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[Taricus]

Well, it could just be metally storing the locations away. And yeah, looking for the inventory lists of the facility. Can't find that power armour if I don't know if they have an intact suit

[Powder Miner]

James paused. "Wait, what was he doing?" he asked.

[SeriousConcentrate]

(I'm going to play it like Dom doesn't hear Taric because I looked at those lists and I don't understand how they could be helpful, and since Dom's supposed to be not overly bright if I don't understand it she sure as hell won't and there's no need to waste my turn going over there to confirm that. XP)

Dom searches the room for anything that could be of use, then takes down all the sheets of the report and brings them to Taric.

[Tarran]

What the heck, why didn't I shoot this turn? I did say "Pop the first one who regains it's senses."

[Draignean]

What the heck, why didn't I shoot this turn? I did say "Pop the first one who regains it's senses."

You also said aim in the bold action part of your text, the two are mutually exclusive. I picked the action that made the most sense.

[Tarran]

By "aim" I meant "point the gun in their direction", not "breath slowly and aim at a guy". I thought it wouldn't count as an action, just a "keep gun pointed in their direction".

[Draignean]

Then put it in the flavor text that your action had, not in the bold. I will naturally assume you want to point your weapon in the vague direction of your target if you're trying to shoot them, whether you want to make an aimed shot or an off-the-hip one is the difficulty. Your action said aim, you were carrying a scoped Anti-material rifle, you aimed.
 

[Tarran]

You really should use a different word for aiming. As it stands, if someone goes "Aim at X and fire" they will obviously expect to fire in the turn and will not count aim as an action. Just like my action.

Also, I did not define a target, except in the 'pop the first one that gets up'. Meaning, even if you picked the one that made 'the most sense' you would have no single target.

Whatever.

Shoot my gun.

[Draignean]

Also, I did not define a target, except in the 'pop the first one that gets up'. Meaning, even if you picked the one that made 'the most sense' you would have no single target.

You defined your target as the first one to get up, you are aimed in on that target. I cannot read your mind through the computer screen.

You really should use a different word for aiming. As it stands, if someone goes "Aim at X and fire" they will obviously expect to fire in the turn and will not count aim as an action. Just like my action.

For Four-hundred and fifty pages this has managed to go without confusion. Perhaps you should be more careful when writing your actions.

[SeriousConcentrate]

I'm with Draignean here; we've always used 'aim' to mean 'aim' and 'shoot at' to mean 'quickfire.'

[Tarran]

Also, I did not define a target, except in the 'pop the first one that gets up'. Meaning, even if you picked the one that made 'the most sense' you would have no single target.

You defined your target as the first one to get up, you are aimed in on that target. I cannot read your mind through the computer screen.

I think you misunderstood me. Let me rephrase.

You said:

I picked the action that made the most sense.

My action said:

Aim my Ichneumon at the Immortals. Pop the first one who regains it's senses.

So, if you only took one action, you would only take this half:

Aim my Ichneumon at the Immortals.

Thus, you would have no singular target.

But you acted as if you had included part of this half:

Pop the first one who regains it's senses.

Since you said I aimed at the first one that got up.

So in reality, you took more than one action.

For Four-hundred and fifty pages this has managed to go without confusion. Perhaps you should be more careful when writing your actions.

Well, I didn't expect a common word used in a vague manner to be interpreted the specific way you interpreted it.

[Draignean]

Also, I did not define a target, except in the 'pop the first one that gets up'. Meaning, even if you picked the one that made 'the most sense' you would have no single target.

You defined your target as the first one to get up, you are aimed in on that target. I cannot read your mind through the computer screen.

I think you misunderstood me. Let me rephrase.

You said:

I picked the action that made the most sense.

My action said:

Aim my Ichneumon at the Immortals. Pop the first one who regains it's senses.

So, if you only took one action, you would only take this half:

Aim my Ichneumon at the Immortals.

Thus, you would have no singular target.

But you acted as if you had included part of this half:

Pop the first one who regains it's senses.

Since you said I aimed at the first one that got up.

So in reality, you took more than one action.

Yes. I am the GM. It is my duty to take whatever you write and turn it into some kind of action, that means interpreting. The action is your turn, no matter how many sentences you write.

I read your action, try to understand what you were thinking at the time, and write the action. I took as much as I could from your post, that is my job.

[Tarran]

The action is your turn, no matter how many sentences you write.

Then how could my turn have two actions, like you said?

[Draignean]

The action is your turn, no matter how many sentences you write.

Then how could my turn have two actions, like you said?

Your turn does not have two actions, your post has two actions.

Action 1. Fire

Action 2. Aim

These actions cannot take place at the same time. Thus I must find a way to take as much of the post as possible without obviating your options.

If you fire you will be able to aim next round, and will not be able to take an aimed shot until the turn after next.
If you aim then you will be able to fire the next turn.

And so if I pick fire I would be screwing you over more (if you wanted to aim) than if you had wanted to fire and I had you aim.

[wolfchild]

"Bleed Mindless Servants!"

Show an Immortal my stabs, Harry does the same