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I'm sorry to say I'm going to withdraw from this game. I'm a bit overextended in PBP and I haven't really gotten into this adventure. Please use my characters as NPCs if helpful, as I don't want to leave you without whatever Agate and Malachi can provide. Thanks for including me and sorry again for leaving.

Malachi will increase skills of Persuasion and Healing one die.

Sorry for my delay in posting, but one of our cats passed away and it's been a tough few days. I'm going to be posting as soon as I can catch up on what has happened. Thanks for your patience.

Agate will add the skill Ride at d4 and increase her Thievery skill to d6.

I did mean advance associated with gaining abilities and reaching new ranks.

Any chance we can get an advance?

Agate will visit the Cybernetics shop talk with the surgeon who will do the work, to make sure he or she seems up to speed on the technology. Then she'll go under the knife and get the Core Electronics Package. Then she'll pick up the laser tools to aid in some of her invention work.

Costs:
Core Electronics Package: 22,000
Wilk's Laser Scalpel: 2500
Pony (real): 25,000

Which leaves her 500 credits. If she has to buy saddle and tack, that will probably use up the rest.

Let me know any stats needed for the horse.

Are cybernetics available? If so Agate might be interested in the Core Electronics Package for 22,000. p. 114 of SW Rifts. It includes radio with 20 mile range.

Do the elves have horses? (Not robot horses but real ones?) If so, what is the cost?

She also might be interested in a Wilk's Portable Laser Torch (tool), p. 210, plus a spare E-clip or two. Also would consider the Laser wand and/or Laser Scalpel, assuming they might give a bonus at certain types of repair or construction of items.

Do the elves have any merchandise they'd be willing to sell now that we have a metric ton of credits burning in our pockets?

"Luck!" Agate calls out as he leaves.

Agate takes advantage of the time spent with the elves to take in as much as she can.

Notice: 1d8 ⇒ 1
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 1

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At an appropriate point, Agate will ask the elves if they know of any Ley Lines or Nexus points nearby.

Agate uses the time to learn what she can about how the elves use the modern technology and if they know how to infuse magic in with the tech as she sometimes does. She's not pushy if they are reluctant to discuss what they consider proprietary information, but she asks a lot of questions as long as they give friendly answers.

Networking Roll if appropriate.
Persuasion: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Persuasion, Ace: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 3

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Agate would like some time to spend with the elves. We should also see if there is any job we could do for the elves, perhaps something trade related that would take us back to New Salt Lake. That way we could make money for both legs of the trip.

I can't find anything about elves in the two SW RIFTS sourcebooks. What is common knowledge about elves that our PCs would know?

Or just assign a different PC for numbers 1-4 excluding Malachi. Whichever number comes up gets the joker.

"We hope it helps."

Agate suggests Malachi and Björn remain behind for the meet with the elves.

If Agate's translator gadget only works for the gargoyle's language but not the elves', she makes a second translator for the language of the elves.

Techno-Wizardry: 1d10 ⇒ 4
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Wild, ace: 1d6 ⇒ 2
With a raise, the translator is also capable of handling slang and dialect differences.

She gets 5 uses of her techno-gadget ability per game session. She has used it 3 times. Let us know when we are starting a new session for the purposes of such refreshes.

"Anyone know any good games we can play as we walk?"

I would exclude Malachi from the list of who gets the joker, just to make each player get an even chance at the joker.

I'm okay with all this, but if no cards are dealt as is usual for initiative order, then there is no opportunity for bonus bennies that come when a PC gets a joker. Maybe figure out the odds of that happening and make a percentile roll. Also, the PC who gets the joker gets a bonus on actions for the round.

Maybe deal cards as usual just to determine if anyone got a joker and which PC gets the bonus.

Also there are some edges that give benefits to the initiative as it is usually done, such as Quick, Calculating, Dead Shot, Level Headed, Mighty Blow, Tactician, or Power Surge. If anyone took any of those edges, they should get to choose something different.

