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[Ozarck]

oh my god, Nik. Take that shit to PMs or something. Jesus

[Nikitian]

((Well, I thought it would be useful to others as well, rules-specifics-wise, so I intentionally kept it public. I can remove it if you guys would rather not see such stuff here, of course.))

[piecewise]

((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. ))

Maybe...depends on what you're doing. For instance, an "explode around" or "Blast wave" spell would hit several people. Some melee weapons if they're extremely large (ie the sort of things inhuman enemies would weild) can hit multiple people on adjacent tiles. But Each tile is like 5-10 feet wide depending on the scale of the map so unless your sword is 10 feet long, probably not.

I had an enemy tackle a character and then attack him with a sword in the same turn so yeah, players doing it would be ok. Damage is all pretty abstracted and subjective but if you charge a man with your sword and hit him well, it might do more damage than if you just swung.

If someone were to get onto an animal, then they would move the number of spaces that the animal would normally move (assuming they're not weighing it down horribly) and both they and the animal could attack. However the rider wouldn't be able to move unless they got off the animal.

Movement action movement is fine, but with one caveat: If the action fails, you might get stopped or diverted.

[Nikitian]

(( Great, and makes a lot of sense! ))

[syvarris]

Roncal Roth _{^{Numbered Map Link, Legend}}

((Woo!  Go, bird masks!

Current plan is to just murder everyone.  We're outnumbered eight-to-one, but we have the high ground... plus better armor, better weapons, plenty of ammo, and infinite healing.  As a supplementary tactic, we might be able to drain one of the top pools onto the lower people, though that'll deprive us of some of the loot.  We just don't really need it, at this point.

I highly recommend everyone ensures that they stay away from the edges of the pits.  Unarmed workers might not be very lethal normally, but if they can push you into a pit you'll die to one unlucky roll.

I'm assuming that seven of Sarge's twenty free rounds were distributed to Corven & Abu each, with the other six going to Absentee Pestis.))

Piecewise, could we possibly drain the large pit on the first level onto the lower levels?  Either by detonating/destroying the ground around the southern catwalk, or by enchanting the ground with cylinder?  I'm not sure how much of an incline there is, or how deep the acid is, so I'm unsure whether we need to blast away only five feet of dirt, or thirty.

As for Corven's action, he's going to stand up in the open (though away from the pit), and announce to the nearby workers that this location is now under the control of Roncal-thol Rotheleaod, and they should all cease their work and leave, immediately.  Warn that anyone who disobeys will be shot (though Corven won't do any shooting yet).

Spoiler: Corven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Gang: Roncal Roth
Health: Fine!
Tattoos: Eyes tattoo'd with 8-strength "Repair AffectUser"
Inventory:

• A slaver rifle, with seven magic bullets, and two real ones.
• A concealed knife.
• A Roncal Roth crow uniform, armored with metal plates and thick leather.  Provides fire resistance and a passive +2 endurance vs. gasses and dusts.
• Some decently-sized pebbles he picked up somewhere, for throwing and enchanting.
• Bandages and such

Hand (Permanent): Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Hand (Temporary): WhitePhosphorus, Coal, Titanium, Incendiary

Level 3!
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d4
Vitality: d8 (++)
Endurance: d8
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d6


Description: An older man past his prime, Corven still carries himself with the intimidating aura you'd expect from a crime boss... except when he's dealing with his daughter, who he's completely incapable of saying "No" to.  That usually works out better than you'd expect, since he managed to get her the formal education he never had, though he still has wisdom on her.  Has something of an unhealthy obsession with birds, though not nearly as much so as his daughter.

