"Jud, I think we won't do that. Phasing out is a bit hit or miss, and I haven't really thought about how far down into the ground I'd end up. And stopping myself would probably still require me to get seriously effed up while I'm trying to stop."
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"Sounds okay to me. We still might want to appropriate a car that pulls in front of their truck. Seems to me to be more likely for them to stop. Tracy might go all smiley and jiggly at them, but they might just swerve around her. Imagine might have better luck at thinking them to stop and help Tracy. That said, if we pick the spot now, I can go intangible and hide in the street. And when I say 'in the street', I mean it. I can have just my eyes at ground level, and when the truck stops, I can walk up into it." "Hey, anyone got a camera or a phone with a camera? I could take that with me and take pictures, too"
"As Renegade said, you'll need some tactical support. I can ghost-stealth out there in case things go south."
"Awww, shoot! And here I was gonna take care of the peepers out there. I vote we send a message to the gang that they'll understand. And they won't understand if we come crawling up to them with our hands over our groins saying Oh, massa, we'se sorry we done messed up. The only thing they'll understand is if they keep playing with fire. They're gonna get burned."
Carl will phase out, and, since we've identified who is watching, and where, will sneak up on each "watcher" and "remove" them. If they are alone, then he will attempt to kill them with the vibroknife (since it is silent). If they are in small groups (two or three) he'll phase in and ambush them. If they are larger groups, he will avoid them.
In reality, I'm good either way. 1) If we don't change things we'll have some terrific fights, and some of us might really shine. We'll also really get to know how good (or bad) are character builds are. Of course, we might die (or worse), or the scenario might grind to a halt. 2) If we do change things we'll move the story along better, but it sets a precedent that if we, as a group, make bad decisions, the GM, as a deus ex machina, can fix it, and our bad decision-making has no (or little) downside. Now that I've listed both ways, I actually think we should stick to what we've been doing, and leave it up to the GM to figure out a way to not have the storyline die. Perhaps the rival gangs have problems of their own, and/or the V'Sori really don't care about the Slashers, and/or the V'Sori are using this as a crucible to test Dr. Destruction's real capabilities...
"I guess it is up to me to carjack a car about twenty minutes before this goes down. Imagine, you could help just by 'telling' the car owner to let me borrow the car, rather than me threatening them with bodily harm."
I'll be out of touch until Monday. Feel free to GMBot me until then.
PWGM, Before I make another rules-based mistaken assumption, can you clarify the following for me. In my ghost-like intangible form, am I able to affect the material world? So, for instance, if I fire my gun, what happens? Or, can I go tangible while poking a ghost-like finger in someones eye and blind them?
As he moves ahead, Carl thinks to Imagine, Sure, Imagine, I'll keep up a running diary of what I'm seeing. Let's see, I'm passing some bums. Oh, and here's a lamppost. Oops, gotta watch the curb.
Hiya, Imagine. I can still see you. <<grin>>
Carl ghosts, and starts to move ahead rapidly.
"Well, hell, there goes any chance of walking in quietly. Imagine, do you want to read the tin man here the riot act?"
A: Yes B: YesC: No obvious weapons, but anyone taking a close look will notice the gun bulge and the vibroknife. But, with Carl, Rigor ('hey, baby'), and Judd walking in a flying wedge, it is likely we are attracting attention.
Raised Spirit die from d6 to d8.Figured you would do that. It is a really good choice for Carl and will mitigate your epic bad dice lately. At first I really wanted to take the "Take the Hit" to make him even more invulnerable, but we've got Jud for that. Than I thought about taking the "New Power" and jacking up my power, but Carl is not truly super... yet. Then I looked at "Improved trademark weapon", but it is likely that we, as a group, are going to graduate from our mechanical weaponry to lasers/phasers/masers/particle beam/magic weaponry. Then I looked at "Improved extraction". But, right now, it is more important for me to be able to change rather than run away. But, it is definitely on my list. Still, improving Spirit allows me to go from a 25% (4/16) failure rate to a 19% (3/16) failure rate. It's not much of a benefit, but, right now, I feel it is the correct one.
Raised Spirit die from d6 to d8.
Sounds good to me! I'll let you brainiacs figure out strategy. I'm just a cat-burglar.
