January 31, 2019 5:49PMEve K.: rolling 3d10>8!
= 3 Successes
Roll for Mladen into jat ^
jar*
Get wrecked, Mladen
January 31, 2019 6:03PMDante: I heard we're rolling dice in here
Did I win
January 31, 2019 6:14PMJessica: rolling 4d10>8!
= 1 Success
rolling 4d10>8!
= 1 Success
January 31, 2019 7:40PMJustin: rolling 4d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 08, 2019 10:16PMJessica: Okay here
should i wait a little longer to wake up jon or do we want him now?
February 08, 2019 10:32PMGM (GM): up to you
if we're not waiting on Reedy and Eve, thats ok by me
February 08, 2019 10:33PMJessica: we're not waiting on reedy, up to everyone else if we're waiting on eve
it seems like it's just a car ride for now
February 08, 2019 10:34PMGM (GM): who knows
February 08, 2019 10:34PMJessica: heh
February 08, 2019 10:34PMGM (GM): i mean something definitely is gonna happen
February 08, 2019 10:34PMJessica: but muh peaceful scenery
i was looking forward to playing a game of I Spy
February 08, 2019 10:35PMGM (GM): it's really nice scenery
February 08, 2019 10:35PMJessica: Dante are you still alive?
February 08, 2019 10:35PMDante: no
February 08, 2019 10:36PMJessica: i'mma grab jon then
February 08, 2019 10:44PMEve K.: rabble rabble rabble rabble tacos.
February 08, 2019 10:45PMGM (GM): enchiladas
February 08, 2019 10:45PMEve K.: oooh
February 08, 2019 10:48PMGM (GM): hi everyone!
good morning jon
February 08, 2019 10:48PMJustin: bkfldjagkldfa;g'
ds5gjkldfajgkdlsa;g4
February 08, 2019 10:50PMEve K.: yes
5
February 08, 2019 10:50PMGM (GM): Hokay, everyone ready?
February 08, 2019 10:51PMEve K.: yup
February 08, 2019 10:52PMJustin: box
February 08, 2019 10:53PMDante: []
February 08, 2019 10:54PMGM (GM): And Jess?
February 08, 2019 10:54PMJessica: box
Gates to Atlantis: Gem of Kings: Episode 37
February 08, 2019 10:57PMGM (GM): When we last left our heroes, they jumped out of the chalk-portal from the pharmacy to a middle of a Berlin intersection, Dante has octopus arms (which did NOT damage his fancy outfit, but morphed organically from its material, because Justin has Matter and is sufficiently chemistry savvy), and Kurt smells a little like fresh smoke. Bella's space portal is completely vanished, there is no trace of it and no scar in the air. The feeling of travel by chalk did not feel like going through her portal, it felt a lot more natural or perhaps like a touch of much more powerful, innate Space magic.
At the start of this session, all spells, shields, sights, and effects are dropped.
And we recast what we need to.
If we had a plan, let's discuss and prepare what spells we need. Would anyone like to go first?
February 08, 2019 11:01PMKurtis Kerner: Kurtis puts pistols away February 08, 2019 11:01PMJessica: ((we are back in the alley where the car was last, right? Where we went into the space rift?))
February 08, 2019 11:01PMKurtis Kerner: yeah, a little side road off a bigger street
it's hidden well between two buildings, i'm a bad artist XD
February 08, 2019 11:03PMJustin: Justin looks around the street as the audible clunk of Dante's octo-arms falling off and shrivelling on the pavement can be heard. He looks to the guns surprised. "What exactly happened on the other end?
"
February 08, 2019 11:04PMKurtis Kerner: "I tested your gun enchantment. Holy hell, please always enchant guns."
February 08, 2019 11:04PMJustin: Justin perks up at that. "Oh cool! I thought it would be helpful but it's good to hear that it had that much of a benefit."
February 08, 2019 11:05PMKurtis Kerner: "Yeah, I kinda figured those guns were whiners, so I aimed a shot at the speakers, but I think it came out a little hot."
guys*
not guns*
February 08, 2019 11:05PMEve K.: "We should get moving, no doubt they will be following us"
February 08, 2019 11:05PMKurtis Kerner: "I mean the speakers are as good as gone, but I may have nicked a few of their dudes."
"I agree. Where should we go?"
February 08, 2019 11:06PMJessica: "Shouldn't we get back to Cubic?"
February 08, 2019 11:07PMKurtis Kerner: "We could do that. Could drop the car off back at the club, so we don't get our asses wanted for grand theft auto, and go to Cubic. We could also try to snag the bigger fish, Merlin. Though that thought scares me a bit."
Eve K. raises a brow at "nicked a few of their dudes"
February 08, 2019 11:08PMJessica: "Is there any way to give Merlin over to Cubic without disrupting the club?"
February 08, 2019 11:09PMGM (GM): Justin, do you recall and relate what Slabod told you about Merlin?
February 08, 2019 11:09PMEve K.: "I don't think we could snag Merlin. And I don't think we could give him to Cubic without disrupting the hallow no." *heads towards the "borrowed' car in an attempt to get them moving
February 08, 2019 11:09PMJustin: That he organized the different cells?
February 08, 2019 11:09PMGM (GM): And specifically when he had a little slip of the tongue
February 08, 2019 11:09PMJessica: follows Eve as they are talking February 08, 2019 11:10PMGM (GM): If you dont remember, it's fine, you can look it up, or Jessica can roll her eidetic memory if that was transmitted via telepathic network
February 08, 2019 11:10PMJessica: what's my roll?
February 08, 2019 11:10PMDante: Dante rolls his shoulders and moves his shoulder blades back and forth as the extra appendages fall away. He shoots Justin a look and opens his mouth as if to say something, but closes it and nods. Stress colors his features.
"Reporting back sounds like the appropriate course of action. Not so sure taking on a guy like Merlin is a great idea. Or our problem."
February 08, 2019 11:10PMJustin: Justin was imparting things via telepathic link
I can't remember personally.
"I agree with Dante, Merlin is Cubic's problem, not ours."
February 08, 2019 11:11PMGM (GM): Jessica, roll like, Intelligence + 2
February 08, 2019 11:12PMJessica: rolling 4d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 08, 2019 11:12PMGM (GM): yeah that's more than good enough
needed 1
February 08, 2019 11:12PMJessica: ((whee))
February 08, 2019 11:12PMGM (GM): "Slabod: "Oh, there's just a guy. He's DJing right now, up all night, sleeps all day, odd guy. Likes his ways. Don't worry about it, if you need anything, you just ask for me. Kay?""
Jessica remembers that Slabod mentioned Merlin sleeps all day long.
February 08, 2019 11:14PMEve K.: .....
February 08, 2019 11:14PMJessica: "Slabod said Merlin sleeps all day. Anyway we can track where that is? I can't imagine he sleeps at the club."
February 08, 2019 11:15PMJustin: Justin makes a face as Jessica remembers that tidbit from his conversation with Merlin when he didn't. February 08, 2019 11:15PMEve K.: (may I make an occult roll)
February 08, 2019 11:15PMJessica: Jessica shrugs at him.
February 08, 2019 11:15PMKurtis Kerner: (you may, what for?)
February 08, 2019 11:15PMGM (GM): (to find out what?)
February 08, 2019 11:15PM (From Eve K.): want to figure out if he is a vampire or if its just weird he sleeps all day
February 08, 2019 11:16PMGM (GM): (oooh hoho, yeah go for it Eve)
February 08, 2019 11:16PMJessica: ((since I'm the good kid getting ready to go I'm taking shotgun when we load up in the car))
February 08, 2019 11:16PMEve K.: rolling 7d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 08, 2019 11:16PMJessica: ((althought i was picturing Eve driving and I realize after typing that that's not a thing))
February 08, 2019 11:16PMKurtis Kerner: "Well, Eve did the most research on the club and its DJs. We.... could see who's on the employment roster for tuesdays. Like, if we could sneak into their payroll records or something."
February 08, 2019 11:18PMEve K.: "Who's driving?"
February 08, 2019 11:18PMKurtis Kerner: Kurt will follow along and look at Dante "Are you sober and good to drive? Apparently I can't drive my way out of a mundane space portal."
February 08, 2019 11:18PMDante: As we're discussing the next plan of action, the mind network fades into white noise until eventually the connection scatters completely. ((new scene, duration is up.))
Dante looks down at himself as if that will give him an answer. "Yeah, I can drive."
February 08, 2019 11:19PMJustin: "Dante is sober now."
February 08, 2019 11:19PMKurtis Kerner: Kurtis gently holds Jessica by the shoulder as she tries to snag shotgun "Uh-uh. Safety first."
February 08, 2019 11:20PMJessica: Jessica makes a face like something smells bad followed by like something is making her eyes sting, but it's just feeling her face shift back to normal like it's play dough. "Fine." Gets in the back
February 08, 2019 11:21PMJustin: Justin takes a seat in the back of the car, missing the Van. February 08, 2019 11:21PMKurtis Kerner: nods to Jessica and takes shotgun February 08, 2019 11:22PM (To Eve K.): You know that if he were a vampire, Merlin would have to have a certain analog of a coffin nearby the club
February 08, 2019 11:22PMEve K.: ((the real question is who is sitting on Lucas' lap...
February 08, 2019 11:23PMJessica: ((Eve?))
February 08, 2019 11:23PMKurtis Kerner: ((Eve? Being the smallest?))
February 08, 2019 11:23PMEve K.: ((I mean... she wouldn't say no))
February 08, 2019 11:23PMKurtis Kerner: ((and he is her personal death knight now))
February 08, 2019 11:23PMEve K.: ((ooooohhh))
February 08, 2019 11:24PMJessica: "How would payroll records help us find where he sleeps?"
February 08, 2019 11:24PMEve K.: "It wouldn't. If I were leading a terrorist group I wouldn't put my real address on my employment information."
February 08, 2019 11:25PMDante: Dante moves to the driver seat and fires up the... whatever the hell we 'borrowed' and turns the engine over. "So, where are we off to then? Returning the car?"
February 08, 2019 11:25PMEve K.: ((we borrowed a jetta XD)
Eve K. shifts on Lucas' lap so she can learn forward, speaking a bit conspiratorially..
February 08, 2019 11:26PMEve K.: "But... if he were a vampire... He would have to live close... and... I could find him.. If.. he was a vampire.."
February 08, 2019 11:27PMKurtis Kerner: "Alright, I gotta level with you, crew. I'm honestly not sure which one of these groups is right or wrong here. They're both interesting points of view and definitely feature some colorful characters.... so just before I grabbed hold of Dante's tentacle, I tried to insure good outcome for both sides. I fired a shot at the Speakers, thus advancing Merlin's agenda, but I also suspected CDTC warehouse might have been a setup for Merlin, so I also sort of exploded their van. Which would make Cubic's people's job finding the terrorists easier, plus, if he was watching, for example, if "Liquorscope" thingymagigger number 100 was hidden in that warehouse, he could hear and see everything happening, and would know we didn't just scratch our asses and let them have their way with his merchandise.... If we bag Merlin, or at least find him... we might have more to gain, and also more to lose. That's my 2 cents from the dumb merc guy."
February 08, 2019 11:27PMJustin: Justin sighs audibly at Eve's jab about vampires again. February 08, 2019 11:28PMKurtis Kerner: "Justin, weren't you attacked by some vampire ladies back in the fancy party in Leipzig? Coulda sworn you screwed some succubi."
February 08, 2019 11:28PMJustin: "...."
"No, there were some girls who were taking tass...."
February 08, 2019 11:29PMKurtis Kerner: "Oh. That's different. Is that different?"
February 08, 2019 11:29PMJustin: "Well I didn't do anything with any of them. Maybe some light cuddling?"
February 08, 2019 11:29PMDante: Without destination, Dante begins to drive away from the scene. February 08, 2019 11:30PMJessica: The 'scope comment goes over Jessica's head. Her eyebrows shoot up at the succubus comment. "Isn't the whole reason Merlin is scary is because he can make a dead zone? Can he cast spells in his own dead zone? I feel like Lucas can like, punch him out or something."
February 08, 2019 11:30PMKurtis Kerner: "Anyways, Eve, sure, a terrorist wouldn't put his real name on paperwork, but do these guys think of themselves as terrorists? I think they fancy themselves heroes. As far as we know Mladen used his real name. Bella did not."
February 08, 2019 11:31PMJessica: "I'm not sure Mladen used his real name. At least Hans wasn't able to get information about him. I think Eve's right."
February 08, 2019 11:32PMJustin: "In regards to the two factions, I'm pretty disgusted with both. It was clear Slabod's crew was more than willing to use us and hurt people to progress their agenda.
At the same time, Cubic is an evil monster who is stealing luck and promises and whatever else from innocent people.
I just want to get out of here and let them kill one another."
February 08, 2019 11:32PMEve K.: "Kurtis if you want to try your hand at breaking into their office, you can. I would need to be near the club to get a read on Merlin anyway."
February 08, 2019 11:33PMEve K.: "As do I. But I sure do want that aid Cubic can offer."
February 08, 2019 11:33PMKurtis Kerner: "Whatever it is we're doing, I'm here to back you up. Eyes on the prize, the world ending fate gem thing. Anything else is a bonus. I think we know all the people who killed Hans now. I mean, on one hand, this is Jessica's magic-daddy vengeance side thing. On the other hand, we are very directly benefiting from Leopold Cubic's help if he comes through. I'd be willing to try my hand, but only if yall vote for it. Not gonna create more problems, especially unnecessary ones."
February 08, 2019 11:34PMJustin: "And that's fine, we've already gone above and beyond. Let's drop the ghost off and get what Cubic promised and forget about him as quickly as possible after that."
February 08, 2019 11:35PMJessica: "Eve...can you still see Heike and Aiping? I think that's gonna decide my vote."
Eve K. blows out a breath and pops her neck muttering in Atlantean "To see the tethered unseen"(casting death sight impromptu)
February 08, 2019 11:37PMEve K.: rolling 7d10>8!
= 5 Successes
(Damn)
February 08, 2019 11:37PMJessica: ((whew))
February 08, 2019 11:37PMEve K.: (it knows when Eve be casting spells XD ))
Eve K. 's eyes bleed to white as her eyes open
February 08, 2019 11:39PM (To Eve K.): Both the chinese and the german ghosts are still stuck in twilight, have not moved on, and are tethered to Jessica. The Chinese girl's tether is related to a relative of hers. The German girl's tether is related to Jessica coming back home and having breakfast with her mom. She loved visiting Jessica's parents and eating her mom's breakfast.
February 08, 2019 11:40PMGM (GM): Eve has received data. Lucas feels a tingle on the back of his neck as the hairs on his skin crawl.
February 08, 2019 11:40PMDante: Dante looks back briefly to Justin, then to the rest before returning his eyes to the road. "I agree with Justin here, I think. Plus I am not keen on fashioning myself into a vampire hunter, real or not."
February 08, 2019 11:41PMEve K.: (I'd imagine more than just the hairs on the back of his neck since Eve's sitting in his lap at the time)
February 08, 2019 11:41PMJustin: (hehe_
(
)
February 08, 2019 11:41PMDante: ((oh my))
February 08, 2019 11:41PMGM (GM): ((lol))
February 08, 2019 11:42PMKurtis Kerner: "Oh yeah, speaking of seeing. Turning my sights on."
Eve K. nods with certainty "They are still there. But it's not because of who killed them. Ghosts won't move on until a specific anchor is broken. For one it is for you to go home and eat breakfast with your mother. The other... is related to her relative."
February 08, 2019 11:43PMKurtis Kerner: Kurt's eyes flash briefly with gold of Prime before returning to blues rolling 7d10>8!
= 0 Successes
February 08, 2019 11:43PMEve K.: (I don't know which one is German vs. Chinese name)
February 08, 2019 11:43PMKurtis Kerner: Kurt thinks that he has Prime sight on.
Eve K. squints studying the anchor of the Chinese ghost more closely trying to discern which relative and what might be needed.
February 08, 2019 11:44PMEve K.: (yay Kurtis!)
February 08, 2019 11:45PMJessica: Jess' face flinches a bit when her mom is mentioned, perhaps pales a bit, but she nods. "Alright, I think I need to visit her mom in the hospital then. Aiping's mom has cancer."
Eve K. watches the ghost to see if it reacts to the mention of her mother having cancer
February 08, 2019 11:46PMJustin: "Oh, I can fix that."
Justin pipes up at the cancer bit.
"The cancer part, not the breakfast part, to be clear."
February 08, 2019 11:47PMEve K.: "That may come in very handy Justin. And don't sell yourself short, I'm sure you make a mean pancake"
February 08, 2019 11:47PMJustin: "Aww, thanks Eve. I can cook eggs!"
February 08, 2019 11:48PMJessica: "That's gotta be it."
February 08, 2019 11:48PM (To Eve K.): you can see tethers leading to Jessica, but not the ghosts themselves, the ghosts are back at the Gaming Pavillion where the wheelchair shenanigans happened. Unless you will force their summon. You can tell though, that if the tethers resolve naturally, the ghosts will come to where they should.
February 08, 2019 11:49PM (From Eve K.): Ahhh okay thanks
February 08, 2019 11:49PMEve K.: "Its worth a try"
February 08, 2019 11:49PMDante: Dante drums his fingers on the steering wheel, making a slightly harder than intended right turn down an alley and comes to a stop. "Speaking of trying things.."
February 08, 2019 11:50PMKurtis Kerner: "Well that's two solid votes for staying the shit out of this. So let me rig my senses to the car, drive us up to about 3 blocks from the club, and i'll pull it up remotely, so we don't have to show our faces at Katerholzig."
Eve K. while she has it up, (pun) Eve looks over the rest of the car's occupants with death sight, just for funzies
February 08, 2019 11:51PMKurtis Kerner: Kurt holds on to the handle bar as the car sharply turns February 08, 2019 11:52PMDante: Dante runs his hands along the interior of the car, roof to door as far as his arms will extend. As he does, his eyes trace outlines around the meeting points between glass and metal. He takes a deep breath, holds it, and attempts to warp space around the car so as to prevent interference from other space. ((oh it wasn't THAT hard a turn. Anyway, attempting to cast impromptu ward around the car. 8pool))
rolling 8d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 08, 2019 11:53PMGM (GM): Eve's Death Sight observation:
Lucas still has his Father's weird tether going on.
Kurtis has no tethers to unrestful ghosts, but reeks of a fresh kill.
February 08, 2019 11:56PMEve K.: (little surprised they all passed on peacefully but "shrugs*)
February 08, 2019 11:57PMDante: ((oh hell I just realized I rolled on a mind impromptu cast.))
rolling 6d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:00AMEve K.: (anything on justin or dante?)
