Sea of Stars - OOC III

[Haval]

So let's roll Logis Prophesying for Anika's device from the auction. It would be something that she'd carry around with her

Given a time line of the Stalker murders and a list of noble residences in the Spire can we anticipate the next likely target.
vs. Int 53 (presumably there's a modifier here)
(1d100)[65]

Given enough time we'd know whether the device is correct or not.

Also, Anika comes back from her trip to orbit with as many camera carrying servo skulls as she can bring with her. They'll likely be set to patrol over a wide area to see if she could find something unusual.
Awareness (Awareness +10)
vs. Per 43
(1d100)[86]

And going to make some inquiries with the Kasballica to see if anyone has heard anything concrete about the Stalker.
Inquiry vs Fel 47 (+10 Peer Underworld)
(1d100)[74]

Failing that, it seems the next best thing would be to try and get a closer look at the Stalker's methodology. How is it that the Stalker is able to bypass the security of all these nobles and kill with seeming impunity? Does he/she/it shut down their security measures - indicating a high level of skill and knowledge of the systems in use - or does he/she/it just bypass it, i.e. walk through walls or something?

If the Stalker is a normal human and just a really good planner, he/she obviously needs to gather information before attacking. Perhaps there's a connection to be drawn there? Have all the victims attended the same social gatherings or been meeting with the same people? Perhaps they've all recently hired some new help - servants or guards who've later disappeared?

Presumably this is information that we have access to through the Commissariat. I keep thinking of this as a tech thing but it doesn't have to be. Ideally we'd be able to narrow things down.

[Leon]

Spoiler: Destro

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Medicae to assess general health of subjects and SL Chymistry to consider where to start with enhancements of subjects from the base line


Medicae Tn88 [roll0] 95

Scholastic Lore: Chymistry Th 63 [roll1] 44

Spoiler: Destro

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FP RR on the Medicae ~ [roll0] 16 Tn 88

posted in the old thread by mistake so copied and adjusted here

[Destro_Yersul]

So let's roll Logis Prophesying for Anika's device from the auction. It would be something that she'd carry around with her

Given a time line of the Stalker murders and a list of noble residences in the Spire can we anticipate the next likely target.
vs. Int 53 (presumably there's a modifier here)
[roll0]

Given enough time we'd know whether the device is correct or not.

Also, Anika comes back from her trip to orbit with as many camera carrying servo skulls as she can bring with her. They'll likely be set to patrol over a wide area to see if she could find something unusual.
Awareness (Awareness +10)
vs. Per 43
[roll1]

And going to make some inquiries with the Kasballica to see if anyone has heard anything concrete about the Stalker.
Inquiry vs Fel 47 (+10 Peer Underworld)
[roll2]

Hmm. You have enough information for a bonus, certainly, but I don't think it's enough for +30. The attacks haven't been especially regular in terms of pattern, but finding patterns is what this device is for, and you do have a lot of data to work with.

The logis device spits out a list of possible residence targets, including the one Macharius has rented, which are all located within the same general area. It suggests that the targets for the next week will come from within this area, and that residences outside this area can be safely ignored as possibilities.

Anika's skull network, we'll come to after the party. I want to do that bit IC.

From the underworld, Anika gets a lot of rumours, but little that's credible. It's certainly possible the Stalker purchased some of their equipment on the black market, but nobody can say for sure.

Oh, in other news, we hit page 50. go us! New IC thread here. Don't forget to update your subscriptions!

[Blarghy]

Woo, new leads! And it's good to confirm that we rented in the right district.

[Haval]

Need to use that more often. Everyone feel free to make Anika ask it questions.

[rax]

About how the Stalker is getting around. It occurs to me that if they've got wings, then they could be using a glidewing (p. 136, Into the Storm). They're silent and the user gets the Flyer trait, but they still have to launch from at least 15 metres up. Perhaps there's no suitable launch point that will let them reach Lord Hax's palace?

[Haval]

About how the Stalker is getting around. It occurs to me that if they've got wings, then they could be using a glidewing (p. 136, Into the Storm). They're silent and the user gets the Flyer trait, but they still have to launch from at least 15 metres up. Perhaps there's no suitable launch point that will let them reach Lord Hax's palace?

I didn't realise there was actual gear. I was thinking about swooping hawks and the like. Maybe we could keep an eye on the highest parts of the hive.

[rax]

Assuming an aerial entry using a glidewing, perhaps Anika could add that to narrow down the potential list of targets as well suggest as a possible starting point? Not that 15m is much when we're talking hive spires, but the known flight capabilities of a glidewing might help narrow things down.

[Destro_Yersul]

Need a post from Ravia for her thing. But for the party, do you guys have anything more to say to Etula, or are you done with her?

