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[Egan_BW]

ARE YOU QUESTIONING MY AUTHORITY ABU HAJAAR!?

[Radio Controlled]

"What authority? All I'm seeing is a little girl that's half of a bird but fully a fool!

Well, and also technically my boss now I guess. Ma'm."

[piecewise]

Hold position for now.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

 
Name: Joseph
Gang: Shadow Alliance

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

Status: Fine

Inventory:

• Rifle loaded with 2 bullets of "summon face hugging pipe spider"
• steel rod

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Memory: 11/15

Class 1:
amber
feline
mark whole body
delay
dome

Class 2:
shockwave
darkness
aura

Class 3:
when inflicting damage
Black biometal

Class 4:
Distortion Dust

You stand perfectly still and utterly unmoving in the face of progress.

A metaphorical Luddite you are.

Drag my ass up the stairs to the third floor, with Lizzy by my side. Try not to get shot.


"My nemesis ... physical activity ..."

Spoiler: active spells (click to show/hide)

[mark whole body][concrete][container][seek nearest living creature]
intent is a mark that, when activated, creates a concrete container around the nearest being other than myself. Basically trapping them inside
Successfully cast with a roll of 4. No pot bonus mentioned.

[Black biometal][lizard] 6, 5. Crocodile. can climb walls - but so can I, apparently.

[orbiting orbs][goo][plant] three one kodamas (plant spirits) orbiting. Succeeded with a roll of 3. (two Kodamas used. Successfully turned my enemies into bloody thornbushes)

[book][contain][darkness][aura] (4) a solid black book Pages, cover, everything is black

[superglue] rolled a 2, made weak liquid stitches to hold my guts together.

[Lock] rolled a [5](Pot)[5](Int) [3]v[3](opposed endurance) used as a surgical repair tool. It went horribly well.

Spoiler: Geiger (click to show/hide)

status: light shoulder wound, minor bleeding. Horribly mangled gutshot wound. Twice repaired with mixed results

8   Potency
8   Memory (20 word deck)
4   Strength
6   Dexterity
2   Speed
6   Vitality
6   Endurance
10 Intelligence
4   Awareness

inventory: Steel rod, I guess?

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

feline
blast wall
blast wall
shockwave
Distortion Dust

*lock
*goo
*concrete
*contain
*plant
*container
*book
*orbiting orbs
*lizard
*seek nearest living creature
*Black Biometal
*darkness
*aura
*mark whole body
*superglue

Spoiler: Current Shadow Alliance Word List (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

HQ: Fist Aura, Container

LW: sheet

Bioconstructors: arm

Go upstairs!

Spoiler: Isaac (click to show/hide)

Name: Isaac
Gang: Shadow Alliance
Health: Fine

Active spells: [Orbiting orbs][Distortion Dust][4] - 0 Orbs left.

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

Inventory:
Metal Greatbow and many wooden arrows with metal tips
Steel rod

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Mark whole body
Delay
Shockwave
Darkness
Orbiting orbs
Fire
Fist Aura
Black biometal
Distortion Dust
Blast Wall

Iron Brian, being slightly uncomfortable in a tiny room filled with sweaty men, attempts to charge through the eastern wall. head up the staircase since the gang boss is actually on the floor above us, not this one.

Spoiler: Iron Brian (click to show/hide)

Name: Iron Brian
Descripiton: A large brute of man standing at 6'6 feet tall. His bulging muscles, flat forehead, and menacing demeanor is contrast with his well kept hair, dress clothes and a pair of tiny reading glasses perched on his nose.
Gang: Shadow Alliance 

Health:
-Shot in the lung Patched up by a black biometal tumor.
-Bandaged sliced left arm

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

Inventory:
Iron Sword + {When Inflicting Damage} {Shockwave} {?}
Steel rod

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Amber
Feline
Delay
Mark Whole Body
Dome
Darkness
Shockwave
Aura
When Inflicting Damage
Black Biometal
Distortion Dust
Rubber
Box
Wood
Lead

Proceed up to floor three.  Open the door and check out the hallway.  If it's an ambush (multiple gunmen waiting for us to come out), enchant my steel rod with 'wall' for some cover.  I want basically a big heavy chunk of steel that I'm still grabbing by one end that Thag can push downfield to smash puny gunmen.  If there is no more than one man with a gun, charge and stab.