February 09, 2019 12:00AMGM (GM): Dante, you successfully achieve what you're trying to study, and it comes with a few discoveries. You learn that warping space is a function of travel, of folding it like paper, making it looser, slimmer, more vulnerable. Space at rest exists dormant, empty. Warping it, makes it weaker, and brings it closer, but there is another thing you can do. You can HARDEN space, to sort of stack it up against itself. Not indefinitely, but temporary. On your first try you cover the entire 10 yards of the car. And... you learn that you could do more. You could add layers to your ward. Because space controls passage of magic, just like it controls passage of physical influence. In simpler terms.... Mind effects can "stick" to Hardened Space
((Eve, no ghosts are tethered to Justin, and no ghosts tethered to Dante))
February 09, 2019 12:01AMDante: ((ghosts are the least of my problems))
February 09, 2019 12:01AMEve K.: (( ;) ))
Eve K. takes in a slow breath looking at Kurtis' profile
February 09, 2019 12:02AMDante: Dante nods satisfactorily to himself, drawing in his lips in quiet contemplation. After a moment, he continues on. "So, 3 blocks before the club and you will remote the car in. Good enough direction for me."
Dante drives toward the club. He will stop a few blocks before arriving.
February 09, 2019 12:03AMEve K.: "Kurtis, I think your fire had unintended consequences, there's fresh death on you."
February 09, 2019 12:03AMGM (GM): I would like everyone to roll Wits + Composure please
February 09, 2019 12:03AMDante: ((unintended))
February 09, 2019 12:03AMEve K.: rolling 7d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:03AMJustin: #6
February 09, 2019 12:03AMDante: rolling 6d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 09, 2019 12:03AMJustin: rolling 6d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:03AMEve K.: ((Eve doesn't know he did it on purpose.. yet))
February 09, 2019 12:04AMDante: (( Soon (tm) ))
February 09, 2019 12:05AMLucas (Brick) Turner: rolling 5d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:05AMEve K.: (suddenly a wild Lucas appears))
February 09, 2019 12:05AMGM (GM): ((rolled for him. He is the only one qualified for special secret bonus for this one))
February 09, 2019 12:06AMKurtis Kerner: rolling 7d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 09, 2019 12:06AMJessica: rolling 7d10>8!
= 4 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:06AMKurtis Kerner: ((freaking blind today))
February 09, 2019 12:06AMGM (GM): Okie dokie.
Carrying on.
February 09, 2019 12:07AMKurtis Kerner: To eve:
"Well shit. Oookay, well, they're not exactly too unintended. When you guys all jumped out, Slabod and Bella were discussing going after us and wiping our minds and stuff. So I kinda figured, maybe hey, reduce the chances of that happening?"
February 09, 2019 12:08AMJessica: Goes slightly wide eyed and looks at everyone else for their reactions February 09, 2019 12:09AMKurtis Kerner: "Plus there was that dickhead who fucked up my attempts to give us all mana. You know how much I love being the mana guy. That shit was just rude."
Eve K. goes very still, blinking a little more rapidly than usual
February 09, 2019 12:11AMJustin Robertson: ".... Kurt were you trying to kill a guy for being rude?"
February 09, 2019 12:11AMDante: Dante's head stays aligned with the road, but his eyes dart sharply over to Kurtis. "So you were last to come through because you were trying to kill everyone on the scene?"
Eve K. takes in a slow breath, and lets it out even slower
February 09, 2019 12:12AMEve K.: "You have got. to be. fucking. kidding. me.:
February 09, 2019 12:13AMKurtis Kerner: "Well, not exactly, I aimed at the back of the van where the speakers were, but... I don't always have good impulse control. And then it was time to go so I didn't have time to put the flames out."
Eve K. runs her hands through her short hair, gripping it for a moment
February 09, 2019 12:14AMKurtis Kerner: "The guy being rude had more Prime than me, he's probably fine. Mainly I wanted to take out their mind-wipe space-portal person."
February 09, 2019 12:15AMDante: "So you have no idea who even died or survived, either." *Dante's voice has lowered an octave, stress present in the clipping of his words and more prominent Italian accent.
February 09, 2019 12:16AMEve K.: "They didn't do shit to us Kurtis. Besides make some threats, and hint that they might kill us. Well and wipe our memories that was pretty certain... and they were going to steal our powers... and who knows what Bella would have done to Dante if I didn't stop that shit. But really? Really? You just let the fires burn?"
February 09, 2019 12:16AMKurtis Kerner: "Yeah. That would be a good summary. I was actually thinking we were gonna fight those guys."
"I mean I can try to go back and fix the fires. I can make them worse, or better."
Eve K. 's voice is frighteningly calm considering the subject. Or perhaps not given she's a death mage
February 09, 2019 12:17AMEve K.: (XD XD "I put the fires out." "You made them worse!" "Worse or better?"))
February 09, 2019 12:18AMKurtis Kerner: "I mean I'm sorry guys, I'm sorry it's upsetting, but you seen what Bella can do, if it's not for your sweet Quell the Spark shot, we coulda been fucked once DC goes down. I mean... I'm really protective of you guys, you're like my only friends outside the guys in New Haven."
February 09, 2019 12:19AMJustin Robertson: "Kurt, we didn't know if they actually had done any of that crap or if they had just worked themselves up to believing it might be necessary...."
February 09, 2019 12:19AMEve K.: ((ooh you made Justin swear!))
February 09, 2019 12:19AMJessica: Jessica looks out the back window like there's anything to see. Her facial expression is unsettled. She shifts uncomfortably in the car February 09, 2019 12:19AMJustin Robertson: ((lol))
February 09, 2019 12:20AMKurtis Kerner: "Mind powers are a bit of a sore spot for me, unless they come from Dante. I've been victim to them three times now. Her powers went completely by me. I couldn't react in time. Didn't even see it coming. And I almost shot Justin once when being mind controlled. And the other time I almost hurt our mentor. And that ugly son of a bitch Lamprey made me drop my spells that boosted us all."
"Maybe you're right. Maybe I've made a mistake."
February 09, 2019 12:22AMGM (GM): ((Would everybody please roll Gnosis + Resolve + 2))
((:D))
February 09, 2019 12:22AMJessica: rolling 4d10>8!
= 0 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:22AMJustin Robertson: rolling 8d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:22AMDante: rolling 8d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:23AMKurtis Kerner: rolling 6d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:23AMJustin Robertson: ((Jynx, you owe me a mind shield.))
((And forces shield.))
February 09, 2019 12:23AMDante: ((well shoot))
February 09, 2019 12:23AMJustin Robertson: ((Don't say that too loud around Kurtis.))
February 09, 2019 12:23AMEve K.: rolling 7d10>8!
= 4 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:23AMJustin Robertson: ((showoff))
February 09, 2019 12:23AMJessica: ((shit I missed the +2, can I roll 2 more?))
February 09, 2019 12:23AMLucas (Brick) Turner: rolling 4d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:24AMGM (GM): yeah Jess reroll
February 09, 2019 12:24AMEve K.: (( Yes I am))
February 09, 2019 12:24AMJessica: rolling 6d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:24AMGM (GM): ((and fate shield))
February 09, 2019 12:24AMJustin Robertson: ((rollin' in shields.))
February 09, 2019 12:24AMEve K.: ((super jinx!))
February 09, 2019 12:25AMGM (GM): Okay carry on!
Everything is great!
February 09, 2019 12:25AMEve K.: ....
February 09, 2019 12:25AMJessica: ...
February 09, 2019 12:25AMEve K.: ((Narrator: "Everything was not great"))
February 09, 2019 12:27AMKurtis Kerner: "If you folks prefer, I'll hold fire until told "Kurt, fire", how does that sound?"
Eve K. presses her lips into a hard line and takes another long slow breath
February 09, 2019 12:29AMJustin Robertson: "We're still processing Kurtis."
February 09, 2019 12:30AMKurtis Kerner: waves his hand "That's fair."
February 09, 2019 12:32AMDante: "I would rather not have a situation where we are unable to convey that when we need it. Like a good set of octopus arms, knowing the right time is paramount. I don't think this was the right time. I also don't blame you. I think most of us are guilty of jumping the gun. Yours just carries a much heavier weight. Anyway.."
Dante trails off, staring ahead. Seems he ran out of things to say. Eve K. looks out the window, idly in the direction of the club, her mind a jumble of thoughts, death sight still tainting her vision
February 09, 2019 12:33AMGM (GM): ((In driving situations, let's say the driver controls the pace of scene change by arriving to where ever destination, so feel free to take as long as needed without awaiting my cue.))
February 09, 2019 12:33AMEve K.: ((we arrive in ludicrous speed!))
February 09, 2019 12:34AMDante: Dante wordlessly parks the car roughly 3 blocks away from the club, in an alley. He shuts off the vehicle and puts the keys up under the sun visor, then steps out. ((amazing, we made it already whoa))
February 09, 2019 12:34AMJessica: ((impressed))
February 09, 2019 12:34AMEve K.: ((magic!))
February 09, 2019 12:36AMDante: *Dante raises his mind sight and looks the group over, his eyes lingering on Kurtis as he waits for everyone to exit.
rolling 9d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 09, 2019 12:36AMKurtis Kerner: "I try to make the best call. But I mean don't get me wrong, I'm only a mage for 2 months, and we been through some crazy shit. I mean, Amsterdam was nuts, Budapest was even worse, I was turned into a cockroach. Like, making a bad call of not pulling the trigger can end our lives just like that! Finger snap. Some people are so powerful they can instantly squash us. I admit I think I'm way over my head with this mission. So yeah. I agree. I jump the gun sometimes. It's mainly cause I'm scared. So much happened and so many faces turned to masks and truths to lies, I don't know who to trust anymore. Whose threat is idle, and who is actually gonna carry through with it. My take on it, people who have no ill intentions, don't make threats."
February 09, 2019 12:37AMJustin Robertson: "Sometimes scared people do."
Justin walks out of the car, seemingly lost in thought.
February 09, 2019 12:37AMGM (GM): Ok, so Kurtis will get out of the car, and sort of put his hands on the door and just stand there a bit, like, communicating to it. He knows basic telekinesis really well, but he's never used it to drive a car, so I'm gonna give him a -4 penalty for this, which i'll try to compensate with his willpower.
February 09, 2019 12:38AMEve K.: "This was a pretty big gun jumping"
Blows out a breath as she slips off of Lucas' lap February 09, 2019 12:38AMJessica: Jessica's expression sort of softens but also gets more incredulous as Kurt rattles off all the things that have happened in the space of two months.W.T.F.
February 09, 2019 12:38AMDante: ((people don't think it be crazy like it is, but it do))
February 09, 2019 12:39AMEve K.: ((wait till she hears about Dante. Mind=Blown))
February 09, 2019 12:39AMJessica: gets out of the car like everyone else ((oh i'm sure))
February 09, 2019 12:39AMJustin Robertson: ((Police HATE him.))
((Find out how he got out of being arrested with this one simple trick.))
February 09, 2019 12:39AMJessica: ((lmao))
February 09, 2019 12:40AMEve K.: ((best))
February 09, 2019 12:40AMDante: ((One weird trick, discovered by an Acanthus, to completely retcon a game session.))
February 09, 2019 12:40AMEve K.: ((hate))
February 09, 2019 12:42AMKurtis Kerner: mutters to Eve through his concentration "Big guns make big jumps. Well... I'll try to use my gifts for good now, for safety of us all. I'll try to start it and drive it from here. Nobody in the club should sense us at this range, unless they're super good. They won't detect my signature, until they notice the car coming in. Dante, did you do something to this car?"
February 09, 2019 12:43AMDante: About to say something to the others, Dante stops and turns to Kurtis. "Yeah, I tried to ward it like Bella was talking about her doing to their ride."
((Can I just dismiss a ward? No idea))
February 09, 2019 12:43AMJustin Robertson: ((Yeah))
February 09, 2019 12:44AMGM (GM): ((yeah, you can at will, but a ward would be beneficial to keep, it hides our connection to it from scrutiny))
((it will dissolve naturally over time))
February 09, 2019 12:44AMDante: ((that whopping 1 potency. Yeah, I'll keep it up. Duration is only a scene anyway))
February 09, 2019 12:44AMGM (GM): ((your ward was 2 potency))
February 09, 2019 12:45AMDante: ((I thought 1 potency coz the other success would have gone to making it 10 yards. Default is 5))
February 09, 2019 12:45AMGM (GM): ((each success is 5 yards AND 1 potency))
February 09, 2019 12:45AMDante: ((Oh. I must have misread))
February 09, 2019 12:45AMGM (GM): ((with wards its not an "or"))
((yeah, neat))
February 09, 2019 12:45AMDante: ((well damn that's great. Aight.))
February 09, 2019 12:45AMJessica: ((nice))
February 09, 2019 12:46AMKurtis Kerner: Okay, Kurt rolls Telekinesis rote at -4 +3, using his Forces +1 ring
February 09, 2019 12:47AM (From Eve K.): still have death sight up if any vampire mages just happen to be near by ;) ;)
February 09, 2019 12:47AMDante: ((Cue Knight Rider theme))
February 09, 2019 12:47AMEve K.: (yes!)
February 09, 2019 12:47AMJessica: ((and then he crashed it into the hallow))
February 09, 2019 12:48AMGM (GM): Which leaves him with Strength + Athletics + Forces = 3 + 3 + 5 = 11
February 09, 2019 12:48AMKurtis Kerner: rolling 11d10>8!
= 5 Successes
It takes Kurtis a while. For his love of sports cars, he knew how to hotwire them the old fashion way, but he didn't actually understand the science of electricity. He was now trying to study it innately on a functional level. Not the why, but the how. After a bit of time, the car starts. Then he shifts it from neutral.
February 09, 2019 12:51AMJessica: ((the str + ath portion of the dice pool is weird to me))
February 09, 2019 12:52AMGM (GM): Now that Kurtis is in control of the car, he now has to make a drive check at -2
Oh by the way
Eve...
the answer is yes
February 09, 2019 12:52AMDante: ((The Telekinesis rote for the Adamantine Arrow is str+ath+forces))
February 09, 2019 12:53AM (To Eve K.): There is a coffin, you can sense it with your very intuition
February 09, 2019 12:53AMJessica: ((I wasn't contesting it, I just think those are weird ones to use))
February 09, 2019 12:53AM (To Eve K.): But it's not a vampire of any kind you've felt. This one's something else.
February 09, 2019 12:54AMDante: ((Yeah I guess so. To me the Wits + Ath is weird.))
Eve K. takes in a sharp breath and looks towards the club
February 09, 2019 12:54AMEve K.: "Shit I was right."
February 09, 2019 12:54AMDante: ((I do like that you can sub Ath for Larceny in the Silver Ladder rote though))
Dante turns to Eve. "About?"
February 09, 2019 12:55AMEve K.: "There's a coffin at the club."
February 09, 2019 12:55AMJessica: "...What?"
February 09, 2019 12:55AMGM (GM): ((An arrow dude at military base taught Kurt their version of the roll. The arrow one rocks for this character))
February 09, 2019 12:55AMEve K.: "There's a..... strange vampire at the club"
February 09, 2019 12:55AMJessica: "What the fuck."
February 09, 2019 12:56AMKurtis Kerner: Dex + Drive - 2 = 5 for me
February 09, 2019 12:56AMJustin Robertson: ....
February 09, 2019 12:56AMKurtis Kerner: rolling 5d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 09, 2019 12:56AM (From Eve K.): can I do another Occult roll. I think I know what it is.. but I don't know if Eve has ever heard of them. she also has encyclapedic knowledge
February 09, 2019 12:56AMJessica: "Are...how do vampires stack against mages?"
February 09, 2019 12:57AMEve K.: "Depends on the vampire. Depends on the mage."
February 09, 2019 12:57AMJustin Robertson: "How to leprechauns stack against frankensteins?"
February 09, 2019 12:57AMEve K.: "Leprechauns beat Frankensteins. Don't mess with the Fae"
(( XD))
February 09, 2019 12:57AMJustin Robertson: Justin rolls his eyes. February 09, 2019 12:58AMKurtis Kerner: Slowly and cautiously, and at first a little unsurely, the Jetta starts to move. Kurt seems to be in complete concentration. The car pulls up into the parking lot and takes its spot. Turns off, and by the end Kurtis has sweat on his forehead. "Phew. I think we're good. Sorry, what did I miss?"
Eve K. totally straight faced, her attention is focused, she seems... almost... eager
February 09, 2019 12:58AMEve K.: "Vampire"
February 09, 2019 12:58AMKurtis Kerner: "How many?"
February 09, 2019 12:58AMJessica: "I feel like you guys are messing with me."
February 09, 2019 12:58AMJustin Robertson: "They are."
February 09, 2019 12:59AMKurtis Kerner: "Ooooh no. No no. Vampires are real, Jessica. They're very real."
Eve K. looks around just to be sure it's just the one
February 09, 2019 12:59AMDante: Dante takes a moment to size up Eve and Kurtis before turning to Jessica and Justin. "They banter a lot, but I don't think this is a joke."
February 09, 2019 12:59AM (To Eve K.): You can't quite tell. The sensation is coming from the club.
February 09, 2019 1:00AMDante: ((iirc we haven't come across any vampires since Dante's awakening right?))
February 09, 2019 1:00AMEve K.: ((nope))
February 09, 2019 1:00AMJustin Robertson: "Vampires are mostly a construction from hollywood based on old wives tales about historical figures like Elizabeth Bathory and Vlad from Wallachia."
"There is no reason why this hollywood farce would be real, that is ridiculous."
February 09, 2019 1:01AMEve K.: "Can't tell.... one for sure... maybe more. Centered at the club..."
February 09, 2019 1:01AMKurtis Kerner: "I've had run ins with vampires and zombies. Both good and bad. With each. Vampires were who hired us. They really exist and they're super dangerous. Because unlike our powers, their powers don't glitch out with reality."
February 09, 2019 1:01AMJessica: "Vampires hired you to save the world? How do you trust them?"
February 09, 2019 1:02AMKurtis Kerner: "Well.... um. I... I kinda owe them a lot of money."
February 09, 2019 1:02AMEve K.: "Mmmhmm... Fortunately... they are undead....which is one of my specialties"
February 09, 2019 1:02AMKurtis Kerner: "Yeah and fortunately they are very vulnerable to fire, which is one of my specialties."
February 09, 2019 1:03AMDante: Dante drops mind sight and raises his spatial awareness, becoming more in tune with the layers of space around him.
rolling 6d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 09, 2019 1:03AMJustin: "Sure, I'll cover everyone in garlic."
February 09, 2019 1:03AMEve K.: "Vampires are unchanging creatures. They don't want the world they live in to change either. They have a vested interest in keeping the next Hitler from being a thing"
February 09, 2019 1:03AMJessica: Jessica's eyes go wide. "Okay, but dead zone, remember?"
