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[Ozarck]

Hmmm, think about my mother and see if that triggers anything.

What could possibly go wrong?

[Parisbre56]

Your mom is so fat, you can feel her psychic influence like a shadow in the psychic realm.

[Ozarck]

Grab one of the books, while holding the hatchet in the other hand.  Step forward until Nyw's in the front of the group, then toss the book past the creature, ready for it to attack.  If it still doesn't move, and there's enough room to easily go past it without touching it, try doing so, while expecting it to attack.  If there is no room, poke it with a non-pointy part of the hatchet, and then push it aside with a book if it doesn't react.

If at any time it attacks, respond in kind.  If it never attacks, and there's room to pass, gather the books up again and proceed past.[/b]

Sy, I see a couple potential issues with your action as stated. This is based on my reading of the turn, so I could be wrong, obviously. But I figured I'd rather alert you to a potential unnecessary risk than just assume that we're all on the same page.

Step forward until Nyw's in the front of the group

currently Alex is within a foot of the creature, right at the border between the current ballroom or whatever we are in, and the 'facade' hallway in which the creature sits. He is as close as he can get without entering the facade room. stepping forward here probably will mean breaking that plane, which the GM, through the voice of Alex, suggests will trigger a reaction. Besides this, Nyw will be stepping right up to well within touching range before any of his preparation acts trigger.

then toss the book past the creature, ready for it to attack

Nyw will be practically standing over the creature at this point, if I read the turn description correctly. Tossing hte book will probably be redundant, as Nyw's arm will essentially go right over the creature's head during the throwing motion. I assume you are intending for Nyw to toss the book from a longer distance than that, however, as a preliminary action before approaching to touching range.

If it still doesn't move, and there's enough room to easily go past it without touching it, try doing so

moving past the creature puts you on the path of the 'facade' rooms. we've been following the 'lived-in' rooms so far. it is AsHul's suggestion that we keep going through the rooms that seem lived in rather than going through the rooms that seem fake. The next lived in room is a different direction, and AsHul has already walked in that direction without triggering a reaction from the creature. we can leave through the lived in room without approaching the creature at all, if your intention is to simply move on along the path we've already been taking.

[syvarris]

Erm.  You raised some good points there, but I didn't see them until just now.  If you want me to see, you might be better off posting in the main thread; this one's slow enough that I don't check it all that often, though I'll try to do that more in the future.  Sorry.

[Ozarck]

It's no problem. I'll give a little heads-up in game next time. I'll post here though, since it's ooc stuff.

[Radio Controlled]

Small snippet of stuff from discord, about exploring those brand new Antediluvian ruins:

[22:14] Mr. Bones: Watch out for cists
[22:14] Mr. Bones: yes, cists.
[22:14] Mr. Bones: not cysts
[22:15] Radio Controlled: "A cist (from Greek: κίστη or Germanic Kiste) is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead."
22:16] Mr. Bones: hmm
[22:16] Mr. Bones: whats your knowledge?
22:17] Radio Controlled: It's just 10, and +1 in occult.
[22:18] Mr. Bones: |
[22:18] BOTBest Waifu for Lifeu: Roll: 15 (15)
Fate: 6 (6)
[22:18] Mr. Bones: Well, you don't know what a cist is, but if you asked someone about it they would probably know. You vaguely remember its something dangerous connected to the Antediluvian ruins.
[22:19] Radio Controlled: Ah, interesting, thanks.
[22:19] Radio Controlled: The legacy of the know-nothing scholar continues!

Oh, and from the wiki:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Entombed are beings that are sometimes found imprisoned within areas of Antediluvian make. They are entombed in burial chambers known as Cists (not misspelled)  though the are known to break free and stalk closed off Antediluvian areas or create burrows of their own. The Church claims they are traitorous beings or mistakes, failed divine beings or something tossed away by God. The Cists often contain divine materials and Relics, as the Entombed are either buried with them or seek out and horde them. The Entombed themselves often contain usable divine parts.

We also shortly discussed what our next step should be. Now personally, I'd prefer for bore team to just finish up this mission cycle at least. This also gives us the opportunity to stock up again or make modifications to the bore. After that, we could do what we were planning originally (explore a crystal ruin), however going for the Antediluvian ruins also sounds very interesting.

If we do go for the new ruins, we could come back to the warehouse and pick you guys up, then head back for the ruins, or we could get into contact with you once comms are repaired and have you pay for transport to where we are.

[The Lupanian]

I say we should get ourselves grounded before taking the next step. We should get back to the warehouse, regroup/exchange info, consider pooling money for some Bore upgrades, and let everyone buy and sell what they want. Then we can consider what our next mission will be, and possibly we can all go together this time.

[syvarris]

Thank you for posting Discord stuff!

I also would like the bore to come back and regroup with the rest of us.  I'm sure there's things to do in... whatever city we're in, but the game will be more interesting if we're all exploring a place together.

[Ozarck]

I have a number of turns to go before AsHul finishes his stuff, but all that can be done in transit, which would undoubtedly reduce downtime (or the risks associated with transporting a Bored Diver).

FOrmer Vision Team - we have enough money to buy a crawler, or even a budget bore, and there are other missions available. I don't mind waiting for the bore to return and getting everyone on the same adventure, but I think we need to explore some options for getting some of our less diplomatic or mystical fellas involved. A crawler to transport our more mercenary members to and from the bore on our travels might be a wise investment, giving us greater flexibility and opening up all kinds of opportunities to split the party - I mean to profit.

