Lost in Dreams II (OCC)

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

I'm considering a point in Computer Operation and Research... But I did want to save for stats as Peter is coming up on 15! He's going to be a late bloomer if I don't focus there soon. I'll let you know.

Thanks!

Intuitive INGENnovation
CytoGen
Karyo-Tech

I think my fave would be simply...

"Helix"

SuperHelix Incorporated... maybe a bit too modern? SuperHelix Managed, with "Managed" being a previously unknown legal term? Or maybe just SuperHelix? Peter now knows the real name of slick: Royden Mercato.

How will you ever top space dinosaurs?

I... don't even know how to respond to that. Do you want me to stick dragons on hoverbikes somewhere in the lineup?

The options for the next world are still being assembled and decided. Decisions, Decisions*

*I make a list of three or more options and then roll to see which one he gets.

[the_matrix_walker]

Originally Posted by ericthered

I... don't even know how to respond to that. Do you want me to stick dragons on hoverbikes somewhere in the lineup?

For that mash up he should be forced to jump a dragon on a hoverbike....

Are we reinventing "jumping the shark"?

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by TGLS

I wonder what East means on a space station... Maybe the cardinal directions map NSEW to inward/outward/spinward/anti-spinward.

Makes me think of this comic strip.

[the_matrix_walker]

Originally Posted by ericthered

You rolled a 6 on your reaction roll and a 17 on your diplomacy... would you like to use your luck? I'm not sure how critical failures work with diplomacy... but you're already in a precarious position.

YES!!! Please apply luck!

I don't think there is an exception for Diplomacy never making a situation worse, but let's just try and get out of that abysmal roll anyway.

My google sheet is updated!

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by ericthered

I'm not sure how critical failures work with diplomacy... but you're already in a precarious position.

Diplomacy rolls are influence rolls, which are quick contests. Quick contests generally ignore whether either party succeeded or failed (resistance rolls are a special case where it does matter), and thus critical failures are moot. Thus, Peter has a chance (albeit a poor one, if his opponents will is 10 it's less 1 in 6) that he gets a good reaction despite his poor roll (though that assumes there's no penalties on his skill, like for no culture or language).

I like to give out bonuses/penalties for crits in contests, because by RAW, sufficiently skilled characters can just sweep away those without sufficient skill/attribute/whatever to counter (i.e. a skill 21 chess master will simply never lose to a skill 6 newbie, no matter the skill difference)

[the_matrix_walker]

Sorry my weekend post didn't make it up until today... I thought I hit send, but it was on the screen this morning >sigh<

[the_matrix_walker]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Julian tries to imitate the flow that he can taste/feel, and then pen moves over to the side.

Okay, wow! Ritual and component free magic? Peter had to invent his own puff of smoke trick at the cost of his full energy reserve for that. Color me green with envy!

Is Julian a Star Drive now?

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

Okay, wow! Ritual and component free magic? Peter had to invent his own puff of smoke trick at the cost of his full energy reserve for that. Color me green with envy!

Is Julian a Star Drive now?

I have this feeling that Julian will need a source of energy to move a starship, and most of this magic kind of will center around moving things. Karana seems rather more flexible. Then again Julian has a slight edge on drawing magic like Vasic given he always has a pen...

On the other hand if Julian finds a force sword now and he'll be half way to Jedi...

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

Okay, wow! Ritual and component free magic? Peter had to invent his own puff of smoke trick at the cost of his full energy reserve for that. Color me green with envy!

Is Julian a Star Drive now?

Originally Posted by TGLS

I have this feeling that Julian will need a source of energy to move a starship, and most of this magic kind of will center around moving things. Karana seems rather more flexible. Then again Julian has a slight edge on drawing magic like Vasic given he always has a pen...

On the other hand if Julian finds a force sword now and he'll be half way to Jedi...

Julian has had an especially strong ramp onto magic, for whatever reason. Possibly because I'm trying to be more aggressive with it now. Senarich never showed Peter how to do any magic. If that had gone differently, Peter would have a lot more at his disposal.

It is a complete but amusing coincidence that everything that Peter does involves smoke, and he started out with the ability to light fires without matches. Peter is scheduled* to go to a world with some fairly generalized magic, and we'll see what happens at that point. Also, we'll see what he gets out of the paranoid village world.

* Peter has about three running plot threads that specify places he will eventually go.

A little bit of TK doesn't make you a Jedi. The Men of Mars world (with the red and green uniforms that people never seem to make it through) has a suit of powers inspired by the Jedi. I'm not sure I want Julian's third world to add to his powers that much. And I'm not sure that Peter would stick around long enough to pick up powers properly.

Julian really hasn't explored Vasic very much. It looks like he's going to end up with two ways to teleport things that he has access to but doesn't actually know how to use. Three if you count the dreams.

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Possibly because I'm trying to be more aggressive with it now.

I dunno, I think there's some luck of the draw to it. Tereza, one of the earliest, got a very strong start. Jane Doe (one of the longest and one of the most recent), I don't think she got a good grasp on what she was dealing with...

Originally Posted by ericthered

A little bit of TK doesn't make you a Jedi.

I'm probably off-base assuming that the jumpships are TK powered ships anyway. But if you assume that, well, Jedi level telekinesis seems in reach.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Julian really hasn't explored Vasic very much.

Probably a consequence of the whole kidnapping thing and seeing the Shuzu's people and Tarbreth's people as different sides of the same coin.