Numenera: Anolde Fold's

[Scowling Dragon]

........KPTUNCHUNK!

A big bump shakes you awake from your sleep.

You spend a few more seconds with your eyes closed trying to go back into sleep....You feel yourself slipping....

........KPORTUNCHUNK!

Oh! Yeah you opened your eyes this time.....Crap. Yeah your brain kicks in and there is no chance of dozing off once more.

Ugh...Yeah you remember.

You're in your coach cart with your other pals that agreed/ hired you too go too Anolde Fold.

Your car is quite fancy on the inside. Fancy paintings, plenty of room, the seats are made from fine leather and are very nice too sleep on.

The room is quite simple still. Its just a table and 3 seats. The trip isn't meant to be longer than 12 hours.

You look out the window, and at least you get too see the sunset.

The sun begins to retreat behind the Nolde mountains....3 perfect (Or would be for not the few cracks in them) light blue tetrahedrons arranged to be touching at the edges.

There is still a ways to go before you get to them, and the savannah stretches between the Noldes and you like a cracked tapestry.

(Im giving a while for your characters too know each other)

[Ridry]

Armau slinks out of bed and begins the process of sliding into his armor. He curses with his mouth closed so that his nasty comments go mostly unheard. He is not a morning person.

Armau scowls as he looks around at the fancy trappings of the room. Fancy isn't his thing. "All this luxury and we couldn't afford some sound proofing?" he hisses. Armau would take functional over pretty any day of the week. "Aren't you supposed to be rich now?"

[Deathkeeper]

Josh groans and rolls over, face planting into his pillow. After a pause, he moves it to respond,
"I have a job. That doesn't mean they've paid me for it."

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan yawns for a bit, and decides to sit down at the table. He stares out the window for a bit, taking in the sunset and thinking about what wonders could be out there in the world.

"Well," Nathan says optimistically to the others, "maybe something good will happen when we arrive in the Fold. You never know. It could all be worth it."

With that said, Nathan decides to read a few pages of his book to try and pass the time.

[Scowling Dragon]

No book reading for you.

"BOOOOOOM"

Your cart rocks from side to side and up and down.

What the?

You open the window and take a peak outside:

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Holy Crap! Bandits are attacking the Crawl Trawler!

You see Nestities (Tamed ones ridden by something), swarm next to the Denonemy Bug, and one of them has climbed atop it. The Denonemy is a well tamed one, so it merely diverts course instead of frenzying.

You see a fire and a hole burning in the control tower, and you see a escort cart raise up the line, and start boarding a cart an govern orb and 4 carts away.

[Ridry]

"Don't these bandits have any sense of decency? I haven't even eaten breakfast yet...." groans Armau as he slides on his forearm blades and fastens his greatsword to his back. "Ah well, nothing like being sleepy, hungry and cranky to motivate stabbing."

Armau turns to Joshua with a wicked smile. "Planning on doling out some orders boss or should I wing this one while you finish getting dressed?" he teases.

[Deathkeeper]

Josh lets out another sigh, then pulls his blade out from under his pillow and hops out of bed, already in his leathers.
Did you really think I haven't learned yet? he says as he picks up his pack.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan checks to see that his Ward is still up, as it always is. "Well, that's what I get for opening my big mouth, I guess..." he says to himself.

He makes sure that he has his dart thrower, and gets behind Joshua and Armau, who seem more adept at physical combat than Nathan does.

[Scowling Dragon]

You hear screams and weapon fire sounds right from your window.

[Ridry]

"They're playing my song... time to go to work."

Armau hops out of the car and dashes towards the bandits, his blades raised gleaming in the sunlight. As he charges towards them he attempts to use his years of combat experience to size up what they are dealing with.

[Scowling Dragon]

Armau jumps out the window and barely catches himself on the window ledge.

From the outside, hanging by a thread he sees no bandits on the outside of the carts.

He pulls himself back in.

OOC: Maybe you should be a bit more specific with instructions :smalltongue:

[Deathkeeper]

Josh goes to the door of the car and checks the window (or opens the door a crack to look) to see if he can't see the source of the hubbub.

[Scowling Dragon]

You exit your room, and enter the corridor area between rooms thats used too pass between the carts.

You peek through the door and see into the middle of the Govern orb (It also has a corridor running through it.

You see what is obviously a bandit!

A nearly pure human (Except for a Hand...or so you think) human carrying a hand crossbow is in the corridor and behind him trails another bandit. This one looks like a human except blue.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan moves forward towards the door of the car, intending to provide ranged cover in the event that someone or something (as he can't see what's behind the door) attacks Joshua.

