Play@YSDC

Posted: **Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:05 pm**

Here’s the place for all of your out of context chat.

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2023 12:22 am**

Well, hello to everyone who participates.

Do we just select pre-gens or we try to coordinate a bit about which to select? What you all think?

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:04 am**

I think we should coordinate a little bit. Obviously, we’ll need someone good at fighting, someone good at talking, and someone good at researching. The mechanics are also likely necessary roles. As far as I’m aware, we’ll be able to utilize these roles most if we pick the ones that we already know something about. I see that one of the pre-gens is the designated medic. I personally think that I shouldn’t be the medic, since I’m new and don’t have a good feel for how much health is enough versus how much needs immediate attending. I am willing to be the electrical engineer if that’s a helpful role, especially since he has skills with computers and cameras - both of which are apparently important (according to the books, at least).

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:20 am**

Hi Team!

I think there is no EDU stat because this is possibly based on the Delta Green CoC supplement, which doesn't use EDU either (ditto APP). You don't need to reverse engineer to calculate a stat.

I'm happy to play anything, although I'd rather not play the boss lady (mostly because I don't want to nominally be in charge of the team, partly because I'm lazy and free-time-challenged).

For preference, I'd nominate to play the security guy, Shepard, failing that the medic, Booth. But if anyone wants either, go for it, I'm flex.

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:49 am**

I'd think all the characters are coming on the mission, and any not chosen would be NPCs. I'd like to play Benjamin Shepherd, but I'm open to playing someone else if somebody else wants him. I could play Amanda Drake instead, but I have the same reasons not to that you do.

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2023 6:46 am**

Alright! Harold Cain would be my ideal choice. I love computer science, especially involving old computers, so the electrical engineer would be fun to play. I probably shouldn’t play Amanda Drake, because I wouldn’t know what I was doing.

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:51 am**

If you want to play Amanda Drake then go for it, is my advice. Ex-military, leading a part-civilian team? You can almost guarantee they won’t follow orders most of the time anyway, particularly if things start unravelling…

A range of skills is going to be useful.

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:14 pm**

Done deal, Mr H! You take Shepard.

That being the case, I'm happy to bag Booth the Medic, if no one else minds.

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:18 pm**

Okey, I think I will take the Amanda the Leader.

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2023 4:32 am**

Thank you, sounds good to me!

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:10 pm**

So, we have:

Joajackson - Amanda Drake
Mr Handy - Benjamin Shepherd
Snapper - Randolph Booth
Lost_King - Harold Cain

We have enough to start but I’ll chase the others over the weekend and see if they still want in.

I’ll set up a player characters thread so you can copy over your portrait/stats. (Mr Handy, do you have a template of all the stats? I think the last one I did was for Servants and that was 6th edition).

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:52 am**

I don't have a blank template, just my completed character sheets, but those can be copied and edited to make a blank one.

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:08 am**

Ok, thanks. I’ll take a crack at that when I’m home later.

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:56 pm**

FYI - 7th Ed character sheet default skills:

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:14 pm**

Much appreciated, Snapper.

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:44 am**

Hi, well I've eventually caught up with everything. It was a toss up between the pilot or the wilderness guide for me so I chose the guide as he has a fairly decent cross section of skills.

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:44 am**

Great stuff. Potentially we have a couple more players but it won’t hurt to start. Look out for a new thread as soon as I get chance to post it this week

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:48 pm**

Hi! I'm playing also as Boyner the corp representative. He is quite a lazy guy, so he won't be giving order to anyone

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:36 pm**

Something to think about before you start. You’re going into the Canadian wilderness so you will be provided with survival equipment (tents, rations, water canteens, snow shoes, climbing equipment [good for 150 feet], survival kits [flare gun + 3 flares, compass, knife, folding shovel, waterproof matches], basic first aid kit). You’ll also be kitted out with suitable walking boots, weatherproof trousers and parkas, suitable for the conditions.

You may also take some personal possessions but you’re flying in and space/weight is limited. For the security staff, that’s 20kg including weapon(s) and ammunition. For everyone else, the limit is 10kg.

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:46 pm**

Philulhu wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:36 pm Something to think about before you start. You’re going into the Canadian wilderness so you will be provided with survival equipment (tents, rations, water canteens, snow shoes, climbing equipment [good for 150 feet], survival kits [flare gun + 3 flares, compass, knife, folding shovel, waterproof matches], basic first aid kit). You’ll also be kitted out with suitable walking boots, weatherproof trousers and parkas, suitable for the conditions.

