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[Hotfire90]

"I'm handy with explosives, brought some TNT even, other than that I'm not too proficient in a fight."

[Ozarck]

Lay on the floor. Arrange all my items around the explosive collar (lay head on book, place fragment under chin, all potions under back of neck, occult junks to the left and right). If I am satisfied that they will all perish with me, and if I am not interrupted by goons, Dive! I assume this is a dangerous situation, what with the explodey and the guys coming to beat me senseless. Take a Silent Night. Head to Balarim for tech, then to Hel for transmute to render the explosive bits inert. Will reinforcing the Tech sphere (Balarim) do anything? If so, spend two rolls there. If not, spend one. Reinforce transmute (Hel) with hmm. Six rolls.

So the final spell will look like:
nerve rolls:
Balarim: 1 or 2
Yengenze: 1 (passage)
Es: 1 (passage)
Hel: 7
Return: 1
Total nerve rolls: 11-12 (at advantage)
Final roll: Balarim (a 60% chance of success) because tech was the material sphere used

Spoiler: Not so much a character, but a mistake (click to show/hide)

Name: AsHul
Description:Former human. Awful, ugly, indifferent
Goal:To find God
 
Stats
Str:9  Dex:8  Spe:8  End:10  Awa:12  Cun:10  Kno:10  Ner:16


Skills
Diving: 3
Animal Handling: 2
Survival: 1

Inventory
Relic Fragment
Black Book (copy)
2 Silent Night - calming. gives advantage on diving rolls
4 Worm Blood - steadies nerves
2 Occult Junks
2 Fathoms

[Pancaek]

"I've got some TNT that I'm handy with as well, but only outside of combat. I have no real combat skills and no weapon I'm even remotely comfortable with. I was planning on slapping together a pipe gun or something, but there isn't even any junk on this bore to use."

[PyroDesu]

Time to see if I'm still any good for fieldwork, I suppose.

And I'd say groups of three at least, if'n we have enough manpower. Groups of two, one person goes down, you have no support if you care enough to haul them t' safety. Three, you might have at least one person still fit an' unburdened, and they can hand off to each other as needed.

I can go with jus' about anyone as a decent close-up fighter and maybe even be useful lookin' at the ruins. Don' have a light myself, though. Could stick with you if you want, Vikkan.

Frax follows the others out of the bore and looks around with them as they reconnoiter the area outside the Bore, seeing if this particular ruin has any familiarity to bits he's seen before.

Spoiler: Melee Tank with rocks and ruins on the brain (click to show/hide)

Name: Frax

Description: A somewhat larger example of a mole-man standing at around 6'5". Also a bit on the thicker side, the normally-defined musculature of the typical mole-man muted under a few layers of blubber. His short, rust-colored fur is starting to be streaked with silver. His clothing is sturdy and festooned with straps, retaining loops, and pockets, but otherwise plain - befitting one who's job is to go out of the bore and find things in the rock.

Goal: Money, dear boy. Gobs and gobs of money through mineral wealth (and possibly a touch of adventure along the way).

Stats:
Str:13
Dex:10
Spe:8
End:14
Awa:10
Cun:9
Kno:9
Ner:10

Skills:
Weapon Skill - Tungsten Toothpick: +2
Unarmed: +1
Caving: +1
Explosives: +1
Geology: +2
Archaeology: +1

Inventory:
Tungsten Toothpick (10 rounds)
0 Fathoms

[Radio Controlled]

((Note, pw confirmed on the discord that there is no player limit for this first mission, so there'll be equal opportunity for dying. That said, we'll probably want to organize ourselves a little to make things easier on him (keeping track of who is sticking with who is a bother when there are approximately a thousand of us all running around like ants on speed.))