[Ridry]

Armau moves up next to Joshua, not willing to let him have all the fun.

[Deathkeeper]

Joshua clutches his verred tightly, and slinks forward, footsteps muffled by the bumping of the vehicle's wheels. He hopes to get close enough to get an attack in before the first raider turns around. He'll go for a cleaner throat-slice from behind if he doesn't notice him, or just a stab if he does turn
Sneak (Trained) [roll0]
Attack (I assume it's given if the target is unaware and unmoving, but rolling in case of sneak fail)
[roll1]

[Scowling Dragon]

Slinks forward too where? You're in a tight cramped area and your enemies are looking at your door directly.

And if I haven't made it abundantly clear the vehicle has no wheels.

Getting past the guy this was is a formidable challenge.

OOC: PS next time don't immediately roll. Ask me to do something, I set the challenge, and you roll.

[Ridry]

Armau whispers "Perhaps I'll crash their little party and you can sneak attack them while they are busy with my blades... what do you think?"

OOC : Wait up, have they detected us? You say looking at our door....

[Scowling Dragon]

They are. They are moving slowly towards it and snickering. You'r not sure if they detected you or not.

[Deathkeeper]

"How about I just shoot one with my crossbow and when they come over here you jump 'im?"
whispers Josh hurriedly.

[Ridry]

Armau, not being sure if they've seen Joshua is wary about having lost the element of surprise. He nods at his suggestion and gestures for him to fire, then clenches his fists and waits in the shadows.

[Deathkeeper]

Josh nods and switches weapons. He'll wait a little longer to see if the bandits turn, but if not he'll just push the door open enough to fire and then let it shut again.

[Scowling Dragon]

OK then roll initiative.

GM intrusion (Josh gets 2 XP. Give one too a player of your choice. As in you get one and another player gets one):

There is another loud boom, and the carts shake wildly. The Bandits are as if primed for this and are unshaken, however this flings the door out of Joshes hand, making the Bandits more primed for battle.

Thus the Initiative difficulty is 3.

[Deathkeeper]

((That was fast. Flipped a coin; the point goes to Nathan))
Difficulty 3 means target 9, yes?
[roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

The shake also knocked Josh off balance meaning that at the very least the bandits have the drop on him.

OOC: And yes. Diff 3 is target number 9.

Before this the target number was 1 because you had the drop on the bandits before.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan's initiative:
[roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

Success! Just one more roller left.

[Ridry]

Armau's initiative:
[roll0]

Armau scowls.

[Scowling Dragon]

Yeah, the shuddering of the train knocks Josh and Armau off Balance.

Nathan sees the front bandit raise up his crossbow and sees the other bandit pull something out of his fanny pack.

What does Nathan plan to do?

[ZealPaladin]

Seeing that his allies are off-balance, Nathan plans to use his Onslaught esotery to shoot a short-range ray of force at the bandit with the crossbow.

[Scowling Dragon]

Difficulty 2 unless your aiming for anything more specific.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan isn't aiming for anything more specific.
Rolling: [roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

You mess up the shot and miss by an inch.

"Ones a Mrgishun" yells the crossbow wielding bandit as he turns his fire on Nathan. Diff 2 Damage 2

"MUG!" belches the blue one and charges Josh with a meaty blue scale covered fist. Diff 3 Damage 4

[Deathkeeper]

Josh sees the fist coming and tries to step back out of the way of the haymaker.
[roll0]

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan attempts to sidestep and avoid becoming a pin cushion for a crossbow bolt.
Rolling: [roll0]

[Ridry]

Recovering, Armau hurls himself into the fray and attempting to irritate the bandits into focusing their attention on him slashes out at each of them.

[roll0] Bandit who attacked Nathan.
[roll1] Bandit who attacked Joshua.

OOC : If I misunderstood the rules and cannot do that I'll focus on the one who attacked Nathan, but I think I can since they are in close quarters.

Although since I missed the second shot, it's irrelevant. Would like to double check for the future though!

[Deathkeeper]

Joshua grits his teeth as he lunges forward after his backstep, backing a vicious stab with his verred.
Attack (Thrust applied), Fighting same foe as Armau, Focus Bonus
[roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

OOC: You can usually attack only once but its quite possible to design a way for multiple attacks too work. Give it a while Il figure it out. For now only the first attack works. Maybe its incremental difficulty? Il figure it out. Also you forgot too raise your might by 4 (Mutant Bonus) and get your Fire resistance

LDK Not Sure where the bonus too the roll came from. Not a complaint. Just a clarification would be nice.