You may also take some personal possessions but you’re flying in and space/weight is limited. For the security staff, that’s 20kg including weapon(s) and ammunition. For everyone else, the limit is 10kg.

Do we then put equipment in the player character's channel?

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:12 pm**

Yes, that would be ideal. Just amend your post with your character details so it’s all together.

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2023 4:06 am**

Philulhu wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:36 pm climbing equipment [good for 150 feet]

Would the climbing equipment include 150 feet of rope, or 300 feet (enough to belay for 150 feet with)? Do we have belaying equipment? Also, would the climbing equipment include pitons? If so, how many per person? Would we have a hammer, or would we have to use our shovels to drive them into the environment?

I hope I’m not over complicating things; it’s fine if you don’t have an answer.

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2023 4:38 am**

How heavy are the weapons and ammo we already have?

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2023 9:45 am**

I presume Randy would get a better grade first aid kit to ply his saw-bones trade with?

"I'll need the amputation knife please..."

Also, welcome Kabukiman!

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:38 pm**

Climbing equipment: Not being a climber, I’m not sure how to answer that. If you were trying to get inexperienced climbers up and over an obstacle, what would you use? If that’s a belaying kit, then go with that. You can assume you have as many pitons as would be appropriate for that length of rope, plus a hammer to knock them in.

Weapons & Ammo: Assume you have none, so you can choose from the weapons table on p401 of the rulebook. Some sample weights: Glock 17 (loaded - 915g), 12-gauge pump action shotgun (loaded - 4kg), M16a2 (loaded - 4kg), HK MP5 (loaded - 2.5kg). I wouldn’t expect non-security staff to be touting automatic weapons but a hunting rifle for a wilderness expert seems reasonable, for example.

First Aid Kit: Your basic kit skill includes this. A military grade kit is available, which will include the contents listed on page 229 of this document (issued in 1989 but you can assume it was just catching up with whatever was already being used in the field).

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 1:41 am**

If the investigators have an opportunity to train for this, they would likely have belaying supplies. It would be likely something that was taught to investigators before they went on the mission, as it would be about an hour long class. Assuming that a piton could be used as a makeshift pulley (threading the rope through the piton’s hole, but not tying it). The only unsafe climbing would be initially putting the piton at the top. If climbing individually, someone (either the first or last, depending on the situation) would have to belay themselves, which is less safe. In order to climb 150 feet while being belayed, someone would need to have at least 300 feet of rope. Not everyone would need a rope, but if everyone has a full set of climbing equipment, that’s likely the length of rope that they would have. Additionally, everyone would have a harness, pitons, a hammer, a chisel, two climbing grade carabiners, and a Sticht plate. The only heavy equipment is the rope, which would weight a whole twenty pounds. My guess is that the investigators would each bring a rope, but they would leave most of the ropes in a vehicle (or at a home base if they establish one). As part of their training, everyone would learn how to make barrel knots and figure eights (with a retrace), which are the only two knots needed for safe climbing.

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:10 am**

Fingers crossed we don't have to do any climbing!

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:31 am**

Which rulebook is that?

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:18 am**

Thanks for the explanation, Lost_King

Mr Handy - that’s from the 7th edition rulebook.

A couple of other things.

Content Warning: It’s Call of Cthulhu and I think we all know what we’re expecting but for clarity, this will involve violence, body horror, swearing and mental ill-health. If you have any concerns about any of those, please raise them in this thread or message me privately, if you prefer.

Pacing: With six players, the pace of this game will probably be slower than my other games where I probably post most days. I’m aiming for 2-3 posts per week with this one but we’ll see how the rhythm of the game develops. I’ll try to give everyone a chance to post (particularly if it’s a decision/action that directly affects your PC) but if necessary, I may NPC your character to keep the game ticking over. Again, if you have any concerns, please comment or PM me.

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:44 am**

I'm assuming our security PCs actually have permission to lug M16s and sidearms about, despite the Canadian firearms laws of the era. (Which, like Australia's, tend to be more restrained than - say - the US State of Texas.)

Getting John Carpenter's "The Thing" vibes...