Spoiler: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Information (click to show/hide)

Symbol:

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

Unreadable team statlines (mouse over this for ability names)

syvarris (Corven Feathra): (2/2 levels spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:6 Sp:4 V:8 E:8 I:8 A:6
Egan_BW (Raven Feathra): (2/2 level spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:6 Sp:6 V:4 E:6 I10 A:8
Radio_Controlled (Abu Hajaar): (2/2 levels spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:8 Sp:4 V:8 E:6 I:6 A:8
Nikitian (Kay Vagner): (2/2 levels spent)
     P:8 M:4 St:8 D:2 Sp10 V:6 E:4 I:8 A:8
Pancaek (Gunnery Sergeant James Murphy): (2/2 levels spent)
     P:6 M:4 St:6 D10 Sp:6 V:8 E:8 I:2 A:8
MidnightJaguar (Angelus Pestis): (0/0 levels spent)
     P:8 M:6 St:2 D10 Sp:4 V:4 E:8 I:6 A:6

Gang Equipment:

• 12 rifles (6 given to members; 6 left with slaves at HQ)
• 48 nonmagical rifle rounds (26 left at HQ; 2 given to each member, except Abu who took 12.)
• Eight knives, one for each member, except Kay and Sarge, who each get two.
• Twelve bloodied slaver uniforms... left with the slaves, unless someone wants one for some reason.
• Six corvid themed gang uniforms, made of silk and armored with metal plates along with thick leather.  All six outfits are distributed among the team members.  They include gas masks styled like plague doctor beaks, which grant a passive +2 to endurance die size vs airborne contaminants.  Additionally, they are highly fire-resistant.
  
• Bandages and tourniquets, distributed among the gang members.

Spoiler: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Territories and Words (click to show/hide)

(Hexnumber) "Hexname"

• Words gained from this hex
• If the word has nothing in parentheses after it, it wasn't taken by anyone, and is up for grabs.
• If the word *does* have a name after it, that person is currently in possession of it.
• All non-standard words we have are therefore in this spoiler, along with who holds them.

Headquarters: (47) "Impromptu Mines"

• LightSource (Radio)
• WhitePhosphorous (syvarris)
• Darkness (Egan)
• chisel (Nikitian)
• Coal (syvarris)
• Iron (Radio)
• Cylinder (Nikitian)
• Spike (MidnightJaguar)
• Titanium (syvarris)
• Hammer (Nikitian)
• Mercury (MidnightJaguar)
• Incendiary (syvarris)

(138) "Dreamer Gate"

• Container (MidnightJaguar)

(At HQ) "ATHATH's corpse"
Words are banked, and if not taken, will stay on the body.

• PolymorphWholeBody (Radio)
• Repair (Radio)
• AffectUser (Nikitian)
• Crow
• FireForward
• Cloud
• Ammunition
• Wall
• MarkCaster'sEyes
• LargeFirearm
• Clockwork
• Many

[Ozarck]

Action ...  re-finalized.

((Well, I thought it would be useful to others as well, rules-specifics-wise, so I intentionally kept it public. I can remove it if you guys would rather not see such stuff here, of course.))

((I just feel like you are really pushing for a return to Hephaestus, and that doesn't seem in the spirit of this game, nor something that PW would enjoy. Plus, that kind of crap is something your team members are known for, whereas the rest of us are not, meaning that the nitpicking and exploring every detail of game mechanical minutia would heavily favor your gang over others, while clogging this thread with walls of text and forcing PW to take time and energy away from making fun gameplay for answering questions based on questions based on answers he has already forgotten, based on questions about answers that are half forgotten even by the asker.

And i am at least the second person to ask you to stop, so ...))

[Radio Controlled]

((He just wants a chance to put his dick into an elder xeno god again, can't blame him for that. After all, once you go eldritch you're forever its bitch.))

[Devastator]

Move along the edges of the area, towards the man on the far left.  Attack that man if Sabrephant begins the bloodletting.

[Rautherdir]

Shadow Alliance

Cast (Aura, Fire) on the Biometal cat.

Spoiler: Shade (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Shade
Currently active effects:

• (Mark Whole Body, Binding, Darkness) at Pot +[2/3] (depending on which roll you accepted as final in the end.)
• (Feline, Black Biometal) [10] "You summon up a biometal cat. Ok, thats a bit of an understatement. You summon up a biometal sabretooth tiger the size of an elephant."