February 09, 2019 1:03AMJustin: "We'll be unstoppable."
February 09, 2019 1:03AMEve K.: "That doesn't really work."
February 09, 2019 1:03AMJustin: "Of course, I'll make a crow cry at morning's first light."
"That's a reference to the legend of the Nosferatu, by the way."
Eve K. licks her lips, still looking in the direction of the club
February 09, 2019 1:05AMLucas: Lucas had been going over the things he had learned in the tower. Meditating on the books he'd read. Alchemy and changing matter. Corpses and death. Souls and the balance.
February 09, 2019 1:05AMJustin: "I thought we agreed to leave this place alone and go to Cubic's area,"
February 09, 2019 1:05AMJessica: "I don't want to fight a vampire."
February 09, 2019 1:06AMDante: Dante nods in response to Justin. February 09, 2019 1:06AMEve K.: ((He also makes a fine chair))
February 09, 2019 1:06AMJustin: "Yeah, expecially if there are mummies and werewolves nearby."
February 09, 2019 1:06AMLucas: Lucas focuses when Justin says Nosferatu.
"what about vampires?"
February 09, 2019 1:06AMEve K.: "There's a vampire.. at the club... at least one vampire. maybe more."
February 09, 2019 1:07AM (From Eve K.): can I do another Occult roll. I think I know what it is.. but I don't know if Eve has ever heard of them. she also has encyclapedic knowledge - didn't get a yes/no on this
February 09, 2019 1:07AMJessica: "Let's go tell Cubic. This is too creepy."
February 09, 2019 1:08AMLucas: "my money's on the DJ"
February 09, 2019 1:08AMJustin: "Yeah, I'm tired of this stuff. Let's just go to Cubic and get this over with."
Eve K. nods at Lucas' comment
February 09, 2019 1:09AM (To Lucas): You recall from your studies a tale of the first Tremere Lich. An elder vampire killed a powerful mage and ate his very soul. But the mage's soul contained Gnosis, it was made of Gnosis itself. So it tore the vampire inside out and thus was born the first Lich. A being in between vampire and a mage.
February 09, 2019 1:10AMKurtis Kerner: "I'm down for not fighting a vampire. Especially if it's DJ Merlin Rude."
"But we would probably be wise to tell Leopold about it."
February 09, 2019 1:10AMDante: "Out of curiosity, why do you find the idea of vampires so impossible, given the nature of what each of us can do?"
Dante shifts his weight to one side, then nods at Kurtis' words.
February 09, 2019 1:11AMKurtis Kerner: ((guys, does Kurt's RP of confession and making excuses and expressing fears/regrets merit me spending 3 xp on Socialize 1?))
February 09, 2019 1:11AMEve K.: "-If- it's Merlin...."
February 09, 2019 1:11AMKurtis Kerner: ((Did anyone feel moved?))
February 09, 2019 1:11AMJustin: "Because all of this stuff is rooted in science. It's like if people were able to reach out with an extra limb and do stuff to the fabric of reality. It has no bearing on old wives tales or hollywood folklore."
February 09, 2019 1:11AMLucas: Lucas shares his info on the first lich
February 09, 2019 1:12AMJustin: ((Yes, buy socialize so you can be as cool as the rest of us.))
February 09, 2019 1:12AMGM (GM): Lucas, that was a whisper, you gotta share what you know.
February 09, 2019 1:12AMDante: ((Dante wouldn't say it, but he pretty much agrees with what Kurtis did regardless.))
February 09, 2019 1:12AMLucas: I remember reading about a vampire that ate the soul of a moros mage and became the first Lich
February 09, 2019 1:12AMKurtis Kerner: ((yay, -3 exp. I'm at 0 exp for the first time in forever))
February 09, 2019 1:12AMLucas: (quote/unquote said Lucas)
February 09, 2019 1:12AMJessica: ((socialize 1 is below average. you're able to make yourself understood in normal conversation. i think socialize 2 is fine for any character that's not socially crippled in some fashion such as difficulty maintaining eye contact or being easily intimated. imo))
((I felt bad for him))
February 09, 2019 1:13AMEve K.: ((apparently Eve is socially crippled then))
February 09, 2019 1:13AMJustin: Justin starts walking when Lucas joins in. February 09, 2019 1:13AMDante: "That argument could be just as easily applied to common vampire tropes. I thought for sure you would have attributed it to god, though. Interesting."
Eve K. is not walking, she's still staring at the club
February 09, 2019 1:15AMJessica: ((i mean the game doesn't give us enough skill points to start with given the 2 dots is average rule))
February 09, 2019 1:15AMJustin: "I've got a lead on the gem once we get done with Cubic."
February 09, 2019 1:15AMKurtis Kerner: "I mean, we could go meet the vampire, and then Justin would have his doubts settled once and for all. But again, I'd rather not."
February 09, 2019 1:15AMEve K.: ((2 dots is only average in Attributes))
February 09, 2019 1:16AMJessica: ((ah))
((my bad))
February 09, 2019 1:16AMJustin: ((Yeah, skills represents training in a field.))
((dummy))
February 09, 2019 1:16AMDante: ((Gosh))
February 09, 2019 1:16AMJessica: ((you're a fuckhead))
February 09, 2019 1:17AMLucas: ((don't be a cunt))
February 09, 2019 1:17AMGM (GM): ((also, Jessica, that's not exactly what Socialize does, we can talk about it later. ))
February 09, 2019 1:17AMJessica: ((okie doke))
February 09, 2019 1:17AMEve K.: ((Oh look... from the book "Socialize reflects your characterÕs ability to interact
with others in a variety of situations, from talking people
up at bars to comporting himself with dignity at state dinners.
This Skill represents equal parts gregariousness, sensitivity,
etiquette and custom. K nowing how to make
friends is no less important than understanding how to
February 09, 2019 1:17AMEve K.: treat guests in formal situations. Characters with low dots
might be naturally entertaining or approachable, but unschooled
in the finer arts of social interaction. Or they
could be punctilious with their manners but difficult to
approach. Conversely, characters with high dots could
have the social graces of a practiced diplomat or raconteur,
February 09, 2019 1:17AMEve K.: knowing just what to say and when to say it in any
given situation.")
(weee wall of text)
February 09, 2019 1:17AMLucas: (I love.my phone. I misspelled "cunt" and my phone corrected it.))
February 09, 2019 1:18AMGM (GM): ((nice))
February 09, 2019 1:18AMEve K.: ((Ohh nice autocorrect got it trained))
February 09, 2019 1:18AMKurtis Kerner: "You got a lead on the gem?"
February 09, 2019 1:18AMJustin: "Yeah, a library with more information. Private collection."
February 09, 2019 1:19AMKurtis Kerner: "Oh, the address you wrote down in the cab? Something about the dead SS general?"
February 09, 2019 1:19AMLucas: "I'd like to see this library."
Eve K. licks her lips again "IF it's Merlin, wouldn't he have a better time explaining what exactly his group does besides talk shit and do drugs?"
February 09, 2019 1:19AMJustin: "Pretty much. Tracked it back from Napolean, as he's the last known wielder of the gem."
February 09, 2019 1:20AMEve K.: ((ooff so hard, dangling info about gem in one hand and new strange vampire in the other. Eve decisions are rough))
February 09, 2019 1:20AMKurtis Kerner: "Well that's good. We should make it one of the next stops."
February 09, 2019 1:20AMEve K.: "We literally have a compass to where the gem is. But more information would be useful..."
February 09, 2019 1:21AMKurtis Kerner: "Okay, what's on our agenda? Let's make a list. Library. Cubic. Jessica's parents. Lucas's weird mind thing. Vampire in the club."
"Yeah, we do have a compass, but the info's useful. What if we get near the gem and it affects us somehow."
February 09, 2019 1:23AMGM (GM): Okay, what are we doing and how we're going about it?
Eve wants to eat a Tremere Lich
February 09, 2019 1:24AMEve K.: ((YEah she does!))
February 09, 2019 1:24AMGM (GM): Justin and Dante want to get out of here and onward.
February 09, 2019 1:24AMJustin: ((YUp))
February 09, 2019 1:24AMGM (GM): Jessica wants to see her folks and visit Aiping's mom.
February 09, 2019 1:24AMEve K.: ((Also very much want to see Justin's mind explode when he finds out vampires are for realz))
February 09, 2019 1:24AMJustin: ((Same.))
February 09, 2019 1:25AMJessica: "Aiping's mom has cancer. Don't forger that."
February 09, 2019 1:25AMEve K.: ((It's gonna be great!))
February 09, 2019 1:25AMJustin: "I haven't."
February 09, 2019 1:25AMKurtis Kerner: "I think that's definitely a thing we could squeeze in, Jess."
"Like, if you want to come with us on the gem quest, we don't want any ghosts following around."
February 09, 2019 1:26AMJessica: "Thank you. I really appreciate it."
February 09, 2019 1:26AMKurtis Kerner: "And Brick? What do you wanna do?"
February 09, 2019 1:27AMEve K.: ((Brick is happy being a chair/mime/building))
February 09, 2019 1:28AMJustin: ((^))
February 09, 2019 1:28AMLucas: "I'm not sure. I'm trying to figure out my purpose here. Why the lead coin brought me back. I'm sure going with you guys is gonna help me with that."
February 09, 2019 1:29AMKurtis Kerner: "I like that line of thinking. We're on a quest to save the world from the next supernatural dictator. One who is an infant now, so we wouldn't see him, but our children would. Alright, here's a suggestion. Let's go to Cubic, tell him about the vampire, ask if he's willing pay extra for us to take it out. If you're good at something, never do it for free."
February 09, 2019 1:29AMLucas: ((I only just found out that Lucas was a chair.))
February 09, 2019 1:30AMEve K.: (( XD))
February 09, 2019 1:30AMDante: Dante folds his arms loosely across his chest and shifts his weight again, foot tapping idly. "Whatever we do, our next course of action should be to speak with Cubic. I agree with the sentiment that maybe we can wrest more favor from him by telling him first rather than acting rashly."
February 09, 2019 1:30AMLucas: "Wait. What?!"
February 09, 2019 1:31AMJustin: "What on what part?"
February 09, 2019 1:31AMJessica: ((Lucas you're fucking drunk))
February 09, 2019 1:31AMDante: "Did we.. not tell him?"
Eve K. blows out a slow breath, finally wrestling her focus away from the club and the vampire's presence therein
February 09, 2019 1:31AMJustin: "Oh, I thought you guys told him."
February 09, 2019 1:32AMLucas: "theres some Baby Hitler out there and we're gonna stop him before it happens?
February 09, 2019 1:32AMJustin: "Kinda, it's a little more complicated than that but more or less."
February 09, 2019 1:32AMEve K.: "That is the long and short of it."
February 09, 2019 1:33AMJessica: ((I guess now we get to go see Grandpa Leo and Fernando))
February 09, 2019 1:33AMKurtis Kerner: "I mean, just because you magically enchant a baby with an ancient artifact that takes your influence on masses and cranks it to 11, no guarantee he will be an evil hitler... but... the baby hitler's mom's allies turn people into animals and make flesh golems, so ya... ya probably Hitler."
February 09, 2019 1:33AMLucas: Lucas whistles. "So we're saving the world for real?"
February 09, 2019 1:34AMJessica: Jessica frowns.
Eve K. seems to struggle internally for a moment, her features those of indecision, finally she nods "Basically"
February 09, 2019 1:34AMKurtis Kerner: "Yeah, like, preventing some massive war. Two people in our group had premonitions. Visions and dreams and shit."
February 09, 2019 1:35AMEve K.: "Alright.. Fine.. Lets go talk to Cubic"
February 09, 2019 1:36AMGM (GM): Alright. Cubic's HQ is in Leipzig, 5 hours by train.
February 09, 2019 1:36AMEve K.: "As much as I would reeeeally like to see the vampire first... we should probably go with your idea... and see what it's worth to Cubic"
February 09, 2019 1:36AMJustin: "Thank you."
February 09, 2019 1:38AMDante: Dante gives a look to Eve, then shrugs slightly. "I am not sure I understand the fascination, but Cubic may make it worth our while."
And with that, Dante reaches out to feel his connection with the chalk mark on the van. ((we parked that at the train station in Leipzig right?))
February 09, 2019 1:38AM (From Eve K.): btw it amuses me that I wanted to make a roll to determine if the vampire was a termere lich and Lucus just drops it like a boss
February 09, 2019 1:38AMJustin: ((Right.))
February 09, 2019 1:38AMEve K.: ((yup))
February 09, 2019 1:38AM (To Eve K.): i thought i replied yes
February 09, 2019 1:38AMDante: ((what time of day is it))
February 09, 2019 1:38AM (To Eve K.): I said Eve, the answer is yes
February 09, 2019 1:39AMJustin: ((4:38 am))
February 09, 2019 1:39AMDante: ((I am suspicious.))
February 09, 2019 1:39AMJessica: ((FERNANDO))
((I'M SO READY))
February 09, 2019 1:40AM (From Eve K.): that was in answer to a different question
February 09, 2019 1:40AMLucas: "what's Cubic"
February 09, 2019 1:40AMGM (GM): The connection is there, Dante. You feel the surface. 5 hours by train or 1 second by chalk.
February 09, 2019 1:41AMJessica: "Cubic owns the company that makes the magic speakers that steal inspiration."
February 09, 2019 1:42AMEve K.: "Among a long list of other things"
February 09, 2019 1:43AM (To Eve K.): Oh sorry. Okay, you know about Tremere Liches too. So when an elder vampire slays and diabelerizes a powerful mage (doesn't have to be a Moros), their gnosis is contained in the eaten soul, and that gnosis tears the vampire from the inside out, and thus was born the first Tremere Lich. Lucas read about it in the tower cause he was studying undead. You know about them from whatever background. Up to you if you ever encountered one to know how one feels. But like, whatever's in the club is not a regular vampire.
February 09, 2019 1:43AMDante: Dante will confirm that everyone has chalk marks on them from before, adding new ones if the old have faded. Then he will reach out with his hand as it slips into a seam in space itself. He looks back and says, "I will pull you through shortly." and slips through as if stepping behind a curtain. February 09, 2019 1:43AMLucas: "Kinda sounds like an asshole. What does something like that do to the balance? How does that affect reality and the fallen world?"
February 09, 2019 1:44AM (From Eve K.): awesome, thanks
February 09, 2019 1:44AMJessica: "What balance?"
February 09, 2019 1:44AMDante: ((what does Dante see on stepping through? space sight is also active))
February 09, 2019 1:44AMJustin: "He's a really bad guy Lucas."
"I want to limit our interaction with him as much as possible."
Eve K. smirks in reference to the balance question and pats Lucas on the arm "That explanation is all yours buddy"
February 09, 2019 1:45AMGM (GM): Dante, it's night time in Leipzig, didn't dawn yet, it's raining, but your mark was at a good angle. The train station is largely empty, your van is there, no parking tickets, you paid for a few days in advance. Do you try to get into the van?
trollface February 09, 2019 1:46AMJessica: ((do it)
February 09, 2019 1:46AMEve K.: "He is a very powerful guy. Who run's a very powerful mage company. Who's aid could be very useful against baby Hitler's mother
February 09, 2019 1:46AMLucas: "Creation and Destruction. Life and Death. The balance is just that. A balance between the source and the end."
February 09, 2019 1:46AMJessica: ((Fernando wouldn't eat you, Uncle Dante))
February 09, 2019 1:47AMDante: On stepping through, Dante will first look around the area, then peer into the window of the van. February 09, 2019 1:47AMEve K.: (If Fernando eats Dante Eve will not be pleased with Justin. Words may happen.)
(mean ones)
February 09, 2019 1:48AMDante: ((gosh darn mean words))
February 09, 2019 1:48AMLucas: In Stygia there are swirling tornadoes and golems of matter that create life and matter. And then there are drifting specters and wraiths that wipe out the life and matter like it never existed."
February 09, 2019 1:48AMKurtis Kerner: "Yeah think of baby Hitler as the main mission. And Leopold Cubic as a very weird enemy turned ally. He used to work with Baby Hitler, but Baby Hitler violated an agreement, so now Cubic turned to our side, sorta. But yeah what he does is fucked up. He stole people's luck and hopes and dreams and shit, and sold them to highest bidders. And still does. It's an industry. And Jessica was one of their unwilling unknowing agents. I think they used her to play poker or something, steal luck from card players.
February 09, 2019 1:49AMDante: *Provided nothing seems immediately dangerous, Dante will start pulling people through to him via their chalk marks with a warning tap on the shoulder.
February 09, 2019 1:49AMGM (GM): Okay, you peer into the van, Dante.... seems nothing unusual, except Robin is gone.
February 09, 2019 1:50AMJessica: "If the stuff he does is so awful why did Hans die for him? He can't be that black and white."
((pffft))
February 09, 2019 1:50AMEve K.: "Magic. She played Magic..."
Smirks at the irony ((OMG!!! FERNANDO ATE ROBIN!))
February 09, 2019 1:51AMDante: Dante ponders to himself at Robin's absence. "Probably got bored." February 09, 2019 1:51AMJustin: ((Did he absorb her power?))
February 09, 2019 1:51AMKurtis Kerner: "I dunno, Jess. We went to talk to him twice, and both times I wasn't listening. Blah blah something, I'm super old, my heart rests with Germany and the German people blah"
February 09, 2019 1:51AMEve K.: ((Robin... the always asleep person... got bored and took a walk???)
February 09, 2019 1:51AMDante: ((So fernando is in there? or not visible? Either way, at this point I'm gonna pull people through.))
February 09, 2019 1:52AMKurtis Kerner: ((Where exactly did you put Fernando?))
February 09, 2019 1:52AMJessica: ((tucked him in with Robin))
February 09, 2019 1:52AMKurtis Kerner: ((lmao i kill u))
February 09, 2019 1:52AMDante: ((Woulda been where Robin was tbh))
February 09, 2019 1:52AMJessica: ((HA))
February 09, 2019 1:52AMEve K.: ((Cuddles!!))
February 09, 2019 1:53AMKurtis Kerner: ((yeah Fernando is there, like, windows are tinted, but with your Spacial Awareness you can tell it's inside))
((exactly where you left it. It may have shifted a few inches))
February 09, 2019 1:53AMDante: ((so it begins))
February 09, 2019 1:54AMGM (GM): Okay, Dante pulls us all over.
February 09, 2019 1:54AMDante: ((do you know why I pulled you over?))
February 09, 2019 1:54AMGM (GM): Reality blinks weirdly, and suddenly you all feel light rain dripping down on our faces.
