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[Rautherdir]

((I'm pretty sure that with a maxed out INT score you can't lose.)) ((Nvm, read the rules.))

[DolosusDoleus]

Spoiler: Stuff (click to show/hide)

Grab a rifle and some of the armor. Collect about 20 rounds of ammo from the pile and cast "Explosive" on them.

And I think that just about wraps up the mission.

Spoiler: Vencarlo Barvasi (click to show/hide)

Name: Vencarlo Barvasi
Description: A large, barrel-chested man in his mid-fifties. He wears a finely tailored Italian suit and is pretty much always smoking a huge Cuban cigar.
Potency: d6
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dex: d8
Speed: d2
Vitality: d10
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d4
Awareness: d8

Deck: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (*Steel, *Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
(* Denotes a used card)

Items: Stupidly big and powerful pistol, 11 ammo (normal), Rifle, Chainmail, Leather Armor

Spoiler: Gang (click to show/hide)

Name: The Cosa Nostra
Color Scheme: Black/White
Symbol:
Permanent Words: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Leader: Vencarlo Barvasi
Members: Dropshot, Big Poppa, Cyril Morris
Base: (10,11)

[Ozarck]

I guess I'm not getting the bullets, so let's go with[black biometal][feline] instead

Spoiler: Gang words available. Shadow Alliance Eyes only, please (click to show/hide)

strikethrough indicates words have been claimed by someone. So far only Thag has made his claim: two [fire]
double star (**) indicates someone has claimed these words in PM, but has not posted in thread yet.
orange denotes words I am claiming now, pending Gang Boss approval.
permanent gang words:
1: amber, feline, mark whole body, delay, dome
2: shockwave, darkness, aura
3: when inflicting damage, Black biometal
4: Distortion Dust

available from locations:
HQ (64):
Binding
When Unable to Act
When Unable to act
Protect
Sheet

Blast Wall
Rain Down
**Fist Aura
**Rain Down
Stone

THE LAST WORD (86):
Crawl
Table
Fire forward

**Lead
Animate

Supply for mission:
fire, fire, fire, fire,

fire, fire,
**fire, **fire,
fire, fire

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

 
animate, rain down, lock
stone, concrete, table, *feline, fire, fire,
*black biometal, distortion dust.
blast wall, shockwave, dome, when inflicting damage
* denotes used.

active enchantments:

Spoiler: Chu Sana'me (click to show/hide)

10 Potency
6  Memory (15 word deck)
2  Strength
6  Dex 
8  Speed (8 tile movement)
4  Vitality
6  Endurance
10  Intelligence (leveled up)
6  Awareness

inventory: chain mail and helmet
rifle, ammo:[2/?]

[Nikitian]

I'm sick in bed and don't have access to my mapping program.

I'll update this as soon as I can sit in a chair without throwing up.

(( Hope you've been better! And if not, I wish you to get well soon. I'll set aside one of my sacrificial lambs for you. ))

[piecewise]

Lets see

[2] For dev

[7] for Shade

Both pass.

[Devastator]

What was that roll for?

[Ozarck]

int rolls for your spells, probably.

You appear to have forgotten to roll int to control that biometal monstrosity. 1/10 chance of a feral elephant-sized murdercat, remember.
Also no int roll for Dev's enchantment, though that's not very important with the single word enchant.

Now, if he'd just get on with my prep spell, we'll be all set to rock and roll. Or ... murder and slaughter, as the case may be.

[piecewise]

int rolls for your spells, probably.

You appear to have forgotten to roll int to control that biometal monstrosity. 1/10 chance of a feral elephant-sized murdercat, remember.
Also no int roll for Dev's enchantment, though that's not very important with the single word enchant.

Now, if he'd just get on with my prep spell, we'll be all set to rock and roll. Or ... murder and slaughter, as the case may be.

[4][3]
You get a black biometal kitty about the size of a bob cat or maybe a Caracal

[piecewise]

Oh and Birdies, here is your map. You can see all of it because its basically just a big slopping hill down to a larger pit. I marked your entry point too.

What you see here is very simple: it is a big dirty, vegetation free hill of foul smelling mud with pools of extremely toxic looking crap sunk into it. Each pit has a hastily constructed metal walkway across it and there are large piles of crap next to each pit. The one closest to you seems to be where they're dissolving bodies, since there are piles of corpses next to it. Others have pieces of metal, some armor or weapons that appear unfinished and are being etched or maybe smoothed or polished via being dipped in the pits. There are people dunking cloth bags into the pits, people gathering fluids from the pits and at the very bottom, people throwing metal barrels into the biggest pit.

The men here are all wearing full body suits of what look like treated leather with masks very much like your own. If you didn't have your masks I'd be making Endurance rolls for you every now and again due to the toxic fumes here but luckily for you, you do have those masks.

Level 1

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Level 2

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Level 3

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Level 4

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Level 5

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Egan_BW]

"So what, we're just messing these guys up? Maybe we should make a big show of firepower and then demand surrender?"

Stick them bullets in that there explosive rifle. Because you never told me how big it's magazine is, I'm just gonna shove all 60 in there somehow.
Get cover, if possible.
Take careful aim at the most dangerous looking enemy, but don't shoot yet.

Again, what are the people here armed with?
Are the pits shallow enough that I could reach down and touch it from the edge?

Spoiler: Raven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Description: Raven is a VERY RAVENY GIRL. She has black hair, GLOWING GREEN EYES, and looks all edgy and shit. She's really too young to lead a wizard gang, but carries herself with confidence and Murder. She is deadly intelligent, but is lacking in common sense, as normal for teenagers. Also she is obsessed with birds.
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d8

Health: Healthy!