Injuries: Minor chest wound (Hopefully minor)

Potency: d10
Memory: d8
Strength: d4
Dex: d4
Speed: d6
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d6

Currently active words (14/20): (Amber, Delay, Dome, Mark Whole Body), (Shockwave, Aura, Darkness, Rain, Lead, Fist Aura), (When Inflicting Damage, Fire, Fire), (Distortion Dust)
Gang: Shadow Alliance

[Ozarck]

((There are two biometal cats in play, Rau. Please indicate which one, so PW doesn't have to guess. Also ... goddarn it, I've already edited my action like three times. time to do so again))

[piecewise]

Spoiler: Big Poppa (click to show/hide)

Big Poppa
Desc: Just one of the guys.
Status: Ouch ouchie got stabbed in smotchach owuch
Potency: d4
Memory: d2
Strength: d10
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d8
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d4
Deck (ready): Combine, Thermate, Explosive,
Deck (used): Chain, Steel
Gang Starter Deck (just keeping it here for ease of access): Permanent Words: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Inventory: Steel Chain, Sword, Helmet,Breastplate, Chainmail, Leather Pants (Armor)
Gang: Cosa Nostra

Scavenge some leather for future use for bandages and whatnot. After that I'm done for REAL

((Do I get to +d2 yet? or wait))

You grab some leather strips.

And yes, lets call this done.

Level yourselves up and your words are the following

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Leather
Fat
Leather
Rope
Bull
Fat
Bull
Crow
Dirt
Chest armor

By the way, your group have a logo for the map?

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)

You grab the stuff but your spells don't carry over between fights so that spell would be useless.

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.

Done



Where to next on the murder tour?

[piecewise]

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

You wind up the big brass key on the back of the head and let it go. The mouth opens and closes rapidly and with surprising force, gnashing the metal teeth at high speed. His body vibrates around with the force of it.

"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,

6 bullets ya goose.

Closest you can get to cover is to throw yourself down behind the pile of bodies near by. So you do that. It is...rather unpleasant.

As per the arms people have here, most have tools, big poles with sharp looking hooks on the end, but none seem to be armed with traditional weapons.

The pits are like large lakes of chemicals, the surface of the fluid is only a few inches down from the edge of the mud around them.

Roncal Roth _{^{Numbered Map Link, Legend}}

((Woo!  Go, bird masks!

Current plan is to just murder everyone.  We're outnumbered eight-to-one, but we have the high ground... plus better armor, better weapons, plenty of ammo, and infinite healing.  As a supplementary tactic, we might be able to drain one of the top pools onto the lower people, though that'll deprive us of some of the loot.  We just don't really need it, at this point.

I highly recommend everyone ensures that they stay away from the edges of the pits.  Unarmed workers might not be very lethal normally, but if they can push you into a pit you'll die to one unlucky roll.

I'm assuming that seven of Sarge's twenty free rounds were distributed to Corven & Abu each, with the other six going to Absentee Pestis.))

Piecewise, could we possibly drain the large pit on the first level onto the lower levels?  Either by detonating/destroying the ground around the southern catwalk, or by enchanting the ground with cylinder?  I'm not sure how much of an incline there is, or how deep the acid is, so I'm unsure whether we need to blast away only five feet of dirt, or thirty.

As for Corven's action, he's going to stand up in the open (though away from the pit), and announce to the nearby workers that this location is now under the control of Roncal-thol Rotheleaod, and they should all cease their work and leave, immediately.  Warn that anyone who disobeys will be shot (though Corven won't do any shooting yet).

Spoiler: Corven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Gang: Roncal Roth
Health: Fine!
Tattoos: Eyes tattoo'd with 8-strength "Repair AffectUser"
Inventory:

• A slaver rifle, with seven magic bullets, and two real ones.
• A concealed knife.
• A Roncal Roth crow uniform, armored with metal plates and thick leather.  Provides fire resistance and a passive +2 endurance vs. gasses and dusts.
• Some decently-sized pebbles he picked up somewhere, for throwing and enchanting.
• Bandages and such

Hand (Permanent): Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Hand (Temporary): WhitePhosphorus, Coal, Titanium, Incendiary

Level 3!
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d4
Vitality: d8 (++)
Endurance: d8
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d6


Description: An older man past his prime, Corven still carries himself with the intimidating aura you'd expect from a crime boss... except when he's dealing with his daughter, who he's completely incapable of saying "No" to.  That usually works out better than you'd expect, since he managed to get her the formal education he never had, though he still has wisdom on her.  Has something of an unhealthy obsession with birds, though not nearly as much so as his daughter.