Armue slashes at the bandit, and hears a popping sound in his ears as his bod goes into overdrive and feels no resistance as his blade cuts through the head of the bandit, spurting a geyser of blood into the air.

Josh has less luck, swings horribly into the Carcass of the dead bandit and his blade gets stuck in the corpse as it collapses to the floor pulling the blade out of his hands.

This gives the Blue bandit an opportunity for a free extra blow at Josh

Roll Defence Diff 2

Now its Nathans Turn

[Ridry]

OOC: Page 75... I dual wield arm blades. It says I attack twice. Am I reading it wrong.?

[Deathkeeper]

((Each Focus gives a Connection to another player. Explores Dark Places gives a +1 when collaborating with a certain other PC))
Dammit, not again
more sidesteps!
[roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

You dodge the blue buffoons blow.

OOC: OK thats fine.

Ridry: Ah. I thought you were attacking with your greatsword. Not twin blades.

Yeah you could have attacked them both. They are close.

[Ridry]

OOC : His default are the wrist blades. I'll specify if using the sword.

How does the might bonus add? It buffs more than my pool?

[Scowling Dragon]

Did you apply it to your pool already? I thought your might score was 14. So it would become 18 because of mutation. Am I wrong?

[Ridry]

Did you apply it to your pool already? I thought your might score was 14. So it would become 18 because of mutation. Am I wrong?

OOC : Ah, you want me to update my character sheet? I thought you were saying I need to apply it to my roll. I'll update that sheet soon, thanks.

[ZealPaladin]

With one bandit down, Nathan tries his luck shooting another force ray at the other bandit.
Rolling: [roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

Success. Your force bolt carves a hole in the shoulder of the blue buckaroo, but doesn't kill it.

Anyway the Blue Dude shoots his own arm (Revealed to be mechanical) at Nathan.

Difficulty 3 too dodge under such proximity.

OOC: Sorry. Was at my vampire game.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan's eyes widen as the mechanical arm flies at him. He tries to duck out of the way.
Rolling: [roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

Nathan ducks only too have the fist hit him directly in the face, he feels his lip pop and spill blood.

4 Damage.

The arm runs out of fuel and clonks too the ground.

[Ridry]

Armau angrily leaps at their blue attacker, attempting to plunge both blades into him in retribution for Nathan's injury.

[roll0]
[roll1]

Armau grins wickedly as his first blade finds it's target.

OOC : Do they both hit? The guide says light weapons lower the difficulty of the attack... does that lower a 9 difficulty to a 6? Edit... also I get +1s because I'm fighting the same target as everyone else... but should I add that or should you (since we won't always know who's fighting the same thing when we declare attacks).

[Scowling Dragon]

OOC: Yes on everything.

You completely stab the guy to death and he falls down dead.

Success!

[Ridry]

Armau sweeps down to methodically but quickly check the bodies for anything useful before moving on. While he's searching he gestures over to Nathan and asks "You alright over there? He got you pretty good."

[Scowling Dragon]

Searching the bodies takes more then a quick search for full extent of their stuff.

Otherwise you only just get a Crossbow, 6 Bolts and a dagger.

[Ridry]

OOC: Heh... I mean to emphasize the methodical part. The quickly was merely flavor to give Armau a business like feel to the killing... some people might be squeamish searching a bleeding gutted corpse, but not Armau, those things don't slow him down. I don't actually mean that I think it should cost less rounds or actually be faster in game time... only that for a methodical search he does it on the quick side and is very businesslike about it. I'll try to word such things more carefully in the future.

Do I get more stuff now? And does something horrible happen while I'm screwing around with the bodies :P?

[Scowling Dragon]

You want to methodically examine bodies for stuff in the middle of a Bandit attack?

[Ridry]

You want to methodically examine bodies for stuff in the middle of a Bandit attack?

Depends on how long you might think methodically takes... I guess I just meant long enough for Nathan to recompose himself after a crack to the face that cost more than half his might points and for a plan to be formed and whatnot. If everyone is ready to move out right now I'm game.

[Scowling Dragon]

So everybody agrees wait to recompose yourselves, loot the bodies and regain points?

[Ridry]

I didn't even necessarily mean long enough to recover points... I just meant I figured we might exchange a word or two between combat. I'm happy with what we picked up... we can go if Nathan wants to or rest if he wants to. I'm happy either way.

[Deathkeeper]

Jace lets out a sigh of relief. He'll take the dagger and hide it on his person later.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan cringes at the massive pain he is currently feeling.

"I can...try to fix this. Give me a minute."

Nathan tries to use Healing Touch to restore his Might. Because he really needs to pull himself together, he puts some effort (one level) into making sure that the healing works.

