What's the spread?
Momo 4
Skip 2
Tetra 1
Tofana 3
Lifft 4
Antethriss 1
Momo and Lifft will make a solid combat team. We probably don't have many super-high skills, but we're loaded with operatives so we'll have plenty of Aid Another opportunities. We've got six. I think if we load up with some healing serums, etc we can keep everyone alive.
If Burn Kenyon was on this mission, I'd have no worries, but Tofana isn't the hero Burn is, not by a long shot.
My vote is play up. phaeton, I need to do some shopping anyway. I'll let you know.
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Liftt is okay in combat, but not a huge damage dealer.
Think of him as the get-away driver who also packs a pistol, rather than the thug standing over you in a dark alleyway.
Not that Liftt goes anywhere near dark alleyways. Too many bad memories.
I'm happy to play up or down, the biggest risk is for the lower level characters.
Phaeton, sorry to spring it on you at last minute, but following Lifft's thought, and seeing no response from the 1st levels, I'll change to play down. I'd hate to see any of the 1st levels die without them volunteering for it.
Tofana's last post was pretty negative on searching for life. Don't consider that a blanket ban or anything. She's not anyone's boss. We could split the party to search and try to hold our spot, or she could be talked into going along on the search.
Metagaming, we probably win points for helping the other group, but risk someone else horning in on our turf.
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Basically this part of the scenario is rather open ended as you wait for the clouds to clear and the aurora to manifest. At the moment you're sitting on A3 with all your equipment set up and are basically twiddling your thumbs. You have detected anomalies worth investigating but, other than using your ship, lack the means to have a closer look.
In this part of the scenario, it is advised that you contact or visit the other groups to make friends and allies. You have yet to visit the group at A1 but have made relationships with the others.
I was also trying not to railroad you but was considering it. Does this help?
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Standing by their scientific equipment, Skip scans the horizon with his eyes for the next group to arrive
Nice! Very ponderous, next to a very Junes Verne-like machine. Did you create this yourself for the occasion?
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Nice! Very ponderous, next to a very Junes Verne-like machine. Did you create this yourself for the occasion?
I have actually gained some inspiration from some of Momo's posts in previous games when you linked pictures. I have made these up in midjourney. I started using it for another project but ended up using it to colour some of my campaigns here as well for fun. I've made portraits for my characters and some other scenic frames to help my post writing inspiration along.
Hope everyone had a great holiday season.
No worries. Easy to do in PbP. It was just funny that we failed with the same roll.
Another fun game. Thanks for running it, phaeton. I enjoyed everyone's characters, but Lifft stole the show. Great stuff.
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No day job from Skip either.
Thank you everyone for another great game. I apologize for my posting rate, I have been a little pre-occupied with situations at home which made it difficult to find the time and creative energy to participate as much as I typically enjoy doing. Luckily the rest of you are all heavy lifters on these boards and can carry the weight of Skip's single digit rolls.