[OOC] Worlds of Fire - Page 24

Talosian · 12-17-2011, 10:59 AM

Yeah, I finished finals yesterday. And by the end of yesterday I was miserably sick.

Feeling... Less awful. Hopefully I'll be more functional soon.

Seann's opinion (when I get around to writing stuff up) will be that the SS should deploy a few sentries to (as subtly as possible) keep watch on the Sallis Estate and St Augustine Hospital. Hopefully they can provide a little bit more information by the time we move against those.

Seann's favorite would be the warehouse, because it has the most obvious people at risk. The night club should be easy to watch, as it's in the city center, so they can keep an eye on it. Seann would prefer to move around more subtly for a bit, and talk to some of the workers at the factory before going for a confrontation.

Until it comes down to requiring it, Seann would prefer to avoid militarizing the whole thing and bringing in teams with guns.

PS: Also, Seann has some equipment that could be useful for recon, and some of the things I may be adding would be helpful as well.

Frosty · 12-17-2011, 11:03 AM

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That was intentional. I used the physician template from GURPS BioTech as a basis for Lucie. If I remember correctly, First Aid defaults directly to Physician without any penalty and Lucie has Physician 14 so she effectively also has First Aid 14.

That is bizarre. Keep in mind that it is a default, and may come back to haunt you. (In other news, I'm going to go look for information on why that's set up like that...)

I just had another look at Basic Set and sure enough, it says that First Aid defaults to IQ-4, Esoteric Medicine, Physician, or Veterinary-4.

There's also the equipment modifiers that Lucie gains from the crash kit, something I neglected to remember when I built her with First Aid 20!

In any case, she's a young doctor. She's good, but she's not THAT good.

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Where is that rule for expensive gadgets? In Basic Set?

High Tech P.10 (I think it's in a couple of the other Tech books as well).

Hmm... I just had a read through and it is a convenient rule, although I'm not sure if it can be applied to a whole package of items...

If I drop the backpack, I come to a similar weight (19 lbs.) and end up saving $320!

Anyway, if Lucie needs help with carrying something, she can always ask Douglas, Seann, John or Jacobson for a helping hand. ;-)

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Originally Posted by Lamech

Well I'm done with finals now, but on the choices of where to go, the night club and warehouse look good spots due to actual confirmed disappearances. The warehouse seems especially good if people are working on something there; that speaks to me of something majorish.

I concur.

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Originally Posted by Talosian

Until it comes down to requiring it, Seann would prefer to avoid militarizing the whole thing and bringing in teams with guns.

Lucie would agree.

Totem · 12-17-2011, 01:20 PM

I'll post a reminder here that I don't have any of the -Tech books/ expansions. I'll try to rectify this later on, and I'm willing to accept equipment from such things provided a copy of the details can be provided in the thread where necessary. I'm less sanguine about accepting rules from such material though. I've done it a couple of times already (mostly because I got confused looking through the Basic Set about the specific circumstances), but please don't make the assumption that I will all the time.

On a similar note prerequisites are going to be based on what is in the Basic Set rather than anywhere else.

Totem · 12-19-2011, 01:03 PM

I'm still waiting to hear back from Ginnungagap, but it looks like we might (don't know) be down to four players again. I've got a possible player in waiting, so I'll check on that angle before we kick off. But it looks like the actual action will be starting in the new year. If anyone does come up with anything for checking things out that the SS won't have thought of then feel free to suggest them before then.

Skullcrusher · 01-03-2012, 08:43 AM

Hi guys here is the background of my character:

Picture: Lucius Frost

Spoiler:

Lucius Frost was a petty thief who was hired by the resistance to infiltrate the stronghold of the Followers of Ur. He was to locate the machine and if possible turn it off. The followers of Ur were a fanatical cult who worshipped a demonic spirit calling itself Ur. With the help of Ur the cult developed a machine that was supposed to bring Ur to this realm. The machine was turned on at 12:00 noon April 1st 1916. The sky filled with dark ominous clouds that blocked out the sun. It grew cold. People panicked in the streets. That’s when they came. Tears in the air opened up, portals of sorts. Things stepped out…horrible things. People died. Some survived. They fought the demons. All was lost. Lucius was their only hope. He entered the fortress. Found the machine this is where the story begins……