Agate flips a switch on a device on her belt and a faint hum is heard. As she takes her energy rifle out, a faint glow appears on the weapon. As others take weapons in hand, the glow forms around them as well "That glow on your weapons is a little extra magical energy to better beat on this monster." Smite power added to whatever weapon each person has at hand. One weapon per PC. If you are not using a weapon, you don't get the effect.

Techno-Wizardry: 1d10 ⇒ 9
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 5

That's a raise, so the bonus to damage is +4. PPE expended by Agate is 2 + 1 per additional weapon. If Burgurk is using only his powers, he won't need this.

Notice: 1d8 ⇒ 1
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Modifier: +2
Result: 2 + 2 = 4

"The cart might prove useful if one of us gets sick or injured," Agate observes optimistically.

Agate waits to end the illusion when the dragon is pretty far away.

Agate adds the illusion of lighting flickering about inside the funnel and adds some crackles of thunder.

Agate fiddles with a cryptic box attached to her belt, making a series of tweaks to various dials and switches on it.

Techno-Wizardry: 1d10 ⇒ 3
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Benny to reroll.

Techno-Wizardry: 1d10 ⇒ 3
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 5

After a moment's hesitation, she makes one last adjustment and it appears that dust begins to swirl around their hiding place. The sound of a windstorm accompanies the effect. All in hiding can pretty quickly tell this is just an illusion as they don't feel any dust hitting their skin or smell anything different.

The swirling gradually grows into a dust devil that rises in between the group and the dragon, obscuring its view. The dragon should have a harder time detecting the group.

Using Arcane Machinist ability to create on the spot a device that produces the effect of a power, illusion in this case. 6 pp to create an illusion, with sound, and extra hard to detect as an illusion (-2 to any roll to determine it is an illusion). Maximum size of the illusion is a Medium Blast Template, 8 yards in diameter.

Video of a dust devil.

Agate begins fiddling with her tools and gizmos. "I can make something that each of use could use to burrow underground, which should make us harder to detect. Or I could make something that would produce an illusion of something like a dust cloud to give us extra cover."

Stealth: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Agate finds a rock that is big enough to hide her. She peeks out now and then with her imaging goggles on full telescopic to see what it's doing.

"The bigger they come ..." Agate says with a wink at Frankie's comment. "It might be good to make friends with it if possible. But in that case, more than one of us should go, maybe just leaving Malachi, Björn, and Johanyn behind."

"Setting fires in the forest. Fires are helpful to the forest, and there are probably no people there. Still the area might be safer if we take it out."

Do we have anything that links a dragon's type to it's predisposition to do good or evil? Are dragons generally intelligent?

Academics: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Academics, ace: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Result = 4 + 2 = 6

Common Knowledge: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Wild, ace: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Wild, ace^2: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Result = 6 + 6 + 1 = 13

Occult: 1d10 ⇒ 8
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 2

In case Agate knows anything about dragons that might help. If only one roll is allowed, use the Occult, since that has the highest base die.

After fixing the dragon in her imaging goggles to get a good look at its features, Agate moves with the others toward the rocks.

"The more the merrier," Agate chirps. "And if something wants to threaten us, the more the scarier!" She introduces herself (again) and Malachi. "What do we call you. If there's trouble it's good to be able to name names to suggest strategies."

Common Knowledge: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Agate is not sure what a shifter is, so she remains silent. She glances at Malachi.

"Have you tried finding the rift you came through? If you cannot get back, we'd recommend you head that-a-way," and she points in the direction of New Salt Lake, "where you will find a city of sorts. Approach it in a non-threatening way and see if they can help. Or you can come with us and see if the elves of Cill Onchon can help."

I hope I don't offend anyone with this, particularly the GM, but I'm a bit frustrated with the pace of this game. I recommend reviewing the advice on good PBP by Painlord here.

In particular, see section 4 (In-Game Management Stuff).