"Well, from what I've read, it depends on a lot of factors. Military drills or drills in novels for example tend to have impressive names like Stonecrusher or Steelbreaker or Unbreakable. Industrial drills' names are usually more whimsical, like The Deep End or The Turning Point. Then there's differences depending on species, for example humans tend to refer to vessels as female so they might give a bore a female name, perhaps the name of a family member or lover. And then there's differences depending on organization, for example they say the church has such bores as Godseeker or Helpful Pilgrim and that a Schluck merchant merely names his bores with a serial number, you know, 'Number 1', 'Number 2', etc. And pirate bores usually have intimidating names or names of monsters, like Borecrusher or Typhoon or Fenrir. Of course, all that I mostly know from books and stories so it might not be the most reliable information."
((Meaning I made all that up, Piecewise has final authority on the matter.))

"Wow, you sure know a lot about bore naming! I am fairly green when it comes to bore stuff, but I know my way around the church and the deep."

"Excuse me... Do you think we have arrived to our destination? Sincerely, the idea of exploring some ruins and recovering divine artifacts is kinda exciting..."

"Seems to be the case, let's go."

"It might not be a bad idea for us to organize ourselves just a little bit, make sure nobody is going out all alone, you know."

((I'll be making a small list of players and what they're good at to help us get sorted into teams that are effective  will get the job done  aren't completely shit.))

[randomgenericusername]

"Your w-way? Are you from... t-the church too?"

Spoiler: Lokam Pilgrim (click to show/hide)

Name: Lokam Pilgrim

Description: Lokam is an Ethral Aspirant of the Tenebrous Chruch currently on pilgrimage. His soft fur is pale yellow, his large and fuzzy mane is golden and antennae and wings are dark purple with white details. His antennae, unlike most Ethral, are also very long and fluffy. Most of the time, he's wearing his silky church robes, which also have a hood included. His mask is very dark purple, with bright yellow spirals and curves, similar to tentacles.

Goal: His goal is to just complete his pilgrimage and ascend in the chruch. He wishes to go as deep as possible and someday become a Living Saint, Stygian or even a member of the Council. But his dream is to someday go deeper than everyone, reach the center and finally find God.

Stats:
Str:  7
Dex: 12
Spe: 10
End:  8
Awa:  7
Cun: 13
Kno: 13
Ner: 13

Skills:
Diving: 3
Caving: 1
Navigation: 1
Survival: 1
Translate: 1

Inventory:
The Black Book (Real)
Black Flame
Bag of Path Markers
Silk Aspirant Gray Robes
Purple Mask

[Radio Controlled]

((Made a small table with names and their mission 'role' as I interpret it based on their stats&skills, and whatever relevant exploration gear they have (like lamps or rope). If you disagree with any of it or it is outdated because you edited your charsheet (or god forbid I missed you), don't be afraid to throw a correction at my head.

Spoiler: table of doom (click to show/hide)

Egan_BW	Wiellste Gunsmithy	weaponsmith/pistolero
randomgenericusername	Lokam Pilgrim	diving (no artifact)	path markers
PyroDesu	Frax	Swole melee mole
Gentlefish	Drett Medizin	medic, tinkerer	lighter, doc's bag
IronyOwl	Auft Kindheart	gunner/medic	doc's bag
Ozarck	AsHul	diver
Parisbre56	Kara	explorer	lighter, rope, grappling hook
Legendary Marksdorf	Rick	mole melee master	rope, grappling hook
Yottawhat	Moku Youkou	diver
syvarris	<incomprehensible>	shieldbro
Hotfire90	Alex Wells	explosives expert	lantern, lighter
The Lupanian	Harmony “Harm” Li	pistolero	lighter, path marker
OceanSoul	Bronqui Afron	Chef de cuisine/survivalist	lantern, lighter
Praefectus Screptum	Garos Ellon	gunnerman pew pew
Caellath	Vikkan Laerthe	pilot	lantern, lighter
Radio Controlled	Adam Darvaza	diver/useless	lighter
Pancaek	Clate	demo expert	rope, lantern, lighter, path markers

I came up with a possible division of peeps into teams based on this list. This is just a suggestion, not everyone might want to go on the mission or people might want to be with certain other people for rp reasons. So feel free to ignore this and make teams as you wish, but something like this should ensure all teams are somewhat balanced (some melee and shooty, a diver, a lamp, a medic if possible).