Lucius found the machine. It was a gigantic array of mechanical parts along with pieces that had strange symbols written on them. He noticed there was a pedestal with a circular platform on top with many symbols inlaid with many colorful gems. In the middle inset in the platform was a disc with 4 red gems (1 large in the middle and 3 smaller radiating out on angles from it). Hearing footsteps he new he would be discovered soon so he frantically pressed as many of the gems as he could. The gems on the pedestal glowed bright…he eyes seared with pain, he panicked pressing and tugging on anything he could. In the process he dislodged the disc in the middle. The machine hummed louder and louder and the pedestal shone brighter and brighter. A loud piercing whine emanated from the pedestal. He ran for the exit, the disc glowed; a strange swirling portal appeared in the doorway. His eyes burning with agony….he dashed through the door/portal. Everything went black…he heard faint screams from behind him….screams of death and pain…he felt weightless. A few seconds later he came to his senses his eyes still hurt…it was still bright…not as bright as it had been. He stumbled about knocking things over. His eyes cleared but they still hurt. He shaded his eyes and was able to block the light out enough to notice he was in a room with many tools. Fumbling around he found some goggles. Putting them on he noticed his eyes stopped hurting and he could see perfectly. Finding the exit he opened the door. The light got brighter but his eyes no longer hurt. Outside he saw strange machines and large buildings. The main thing he noticed was the sun shining in the sky….where was he? All he knew is he wasn’t home.

Basically, the disc was a portal generator and the machine was an amplifier. When he pulled the disc from the machine it caused the machine to over load. He jumped through the portal just in time before his world was destroyed…although he doesn’t know that. Also the combination of the searing light and the cosmic/supernatural power from the energy emanating from the overloading machine caused his eyes to change to where he can see in darkness but bright light hurts him (like Riddick in Pitch Black). He played around with the device enough that he has some knowledge of how to work it.

Skullcrusher · 01-03-2012, 09:24 AM

Character sheet:

Lucius Frost

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Edit: aslo increased acc on pistol since I had spare signature gear money I changed the pistol portion of the sword to be very fine (Accurate) instead of just Fine. Also added All-lighting googles and Changed Weapon Bond to pistol sword and made it cost 2 points instead of 1.

Talosian · 01-03-2012, 12:46 PM

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Weapon Bond (Guns (Pistol)) [1]
Weapon Bond (Shortsword) [1]

You take Weapon Bond for one weapon, not for weapon types. A gunblade might be ruled to take two points, though.

Also, if the goggles are meant to negate his vision problems during the day, then they should be priced the same as appropriate nightvision gear...

Skullcrusher · 01-03-2012, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Talosian

You take Weapon Bond for one weapon, not for weapon types. A gunblade might be ruled to take two points, though.

Also, if the goggles are meant to negate his vision problems during the day, then they should be priced the same as appropriate nightvision gear...

Why would darkly tinted glasses cost as much as night vision goggles. All it is meant to do is bring the light level down? It would be comparible to requiring a flash light to see at night...inexpensive and obvious.

Talosian · 01-03-2012, 04:10 PM

It's more of a game balance issue. I doubt it'd be that easy to solve that degree of light sensitivity, and if so, then it's extremely beneficial to make every character that way.

Totem · 01-04-2012, 04:37 AM

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Why would darkly tinted glasses cost as much as night vision goggles. All it is meant to do is bring the light level down? It would be comparible to requiring a flash light to see at night...inexpensive and obvious.

It's more of a game balance issue. I doubt it'd be that easy to solve that degree of light sensitivity, and if so, then it's extremely beneficial to make every character that way.

I'd agree here; normal sunglasses might provide a +1 to +3 against bright lights before you get up to the Cat.4 rated ones that they can't sell in some shops because it's not safe to drive while wearing them or something (or so I was assured when I was buying some Cat.3 ones for a trip up the mountains). To reduce a -9 penalty in normal daylight to a 0 would require Lucius to be to all intents and purposes blindfolded without access to some kind of suitably high-TL materials. And the darkening effect would be constant unless it was something very specialised, so it would provide the same level of darkening at -9 darkness as it would at 0 darkness.

The Western Harbour has access to TL^ technology (it was made in seven weeks, so it has to have something decent backing it up). That means that you can get sunglasses that will adjust to the darkness penalty and keep it at an effective 0 constantly.