Spoiler: Thag Simmons (click to show/hide)

Pot d6
Memory d4
Strength d10
Dex d4
Speed d8
Vit d8
End d8
Int d4
Awareness d8

Health: Minor scalp wound

Equipment:
Cavalry Sabre
Sawn-off Shotgun 0/2
Steel Rod
Chainmail head and torso armour
Gang: Shadow Alliance.

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Beastly
*Canine
*Iron
Shockwave
Distortion Dust
Black Biometal
Mark Whole Body
*Come From Palm
*Stone
*Wall

Everyone heads upstairs and Thag kicks down the door.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Thag furrows his brow. "This is a fucking trap" he mutters to himself.

[piecewise]

OI, YOU FUCKS! IF YE'RE IN RONCAL ROTH, POST YOUR CHARACTER SHEETS NOW SO THAT I CAN ASSIGN WORDS. IF YOU WEREN'T IN BEFORE BUT POST A SHEET NOW, WELL, WE'RE RECRUITING I GUESS. IF YOU WERE IN BEFORE BUT DON'T COME POST YOUR SHEET RIGHT NOW, I'M KICKING YOU OUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH HAVING DEAD WEIGHT WHO WON'T POST!

If you want words, you've got this list to work with:

Spoiler: The number in parenthesis is the Rank of the word, and effects how hard it is to enchant using it. (click to show/hide)

Cloud(1)
Wall(1)
FireForward(1)
Crow(1)
MarkCaster'sEyes(1)
AffectUser(2)
LargeFirearm(2)
Ammunition(2)
Clockwork(3)
Repair(3)
Many(4)

Concrete(2)
Wood(1)
OrbitingOrbs(2)
Spear(2)

We've only got one of each word on that list, no doubling up! If multiple people want the same word, I'll decide who gets it.

Also, if you're just joining, you'll be given some standard equipment, which includes an armored uniform which is fire-resistant and acid-resistant, a gas mask, a rifle, a whole pile of rifle bullets, a knife, Bandages and tourniquets, an adventurer's bag containing ropes and poles and such, a bag of firebombs, and a block of steel.

We're attacking 143.
If words remain at Dreamer's Gate after everyone else has had their pick, I'm discarding them before the mission. I will accomplish this by putting them in my deck, then just casting them as single words, one at a time. If there's any plausible in-universe reason why this cannot be accomplished, do tell me.
Nevermind, I'll just trade 'em for loot. Because apparently I can still do that.

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: d6
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d8

Health: Healthy!

Inventory: Raven Helmet, Raven Armor, Rifle (6/6), extra rifle rounds, knife, steel block, firebombs, 'venturing stuff

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

Hand: Darkness(2), Mercury(2), WhitePhosphorous(3), Protect(3), Protect(3), Protect(3), AffectUser(2), RainDown(2), Binding(2), Rope(2)

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

Members:
Just Raven, until proven otherwise

Territory:
Dreamer's Gate HQ

Equipment:
Just what we have on us, for now

Words:
Gang set:
Cloud(1)
Wall(1)
FireForward(1)
Crow(1)
MarkCaster'sEyes(1)
AffectUser(2)
LargeFirearm(2)
Ammunition(2)
Clockwork(3)
Repair(3)
Many(4)

Dreamer's Gate:
Concrete(2)
Wood(1)
OrbitingOrbs(2)
Spear(2)

Alright so, here is how the Unreal works. You cannot control any section of the Unreal. Its too unstable and too hostile. You'd be constantly fighting just to keep that outpost.  So instead think of it like exploring the Zone. You can get words from killing or by finding a physical thing that, when touched, gives you a word. So you would start out in 143 and could head out from there, exploring as you wish and getting what you want before returning. Keep in mind the return trip is dangerous too.