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:57 am**

That’s a good point.

I think I’ll present this as my counter argument - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil#Controversies - and suggest that just because they’re operating in a foreign country, it doesn’t mean that Exxon executives believe (a) that American laws don’t apply, and (b) it’s their pumping station and they can do as they damn well please, anyway…

Edit: I don’t think fully automatic weapons were banned until after the events of our investigation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_ ... rearm_laws.

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:28 am**

*LAUGH*

Gold!

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:47 am**

I read Quora far too much. It’s full of stories of people (not just Americans) who believe they carry the laws of their own country with them when they travel…

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:44 am**

Oh dear...

They all must be so surprised when they discover it doesn't work out that way.

On the upside, Randy's equipment is sorted I think. Up to 17kg, he is suitably fleshed out with strange 1980s personal effects.

The Leatherman multi-tool wasn't invented until '83 so the emergency tracheotemy will have to be performed with the Swiss Army Pocket knife (the corkscrew option would seem the ideal choice).

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:54 am**

You don’t have to be exact but I’m assuming the other 3kg will be his first aid kit? Or were you serious about Randy attempting all life-saving with his Swiss Army knife?

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:27 pm**

I'll get my equipment sorted tomorrow, been snowed under at work.

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:59 pm**

No problem, I’ll hopefully get the game underway at the weekend, if I’m not tired up moving two of my kids to Uni/a new house respectively. So far, neither have confirmed their plans…

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2023 4:07 am**

Looking back on it, I don’t think you don’t need to double back the rope with a sticht plate, so rope would only be 160 feet (about 10 pounds), leaving just enough room to tie a knot at both ends (which eliminates any problems with wearing down the rope with a makeshift pulley). Investigators would also only need one carabiner each.

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:17 am**

I've also been very busy, so it'll take me some time before I can pick my equipment, but I should be able to do it by the weekend.

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:07 am**

Philulhu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:54 am You don’t have to be exact but I’m assuming the other 3kg will be his first aid kit? Or were you serious about Randy attempting all life-saving with his Swiss Army knife?

Happy with the 3kg being first aid kit.

Having said that, Randy is convinced of the life saving merits of his Swiss Army Knife. The rest of the team should be very relieved.

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:11 am**

Snapper wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:07 am
Philulhu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:54 am You don’t have to be exact but I’m assuming the other 3kg will be his first aid kit? Or were you serious about Randy attempting all life-saving with his Swiss Army knife?

Happy with the 3kg being first aid kit.

Having said that, Randy is convinced of the life saving merits of his Swiss Army Knife. The rest of the team should be very relieved.

Don't forget a biro, or other hollow tube for those tracheotomy or punctured lungs.

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:20 am**

There’ll be one of those in the first aid kit

A couple of other bits of kit that you might want to consider:

Ice Axe
Map & compass (too early for GPS - I checked)
Survival knife

Edit: just realised compass was included in the standard kit everyone has.

Posted: **Fri Sep 15, 2023 12:14 pm**

So, nobody is taking a flame-thrower? Just remembering "The thing"...

Posted: **Fri Sep 15, 2023 1:58 pm**

At 30kg, I’m going to say “no”… (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_flamethrower) unless you’re the Cat, in which case you can chop off a leg to make up for the extra weight.

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:36 am**

Nobody said it has to be your own leg...

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:00 am**

Randy's Rules of First Aid #27:

Next time, remember to take the cartridge, spring and stuff out of the biro before inserting it into a punctured lung or tracheotomy throat hole.

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:15 am**

And we’re underway… Chapter 1. Rescue Plan.

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:14 pm**

Oops. For some idiot reason, I thought it was 1982.

Will have to revise my soundtrack and album lists.

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:55 pm**

Take your time…

Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:19 am**

Soundtrack revision complete. Note to self: start wearing the damn glasses.

Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2023 10:06 am**

I am adding a small camera, a sketchbook, a mechanical pencil, a metal ruler, and a triangle to my character’s equipment. This is based on the skills in photography and technical drawing that he has.

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:43 am**

Needless to say, and with apologies to Lost King who gave a decent explanation earlier in the Debrief, I know nothing about climbing in the RW. I hate heights. Randy apparently loves them, and good for him.