Rolling: [roll0]

OOC: So, on my character I wrote that Healing Touch costs 2 Intellect, but after double checking it's actually just 1 Intellect (though I think it's difficulty 2). I'll fix this on my sheet soon, just wanted to make sure there was no confusion.

[Scowling Dragon]

Yeah you manage to fix up your face by 3 points (Rolled for you on this one).

It stops the bleeding and most of the pain goes away.

You hear more sounds coming from the nearby cart past the Govern Orb.

[Ridry]

Armau quietly heads past the orb and puts his hand on the next door. "Shall we"? he whispers to the others.

[Scowling Dragon]

GM intervention (Gain 1 XP and give too a player of your choice):

SMACK! the door smacks into your face and knocks you back onto the floor.

For you rolling initiative is +1 Difficulty (From a Diff of 2)

Everybody else roll initiative for Diff 2

You see more Bandits pour into the scene, and you can't even fully count how many there are (Probably because they shift allot and the ones in the front block the ones in the back). Still there are allot of them entering.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan's initiative:
[roll0]

[Deathkeeper]

Initiative, yay?
[roll0]

[Ridry]

Armau struggles to recover from the blow and ready himself for the encounter.

[roll0]

OOC : I'll give the extra point to Nathan.

Anybody want to switch rolls with me? :)

[Scowling Dragon]

Nathan followed by Josh, followed by a wave of bandit attacks followed by Armau.

[Ridry]

OOC: How many is in a wave? Is that a technical term? 0.0

Apparently Armau is REALLY good at killing things and really bad at initiative. We'll have to keep a running tally to see if this keeps up.

[ZealPaladin]

Seeing the rush of bandits ahead, Nathan makes sure to step behind his allies (especially after taking that arm to the face).

He fires a ray of force at the first bandit to come within range.
[roll0]

[Deathkeeper]

Well, this could only be going worse if he got stabbed a few times and Josh could probably start counting seconds and at this rate it'll happen before it reaches ten. Regardless, he should at least be trying to do the same to the other guys.
Attack, still using Thrust.
[roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

The Bandit dodges out of the way and the bolt carves a tiny hole in the Govern sphere.

Josh pounces at a Bandit but under-estimates the distance and doesn't end up close enough for a decent strike.

A Variety of Bandits unleash a barrage of different weaponry and spill into the room. From lasers to crossbow bolts too guns similar too machinegun fire too plasma bolts (But its mainly crossbow fire) covering the area in a barrage of projectile fire:

Difficulty 5 Everybody has to roll to avoid the barrage of attacks.

[Deathkeeper]

crapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrapcr-
Dodge Roll! (Applying Speed Effort)
[roll0]

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan puts all of the effort he can (only one level, sadly) into weaving and dodging as many projectiles as possible.

Rolling: [roll0]

[Ridry]

Armau, having recovered from the door incident focuses his effort (OOC: 1 level is all I've got) on dodging the attacks.

[roll0]

Armau curses with his mouth closed again, muffling the angry swears.

[Scowling Dragon]

Nathan bolts back into the Other cart and hides whilst a barrage of Bullets whizz by.

Armau gets hit in the chest by a heavy cone shaped object (The sharp edge away from you), it doesn't hurt too much (2 Damage worth of damage). However it lights up and you feel it push you. It gets caught on your clothing and pulls/ slides you backwards (Whilst you're still on the floor) back into your cart with Nathan but continues too propel you until you hit the opposite wall (1 Damage worth of Damage). It then shuts down.

Josh gets hit by multiple pellets of some substance (3 Damage) that all proceed to explode into goo, making him sticky and slow.

[Ridry]

OOC: I just realized it's my turn (sorry!) I'm requesting information... can I move to the bandits and attack? Do I know how many there are?

[Scowling Dragon]

From the amount you can see (And Attack) right now there are 6 bandits. There seems to be at least 3 more waves of them behind them.

Yes you could move and attack them in one move.

[Ridry]

Armau rushes to Josh, drags him into the room with Nathan and shuts the door.

[Scowling Dragon]

You succeed but Joshes arm is glued to your shirt.

[Ridry]

OOC: Are we technically still in combat? IE, do we keep the current initiative rolls? Or are we out of combat until the bandits open the door and can perform other actions?

[Scowling Dragon]

Yeah its the secondary thing. Currently its free flow once again and Il tell you what the initiative is.

[Ridry]

"You better have a good plan here boss... my usual kill everything that moves isn't going to work...." Armau complains to Joshua as he carves a large hunk out of his shirt, severing Josh from his body and backs away from his glued covered buddy.