[randomgenericusername]

Plant my bow where Thag is standing right now and fire an arrow towards the opposite door in the other side of the hallway.

Spoiler: Isaac (click to show/hide)

Name: Isaac
Gang: Shadow Alliance
Health: Fine

Active spells: [Orbiting orbs][Distortion Dust][4] - 0 Orbs left.

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

Inventory:
Metal Greatbow and many wooden arrows with metal tips
Steel rod

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Mark whole body
Delay
Shockwave
Darkness
Orbiting orbs
Fire
Fist Aura
Black biometal
Distortion Dust
Blast Wall

[Ozarck]

Can we exchange words amongst ourselves? What are the rules for that? One for one? Can we just give words away?

[Yottawhat]

Iron Brian stares down the length of this menacing hall of what is obviously filled with traps, goons, and other unpleasant surprise. He turns his gaze upwards and says

"Wouldn't the easiest solution simple be to go around?"

Iron Brian then precedes to punch a hole into the ceiling.

[Devastator]

(I don't think we can trade words to each other unless you're taking them from a dead guy.  I think we could do so between missions, though.)

"You know what?  I don't give a damn."

Enchant my steel rod with 'Wall'.  I want this to become a thin steel wall down the west side of the hallway as far as I can get it.. to the end if it makes it.

Then, after the arrow, charge down the hallway at top speed, checking for hostiles to the east.  Since I did a spell already, I shouldn't be able to attack.  Look for the boss and any enemies which are inside the rooms to the east.

Spoiler: Thag Simmons (click to show/hide)

Pot d6
Memory d4
Strength d10
Dex d4
Speed d8
Vit d8
End d8
Int d4
Awareness d8

Health: Minor scalp wound

Equipment:
Cavalry Sabre
Sawn-off Shotgun 0/2
Steel Rod
Chainmail head and torso armour
Gang: Shadow Alliance.

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Beastly
*Canine
*Iron
Shockwave
Distortion Dust
Black Biometal
Mark Whole Body
*Come From Palm
*Stone
*Wall

[syvarris]

Roncal Roth _{^{Map Legend}}

Spoiler: Words (click to show/hide)

I'm assuming Radio takes ALL the words he mentioned.  Egan, you better not sell any of those, they're our best words.  I'm taking everything else except for markeyes, namely:

Crow(1)
AffectUser(2)
Concrete(2)
Wood(1)
OrbitingOrbs(2)
Spear(2)

If Pancaek wants any of those, his request takes priority.

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 lots of bullets Turned into a full-auto rifle and given to Sarge
  
• A slaver rifle, borrowed from Sarge.
• A concealed knife.
• A Roncal Roth crow uniform, armored with metal plates and thick leather.  Provides fire resistance, acid resistance, and a passive +2 endurance vs. gasses and dusts.
• Some decently-sized pebbles he picked up somewhere, for throwing and enchanting.
• Rope, collapsible pole, first aid kit, climbing equipment, general adventurer gear.
• A pouch of firebombs.
• A heavy block of enchantable steel.

Hand: Cloud, Cloud, Cloud, Wall, FireForward, AffectUser, AffectUser, Many, WhitePhosphorus, Coal, Acetone, Mercury, Clockwork, Clockwork, Steel, Crow, Concrete, Wood, OrbitingOrbs, Spear

(20/20)

Level 5!
Potency: d10
Memory: d8 (+)
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d4
Vitality: d10 (+++)
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 (Keeping this one unless ER actually copies it) (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): (4/4 levels spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:6 Sp:4 V10 E:8 I:8 A:6
Egan_BW (Raven Feathra): (4/4 levels spent)
     P10 M:6 St:6 D:6 Sp:6 V:4 E:6 I10 A:8
Radio_Controlled (Abu Hajaar): (4/4 levels spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D10 Sp:6 V:8 E:6 I:6 A:8
Pancaek (Gunnery Sergeant James Murphy): (4/4 levels spent)
     P:6 M:4 St:8 D10 Sp:8 V:8 E:8 I:2 A:8

