Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick, who notably did not fire a weapon in anger, but simply helped the panicked crowd evacuate more safely, tries to fade into the background when the fuzzthe anacite protectors arrive.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
"Form up and leave in an orderly fashion if you don't want to be killed in the crush! If you all struggle, it will just slow your escape down!"
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17.
Intimidate: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4.
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19.
Looks like a mix of carrot and stick worked. That is my three actions for the round.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Stealth Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick, further freaked out by the fact that the system knows this much about him, even when he deliberately avoided it, simply hides.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick shudders.
"Big Brother is watching..."
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick shudders, and mutters, almost to himself:
"I *knew* it was a conspiracy... How high does it go, though?"
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Upon hearing that Vazylyza allows herself to be tracked 24/7, Nitpick's palms grow sweaty, and his heart rate spikes; the very idea of something like that is pure anathema to him...
If anything, he is more interested in the 'mysterious stranger's' ability to digitally obfuscate their presence; now that is a skill that Nitpick would be interested in!
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Good heavens! A barathu in a business suit :-P
"Does it really matter? Being discrete is a good thing."
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nik-a-Nik wrinkles his forehead as Jaedana blows everything, but keeps his mouth shut.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Drawing notice to himself is the exact opposite of what Nitpick usually tries to do, so he will happily... meld... into the background ;-)
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
I think that spoiler was meant for Tapkey ;-)
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick shakes his head vigorously.
"There is a difference of opinion on that. The proliferation of data results in far less privacy. This place is... acceptable to live in, true, but it is still far from a utopia. Look at what happened to the Professor..."
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick recoils at the very notion of installing a third-party app on his comm unit.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Definitely not Nitpick! Letting the government on your phone sounds like a terrible idea ;-)
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick's expression twitches slightly.
"Don't mind us."
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick glances around nervously.
"Keep your voice down! Let's just say we are trying to find out the reason *why*... something... happened to the Professor. The trail led us here."
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick attempts to look as small and inoffensive as possible.
Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick steels himself, and 'goes looking' for Eruco.
Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19.
"Tier-99-Professor worked at Polytechnica’s Central Archives alongside an assistant nicknamed Eruco. Perhaps we should seek them out?"
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Vitality does refill at 4 points per round... but only during combat. Otherwise, you need to spend 10 minutes to Refocus to refill your pool.
Since no-one else has posted, Nitpick will happily hand-over the credit stick that was left for him, and then give the bought kit to Old Growth - he does not want to keep the stick, after all - someone could track it.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick looks around cautiously.
"Loathe as I am to involve others, perhaps it would be wise for us to go and get a first aid kit?"
A sour expression crosses his rodent-like face.
"Given our experiences thus far, I fear that we will need it."
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
The only member of the party trained in Medicine is Old Growth, but no-one has a Medkit, so I don't think we can heal that way.
Apart from that, we have the Mystic, and a few Medpatches, based on what I can see.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick shudders.
"I have no idea, but they seem dangerous!"
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Chronicle sheet looks fine. Thank-you for running :-)
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick, his hands shaking, fires off another shot at White.
"Just go away!"
Semi-Auto Pistol: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24, for 1d6 ⇒ 6 Piercing damage.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9.
Nitpick remains clueless and terrified.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick draws his pistol, and shoots at White.
Semi-Auto Pistol: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22, for 1d6 ⇒ 2 Piercing damage.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick shrugs.
"Head to the Polytechnica, and look around?"
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
To be clear, I am playing-up Nitpick's distrust and paranoia. For all he knows, they could be haunted, or have some sort of digital tracker embedded in them ;-)
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick's eyes nervously dart over the revealed items, lingering slightly on one or two, but he shakes his head.
"I'm not going to loot a dead friend, even if it is what they wished."
He then tightens his grip on his pistol, whether out of anger, or to reassure himself of its physicality, is unclear.
"I do, however, want to see the bastard responsible for the Professor's death brought down!"
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick shakes his head fervently.
"I know they said we could take whatever was on them, but I don't want to loot the body of a friend!"
Someone else is more than welcome to, though!
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
"I guess we should check the place out? Although I doubt will we look like a bunch of students, or visiting researchers..."
Well, for the moment at least, investigating Polytechnica seems to be our only lead, unless I am missing something?
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick's whiskers tremble furiously.
"Professor!"
Gently unfurling the note, he reads it, his heart sinking even further.
Striving Lore to recall 'Polytechnica': 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23.
"This is bad, on so many levels..."
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Seeing that Tapkey is struggling, Nitpick takes a crack at cracking the cipher...
Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick shares some words of encouragement:
"If at first you don't succeed, you can always try again!"
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick continues to attempt to access the physical storage.
Thievery: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23.
Thievery: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick attempts to unlock the physical storage.
Thievery: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick gives Shalalamula a confused look.
"No? After all, that is why we are here - we are trying to track down where they are / what has happened to them...?"
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick attempts to access the resident directory, which is presumably held on a local infosphere.
Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Striving Lore or Society (both have the same modifier): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12.
Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13.
Discovering the datapad (and the other equipment), Nitpick gets even *more* twitchy.
"Someone had us under surveillance!"
He then moves to check-out the drone.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick attempts to ID the creatures.
Arcana (to RK): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick keeps his eyes open for traps.
Search.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
With great reluctance, Nitpick attempts to hack the traffic lights...
Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15.
...and is half surprised when he meets with some success.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick attempts to ID the drone's electronic signature.
Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick screams and dodges out of the way!
He then uses what he knows about robots in general to help identify the idiosyncrasies of the would-be assassin!
Robot Lore: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10.
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
After much soul-searching, Nitpick reluctantly takes a look at the holovid.
This does not bode well...
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
Nitpick favors the bartender with a wary look.
"Hypothetically speaking, if we were, what would it mean to you?"
Nitpick - Male Ysoki Witchwarper 1 (HP 15/15) (Fort +4) (Ref +6) (Will +6) (AC 17) (Perception +4)
A sinking feeling washing over him, Nitpick checks his comms to make sure he hasn't received any further messages...
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