February 09, 2019 1:54AMJustin: Gets pulled over and immediately turns on life sight. rolling 7d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 09, 2019 1:55AMGM (GM): wom wom wom wom
There's no life inside the van
February 09, 2019 1:55AMJustin: ((NOOOOOOOO))
February 09, 2019 1:56AMJessica: ((D:))
February 09, 2019 1:56AMEve K.: ((Ohhh nooooos Fernando died!))
February 09, 2019 1:56AMJessica: ((WE NAMED A SMASH CHARACTER AFTER YOU))
((WHYYYY))
February 09, 2019 1:56AMDante: ((more likely the spell expired))
February 09, 2019 1:56AMEve K.: ((was it piranha plant?))
February 09, 2019 1:56AMJustin: ((It was.))
February 09, 2019 1:56AMJessica: ((of course))
February 09, 2019 1:56AMDante: ((hah))
((Thats great))
February 09, 2019 1:57AMEve K.: ((YES!))
((Does my death sight stay up?))
February 09, 2019 1:57AMGM (GM): rolling 12v10>8!
= 12
February 09, 2019 1:57AMDante: ((12))
February 09, 2019 1:57AMJustin: rolling 12
= 12
February 09, 2019 1:57AMGM (GM): rolling 12d10>8!
= 5 Successes
February 09, 2019 1:58AMDante: ((Fuck is this))
February 09, 2019 1:58AMJessica: ((heavy breathing))
February 09, 2019 1:58AMGM (GM): rolling 7d10>8!
= 4 Successes
February 09, 2019 1:58AMJessica: ((breathing intensifies))
February 09, 2019 1:58AMGM (GM): everything is great please carry on
February 09, 2019 1:58AMDante: ((Fuck is that))
February 09, 2019 1:58AMGM (GM): yeah i need to do this shit with my physical die to not disrupt rp
everything is fine
February 09, 2019 1:58AMEve K.: (Narrator: "Everything was even less great than the last time"))
February 09, 2019 1:58AMDante: ((Everything was doomed.))
February 09, 2019 1:59AMJessica: ((everything was edible by plants))
February 09, 2019 1:59AMGM (GM): Eve, your death sight is up yes
February 09, 2019 1:59AMEve K.: ((its fine y'all it's just Eve's new vampire lich boyfriend following us through space magic))
((and do I see anything about the Cubic building with my death sight?))
February 09, 2019 2:01AMGM (GM): ((Well we're not at it. It's a 30 min drive. We're at Leipzig Train Station))
Or is someone opening the van door?
February 09, 2019 2:01AMEve K.: ((right... duh... I'm okay))
February 09, 2019 2:01AMGM (GM): ((I mean you don't see anything unusual aside from your typical ghost trains))
February 09, 2019 2:02AMJustin: Justin walks up to the van and opens the door. Side door.
February 09, 2019 2:02AMDante: ((rip justin nice knowing ya))
February 09, 2019 2:02AMLucas: (god damn it, Dante. You forgot to poke holes in the lid for Fernando and Robin!)
February 09, 2019 2:02AMGM (GM): ((you look into the twilight and see remains of old rail tracks, old broken trains in their old still functional forms, old buildings, broken doors in proper shape when they were new))
February 09, 2019 2:03AMDante: ((Dante is bad at pets.))
February 09, 2019 2:03AMGM (GM): Justin, OOOOOF
February 09, 2019 2:03AMJustin: ((Robin is on a farm))
February 09, 2019 2:03AMDante: ((LOL))
February 09, 2019 2:03AMGM (GM): A wave of absolute STINK hits your face. It smells like SHIT in here.
February 09, 2019 2:03AMJessica: ((best quote))
February 09, 2019 2:03AMGM (GM): It smells like something died.
February 09, 2019 2:04AMEve K.: ...
February 09, 2019 2:04AMLucas: ((Fernando sent her there. Took her himself.))
February 09, 2019 2:04AMJustin: Justin immediately looks queezy and staggers three steps back, gagging. "Ooof!"
February 09, 2019 2:04AMLucas: ((drove the van and everything))
February 09, 2019 2:04AMGM (GM): There are flies in the van, they fly out and buzz around
February 09, 2019 2:04AMDante: Concerned, Dante looks on from a safe distance. "Oh..."
February 09, 2019 2:04AMJessica: ((...you are a life mage))
((fix it))
February 09, 2019 2:05AMLucas: "What's wrong, Baywatch?"
February 09, 2019 2:05AMEve K.: ((Since this is literally Eve's day job, she will slowly approach the van, does it smell like a human die in here or something else?))
February 09, 2019 2:05AMGM (GM): Long story short. As Fernando had no soul, Eve couldnt see his ghost of course, for he had none.
Eve, the smell is of rotten flesh, but it's nothing you have ever seen.
Or smelled.
Eve K. takes a quick sniff, nods and steps back "Well it wasn't Robin. She probably left out a space portal when your potted plant animal-thing died and started smelling"
February 09, 2019 2:08AMGM (GM): But the tragic conclusion let itself be obvious. Fernando was too precious for this world. He was a fucked up flower put turned to life, without knowledge how to be alive. He had nothing to eat and didn't know how to do basic life functions. He didn't even have a stomach to sustain energy. He had no blood and no heart, just muscle tissue and some mysterious organs that needed some mysterious nourishment, which we sure as fuck didnt bother to provide. What little life he had, ran out. Fernando starved to death. I'm sorry.
February 09, 2019 2:08AMEve K.: (can I tell how long ago it died?)
February 09, 2019 2:08AMJustin: Justin stares at the monstrocity, trying to parse out why it is familiar in the haze of his wine adventure. February 09, 2019 2:09AMJessica: ((lolling at "too precious))
February 09, 2019 2:09AMLucas: ((we've been making magnificent fucking Fernando jokes for 2 months and this is how you repay us?))
February 09, 2019 2:09AMEve K.: ((waiting for the oh gosh in...
(3)
(2)
(1)
February 09, 2019 2:09AMJustin: "Oh Gosh."
February 09, 2019 2:09AMGM (GM): Eve.... you can't tell how long ago it died.
February 09, 2019 2:09AMLucas: ((oh gosh))
February 09, 2019 2:10AMGM (GM): You're not sure if this even falls under Death. It might be a Life thing or just mundane scientific cellular decay diagnosis.
But this creature had no ghost.
Mmmm.
Okay, no
I'm gonna rule that back.
Death covers decay
February 09, 2019 2:10AMEve K.: yup
February 09, 2019 2:10AMDante: Dante looks to Justin. "Well, this.. thing.. you don't have to worry about taking care of it anymore I guess."
February 09, 2019 2:10AMGM (GM): Eve, cast me a....
that lvl 2 rote
Postcognition?
February 09, 2019 2:11AMLucas: Lucas walks up and sticks his head in the van over the top of the other two. "What the hell is that thing?"
February 09, 2019 2:11AMDante: He covers his mouth and nose as the smell wafts out, swatting at flies with his other hand. February 09, 2019 2:11AMEve K.: ((don't have so impromptu
February 09, 2019 2:12AMGM (GM): ((Forensic Gaze))
Eve K. mutters in Atlantean "Your time has come" (Still don't have so...)
February 09, 2019 2:12AMEve K.: rolling 7d10>8!
= 1 Success
(lame)
February 09, 2019 2:13AMDante: "That
thing is the product of a drunk life mage."
February 09, 2019 2:14AMLucas: "That's pretty fuckin rank."
February 09, 2019 2:14AMJustin: Justin looks around to make sure there are no witnesses and grasps the molecular bonds of the potted plant inside of Fernando's tormented husk, transforming them into a swarm of flies to help the other flies devour the poor thing. ((Vermillous metamorphasis + control))
rolling 5d10>8!
= 4 Successes
February 09, 2019 2:14AMDante: ((what a tasty roll))
February 09, 2019 2:14AMGM (GM): Eve. Information:
Cause: Fernando felt deficiency in nutrition, which caused it to intensely "drool", and secrete some plant juice, which it choked on, and started consuming, until eventually defecated only what it couldnt eat and died.
Time of death: about the time you got to Lucas in the pool.
February 09, 2019 2:15AMJustin: The flies immediately start devouring the flesh, and carting it out into the van. Organized like no swarm of creatures ever should be. February 09, 2019 2:15AMGM (GM): hold on that's vulgar as balls
February 09, 2019 2:15AMJessica: ((please let it loose))
February 09, 2019 2:15AMGM (GM): rolling 2d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 09, 2019 2:16AMJustin: ((Damage.))
February 09, 2019 2:16AMGM (GM): As a cool cinematic for ya: some of the flies come out of you, tearing through your face, leaving a few painful scratches.
February 09, 2019 2:16AMJustin: ...
February 09, 2019 2:17AMGM (GM): not like holes
but they kinda fly out of the skin, like zits
February 09, 2019 2:17AMJessica: ew
February 09, 2019 2:17AMJustin: ....
February 09, 2019 2:17AMDante: ((I feel like thats somehow worse))
February 09, 2019 2:17AMJustin: ((Definitely worse.))
February 09, 2019 2:17AMJessica: yep
February 09, 2019 2:18AMGM (GM): but the spell doesn't go havoc. the insects do what you aim them to. They hungrily eat Fernando's corpse
February 09, 2019 2:18AMEve K.: ((Bllllarrrrrggg!))
February 09, 2019 2:18AMGM (GM): like Nobody wants to ride in this van now
February 09, 2019 2:18AMJessica: ((Frebreeze commercial right here))
February 09, 2019 2:18AMEve K.: (Nooope. I'll walk))
February 09, 2019 2:18AMGM (GM): Dante, is Kurt's sword also in the van?
February 09, 2019 2:18AMDante: ((Febreze! It gets the death out!))
February 09, 2019 2:18AMGM (GM): or is it still in the hotel room?
February 09, 2019 2:19AMDante: ((I'd have to look at log coz I dont remember))
February 09, 2019 2:19AMJessica: ((Eve checked us out so i say van))
((i think you actually asked him to put it there too))
February 09, 2019 2:20AMGM (GM): Lucas, this is your first time seeing Party Van. It's a Chrysler Tourist, 15 seater, there are 2 revolvers and 3 M16 rifles under the seats, and some stacks of military uniforms, plus some basic luggage.
February 09, 2019 2:21AMDante: ((Regardless, the sword is marked.))
February 09, 2019 2:21AMGM (GM): ((well unless the cleaning lady finds it when turning the room and wipes the mark clean))
((so van would be best))
((i mean i wouldnt think of any reason why Dante wouldnt secure it))
February 09, 2019 2:22AMDante: ((Kurtis told Dante to grab that, Fernando, and the bottles. Which he did. Later in the log: Kurtis Kerner: gets sword and bottles out of trunk)
February 09, 2019 2:22AMLucas: "this van is huge!"
February 09, 2019 2:22AMGM (GM): There's also an ornate two handed sword under one of the seats
February 09, 2019 2:22AMDante: ((sword was in taxi trunk, you pulled it out before we met Lucas))
February 09, 2019 2:23AMGM (GM): ((cool))
whoever else had any possessions i'm forgetting, feel free to add. Pretty sure we keep our personal artefacts/path tools on us
February 09, 2019 2:23AMDante: yes
February 09, 2019 2:23AMEve K.: "Huge and in need of a good fabreezing"
February 09, 2019 2:24AMJessica: (XD))
February 09, 2019 2:24AMDante: "Can you like.. decay the smell of decay? Or can Justin, I don't know, purify the air in the van?"
Dante makes a face, still averse to the van.
February 09, 2019 2:24AMKurtis Kerner: "We could just rent a new vehicle here. Van had a good run."
covers nose
February 09, 2019 2:25AMJustin: "I'm working on it."
"The flies are going to consume all organic material."
February 09, 2019 2:25AMKurtis Kerner: "I... I am gonna smoke."
February 09, 2019 2:25AMGM (GM): Ok, so it takes some time.
February 09, 2019 2:25AMJustin: "The organic material is what is causing the smell, or more precisely the bits of it floating in the air."
February 09, 2019 2:25AMDante: Dante pats himself down. "Let me get one of those?"
February 09, 2019 2:26AMEve K.: "Just don't set anything accidentally on fire.."
February 09, 2019 2:26AMKurtis Kerner: Kurt hands Dante a cigarette and lights it with a regular lighter. Unusually humble for him, as he usually does it with a finger. February 09, 2019 2:27AMJustin: Flies work in concert, swarming all over the van in a way that most people never hope to see. February 09, 2019 2:27AMEve K.: "This is both creepy and mesmerizing."
February 09, 2019 2:27AMGM (GM): Yeah, those guys are chowing at it like pros.
February 09, 2019 2:28AMJustin: "Yeah, swarms are honestly pretty easy to control."
February 09, 2019 2:28AMKurtis Kerner: "You know what we should call ya? Lord of the Flies."
February 09, 2019 2:29AMDante: Dante graciously takes the cigarette and brings it to his lips, taking a long, hard drag, taps the ash and leans against a nearby surface, sinking down the length of it slightly. "This day just gets more disgusting."
February 09, 2019 2:30AMJustin: "Watch it Kurt, these could just as easily be wasps."
February 09, 2019 2:30AMKurtis Kerner: "That's actually pretty cool. If it's easy to control, weaponize it."
February 09, 2019 2:30AMJustin: Justin gets a look and nods a bit at that. February 09, 2019 2:31AMKurtis Kerner: "I forget you don't get references. It was a book?"
February 09, 2019 2:31AMJustin: "I'm familiar with lord of the flies."
February 09, 2019 2:31AMGM (GM): So eventually the swarm makes work of it, and the smell lessens.
Eve K. steps away from the van to go sit next to Dante, in a lower voice "how you doing?"
February 09, 2019 2:33AMJustin: Justin commands the flies away and rests his hands on the car, concentrating on cleaning it the rest of the way with magic. ((I assume that it would sort of work like a repair rote.))
February 09, 2019 2:33AMGM (GM): ((yeah, i'd say repair is good, and maybe air it out))
((whatever acid/chewing damage fernando/flies/poop did to it, it's all repairable and well within your skill set))
February 09, 2019 2:34AMDante: Dante looks to Eve, his head lolling to one side as he takes another drag. "Hell, I don't know. Lot of shit going on."
A pause. "We're still alive, though. Could have been a lot worse."
February 09, 2019 2:34AMJustin: rolling 6d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 09, 2019 2:35AMDante: "If you don't mind my asking, why such a strong interest in the vampire?"
February 09, 2019 2:36AMGM (GM): The flooring, the seats leather, whatever was damaged, repairs itself. Lucas, you get a weird tingle tingle in the back of your neck, and note that this is the kind of magic you can do as a Death mage. But Justin is a Life mage.
February 09, 2019 2:37AMEve K.: "Ahh well..."
she leans a little closer lowering her voice as if it were a great secret "I think it's a special vampire. I think... it's... a vampire, who made the mistake of trying to eat a powerful mage, and the mage flipped the table on it instead. I've heard... they are immortal like a vampire, but with their mage powers intact"
February 09, 2019 2:37AMJustin: Justin pats the hood of the car. "This baby is good as new."
((This baby can fit so many flies and flowerpot corpses.))
February 09, 2019 2:38AMEve K.: ((ha))
February 09, 2019 2:39AMKurtis Kerner: flicks the cigarette off into the trash can (not on the ground! that socialize 1) "Good work, ant man!"
February 09, 2019 2:39AMDante: Dante's eyes widen a bit and he turns his head to look at Eve fully. He takes another drag, offers it to Eve having no idea if she smokes or not. His voice lowers to match hers. "Now that's something.. and you want to kill it or..?"
((and now the garbage can catches fire))
February 09, 2019 2:39AMKurtis Kerner: climbs up into the shotgun seat, fiddling with the map and the seat belt, ahhh, he missed Party Van Eve K. tilts her head considering the cigarette, she takes it, taking a slow drag, like a practiced smoker who's maybe been out of the habit a few years, she hands it back, turning her head to blow the smoke while making a vague shrug "not sure yet."
February 09, 2019 2:41AMKurtis Kerner: fiddles with the radio tuner, using a little bit of his own juice to get it to monitor police frequencies February 09, 2019 2:41AMJustin: Justin takes a seat in the middle, admiring his own handiwork. February 09, 2019 2:42AMKurtis Kerner: "Nicely done, very nicely done."
rolling 7d10>8!
= 4 Successes
Eve K. seeing Kurtis slipping into the van she smiles at Dante, then stands, straightening her skirt "Excellent work, are we ready to go?"
February 09, 2019 2:42AMKurtis Kerner: Wow.
February 09, 2019 2:42AMDante: "Maybe we will be incentivized to find out, then."
Dante returns the smile and looks up to the van. "Ah, looks ready. Lets get out of here."
February 09, 2019 2:43AMGM (GM): For duration of 2 scenes, we'll have full access to German police freqs, i mean, they'll be in German. But Jessica can understand.
February 09, 2019 2:43AMDante: ((oh gosh))
February 09, 2019 2:44AMEve K.: ((babying the baby, will be slow replying))
February 09, 2019 2:44AMJustin: ((Well, I think Coral and Chris are both asleep now.))
((We might want to call it for the night.))
February 09, 2019 2:44AMGM (GM): ((Ok then we should prolly stop here. Good stopping point))
February 09, 2019 2:44AMDante: Dante moves to open the door for Eve, then to the driver seat and sits himself down. He adjusts the seat, wiggles the rear-view mirror. Had it been messed with? Nah, couldn't have. He's just being particular. ((Ye, thats fine.))
February 09, 2019 2:45AMJustin: ((It was fun though!))
February 09, 2019 2:45AMDante: ((For sure, for sure.))
February 09, 2019 2:46AMGM (GM): 3 xp everyone and 1 extra exp for any lessons learned.
Kurtis learned, albeit in a fucked up way, that human life is valuable, and that people's opinions matter. A small step.
More importantly, he learned to admit mistakes and that it's okay, cause everyone makes them and friends forgive.
February 09, 2019 2:48AMLucas: (I learned not to combine LARP and mage)
February 09, 2019 2:48AMDante: Mm.. don't think Dante learned a particularly noteworthy lesson this session. Flesh things are bad. Warping space can be weakened for travel and hardened for protection
February 09, 2019 2:48AMGM (GM): Good lesson, Lucas XD
February 09, 2019 2:48AMDante: ((lmao))
February 09, 2019 2:49AMGM (GM): And a very good one Dante, you learned to ward, our big defense. Dont discount it.
February 09, 2019 2:49AMJustin: Justin learned that he can weaponize insects. He learned that everyone actually believes that vampires are real.
He learned that not controlling your spells will only result in death and taint, and that you have to clean that shit up.
February 09, 2019 2:49AMGM (GM): It saved our ass back in the club too
February 09, 2019 2:49AMDante: ((well IDK if thats worth xp though.))