Team 1

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Egan_BW   Wiellste Gunsmithy   pistolero/diver      
Gentlefish   Drett Medizin   medic, tinkerer   lighter, doc's bag
Hotfire90   Alex Wells   explosives expert   lantern, lighter
syvarris   <incomprehensible>      shieldbro
OceanSoul   Bronqui Afron   Chef de cuisine/survivalist      lantern, lighter
The Lupanian   Harmony “Harm” Li   pistolero   lighter, path marker

Team 2

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

IronyOwl   Auft Kindheart   gunner/medic   doc's bag
Caellath   Vikkan Laerthe   pilot   lantern, lighter
Ozarck   AsHul   diver   
randomgenericusername      Lokam Pilgrim   diving (no artifact)   path markers
Legendary Marksdorf   Rick   mole melee master   rope, grappling hook
Yottawhat   Moku Youkou   diver   

Team 3

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Parisbre56   Kara   explorer   lighter, rope, grappling hook
Pancaek   Clate   demo expert   rope, lantern, lighter, path markers
PyroDesu   Frax   Swole melee mole   
Radio Controlled   Adam Darvaza   diver/useless   lighter
Praefectus Screptum   Garos Ellon   gunnerman pew pew   

Again, this is just a possible way of doing this, so take this as a possible guideline (hell, we might not even really need separate teams to search for this thing, who knows).

[Parisbre56]

"Wow, you sure know a lot about bore naming! I am fairly green when it comes to bore stuff, but I know my way around the church and the deep."

"Ah, well, you know, like I said, it's mostly stories. I bet sir Vikkan knows a lot more than I do. But you say you know about the church? Then um..."
Kara got a bit closer and lowered the volume of her voice.
"Do those people look familiar to you? I've heard the church is the most powerful organization amongst humans and whoever kidnapped us appears to be both wealthy and powerful and human."

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Stats
Str:8 
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End:6 
Awa:12
Cun:10 
Kno:8 + 3 = 11
Ner:10

Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 1
Navigation: 1

Inventory
Simple Clothes
Ethral Rifle (rifle 3, pierce 3) 7/7
Silk Rope 100/100 feet
Grappling Hook
Field Lighter (Fire 2)

[Caellath]

Vikkan ran a finger around the edges of his mustache, taking a moment to think while grooming his facial hair at the same time. "Since it seems we don't have many combat-capable people I say we stick together at least for the moment. We don't need to be huddled together, mind you, but keeping the entire group at least in visual range of each other will work well enough."

"Who knows? Maybe that relic will be easy enough to find. In case it isn't, we could split in two groups for ease of searching. We only have two people with a doctor's bag and no radios, so any group without our Ethral friends might be in trouble in case of a medical emergency."

"Hence, two groups at most." he added with a smile.

((We should probably try to keep this simple for both players and GM and not split up just now unless the place's layout is conducive to it. Let's explore a bit first.))

Let's walk around a bit and get a good feel for the place. Are there branching passages? Many paths? An enormous amount of ground to cover that'll require several teams bumbling around?

[Radio Controlled]

"Your w-way? Are you from... t-the church too?"

"Oh, a fellow Chthonic are you? Splendid! Say, what is your favorite chapter in the Book of Truth? I never got my hands on the real deal, only this copy, unfortunately." he says, showing his inferior copy of the holy book.

"Wow, you sure know a lot about bore naming! I am fairly green when it comes to bore stuff, but I know my way around the church and the deep."

"Ah, well, you know, like I said, it's mostly stories. I bet sir Vikkan knows a lot more than I do. But you say you know about the church? Then um..."
Kara got a bit closer and lowered the volume of her voice.
"Do those people look familiar to you? I've heard the church is the most powerful organization amongst humans and whoever kidnapped us appears to be both wealthy and powerful and human."

