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Session .5 Questions:
Since I haven't played with most of you:
1. Introduce yourself. Games you love, movies you love, Experience gaming. Whatever you want us to know.
2. Something you want to see in this game (or like in games in general).
3. A moment you love from an action movie or show.
4. Anything you don't want to see in this game. (If you want to Private Message me anything, please do.)
My answers:
1. Introduce yourself. Games you love, movies you love, Experience gaming. Whatever you want us to know.
I'm a straight cis white man (he/him) who teaches English and Theater. Have played games my whole life. Have run a few successful campaigns here on the boards. Mostly play Pathfinder 1.0 in face to face games, but love Star Trek Adventures, Mutants and Masterminds, and now Everyday Heroes.
2. Something you want to see in this game (or like in games in general).
I hope to see the players really run with the campaign. I set up the problems, you work the solutions. Sometimes I overcomplicate plots, so I'm going to try to keep things more straightforward here. Also hope players do a good job listening to each other and communicating. I'll try to help facilitate that.
3. A moment you love from an action movie or show. I'll say two. The Burj Khalifa climb in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Beautiful stunt and camera work. Great tension.
The drinking/Indianapolis scene from Jaws. Acting, writing, depth.
4. Anything you don't want to see in this game. (If you want to Private Message me anything, please do.)
No sexual assault.
No explicit torture scenes. You can threaten people and rough them up. 24 is the line. Saw is too far.
Romance is fine with me. Physical stuff is fade to black.
Violence involving children is threatened or off screen. Stranger Things is probably past the limit.
I will only mind control characters with player consent, and I will leave player's in charge of the character (in consultation with me) even though the character's motivations may have changed because of the mental influence.
I'm a white lesbian from the American south, I work in tourism and have been playing ttrpgs since I was 12 y/o, most of my experience as a player is in PF1 and 5e, but I've also played 3.5, oWoD, PF2, lots of Star Wars systems (WEG 3d6, Saga, FFG, SW5e), Numenera, FFd20, et al. I've run games in Star Wars Saga, PF1 and 5e.
Love roleplay and combat equally, however I have no immediate goals in mind for Angelyna. I hope to see her flex her fame and her vast wealth to her advantage, for it to bite her in the ass, for both to completely abandon her in parts (with her wealth largely gone for a lot of it as earlier discussed)
Part of the combat model I was thinking of for Angelyna is pretty Jackie Chan improvised weapons inspired, here's a remarkable sequence from Project A
I don't have any no thank you's that go beyond what you have stated
SuperT and I have played together before, but it's good to introduce to all... Apologies in advance for the verbosity. Coffee hasn't kicked in yet which weirdly makes me MORE babbly.
1. Introduce yourself. Games you love, movies you love, Experience gaming. Whatever you want us to know.
I'm DQ, I'm a 47 y.o. queer woman from the U.S. East Coast. I am a professional copywriter and editor in public health. I can edit anyone's work but my own. I love role-playing, exploration, and strategy. Been familiar with TTRPGs since I was 12 but couldn't find anyone to play with until college. Have played AD&D2e, D&D 3.x, Pathfinder 1e, old World of Darkness, Exalted, Star Warsd20, Star Wars Fantasy Flight, Mutants and Masterminds 2e and 3e, Champions, BESM, and other stuff more briefly and/or a long time ago. For about 5 years I worked freelance for Paizo editing Pathfinder 1e and Starfinder.
I love anything nerdy, particularly classic fantasy, sci fi, and superheroes. I also like spy stories and the occasional murder mystery. My favorite subgenre of the above is low-level heroes in a superheroic world, particularly with a spy edge. I am not fond of horror, typically (though I make exceptions). My top five favorite television shows ever made are, in no particular order, Doctor Who, Agent Carter, R.O.D the TV (an anime), Xena: Warrior Princess, and the Bionic Woman (the original 70s one, not any one you might have hallucinated existed in the early 2000s).
2. Something you want to see in this game (or like in games in general).
Roleplay amongst ourselves and with some fun, recurring NPCs, including at least one reliable ally. Some challenges to overcome that involve more cooperation and strategy than combat, but of course combat is fine too. I'd like us to have some kind of HQ, mobile or stationary.
3. A moment you love from an action movie or show.
The first one that came to mind was in Agent Carter: Peggy Carter fighting Leet Brannis on top of the moving milk truck packed with explosives, driven by a very nervous Jarvis. Even though you knew the heroes had to survive, absolutely nailbiting suspense, amazing fight choreography, spiked with humor.
