't known for its speed as its turtling through space....

Thanks for joining us Del!

Really sad to see you go Del but totally understand. It's been a blast gaming with you and if there's any chance you can hop back in again in the future, I hope you do!

There's a little time before this occurs, but it's a longer time away so I didn't want to spring it at the last moment.

I've got a trip from 7/31 to 8/12, and for much of it I won't have internet access.

Final reminder. It's a bit of a long one.

GM Ewok wrote:

I'll be taking at least one week almost entirely off PbP in mid-August, dates TBD. Thanks for the heads up, y'all!

Alright, y'all, my trip is from 8/8 through 8/23. I think I'll (we'll, lol) be taking almost that whole time off, with maybe a few posts at the beginning and end.

Alllllllllllright I'm off! I'll (probably) get a post in tomorrow but then things will be quite sporadic for the next two weeks. If folks are posting then I'll keep us moving forward. If not, then we'll do a bit of a lull period.

Back and slowly catching up.

You got tenderized really good

Just a relaxing lil massage is all it was!! ;-P

Vacation is going great! Here's a little update to keep us moving. Welcome back, Jaraduk! You became a bit of a slab of meat for a second there.

Alright, interesting conundrum coming up here... starship combat. You just got a new ship and are about to head off towards the boss' lair... so you can guess that one is coming. And that there will likely be another fight or two in the final book. BUT... you started out as a balanced six party crew and are now a less-balanced four party crew. So... would you rather:

1. Choose new starship roles (AKA, who will be the Pilot now?)?
or
2. Narratively skip / hand wave starship combat for the remainder of the AP?

While normally I wouldn't be a supporter of outright skipping starship combat, I also realize we've lost two key roles throughout the course of the AP so far...

Gunner, pilot, smart guy Rat (engineering/computers), are all you need really.

In my opinion, handwave the starship combat. While I like the system and I think it's fun real time, I feel it's a drag on PBP.

I’m okay hand waving it, but do any of the starship encounters drive different plot branches where the outcome matters?

But if we do continue with starship combat, here are the potential roles Guess? can fill:

Pilot +12
Engineer +19
Science +17
Gunnery +12 (I think)
Captain <-- As Melissa said, probably not so important with us being a crew of 4

Yeah, so we'd be looking at Guess? as Pilot with a +12, Jaraduk & Akh in Gunner, and Melissa as SmartRat. That would work alright, though combat would be pretty awkward/tough since Guess? would be needing to roll a 13 for most Stunts.

I'm a bit biased as to how Starship and PbP work together... but I'll wait for Akh to weigh in!

If Guess? were to take on the piloting role as a frequent, ongoing thing, maybe I can reshuffle some of Guess? skills to improve his piloting skill. Right now it is zero ranks and buffed up from jack of all trades. I had to do a skill reshuffle previously to bump up engineering when Strek left the party.

But I'd only do this if there's a frequent, ongoing need for piloting throughout the rest of the AP. Any advice on this one?

Alright, looking forward an AP, we should just handwave the starship combats. This is the last serious one, everything after this is already a narrative challenge rather than combat.

FYI: I'm away in nature this weekend starting late Friday (9/6) afternoon and through Sunday (9/8) afternoon (US/Pacific time). I will resume posting Sunday evening.

"The Thing" is definitely one of those enemies that has so much lore and it's all gated behind a single difficult Life Science check!

When you infiltrated Eline's office, the real Eline Reisora was watching the camera systems and saw herself sneaking in! She, being the sneaky exec that she is, decided to solve things the more difficult and secretive way: by sending in a Genereaver.

Born through pain in a clandestine laboratory on Absalom Station, a genereaver is a genetically engineered assassin. A genereaver is biologically unstable and must drain the genetic material of preprogrammed target to survive. In this case, the ever-disguised Guess? is it's target. How she got Guess?'s DNA? That's still a mystery. The Genereaver is an ambush assassin slash biological weapon, with a brutal poison and superb healing factor. It does have several unique weaknesses that only an expert in Life Science could find. The Genereaver lives it's whole life in pain, missing a key part of it's DNA. The only way it can find peace is by catching and draining it's prey...

How she got Guess?'s DNA? That's still a mystery.

The DNA was easy enough to obtain. He left it all over town...

The DNA was easy enough to obtain. He left it all over town...

And Guess? is darn proud of it too!!

Our first ship was Last Chance. And the treasure ship, didn't we name it Second Chance? So the Rust Bug... how about we name it Fat Chance??

;-)

Aka “Slim Chance”

Aka “Slim Chance”

Even better!

humans are weird. Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

So true! Love it! Long live the Slim Chance.

I'm travelling, so likely no post tomorrow!

Would be cool if so!

Alas, I am a fun killer. This should be a challenging fight, but nothing you can't handle.

I'm sure Guess? will pick up on this, but sharing so everyone can appreciate this. This pirate captain has a crew of envoys. A shipload of people to support and hype him up. The concept is so hilarious and perfect, I love the author for including this.