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:22 pm**

My wife can’t stand heights, so I arranged for her to do this

https://www.zipworld.co.uk/adventure/velocity

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:04 pm**

Awww, your all heart

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:42 pm**

We had discussed it in advance. Well, she said she liked the look of it but didn’t know she could handle it because of the heights, so I bought it for her as a Xmas present.

She doesn’t like heights but she’s flown a glider, a Tiger Moth and even a Spitfire so she doesn’t let things put her off

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:42 pm**

Sweet MoG!!

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:45 pm**

Life’s too short not to do these things (which probably explains why my credit card bill was more than I earned this month…

)

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:44 pm**

Just to clarify, having failed the CON roll, is the penalty dice for the next CON save or for any next roll for any skill?

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:42 pm**

Any roll you make (just not a spurious one

)

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2023 12:34 am**

Gotcha!

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2023 3:34 pm**

Oh good grief.

The party could be dead long before a Cthulhoid monstrosity even waggles a tentacle at them.

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:33 pm**

Snapper wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 3:34 pm The party could be ~~dead~~ badly maimed long before a Cthulhoid monstrosity even waggles a tentacle at them.

FTFY

(You probably wouldn’t die from a fall down the ice wall. Probably.)

Posted: **Sun Oct 08, 2023 2:17 am**

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2023 4:54 am**

Let's get all Randy's bad dice rolls out of the way now, before he starts providing first aid.

Assuming he lives long enough to get off the ice.

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:10 am**

Mr K for the win!!

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:23 pm**

All hail King K

Posted: **Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:04 am**

I'm assuming that Randy has another penalty die after failing his next CON roll?

Posted: **Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:45 pm**

I’m retconning that bit as we still had a couple of players to go, one of whom (thankfully!) managing to sort out the ropes for your descent.

For the time being, ignore the need to roll for CON until I let you know otherwise.

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:26 am**

Philulhu wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:33 pm (You probably wouldn’t die from a fall down the ice wall. Probably.)

Anyone wearing climbing gear would only fall a maximum of a couple feet before the Sticht plate caught them. It operates on a spring, so rapidly moving down the rope for any reason would lock it up immediately. Just hope our equipment doesn’t break after it has to inevitably catch each of the inexperienced climbers at least once as they descend the wall of straight ice.

Of course, that’s assuming we remember to use the harness and Sticht plate.

Regardless, the real danger could be from the piton coming loose when someone puts their full weight on the rope. Or pulling a muscle on their way down. Or losing their grip and swinging on the rope until they hit their head on the ice wall. That would be bad.

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:44 am**

Philulhu wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:45 pm I’m retconning that bit as we still had a couple of players to go, one of whom (thankfully!) managing to sort out the ropes for your descent.

For the time being, ignore the need to roll for CON until I let you know otherwise.

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:46 am**

Sooooooo.......well.......thats interesting.......er.....any pre-gens stowed away on the plane? Still alive? Maybe slept through the whole thing?.......asking for a friend.....

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:59 pm**

Was that a second 100? Let’s see how Gavin fares with the fall, first!

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:02 pm**

Yes. 2(Two) 100's in a row.....as it goes...I dont fancy Gavins chances....

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:09 pm**

Welp, I think I jinxed the posibility of gavin surviving

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:44 am**

First off, I doff my virtual cap to a double "00". The bards will sing of this.

Second, just read the 7th Ed First Aid rules. Oh oh...

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:25 am**

In regards to the Medicine skill in 7th Ed:

- Randy does have some skill but not a lot (40%).

- Takes an hour per person.

- Must be done within 24 hours or else a Hard skill check is required.

- Making the roll in a dirty environment (like outdoors) requires a Hard skill check.

I think we would be better to wait until we're indoors if we can get indoors within 24 hours.

Addendum:
Oh GM, any chance those Extreme and Hard successes with the First Aid rolls have helped a bit with the number of HP back...?

Not to mention Gavin and the crit...

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:24 pm**

All hail Snapper, The Great and Powerful !!!!

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:03 am**

Glad to be of service.

Addendum:
Sorry Harold!

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:39 am**

Ok, for your first aid rolls, as follows:

Regular success - recover 1hp
Hard success - recover 2hp
Extreme success - recover 2hp and in the first aid kit you find an inflatable plastic boot that protects and holds Gavin’s broken ankle in place.

