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2020-09-29, 04:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Worse Than the Disease OOC
Alright, campaign started.
Any OOC text in the IC should be in italics.
IC thread; https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...the-Disease-IC
Dice Rolls thread; https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...ase-DICE-ROLLS
Everyone make their introductory post, please.Last edited by Shoot Da Moon; 2020-09-30 at 12:21 PM. Reason: Editing the title
Anachronism will never high-light the folly of my convictions!
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2020-09-29, 05:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-30, 11:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [GURPS AtE] Worse Than the Disease
It seems there is not much of wilderness around, with lots of features within a few hundred meters.
Also, can we have this thread renamed to "Worse Than the Disease OOC" for it to be like IC and dice threads?
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2020-09-30, 11:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-30, 11:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-30, 12:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [GURPS AtE] Worse Than the Disease
Okay. Right.
Anachronism will never high-light the folly of my convictions!
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2020-09-30, 01:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
There we go, had an unexpectedly busy day today hence only getting the post out now.
The long and short of the foray into politics mentioned in the post was Richard getting involved in a group wanting a more diplomatically-run Shelter, putting his oratory skills (he has Charisma 2 and Voice, so he's not too shabby at it) to work on their behalf, and as you might expect it didn't end well - someone got violent for the cause, Richard took responsibility for the whole mess and here he is. Figured I'd mention it here since the others might have heard something about it.
Incidentally, what does everyone have in terms of food and stuff? I was able to grab personal basics, a sleeping blanket, 2 rations and three bottles with a pint of clean water each. And yeah, as I alluded to in the post, I completely forgot about any kind of backpack or anything to hold said stuff in. Oops.
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2020-09-30, 04:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-30, 05:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
I'd say that was about a minute's worth of action - one of your number searched the bodies and examined the scene.
You have multiple options available to you all, of course. Good thing Sean has some advanced knowledge to better inform your choice.Anachronism will never high-light the folly of my convictions!
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2020-09-30, 06:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-30, 09:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-10-01, 03:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
How big and heavy are the dogs? With Richard's BL and current gear (carrying 25.5lbs with BL 29), he can carry 32lbs more and be lightly encumbered, 61lbs more and be medium, 148lbs and be heavy, and 264lbs for extra-heavy, although he's practically limited by what he can physically carry and what allows him to still keep up with everyone (light encumbrance lets him move at BM 5, though, so that's probably okay).
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2020-10-01, 04:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
Tariq is already at Light encumbrance (and Move 4) with his ~40 lbs of gear, so he will not willingly carry a dog.
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2020-10-01, 06:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
The dogs weigh 60 lbs. each. There are three dead dogs.
Anachronism will never high-light the folly of my convictions!
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2020-10-01, 10:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-10-02, 08:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
Welcome to town. You can do business and pick up quests here.
Anachronism will never high-light the folly of my convictions!
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2020-10-02, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-10-02, 09:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
You guys may need to make a reaction roll in the near future - the faceman should list his modifiers in this thread, so I may roll later...
Anachronism will never high-light the folly of my convictions!
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2020-10-02, 04:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
Looks like that's Richard, who has a net +4 (Charisma +2, Voice +2) reaction modifier if he can get talking to the person in question first. I was going to grab positive Appearance too, but spending one more point for the second Charisma rank just gave too much good stuff.
Incidentally, his forthrightness in the post is his Truthfulness coming through, and since he's Easy to Read the guard hopefully won't have much trouble seeing that.
His disadvantages do mean he'll be less useful if we have to be sneaky in the future, though, since he can't lie his way out of a paper bag. Something to keep in mind for the future, I suppose.
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2020-10-04, 11:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
To let you know: I had a computer crash Friday night and lost my log-in as 'GnomesofZurich'; attempts to recover my password have been unsuccessful, and administrators have not responded to my requests for help (possibly because it's a weekend), so I figured I would try to create a new account. Will get caught up with posting now.
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2020-10-04, 03:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2004
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
So I have a 16 in both Electronics Repair (Communications) and Electronics Repair (Sensors), and a 15 in Electrician. ... But the only tool I have is a swiss army knife.