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All-Lighting Sunglasses
Cost: $600 + $25 per level of Night Vision required to accomodate.
Weight: 0 lbs (effective)

All-Lighting Sunglasses are a necessary part of the Western Harbour's ongoing development based around the vast range of different individuals and species that have turned up there. In this case they are intended to allow those adapted to very low-light conditions to operate in what most races would refer to as 'normal' lighting.

The materials involved in these glasses are fairly exotic and almost impossible to reproduce at low TLs, however the glassess are purely based on chemical functions and so do not suffer penalties from such things as EMP, magic that targets electronics and the like.

Owing to the need for the glasses to shield the eyes entirely from incoming light, the glasses are tight fitting and need to be adapted to an individual. The frames have been known to interfere with peripheral vision in some cases despite the best efforts however.

These glasses do not protect against levels of lighting beyond the 'normal' level.

Grants:
Normal Vision to Night Vision down to purchased level.
No Peripheral Vision.

12-17-2011, 10:59 AM	#231
Talosian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California	Re: [OOC] Worlds of Fire Yeah, I finished finals yesterday. And by the end of yesterday I was miserably sick. Feeling... Less awful. Hopefully I'll be more functional soon. Seann's opinion (when I get around to writing stuff up) will be that the SS should deploy a few sentries to (as subtly as possible) keep watch on the Sallis Estate and St Augustine Hospital. Hopefully they can provide a little bit more information by the time we move against those. Seann's favorite would be the warehouse, because it has the most obvious people at risk. The night club should be easy to watch, as it's in the city center, so they can keep an eye on it. Seann would prefer to move around more subtly for a bit, and talk to some of the workers at the factory before going for a confrontation. Until it comes down to requiring it, Seann would prefer to avoid militarizing the whole thing and bringing in teams with guns. PS: Also, Seann has some equipment that could be useful for recon, and some of the things I may be adding would be helpful as well.

12-17-2011, 01:20 PM	#233
Totem Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: The Western Harbour	Re: [OOC] Worlds of Fire I'll post a reminder here that I don't have any of the -Tech books/ expansions. I'll try to rectify this later on, and I'm willing to accept equipment from such things provided a copy of the details can be provided in the thread where necessary. I'm less sanguine about accepting rules from such material though. I've done it a couple of times already (mostly because I got confused looking through the Basic Set about the specific circumstances), but please don't make the assumption that I will all the time. On a similar note prerequisites are going to be based on what is in the Basic Set rather than anywhere else. __________________ "John Adams was a farmer. Abraham Lincoln was a small-town lawyer. Plato, Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate judgment and wisdom with occupation is at best... insulting."

12-19-2011, 01:03 PM	#234
Totem Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: The Western Harbour	Re: [OOC] Worlds of Fire I'm still waiting to hear back from Ginnungagap, but it looks like we might (don't know) be down to four players again. I've got a possible player in waiting, so I'll check on that angle before we kick off. But it looks like the actual action will be starting in the new year. If anyone does come up with anything for checking things out that the SS won't have thought of then feel free to suggest them before then. __________________ "John Adams was a farmer. Abraham Lincoln was a small-town lawyer. Plato, Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate judgment and wisdom with occupation is at best... insulting."