Gavin’s ambulatory but anything that involves movement will include a penalty die (which will affect CON checks for weather conditions).

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:47 am**

Yaaay. Moon boot!!!! Was wondering how he was gonna get a splint.....

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:48 am**

Yaaay. Moon boot!!!! Was wondering how he was gonna get a splint.....

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:47 pm**

Excellent stuff!

OK, Gavin don't forget you get 2HP back plus the boot.

Amanda, Benjamin and Boyd, that's now 2HP back for each of you.

Harold, you do get thoughts and prayers.

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:51 pm**

Hey Harold, worked for me...look how I worked out......

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:13 pm**

I actually wore moon boots in the 1980s.

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:44 pm**

Pictures or it never happened......

Posted: **Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:06 pm**

We didn't have cell phone with cameras in those days. My parents had a Polaroid, but I'm not sure if they took a picture at the time, or if they still have them if they did.

Posted: **Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:45 am**

Ah the 80's simpler tines.

Posted: **Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:05 pm**

For Mr H, Doctor Who fan extraordinaire, I can't find your photos but I can present:

Posted: **Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:10 pm**

Snapper wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:47 pm Harold, you do get thoughts and prayers.

Thoughts and prayers. The finest medical care available. Yay. That’ll definitely help me if we run into whatever thing is out there.

Posted: **Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:53 am**

Snapper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:05 pm For Mr H, Doctor Who fan extraordinaire, I can't find your photos but I can present:

I've heard about that book before, from some of the bonus materials in the Season 8 or 9 classic Doctor Who Blu-ray collections that I saw recently, but I've never seen a copy of it.

Posted: **Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:33 am**

I actually owned it in my youth. But alas, my folks threw it away many years ago. Ah well.

Posted: **Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:35 am**

We’re all heading back to the main thread as the gang gets back together

Posted: **Sat Nov 11, 2023 4:26 am**

Randy, you twenty pound weakling!

It's lucky there's snow all over the place, or someone would be kicking sand in your face.

Posted: **Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:47 am**

Posted: **Sun Nov 12, 2023 4:14 am**

Amanda does, in fact, already have Randy's M16. She may want to redistribute at some point...

Posted: **Sun Nov 12, 2023 4:19 am**

I would say she does automatically, not sure if it Is necesary to add another action post for that, and all of that

Posted: **Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:07 pm**

Well, Randy is staying on brand.

Posted: **Sun Dec 24, 2023 7:37 am**

Merry Xmas!!

Posted: **Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:27 am**

Perfect

Merry Christmas

Posted: **Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:25 pm**

A merry christmas for all of you!

Posted: **Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:40 am**

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Posted: **Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:36 am**

Merry Xmas!

(And love the Snoopy pic...)

Posted: **Mon Dec 25, 2023 5:45 am**

Merry christmas

Posted: **Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:17 pm**

HNY from early on the date line!

Posted: **Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:37 am**

Happy New Year!

Posted: **Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:32 am**

Happy new year!

Posted: **Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:31 am**

Star Trek fans, this is making me think of the Galileo 7 episode from ST:TOS.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:20 pm**

True Detective Season 4, episodes 1 and 2 just watched and I feel like it's in the same unhappy universe as The Pipeline.

Highly recommend your watching. Been excellent so far.

Posted: **Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:21 am**

Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be on Amazon Prime (which is the only service I pay for).

Posted: **Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:27 am**

See pages 114 - 118 of the rules for the detailed explanation. Summary below.

I own these rules in hardcopy and pdf so a small excerpt shouldn't be any breach of copyright:

The M16 doesn't do full auto (multiple volleys). It can be used to fire 1 or 2 single shots, same rules as for a handgun. Or it can fire a burst which is basically 1 volley of 3 shots.

Posted: **Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:06 am**

Thank you! I presume I get a bonus die due to point blank range. The problem is, with a burst of only 3 shots, I'll only hit with one of them if I succeed but don't get an extreme success. I'm better off firing two single shots, as long as I get both of them off before the bear attacks. I had the weapon ready in my hands at the start of the round, so as long as my DEX beats the bear's, I get both shots first, and it sounds like I do.

Posted: **Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:04 am**

Best as I understand it, that is correct.

Posted: **Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:42 am**

I’m happy with that.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:48 am**

Is it possible to shoot at the beastie without danger of clipping Benjamin by mistake? Would closing with the fracas reduce the danger to Benjamin of getting shot by mistake?