The GM posts are mostly devoid of information and provide us with no "Push" to respond to. (Sections 4.2 through 4.2.5.

We seem to have to keep asking the GM for information that usually gets provided as a matter of course with each GM post.

I would encourage everyone to remember that we don't know anything about a situation unless there is text describing it. Descriptions are best when they provide sense data rather than interpretations: tell us what we see, hear, smell, feel. Rather than saying "Agate is frustrated," describe how Agate is acting that conveys the body language of someone who is frustrated.

It also helps if people can post every day or let us know in the discussion thread when you have things going on in RL that may limit your posting, so the GM can 'bot the PC or at least know what to expect.

I hope this helps. Sorry if anyone takes offense. It's just that we've been on this journey since the beginning of June (real time) and have only had a few encounters that mostly were people or creatures passing by without attacking or engaging us in any way. How about we take such things as normal for travelers and only role play encounters that involve either some risk, such as combat, or some profit in terms of social engagement, particularly something that advances the plot, draws us into something we need to accomplish besides delivering some rice.

"If you are confused as to where you are, you probably came through what we call a 'rift," Agate explains. "If you go back the way you came you may be able to return to your home. If not, you can try to make friends here, as long as you don't attack people who are not attacking you. Do you understand?"

I don't have access to my SW books, but I believe Agate can create a gadget that can utilize a power that allows instant translation (speak language?).

Agate takes the translator from Frankie, fiddles with it with the help of a weird all purpose tool.

Techno-Wizardry: 1d10 ⇒ 3
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Spend a benny.

Techno-Wizardry: 1d10 ⇒ 1
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 4

The translator now has 7 power points. Agate activates it using the number of PP needed for the speak language power.

"Can you understand me?" she asks. "What is your name? Where are you from? Are you injured?"

I will be away from home for the weekend, so 'bot me if needed. I have access to hotel WiFi but I've tended to have trouble logging into the Paizo site to try to post with a tablet or phone.

Agate is ready to shoot at it if it looks hostile. She tries to read its body language and the sounds it's making to see if she thinks that it will be attacking.

Notice: 1d8 ⇒ 6
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Modifier: +2 (Magic Optic System)
Result = 6 + 2 = 8

It seems last we were told it was approaching from a distance. Is is now close enough that we hear it talking? Not clear what happened in between.

Just noticed someone with an ongoing SW Deadlands campaign is recruiting for some new players. Recruitment link as of July 23. Seems it might still be open.

Common Knowledge: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Agate doesn't recognize the beastie.

Agate and Malachi both point at the boogie from the mountains. INCOMING! Agate yells and readies her JA-11, finding the potential threat in her multi-optic view finder.

Multi-Optics Scope: An advanced scope with thermal, infrared, and night optics. When using an Aim maneuver, it adds an additional +2 to Notice checks or to offset Range penalties. It also negates Illumination penalties and adds +1 Shooting to calibrated weapons

In case there is a chance to improve on what she noticed already with the aid of her scope:
Notice: 1d8 ⇒ 5
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Wild, Ace: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Modifier: +2 (scope)
Result = 6 + 4 + 2 = 12

Notice: 1d8 ⇒ 6
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Agate maintains vigilance keeping an eye on the horizon, and also the sky above.

Common Knowledge: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Occult: 1d10 ⇒ 6
Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Agate looks at the Keeper of the Desert through her goggles until they were too far to see clearly through the heat waves. "I've heard conflicting stories about them. Some say they are ruthless killers while others say they are misunderstood and unjustly persecuted. They didn't bother us so maybe their bad rep is undeserved."

Agate takes in the stranger, noting features for future reference, but offers no objections.

Did you mean Keeper of the Deser (p. 130)? I find nothing in the book for Child of the Desert.

I would like to play Agate Stark, a human inventor 1. I have two other PFS2 characters, so if a 1st level fighter or wizard would provide a better balance, either character is available.