Adam huddles conspiratorially to Kara and whispers "I have no idea who those people are. They might be connected to the church, but this isn't their modus operandi that I am aware off. We'll have to play this cautiously."

Take a look around, use my knowledge of the occult to see if there's anything giving off relic-y vibes, or at least what direction seems most promising to start exploring in.

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza

Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.

Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.

Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.


Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.
 
Stats
Str: 10
Dex: 10
Spe: 10
End: 10
Awa: 10
Cun: 10
Kno: 10
Ner: 13

Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1

Inventory
Clothing: simple priest robes, shortened a bit so as to less restrict his movements
1 minor artifact
1 black book copy
1 black flame
1 Silent Night
1 field lighter
23 fathoms

[Parisbre56]

Kara decided to spend a bit more time examining the control room before joining the rest, now that she had the whole thing to herself.
"What do you think, bore? Do you know anything about this place?" she asked the machine as she checked the various readings, knowing it was unlikely it would answer her.

Check the map. Is there any information on this place? Does it look like the bore has been here before?
Edit: If it isn't on the map, then add it. I guess there's no harm in doing so.

Do I know anything about this place? What about this section of the Local Area in general?

Check the machine's instruments. Do any of them appear to be showing any strange readings?

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Stats
Str:8 
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End:6 
Awa:12
Cun:10 
Kno:8 + 3 = 11
Ner:10

Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 1
Navigation: 1

Inventory
Simple Clothes
Ethral Rifle (rifle 3, pierce 3) 7/7
Silk Rope 100/100 feet
Grappling Hook
Field Lighter (Fire 2)

Dunno if it's necessary, but I'm gonna stick this here since I'm using the bore's instruments.

Spoiler: Nomad Bore (click to show/hide)

Nomad Bore
Power: 8
Mobility: 14
System: 6
Integrity: 10
Penetration: 12
15 Open Rooms
An oversized and outdated Bore formerly used by trading caravans. Its systems are outdated and its boiler isn’t the best, but its powerful drill and expertly tuned mobility systems allow it to get just about anywhere.

[Egan_BW]

((Radio, I am neither an effective gunslinger nor an effective diver. My role is in my name, at least until I can upgrade my character a little. Even then, I intend to mostly focus on improving our firepower.))

Wiellste whispers into the Honored Dead's ear, after examining the device:
"Nyw, this device consists of the metal structural component, locking clasp, timer, explosive, numerous switches to prevent tampering using common tools or diving. Really quite well designed, I wish that I were the one who had made it an not the one wearing it. If you wish to remove this device, I would recommend using the key. However, it should also be possible to Hel-evoke the explosive component into an inert substance. That's risky, though. Don't know if there could be internal switches inside the charge itself. Personally, I'd only trust En-evoking the whole thing. Who knows, maybe the the guards will assume you're on their side, because they'd never have seen you wearing the collar."

Later:
"Um, as I said I'm a gunsmith, so if anyone needs their weapons looked at, talk to me..."

The safest place is wherever Nyw'geuq is. Other than that I don't care where we're going.

Hmm. May as well get the measure of our guard detail. Describe in great detail the guns they're using, please!
More useful but less interesting: is it obvious that they're carrying radio devices to set off the collars? If so, do they all have one? Do the radios have buttons for each of us or just one panic button? Are the obviously carrying keys to the collars, as well?

Spoiler: Wiellste, scaredest moth (click to show/hide)

Name: Wiellste Gunsmithy

Description: A young Ethral, no taller than 4 feet tall. Her fur is unpatterned and a milky white. Usually wears a rather plain quilted brown silk cloak, and a polished copper mask with symmetrical, spiraling lines etched on the sides.

Goal: Wiellste is like many Ethral in that she seeks to gather knowledge about the world before all else. Though being an Ethral from Knot, her skills are largely more on the practical building side than the scholarly side. She isn't particularly invested in the teachings of the Tenebrous Church, but the idea of the spheres intrigues her, especially Balarim, with it's writings and technology.