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:27 pm**

Thanks to the miracle of modern automatic weapons, the bear is no more. It took catastrophic damage with the first shot

It is an ex-bear. It is pining for the fjords (or whatever it is bears pine for).

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:31 pm**

Excellent, be embarrassing for shaky Randy to have capped Benjamin by mistake.

This bear has expired, bereft of life he has ceased to be, he's gone to meet his maker.

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:30 am**

No.....he's stunned.....

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:43 am**

Would you like me to bring him back to life?

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:41 am**

I'd rather that didn't happen.

Since I killed it with the first shot, does that mean I didn't fire the second and get to save the bullet?

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:48 am**

A) He's just tired and shagged out after a prolonged growl...

B) That first M16 (5.56 calibre) bullet, was it by any chance made of silver...?

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:50 am**

Sorry, both bullets were used as they were fired in quick succession. Benjamin really wouldn’t have had time to make a judgement call as to how effective his first shot had been.

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:40 am**

Is Benjamin's injury first-aid-able or is it too internal for Randy?

(Now may be a bad time to get stitched up by Randy, what with his hypothermic uncontrollable shaking...)

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:07 am**

It’s mainly bruising and a couple of scratches. It can be treated with fur-st aid (a bear-related pun, there

)

Posted: **Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:59 am**

Sorry, accidentally created two posts instead of one, somehow. Ignore the one that says error. Mr H may be able to delete it.

Also, very stuffing Luke in the tauntaun.

Posted: **Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:05 am**

It’s gone ~~(just like your chances of survival)~~.

Just my little Keeper’s joke there!

Posted: **Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:30 pm**

Be fair to say Randy's not feeling too optimistic about the party's chances himself right now.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:14 am**

Sorry, I have been very busy last week.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:42 am**

No problem

Posted: **Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:34 am**

Well that went badly.

Resilience is evidently not one of Randy's key assets.

Posted: **Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:36 am**

On the plus side, you haven’t gone insane, otherwise you’d be running off through the trees… …

Posted: **Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:42 am**

Shrieking "Tekelili! Tekelili!" at the top of his lungs, and looking for a pond to bathe in...

Posted: **Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:45 am**

Good work Harold!

Posted: **Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:22 am**

Just saw the movie black mountain side; it is just like watching what happened to the first team in the base

Posted: **Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:34 pm**

Really? A roll of 46% when I have 45 of con?

Posted: **Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:37 pm**

You can always spend a point of luck to make it a success.

Posted: **Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:15 am**

I'l do it!

Posted: **Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:40 pm**

I was dying to put, "Except man....." says Gavin as he looks into he camera.

Posted: **Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:53 pm**

Posted: **Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:16 am**

Hey guys, I’m really sorry about being gone this past week. I’m in a musical and I have honestly just not had the time to think… They call it “hell week” for a reason.

My entire life has been affected, and I’m sorry that you guys got caught in the crossfire. Anyways, I’ve only got two more performances until it’s done, so I should be back to being as available as possible by Sunday.

I also have to apologize for not giving you guys advance notice. I was going to try to keep up with everything, and I underestimated the level of distracted that I would experience.

Posted: **Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:33 am**

All good!

Posted: **Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:37 am**

No problem. The scene was pivoting around Harold so I didn’t want to hold up the game.

Posted: **Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:26 am**

No worries

Posted: **Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:05 pm**

Also, what performance is it?

Posted: **Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:40 pm**

No problem.

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:25 am**

It was “Annie.” I was Franklin Roosevelt.

Posted: **Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:30 am**

My general observation is that a week camping "out bush" makes a flushing toilet and a roll of toilet paper seem worth their weight in gold.

Posted: **Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:50 am**

We’ve reached peak roleplaying - someone’s remembered to go to the toilet…

Posted: **Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:19 am**

Posted: **Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:15 pm**

Posted: **Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:05 am**

1980s tech! Green writing on a black screen? Punch cards?

Posted: **Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:53 am**

There's another gross dead body in this room, BTW...

Posted: **Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:18 am**

For the purposes of everyone not going too insane, I’ll assume that someone turned the chair around so the corpse wasn’t too obvious, otherwise you’d never get Amanda in there…

Posted: **Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:25 pm**

Hi everyone, I'm currently in holiday and this is probaly the last Internet I can get for a week......soooo if I go missing for a while feel free to play as me....hopefully I'll be a able to ste...borrows someone's Internet....