February 09, 2019 2:49AMGM (GM): but i learned to cheat
February 09, 2019 2:49AMDante: I DO wanna buy ward rote though. Juicy fuckin' spell
February 09, 2019 2:49AMGM (GM): I was rolling stuff during the session to keep yall chill, but the stuff already set in motion with those rolls for next sesh
Yeah you may wanna do Ward and Ban
Ban is extensive though
you need other arcana to Ban certain effects
February 09, 2019 2:50AMDante: I didn't cast any bans yet
so
gonna ignore for now
February 09, 2019 2:50AMGM (GM): right
you understand that it is possible to harden further
February 09, 2019 2:50AMLucas: How much for death sight?
February 09, 2019 2:50AMDante: >possible to harden further
you know it
February 09, 2019 2:50AMGM (GM): Death sight, 2 xp
Justin, also good lesson
there are 2 types
February 09, 2019 2:51AMDante: Ya Justin had some good lessons to learn this session
February 09, 2019 2:51AMGM (GM): Death sight can show traces of death magic or how a person died
February 09, 2019 2:52AMLucas: Do I get an extra XP for my lesson?
February 09, 2019 2:52AMGM (GM): yeah 1 xp
dont mix larp and mage
February 09, 2019 2:52AMDante: rote is 2xp per dot right?
February 09, 2019 2:52AMGM (GM): yup
Can i give Lucas a lesson?
February 09, 2019 2:52AMDante: I gain
I lose
February 09, 2019 2:52AMJessica: ((Jessica learned that in the space of 2 months you can become pretty damned powerful
February 09, 2019 2:53AMDante: back to 0 in one session flat
February 09, 2019 2:53AMGM (GM): Lucas, in your studies in the tower you learned Corpse Mask
February 09, 2019 2:53AMJessica: ((since Kurt said he's been awakened 2 months))
February 09, 2019 2:53AMDante: ((yeah I thought Kurtis was awakened longer than that))
((like a lot longer))
February 09, 2019 2:53AMGM (GM): you could have simply used it on Fernando to turn his terribly smelling decaying body into something that just burned XD
that ability allow you to change perceived cause of death
February 09, 2019 2:53AMDante: ((been what like a couple weeks since Dante's awakening iirc))
((maybe more))
February 09, 2019 2:54AMGM (GM): a person shot to death can be made look like they overdosed on drugs, etc
February 09, 2019 2:54AMJessica: ((also vampires are in fact real and do sleep in coffins but don't care about garlic))
February 09, 2019 2:54AMGM (GM): Yeah i think Kurt may have had his shit a bit confused, or i had
1st season was a month in ingame time
there was a month break between the two ingame
February 09, 2019 2:55AMJessica: ((and zombies))
February 09, 2019 2:55AMGM (GM): and yeah, a couple of weeks in this adventure
remember that we are on a special mission of quick emergency specialness
we werent expected to even take that long
we were supposed to teleport
but Robin messed up a portal and sent the gang to egypt
February 09, 2019 2:56AMJessica: ((lol))
February 09, 2019 2:56AMEve K.: Eve learned Lucas is a great chair. Kurtis makes really bad mistakes. Tremere Liches may actually be real. And Justin can control bugs
February 09, 2019 2:58AMGM (GM): good lessons
everyone earned their 4 xp
have fun spending
big money
February 09, 2019 2:58AMJustin: big money February 09, 2019 2:58AMGM (GM): i'm saving now for real
gnosis 4 or bust
i need prime 5
i need to mana drain bitches
February 09, 2019 2:58AMJessica: I want Fate 2
February 09, 2019 2:58AMDante: get itttt
February 09, 2019 2:59AMGM (GM): do it
its only 12 xp
Fate 5 is utter OP
you create a 20 yard zone
and shit just happens in it
nobody ever does fate 5
February 09, 2019 2:59AMGM (GM): its such insane buff to team
February 09, 2019 2:59AMJessica: fate 2, bam
sleep now
night
February 09, 2019 3:00AMJustin: Sleep now.
Goodnight!
February 09, 2019 3:00AMDante: sleep now
night
February 09, 2019 3:02AMEve K.: night
February 09, 2019 3:03AMGM (GM): nini
February 15, 2019 10:06PMJessica: wheee
February 15, 2019 10:13PMGM (GM): Welcome welcome
good evening everyone
February 15, 2019 10:13PMDante: mm
February 15, 2019 10:17PMJessica: X)
February 15, 2019 10:17PMLucas: Box
February 15, 2019 10:17PMJessica: BOX
February 15, 2019 10:17PMJustin: bauxite
February 15, 2019 10:17PMJessica: they're MINERALS, MARIE
February 15, 2019 10:18PMDante: []
February 15, 2019 10:18PMEve K.: box
February 15, 2019 10:18PMLucas: [__]
February 15, 2019 10:18PMGM (GM): Okay, back in the van gang, who is sitting where. Mark yourself in the Magemobile
February 15, 2019 10:19PMJessica: ah yes that would have been smart
i'm off to a great start
February 15, 2019 10:20PMDante: why is the van satanic
February 15, 2019 10:20PMGM (GM): It's not satanic, it's the Mage emblem!
But also, i mean
February 15, 2019 10:20PMDante: you're the mage emblem
February 15, 2019 10:20PMGM (GM): Do you have to ask?
February 15, 2019 10:20PMJessica: gosh you're so prejudiced
what did satan ever do to you?
February 15, 2019 10:20PMDante: Not nearly enough
February 15, 2019 10:20PMEve K.: At least 3 of us have interacted with at least 1 of possible satanic representations
February 15, 2019 10:21PMJessica: Peter is a nice guy
he just looks questionable
it's fine
February 15, 2019 10:23PMLucas: ((I've only met the grim reaper))
February 15, 2019 10:24PMJessica: ((my guesses are Dante and Eve))
February 15, 2019 10:24PMLucas: ((Luke's dad was pretty devilish when he met him towards the end of his journey.))
February 15, 2019 10:24PMDante: ((those are reasonable guesses))
February 15, 2019 10:25PMLucas: ((Honor to the procurators!))
February 15, 2019 10:25PMJessica: ((Lucas, move your dude to his seat ya ninny))
February 15, 2019 10:26PMLucas: ((I do not have that ability))
February 15, 2019 10:26PMJessica: ((i fix))
((gm, your sword thingy shows up for me))
February 15, 2019 10:27PMLucas: ((same))
February 15, 2019 10:27PMDante: ((yeah I closed it on my end))
February 15, 2019 10:27PMJessica: ((I closed it but he reopened so I thought it was the same widget for everyone))
((didn't want to be disruptive))
((what is the white thing?))
February 15, 2019 10:28PMDante: ((That's a good question.))
February 15, 2019 10:31PMGM (GM): ((Sorry guys! I was trying to carry the graphic over so it would occupy space, but it's a handout and not an object apparently))
February 15, 2019 10:31PMLucas: ((Can we move the van to the right side? I can't see the left side of the image field unless I just zoom out beyond my ability to focus my eyes.
February 15, 2019 10:31PMJessica: ((he's on phone))
February 15, 2019 10:31PMGM (GM): ((How's this?))
February 15, 2019 10:32PMLucas: ((perfect))
((sorry. I might get a little distracted. Shannon has a Lolita meet tomorrow and is cooking. ))
February 15, 2019 10:34PMJustin: ((Why do you have to call youth outreach programs lolita meets?))
February 15, 2019 10:35PMLucas: ((lol))
((I think that would be a loli meet))
February 15, 2019 10:35PMJustin: ((My mistake.))
February 15, 2019 10:36PMLucas: ((Lolita meet is a book club where they specifically talk about the work of Russian author Vladimir Nabokov.))
February 15, 2019 10:37PMGM (GM): Alright folks, when we last left our heroes, they have mourned the loss of Fernando, and watched Justin's impressive display of cleaning up the remains and repairing the van. Now we are on the road to Cubic's HQ, is that correct?
February 15, 2019 10:38PMLucas: ((sounds Oll Korrect))
Lucas climbs into the van and makes himself comfortable sideways in the seat with an arm on the back of his seat and the other on the back of Justin and Jessica's
"So what's this Cubic fella like? He a powerful mage? What path does he walk?"
February 15, 2019 10:41PMJessica: Jessica clicks her seatbelt and looks out the window. Her leg bounces with nervous energy as people tuck themselves into the van. She opts to let someone else answer Lucas' question. For the first time in a while she takes her phone out of her pocket and glances at it for missed messages.
February 15, 2019 10:43PMEve K.: "As far as we can tell, he is not a mage like us, and he claims to be a sleeper, a regular human. Not sure I fully believe that, but we can't tell otherwise. If he is Awakened, he hides it well."
February 15, 2019 10:43PMGM (GM): Okay. Can everyone please give me account of health, mana, willpower, and active spells.
February 15, 2019 10:44PMLucas: Lucas notices Jessica check her phone and reflexively thinks of his own in his bag. He wonders what Elizabeth would think of him just disappearing on a world-saving eurotrip.
((pretty sure Lucas is topped off on all accounts.))
February 15, 2019 10:44PMJessica: No active spells. WP: 3/6, HP: 9/9
February 15, 2019 10:45PMKurtis Kerner: Health 9 total, 1 persistant lethal. 8 health remaining.
Willpower 4
Mana 6
No spells active.
February 15, 2019 10:45PMLucas: ((also no active spells))
February 15, 2019 10:46PMJustin: Health 9, Willpower 4, Mana 4.
((No active spells since all of them dropped in an earlier scene.))
February 15, 2019 10:47PMDante: ((Health 7, 1 lethal [no idea source]. WP 4, 9 Mana. No active spells atm.))
February 15, 2019 10:47PMEve K.: 1 persistant bashing 7/8 hp
4 mana
6 willpower
Death Sight on
February 15, 2019 10:49PMGM (GM): Ok dok, thank you everyone.
Jessica, there are no new messages on your phone.
The van makes it out of the train station, we pay the parking fee for overnight parking for all our days in Berlin. We get out onto the highway to get to Leipzig proper.
February 15, 2019 10:50PMJessica: Jessica slides her phone back into her pocket and her leg resumes bouncing. She stares out the window.
February 15, 2019 10:51PMGM (GM): Lucas, reaching in for your phone, your fingers once more find the chisel. It tingles your fingertips a bit.
February 15, 2019 10:51PMDante: Dante keeps his eyes focused on his surroundings as he drives, saying little. Periodically he drums his fingers on the steering wheel rhythmically. February 15, 2019 10:52PMLucas: "Man, life is crazy, huh? I mean, I'm usually too broke to go on road trips. Now I'm taking one through Germany with total strangers."
February 15, 2019 10:52PMJustin: Justin wills his eyes to look past the mortal world in order to see the workings of spirits. February 15, 2019 10:52PMKurtis Kerner: "Hey. Living the life of a rock star, ain't that the dream?"
February 15, 2019 10:52PMJustin: rolling 5d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 15, 2019 10:52PMJessica: ((lol yeah, we're all rockstars))
February 15, 2019 10:53PMLucas: Lucas pulls the chisel from his pocket and peers at it thoughtfully. "Hey, Eve." He says quietly. "What do you make of this?"
Lucas laughs at Kurt's comment. "This things about the size of a tour bus, I'd say."
February 15, 2019 10:55PMDante: "Its about as big as a whale,"
Dante calls back, eyes looking at Lucas through the rear-view mirror. February 15, 2019 10:56PMGM (GM): Justin, the world around you parts as you look into the Shadow Realm, where idealized concepts of things roam. The autobahn bridges reveal spirits of travel, opportunity, freedom, their forms becoming more perfect and maintained as they enter your sight range. There are two dormant spirits present in this van. The spirit of friendship and the spirit of adventure. One seems a curious child, plopping its face and hands against the glass to see the world outside, the other is just a warm shapeless concept, comforting, floating between us all.
February 15, 2019 10:56PMLucas: "I ain't never really liked the B-52s. They ain't my style."
Eve K. glances over to Lucas's chisel
February 15, 2019 10:57PMEve K.: "Where did you get that?"
February 15, 2019 10:57PMLucas: ((bow chicka bow wow))
February 15, 2019 10:57PMJustin: A small smile makes it's way onto Justin's face as he looks at the middle distance around the van. He focuses on Dante for a moment, making sure the dark passenger isn't hanging over him, before he takes out his mirror and looks inside. February 15, 2019 10:58PMGM (GM): Lucas, the chisel appears to adjust itself to your handling, shifting its weight to assist you in holding it or moving it the way you wish. It seems a natural extension of your hand.
You know like one of those well balanced knives?
February 15, 2019 10:58PMLucas: Lucas holds the chisel somewhat reverently, allowing it to conform to his wishes. "It was in my pocket when I awakened in the arena."
February 15, 2019 10:59PMDante: A nod and a grin, then Dante's focus is back on the road. One hand leaves the steering wheel as his fingers subtly manipulate something unseen in front of him. ((Perfect Driver rote dice=10))
February 15, 2019 10:59PMGM (GM): Justin, as soon as you glance at Dante, a small shadow of a woman darts under his seat and disappears from your sight. It disappears from the Shadow World plane as far as you can tell.
February 15, 2019 10:59PMDante: rolling 10d8>8!
= 2 Successes
((7s make me sad))
February 15, 2019 11:00PMGM (GM): Inside the Mirror, you can see a small shape of a really large pink dragon reflecting in the sky above the van. You cannot see it out the window, but you see it in the reflection of the sky in the glass.
February 15, 2019 11:00PMLucas: ((how much is death sight as a rote?))
February 15, 2019 11:00PMEve K.: "Hmmm. Have you been known to work with one in your regular life?"
((sights are all 2 i think))
February 15, 2019 11:01PMGM (GM): ((Dante, you were rerolling 8s, the final ! needs to go away for that))
February 15, 2019 11:02PMJustin: Justin nods at the dragon overhead through the reflection, before returning his attention to shadow of the woman. He attempts to track where the spirit went, unbuckling himself and trying to get a better look. February 15, 2019 11:02PMLucas: Lucas shakes his head. " I had never really touched one much until I went to the tower. My grandpa tried to teach me some carpentry when I was a kid, but I never got to touch the chisels."
February 15, 2019 11:02PMGM (GM): Okay, everyone, Justin unbuckles himself and looks under Dante's seat.
February 15, 2019 11:03PMDante: ((oh sure enough))
((I rolled d8s, not d10s))
rolling 10d10>8!
= 1 Success
((cool.))
February 15, 2019 11:04PMGM (GM): As the van merges onto a main road, equivalent to an american interstate, Dante tunes into the well familiar vehicle and enters his driving trance.
Jessica!
February 15, 2019 11:06PMEve K.: "It's charged with magic. Very likely to be your path tool. Did your awakening have any experiences related to this specific tool or activity?"
February 15, 2019 11:06PMGM (GM): Out the window in the sky you notice three beautiful bald eagles. They are flying over the traffic, majestic and well in view. They were common in America, but they don't usually fly this low. These things are huge and really gorgeous.
February 15, 2019 11:07PMLucas: "the tower made me "create"."
February 15, 2019 11:07PMJessica: Do they remind me of any of the winged creatures in Arcadia?
At first the eagles don't drag her out of her broodiness, but then something sorta clicks. "Hey guys?"
February 15, 2019 11:09PMGM (GM): Arcadia had many winged creatures, indeed. They're smaller than the giant eagles the fairies were riding, but they definitely carry a certain majesty and organization, flying as a flock.
These would be like, the size of normal eagles, but the bigger specimen of the stock
February 15, 2019 11:09PMEve K.: "Create? Create what exactly?"
February 15, 2019 11:10PMJessica: "There's eagles following us."
February 15, 2019 11:10PMKurtis Kerner: looks back to Jessica "What's up?"
February 15, 2019 11:10PMDante: Dante glances into the rear-view mirror, noticing Justin has disappeared from immediate view. "Drop something, Justin?"
February 15, 2019 11:11PMJustin: Justin looks up from beneath Dante's seat "Some sort of spirit or something. Might be nothing, spirits are everywhere.. what about eagles?"
February 15, 2019 11:12PMJessica: "There's three of them following us. They're really pretty."
February 15, 2019 11:12PMGM (GM): The eagles have passed the van and are ahead now, flying in the same direction.
February 15, 2019 11:12PMJessica: "Uh, well now..." She keeps a finger pointed at them as they track around the van for anyone who hasn't spotted them
February 15, 2019 11:12PMEve K.: "Ironic. Our national bird. Good omen?"
February 15, 2019 11:13PMDante: A nod and he turns his attention back to the road, eyeing the eagles curiously. "Make sure you buckle up when you're done. Safety first."
February 15, 2019 11:13PMJustin: *Justin gets up from where he was and looks up into the sky, squinting at the eagles. He does a few things right after one another.
1. He positions the mirror so he can see the eagles out of it and looks with spirit sight.
2. He activates life sight and reads the eagles, trying to determine if they have life magic impacting them.*
rolling 7d10>8!
= 0 Successes
((Fuck))
February 15, 2019 11:13PMJessica: ((bad mojo))
February 15, 2019 11:13PMGM (GM): And stop
Now we're in initiative.
But.
There are some things that happen. Jessica messed up the surprise round for them, so certain people are alerted.
Justin, you get a new kind of tingle in your head. A tingle of spirit magic. Your attention gets drawn to a spirit structure of the van's windshield. As if something had asked it to become more... brittle. Compromised its integrity somehow.
Dante, from your vantage point, your on-point sense react immediately. The eagles suddenly change direction and swoop in, heading straight for the windshield, but they fail to surprise you and you get an action to avoid them.
February 15, 2019 11:17PMLucas: ((sorry to do this right tthis second, but I have to help Shannon for a moment.))
February 15, 2019 11:17PMGM (GM): Jessica, you track the eagles from your seat as well.
We're under attack, and the enemy did not succeed at surprising us. You rolled for all this last game :)
Everyone roll init. I'll roll for Lucas so he can do his thing
February 15, 2019 11:19PMDante: (d10 + mod?)
