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That worked out well. I am glad you enjoyed

I have rearranged my Schedule. I am going to be able to post for sure On Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Fridays nights, well in the AM EST. I will update on those days and if folks have not taken actions I'll Move forward and pass them for the time being.

They did not search anyone, if you have a hidden weapon, its still there. Although they are hiding you down so it will take an action to break free

I didn't think about the weapon ranged, I will keep that in mind and try and post game ranges too. I just think in yards often.

Quick check to make sure I understand the rules: if we're 200 yards away that's well beyond the extreme range for even a rifle given they're listed as 24/48/96. Is that right?

As stated, Its in inches and each inch is two yards. As such long range for that weapon is right at 196 yards. I was using yards as a guestimation. I don't mind if you are slightly closer as I am not worrying about 4 yards. To get closer you will need another stealth roll.

@ Mal, you can make out rifles and some sidearms. To get more detail you will need a Notice roll.

No worries man, you have been hit with a lot of BS over a very short time. The bed bugs alone are like a curse.

Sorry, a week of being slammed with work! I appreciate Mal taking the lead.

Ah yes, the work ambush. Always a b$***

I get that, stuff like that can be a pain

Damn sorry about your troubles man. Good luck with both the bedbugs and the insurance. Both may take magic to deal with

Yeah, it felt worse than some car accidents I have been in. My freaking finger joints hurt lol. When sick I tend to sleep and sleep and then sleep some more.

Sorry, I have been really sick and have not been posting. The new folks can join the discussion thread and having them stumble into the current mess might be an excellent way to get them involved.

Sorry guy, That was worse than I thought. I am up and about, I sound like I am chewing gravel and coughing up a damned lung, but I am no longer sleeping most the day. Hope everyone had a good holiday

I have also been sick. I'll get things checked and moving in a day or so

Sorry Been slow with Holiday stuff. I'll try to get it double checked soon

Everyone else has one now, it depends on if I bring you in before/during or after what is clearly shaping up to be a fight. Kinda hard to show up 30 or so miles in BFE with no horse.

Oh hello!

Heh, sorry for the delay.

I just had a few questions?

Question the First: I see you already accepted Wandering Wastrel. A fine choice by any standard! Do you still need more hardy cowpokes to get these little doggies a-goin'?

2) Just to clarify (assuming you do need more characters) how many Advances should we build for? I was checking out the current players, just to see what the party might need, and it looks like they have 2?

3) Do we get a free horse? I heard they were giving out free horses? I was sold this coupon by an honest-looking man behind the dry goods store and he said it was good for one free horse? =)

1: Yes, I am still looking for new folks to add in.

2: I honestly could not recall f they had one or two advances. I had some issues and lost my early notes. Build it with one and I'll double check to see.

3: I also do not mind if you take a horse at this point as it would be hard to bring new folks in without a horse.

I think it very much depends on what Winona, as the established player in the game, wants to do: I'd feel bad if the first consequence of my arrival into the game was that it forced them out of a character they're enjoying playing.

I'm more than happy to rejig Zack as an Agent - as I said, it changes the mechanics but not the essentials of the character.

Fair enough

I don't see the issue with more than one ranger myself, its not like they have to be solo. That being said, Agent could be a good option

I’m going to throw my stetson into the ring with this character, who is inspired by two lines, one by The Man In Black (I shot a man in Reno just to watch him who simply wouldn’t die) and one from the western Firefly (I don’t believe there’s a power in the ‘verse can stop [them] from being cheerful). I’ve taken the same Edge (Territorial Ranger) as one of the existing characters, which might be a way to introduce him into the game if he’s picked.

I’m still thinking about what to do with the extra Advance, but apart from that the character is mostly ready I think.

Question: how are you handling Bennies? The rules suggest the GM should give out 1 Benny per session, but PbP doesn’t have sessions.

I tend to refresh them when we get to a new "section" of the adventure. I'll look over your sheet and make sure I told you the right number of edges, but as there are not many interested, I don't see a point in saying you are not in.