Spoiler: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Information (click to show/hide)

Symbol:

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

Unreadable team statlines (mouse over this for ability names)

syvarris (Corven Feathra): (2/2 levels spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:6 Sp:4 V:8 E:8 I:8 A:6
Egan_BW (Raven Feathra): (2/2 level spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:6 Sp:6 V:4 E:6 I10 A:8
Radio_Controlled (Abu Hajaar): (2/2 levels spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:8 Sp:4 V:8 E:6 I:6 A:8
Nikitian (Kay Vagner): (2/2 levels spent)
     P:8 M:4 St:8 D:2 Sp10 V:6 E:4 I:8 A:8
Pancaek (Gunnery Sergeant James Murphy): (2/2 levels spent)
     P:6 M:4 St:6 D10 Sp:6 V:8 E:8 I:2 A:8
MidnightJaguar (Angelus Pestis): (0/0 levels spent)
     P:8 M:6 St:2 D10 Sp:4 V:4 E:8 I:6 A:6

Gang Equipment:

• 12 rifles (6 given to members; 6 left with slaves at HQ)
• 48 nonmagical rifle rounds (26 left at HQ; 2 given to each member, except Abu who took 12.)
• Eight knives, one for each member, except Kay and Sarge, who each get two.
• Twelve bloodied slaver uniforms... left with the slaves, unless someone wants one for some reason.
• Six corvid themed gang uniforms, made of silk and armored with metal plates along with thick leather.  All six outfits are distributed among the team members.  They include gas masks styled like plague doctor beaks, which grant a passive +2 to endurance die size vs airborne contaminants.  Additionally, they are highly fire-resistant.
  
• Bandages and tourniquets, distributed among the gang members.

Spoiler: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Territories and Words (click to show/hide)

(Hexnumber) "Hexname"

• Words gained from this hex
• If the word has nothing in parentheses after it, it wasn't taken by anyone, and is up for grabs.
• If the word *does* have a name after it, that person is currently in possession of it.
• All non-standard words we have are therefore in this spoiler, along with who holds them.

Headquarters: (47) "Impromptu Mines"

• LightSource (Radio)
• WhitePhosphorous (syvarris)
• Darkness (Egan)
• chisel (Nikitian)
• Coal (syvarris)
• Iron (Radio)
• Cylinder (Nikitian)
• Spike (MidnightJaguar)
• Titanium (syvarris)
• Hammer (Nikitian)
• Mercury (MidnightJaguar)
• Incendiary (syvarris)

(138) "Dreamer Gate"

• Container (MidnightJaguar)

(At HQ) "ATHATH's corpse"
Words are banked, and if not taken, will stay on the body.

• PolymorphWholeBody (Radio)
• Repair (Radio)
• AffectUser (Nikitian)
• Crow
• FireForward
• Cloud
• Ammunition
• Wall
• MarkCaster'sEyes
• LargeFirearm
• Clockwork
• Many

Of course, as long as you somehow form a channel or opening that lets it pour down, it will pour down.  The incline is fairly steep, about 30 degrees, and each pit of chemicals is about 30 or 40 feet deep in the center and rapidly climbs up around the edges.

You stand up atop the pile of bodies and announce to everyone near by that this area is under your control and everyone that doesn't leave right now is getting shot. Not everyone in the area hears you, but the people nearest you do.  They look at you  and are silent and unmoving, apparently considering what you said and maybe not quite sure what to do. But they're not dropping those hooks either.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Egan_BW]

"WE MEAN IT DOPES!"

Shoot nearest one.

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 (6/6) [Contain / Explosive] [Pot+2] loaded with [Clockwork / Ammunition] [Pot+6], 54 spare rounds of [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,

[Nikitian]

Spoiler: Response to Ozarck (click to show/hide)

((Is it so bad that I want to know how the world really works? Or how the game mechanics work? Notice that those are two different, actually unrelated questions, and it was the latter that I've been exploring just now, for the benefit of everyone here who might use that knowledge. Hell, it is SA who currently have a mount-sized feline summon to ride into battle, and in the past Death's Friends had also summoned and rode a horse. At worst (for R-R), I'm potentially giving other people ideas, and is it so bad?..