Inventory: Raven Armor, Rifle (60/60) [Contain / Explosive] [Pot+2] loaded with [Clockwork / Ammunition] [Pot+6]

Marks: [Permanent / Repair / MarkCaster'sEyes] [Pot+2]

Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Available: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Many, Darkness,

[Radio Controlled]

So, what's our objective here?

Also, reposting in case it's needed;

You manage to transform his head into a clockwork automaton head. It is very messily attached to the body.

Great! Now activate the clockwork head (I'm hoping there's something to wind it up, like a toy), stand well back, and observe.

Spoiler: Abu Hajaar (click to show/hide)

Name: Ventriloquist extraordinaire Abu Hajaar

Description: A scrawny enlistee of vaguely Middle Eastern descent. Permanently in over his head, slightly confused and wondering just how he got into this mess. Will reluctantly but reliably follow orders from his commanding officers and do his best however.

Somehow managed to end up far away from home in 'Nam to fight the commies. This left him confused. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This did not help matters.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: Fabulous.

Magic jazzhands:
Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Temporary: LightSource, Iron, polymorph whole body, repair


Current Inventory
1 X Guard's rifle
9 X rounds for guard's rifle
1 X recoiless rifle + 5 rounds + 5 from Sarge
1 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloody guard garb), now with some fire resistance
1 X plague masks
1 X basic med supplies
1 X Atatatata's taxidermied corpse, 'Abdul A. Abdul'


Stats
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d4
Vitality: d8
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8

[Ozarck]

Step out onto the closest rib and get a look down into our fleshpit.

Spoiler: Gang words available. Shadow Alliance Eyes only, please (click to show/hide)

permanent gang words:
1: amber, feline, mark whole body, delay, dome
2: shockwave, darkness, aura
3: when inflicting damage, Black biometal
4: Distortion Dust

available from locations:
HQ (64):
Binding
When Unable to Act
When Unable to act
Protect
Sheet

THE LAST WORD (86):
Crawl
Table
Fire forward


Supply for mission:
fire, fire, fire, fire,
 

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

 
animate, rain down, lock
stone, concrete, table, *feline, fire, fire,
*black biometal, distortion dust.
blast wall, shockwave, dome, when inflicting damage
* denotes used.

active enchantments:

Spoiler: Chu Sana'me (click to show/hide)

10 Potency
6  Memory (15 word deck)
2  Strength
6  Dex 
8  Speed (8 tile movement)
4  Vitality
6  Endurance
10  Intelligence (leveled up)
6  Awareness

inventory: chain mail and helmet (and gas mask, apparently)
rifle, ammo:[2/?]

[piecewise]

So, what's our objective here?

Also, reposting in case it's needed;

You manage to transform his head into a clockwork automaton head. It is very messily attached to the body.

Great! Now activate the clockwork head (I'm hoping there's something to wind it up, like a toy), stand well back, and observe.

Spoiler: Abu Hajaar (click to show/hide)

Name: Ventriloquist extraordinaire Abu Hajaar

Description: A scrawny enlistee of vaguely Middle Eastern descent. Permanently in over his head, slightly confused and wondering just how he got into this mess. Will reluctantly but reliably follow orders from his commanding officers and do his best however.

Somehow managed to end up far away from home in 'Nam to fight the commies. This left him confused. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This did not help matters.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: Fabulous.

Magic jazzhands:
Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Temporary: LightSource, Iron, polymorph whole body, repair


Current Inventory
1 X Guard's rifle
9 X rounds for guard's rifle
1 X recoiless rifle + 5 rounds + 5 from Sarge
1 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloody guard garb), now with some fire resistance
1 X plague masks
1 X basic med supplies
1 X Atatatata's taxidermied corpse, 'Abdul A. Abdul'


Stats
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d4
Vitality: d8
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8

Murder.

[Illgeo]

Also loot some 10-20 bullets.

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

(Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive) (9/15)

Spoiler: Dropshot (click to show/hide)

Appearance: Figure wrapped tightly in assorted clothes- scarves, bandages and such - with a coat over them, with not a single piece of skin visible.
Potency: D6
Memory: D6
Strength: D4
Dex: D10
Speed: D8
Vitality: D2
Endurance: D4
Intelligence: D6
Awareness: D8
Inventory: .45 Magnum, 3/6 bullets loaded. 9 bullets. Rifle.

[Nikitian]

((EDIT: @Piecewise This is assuming you got significantly better. If not, feel free to disregard this nonsense. ))

While our glorious leader is away, time to keep pestering you with questions!

Such as: Can a single action (i.e. half of turn allotment, maybe after movement, or before) engage several targets in melee, provided they stand clustered enough (or are all touching the same tile from which the attacks originate, for example)?

Does such thing as a 'charge' exist under the current movement-and-action system? (I.e. maybe move and attack with just one action/half-turn, or gain a bonus on your subsequent melee roll, just - accommodating for the gained momentum and its use in melee combat.)

How does riding work, actions-wise? I guess most of the time the mount is not an actor, and thus his movement and maybe attacks are abstracted into rider's own, but what if a PC was riding another PC (polymorphed, or just strong enough to play pretend-cavalry )?

Also, what about move-by actions? Rider's attack in the middle of mount's movement is just one common example (e.g. think jousting), but a dextrous thief might try snatching a purse while running past the mark, etc.

(( This is why DnD games generally have shitty mounted combat rules, btw, in case anyone wondered. They traditionally use a very similar movement-action framework. ))