You are wanting to play, we have the room , so you are in if you want.

Sorry I mean to post this last week but I got busy. On characters, Build a normal Novice character with one extra advance. The books we are using is the current Savage world book and the current deadlands setting book. If you need help on character creation let me know. I'll be checking this daily this week.

We have one new person who would like to join. Also Atlas2112 has asked to rejoin the game. He played Borak , who just vanished. But he has offered to play a new character if that works best.

I am inclined to let him rejoin, any thoughts on New character vs Old?

Are you still looking for posse members?

We are indeed. I am getting home super late tonight but I will look though when I get up tomorrow and give you some character build information.

Oh, um, if it helps I don't have to run Borak. I've got rifleman already made up that would probably work just as well.

(If it helps more I've mellowed out in my Hiatus. Even if I did run Borak I'm sure he won't be quite as...Boark-y... =)

Honestly I want to run it by the group still around. A new character might be easier to add, but if no one objects we can find a way to work Borak back in.

What's the difference between the Savage Worlds version of the game and the old version.

As Winona points out, its a totally different rule set. I don't know a huge amount about the classic deadlands ruleset, but its used Savage worlds for some time. You can find a "test drive" for the system Here . I have not looked at it myself yet, but it may give you an idea of the rules.

The setting itself is mostly the same, although it had some changes due to a time reworking story plot. Mostly the confederacy lost the 10 year civil war.

Hi there!

I know I've been away, but I'm back now.

Can I jump in?

I am not opposed to it. I'll have to look and see where you vanished and figure out how to get you in front of the current location.

Bumping this back up. We currently have three players, so there is room for a few others if interested. The party is on a cattle drive and currently near New Mexico/ Colorado boarder.

I will warn people that posting for this game has been slow, mostly due to my RL schedule. Its something I am looking to speed up but things have so far kept getting thrown at me.

Sorry guys, I was in a car accident. I totaled my car and reinjured some old injuries. Between that, and dealing with insurance, trying to find a new car and some other issues It just slipped my mind to update this and pretty much everything else I had going on.

Sorry, I am lagging again. Getting my ass handed to me IRL currently. Its almost 4:30 Am and I just now got home, sigh.

I do not have no hard and fast rules for what the extra raises do outside of combat. But the extra AP is not a bad idea.

Normally extra raises do not matter rules wise, if you get 6 raises on an attack, its still just 1 extra d6. However, it dos say every raise should give you something, But that is up to the GM.

I tend to add extra stuff when you roll a few on non attack rolls

At the start of round three you are on the Ace of Dimond, Which is indeed 4 past the 8 of Spades. The two squares per card is just spacing as I just laid this over the other map. They don't matter, they are just space for the tokens. I will Likely space 3 each if this comes up again to be less cluttered.

I do agree there is some confusion, the rules don't get used much and I made an error on one part myself.

I am just now getting home guys, I'll update when I get up this evening

@ flying Eagle : I honestly thought you rerolled your ride check as you had it marked as "Re-ride". I'll fix that.

Okay guys to make this clear. Every round you get a riding check to move. This does NOT use any of your 3 actions. This can be combined with a 2nd riding roll, which uses an action (Option 1)

To make it clear.

A: You get one free action ride check to "change position" move one card ( this takes no action}

Then you get your normal 3 actions per round. You can do normal things, such as shooting at folks. You also these options below

Option 1: (Action) Once per round you can use an action to make a 2nd ride check at a +2
Option 2: (Action)You can "Drop back" 1 or 2 cards and if you do this you don't need a maneuver check but can't change position that round either.
Option 3: you can "Evade" (Action or Free Action) making it harder to hit you, -2 as a free action or -4 as an action
Option 4: (Action) Flee, at a -4 you can use an action to try and get away if you are 4 cards away, -2 if 5 cards and a straight check at 6 or more cards
Option 5: (Action)You can Force someone on your card to make opposed rolls or be "Bumped" and maybe hit something or have an accident
Option 6: (free Action)You can use a hold action to remove the shaky platform penalty, but attacks against you are at a +2
Option 7: (Action) You can try and ram, odd with a horse but eh okay.