I'm not asking questions about armor thickness. I'm not even trying to figure the science behind this world at the moment. I've just been clarifying how and whether at all some RL-possible actions can be interpreted by game system, in advance of possible use (which is probably better than rules arguing in the thick of action, no?) and during a (thankfully brief, in hindsight) break from any mission activity.

I concede the point about walls of text, though, and I'll use spoilers more diligently from now on.))

Roncal-thol Rotheleaod

Silently attack the second nearest one and cut off his head. Present it to others, throw away to lower levels (for psychological effect, not targeting anything in particular).

Spoiler: Kay Vagner, Space Marine (click to show/hide)

Name: Kay Vagner

Gang: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Raven's Roughnecks

Health: Pride wounded.

Hand (9/10): Chisel, Cloud, Wall, Cylinder, Hammer, Large_Firearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Marked spells: Self-heal eye tattoo (Repair - Affect_Self - Mark_Caster's_Eyes, [Pot+0]). Eyeballs: both.

Inventory:
  disenchanted Chain'Gram (clockwork monstrosity twice re-enchanted blade)
  Spiffy R-Raven Uniform (upgraded armor)
  backup combat knife (like this one)
  rifle with 2 rounds
  basic medical supplies
 
Stats:
  Potency: d8
  Memory: d4
  Strength: d8
  Dexterity: d2
  Speed: d10
  Vitality: d6
  Endurance: d4
  Intelligence: d8 (+)
  Awareness: d8 (+)

Progression: + +

Description: A grand-grand-grand-grandson of a forgotten composer of ages past, Kay thinks he is enamored with the music of his ancestor and that his legacy is to live up to those heroic stories of old. Sadly, he doesn't know that most of it is presently misattributed, and the rest is utterly mangled by vagaries of time, not to mention that he isn't really cut out for that kind of life. Still, he has one sick guitar solo.

Total kills: 3 (+1 assist)

Notable kills:
  Decapitated slaver guard
  Trepanated slaver guard

Notable duels:
  vs Scarred Man, leader of the Dreamers - Lost [4v6]

[piecewise]

Does the biometal monsterous feline have a bladed tail this time?

You know, it'd be easier to point out parts of it that AREN'T sharp rather than the parts that are.

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/?]

You look down into the flesh pit onto the level below. This is what you see

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Oh and I rolled for your kitty and you control it.

Move along the edges of the area, towards the man on the far left.  Attack that man if Sabrephant begins the bloodletting.

Nice sheet.

You slink over as near to the man on the left as possible.

Shadow Alliance

Cast (Aura, Fire) on the Biometal cat.

Spoiler: Shade (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Shade
Currently active effects:

• (Mark Whole Body, Binding, Darkness) at Pot +[2/3] (depending on which roll you accepted as final in the end.)
• (Feline, Black Biometal) [10] "You summon up a biometal cat. Ok, thats a bit of an understatement. You summon up a biometal sabretooth tiger the size of an elephant."

Injuries: Minor chest wound (Hopefully minor)

Potency: d10
Memory: d8
Strength: d4
Dex: d4
Speed: d6
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d6

Currently active words (14/20): (Amber, Delay, Dome, Mark Whole Body), (Shockwave, Aura, Darkness, Rain, Lead, Fist Aura), (When Inflicting Damage, Fire, Fire), (Distortion Dust)
Gang: Shadow Alliance

[6] An aura of flames completely engulfs the giant biometal creature as though immolating it.  You can't see anything other than this blinding ball of intense heat in the vague shape of that creature. However, the creature does not seem to be taking any damage from it. Though the ground is burning black and bleeding.

The aura will last 4 rounds, starting next round.



Shade, His kitty, and Chu and His kitty are noticed by the beings around them. Really, I mean, considering the giant fireball, it would be hard not to notice them. Dev, however, has not yet been noticed.


The more normal looking men near the group begin to scatter, running for the far south side of the pit. The Goat man on the middle rib unfolds himself, limbs flowing in spasmotic muscle twitches as it stands. From the depths of both fields of babyfruit two other goat man stand up. They all scream a strange bleating cry and begin running for the two exposed part members. The one on the ribs leaps between the ribs, covering an impossible distance in a few bounds while the ones on the ground charge in on all fours. One makes it right up into Chu's face.

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