Posted: **Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:45 pm**

Enjoy your holiday

Posted: **Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:51 am**

Just to clarify:

The scenario is set in October 1986 I think. The emails are dated September 1985. Is that correct or a typo? If it's correct, they're talking about events from slightly over a year earlier.

Posted: **Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:45 am**

Balls!

That’s a typo. The emails should be dated the same year, so around a month before you arrived on the scene.

Posted: **Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:14 pm**

Roger dodger, all good.

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2024 9:03 am**

Hi!
Until day 11 I won't be able to play. Feel free to play my char.

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2024 10:56 am**

Ok, thanks for letting me know.

Posted: **Sun May 05, 2024 7:10 am**

Posting from a snow-free climate, I have no real clue about snow cats. How many people can fit in 1? From pictures on the Internet, it looks like maybe 3 or 4?

Posted: **Sun May 05, 2024 10:44 pm**

There are two seats up-front and a bench seat in the back. This isn’t the exact model but it gives an idea of the layout: https://www.ebay.com/itm/156006228205

Four can travel in comfort, five will be a squeeze. Six will be a real squeeze, meaning any attempt to do anything in the back will incur a penalty die.

Posted: **Sun May 05, 2024 11:52 pm**

Ta!

So no romantic shenanigans in the back seat then. Oh well.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2024 10:41 am**

I'm back.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2024 12:17 pm**

Ok

I’ll update either this evening or tomorrow. Had a lot on of late!

Posted: **Thu Jun 06, 2024 9:09 am**

LOL - Randy and Ben do some expert ninja stealth-ing then Boyd crashes in behind them. Well, the element of surprise can be overrated.

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2024 8:24 pm**

Boyd nickname should be "vomitman"

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2024 11:22 pm**

It’s catching, so perhaps Vomit and the Vomitmen (and Woman) would be a better name?

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2024 7:37 am**

In my head, all I see is the barf-o-rama scene from Stand by Me 🫣

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2024 12:50 pm**

I’ve got the scene from the pub from Shaun of the Dead, with Don’t Stop me Now playing, except everyone’s vomiting instead…

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2024 11:37 am**

Anyone care for a wafer-thin mint?

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2024 2:44 pm**

It's only wafer thin.......

Posted: **Tue Jun 18, 2024 1:23 am**

Posted: **Sun Jun 23, 2024 8:58 am**

I’m going to be unavailable for a few weeks. I’ll probably have internet access on the weekends, but I may not. If Harold’s actions are ever in question, his priorities are:

1. Stay alive.
2. Keep everyone safe.
3. Fix the radio.
(a) Find a soldering iron.
(b) Keep mayhem away from the server room where the computers are (they’re needed for parts, which must be whole and in reasonable condition).
(c) Prevent further damage to the radio, which probably means leaving it alone and staying away from it. Whatever destroyed it is either too dumb to know that the radio is a threat or is satisfied with the damage the it has sustained.
4. Keep the group together and working as a team.
(a) Prevent panic, which would lead to sloppy teamwork and possibly jeopardizing other important things, like general safety or the radio.
5. Remain as comfortable as possible in this abhorrent environment (including limiting SAN loss and any situation that might call for a SAN check).

Harold is still thoroughly annoyed at being here, and is unpleasant to work with. However, he’s less gruff and even sympathetic towards anyone who seems to be suffering more than him, especially his fellow civilians. Harold does his best not to offend Gavin. Harold will also be against any plan to intentionally provoke whatever creature is behind the destruction at the pumping station.

Posted: **Sun Jun 23, 2024 1:22 pm**

Ok, thanks for letting me know.

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2024 5:44 pm**

Hello everyone!! I’m back for a week, then I’ll be going on another 3 week trip. I will be technically available (I’ll have my phone with me), but I’ll be very busy, so if I take too long to respond to anything, feel free to act like I’m still gone. Harold’s priorities are the same as before, if a decision must be made. Thanks!

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2024 10:02 am**

Ok, no problem. Will update the game later so hopefully you’ll get a couple of posts in before you go again

Posted: **Sat Jul 20, 2024 2:51 am**

Oi Gavin, don't mess up all Randy's neat bandaging and stitching!