[Deathkeeper]

"I'd say we retreat. At best we can hole up in the car. At worst we make ourselves a fatal funnel."
Josh says, flexing his arm which is probably missing a nice chunk of hair thanks to this glue.

[Ridry]

Armau gives a short nod to Josh, walks away from the door they left the bandits in and places his ear against the door opposite that one, listening for trouble.

1. If he hears nothing, he'll slowly open the door to check it out.

2. If he hears something, he'll report his findings to the group.

[Scowling Dragon]

You hear no sound. You open it and its pretty much deserted. You know it wasn't deserted before though. The inhabitants must have fled further down the line.

(I assume you activated defencive mode on the door that the bandits are)

[Ridry]

(I assume you activated defencive mode on the door that the bandits are)

Yes please.

[Scowling Dragon]

The door shuts itself and lock itself, and white lines pass through it indicating that its on maximum power.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan breathes for a second, a bit more comfortable behind a securely locked door.

"Falling back is definitely a good idea. Do either of you need patching up before we move on?"

[Scowling Dragon]

You hear a loud pounding against the locked door. But it remains unmoved.

[Ridry]

"Thanks for the offer, but I think I'm ok to move on for the minute. I may need some soon if this day keeps going the way it's going though." Armau smiles grimly. "Shall we head this way then, I don't particularly fancy going back that way...."

[Scowling Dragon]

You hear louder pounding against the door. It actually shakes for a bit.

[Ridry]

"Don't need to ask me twice..." says Armau, who doesn't understand most tech well enough to trust it with his life.

Armau leads the charge into the next room, giving it a quick search for anything useful or interesting while waiting for his comrades to catch up.

[ZealPaladin]

Not wanting to be left behind, Nathan follows closely behind Armau.

[Deathkeeper]

Josh shakes his head.
This would be a great time to have brought some tripwires.
As he follows along.

[Scowling Dragon]

OOC: (Sorry about taking a while)



At the moment you'r in the next cart past your own. Your in the corridor of that cart and the door too its room is closed.

OOC PS: I remember giving somebody 2 XP and that somebody hasn't told me who they are sharing that XP with.

Also you can use XP to cancel GM interventions.

[Deathkeeper]

Armau struggles to recover from the blow and ready himself for the encounter.

[roll0]

OOC : I'll give the extra point to Nathan.

Anybody want to switch rolls with me? :)
((Actually, he did.))
Josh checks to see if he can lock the door behind him
"Anyone have a bright idea for a trap? I haven't much supplies like that."

[Ridry]

Josh checks to see if he can lock the door behind him
"Anyone have a bright idea for a trap? I haven't much supplies like that."
Armau ponders the situation. "I have some rope in my pack.... anyone know how to make a tripwire.... or have anything worth tripping them into? Alternatively we could just keep closing these doors and hope the locks hold."

[Scowling Dragon]

Yup you manage to lock up the door behind you. It seals with a power seal.

[Ridry]

Armau leads the charge into the next room, giving it a quick search for anything useful or interesting while waiting for his comrades to catch up.

OOC : Did this yield anything interesting?

[ZealPaladin]

In response to his allies, Nathan scratches his head. "Traps really aren't my thing. I suppose we could try tying a rope low between two chairs or ends of the car to see if they are clumsy enough to trip over it, but that would just slow them down at best."

[Ridry]

"We could just keep going and put as many of these doors between us and them as possible...."

[Scowling Dragon]

You mainly find just bits of clothes and trunks and such. The occupants grab any valuables before departing.

GM Intervention (Secret)

Do you want too risk this one? It gives 2 XP too each one of you individualy.

[Ridry]

OOC : Bring it on!

[Scowling Dragon]

OOC: OK then. Vote of the Majority

A thought pierces your minds "Wait a minute, how did they get past the FIRST locked door?"

You hear a piercing noise through your cart

"Twwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeaaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiiai aiaiai"


You peek out from the passenger section to see the bolted safety door loose its energy lock, and once the last of its energy is gone it explodes as a huge beam of energy pierces through!

The beam travels forward an unknown amount, and as it passes by electrical units lose their energy and turn off.

The whole snake (the cart section of the vehicle) shakes! Must have even impacted a section of the Govern Orb (Though not all. You would be dead if it it)!


"YEEEHAW!

You hear coming from a while back.


The beam flickers for a bit then shuts down

"Awww. The damn things busted again! We better get some better loot this time for repairs!"

[Ridry]

Armau quickly glances around for any furniture he can shove in front of the now deactivated door to slow them down....

[Scowling Dragon]

The fancy benches are not bolted down. You could shove one with a might roll (Difficulty 3)

[Ridry]

Armau exerts some effort into the shove (1 point of course) and tries to use the bench to block the door.

