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

[Cavir]

I'm here! Sorry for being AWOL. Gotten so busy IRL but have not given up here! Currently working catching up here (lots to cover). Will post during the weekend. Enjoying the posts!

[Waistcoatwill]

That's awesome! Delighted that things are less busy for you!

[MrAbdiel]

Awesome! Thanks for your posts guys, responses are in the pipeline but also I coming down with the flu or something like it so expect my posts to be more nonsensically sporadic than usual.

[Waistcoatwill]

Hope you feel better soon!

[Cavir]

Hope you feel better soon!

MEDIC!

I'll be away 6/29 to 7/4. Hoping to get more posted before then but don't wait on me.

[Cavir]

IC we didn't do much with our loot list from here. We still have all of these right? We have time now to find out what some of these do. Ginger's prisoner may be of help for this. Claim what you want please!

Spoiler: Loot list

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6x Rekalibratoren - resize caliber of ammo
3 * Universal Antidote.
Tranq Pistol. Range 20/100. 6 dart mag. 2 mags. --> Doc
4 Incendiary Grenades. 10' radius, 6d6 damage plus burning
Deployable Ballistic Shield - grants you half cover. Deploy for 3/4 cover. --> Xilo

Arm Bandolier of Useful Things
2x Human Silhouette In Front Of A Door
2x Tyrannosaurus Rampant
2x Jeep
2x Human Silhouette Enclosed in a White Sphere Upon Which An Arrow Breaks
2x Medical Cross, Superimposed Over A Drop Of Blood
2x Medical Cross, Superimposed Over A Cogwheel
1x Mushroom Cloud

Herr Eisenkrugen's Even Handier Haversack
- 4 detachable pouches to one central sack. fist size hole

12x Adamantine Rounds (Ignores Resistance to Piercing or Firearm Damage, or to Non-Magical Damage; does 1/2 Damage to Tanks.)
12x Bleeder Rounds (Targets Struck take 1 Piercing Damage each subsequent turn until healed or treated with a DC15 Medicine Check)
12x Mage Breaker Rounds (Targets Struck make an additional DC12 Concentration check each turn until the bullet is removed (DC15 Medicine)
12x Tracer Rounds (Successful Hits grant advantage to shots from allies adjacent to you against the same target.)
12x Cold Iron Rounds
12x Silver Rounds
12x Sunlight Rounds (One second after firing, creates enough sunlight to illuminate a 100 yard battlefield for two rounds.
Ideally fired into the air.)

You and your… ‘psychos’ are too valuable doing what you’ve ended up doing twice, now - infiltration, elimination, destruction.

Can't image what higher value missions will be like!

Time for a wish list. And an open persuasion roll! Feel free to shoot for the moon as far as the list goes, but as far as what you’ll get, that depends on the roll. Given that you’re the golden boy right now for flipping Dr. Schiller, you can roll with advantage.

Assuming Captain Longsummer is not expecting an instantaneous list. Need ideas from everyone. Think about the creative items the enemy has had. We may be able to get some elite gear to match or surpass that.

Spoiler: Wish list ideas

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Listing some general level ideas as a start.
Upgrade rings, change spells?
RPG type weapon
Stealth- active and passive
Radios - within unit and to command
Armor/Shielding
Emergency teleport
Improved weapons, scopes
Medical supplies
Upgrades for Sparky

You may also assume you'll level up!

I have to work on that. Everyone else done? Going to assume I can do the persuasion roll after leveling up.

[MrAbdiel]

IC we didn't do much with our loot list from here. We still have all of these right? We have time now to find out what some of these do. Ginger's prisoner may be of help for this. Claim what you want please!

You do still have them. A normal unit would have to submit them to command, but you've earned a long leash.

I have to work on that. Everyone else done? Going to assume I can do the persuasion roll after leveling up.

You can level up first!

[Cavir]

Looking back at our last level up, I noticed we rolled HP for the new level and got to reroll one previous level. I don't remember where that is from (not in the OOC OP) or if we area still doing it? Reference.
Past HP rolls: 10, 4, 7, 5, 10, 2
New level: (1d10)[4]
Reroll if valid: (1d10)[9]

Here's my Level 7 sheet, work in progress.

[JbeJ275]

If nothing else, once I’m out of Medical you can expect Sal to start working on deciding what the different strips do when pulled. Some of those were very tempting but the uncertainty of what they could be doing made me never want to use them if the situation was too dangerous.

[Waistcoatwill]

The reroll was from a period of rest, which may get after thus but haven't yet.

