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[Sirus]

That special powder did sound like a lot of fun...but Gethron's predicament came from a powder explosion, don't forget! He grumbled and tried to make himself sound skeptical.

"Hrm. Let me test a small sample first, here in your lab. Don't wanna take this stuff into battle and discover that it don't even burn."

[Sergius]

"Why, of course my good friend! I wouldn't expect anything less. I assure you, this powder definitely burns, and can even be persuaded to make all kind of colourful shapes... it's all in the shot, with the right modifications. Follow me, this way". He walks into his shop ahead of you.

The building is a mess of contraptions, some are obvious alchemical equipment, glass pipes, jars. Others are unrecognizable gadgets, with no clear indication of their function. A small tinkering table can be seen on the side, and schematics for all kinds of bombards and cannons hang from the walls. A few scale models of these guns have been built and are littering the place.

He picks up a small brass model of an ornate cannon, and carefully loads it with some powder from a vial. The powder is a mixture of glittering and dark grains and it exudes some sort of aura that makes your warped eye itch. He places a pistol shot in the cannon and pushes it inside with a ramrod, then sets it on a table clamp pointing it at a scorched bullseye painted on the wall. He primes the cannon and gives you a match.

"There you go! I'm sure you'll be satisfied with it! Perfectly safe."

Before you can light it, he snugs inside a cupboard, locking it from the inside (somehow).

[Sergius]

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BTW I went ahead and added a "character" sheet for the ship. I've figured it's just going to have skills for the crew (can be overriden by PC skills if higher), a few aspects and stunts slots, and it will advance exactly as another player. We'll figure out the starting loadout but it's going to be pretty basic for now (less than 10 total skill ranks and a couple of stunts), and it has to be shared with any other asset if the players want to expand more, such as a second ship or having a hideout of some sort.

For reference, a player character has something like 20 starting skill ranks.

NOTE: This is more or less lifted straight from here: http://fate-srd.com/fate-core/more-examples-extras#extra-em-the-galerider-em

[Parsely]

((  Are you guys playing space pirates?! Can I play? :<  ))

[Sirus]

Gethron examines the cupboard doors, specifically how they open. Is there a doorknob or just a couple of handles or what?

[Sergius]

((  Are you guys playing space pirates?! Can I play? :<  ))

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Yes, you can join. I think at this point I need a separate OOC thread for this kind of stuff since the game has already started, heh.

Here: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=143358

I should probably ask for this post to be moved to the Roleplaying forum, somehow.

[Sergius]

Gethron examines the cupboard doors, specifically how they open. Is there a doorknob or just a couple of handles or what?

It's a fairly standard cupboard, the lock has just been sloppily reversed. It looks flimsy and doesn't seem like it would protect much from anything other than the occasional singed eyebrow or skin burn, certainly not an explosion, other than provide an extra supply of splinters.

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If you wish to go ahead with the test firing, roll Shoot vs Fair(+2) to minimize the amount of pain risk by using your knowledge of guns and stuff. Or something. If you don't want, I assume you're paying off the compel and don't want the gunpowder? Note that this scenario is not the compel, accepting the experimental gunpowder and installing it on your ship is

[Kadzar]

"I'm on the trail of some money, darling, but I need your help. There was a man at the bar here; he looked at one of the officers while we were talking with the merchant captain, and I could tell he was up to something sketchy." Wade briefly describes the man. "So do you know anything about him or noticed where he was going?"

[Sirus]

((Doesn't answer my question, Sergius. I want to know if there's a knob or handles or what on the cupboard. And if its a single or double door.))

[Sergius]

((Doesn't answer my question, Sergius. I want to know if there's a knob or handles or what on the cupboard. And if its a single or double door.))

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If you ask me, it is a double door with handles. But makes no difference to me if you had decided to pull the knob on the single door, I consider it an unimportant detail that you're free to declare.

[Sergius]

"I'm on the trail of some money, darling, but I need your help. There was a man at the bar here; he looked at one of the officers while we were talking with the merchant captain, and I could tell he was up to something sketchy." Wade briefly describes the man. "So do you know anything about him or noticed where he was going?"

"I wasn't paying a lot of attention to the bar, to be honest. You may have better luck with Herb over there" she says pointing at the bartender, "or you'll have to ask around."

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Seems like a Rapport or Contacts overcome roll would be appropriate in either case. Or you can suggest an entirely different course of action.
You probably can try to do both separately or you can team up for a bonus in Contacts, I believe.

[Sirus]

With a wry grin, Gethron found a length of wire and approached the cupboard. He said out loud in a sort-of-mutter "Damn stuff won't stay lit. Maybe if I pour a little space whale oil on it..."

He wound the wire around and through the loops on the handles, tying the cupboard shut.

"Ah, here's the oil!"

Grabbing a flask of the thick liquid, he popped the cork and dribbled a good amount of it in front of the cupboard door, letting the distinctive foul smell fill the room.
"Better sit tight in there! I poured a whole bottle of the stuff on that special powder of yours and I'm hoping that's enough!" he shouted towards the cupboard in a cheerful tone.

With the armorer safely tucked away, Gethron began loading a cart with as much powder and shot as it could carry. He also added a barrel of the "special" powder, just in case it really was useful.

Finally, he took a long match and touched the lit end to the small pile of special powder the armorer had prepared.

[Kadzar]

The captain thanks Florenda goes over to ask Herb about the mysterious stranger.

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I rolled Rapport, which I get a +3 to, and the roll came out as +2.

[Sergius]

@Sirus

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Gethron only manages to find small amounts of pistol shot, nothing that could be loaded into a real-scale cannon anyway. There certainly aren't any large amounts of regular powder lying around as this isn't an armoury but an alchemist's lab, and the quantity of "special" powder available was that small vial, so chances are the alchemist was planning on mixing larger quantities later as part of the deal or has some stored away somewhere else.

Pouring it into a pile and lighting it will perhaps make a pretty light show and send sparks everywhere, maybe even setting fire to anything flammable nearby, such as all the whale oil you've poured around on and chances are you're just at this point murdering the alchemist and burning down his shop, so... uh, I'm not sure if this is what you want to accomplish? (Y/N)

[Sergius]

The captain thanks Florenda goes over to ask Herb about the mysterious stranger.

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I rolled Rapport, which I get a +3 to, and the roll came out as +2.

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That's a tie, so enough for a success at a minor cost. Which is going to be that the guy will find out that you're trying to find him.

"That guy? Eh, yeah he's been here a couple of times. He's a captain of some ship, Cloud of Shrimps or something, can't remember. He didn't speak much, I don't think he even drinks any alcohol. I'm sure he thinks he's all sneaky and mysterious with all that black leather but to me he stands out like a sore thumb. I would say he's up to no good but that's not unusual around these parts, with all the damn pirates. Am I right?"