[roll0]

Armau grimaces from the weight of the bench, it was heavier than it looked.

OOC : I wonder if my adventurer pack has any spinach in it :-(

[Scowling Dragon]

Gah! You manage to nudge the bench slightly, but loose your grip once a tip is in the corridor. Not enough too slow anybody down. But just enough too-

"Hey look! Somebody is inside that room!"

"Must be the guys who killed Macniels!"

Yeah...

[Ridry]

OOC : Ok, what kind of check would this require.....

I'd like to toss one end of my 50 feet of rope at my allies, ask them to tie it around themselves, and then attempt to exit to the top of the train while still holding the rope. Armau is pretty strong, if he can wedge his spikes into something and find some place to tie the rope they should be able to jump out the window with little ill effects and I can pull them up at my leisure.

[Deathkeeper]

If I had to guess, I'd assume both me and Zeal were waiting for each to have a good idea.

Josh presses himself against the wall, his mind racing. It seems like Armau might have an idea, though.

[Ridry]

OOC : If you don't hurry you get stuck with my bad ideas/rolls :P

[Scowling Dragon]

Climbing out of the train is a might 4 difficulty, and you only need too roll for holding the rope if the character falls (might diff 2).

And by doctor I meant you might have contracted a disease.

[Ridry]

Not seeing any way out of the flood of bandits that is sure to come there way, and thinking they might do better fighting on top of the train if they can make it Armau tosses half of his rope to his allies and climbs out, exerting as much effort and care as he can (1 level).

[roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

Roll for rope support. You can combine effort.

[Ridry]

OOC : Does rope support mean pulling me back in?

[Scowling Dragon]

Yes. You kinda failed the roll. =

[Scowling Dragon]

Anyway the other guys succeed in pulling you back into the cart.

You hear the footsteps of approaching people. Still a few seconds left.

[ZealPaladin]

OOC: Would it be possible to use Hedge Magic to try and repair some of the damage to the door, or is the damage too extensive?

If that can't be done, then Nathan readies to shoot a ray at whatever bandits come through the busted door, taking whatever cover he possibly can in the process.

[Ridry]

Armau also readies for combat...

[Scowling Dragon]

So you prepare to face the horde rather than attempt another escape. Got it.

[Ridry]

Armau says "I've got a bad feeling about this, let's retreat and regroup in a few rooms. Maybe we'll come across a lock that still has power or another possible solution. Any objections?"

OOC : If we reach the back of the train and jump.... how likely is death?

[Scowling Dragon]

OOC: Just flat out? Likely. But with some skilled use of numera, you could do so with no harm. But just because on a mono-mono brawl against a large mob of bad guys you can't win doesn't mean that you cant beat them.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan quickly moves over to the nearest access panel in the cart, seeing if any of the controls will help deal with the bandits.

[Scowling Dragon]

Mainly the controls seem too be just about comfort and minor things and such.

Main controls are in govern orbs.

You do see a locked duct next to the panel.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan notices the locked duct and motions for his allies to come over.
"I could use a hand getting this open," he says, "it looks like a way out, or it could lead to something useful.

[Ridry]

Armau, ashamed of his recent failures but aware that he is quite a bit stronger than the average person moves to help his allies. "I just hope I don't mess this one up too....."

[Deathkeeper]

While they're working on the grate Josh will see if there's any loose, firm objects around like chairs or boxes he can use to barricade the door and buy them a minute or two.

[Scowling Dragon]

The grate is screwed in but not with the intent of keeping EVERYBODY out.

You can tell that the mechanism is jammed and forcing the door requires a Might Diff 3 Roll.

The door, whilst not mega protected and no longer has a o-mango lock, has a manual lock function. However its jammed by the table.

Diff 1 too pull the table back.

[Ridry]

Working together with Nathan Armau works on the duct...

[roll0]

OOC : HA! I got it by myself... too bad I couldn't have rolled that before...

[Scowling Dragon]

You pull off the duct. You can see that its dimly illuminated on the inside, and it seems too lead downwards a bit into another (Unlocked duct).

The bandits are steps away from your room.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan climbs into the duct, going in as far as possible to make room for his allies.

"Whoever comes in last, grab the duct grate," Nathan whispers, "I can patch it back together so that they won't notice it was ever opened."

[Deathkeeper]

Joshua needs to slow the bandits down as they make their way out the duct, so he'll try to pull the table out, lock the door, and push it back in place.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[Scowling Dragon]

You manage everything successfully. The door is locked, and you get into the extra room and lock the thing behind you.

