[SFS] DMK's space that is safe from space monsters jumping out from the shadows and eating your face. Guaranteed.

[DM Kludde]

Data breach

I'm happy to give this one a good push to finish on time. I once finished a PFS Pbp in five days, but it needs a good deal of pro-active posting by the player. Some good old 'if nothing else I'll try out the next door' type of clauses really help here. Also, let me know if I get too pushy, wouldn't want to spoil the fun.

[Cydney Vignarro]

Data Breach

Could we maybe just have you Bot the searching and such as we explore this place Kludde?

I don’t know how the scenario is set up, but it seems there are a lot of different rooms to go through. At this point as a player, I’ve no idea of what direction is the correct one so I just chose one to keep us moving.

[Chadrah]

If any, we could just go to the big double doors after this room. "Double doors" reads "boss room" to me. xD

[Cydney Vignarro]

That or loading dock…

[Chadrah]

[Data breach]

Ok, that DR is making Chadrah sweat. She won't be able to do much damage and she's squishy.

[Delea]

[Data Breach]

I seem to have horrible timing when I check the game...

(I'm also feeling a bit of nothing-good-I-can-do paralysis with this particular character and adventure)

Thanks for keeping me from holding things up.

[Cydney Vignarro]

Data Breach

I will be at an in person convention this weekend. My posting rate may be lower.
I expect that I will still be able to post at least once and likely twice a day.

Feel free to Bot me if progress is waiting on my character.

[DM Kludde]

Data Breach

This fight is turning into a bit of a slog. Does anyone object to me applying 'starship combat rules' (i.e. ending the fight as soon as one party has the clear upper hand) to this situation?

[Cydney Vignarro]

Data Breach

I’ve frequently interpreted the Significant Enemies rules as allowing a GM to call a fight. I would encourage you to do exactly that.

[Khubelu]

DATA BREACH

Fine with me. I feel like at this point you could also just macro the entire fight since our actions are very static (though that would be a ridiculous amount of work for you!).

[DM Kludde]

Khubelu wrote:

DATA BREACH

Fine with me. I feel like at this point you could also just macro the entire fight since our actions are very static (though that would be a ridiculous amount of work for you!).

Data breach

I've just sold the broadcasting rights to AbadarCorp. If you want to see how that fight finished, a documentary is available on DVD, Blu-Ray and VHS tape*.

*Not shipped to planets with excessive magnetic fields

[Chadrah]

[Data breach]

Hahahaha the Kingmaker pirated game! xD omg, I'm laughing so hard.

[Cydney Vignarro]

Data Breach

Should I deduct a Resolve for the damage I would have likely taken? Very unlikely it would have gotten to my hit points.

[DM Kludde]

Star Sugar Superstar

This is rapidly becoming a game of 'how many 80s rock lore references can I include'

[Khubelu]

Star Sugar Superstar

Probably a lot more than I did when I ran it at a live table. Hard to be an appropriate DJ when you only have four hours.

[BretI]

DM Kludde wrote:

Star Sugar Superstar

This is rapidly becoming a game of 'how many 80s rock lore references can I include'

Sounds fun!

“I’m walking on sunshine!”

[Kaleb "Chip" Leafgleam]

DM Kludde wrote:

Star Sugar Superstar

This is rapidly becoming a game of 'how many 80s rock lore references can I include'

Was that not the intent?

[Zint]

Star Suga Superstar
The 80's was the BEST decade for music! The 70's.. a very close second.
Might just be me showing my age...

[Chadrah]

[Data Breach]
Do we think we can finish before Outpost? I was hoping to join in the SFS special.

[DM Kludde]

Chadrah wrote:

[Data Breach]

Do we think we can finish before Outpost? I was hoping to join in the SFS special.

It's perfectly possible, but you guys have to start rolling some dice. I'm here, pressing F5 all day.

[DM Kludde]

DM Kludde wrote:

Chadrah wrote:

[Data Breach]

Do we think we can finish before Outpost? I was hoping to join in the SFS special.

It's perfectly possible, but you guys have to start rolling some dice. I'm here, pressing F5 all day.

So, that was effective :). I never got ninja'd while writing I got ninja'd before.

[Khubelu]

DATA BREACH

PBP is slow paced and low on focused effort, until it isn't.

[DM Kludde]

Khubelu wrote:

DATA BREACH

PBP is slow paced and low on focused effort, until it isn't.

Before, I've divided SFS games into 'bring a gun', 'bring a screwdriver', and 'bring a communication strategy'. The characters you bring to each of those games matters, and the pace varies a lot between encounter types. In combat, there's a lot of sitting around and waiting for everyone to post, skill-related encounters tend to be faster with occasional waiting for a particular skill roll, and social games let everybody just goof off and post whenever they wait (and run in different directions).

And then there's starship combat...