I also love any heel-face-turn moments where a penitent villain repents of something and helps the hero.
4. Anything you don't want to see in this game. (If you want to Private Message me anything, please do.)
It should go without saying but I've had problems with this in prior games so: I request folks NOT assume actions or reactions from fellow PCs or NPCs, particularly with regard to violence or intimacy. Attempts can be described, but not consent assumed. I.e., "Bob offers Sally a hug" rather than "Bob hugs Sally."
Given we are a room full of strangers, technically, I prefer to avoid flirtation/romance, PC or NPC, for my own character, until or unless I say otherwise (though I played a character with a romantic interest in another game of Tumbler's). I'd ask any folks wanting to initiate an intimate scene with anyone else do so under a spoiler.
Descriptions of sexual assault and abuse are triggering for me. In a gritty real world story it might happen so I don't mind if references to it exist in the game, but if it's a major point in a scene, I'd ask for trigger warnings and no graphicness.
Hi everybody!
1. Introduce yourself. Games you love, movies you love, Experience gaming. Whatever you want us to know.
My name is Jeff, I'm also 47. I'm a cis white guy. I live in Houston. I'm married with two kids, 9 and 12. I've been playing RPGs since high school. D&D 1, 2, 3.0, 3.5, 5; PF 1 and a tiny bit of 2; and a few others over the years. (I've had experiences with Rolemaster so bad they're good!) I'd love to give Numenera a try.
I used to enjoy video games pretty regularly, but I've found that I don't want to prioritize them over other aspects of my life. The same would normally go for TV, but I've dialed that back a bit in recent years now that the kids have gotten older and we can enjoy them together.
My son just asked me about The Office, last night! I'm excited to show him!
I love action, sci-fi, fantasy, and comedy (and just enough indie films to sound pretentious). I prefer Trek over Star Wars, but my indifference towards Star Wars makes some fans think I actively dislike it, which isn't true. The best Star Trek movie is Galaxy Quest.
2. Something you want to see in this game (or like in games in general).
It can be difficult to pace in a PbP, but I like character interaction in the midst of the action. Sure, long talks over a drink or during a car ride are great, but two PCs arguing over a past slight during a chase through an abandoned warehouse is *chef's kiss*.
I also like making sure the PCs have a certain level of autonomy. Most campaigns that are set in modern times that I've been in tend to have the PCs joining some sort of shadowy organization, which is usually fine so long as it doesn't turn the PCs into company drones whose every action is scrutinized.
3. A moment you love from an action movie or show.
The elevator fight scene in Captain America: Winter Soldier. When Keanu Reeves jumped out of the plane without a parachute to catch Patrick Swayze in Point Break. The Texas Hold 'Em game in Casino Royale (2006). The phone call in John Wick where Viggo just replies "Oh" before he hangs up.
I'll stop before I have to pick out one Jason Bourne scene.
4. Anything you don't want to see in this game. (If you want to Private Message me anything, please do.)
I'm not interested in any romance or flirting between my PC and another PC. It just feels awkward for me. My PC and an NPC is fine, but not necessary. Children dying due to violence is something I don't want to see.
Note to self: Waiting for Fabian to check in.
A couple of thoughts about tone and some of your posts so far.
There is probably going to be too much PC autonomy. The only thing I will probably force is the setup at the beginning of an episode. Because sandboxes can be so tough in PbP, I'm going to include some rails that you can stay on if it keeps the game going, but it is a big open world. Feel free to spin up your own plots or tell me in character or out what direction you want to go.
This is definitely going to be an action series reality. So if we end up being a team that travels around in a distinctive RV, as long as people are making some effort to conceal yourselves you won't be immediately shot or incarcerated. Sometimes that will drive some action, but I'm working in a world where the A-team can somehow drive around in their van, Airwolf is never seen going to its hiding place, and Ethan Hunt can always be a rogue agent.
I will try to keep things consistent or at least let you know what your character would understand about the world.
1. Introduce yourself. Games you love, movies you love, Experience gaming. Whatever you want us to know.
I'm a straight (He, Him), white man and father of four. Early 50's, and happily married. I have played in all sorts of pbp formats, and even run a game for a few years for my college friends (we still talk). My favorite roleplaying games/systems are 3.5 D&D, Marvel Superheros, and Star Wars d6. I'm a Star Wars fan, Live in the Shire, and I'm a Trekkie as well. I consider myself a full-fledged, all around geek.