February 15, 2019 11:19PMGM (GM): (yup)
February 15, 2019 11:19PMJustin: rolling 1d10 + 6
= 10
February 15, 2019 11:19PMDante: rolling 1d10 + 7
= 9
February 15, 2019 11:20PMJessica: rolling 1d10+5
= 6
February 15, 2019 11:20PMDante: big rolls tonight
February 15, 2019 11:20PMLucas (Brick) Turner: rolling 1d10+5
= 10
February 15, 2019 11:21PMEve K.: rolling 1d10+7
= 8
wow
February 15, 2019 11:21PMKurtis Kerner: jesus
February 15, 2019 11:21PMDante: ((I knew tonight was cursed))
February 15, 2019 11:21PMKurtis Kerner: rolling 1d10+8
= 9
you kidding me?
the fastest guy in the goddamn....
yeah karma
February 15, 2019 11:22PMJessica: the dice didn't like dante saying he hates 7s
never mock the dice
February 15, 2019 11:22PMSlabod: rolling 1d10+8
= 14
February 15, 2019 11:23PMIvan: rolling 1d10+7
= 10
February 15, 2019 11:23PMDante: I never mock
real dice
February 15, 2019 11:23PMEgor: rolling 1d10+6
= 10
February 15, 2019 11:23PMJessica: you're gonna get us killed
February 15, 2019 11:23PMDante: actually I'm about to save our lives from divebombing birds
February 15, 2019 11:23PMLucas: ((back))
February 15, 2019 11:23PMJessica: digital dice are still at the mercy of rngesus
February 15, 2019 11:24PMGM (GM): Lucas, you can reroll your own initiative if you dont like 10
February 15, 2019 11:24PMJessica: but you're a pussy if you reroll
February 15, 2019 11:24PMGM (GM): the final roll stays
February 15, 2019 11:24PMDante: I dont like 9 can I reroll lul
February 15, 2019 11:24PMLucas: ((I'm not making sense of the Rote page.))
Rerolling for Dante
February 15, 2019 11:25PMDante: no way
I accept my fate
February 15, 2019 11:25PMJessica: ((search death and it will list all death spells by level))
February 15, 2019 11:25PMLucas: rolling 1d8>8!
= 0 Successes
February 15, 2019 11:25PMGM (GM): ((you have 3 rotes Lucas))
February 15, 2019 11:25PMLucas: XP
February 15, 2019 11:25PMJessica: you did that wrong you buttface
February 15, 2019 11:25PMGM (GM): 2+5
February 15, 2019 11:25PMJustin: ((Rote's are awesome. Decrease paradox by 1, don't cost mana unless they do, bigger dice pools. Cost 2/level.))
February 15, 2019 11:25PMJessica: it's a d10
February 15, 2019 11:25PMGM (GM): that's 7
roll like
1d10
+5
February 15, 2019 11:26PMLucas: ((I was being an ass in reference to Dante rolling d8s earlier
February 15, 2019 11:26PMJessica: ((sure))
February 15, 2019 11:26PMGM (GM): ((Lucas, you have corpse mask, decay, and speak with the dead))
February 15, 2019 11:26PMLucas: ((I am aware of rotes I already have))
February 15, 2019 11:27PMGM (GM): ((and you can improvise death spells. if you're strong enough, i'll look it up and tell you what happens, if not, nothing may happen or something close to what you want might happen))
February 15, 2019 11:27PMLucas: ((I just don't see how to learn a sight as a rote based on the rote wiki page coral posted. It says I need one roll a month or something))
February 15, 2019 11:28PMJessica: ((http://nwod.org/wiki/index.php/Death))
February 15, 2019 11:29PMGM (GM): ((dont worry about it, just try things, learning is house ruled here. You wanna see dead people, just RP it))
((we learn by trying to exercise our will. the learning comes before paying for things))
((you can't buy a spell you've never tried before))
((explain what you're trying to do and if you have a rote in mind explain so, otherwise gm picks closest thing))
February 15, 2019 11:31PMLucas: ((I wanted to try to death sight the chisel, but Shannon needed me and then the battle started. Circumstance fucked me out of my intentions))
February 15, 2019 11:31PMDante: ((dont worry about it. These 3 eagles are gonna tpk us, so its nbd))
February 15, 2019 11:31PMGM (GM): ((Ok, I see. Okay. Just before initiative started, I'll let you retroactively do it. Describe Lucas's attempt to see death))
February 15, 2019 11:31PMLucas: ((not if I death sight those fuckers))
February 15, 2019 11:32PMJustin: ((You mean organic plague bombs? Because that's definitely how I would use them.))
February 15, 2019 11:33PMJessica: ((i think the eagles are the mages))
February 15, 2019 11:33PMDante: ((based on initiative, the eagles are definitely mages))
February 15, 2019 11:33PMGM (GM): ((Cue Slabod's Gang music on the site's soundtrack list))
Ok, waiting on Lucas's RP description, and then we're in turns.
February 15, 2019 11:34PMDante: ((When you're a jet, you're a jet all the way. From your first cigarette to your last dying day...))
February 15, 2019 11:35PMLucas: Lucas focuses on the chisel and tries to sense the magic held within. Tries to see into the chisel. He responds to Eve's question, "the tower told me to create, so I started with clay, then stone, and finally wood. I don't know how long I spent, but I made 8 statues. 7 of clay, and 1 of granite before continuing to the top of the tower"
February 15, 2019 11:35PMDante: ((So my "action to avoid them" is automatic or how is that manifesting?))
February 15, 2019 11:36PMLucas: Lucas was focusing on the chisel when Jessica pointed out the eagles.
February 15, 2019 11:39PMGM (GM): Lucas, as you inspect the chisel, you feel that it inspects you back. You can feel the molecular bonds within it, the very matter of lead it is made from, on an innate, microscopic level, as if it were part of your flesh. You can also feel its aura's connection to yourself and to the realm of Stygia. To the tower, and to the Coin.
It feels like the very lead from the coin, a small chunk of it, was forced into this token for you. Through the chisel, you may focus on the matter or the death aspect. You focus on the death, the grim sight of ghosts, spectres, shadows, and decay. Please roll Gnosis + Death
February 15, 2019 11:41PMLucas: rolling 3d10>8!
= 0 Successes
February 15, 2019 11:41PMGM (GM): Lucas, you can also more subtly feel the balancing of forces within the chisel. As if it were doing some willful gymnastics within your hand, you sense it adjusting the friction and gravity to stay in your hand.
Lucas, the mention of eagles slips you out of the trance.
Okay. And here we go.
Vehicular combat is not addressed in the rules, so here's how this will work.
February 15, 2019 11:43PMJessica: ((if you want i can check the stunt driver supplement))
February 15, 2019 11:43PMGM (GM): ((Nope, just wanna get to it))
February 15, 2019 11:43PMJessica: ((kk))
February 15, 2019 11:43PMGM (GM): ((we have a lot to do))
Slabod goes first. Slabod will use his very high at this point speed to Charge the windshield and break through. But due to team having spotted them, Dante, who is our driver, controls the point of impact. Before Dante's actual combat turn, he is going to reflexively roll his dex + drive with a + 3 modifier. He needs 1 success to be able to rotate the vehicle on the road in such a way so he can choose which side Slabod impacts. If he rolls 2 successes, he also chooses where Ivan impacts, and 3 successes, get him Egor. 4 successes will let Dante avoid impact whatsoever, and have the eagles miss. 5 successes and above will allow Dante to avoid the eagles AND place the eagles on whichever side he wants.
Dante, you can make this roll now.
February 15, 2019 11:47PMJustin: ((Badass mechanics.))
February 15, 2019 11:48PMDante: "Shit.. Hang on!"
Dante jerks the wheel, his eyes hardening and a scowl crossing his face. (
(dex + drive + 3 = 10)
rolling 10d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 15, 2019 11:48PMGM (GM): Excellent.
Okay, so the eagles impact. They WANT to all impact the front. But Dante can spin us around to time it however he chooses, and he gets to say which eagle impacts where. Btw, their speed is really high buffed now, so they all go before us.
February 15, 2019 11:49PMLucas: (slalom those fuckers into the a-pillars))
February 15, 2019 11:49PMDante: ((definitely has nothing to do with the 3 1's we rolled on init))
February 15, 2019 11:49PMGM (GM): The initiative is: Slabod 14 Ivan 10 Egor 10 Justin 10 Lucas 10 Kurtis 9 Dante 9 Eve 8 Jessica 6
Okay, and, here you go, scroll down below the van. Cards on the table. Cause why the hell not.
February 15, 2019 11:51PMDante: Dante swerves the van, drifting across a lane to force the impacts to the left side of the van in a vehicular baseball swing. February 15, 2019 11:51PMGM (GM): This combat will be hard and i have nothing else planned for the session, so take your time, don't panic, and everything will be okay.
February 15, 2019 11:52PMDante: ((we're all ded))
((just embrace the blackness))
February 15, 2019 11:52PMGM (GM): These fuckers will not pull punches
okay. So, which rows, Dante?
February 15, 2019 11:52PMLucas: ((pretty sure Lucas' brawl is higher than theirs.))
February 15, 2019 11:52PMGM (GM): i'm gonna put 3 enemies on the map, and Dante, you can move them
((at least i think you can move them?))
February 15, 2019 11:54PMDante: no
February 15, 2019 11:54PMGM (GM): ((can you move them?))
((stand by))
((try now
February 15, 2019 11:55PMDante: and I'm placing them by rows?
uhhhhhhh
February 15, 2019 11:56PMGM (GM): You can place two of them on the same row
they don't have to separate
but they'll do their best to not collide, they have huge wing spans
Okay?
February 15, 2019 11:57PMDante: sure
February 15, 2019 11:57PMGM (GM): Okay!
February 15, 2019 11:57PMDante: I don't particularly feel like I have a good grasp of how this is going to actually play but sure
February 15, 2019 11:58PMGM (GM): Dante does what he described above. Everyone who isn't buckled up is sliding hard right. The van makes a baseball swing, and repositions.
Okay, so the way this plays, obviously, there's an incident on the road, sleepers are like, oh shit, and going around this madness.
February 15, 2019 11:59PMJustin: As the van swings, Justin, unbuckled, tumbles over Jessica into the closed van door with a thump February 16, 2019 12:00AMGM (GM): Dante, this was your bonus counter-surprise action, you still will have your normal turn, and you can either proceed driving the van, or stop the van so you can fight. If you want to keep driving and cast, you will not have your move or defense.
You can make that decision now as part of this reaction
February 16, 2019 12:00AMDante: Oh yeah, I'll floor it.
February 16, 2019 12:00AMGM (GM): Ok, so you will keep driving?
February 16, 2019 12:01AMDante: I'll call out to the others for a group decision about whether to stay or fight here in the street, but I'm gonna floor it either way.
We're on a highway right now?
February 16, 2019 12:01AMGM (GM): Yes
stand by for picture
February 16, 2019 12:03AMDante: Not sure a picture of a highway is necessary. Just making sure we weren't on random alleys
February 16, 2019 12:03AMJessica: XD
February 16, 2019 12:03AMGM (GM): Hey. In a game where something like a metal sign can be used as a weapon, i'm gonna do my best to provide as much information to you as possible
February 16, 2019 12:03AMDante: Sure sure
February 16, 2019 12:04AMGM (GM): So, on your actual turn, you will be able to put the vehicle in motion again. You will be needing to make drive checks every turn now in addition to your casts.
these drive checks will be at +3 as long as you are affected by Perfect Driver
February 16, 2019 12:04AMDante: These drive checks are no matter what, or ... if I want to cast or what
February 16, 2019 12:05AMGM (GM): No matter what unless you stop the vehicle.
February 16, 2019 12:05AMDante: k
lets keep moving
February 16, 2019 12:05AMGM (GM): Now Slabod goes. Slabod impacts.
February 16, 2019 12:07AMSlabod: *Slabod's initial target is Kurtis. He wanted to impact him, and it is clear more or less, cause his eyes are locked on him, even as the van turns, as if he's seeing through the van's walls. He impacts the wrong side, and as he slams, the Eagle form drops, and his action is to kick the glass in, to land on the seat.
He is using all attack, and loses his defense on this turn
rolling 11d10>8
= 4 Successes
He does this capoera like double-dragon kick, in the style that is somewhere between kung-fu and breakdancing, glass shatters and splashes Jessica, and he lands on the seat, recovering and growling, focuses solely on Kurtis with hatred in his eyes.
"YOU KILLED HER, BRUV! YOU KILLED HER! NOW YOU DIE!"
February 16, 2019 12:12AMSlabod: His next turn action will be clearly to crawl to Kurtis to attack, he is making it obvious, but that's the end of his turn.
February 16, 2019 12:14AMIvan: Ivan impacts. This is the biggest of the 3 eagles, and as he shifts, he is as big as you, Lucas. This is a big boy, built like a boxer. He attempts to superman punch through the glass. rolling 11d10>8
= 2 Successes
February 16, 2019 12:15AMJessica: ((you don't have it set to reroll 10s))
((you owe yourself a die last roll and this one))
February 16, 2019 12:15AMIvan: ((my mistake, oh well))
February 16, 2019 12:15AMLucas: ((shhh))
February 16, 2019 12:16AMJessica: ((yall just don't know how to build your dice karma))
February 16, 2019 12:16AMIvan: Ivan cracks the glass, but doesn't quite make it in. Dante bumps him, and he hangs on the window next to Lucas. His next action would be to climb in. He also does not get his defense this turn.
February 16, 2019 12:16AMLucas: ((he lied about pulling punches. XP))
February 16, 2019 12:17AMGM (GM): The window glass next to Lucas explodes
February 16, 2019 12:20AMEgor: *Egor impacts closest to Dante. There is a rib there, so Dante manuevers to not give him a clear glass to fly in through. Egor lands on his feet on the front, grabs hold of the mirror, and casts a spell. Justin can tell what this spell does. Egor is attempting to communicate with spirits to turn them against us.
February 16, 2019 12:21AMDante: ((Don't do your thing, buddy.))
February 16, 2019 12:21AMEgor: rolling 8d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 16, 2019 12:22AMGM (GM): Ok, the effect of the spell will not be described yet, in case someone wants to Spirit-counterspell it on their turn.
But Justin will see that the spell is fired at the car itself, to awaken its dormant spirit.
February 16, 2019 12:23AMJustin: ((Gotcha.))
February 16, 2019 12:23AMGM (GM): Now it's Justin's turn.
February 16, 2019 12:25AMJustin: Justin grunts as he attempts to find his bearings as the van stops moving, the rain of glass and chaos notwithstanding, he's immediately drawn to the spirit magic flying into the vehicle, he concentrates on Spirit and Matter in an attempt to protect the vehicle from threads without and within. ((I'd like to combine a spell to make the outside of the van slippery af and a counterspell of the spirit magic impacting the van. It would end up being 5 dice -2 for combination +3 for wp.))
((6 total.))
February 16, 2019 12:28AMGM (GM): ((ok, so the first 2 successes will go to counterspell Egor, and the rest can be dumped into slipper potency. Now, what kind of material do you want to transform the van into? Since it's not forces, you have to actually change its surface into something that fits the bill. Either animal or inorganic is fine.))
February 16, 2019 12:29AMJustin: ((Clear coat into butter is fine.))
rolling 6d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 16, 2019 12:29AMLucas: ((turn the paint into Astroglide))
February 16, 2019 12:29AMGM (GM): Okay, you can do the clear coat, but no counterspell
February 16, 2019 12:30AMJustin: The split in concentration causes Justin to lose contact with the spirits, naturally focusing more on Matter than spirit. February 16, 2019 12:31AMGM (GM): rolling 2d10>8!
= 0 Successes
no paradox
Dante, the car dies. Nothing wrong seemingly, but now you have to start it on your next turn.
February 16, 2019 12:31AMJustin: "They're trying to mess with the Van!"
February 16, 2019 12:31AMGM (GM): And Lucas, it is your turn.
There is a huge dude trying to hang on to the van window next to you.
February 16, 2019 12:33AMLucas: ((can I cast and then punch?))
February 16, 2019 12:33AMGM (GM): ((no, one or the other))
((but you can move and cast or move and attack, and talking is free))
February 16, 2019 12:33AMLucas: ((describe how Ivan is hanging on the window))
((just making sure that casting an aura of decay on my fist before punching has to be a separate turn))
February 16, 2019 12:35AMIvan: Ivan flew into the window glass as his eagle form was dropped, and superman punched the glass out. He did not have enough momentum to get into the van, and is hanging onto the window with two arms. The surface of the door and the window is now slightly buttery and it seems to be messing with him a bit.
February 16, 2019 12:36AMDante: (I can't believe its not clear coat))
February 16, 2019 12:36AMLucas: ((sounds like he has no way to defend his very exposed nose to an experienced nosebreaker))
February 16, 2019 12:36AMJessica: ((lmao))
February 16, 2019 12:37AMGM (GM): Lucas, if you want to make something decay, you can do that. You can touch something this turn and cast decay. Or you can punch. Just not both. And yeah, Ivan does not get his regular combat defense this turn.
February 16, 2019 12:38AMLucas: Lucas is gonna just crack his face. I'mma deck him in the schnoz.
February 16, 2019 12:38AMGM (GM): Roll your best punch at -6
February 16, 2019 12:39AMLucas: (Why minus 6?)
February 16, 2019 12:39AMGM (GM): (Because Ivan Segur is not a chump and has tricks up his sleeve)
(you could try Matter Sight if you want)
(but that would cost a turn to activate)
February 16, 2019 12:40AMLucas: (str+brawl-6?)
February 16, 2019 12:40AMGM (GM): (Plus your left hook specialty)
(if you're doing the hook
February 16, 2019 12:41AMLucas: ((always))
February 16, 2019 12:43AMJustin: ((DIdn't he drop his defense in order to all-out-attack?))
February 16, 2019 12:43AMGM (GM): ((That is correct))
February 16, 2019 12:43AMLucas: Lucas positions himself just right and leans back on Eve for balance. With everything he has,(WP) he slams both feet into Ivan's face
rolling 5d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 16, 2019 12:45AMGM (GM): You have Heavy Hand, which is +1 damage after the roll
February 16, 2019 12:45AMLucas: ((I didn't put enough arrogance in the roll))
((If he were a 300 foot bone snake that would've busted him up good. XD))
February 16, 2019 12:47AMIvan: Ivan takes 2 bashing damage, and lets go of the van. He is now detached from it, because it's slippery on the outside. Buttery coat is left on his fingers. The van starts looking like shit on the outside, the paint is all drippy and leaky and smudgy "Opa, kurva ti ebanaya!" - he oofs.
February 16, 2019 12:48AMGM (GM): It is now Kurtis's turn.
February 16, 2019 12:49AMLucas: Lucas looks up, now realizing his head is in Eve's lap. His cheeks color and he sits up. "Sorry, darlin'. Wasn't tryn'ta impose."
February 16, 2019 12:51AMJessica: XD
February 16, 2019 12:51AMLucas: (even without the engine running, that's a hell of a tumble onto a black top. I'm not jealous of Ivan.)
February 16, 2019 12:52AMKurtis Kerner: Kurtis forgets everything but the rush of this personal competition. He forgets the shields and the telekinesis. Slabod's animalistic fury triggers the immediate fear / adrenaline response. He draws the guns and fires at Slabod. February 16, 2019 12:52AMLucas: ((Oh Gosh))
February 16, 2019 12:53AMJessica: ((Slabod basically ended up between Kurtis and Dante on the floor, yes? So he's getting shot point blank almost in Jessica's lap?))