To make it clear, you get one Ride check as a free action, it's normal movement. On a success you love 1 card, on a raise you move 2 cards

Action 2, you get a +2 to your roll, not to the difficulty.
I will say if you use evade as a free action, this replace the ride as a free action

I edited a few time and 25 was a mistake. If you look at the map they are on the 10 of spades. They are on the 8 of spades. So its three cards between you but I count the one they are on so its 4 cards.

4,5 and 6 are all riding checks.

You are in a chase, rules found on Page 113 of the Swade core book. Basically each card is a range of 5. I put you at a range of 25 to start( 4 cards). During a chase you can take normal actions also the things below

1: You get one free action ride check to "change position" move one card
2: Once per round you can use an action to make a 2nd ride check at a +2
3: You can "Drop back" 1 or 2 cards and if you do this you don't need a maneuver check but can't change position that round either.
4: you can "Evade" (Action or Free Action) making it harder to hit you, -2 as a free action or -4 as an action
5: Flee, at a -4 you can use an action to try and get away if you are 4 cards away, -2 if 5 cards and a straight check at 6 or more cards
6: You can Force someone on your card to make opposed rolls or be "Bumped" and maybe hit something or have an accident
7: You can use a hold action to remove the shaky platform penalty
8: You can try and ram, odd with a horse but eh okay.

I passed out for near 14 hours lol. It was a long week.

Sorry guys, I have had an unexpectedly busy last few days that have bleed together. I just got in and am gonna crash, but I have absolutely nothing to do today after I wake up. So I will get this updated this evening.

Got in late last night, will update when I get he tonigjt

Fair enough, But if folks don't at lest post something, I am not sure you even saw the post. Its fine to post that Winona is unsure what she can do.

Sorry to hear that man, I will NPC you. I'll wait to more days before I move this on as no one has posted any actions yet.

"Roden" was likely me TBH. Also I totally get not building something fora wild west game right. This along with my RL deadlands game I started about the same time was my first dive into deadlands and mistakes have been made on my end for sure.

Okay a few things I want to address here.

1: Some of you did not like me doing a group notice roll. Which is fair. In the future I will not do so unless the conditions below are met.

2: I will start giving y'all a two day grace for rolls and posts. If you have not posted 2 days after I need a roll or comment made I'll NPC the rolls and move on the scene.

3: Now @ Flying Eagle: The groups rolls were kinda odd for this encounter. for two reasons.

• A: The rolls were kinda made pointless by Rodens "spot an ambush before it happens " stuff.
  
• B: When I make rolls I do one row per person/NPC then later add secondary rolls. You would not have gotten someone else rolls. I normally would have added secondary rolls.
  
• C: This is written as "Lowest roll get attacked". Whoever rolled lowest was "it". And Roden allowed y'all to sidestep it.

Headed out of town in the morning. Sometime before sane people are awake I think. Y'all have a happy thanksgiving

Have a safe trip

Seems the question was answered. Thanks Rufus

I'll keep her in my thoughts man.

Hope she is doing Okay, take whatever time you need.

No issue, I had Jury duty and its messed with my schedule lol. I'll try to post more but I have not been posting a high rate lately. I don't expect posts on the weekends as I am often not online much on them.

As Winona Points out, you have an hour to try and heal or you are stuck with natural healing. But frankly I forgot Rufus had been hurt so I'll hand wave and say he got all bandaged up and is fine

As flying Eagle explained, you have a few options. On the skills
You get two "points", to use on new skills or on skills you have. But if a skill is equal too or more than its linked attribute, it takes both "points' to move it up one die.

If Lord Borak comes back I don't mind you retconning that edge or powers. I have not heard from him however.

You downed three of the six gunmen and all the zombies.

Just keep in Mind that double tap only works with a double action pistol. What did everyone else take?

I'll Add Winona In soon,