Posted: **Sat Jul 20, 2024 2:58 am**

I'm trying to move as little as possible....wouldn't want to leave a trail of soiled bandages. However it's a little outta my hands ol' boy, tell it to the hairy brute that's taken a shine to me.

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:38 am**

Turning into a comedy of bad rolls...

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2024 4:08 pm**

Randy is on a bad roll roll...

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2024 10:38 pm**

Think it's contagious.....

Posted: **Mon Aug 05, 2024 12:00 am**

I will be on hollidays in the next month so I will only be able to play occasionally. Feel free to play Boyd!

Posted: **Mon Aug 05, 2024 6:54 am**

Ok, thanks for letting me know.

Posted: **Fri Aug 23, 2024 2:29 am**

Has Gavin taken more than 1HP damage from the most recent attack by the yeti? If so, Randy could try a Medicine roll. Takes an hour.

Posted: **Fri Aug 23, 2024 6:51 am**

He only took one HP damage from the creature (surprisingly) so a medicine roll wouldn’t normally be available, but he never did get his broken ankle seen too, so I’m happy to allow a medicine roll for that.

Posted: **Sat Aug 24, 2024 2:21 am**

I took a few damage earlier, but I got 1 HP back from First Aid. Could I benefit from Medicine now too?

Posted: **Sat Aug 24, 2024 7:23 am**

Sure.

Posted: **Mon Sep 09, 2024 4:47 am**

Gavin reeeeally really wants to get et by a yeti, doesn't he?

Posted: **Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:01 am**

He just remembers being so warm and cosy.....lil bit stinky but can't have everything....

Posted: **Mon Sep 09, 2024 1:19 pm**

I'm sure his wishes can come true.

Posted: **Mon Sep 09, 2024 1:53 pm**

Well twice he's nearly died.....third times the charm......

Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:27 pm**

So, I was gone for longer than I expected, but I am back now. I’m slightly lost on where we are though, so if someone could sum up the past little bit for me that would be great

Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2024 10:30 pm**

Welcome back.

The party decided to take refuge in the generator for the night. On the first watch, Gavin and Ben encountered a creature. Ben went a bit strange as the creature tried to drag Gavin off to God only knows where, until Randy shot it, and it scarpered down the tunnel. Boyd had also encountered the creature and ran away. He’s just been found in the building in which you’re all in.

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:29 am**

Your team medic is just calculating the "butcher's bill", to quote Patrick O'Brien's 'Master and Commander' series. Gavin is excepted from this because, well, Gavin's health is a basket case, sorry Gavin.

Team members took the following falling damage on Day 1:

Ben 3HP - recovered 2HP from First Aid. So was at -1HP.

Harold 2HP - First Aid failed. So was at -2HP.

Boyd 3HP - recovered 2HP from First Aid. So was at -1HP.

Amanda 1HP - recovered 2HP from First Aid. Completely healed.

GM: It appears from p.121 of the rules that regular wounds heal at +1HP / Day. In which case, I believe Ben, Harold and Boyd would be back to full. BUT you may rule that no one was healing while the crew was in the freezing elements... Respectfully submitted for your consideration.

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2024 3:44 am**

I actually did get a second injury, from the dead bear colliding with me. I think that was for 3 HP. I believe I got First Aid for that too.

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2024 5:27 am**

Pah, tis only a scratch.....never felt better.......

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2024 8:36 am**

BoyBlunder78 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 5:27 am Pah, tis only a scratch.....never felt better.......

Just a flesh wound!

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2024 8:41 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 3:44 am I actually did get a second injury, from the dead bear colliding with me. I think that was for 3 HP. I believe I got First Aid for that too.

Quite right, I'd forgotten about that.

So Ben took another 3HP but got 1 back from First Aid. Sitting at -3HP but hopefully recovering at the rate of 1HP / Day.

Edit: By my count, team suffered fall damage Day 1, same day as the plane crash. Spent 2 nights in the snow, end of Day 1 and Day 2. Day 3 the bear fell on Ben. Team then spent last night (end Day 3) in the facility. Today is Day 4. (I think.)

Anyway, will wait to hear from the GM about whether anyone was healing while in the field...

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2024 1:48 pm**

I spen two days lying on my back...surely that counts for something.....

Posted: **Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:13 pm**

One night outside and one being disturbed by Mr Shaggy? Hmmm…

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