((this isn't going to be traumatic at all))
February 16, 2019 12:54AMDante: ((please disregard the blood splatters))
((its ketchup))
February 16, 2019 12:54AMJessica: ((Narrator: it wasn't ketchup))
February 16, 2019 12:54AMGM (GM): ((Slabod's position is now updated))
February 16, 2019 12:55AMJessica: ((thx))
February 16, 2019 12:55AMKurtis Kerner: Dex 4 + Firearms 2 + Desert Eagle 4 - 5 = 5
second attack is at -1 = 4
February 16, 2019 12:55AMLucas: ((poke his eyes out with fairies!))
February 16, 2019 12:55AMKurtis Kerner: rolling 5d10>8!
= 4 Successes
wow
rolling 4d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 16, 2019 12:56AMJustin: ((Are you applying 9-again?))
February 16, 2019 12:57AMKurtis Kerner: ((No? Only 10s are rerolled. My amulet only does 1 roll per use, and i only have 7 uses. Saving the 9-again for big game boss))
February 16, 2019 12:57AMJustin: ((It's the next 4 shots. Justin's spell))
February 16, 2019 12:57AMKurtis Kerner: ((oooooooh))
((fuuuuck))
((no i forgot))
February 16, 2019 12:57AMJessica: ((please just roll the two dice individually))
((and not the whole rolls))
February 16, 2019 12:58AMDante: ((yes please turn Slabod into a red interior paint job))
February 16, 2019 12:58AMKurtis Kerner: ((ok, i like my first roll, but i'll reroll the second with 9 again))
((only one gun is enchanted))
February 16, 2019 12:58AMJessica: ((fair enough))
February 16, 2019 12:58AMJustin: ((Thumbs-up))
February 16, 2019 12:59AMKurtis Kerner: rolling 4d10>8!>9
= 0 Successes
well fuck
February 16, 2019 12:59AMJustin: haha
February 16, 2019 12:59AMDante: ((thats why you just roll the excess dice separate ya dingus))
February 16, 2019 12:59AMLucas: ((keep dropping my phone on my face))
February 16, 2019 12:59AMDante: ((stop that))
February 16, 2019 1:00AMJustin: ((His face hates him! See how he stays awake with this 1 weird trick!))
February 16, 2019 1:00AMKurtis Kerner: unloads into Slabod "Is this about Bella? Did you decide to join her? Well it will be my pleasure!"
February 16, 2019 1:00AMLucas: ((she left him for Jacob))
February 16, 2019 1:01AMGM (GM): Okay, so what you guys see is the shots impact Slabod and instead of looking like normal wounds, they sort of "sink" into his skin, like it's firm dough. Or wood. He winces though. In pain. And with hatred.
And the turn is Dante. Dante, the car engine just stopped.
February 16, 2019 1:04AMDante: ((ok couple quick things. Can I turn the engine over and drive in one move action and still cast? And can I spend mana to convert lethal to agg if its not by rote?))
February 16, 2019 1:06AMGM (GM): ((You can turn the engine over and cast. The car won't start picking up speed til next turn. And for Agg conversion, I'm assuming Psychic Assault?))
February 16, 2019 1:07AMDante: ((Psychic Sword, but yes))
February 16, 2019 1:08AMGM (GM): ((omg how is that covert you son of a.... yes, at Mind 5, you can spend 1 mana to make it agg))
February 16, 2019 1:08AMDante: ((obviously coz its all happening in your head duh))
Dante looks Egor dead-on, eyes hardening. "Was this your work? You should have kept licking your wounds."
Dante realizes immediately that this is life or death. He isn't just bailing the gang out of an awkward social situation anymore. He needs to focus on something more aggressive, something deadly. Extending his hand out in an open palm, Dante suddenly curls and rakes his fingers through the air in the direction of Egor, his will cutting through the mists of this thug's mind. His will bolsters itself as he spends mana to elevate the severity of his psychic attack.
(( 8 pool, -2 if his resolve is as listed?))
February 16, 2019 1:11AMGM (GM): ((yup))
February 16, 2019 1:11AMDante: ((6 then))
rolling 6d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 16, 2019 1:11AMJustin: ((fuk))
February 16, 2019 1:11AMDante: ((bleh))
February 16, 2019 1:13AMEgor: Egor's eyes go blood shot just like in his picture, and his expression becomes pretty much that. Invasive telepathy causes his neural pathways to burn and start a micro-explosion in his mind.
February 16, 2019 1:13AMDante: Dante will turn the engine over and prepare to floor it. ((end))
February 16, 2019 1:13AMGM (GM): Now it is Eve.
February 16, 2019 1:17AMEve K.: "Still not impressed. Keep the pressure on. I'll start tearing down their defenses."
Begins analysis of the trio's buffs/debuffs/ enhancements, casting Prime Sight
rolling 10d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 16, 2019 1:18AMGM (GM): Eve is receiving information. Please stand by.
February 16, 2019 1:20AM (To Eve K.): Slabod is maintaining Ultimate Honing for all 3 of them. It was his spell that turned them all into eagles too. Ivan has a Matter and Life shield, Egor has a life shield, Slabod has a forces and a life shield. All three are supreme honed. Slabod is of the highest gnosis.
February 16, 2019 1:20AMEve K.: For my move action, I move over one seat. You said we can move in one action from seat to seat. I move to where the rifles are and take cover.
"Slabod is buffing them all! Press him!"
February 16, 2019 1:21AMGM (GM): And it's Jessica.
February 16, 2019 1:22AMJessica: From Jessica's position the sequence flipped by too fast to process; the pain of the seat belt cutting into her midsection as Dante whipped the car around, Justin tumbling over and behind her, and then the eagles busting into the car as humans. And then fucking Kurtis. For a heart-stopping moment she thought she'd have brains all over her face. But hot on the heels of fright was irrational anger. Fight or flight.
Fuck these guys. "Eat a limp dick!" She crosses her arms over her chest at the wrists and flips both middle fingers at him. (( impromptu casting Evil Eye))
rolling 4d10>8!
= 1 Success
next action he takes is -1 dice
February 16, 2019 1:23AMGM (GM): I'm sorry who is the target?
February 16, 2019 1:23AMJessica: ((Slabod; sorry))
February 16, 2019 1:23AMGM (GM): Good move!
Next turn
February 16, 2019 1:27AMSlabod: *Slabod leaps over to Kurtis and unleashes a flurry of attacks, a series of these near untraceable martial dance moves, clearly an adapted form of his club performance style, but rigged to kill. (Functionally this is Kung Fu 4, and he is using whirlwind attack). He once again loses his natural defense, but performs 4 attacks. 1 normal, 2nd at -1, 3rd at -2, 4th at -3
February 16, 2019 1:28AMJessica: ((first one should be -1 as well)
February 16, 2019 1:28AMSlabod: Kurt's defense is 3 and evil eye 1
so he is at -4 for all the attacks
February 16, 2019 1:28AMJessica: ((ah))
February 16, 2019 1:29AMSlabod: he is burning his willpower.
Str 5 + Brawl 4 + WP 3 - 4 = 8
rolling 8d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 16, 2019 1:29AMJessica: (( :D ))
February 16, 2019 1:30AMSlabod: he doesnt use WP on his other attacks, so they are a 5,4 and 3 dice respectively
rolling 5d10>8!
= 1 Success
rolling 4d10>8!
= 3 Successes
rolling 3d10>8!
= 0 Successes
February 16, 2019 1:33AMKurtis Kerner: Kurtis stamina is 4 and he has Hardy, which for purposes of knock outs bump it to 5. He takes 5 bashing, and now at 3/9, with 5 bash 1 lethal. He cries out, but stays conscious. He doesn't drop his guns, desperately trying to defend a pistol whip Slabod back.
February 16, 2019 1:33AMGM (GM): Ivan goes.
February 16, 2019 1:34AMIvan: Ivan sees the car start again and the wheels are about to spin. He realizes his window of opportunity to get into the car, and tiger leaps into the window, hoping to bypass the slipper surface. This will put him into a grapple with Lucas if he succeeds the leap rolling 8d10>8!
= 1 Success
He barely makes it. Ivan is in the car, but Lucas gets a +2 on him in a grapple challenge
Lucas, please roll Str + Brawl
+2
Ivan rolls Str + Brawl straight
February 16, 2019 1:36AMIvan: rolling 9d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 16, 2019 1:37AMJessica: ((fell asleep?))
February 16, 2019 1:37AMGM (GM): ((i can roll for him))
February 16, 2019 1:37AMJustin: ((Wish I may, wish I might, I wish Chris's phone would fall on his face tonight.))
February 16, 2019 1:37AMDante: ((Lucas pls roll Consciousness + Wakey-wakey))
February 16, 2019 1:37AMGM (GM): ((ok we gotta keep going :D))
February 16, 2019 1:38AMDante: ((are you trying to clear this combat before session end?))
February 16, 2019 1:38AMGM (GM): ((yeah
February 16, 2019 1:38AMLucas (Brick) Turner: rolling 10v10>8!
= 10
rolling 10d10>8!
= 4 Successes
February 16, 2019 1:38AMGM (GM): Alright!
Lucas puts himself on top of Ivan and has control of the grapple
February 16, 2019 1:39AMEgor: casts a spell on Kurtis. February 16, 2019 1:40AMJessica: ((hump him for dominance lucas))
February 16, 2019 1:42AMEgor: Justin, you can see this spell, and I don't think you've seen this one before. It is the worst application of Life magic you've ever witnessed.... oh wait a minute... why yes, it's what you did to Simon Lamprey.
February 16, 2019 1:43AMDante: ((He doesn't have to roll anything for standing on a butter car?))
((just clarifying))
((like butter))
February 16, 2019 1:43AMEgor: Oh actually!
February 16, 2019 1:43AMJustin: ((^))
February 16, 2019 1:43AMEgor: Yes, he has to roll a reflexive athletics + dex and get 2 or above
3 + 5 = 8
rolling 8d10>8!
= 1 Success
February 16, 2019 1:44AMDante: ((oopsie daisies))
February 16, 2019 1:44AMEgor: He slides off the van and is no longer attached to it.
12 - Kurt's Stamina which is 4
February 16, 2019 1:45AMJustin: ((12!?))
February 16, 2019 1:45AMDante: ((holy dicks))
February 16, 2019 1:46AMJustin: ((0.0))
February 16, 2019 1:46AMJessica: ((I mean they did survive the fire somehow))
February 16, 2019 1:46AMEgor: ((the rote for Life Force assault is Life 4 + Dex 5 + Athletics 3 = 12 - 4 = 8))
rolling 8d10>8!
= 5 Successes
February 16, 2019 1:48AMJustin: ((So Kurt's now at 6 lethal with 3 boxes open.))
February 16, 2019 1:48AMEgor: This puts Kurt at 6 lethal 3 bashing, Kurtis screams and passes out, dropping his guns.
((it covers healthy boxes first, then upgrades bash to lethal))
February 16, 2019 1:49AMJustin: (Gotcha, I had that backwards.))
February 16, 2019 1:49AMGM (GM): It is now Justin's turn
February 16, 2019 1:50AMJustin: ....
((Can I...
February 16, 2019 1:50AMGM (GM): Kurt looks like his body is just flaking away and going pale, his life force dissolving
February 16, 2019 1:50AMJustin: ((Justin looks between Slabod and Kurtis, wondering if he can transfer health out of Slabod and into Kurt.))
February 16, 2019 1:51AMGM (GM): Oooooh.
You would have to get into the mix and touch them both, and spend 1 mana
combination spell of assault and healing form
February 16, 2019 1:51AMJessica: ((Justin takes fistfulls of fleshputty off Slabod and mashes them over the pale patches of Kurtis' face until he looks like Twoface))
February 16, 2019 1:51AMGM (GM): clever
February 16, 2019 1:51AMJustin: ((Can I spend something to turn it into a rote?))
February 16, 2019 1:52AMGM (GM): You can buy it yes, if it succeeds
if justin doesnt ever find out that it works, then no
It would be gnosis + life at this moment
February 16, 2019 1:53AMJustin: "Get the hell away from my dirtbag friend you drug-addled piece of trash!"
Justin rushes forward in between Kurtis and Slabod, grabbing slabod's wrist in one hand and putting the other in Kurtis, he focuses on turning himself into a conduit, pulling the health from one in order to transfer it into the other. February 16, 2019 1:54AMDante: ((oh heck))
February 16, 2019 1:54AMJustin: ((Life 4 + Gnosis 3 + WP 3))
February 16, 2019 1:54AMGM (GM): - Slav's stamina
February 16, 2019 1:54AMJustin: ((Right, what is that?))
February 16, 2019 1:54AMGM (GM): at the moment, 5
February 16, 2019 1:55AMJustin: rolling 5d10>8!
= 2 Successes
February 16, 2019 1:55AMGM (GM): Ooookay. Justin, you do something crazy.
I mean, we're talking, this is untreaded magic. This is Forester / Simon territory.
It works. There is breath to Kurt's lungs, while Slav clearly deteriorates a notch.
I think Kurt needs to roll his stamina to get conscious
he is stabilized but he needs to wake up
February 16, 2019 1:56AMKurtis Kerner: And Hardy does count for that
rolling 5d10>8!
= 3 Successes
Ok Kurt is up.
February 16, 2019 1:57AMGM (GM): Slav takes damage
It is now Lucas
February 16, 2019 1:57AMJustin: Justin's eyes go wide as he feels the rush of adrenaline, as he steals life from Slabod and pours it into Kurtis. February 16, 2019 1:57AMGM (GM): Who I presume is asleep
Vote, folks. Should Lucas use his advantage in grapple to inflict damage and pound Ivan's head, or throw him out of the van?
February 16, 2019 1:58AMJustin: Throw!
February 16, 2019 1:58AMDante: toss that shitter
February 16, 2019 1:58AMEve K.: Yeah, throw
February 16, 2019 1:59AMLucas (Brick) Turner: He is going to roll str+brawl with a requirement of 2 successes
and he is going to use his WP again
rolling 11d10>8!
= 3 Successes
Brick tosses Ivan back out the window
February 16, 2019 2:00AMIvan: Ivan lands on his fours and is not happy about this development "Kurva mat' shtob ty suka sdoh!"
February 16, 2019 2:01AMKurtis Kerner: wakes up to seeing Justin and Slabod on him, locked in a struggle Kurt brings his hands together around himself to cast telekinetic force shield on himself to prevent any more immediate beating, cause he is hanging by 2 health boxes
rolling 9d10>8!
= 2 Successes
Kurtis now gains +5 defense against physical
For his move, he stands up
February 16, 2019 2:03AMGM (GM): Dante's turn
February 16, 2019 2:04AMDante: ((where is egor's current position in relation to the van))
February 16, 2019 2:04AMGM (GM): ((updated))
February 16, 2019 2:05AMDante: Dante floors it and will cast a spell after doing so. ((do you need a drive for this?))
February 16, 2019 2:05AMGM (GM): ((yes))
((cause battle is happening all over))
February 16, 2019 2:05AMDante: ((ok dex + drive + 3 to put my foot on the gas pedal really hard))
February 16, 2019 2:05AMGM (GM): ((yeah))
February 16, 2019 2:05AMDante: rolling 10d10>8!
= 8 Successes
February 16, 2019 2:05AMGM (GM): ((what the fuck
February 16, 2019 2:05AMDante: and to think I could have rolled something useful
February 16, 2019 2:06AMGM (GM): Ok, please stand by
This may affect your action
February 16, 2019 2:06AMDante: I mean, its on me. I chose to drive first.
February 16, 2019 2:07AMGM (GM): Dante floors it so hard that Slabod tumbles over and flies into the seat.
The van hits Egor's head with the mirror, interrupting his next action.
February 16, 2019 2:08AMDante: Justin is also not buckled up, like the renegade he secretly is))
And Eve, but she's laying in a pile of guns so that's safe I'm sure))
February 16, 2019 2:08AMGM (GM): Yeah anyone who isnt already in the seat, flies into the nearest seat
February 16, 2019 2:09AMJessica: ((Justin and Slabod were occupying basically the same space so now I have mages in my lap))
February 16, 2019 2:09AMDante: ((not sure if hot or just awkward))
February 16, 2019 2:09AMGM (GM): yeah first passenger row is a clusterfuck
February 16, 2019 2:09AMJessica: ((awkward))
February 16, 2019 2:09AMGM (GM): Okay, now Dante can cast
February 16, 2019 2:13AMDante: As Dante picks up speed, he takes one hand off the wheel and looks behind him, staring at Slabod for just long enough to cast at sensory range. As though spurred on by a flash of insight, he grits his teeth and makes a scathing demand, his sheer force of will exiting through his words ((wp)). "Drop all your spells."
((psychic domination impromptu = 8 +3wp = 11))
((he rolls resolve + gnosis reflexive))
rolling 11d10>8!
= 4 Successes
February 16, 2019 2:14AMSlabod: Slabod will use his willpower to resist. gnosis 5 + resolve 3 + wp 3
rolling 11d10>8!
= 7 Successes
February 16, 2019 2:15AMDante: ((oh get fucked))
February 16, 2019 2:15AMSlabod: "NO"
February 16, 2019 2:16AMGM (GM): It is to Eve
February 16, 2019 2:16AMDante: ((at least I got that fucking 8 on drive wew))
February 16, 2019 2:16AMJustin: ((fucking lol))
February 16, 2019 2:16AMEve K.: Examining Slabod, she finds the spell which provides him his organic +5 shield, and chants, her eyes bleeding to white
"Form empowered and honed you grant yourself, behold the necromancer for I Quell The Spark Of Life!"
Eve reaches out to tear the spell apart by its very quintessence.
February 16, 2019 2:16AMEve K.: Occult 4 + Death 5 + Resolve 3 + Willpower 3 = 15
February 16, 2019 2:16AMJessica: ((are you straight up murdering them with Death magic?))
February 16, 2019 2:17AMEve K.: ((no, they have too high defenses, dispelling their shields))
February 16, 2019 2:17AMJessica: ((nice))
February 16, 2019 2:17AMEve K.: rolling 15d10>8!
= 5 Successes
February 16, 2019 2:17AMGM (GM): please stand by
Well fuck me.
Eve, Slav's Organic Shield is ripped apart
He no longer has supernatural defense beyond his regular combat defense
February 16, 2019 2:18AMEve K.: Can I pick up a rifle on this turn?
February 16, 2019 2:19AMGM (GM): Not on this turn. But you can duck into cover behind the seat if you like.
February 16, 2019 2:19AMEve K.: Doing that.