Really hope I can borrow some tools or I'm gonna be rolling at some hefty penalties when we get to this place!
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2020-10-05, 07:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
You get new gear, but not as much as you want. That toolkit will require more than just asking for it.
Anachronism will never high-light the folly of my convictions!
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2020-10-06, 10:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
So, we have on Sean:
1. A two-man tent (not sure if we can cram three people in there)
2. A sleeping fur (presumably for one person out of the tent)
3. Group basics (including rope, a pot to boil the water, a hatchet, flint / steel and stuff)
4. $120 worth of ammo and unspecified worth of pills if people would like to improve the situation
Sean has a day's worth of bottled water, which he plans to replenish every evening, and week's worth of rations, which he can share with the others as needed, though he also intends to hunt. If we camp in the wilderness, we'll need portable water only for the lunch, but I think it would be highly preferable if everyone carried a whole day's worth, just in case.
No objections if people shop around and / or chat around until the noon, but other than that, Sean's good to go.
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2020-10-06, 12:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
I'm just gonna lay out all of Simone's gear so everyone's on the same page:
1. Backpack, small
2. Bandages
3. Canteen
4. Crowbar, 3'
5. Multi-Tool
6. Personal basics
7. Sleeping bag
8. Tent, 1-man
9. Transistor radio
10. Whetstone
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2020-10-06, 02:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
One of you is Skinny, IIRC - that will help if you need to cram in people into a tent.
You can get water easy, there's plenty of snow around.
You're in town, so you can roll a professional skill to score extra resources. Merchant works as a complementary skill roll.
And that dead dog can be butchered for meat.Last edited by Shoot Da Moon; 2020-10-06 at 02:08 PM.
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2020-10-06, 03:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
This is Richard's gear before factoring in the new stuff we just got, and assuming the dog is going to get butchered into more food we need to assign to people:
Spoiler
Weight: 24.45 lbs (Unencumbered)
Cheap .36 Revolver (2.5 lbs)
- 12 Pistol Catridges (0.3 lbs)
Baton (1 lb)
Light Shield (2 lbs)
Leather Jacket, Leather Pants, Leather Helm, Leather Gloves, Shoes (9.5 lbs)
Personal Basics (1 lb)
Sleeping Blanket (4 lbs)
Rations (2 meals) (1 lbs)
3 Water Bottles (0.15 lbs)
- 3 pts clean water (3 lbs)
His encumbrance limits were mentioned earlier (although he's actually.carrying 1.05lbs less than I thought then, as he had the weight of four full water bottles listed but only bought three), so again he can take on a fair bit more stuff before slowing the group down.
Should probably grab a backpack while we're here, though.
Don't think I can help much with the professional skill side of things, though. Richard's skills are a pretty even split between fighting, social and perception/policey stuff, and I don't think any of them fit the kinds of skills AtE brings up for this. I guess he might have okay defaults for something, but still.Last edited by Volthawk; 2020-10-06 at 03:58 PM.
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2020-10-06, 04:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
When you say "a professional skill", do you mean... literal Professional Skills, as in the catch all skill on page 215 of the core set, or do you mean any skill that can be used as a job skill?
'Cause I have quite a few of the latter and none of the former.
Edit: Oh, I just found the section in AtE 2 you were probably referring to. I guess my various Electronics Repair skills count?
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2020-10-06, 04:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worse Than the Disease OOC
That's me!
Following suit - for gear I have:
Bulky Small Backpack
Bandages
Blanket
Duct tape
Multi-tool
Personal Basics
10 rations
5 plastic bottles of water
Folding shovel/entrenching tool
plus some explosives
I have no tent.
Unless someone in town has an interest in explosives, the only skills Tariq could roll against to earn extra resources would be Mechanic (Automobile) - 12, and he only has his multi-tool for tools.
Edit: I rolled against Mechanic, and didn't do so well: 16 against a target of 12. It's not a critical failure, fortunately, so it looks like it just wastes time.Last edited by GnomesofZurich2; 2020-10-07 at 05:40 AM.
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2020-10-06, 05:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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