[Chadrah]

I've done a couple of starship combats with Chadrah as Captain and one took a month. The other ship had to run because it was a stalemate I think... I don't remember well, it was a blur.

[BretI]

Starship combat works best when the GM has a template tracking things and players make heavy use of spoilers for their actions.

Anytime things are serialized in PbP, it greatly increases the time required. Unfortunately the rules for Starship Combat as written are heavily serialized. You need to work around this which often calls for players to be a little more loose with their actions and GMs to make certain judgement calls.

Do not wait for the Engineer to complete their action before the pilot rolls initiative. Allow Science Officer and Magic Officer to roll before their turn. Roll NPC initiative as soon as the round starts so that if the PCs have the lower initiative the pilot can move immediately.

If the Magic Officer is always trying to improve the pilot initiative, allow them to roll it for the next round while you are still resolving the current round.

Gunnery can go at any time, the GM just waits to resolve it until after movement. Most of the time you can guess which weapons will be in arc. I’ve had good luck when there are two gunners with one claiming highest damage weapon while the second takes whatever else is in arc. If it is potentially two different weapons, roll damage for both and the GM applies the one in arc.

Engineering can interfere with pilot movement, but since there is a pilot initiative that needs to be done the Engineer can often get their action done before the initiative is resolved. If the Engineer and Chief Mate are not diverting power to engines there is no problem.

Try as best you can to allow the players to post out of order, give the GM some leeway to resolve the actions in order in a way that makes sense.

[DM Kludde]

Data Breach

I want to start generating chronicles a bit early to allow you to update your characters for outpost in time. Could you roll day jobs or point me to an earlier results if you've already rolled it?

[Khubelu]

Profession (Dancer): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25

Khubelu still isn't ready to audition for Cirque du Matara, but still knows how to move a tentacle.

[Chadrah]

Let's see...

Prof Lab Technician: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

[Cydney Vignarro]

Data breach

Profession Cybernetic Researcher, Professional clothes and tools: 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 12 + 5 = 23

[Redelia]

No day job for Delea.

[DM Kludde]

Data Breach

Preliminary chronicles (link)

These chronicles will only be valid once we've completed, but you can already use them to update your character. Official fanclub photocards are still to be added...

[Liftt]

Hear you beacon coders are short a seat?

[DM Kludde]

Beacon Code Dilemma

You're welcome to join! I've put a list of players on top of the gameplay, because there's too many places tracking players now.

The official outpost signup (which is now the golden source) is here (link) and I'll create a RPG chronicles link later.

[Rattus Solo]

(smuggler): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

"Hey listen, even I get boarded sometimes. Did you think I had a choice? "

[DM Kludde]

Data Breach
@ Rattus: updated your chronicle.

I'll keep the gamepla thread open for the weekend, but I'll close it at Outpost start, to avoid clutter

[Rattus Solo]

data breach

Thanks!

[Khubelu]

Data Breach

Chronicle looks good. Thanks to everyone for a great game, especially Kludde for running!

[Dax Thura]

DM Kludde, I signed up for Beacon Code Dilemma but only now found this thread. Is it too late to jump in?

[DM Kludde]

Dax Thura wrote:

DM Kludde, I signed up for Beacon Code Dilemma but only now found this thread. Is it too late to jump in?

Yes, go ahead and jump right in. Sorry for not notifying you…

[DM Kludde]

Star Sugar Heartlove

My plan to post early was severely thwarted
I was almost done when my computer restarted
I lost my post, due to power outage
I'm telling all of y'all it's sabotage

[Liftt]

Lift pilots at +17 or a gunner with +10 (or maybe +9 depending on whether gunnery is viewed as not a skill as such.)

[Kareeda!]

I have had some sad but not unexpected news my posting may be a bit spotty please bot as necessary

[Liftt]

Quick rules clarification. Sonic weapons and vacuum.
While I don't see anything in the rules book about them not working in a vacuum, before using my boomer rifle, can I check my understanding is correct?

[Dax Thura]

It has been a while since I last checked, but sonic weapons should still work in a vacuum.

[DM Kludde]

There's some very rule-lawyerish interpretations that would disallow it, but I'm in the "rules don't explicitly state it doesn't work, so it works"-camp.

[Liftt]

Thanks. That was my understanding also, but figured it would pay to check.

[Bordle]

Star Sugar Heartlove

Once Bordle is finished here, she'd be keen to sign up for 5-11.

[DM Kludde]

Bordle wrote:

Star Sugar Heartlove

Once Bordle is finished here, she'd be keen to sign up for 5-11.

Cool! We're nearing the end on this one, so we should be fine.

[DM Kludde]

I'm travelling over Easter, Wed to Wed. I'm trying to get posts in, but there's full days that I'm driving, so I might be slow.

[Morela]

Good game! Thanks for running!