Rest in Peace:
Nikitian (Kay Vagner): (3/3 levels spent)
     P:8 M:4 St:8 D:2 Sp10 V:6 E:4 I:8 A10


Gang Equipment:

• 12 rifles (4 given to members; 8 equipped on slaves who may or may not be alive)
• LOTS of nonmagical rifle rounds, most carried by slaves who may or may not be alive.
• Six knives, one for each member, Sarge, who gets 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.  Four of the 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, with acid-resistant coatings.
  
• Bandages and tourniquets, distributed among the gang members.
• Full adventurer kit (think ropes, climbing gear, collapsible poles, etc) for each gang member.
• A pouch of explosive firebombs for each gang member.
• Solid blocks of enchantable steel, one for each gang member.

[Radio Controlled]

How high is the wall surrounding the city and its various districts? Then calculate how many stepladders one would need to tape together to get to the top of said wall.

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:
LightSource, polymorph whole body, steel
 

Current Inventory
2 X Guard's rifle
54 X rounds for guard's rifle
1 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloody guard garb), now with some fire and acid resistance
1 X Former Alchemist's uniform (janky)
1 X long pole
1 X plague mask
1 X basic med supplies
1 X Atatatata's taxidermied corpse, 'Abdul A. Abdul'
1 X Midsummer's kitten taxidermied corpse, 'Her Royal Highness Angela III'
1 X Maurice's not-yet-taxidermied corpse
Ropes, ten foot collapsible poles, climbing gear, first aid kits, etc,
Pouch o' bombs
Block o' steel

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

[Egan_BW]

Abu Hajaar gets these words:
LargeFirearm(2)
Ammunition(2)
Clockwork(3)
Many(4)
Repair(3)
Cloud(1)
Wall(1)
FireForward(1)

Corven Feathra gets these words:
Crow(1)
MarkCaster'sEyes(1)
Concrete(2)

I'm taking these words myself:
Protect(3)
Protect(3)
Protect(3)
AffectUser(2)

Leaving these words to sell:
Wood(1)
OrbitingOrbs(2)
Spear(2)

And I'm buying:
As much food and water as that will get us, to last our trip into the unreal. Provided that that's not too much to carry.
If sending all that would give us too much provisions to carry, I'll buy only as much as we can carry, and spend the rest on getting us some sidearms.

I'll ask around at the gate to see if anyone wants to go explore the exciting unreal with us.

And having finished all of those operations, we're all ready to go. Don't bother asking us all if we're ready to go. If anyone else is NOT ready that's too bad, I'm dragging them along anyway.

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: d6
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d8

Health: Healthy!

Inventory: Raven Helmet, Raven Armor, Rifle (6/6), extra rifle rounds, knife, steel block, firebombs, 'venturing stuff

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

Hand: Darkness(2), Mercury(2), WhitePhosphorous(3), Protect(3), Protect(3), Protect(3), AffectUser(2), RainDown(2), Binding(2), Rope(2)

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

Members:
Raven Feathra
Corven Feathra
Abu Hajaar

Territory:
Dreamer's Gate HQ

Words:
Gang set:
Cloud(1)
Wall(1)
FireForward(1)
Crow(1)
MarkCaster'sEyes(1)
AffectUser(2)
LargeFirearm(2)
Ammunition(2)
Clockwork(3)
Repair(3)
Many(4)

Dreamer's Gate:

[syvarris]

How high is the wall surrounding the city and its various districts? Then calculate how many stepladders one would need to tape together to get to the top of said wall.

How about if we use metal stepladders instead of the traditional wooden stepladders?  Does that reduce the required number of stepladders, due to their increased structural integrity?