Unless you make too much movement or noise, anybody inside won't even notice you (Especially since the window is open as an explanation for your disappearance, alongside a rope)

[Ridry]

Unless you make too much movement or noise, anybody inside won't even notice you (Especially since the window is open as an explanation for your disappearance, alongside a rope)

OOC : You even found a way to make my epic fail seem useful :)

Armau follows closely behind Nathan down the duct.

[Deathkeeper]

Joshua takes up the rear, following Nathan's instructions.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan waits until the bandits move on (presumably until he can't hear them anymore) before proceeding further in to the other unlocked duct.

[Scowling Dragon]

I just want you all too roll a difficulty 1 (There is lots of noise through the window) speed check to check how stealthy you are.

Its super easy. You should not fail (In general im surprised that despite the low numbers required this small story has been VERY difficulty)

[Ridry]

Armau attempts to remain silent.

[roll0]

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan attempts to remain silent in the duct.
[roll0]

OOC: These rolls are going to give me a heart attack one of these days...

[Deathkeeper]

Go go group-made rolls!
[roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

Yeah the dice are out to kill you all.

But you succeed. Nathan jams his finger but manages too refrain from screaming and then the bandits walk off.

You pry open the second grate and you feel the wind rush into your face.

This is the maintenance shaft that goes under the train. Its tall enough for you too stand slightly ducking.

The shaft has lots of exposed areas so you feel the wind rush through you as you feel the impact of the speed.

So finally you have time to think and plot and plan.

[Ridry]

"Alright, well we're not beating them in direct combat.... anyone want to see if we can disconnect the back cars after luring them into it? I'd be all for unloading a bunch of bandits in the middle of nowhere.... Unless somebody has a better idea?"

Armau glances at his companions quizzically.

[ZealPaladin]

"No, I agree with you. Let's see if we can find a shaft or duct to one of the main Govern Orbs from here."

Nathan looks around, also trying to take stock of what's in the maintenance shaft.

[Deathkeeper]

"Yeah, let's see if we can track their progress. There wasn't many people on the trawler when we got on it, so if we dropped those imbeciles' half we shouldn't kill anyone but them.
((Note: this is correct, right?))

[Scowling Dragon]

Indeed. But you have too be careful. You would have to disconnect the couplings for both sides. Otherwise it would cause drag and could collapse the whole station.

You see vents going into other rooms as well. Govern orbs included.

[Ridry]

Armau carefully heads through the vent to the govern orb.

[Scowling Dragon]

Wait thats it? Thats your plan? You barely spent 5 minutes there and your already crawling out.

[Ridry]

Wait thats it? Thats your plan? You barely spent 5 minutes there and your already crawling out.

Aren't we crawling through the vents like Star Trek jeffries tubes or whatnot. I didn't see that as being the whole plan or assume we were leaving the vents... merely picking a direction to head in. To see if there are enemies in there and observe. Am I picturing this wrong.

[Scowling Dragon]

Well there is a single maintenance vent that goes through underneath the whole structure. I assume by going too the nearest sphere you meant exiting the safe crawlspace.

[Deathkeeper]

Well, yes. We know next to nothing about the train as a whole and its contents despite its general design, we don't really know much about the enemy besides they have better gear than us, and we don't know how much time we have, so yes, that's pretty much the best plan we can make.

[Scowling Dragon]

OK then you crawl up into the access port of the Govern Orb. You don't see anybody inside but you hear footsteps near it.

[Ridry]

Armau whsipers "Perhaps if I head to the next access port over I can create a diversion? Clear out the room and give you guys some time to explore while they chase shadows around the vents?"

[ZealPaladin]

"Sounds good to me," Nathan quietly replies. "I'm probably going to need some time to look at the controls to make sure that we detach their end of the train properly. I'd say just make some noise to get their attention and clear out of there."

[Ridry]

Armau creeps further down to check out what he can see through the access port of the next room.

[Scowling Dragon]

Roll diff 2 Speed too avoid detection.

[Ridry]

[roll0]

OOC: Sorry this took so long, real life crap got in the way and I totally forgot that the game was waiting on me. Geez, that wasn't close or anything ::scowls at the dice::

[Scowling Dragon]

In the next room you see a couple of bandits taking a smoke break. They are armed with weapons.

[Ridry]

OOC : My current plan is to emerge, catch them by surprise and run one more room further away from Nathan to give him plenty of time..... but FIRST I need to see what's in that room. So.....

::crawl::

[Scowling Dragon]

Another three bandits gathering their found goods together in a pile.

[Ridry]

Another three bandits gathering their found goods together in a pile.

Armau looks around for anything to distract these bandits.