2. Something you want to see in this game (or like in games in general).
Good interplay between characters (Banter is the best), interesting action and things to puzzle out, as well as a sense of group cohesion. Its fine to have stress and drama between characters, but at the end of the day, everyone's pulling for each other. Also, a least a little bit of quirkiness in the vein of Supernatural or X-Files.
3. A moment you love from an action movie or show.
Several different moments from Firefly/Serenity ("I aim to misbehave!"). OR The Rock's "Boomshakkalaka!" moment from the Rundown.
4. Anything you don't want to see in this game.
Pretty much like everyone else, not really looking for flirting or romance.
instead of RV, we could use motorbikes instead
This is definitely going to be an action series reality. So if we end up being a team that travels around in a distinctive RV, as long as people are making some effort to conceal yourselves you won't be immediately shot or incarcerated.
I thought you wanted to be the ambulance driver? :)
I worry with something like motorbikes we'd be easily separated. I sort of like the idea of being in a giant vehicle somehow nobody notices.
But whatever works for the group is fine... since this is going to be a bit sandbox we might find something ridiculously cool in the moment.
Well, heck, they have shipping container homes after all...
Then get a sports car to drive up into the container.
Well obviously.
Or maybe we could do the motorbikes too, and we can fly out of the trailer on the bikes and no one pay any mind about who might be driving the truck.
Then get a sports car to drive up into the container.
Knight Rider meets the A-Team meets...dirtbikes. :D
My post will come a little later this afternoon. At a doctor's appointment, at the moment.
The three other personnel who operate the mobile clinic, the driver, another nurse, and a medical technician, sit locked inside the clinic, eating their lunch in peace.
Why am I locked inside the clinic, and not eating in the diner?
Sorry! Didnt know if you were actually really going to be the driver (I wasn't clear if you were suggesting you were joining her "day job" or helping her in her covert nursing). If you want to be, by all means retcon that out and join me! I was leaving "the youth" open to be you if you wanted.
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Sorry! Didnt know if you were actually really going to be the driver (I wasn't clear if you were suggesting you were joining her "day job" or helping her in her covert nursing). If you want to be, by all means retcon that out and join me! I was leaving "the youth" open to be you if you wanted.
No, No It's cool. I just had come to other conclusion.
I do feel bad for your NPC hostages though. :P
I do feel bad for your NPC hostages though. :P
They can get let out of the van when they help enough sick people.
*whip crack*
Sorry! Didnt know if you were actually really going to be the driver (I wasn't clear if you were suggesting you were joining her "day job" or helping her in her covert nursing). If you want to be, by all means retcon that out and join me! I was leaving "the youth" open to be you if you wanted.No, No It's cool. I just had come to other conclusion.
I do feel bad for your NPC hostages though. :P
They locked themselves in. :) Rosa's the only one who wants to be with people off duty. *hides bullwhip*
We should work out formally: do you want to help Rosa in her covert night nurse visits? Or do you want to work for the same company during the day she does? Or neither?
We can RP our meet in game, it's cool.
Just Angelyna, What is your sportscar specifically?
On the cliff's edge speeds along the most obvious and identifiable vehicle this town has ever seen, a BMW i8 Roadster in holographic pink. Every day it makes the drive to and from the film set, a veritable beacon, blindingly reflecting the desert sun in all directions.
On the cliff's edge speeds along the most obvious and identifiable vehicle this town has ever seen, a BMW i8 Roadster in holographic pink. Every day it makes the drive to and from the film set, a veritable beacon, blindingly reflecting the desert sun in all directions.
Cool,Thanks
I'm pretty sure that's Jem's contemporary Rockin' Roadster...
We can RP our meet in game, it's cool.
I apologize if I misunderstood our earlier conversation. But if that's what you'd like to do, that's fine with me.
We can RP our meet in game, it's cool.I apologize if I misunderstood our earlier conversation. But if that's what you'd like to do, that's fine with me.
No, no you're good. It was a confusing start. I thought we'd all be meeting in the diner before getting on the story train rails. But It looks like that it will actually start via the van rescue.
It's funny, but I have just the skill(THE RIGHT TOOL) which says that I have climbing rescue equipment in my trunk. If only there was someone athletically inclined(Just Angelyna, No Last Name) to use it. :)
GM SuperTumbler,
Maybe you can fast forward everyone to the crash...please
Just realized that there's a time differential between Rosa and Fabian's posts, so I sort of did a timey-whimey thing and still have them meeting at the door of the diner. Wasn't sure what else to do without further delaying the mass exodus to the crash scene.
