D&D-Day: The Ballad of Echo Company (OOC)

[Waistcoatwill]

Just checking in case I got the wrong end of the stick, did you mean an IC or an OOC post saying where our characters were hanging out?

[MrAbdiel]

Just checking in case I got the wrong end of the stick, did you mean an IC or an OOC post saying where our characters were hanging out?

That’s exactly what I wanted. You did good.

[Continental Op]

To be fair if we have another good source of temp HP that means I can put sparky on flamethrower duty for bunker clearance. It’s not the only way I can use that class feature.

The Chef feat only gives 3 temp HP to 3 people, so not nearly as much as Sparky. In the end, I don't think it is worth it. I decided to go with Skill Expert for Wolf's feat instead, though he will still be very interested in food, roleplaying-wise.

[MrAbdiel]

The Chef feat only gives 3 temp HP to 3 people, so not nearly as much as Sparky. In the end, I don't think it is worth it. I decided to go with Skill Expert for Wolf's feat instead, though he will still be very interested in food, roleplaying-wise.

Right call. It’s a neat feat for small parties doing long dungeon dives; like an under mountain thing. But I think you’re right, that it won’t serve here very well. I’m happy to give you proficiency with Chefs tools just… for free though. Because it’s so niche.

[Novabomb]

I cannot find my earlier rolls so I will just add the next one here
(1d8)[3]

[Continental Op]

Right call. It’s a neat feat for small parties doing long dungeon dives; like an under mountain thing. But I think you’re right, that it won’t serve here very well. I’m happy to give you proficiency with Chefs tools just… for free though. Because it’s so niche.

I'll take it, thanks.

[MrAbdiel]

Heads up friends, this week is kicking my butt and I’ll get those scenes up as soon as I can. :(

[MrAbdiel]

THERE! I did it! And it's as I suspected, I got carried away with the scenes. Lol. Lmao, even.

I popped K'Ral into the scavenger hunt with Ginger, since it seemed to fit; but everyone should be somewhere, now!

[JbeJ275]

Nice. Good to be moving forward. Hope life isn’t knocking you too hard.

[Cavir]

I'm here. Had a couple of extra busy weeks but am working on my interlude post. Hopefully done by tomorrow.

[Waistcoatwill]

Packed old week here, will aim for something at the weekend.

[JbeJ275]

What are we planning on doing next then?

[MrAbdiel]

I'm gonna run out a series of replies to these scenes today (weekend woo); part of that will be Xilo's breifing, which you are encouraged to also read so we can cut to the deployment shortly after!

[Cavir]

and the occasional speed-reading recipient

Loved the subtlety!

But give me a Persuasion roll to make a good impression on the other officers during your debut. It's a graded success check, with bronze, silver, gold levels of success at DC 10, 15, 20 respectively.

(1d20+5)[7] So... cheap cardboard?

We're air dropped the next day. What part of the day is the briefing? Is the drop pre-dawn? Not much time to gather supplies. Do our rings get refreshed? Other items needed: Radio with plenty of rods, grenades, spare rings.

[Waistcoatwill]

Boom, the doctor is in baby!

[MrAbdiel]

Loved the subtlety!



[roll0] So... cheap cardboard?

We're air dropped the next day. What part of the day is the briefing? Is the drop pre-dawn? Not much time to gather supplies. Do our rings get refreshed? Other items needed: Radio with plenty of rods, grenades, spare rings.

Haha! Honestly, that's the best result. Prejudice from all those who don't respect the field commission. Prove them wrong!

As for the supplies:

It's not always the case, but yes, your rings are refreshed. That means they all have their Featherfall, Healing Word, and Purify Food and Drink spells. There are no spare rings assigned to your unit. You're given a standard radio unit (Wolf can lug it on his back), with the typical two (2) expendable Sending rods. Presently, you're unable to finagle more than that - needing more than two emergency contact items smacks of an expectation of complication! Why would you expect such a thing, Lieutenant? Grenades are another story. Wolf has been negotiating with the supply office for quite some time now, and they have, quite uncharitably, given him just two grenades to distribute to the squad, with the encouragement to just use the captured enemy grenades instead of being so spendthrift with them. There are no other explosives available - but depending on how K'ral rolls now, the squad may end up with some less-than-official weasels to replace the ones expended!

Sorry, Cavir. I recognize that you've asked about this resupply stuff a couple of times now and I don't think I ever got around to answering you; but there you go!

Boom, the doctor is in baby!

Hey! Congrats! Sometimes things go right, after all. I'll go ahead and inject a post describing the outcome...

[JbeJ275]

Gonna Enhance Ability (Intelligence) for this one:

Investigation: (1d20+8)[12] or (1d20+8)[21]
Tool Use: (1d20+11)[25] or (1d20+11)[12]

[PartyOfRogues]

Thieves Tools: (1d20+6)[12]
Adv: (1d20+6)[20]

[Cavir]

Haha! Honestly, that's the best result. Prejudice from all those who don't respect the field commission.