OOC : I'd like to make a large bang on the door that leads between the 2 bandits right now, causing the second set to come check out this room perhaps. My first thought is to fling one of my spikes at the door, but I'd need these bandit's eyes off the vents. Something I could make explode would be excellent. Lights going off sounds good too. Just want to scan around for anything that could cause a distraction.

[Deathkeeper]

It should be noted that Josh and his player are still here, waiting for Armau's distraction to do something.

[Ridry]

OOC : I'll be around sporadically for the holidays, but in case some of you won't I hope you all have a great one :)

[Scowling Dragon]

Whoops sorry. Well there is a bolt piece in the shaft. Not much else.

[ZealPaladin]

Nathan is still waiting for the right opportunity to enter the Govern Orb and begin messing around with controls.

OOC: I hope you all have a great holiday as well!

[Ridry]

OCC: And which direction are the bandits attention? What kind of roll would I have to make to hurl the bolt into the door the two sets of bandits share? Or to knock something heavy over? Hoping to get the 2 from the other room into this one to ask what the ruckus is.... anything I can smash or knock over from here with a good roll?

Also, are the locks that blew in the other half of this thing still working here? If I get all 5 bandits in the same room could I slam/lock the door?

[Scowling Dragon]

Sorry for taking so long for replies.

Anyway I suggest yoy could ask for descriptors, but figuring out how too get people together is your responcibility.

[Ridry]

Sorry for taking so long for replies.

Anyway I suggest yoy could ask for descriptors, but figuring out how too get people together is your responcibility.

I'm just mentioning what I'm trying to do. I asked for many specific bits of info though.

1. And which direction are the bandits attention?

2. What kind of roll would I have to make to hurl the bolt into the door the two sets of bandits share? (without being noticed)

3. Or to knock something heavy over? (anything like that in the room that I can see/possible to hit without being noticed)

4. Also, are the locks that blew in the other half of this thing still working here?

5. If I get all 5 bandits in the same room could I slam/lock the door?

I was just explaining my motivation for the questions. I figured if you knew the motivations you might say something like "well there's a big chandelier hanging and they aren't looking at your location, if you're quiet you might be able to knock it down without being detected" or "they are staring right at your grate, not gonna happen, sorry"

[Scowling Dragon]

1. And which direction are the bandits attention?

Away-ish from you.


2. What kind of roll would I have to make to hurl the bolt into the door the two sets of bandits share? (without being noticed)

Speed diff 5 (As too avoid notice)


3. Or to knock something heavy over? (anything like that in the room that I can see/possible to hit without being noticed)

Not much sorry.

At least not much without serious effort. You could break the window.

Or maybe aim at one of the bandts weapons. Maybe it could overload and explode.


4. Also, are the locks that blew in the other half of this thing still working here?

Dunno. Maybe.


5. If I get all 5 bandits in the same room could I slam/lock the door?

Try if you want.

[Ridry]

OOC: Apologies! I seem to have turned off my instant email notification from this thread :-( Fixed, so I should not take that long again. If I do somebody send me a PM!

Ah well, even if I get noticed I'll still be a distraction, perhaps more so than before.....

Armau exerts effort as he flings his bolt at the door, hoping to make as loud a crash as possible.

[roll0]

OOC : I needed a 12, didn't I? :-( Ah well, it's only 5 bandits... and they probably can only attack me single file in the vents.... and this should provide Nathan plenty of time..... bring it on!!!

Armau slinks back into the vent, hoping the crash was enough to pull the other 2 bandit's attention and gets his wrist blades ready for carving up some bandits....

[Scowling Dragon]

You didn't fail it strong enough too attract their attention. It just hits a pillow and it doesn't attract anybodies attention.

[Ridry]

Ah well, still have one more bolt. Exert some effort and...

::fling::

[roll0]

[Scowling Dragon]

Ok I just can't go on. Colledge has become more and more intense, and I need to start putting more effort into grades.

It hurts to kill this game, but Id rather kill it then make it limp along suffering.

Sorry guys. :smallfrown:

[Ridry]

This is all because I finally got a roll that didn't suck, isn't it?! :P

[Ridry]

In all seriousness though, was an interesting learning experience and if anyone ever makes another one and is interested in having me along, just lemme know.

[Deathkeeper]

Don't feel bad, SD.
I organized this with you mostly because I thought it would be something fun to do, not because I can't live without an active game.
Plus, my ADD has gotten bad enough in college that downsizing can't hurt me.

[ZealPaladin]

I would never want this game to become a source of additive stress to anyone. I know how tough college gets, so don't feed bad at all. Thanks for everything!