01-03-2012, 08:43 AM	#235
Skullcrusher Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Detroit, Michigan	Re: [OOC] Worlds of Fire Hi guys here is the background of my character: Picture: Lucius Frost Spoiler: Lucius Frost was a petty thief who was hired by the resistance to infiltrate the stronghold of the Followers of Ur. He was to locate the machine and if possible turn it off. The followers of Ur were a fanatical cult who worshipped a demonic spirit calling itself Ur. With the help of Ur the cult developed a machine that was supposed to bring Ur to this realm. The machine was turned on at 12:00 noon April 1st 1916. The sky filled with dark ominous clouds that blocked out the sun. It grew cold. People panicked in the streets. That’s when they came. Tears in the air opened up, portals of sorts. Things stepped out…horrible things. People died. Some survived. They fought the demons. All was lost. Lucius was their only hope. He entered the fortress. Found the machine this is where the story begins…… Lucius found the machine. It was a gigantic array of mechanical parts along with pieces that had strange symbols written on them. He noticed there was a pedestal with a circular platform on top with many symbols inlaid with many colorful gems. In the middle inset in the platform was a disc with 4 red gems (1 large in the middle and 3 smaller radiating out on angles from it). Hearing footsteps he new he would be discovered soon so he frantically pressed as many of the gems as he could. The gems on the pedestal glowed bright…he eyes seared with pain, he panicked pressing and tugging on anything he could. In the process he dislodged the disc in the middle. The machine hummed louder and louder and the pedestal shone brighter and brighter. A loud piercing whine emanated from the pedestal. He ran for the exit, the disc glowed; a strange swirling portal appeared in the doorway. His eyes burning with agony….he dashed through the door/portal. Everything went black…he heard faint screams from behind him….screams of death and pain…he felt weightless. A few seconds later he came to his senses his eyes still hurt…it was still bright…not as bright as it had been. He stumbled about knocking things over. His eyes cleared but they still hurt. He shaded his eyes and was able to block the light out enough to notice he was in a room with many tools. Fumbling around he found some goggles. Putting them on he noticed his eyes stopped hurting and he could see perfectly. Finding the exit he opened the door. The light got brighter but his eyes no longer hurt. Outside he saw strange machines and large buildings. The main thing he noticed was the sun shining in the sky….where was he? All he knew is he wasn’t home. Basically, the disc was a portal generator and the machine was an amplifier. When he pulled the disc from the machine it caused the machine to over load. He jumped through the portal just in time before his world was destroyed…although he doesn’t know that. Also the combination of the searing light and the cosmic/supernatural power from the energy emanating from the overloading machine caused his eyes to change to where he can see in darkness but bright light hurts him (like Riddick in Pitch Black). He played around with the device enough that he has some knowledge of how to work it. __________________ You can get more with a 2X4 and a kind word then with just a kind word! Randal Kane - Trent Bauer