"Okay, Baldy. It's time to lead the way. Lead us to... Ummm, Take us to your leader. I always wanted to say that." Carl nudges him with the gun.
Carl will walk over to "Baldy", take his stuff, and shoot him once in the head, execution style.
Carl has the bag of cash and the drugs.
Assuming no bad guys need taking out, Carl will go tangible again and collect the cash and the drugs. "Hey, folks, there's some guns and knives here, we should take them."
Since this is my first SW game, and I've already committed to the powerpoints scheme, I'd rather not change. But, that said, if the majority wants to change, I'll go along. I just might need additional hand-holding to make it happen.
Carl attempts (again) to ghost --- Then he moves past Baldy, through the door, looking to see who is there. Imagine, I'm gonna check out what's beyond the door, now that you've got Ball-less -- I mean Baldy on his knees.
With the woman down, Carl switches his target to Twitchy.
Yes. And you should do the same with me if I go more than 48 hours. BTW, in mid-april I'll be out of town. I'll let you know, but during those times, you can completely BOT me.
Gun out. Shoot the woman.
Carl attempts to go intangible, so that he can get behind them, but he doesn't seem to be able to concentrate very well this evening.
The following are left at the lair: 50 bullets
That should relieve me of 13wt, leaving me with 26wt, which is under the limit.
Casting a sideways glance at the newcomer, Carl says to the man behind the counter, "Hi, me and my friends are interested in expanding into the business, like you have here. We've heard there are franchise opportunities. We just need to know who your boss is, and who is your supplier."
Imagine, I'm not so good at talking to folk. What kind of demands are we making here?
"The bodega is on Vincent Vega Avenue between Guevera and Hesse streets. How about I and honeybear go in and talk tough to them, and you, Imagine, start screwing with their minds?"
Carl had some dealings with the Slashers, but was not a part of them. He has heard of the Family, but never could seem to get their attention in a good way.
Okay, let's go!
"Just how not pleasant are those not pleasant things? You've really piqued my interest! Now, about taking a car, I would suggest about two hours before our planned rendezvous. Enough time to get the car without having to rush, but not enough time to give honest citizens -- cough! -- a chance to complain to the complaints department."
"That sounds good to me," Carl says out loud.
Imagine, do you have a plan for this? Or is it just honeybear and me going in guns a'blazing?
"Okay, Imagine. Sounds good to me."
"Oooh, Rigor. Honey, We're gonna get along just fine." "Yeah, let's take this two AM BS, but for right now, let's shake up the neighborhood."
"C'mon, Honey," Carl says as he takes Rigor's hand, "I know a bodega that has plenty of money and drugs, and we can appropriate them, and find out where they're getting them from."
"Yeah, I know who to talk to, at least. We might want to consider going into the drug trade, or at least getting a cut of it. The prices are pretty astronomical"
"Now, that's more my style! Honey, why don't you and I and Imagine go out and scare up some money? And, I do mean .
During the next few days, Carl will, as Imagine suggested, go out and ask questions -- specifically about making quick money -- Is there a Brinks truck ready to be plucked for instance.
Carl will definitely take the maglev, thinking to himself that I should really get a car or a motorcycle or something.
To Heaven: "It's just Carl, or you can call me Mr. Verblan. I'm just a guy who knows a guy. Right now, I need to find a guy to make sure I got what I need." Later, on finding the prices... Darn! I'll have to make some real moolah to be able to afford this. Maybe I stashed some at home with mom. He will get his stash from home. It includes his vest, his gun and some ammo, his drugs (a five day supply), and his lock picks. Upon returning to Imagine: Girl, we gotta make some real moolah here. I don't know if you've seen, but prices have skyrocketed. You got any ideas?
We all applaud her. Even if we don't want to. 'Cause she makes us want to.
Carl will go to Southpoint to score some combat reds.
To Imagine: Nah, as long as your mom is cool with what goes down here, it's fine. Although, if she's gonna nag me about washing the dishes and stuff, it's gonna break. As far as what I need from the store, some frozen pizzas would be nice. I think that what I need is some reds. I'm gonna go out and score some reds and collect my gear from my stash at my mom's.
Yup, I'm waiting for the next hook.
"Well, baby! You don't have to ask me twice." Carl goes into the new digs and starts to poke around.
That sounds good to me.
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