Stats:
Str:  7
Dex: 12
Spe: 10
End:  8
Awa:  7
Cun: 15
Kno: 13
Ner: 11

Skills:
Weaponsmith 2
Diving 2
Pistol 1
Bore 1
Translate 1
Stealth 1

Inventory:
Silk cloak
Copper mask
Revolver 7/7

1 Fathom

[Pancaek]

"Right, well, I'm sure we'll divide into groups after we've exited the bore. Let's see if there's any juicy junk out there."

Make sure my lantern battery is cranked to full, then head outside of the bore. Look around where we are, what do I see. Try to spot if there's anything in the vicinity I can grab for juicy crafting junk.

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: Being a Shluck, Clate is rarely seen outside of his environmental suit. Inside, he is the standard albino mollusk, with his only true defining characteristic being the alternating white/borwn pattern of his beak, much like on a nautilus shell. His environmental suit and exoskeltons are full of scuff marks and small blemishes from work, but the knowledgable observer will notice that it is mechanically kept in tip-top shape. He wears a toolbelt and a satchel to store his tools and other knickknacks, and has a blue cap perched on top of his helmet.
Goal: To create great works of craftsmanship and become filthy rich in the process.
 
Stats
Str:  8
Dex:  10
Spe:  8
End:  10
Awa:  9
Cun:  16 (+3)
Kno:  12
Ner:10

Skills
Electronics 1
Mechanical 1
Biological 1
Chemical 1
Occult 1
Weaponsmith 1
Armorsmith 1
Stealth 1
Steal 1
Explosives 1

Inventory
Clothing: A tool belt that can be modified to fit the exoskeleton, a satchel and a blue cap with "If it ain't broke, fix it" embroidered on.
Bladed Shovel
Silk rope (100ft)
TNT x3
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10

1 structural junk
5 Fathoms

[IronyOwl]

"Let's try our best!" Auft declared softly, drawing and cocking a long rifle from her cloak.

Exit the bore, follow Vikkan.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Auft Kindheart
Description: Standing 3'10", with even fluffier than usual snow-white fur, this Ethral radiates adorable innocence even by the standards of her kind. Her porcelain-white mask is a circular shape carved into slices, each bearing a smiling face with eyes and mouths arched in joy, and adorned with pink blush marks. Her cloak is similarly pure white and a little too large for her, adding to her cute and defenseless appearance.
Goal: To amass and improve loyal pets and slaves.
 
Stats
Str:  7
Dex:  12
Spe:  10
End:  8
Awa:  7
Cun:  16
Kno:  13
Ner:  10

Skills
+1 Medical
+1 Translate
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Persuasion
+1 Stealth
+1 Animal Handling
+1 Archeology
+1 Biological
+1 Chemical
+1 Occult

Inventory
2 Fathoms
Ethral Rifle [7/7]
Doctor's Bag

[Yottawhat]

Moku notices the growing crowd of people exiting the bore, and decides to join, moving a few feet behind the group.

Spoiler: Moku Youkou (click to show/hide)

Name: Moku Youkou
Race: Abomination Shang-Gei

Description: A female Shang-Gei cloaked in a heavy and rough looking worm wool coat. Underneath the clothing, is a heavily mutated figure. Her scales has been coat in plastic, giving each one a iridescent sheen to them.Spikes of melded plastic, metal and circuitry are studded haphazardly, the largest one is a foot long, spearing right above her pelvis. Her tongues have been replaced with metal tendils that sneak in and out of her mouth when she is not paying attention.
Goal: To "find" her mate.
Stats:
Strength: 9
Dexterity: 8
Speed: 8
Endurance: 10
Awareness: 12
Cunning: 12
Knowledge: 11
Nerve: 13

Skills:
Medical: +2
Machine Control: +1
Electronics: +1
Mechanical: +1
Armorsmith: +1
Occult: +1
Diving: +1
Stealth +1
Inventory:
Fathoms:16
Relic fragment
Bladed Shovel