01-03-2012, 09:24 AM	#236
Skullcrusher Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Detroit, Michigan	Re: [OOC] Worlds of Fire Character sheet: Lucius Frost Spoiler: Name: Lucius Frost Race: Human Attributes [175] ST 12 [20] DX 14 [80] IQ 12 [40] HT 12 [20] HP 12 Will 12 Per 13 [5] FP 12 Basic Lift 34 Damage 1d/2d-1 Basic Speed 7 [10] Basic Move 7 Ground Move 7 Water Move 1 Social Background TL: 6 [-10] Cultural Familiarities: Western Languages: English Advantages [53] Combat Reflexes [15] Fit [5] Flexibility [5] Hard to Kill (1) [2] High Manual Dexterity (1) [5] Jumper (World) (_Free; Can Carry Objects (Light Encumbrance); Cannot Escort; Drift; Gadget/Can Be Stolen: Thief must win a Quick Contest of DX or ST; Gadget/Unique; Limited Jump; Stunning) [0] Lifting ST (1) [3] Night Vision (9) (Visually impaired by day) [0] Perfect Balance [15] Signature Gear (Pistol Sword, goggles and lockpicks) (2) [2] Striking ST (1) [5] Temperature Tolerance (2) [2] Tough Guy (1) [5] Perks [6] Compact Frame [1] Off-Hand Weapon Training (Knife) [1] Off-Screen Reload [1] Patience of Job [1] Weapon Bond (Pistol Sword)[2] Disadvantages [-40] Code of Honor (Pirate's) [-5] Curious (12 or less) [-5] Greed (12 or less) [-15] Loner (12 or less) [-5] Overconfidence (12 or less) [-5] Sense of Duty (Team) (Small Group) [-5] Quirks [-5] Early riser [-1] Eye shine (think Riddick in Pitch Black) [-1] Loves High Places [-1] Wanderlust [-1] Wears Dark Goggles during day and on bright nights. [-1] Skills [61] Acrobatics DX/H - DX+1 15 [4] includes: +1 from 'Perfect Balance' Brawling DX/E - DX+1 15 [2] Climbing DX/A - DX+3 17 [1] includes: +3 from 'Flexibility', +1 from 'Perfect Balance' Escape DX/H - DX+3 17 [4] includes: +3 from 'Flexibility' Fast-Draw (Sword) DX/E - DX+1 15 [1] includes: +1 from 'Combat Reflexes' First Aid/TL8 (Human) IQ/E - IQ+0 12 [1] Forced Entry DX/E - DX+2 16 [2] includes: +1 from 'Tough Guy' Guns/TL6 (Pistol) DX/E - DX+1 15 [2] Hiking HT/A - HT-1 11 [1] Holdout IQ/A - IQ+1 13 [4] Jumping DX/E - DX+2 16 [4] Knife DX/E - DX+0 14 [1] Lockpicking/TL6 IQ/A - IQ+3 15 [4] includes: +2 from 'Lockpicks (Fine)' Navigation/TL8 (Land) IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1] Observation Per/A - Per+0 13 [2] Running HT/A - HT-1 11 [1] Scrounging Per/E - Per 13 [1] Shortsword DX/A - DX+1 15 [4] Stealth DX/A - DX+1 15 [4] Streetwise IQ/A - IQ+2 14 [4] includes: +1 from 'Tough Guy' Survival (Mountain) Per/A - Per-1 12 [1] Swimming HT/E - HT+1 13 [2] Thrown Weapon (Knife) DX/E - DX+0 14 [1] Traps/TL6 IQ/A - IQ+1 13 [4] Urban Survival Per/A - Per+0 13 [2] Wrestling DX/A - DX+0 14 [2] Stats [175] Ads [54] Disads [-40] Quirks [-5] Skills [60] = Total [250] Hand Weapons 1 Large Knife/TL0 LC:4\|4\|4 $40 Wgt:1 Swing Dam:2d-3 cut Reach:C, 1 Parry:10 ST:6 Skill:Knife, DX-4, Force Sword-3, Main-Gauche-3, Shortsword-3 Thrust Dam:1d imp Reach:C Parry:10 ST:6 Skill:Knife, DX-4, Force Sword-3, Main-Gauche-3, Shortsword-3 Notes:[1] 1 Pistol Sword LC:3\|3\|3 $10800 Wgt:4.6 Primary Dam:2d+1 cut Reach:1 Parry:12 ST:11 Skill:Shortsword Thrust Dam:1d+2 imp Reach:1 Parry:12 ST:11 Skill:Shortsword Ranged Weapons 1 Large Knife/TL0 LC:4\|4\|4 Dam:1d imp Acc:0 Range:10.4 / 19.5 RoF:1 Shots:T(1) ST:6 Bulk:-2 Rcl:- $40 Wgt:1 1 Large Throwing Knife/TL2 LC:4 Dam:1d imp Acc:1 Range:13 / 26 RoF:1 Shots:T(1) ST:6 Bulk:-1 Rcl:- $40 Wgt:1 Notes:[10] 1 Pistol Sword LC:3\|3\|3 Dam:3d-2 pi+ Acc:4 Range:120 / 1300 RoF:3 Shots:6(2i) ST:11 Bulk:-3 Rcl:-4 $10800 Wgt:4.6 Armor & Possessions 36 .45 Long ammo $18 Wgt:1.8 Location: on ammo belt and holster belt 1 Boots $80 Wgt:3 Location:feet 1 Cigarette Lighter $10 Wgt:0 Location: pouch 1 Compass $50 Wgt:0 Location: pouch 1 Leather Gloves $30 Wgt:0 Location:hands 1 Leather Jacket $50 Wgt:4 Location:arms, torso 1 Leather Pants $40 Wgt:3 Location:legs, groin 1 Lockpicks (Fine) $1000 Wgt:0 Location: pouch 1 Matches $1.5 Wgt:0 Location: pouch 1 Ordinary Clothes $0 Wgt:2 Location: 1 Personal Basics $5 Wgt:1 Location: pouch 1 Pouch (with strap) $1080.5 Wgt:2 Location: left side 1 Silk Vest $800 Wgt:6 Location:torso 1 All Lighting googles $690 Wgt:0 Location:eyes 2 Traveler's Rations $4 Wgt:1 Location: pouch 1 Wristwatch $20 Wgt:0 Location: right wrist 1 Long Coat $50, 5Lbs (gives +1 to hold out) Enc 33.4 Move 7 dodge: 11 Edit: aslo increased acc on pistol since I had spare signature gear money I changed the pistol portion of the sword to be very fine (Accurate) instead of just Fine. Also added All-lighting googles and Changed Weapon Bond to pistol sword and made it cost 2 points instead of 1. __________________ You can get more with a 2X4 and a kind word then with just a kind word! Randal Kane - Trent Bauer Last edited by Skullcrusher; 01-04-2012 at 09:19 AM. Reason: reduced scrounging by 1 and increased signature gear by 1

01-03-2012, 04:10 PM	#239
Talosian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California	Re: [OOC] Worlds of Fire It's more of a game balance issue. I doubt it'd be that easy to solve that degree of light sensitivity, and if so, then it's extremely beneficial to make every character that way.

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