Great ideas for requisition stuff! I think some short distance tactical teleporting would be awesome, even benign transposition type stuff would be really helpful.

Some way to immobilise a prisoner for extraction, bonus points if it stops them casting spells.

Something to create illusions either for stealth/cover or distractions.

Armour boosts to keep us all alive a little longer.

Anti-tank weapons!

For Doc - telekinetic surgical tools! For the busy surgeon who doesn't want to schlep all the way across a battlefield to remove magical bullets from someone.

[JbeJ275]

I was gonna request some sort of capacity upgrade so I had room for more offensive spells but the patches are quite likely to cover it in at least the Meduim term. Honestly despite being the magic item class I can’t think of any thematic magic items for Sal, though more movement options are always welcome. If at least one of us had flight capacity that would be a big upgrade.

[Novabomb]

Anti-Armor weapons was definitely something on the mind. Ginger was planning to talk to Sal about that during down time. (Perhaps we can design something that can be fired off from a catapult spell. (Or perhaps a second level catapult now that he has 2nd lvl spells)

Perhaps higher end rifles? Perhaps a scope?

[Cavir]

Making the wish list a separate post for easier tracking. I'll update this post as we go.

Spoiler: Wish list ideas

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Upgrade rings, change spells?
Anti-tank weapons
Stealth- active and passive. Illusions, noise control
Radios - within unit and to command
Improved Armor
Shielding
Emergency teleport (end of mission)
Tactical teleportation
Improved weapons (Xilo will focus on his pistol and sword thanks to the shield), scopes
Medical supplies, telekinetic surgical tools
Upgrades for Sparky
Prisoner control, prohibit spellcasting
More spell patches
Flight
Explosives
Darkvision
Grenades (Stun, Smoke, Damage)

[Novabomb]

Do any of you guys have ideas for what to ask the prisoner about?

[Waistcoatwill]

Oops, totally forgot to pitch in on that!

Any other bases like that one he's heard about, any other weapons in general.
In particular, and known faults with Vult hardware we can exploit.

Same goes for the other Pakts, where they're based and what they can do. Any major players to target or avoid.

[MrAbdiel]

Alrighty, I think we're about ready to wrap up out intermission and send you guys out on another mission mission.

Before I do that post however, would the four of you mind

1) Indicating to me the first and second things you most would like, from the wishlist, in order
2) Roll me a d20. Higher, as often, is gooder.

[JbeJ275]

1) Flight
2) Sparky Upgrades

(1d20)[15]

I believe in the heart of the DICE!!!

[Novabomb]

1) Explosives
2) Darkvision

(1d20)[5]

[Waistcoatwill]

1) Telekinetic surgical tools
2) Prisoner control with antimagic

(1d20)[5]

The dice just like murdering I guess!

[MrAbdiel]

My noble friends,

I am strugglin'. I loaded up myself with posts to write for - most as a player, some as a GM - when I was working a job I didn't care about and not sure what was happening next for me. As of two weeks ago, I'm doing some postgrad study and working only part-time, and I am finding it more creatively taxing. I'm trying to make small cuts in my 'post load' and, after some thought, The Ballad of Echo Company is the one I am considering. The other games I run are in universes I am very familiar with and I know where they are going; Echo Company is a wholecloth setting and I spend more stress (the good but timeconsuming kind) trying to decide where things will go, and how to present that direction in a 5E challenge.

But I also like this game and I like Doc and Ginger and Sal and Xilo, so I don't want to give them up completely - not if I don't have to. I'm only studying a Post Grad Certificate right now, which is just a 6 month course. I'm operating on the assumption that none of you guys are planning to delete your accounts at the end of the year, but would you lads be alright if we paused the game to pick it up again at the end of the year after I've cleared all my assessment? I'll message everyone to drag you back to the game at the time. I'm sorry the game has gone from regular, to irregular, to sparse right now; I fear if I just try to slug through I'll not do it justice and, arguably worse, do damage to my studies.

Interested in hearing everyone's thoughts; whether a break would be too distruptive or if everyone is happy to take one and come back after.

[Novabomb]

Totally fine with that.

[JbeJ275]

I think we've had a very good Season 1 of the tv show. I can only hope that season 2 will be even better.

[Waistcoatwill]

Wow, these writers strikes get everywhere!

Hope the PGCert goes well and I'll be looking forward to season 2.

[Sublight]

Oh wow, this game seems cool.

Ive even made characters like this in the past.

I hope it isnt full... oh... i see...

The poor GM needs a rest.

Nevertheless, consider this interest posted.