2.If we make the metal stepladders out of guns (and cover them in feathers, why not, our gang themes are crows and guns), does that reduce their structural integrity?

3.Could we take all of those metal gun stepladders, and pile them atop each other in a dish shape such that they're all aiming at one point, and then tie strings to all their triggers, suvh that we successfully shoot a single thing with a stepladder armada alphastrike?

4.Would aformentioned stepladder armada alphastrike provide enough dakka to overpower that magebreaker's absurd anti-magic bullet shield?

5.If not, how many metal gun stepladders *would* we need to kill the magebreaker?

6.How does leveling work in The Unreal?

[Ozarck]

Move four spaces south. Lizzy stays with me.

Spoiler: active spells (click to show/hide)

[mark whole body][concrete][container][seek nearest living creature]
intent is a mark that, when activated, creates a concrete container around the nearest being other than myself. Basically trapping them inside
Successfully cast with a roll of 4. No pot bonus mentioned.

[Black biometal][lizard] 6, 5. Crocodile. can climb walls - but so can I, apparently.

[orbiting orbs][goo][plant] three one kodamas (plant spirits) orbiting. Succeeded with a roll of 3. (two Kodamas used. Successfully turned my enemies into bloody thornbushes)

[book][contain][darkness][aura] (4) a solid black book Pages, cover, everything is black

[superglue] rolled a 2, made weak liquid stitches to hold my guts together.

[Lock] rolled a [5](Pot)[5](Int) [3]v[3](opposed endurance) used as a surgical repair tool. It went horribly well.

Spoiler: Geiger (click to show/hide)

status: light shoulder wound, minor bleeding. Horribly mangled gutshot wound. Twice repaired with mixed results

8   Potency
8   Memory (20 word deck)
4   Strength
6   Dexterity
2   Speed
6   Vitality
6   Endurance
10 Intelligence
4   Awareness

inventory: Steel rod, I guess?

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

feline
blast wall
blast wall
shockwave
Distortion Dust

*lock
*goo
*concrete
*contain
*plant
*container
*book
*orbiting orbs
*lizard
*seek nearest living creature
*Black Biometal
*darkness
*aura
*mark whole body
*superglue

Spoiler: Current Shadow Alliance Word List (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

HQ: Fist Aura, Container

LW: sheet

Bioconstructors: arm

[Egan_BW]

How high is the wall surrounding the city and its various districts? Then calculate how many stepladders one would need to tape together to get to the top of said wall.

How about if we use metal stepladders instead of the traditional wooden stepladders?  Does that reduce the required number of stepladders, due to their increased structural integrity?

2.If we make the metal stepladders out of guns (and cover them in feathers, why not, our gang themes are crows and guns), does that reduce their structural integrity?

3.Could we take all of those metal gun stepladders, and pile them atop each other in a dish shape such that they're all aiming at one point, and then tie strings to all their triggers, suvh that we successfully shoot a single thing with a stepladder armada alphastrike?

4.Would aformentioned stepladder armada alphastrike provide enough dakka to overpower that magebreaker's absurd anti-magic bullet shield?

5.If not, how many metal gun stepladders *would* we need to kill the magebreaker?

You didn't go all the way up to 9. Sad.

[Empiricist]

Well, this looks fun for a man with a gun... But I only got two bullets, and mister "pin a motherfucker to the goddamn wall" seems like he'll do fine for now without my help unless some goes horribly, horribly wrong. Loot the corpse of the guy who th the rifle pistol.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

 
Name: Joseph
Gang: Shadow Alliance

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

Status: Fine

Inventory:

• Rifle loaded with 2 bullets of "summon face hugging pipe spider"
• steel rod

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Memory: 11/15

Class 1:
amber
feline
mark whole body
delay
dome

Class 2:
shockwave
darkness
aura

Class 3:
when inflicting damage
Black biometal

Class 4:
Distortion Dust