Apologies if I overstepped.
I think timey wimey thing is good. Best we all get together sooner rather than later.
cool, cool
Rosa's 28. Only been working for a few years since grad school. Hardly middle aged! (Says her definitely middle-aged player.) A middle-aged PRN would have the good sense to be working in a nice neat clinic and getting better pay. ;)
Rosa's 28. Only been working for a few years since grad school. Hardly middle aged! (Says her definitely middle-aged player.) A middle-aged PRN would have the good sense to be working in a nice neat clinic and getting better pay. ;)
lol, I was teasing you a bit, but he is 16.
Just,
What are you wearing? I want to write about getting the gear on you.
Just,
What are you wearing? I want to write about getting the gear on you.
I'll assume it's a pant suit. Retcon if needed.
I'd like to use:
You can enact this plan in combat as a bonus action to ensure your next ranged attack this turn automatically hits your target. You must know the location of the target. You can also use this plan any time you make a roll to use explosives or drugs, or in any other situation in which you might need an ability check to measure out the right amount of something to use to achieve a desired effect. You automatically succeed at the ability check. You must finish a long rest before you can activate this plan again.
I figure that I have a pellet rifle in the car. Could I ping king kong is the eye with it?
Could we say Angelyna at least hooked the winch to the van before the chimp attacks so, say, a completely nonathletic nurse could try to kill herself ziplining down to try to rescue the driver?
Do we have story points or fate points or something to edit a scene?
If not, I can do that as my first action
Well you have a giant face full of chimp, so. Hopefully you can be freed to address other priorities.
I mean, if the goal was to save anyone's life, it makes sense that attaching the cable was the first thing you'd do, especially since this plan was talked about beforehand.
You could always drive the cop car backwards. It would pull our movie star away from the beast in an action movie style.
Wouldn't that just slap her into the cliffside?
In other news, I assume there's two ropes, one holding Angelyna and a separate one attached to the winch on the cop car, which is either in Angel's hand or attached to the van.
Could we say Angelyna at least hooked the winch to the van before the chimp attacks so, say, a completely nonathletic nurse could try to kill herself ziplining down to try to rescue the driver?
Do we have story points or fate points or something to edit a scene?
Those sorts of edits pretty much come from class abilities like Rex and Angelyna have.
Also noticed that you should have initiative +3 rather than +0 because Sleuth uses Wisdom instead of Dexterity. Woohoo!
I'm going to say that currently Angelyna is still on her own line and jthat the cable attached to the winch is hooked to her harness.
So she can take it off and attach it to the van or someone can use it to pull her up.
Even though I described the chimp as grasping at her, it isn't grappling her or whatever that is in this system.
I'd like to use:
I DID THE MATH:
You can enact this plan in combat as a bonus action to ensure your next ranged attack this turn automatically hits your target. You must know the location of the target. You can also use this plan any time you make a roll to use explosives or drugs, or in any other situation in which you might need an ability check to measure out the right amount of something to use to achieve a desired effect. You automatically succeed at the ability check. You must finish a long rest before you can activate this plan again.I figure that I have a pellet rifle in the car. Could I ping king kong is the eye with it?
Any ruling?
Well it looks like the only viable action I can take is hold my action until more options appear, as Rosa is not the person holding the rope or operating the winch.
Ernest has posted, Rex is waiting to know if he can pull a pellet rifle out of his... erm, trunk, and Angelyna and the Sheriff can act.
Hey guys. Huge apologies for going radio silent. Big storms here in Michigan took out our power for a few days. Woke up and had it back this morning.
Will post something later today.
Any ruling?I'd like to use:
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I figure that I have a pellet rifle in the car. Could I ping king kong is the eye with it?
You can have a pellet rifle in your car. It will take you a full round to get to your car, retrieve it, and get back over here.
There are plenty of guns in the scene already. Police side arms and tasers, both of those vehicles should have shotguns, and whatever else folks are carrying.
Ok, I doubt you're telling me to steal a cop's shotgun. I'm really talking about the skill. If I can pop it's eyeball using the skill...it would make Donkey Kong less aggressive to Angelyna. Plus not killing it.
Hey guys. Huge apologies for going radio silent. Big storms here in Michigan took out our power for a few days. Woke up and had it back this morning.
Will post something later today.
Glad y'all were safe despite the outage!