[Radio Controlled]

((Did we at some point get a bunch of personal radios?  I don't recall that, and there's no radio on Nyw's sheet, but I easily could've just missed it.  He'll be back soonish anyway.))

Iirc, we bought radios for everyone after the starter mission, to make communications easy.

[Ozarck]

This is a list of all known (by me) job offers we currently have available to us. Feel free to expand the list so that we can start making decisions.
Also, please state your preference for types of mission/action. For instance, if you want to get into physical combat like RGU probably does, make a note. If you would prefer some time in teh bore or warehouse to tinker, make a note. If you want something mystical and Diving related, God Below Help You. If you want some political intrigue, note that as well.

Jobs:

• retrieve a relic from a ruins: Travellers guild is offering this one. It's one of the few they'll offer non-members. Not sure if hte offer is still valid: it was offered before our last quest
• bodyguard some VIP girl: some local group in our home town of Anvil offers this one. if she is harmed in any way, we get no pay
• Explore the Messenger path and Visit the Church in the Human Capital of the area: not a paid job. This is more an adventure Adam and AsHul are interested in
• Visit some Crystal Being ruins and discover the secrets of that race: again, not a job, but something Clate wants to do
• Bounties: there is apparently a boutny board for wanted criminals in town. Nyw is currently hunting one of the Iron Teeth from that bounty board. Pay seems good.
• Animal control: from the job board. SOme animal or other creature has taken up residence in a local warehouse. probably a side job at most.
• ?? a poster requests "able bodied participants." probably shady or scut work.

AsHul is fine with some down time ,so a Bore trip would probably work for him, since he can either practice his guitar skills or Dive the Spheres (the kind that only requires nerve and has less risk of catastrophic failure, but still has some risk of attracting and irritating Sphere Dwellers).

[randomgenericusername]

I would prefer if we went to the Messenger path, before it's looted by other groups. If we go now, we're basically guaranteed to get some valuable or powerful loot.

[Pancaek]

Personally I'd prefer going to a crystal ruin, which comes as a suprise to exactly no one.  Reason being that it holds a lot of potential for me, and for the group. The crystal people probably had loads of tech that is lost now, as evidenced by their golems, including those one that shoots lasers. They're also rumoured to have had some kind of super weapon. Succesfully accessing the crystal overmind that is now dormant might very well lead us to find and own that stuff.

But since this is all very well for Clate, the single crystal duderino in our team, I get that it might not be attractive to others. My second choice would also be the Messenger path.

[The Lupanian]

I would rather we do either the messenger path or the travelers guild mission. I do want to explore crystal ruins, but I’d rather do one of the other two first. That being said, it seems like nobody is floating the travelers guild mission.

Also, we need to sort out pay for the delivery team. I’d suggest we divide pay equally, and give one share to the Bore pot, to be spent on upgrades and such. That being said, the bore did already get upgraded, so that share could be forgone. But really, I want to start spending my pay, so we need to figure out how we’ll divide that.

[Radio Controlled]

My preference goes to the messenger path, unsurprisingly. It looks like the kind of job for which we'll want to be well prepared though, so finally getting a weapon for the bore would be nice.

Personally I'd prefer going to a crystal ruin, which comes as a suprise to exactly no one.  Reason being that it holds a lot of potential for me, and for the group. The crystal people probably had loads of tech that is lost now, as evidenced by their golems, including those one that shoots lasers. They're also rumoured to have had some kind of super weapon. Succesfully accessing the crystal overmind that is now dormant might very well lead us to find and own that stuff.
But since this is all very well for Clate, the single crystal duderino in our team, I get that it might not be attractive to others. My second choice would also be the Messenger path.

Crystal boy wants crystal adventures? Stop the fucking presses!

But yeah, I'd be up for that as well, exploring crystal ruins has my 2nd preference.

Also, we need to sort out pay for the delivery team. I’d suggest we divide pay equally, and give one share to the Bore pot, to be spent on upgrades and such. That being said, the bore did already get upgraded, so that share could be forgone. But really, I want to start spending my pay, so we need to figure out how we’ll divide that.

Yeah, thanks to paris we already got a bore upgrade as part of our reward, and since the other team didn't set aside some of the pay for the team fund I think it's fairer if we don't either, at least for this mission cycle. EDIT: I was wrong, they did put 175 fathoms into the team fund, it just wasn't on the wiki. Gonna go add that quickly-quick.

For the payment: the total payout for the delivery mission is:
207 fathoms (payment from pilgrim escort)
438 fathoms ('payment' from cargo transport)
316 fathoms (payment for digging tunnel and laying cable)
= 961 fathoms

(fuel already subtracted, though note that my calcs for the trip back to Anvil were rough ones, feel free to redo. using paris' map, I got:
-walked about 110 squares
-dug about 16 squares (uses 2 fuel)
-4 fathoms for the toll at abbysal
-bore was at 62 fuel, so 38 more)

The transport mission people that are still conscious are:
Kara
Wiellste
Harmony Li
Kalagony
Adam

I would propose a round 180 fathoms/person, and the remaining 61 for the team fund? That ok with you guys?