I can play it up with being too demanding in my next post. Over zealous with new power is a thing too.

you've asked about this resupply stuff and I don't think I ever got around to answering you; but there you go!

It's fine. Was supposed to be (may still be?) more an IC thing. Time to go up the chain!

needing more than two emergency contact items smacks of an expectation of complication

.. or being able to pass a greater quantity of timely Intel. Granted we should be in better range for the standard radio function now.

Sometimes things go right, after all.

I'm glad I had the failure instead of Doc or our unofficial EOD team!

[Cavir]

I'll be away until 6/12 but should have access while away.

[Continental Op]

For some reason Wolf's second roll for persuasion didn't work, so re-rolling here:

[roll]1d20+x/roll]

And sorry for the delay in posting; it took some time to try to figure out how the character would respond. But I appreciate the roleplaying opportunities, thanks.

Edit: forgot to add the +2. Again, apparently. I will sheepishly accept first roll, and move on. A 15 is fine, anyway. :)

[MrAbdiel]

Hi guys. I owe you a roundup for those scenes, and then a kick-off for the next drop. I've just been a little scatter brained; a couple of weddings coming up, a bunch of other semi-crisis life things. Not a real excuse, I've had time to post more; but I end up feeling creatively shallow and avoiding it. I'll try to post in the next couple of days!

[Waistcoatwill]

Those aren't excuses, they are valid reasons. Hope the semi-crisis things work out well and you have fun at the weddings!

[MrAbdiel]

Okay, life has mellowed some. I have a wedding I'm involved in coming up in two days, but after that things are more chill.

I've responded to all the scenes, except the field hospital, since Doc's last post seems a good endnote for that. Cavir, if you want to do a short briefing thing with Xilo and the team, you're welcome to do so! It might give the other PC's a chance to mention what they've been up to if they care to. But if you'd all prefer just to get to some action ASAP, then in a couple of days after the wedding, I'll set up the drop anyway; and you can assume Xilo communicated the information from his briefing to the team. Them's the options!

[Continental Op]

Thanks, I enjoyed the interlude and various vignettes, MrA.

FYI, I am going to be on vacation until 6/18. I will be able to read these threads while I am gone, no problem. However, I have not learned the art of posting from my phone. I will try to post if everyone is waiting on my character, but my apologies in advance if I mess anything up.

[Waistcoatwill]

It's easy, you just have to get used to constant embarrassing spelling mistakes, errors in formatting, and replying in the wrong tab! Have a lovely holiday!

+1 to enjoying all the interludes.

[JbeJ275]

This might be a little boring but like, what am I gonna do with that evidence? I'm busy maintaining gear for and then doing direct airbourne drops into enemy lines, I'm not gonna have as much time to look over it as specialised guys way behind the line and both of us having an incomplete record of it is going to make it harder to form a complete picture than someone having a complete record.

[Cavir]

I'm still around. Traveling back home. Should be able to IC post tomorrow night but don't hold things up for me.

[MrAbdiel]

Thanks, I enjoyed the interlude and various vignettes, MrA.

FYI, I am going to be on vacation until 6/18. I will be able to read these threads while I am gone, no problem. However, I have not learned the art of posting from my phone. I will try to post if everyone is waiting on my character, but my apologies in advance if I mess anything up.

Thanks! and also, no worries at all. I will sensibly puppet the Sarge until you return, but feel free to mobile-post if and when you want to.

It's easy, you just have to get used to constant embarrassing spelling mistakes, errors in formatting, and replying in the wrong tab! Have a lovely holiday!

+1 to enjoying all the interludes.

Thanks! I'm enjoying Doc's dissolving mental state. Hooray!

This might be a little boring but like, what am I gonna do with that evidence? I'm busy maintaining gear for and then doing direct airbourne drops into enemy lines, I'm not gonna have as much time to look over it as specialised guys way behind the line and both of us having an incomplete record of it is going to make it harder to form a complete picture than someone having a complete record.

Not boring at all. That's a sensible rationale; but I wanted to give you a chance to have Sal be irrational if he wanted to. Some folks might resent spooks sweeping in and sequestering information that may or may not save lives if known earlier; some respect the separation of information inherent in a complex military system. No trouble at all!

I'm still around. Traveling back home. Should be able to IC post tomorrow night but don't hold things up for me.

No worries! I look forward to it!

[MrAbdiel]

BTW:







Just for token's sake, now there are tokens. Some, such as Doc's are obvious, poor photoshop hack jobs done by trying to smash an artistically compatible medic helmet onto a halfling whose body could be mistaken for ww2 era military. Others, like Gingers, are literally yoinked from the internet with no meddling at all required, because humans.

All of them look.. good enough, when you zoom out to token scale!