[Leon]

Spoiler: Destro

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((OOC: Roll Trade (Chymist) to whip up a drug regimen, and Medicae to administer it without killing anybody))

Trade Chymistry Tn 63 (1d100)[94]

Medicae Tn 88 [roll]1d100[/roll]


Dialogue later

[Leon]

Spoiler: Destro

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RR on that Chymistry Check (1d100)[78]

Medicae Check Tn 88 (1d100)[60]

Still a fail on the Chymisrty check but not as bad

[PotatoGolem]

Need a post from Ravia for her thing. But for the party, do you guys have anything more to say to Etula, or are you done with her?

I think we're pretty much done.

[Haval]

Yeah. It was as much to make connections as for the Stalker. If its not obviously to do with politics I don't think there's anything more to ask.

[Destro_Yersul]

Update's going to be another day or two, sorry. Been working on a Star Wars video and it really needs to be finished before May 4th.

[Haval]

I will look for it.

[Destro_Yersul]

No need to look, for I bring you glorious links. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToIjmbgsA2c

Deadlines are now much further away for the most part, and your scheduled shenanigans may resume.

[PotatoGolem]

That was a cool video, even as someone who hasn't done any hobbyist stuff in a decade.

Anyways, Scholastic Lore (Imperial Creed) to see if Macharius has any idea about the saint and shrine: (1d100)[80]. Maybe it'll give him a sense of her religious leanings.

EDIT: Forgot TN. It was 48, so he doesn't know much.

[Destro_Yersul]

She will also ask the guard for the name of whoever was in charge of Lady Kindjal's affairs on the basis that she should compare notes.

Which affairs do you mean, here? Just financial, or otherwise?

[Haval]

Ah, that wasn't very clear. Looking to see if she has a Seneschal so I can find out who is in charge of the pilgrims. Also to find out how well armed they are.

[rax]

Well, this is getting exciting. What's the old bat up to?

[Haval]

Well, this is getting exciting. What's the old bat up to?

Nothing illegal certainly.

[rax]

Clearly not. It's a totally above board pilgrimage featuring combat veterans. What could possibly go wrong?

[Destro_Yersul]

Well, this is getting exciting. What's the old bat up to?

Wouldn't you like to know?

[rax]

I suspect I'm going to find out shortly...

[Haval]

How well guarded are the areas of the Kindjal household that are set aside for the guests. I was wondering how easy it would be to get into the areas of the house that Anika isn't allowed in. I don't have anything specific that I can actually justify looking for though so maybe that's a bad idea.

Otherwise, Search vs. Per 43 /2 (1d100)[29] to investigate any library that she can find in the parts of the household that she is allowed in. Maybe there are decorative bookshelves.

Will roll Forbidden Lore (Heresy) vs. Int 53 while she's in the house
(1d100)[52]

[Destro_Yersul]

How well guarded are the areas of the Kindjal household that are set aside for the guests. I was wondering how easy it would be to get into the areas of the house that Anika isn't allowed in. I don't have anything specific that I can actually justify looking for though so maybe that's a bad idea.

Otherwise, Search vs. Per 43 /2 [roll0] to investigate any library that she can find in the parts of the household that she is allowed in. Maybe there are decorative bookshelves.

Will roll Forbidden Lore (Heresy) vs. Int 53 while she's in the house
[roll1]

Missed this when I was responding. There's a small library space that's guest accessible, but mostly unoccupied. The non-guest areas are roped off, and there's guards stationed around. It wouldn't be hard to slip past a rope, but avoiding guards would be more challenging.

Anika can spend a bit of time poking around the library, but she doesn't find anything obviously heretical. She's pretty confident she'd recognise heresy if she saw it, but most of the titles in the library she can get to are pretty ordinary. Textbooks on a variety of approved subjects and works of fiction. Adventure stories, mostly. If there's heresy to be found here, it isn't simply lying about the place.

Any other plans for while you're here on Scintilla?

[Haval]

Any other plans for while you're here on Scintilla?

Rereading some things. I do need to investigate the highpoints of the hive in line with Rax's glidewing theory. Even if it's a case of us finding out information that we can pass onto the comissariat rather then catching the Stalker ourselves.

[Haval]

And I've just seen this mentioned

https://www.eurogamer.net/warhammer-...-of-pathfinder

[Haval]

Trying to cover a lot of stuff and I obviously forgot to include something.

Given the locations of all the victims premises and the heights of all the major parts of the Spire, can we anticipate a location where the Stalker might be operating from?
Logis vs. Int 53
(1d100)[89]
Going to spend my last FP on this one just in case
(1d100)[82]

[PotatoGolem]

I think we've covered everything else Macharius wanted to do while we're here.

FYI, leaving on a vacation Friday through the 19th, so I may not respond much.