February 16, 2019 2:19AMGM (GM): And it's to Jessica.
February 16, 2019 2:22AMJessica: Jessica never undid her seatbelt so now she's under a tangle of angry mages. The situation with the van seems somewhat erratic, and everyone getting flung all over with guns and swords around seems like the priority thing to fix. She reaches up with one hand to the ceiling of the car and touches it with her fingertips, pushes until her palm is flat against the upholstery. "Do your thing..." ((Platonic Mechanism: if it succeeds it will act as the Platonic Ideal of a van. It will operate perfectly according to how it's designed))
rolling 4d10>8!
= 0 Successes
"Buddy..." but she can feel the spell snuff as she tries to cast. She makes a face.
February 16, 2019 2:24AMDante: ((one day you too will manipulate the buddy))
February 16, 2019 2:24AMJessica: ((sigh...))
February 16, 2019 2:24AMJustin: ((The great buddy))
February 16, 2019 2:24AMSlabod: "Oh you motherfucker."
Slabod figures out who the dangerous one is in this situation, and unleashes a flurry of attacks upon Justin
February 16, 2019 2:25AMJustin: ((Defense 2!))
February 16, 2019 2:27AMSlabod: Str 5 + Brawl 4 + WP3 - 2 = 10
Second attack at 6
Third at 5
Fourth at 4
And he gets no defense this turn
February 16, 2019 2:27AMSlabod: rolling 10v10>8!
= 10
rolling 10d10>8!
= 1 Success
rolling 6d10>8!
= 0 Successes
rolling 5d10>8!
= 4 Successes
rolling 4d10>8!
= 0 Successes
5 bash to Justin
February 16, 2019 2:28AMSlabod: The same style of attack, half dance, half combative abandon February 16, 2019 2:30AMIvan: Ivan has no hope of getting into the van right now, so as the van drives away, he targets Slabod's life aura and throws a Healing Heart his way rolling 10d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 16, 2019 2:31AMGM (GM): Slabod looks invigorated.
February 16, 2019 2:31AMJustin: ((Ivan's still at sensory?))
February 16, 2019 2:31AMDante: (( I was wondering how much distance we actually gained on Ivan and Egor tbh))
February 16, 2019 2:32AMGM (GM): Okay, that's actually a good question. Is there a way for him to do that?
February 16, 2019 2:32AMJustin: Space 2.
February 16, 2019 2:32AMGM (GM): We probably did not move 200 feet yet
February 16, 2019 2:32AMJustin: 200m
February 16, 2019 2:32AMGM (GM): 200m sorry
February 16, 2019 2:32AMDante: ((no, doubting that. Just wondering in general))
February 16, 2019 2:32AMJustin: improtaton
February 16, 2019 2:33AMGM (GM): But can he see Slabod.... we have 2 broken windows. I'm gonna say with Dante's 8 successes, he positions only tinted windows to Ivan's view
so no, Ivan cannot heal
February 16, 2019 2:34AMDante: the power of gas pedals is astounding
February 16, 2019 2:34AMGM (GM): So what he will do is go bird and try to keep up.
So Slabod does not look invigorated.
February 16, 2019 2:35AMDante: ((ok not to rehash decade old arguments, but doesn't a mage's sight count as sensory perception?))
February 16, 2019 2:35AMGM (GM): But Ivan will try to go Eagle
((nope, not doing that, not with 8 successes))
((not with that drive roll. van is your bitch, van is your castle right now))
February 16, 2019 2:36AMDante: ((Vannivacciuolo))
((castle))
February 16, 2019 2:36AMIvan: rolling 11d10>8!
= 5 Successes
Ivan becomes a formidable bird. But what does reality have to say?
February 16, 2019 2:37AMGM (GM): with like, 10 sleepers around on the highway
rolling 12d10>8!
= 2 Successes
Something happens behind you.
But the van leaves that behind, whatever Ivan caused, you've left by your wheels.
February 16, 2019 2:40AMEgor: Egor lost his turn due to being hit by the mirror
February 16, 2019 2:40AMGM (GM): And it's to Justin
February 16, 2019 2:41AMJustin: "Ow.."
Justin reaches out to grab Slabod's arm during one of his strikes, pulling on Thrysis' strength in an attempt to dessiccate his muscles and decrease the potency of his blows.
((Enfeeblement impromptu.))
((Life 4 + Gnosis 3 - Stamina 5 + WP 3 = 5))
rolling 5d10>8!
= 4 Successes
February 16, 2019 2:45AMDante: oh my
February 16, 2019 2:45AMJustin: ((Attempting to decrease Slabod's strength by 4.))
February 16, 2019 2:45AMGM (GM): which puts him at 1
February 16, 2019 2:45AMJustin: :)
February 16, 2019 2:46AMLucas (Brick) Turner: Lucas is out of things to throw. But Slabod is the obvious next candidate
He'll climb to our seat and establish grapple against Slabod, which shouldn't be hard at Slabod strength at 1
rolling 8d10>8!
= 5 Successes
February 16, 2019 2:48AMSlabod: rolling 5d10>8!
= 2 Successes
the struggle is quick and Slabod is grappled, Lucas gaining dominance.
February 16, 2019 2:49AMGM (GM): And it is to Kurtis.
February 16, 2019 2:50AMKurtis Kerner: "Now
you get the hell away from my goody two shoes friend,
bruv"
And with an assist from Lucas, Kurt throws a telekinetic force at Slabod with intend to both cause damage and throw him out the window.
rolling 9d10>8!
= 2 Successes
No damage, but with Lucas's great assist, Slabod flies through and lands in the dirt.
February 16, 2019 2:53AMGM (GM): rolling 2d10>8!
= 0 Successes
rolling 2d10>8!
= 0 Successes
If yall don't wish to pursue and kill Slabod, Egor, and Ivan, you have won the battle, as they cannot persue at the moment.
What do you vote?
February 16, 2019 2:55AMEve K.: Hmmmm. That's a tough one. What's a chance they'll be back?
February 16, 2019 2:55AMJessica: what's the chance we'll win round 2?
February 16, 2019 2:55AMJustin: Pretty high, after they regroup.
February 16, 2019 2:56AMGM (GM): High.... ish on they be back. But if they regroup now....
February 16, 2019 2:56AMJustin: Well, Dante can just ram them with the van right?
:)
February 16, 2019 2:56AMGM (GM): Kurt is nearly out of mana and almost out of wp
What's everyone's resources right now?
February 16, 2019 2:56AMJustin: Lowwww
February 16, 2019 2:56AMGM (GM): I have this marked
Kurtis Mana 6 Willpower 4 Health 0/9 (6 lethal 3 bash)
Justin Mana 2 Willpower 2 Health 9/9 - Spirit Sight 3
Dante Mana 8 Willpower 3 Health 6/7 (1 lethal) - Perfect Driver
Eve: Mana 4 Willpower 5 Healthh 7/8 (1 bashing) - Death Sight 5
Lucas Mana 10 Willpower 2 Health 8
February 16, 2019 2:56AMGM (GM): Jessica Mana 10 Willpower 3 Health 9/9
February 16, 2019 2:56AMJustin: 4 hp, 1 wp, 2 mana.
February 16, 2019 2:57AMGM (GM): ok i am behind then
update me pls
I was tracking bad guys
they are doing .... okay
they had to heal after fireball
February 16, 2019 2:57AMJessica: lemme see if i used mana on my impromptus
otherwise i'm the same
down 1 mana
February 16, 2019 2:58AMGM (GM): this is a pretty good test of our ability. these guys spared no willpower, they really wanted to kill me
i was ready
Kurt was a blow away from dying
February 16, 2019 2:59AMEve K.: Eve: Mana 3 Willpower 4 Healthh 7/8 (1 bashing)
February 16, 2019 2:59AMJessica: i think we could win lethally but that's me being bloodthirsty not jessica
we have guns and cover and we can make them expend mana and expose themselves to paradox
February 16, 2019 3:00AMGM (GM): I have Lucas Mana 10 Willpower 2 Health 8
Oh yeah, our van looks like shit btw
And we have caused an incident on the road
February 16, 2019 3:00AMJessica: I can't believe it's not clearcoat
February 16, 2019 3:00AMGM (GM): So you're hearing sirens
We're all hearing sirens right now
February 16, 2019 3:01AMJustin: I'm one of the most beat up. I say we try and leave.
February 16, 2019 3:01AMJessica: that's fair
February 16, 2019 3:01AMGM (GM): I am very beat up
Kurtis Mana 6 Willpower 4 Health 2/9 (6 lethal 1 bash)
Okay, so it is fair to assume that common sense would have us know that Kurtis and Justin might be wanted by police.
A face change might be a good idea.
Cause everyone on the road is pointing at us.
I mean we're zooming along the highway, but we look like shit and our windows are broken
February 16, 2019 3:03AMGM (GM): We gonna get stopped by the cops
February 16, 2019 3:04AMJustin: Are we out of initiative order?
February 16, 2019 3:04AMGM (GM): Yeah
If we're leaving
February 16, 2019 3:04AMJustin: Eve Dante?
We leaving?
February 16, 2019 3:05AMEve K.: I kind of want to kill Slabod, because he is the central buffer for the group. All of their stats, like, strength, dex, stamina - come from him. They didn't buff themselves, it's all his spells. Clever, because they don't have to worry about concentration.
February 16, 2019 3:06AMGM (GM): Yeah this was super stacked against us, with 3 bruisers, 2 of whom can do multiple attacks. But Dante's perfect driver really shifted it, and Justin's intervention sealed the deal. I mean they succeeded at knocking Kurtis down, they were gonna land right on top of him in the first round if Dante didn't turn.
February 16, 2019 3:07AMKurtis Kerner: I'm voting to be leaving, just because an unlucky roll can kill 2 of the characters
February 16, 2019 3:07AMJessica: we haven't been super lucky on rolls either
February 16, 2019 3:08AMEve K.: But we did get some really good ones too. Next time they will probably bring back up. And be more ready.
February 16, 2019 3:08AMJustin: Dante's the tie-breaker.
February 16, 2019 3:09AMKurtis Kerner: ((I was a good little roleplayer and didnt open up with fireball, cause of the stern taking last time, self conscious kurt))
February 16, 2019 3:09AMJustin: ((You was fantastic.))
February 16, 2019 3:10AMDante: ((thank you for not blowing up the van we're riding in))
((what are we voting on? I was asleep))
February 16, 2019 3:11AMJustin: ((We fight or leave?))
February 16, 2019 3:11AMKurtis Kerner: ((oh. we threw all 3 people out of van, but none of them are dead. persue or escape?))
February 16, 2019 3:11AMDante: ((Oh ffs))
((Dante is gonna keep driving until someone tells him otherwise.))
February 16, 2019 3:11AMKurtis Kerner: ((at this moment, police are coming and they cannot continue chasing us, they need to heal and regroup))
February 16, 2019 3:12AMJustin: ((I'll take that as escape.))
Justin prepares to put his hands on the van and funnel matter magic into it, repairing all the damage of the fight.
((Can I buy repair object?))
February 16, 2019 3:12AMKurtis Kerner: "Okay, let's get out of here. Justin, let's hustle and make the van look decent. I'll make an illusion to cover the mess, and buy you time to actually repair. Ok?"
((yeah you can. You need to fix paint job and windows))
((you still have like.... butter all over the shit))
February 16, 2019 3:13AMDante: ((What, cops have never seen a buttervan before?))
February 16, 2019 3:14AMJustin: ((Okay repair object is a level 3 rote, so 6 xp leaving me with 10.))
February 16, 2019 3:14AMGM (GM): sold
February 16, 2019 3:14AMJustin: ((Dex 2 + Crafts 1 + Matter 3 = 6))
rolling 6d10>8!
= 3 Successes
February 16, 2019 3:17AMGM (GM): Okay, so it's getting late, so we gonna narrative this, cause maintenance can't really fail. Takes Justin a few minutes to repair all the damage and fix up the paint, which he can, as long as Kurt keeps his concentration on making the van look normal to the onlooking eye. And before cops can identify us, their attention gets grabbed by something way behind us. A section of the road we left starts tremoring and bunching up, like as if during an earthquake. It crumbles, and a tornado of various birds rises up in the sky, these birds form a flock in a shape of a giant bird itself. It's some crazy crazy shit, and people will surely get injured down there. Whatever the trio did, they triggered some kind of paradox.
February 16, 2019 3:18AMJessica: yikes
February 16, 2019 3:19AMJustin: Justin's eyes widen as he watches the chaos back on the road, as he works to thread the bits of window and paint back together. February 16, 2019 3:20AMGM (GM): Police are trying to steer people away from the anomaly, and you don't get to find out how long it persists, because Dante is getting us the hell away from there.
February 16, 2019 3:20AMJustin: "Holy crap, is that what happens when you trigger paradox around a bunch of sleepers?"
February 16, 2019 3:20AMKurtis Kerner: gulp February 16, 2019 3:20AMEve K.: "It... most certainly is what happens... yes."
Eve K. Eve takes out her phone and takes a picture of the bird shaped bird flock
February 16, 2019 3:22AMJessica: Jess' eyes are also glued to the back of the van, but everything is falling behind quickly. "So what's going to happen to them?"
February 16, 2019 3:22AMGM (GM): You can see the picture through the screen just fine, but the photo comes out shiny and glimmery rainbow colors and washed patterns, when the picture is actually saved.
I.e. you don't appear to be able to get evidence of it.
It ends up looking like a phony UFO spotting
February 16, 2019 3:22AMEve K.: "Yup! That's a paradox."
February 16, 2019 3:23AMJustin: "Forester taught me about it, but I've never -seen- it like this."
February 16, 2019 3:23AMKurtis Kerner: "I am not anxious to find out. I'm terrified of paradoxes. They're really bad for my kind."
February 16, 2019 3:24AMEve K.: "You guys gonna be okay? You two look badly out of it."
February 16, 2019 3:24AMJessica: Jessica doesn't look away until she can't see it anymore, then sighs and tries to relax. That was a bucket of adrenaline all at once and her heart was still pounding.
February 16, 2019 3:25AMKurtis Kerner: "Yeah, I'm hurt bad. And low on juice. It's my fucking fault. I thought one of us was gonna send the other to hell. Slabod kicked my ass, if it wasn't for Justin..."
February 16, 2019 3:25AMJustin: As if on queue, Justin wipes a bit of blood away from his nose and shrugs. "I'll be fine. I need more mana to fix Kurt up."
February 16, 2019 3:25AMKurtis Kerner: "I hesitated. Sorry. I should have put a shield up the moment you mentioned those eagles."
"Next time. Organized animals - shield up."
February 16, 2019 3:26AMEve K.: "They really had it out for you, Kurt."
February 16, 2019 3:27AMKurtis Kerner: takes all the goth leather stuff off to inspect the wounds February 16, 2019 3:27AMEve K.: "Slabod looked like a man who lost his girl. You know what I mean? They may have been close."
February 16, 2019 3:27AMKurtis Kerner: "Yeah..."
February 16, 2019 3:28AMJustin: "Jess, can you figure that out?"
February 16, 2019 3:28AMJessica: "Um, lemme see."
February 16, 2019 3:28AMEve K.: "I hope a lesson was learned here. By you. I hope you, Kurt, learned a lesson here. About not killing people. And maybe about not finishing what you started."
February 16, 2019 3:29AMKurtis Kerner: "They seemed like pushovers at the warehouse."
February 16, 2019 3:29AMJessica: rolling 5d10>8!
= 3 Successes
((interconnections))
February 16, 2019 3:30AMJustin: "I don't know. He shook off Dante's spell."
"Nobody ever shakes off Dante's stuff."
February 16, 2019 3:30AMJessica: ((although we can't see them anymore i dunno if that matters))
February 16, 2019 3:30AMEve K.: "They are pushovers. Just got a jump on us before we could get our support spells running."
February 16, 2019 3:31AMJessica: ((Dante saying Drop your Spells was amazing even though it didn't work out))
February 16, 2019 3:31AMKurtis Kerner: "Bella shook Dante's stuff."
February 16, 2019 3:31AMJustin: ((He stole that from Simon.))
February 16, 2019 3:31AMKurtis Kerner: ((it was!))
February 16, 2019 3:31AMDante: Dante finally releases his jaw, easing out of gritting his teeth as they put pavement between whatever lolnope is in the distance and their current location. ((Dante remembered it from Simon commanding Kurt))
February 16, 2019 3:34AMGM (GM): So Jessica, unfortunately you do need to be in a sensory range from a target to examine its fate, and the few blood drops Slabod left from the fight on the seat were not enough. Fate isn't quite chemical forensics. You need to see the person live to read their fate.
February 16, 2019 3:35AMJessica: Jessica lets her eyes unfocus as she does when she is casting that spell, but her magic reaches out to nothing. She shrugs. "Too far away."
February 16, 2019 3:35AMDante: "They had the upper hand because we did not know to expect them. Any ideas on how they just immediately found us like this? No one mentioned they had a second mastigos."
February 16, 2019 3:35AMGM (GM): Oh but you can read Kurtis
February 16, 2019 3:35AMJessica: "Wait..."
February 16, 2019 3:35AMGM (GM): I feel like you have a good idea, Jess.
Let's say this. You can tell that Kurtis was a victim of impassioned revenge.
February 16, 2019 3:36AMJessica: Ouch.
February 16, 2019 3:36AMGM (GM): Not really victim. Target.
You see like a justified karma loop, that isn't truly closed. It will close when either Kurt is dead, or the person on the other end. One life for another. There is a debt on Kurtis.
Mind you, this is not a constructed Fate geas. This is nothing you can dispel or nothing needing dispeling. It's a read on the natural trace of fate
February 16, 2019 3:40AMKurtis Kerner: thinks over Dante's question "They could have returned to the club and reported what happened. From there they could have had all the support they needed. They could be sent forward in time or space. We did spend some time on cleaning up Fernando."
February 16, 2019 3:40AMJessica: "The um," she clears her throat. "The window on Kurt is showing me something. I think I might get how promises are magic."
February 16, 2019 3:41AMEve K.: "Natural magic that sleepers can generate and access. Makes sense. Sleepers are what powers Hallows."
February 16, 2019 3:41AMJustin: "Well, are they magic or are they just a thing that magic can manipulate? Paint isn't magic, but I can use magic to manipulate it."
February 16, 2019 3:42AMJessica: "You've been dealt some karmic revenge, but it's not resolved. Either you or the other guy has to die to resolve it." She blinks a few times as the spell ends.
February 16, 2019 3:42AMKurtis Kerner: "Has to? Or might have to?"
gulp gun reload
February 16, 2019 3:43AMJustin: "I presume forgiveness is an option, but that doesn't seem likely."
February 16, 2019 3:43AMJessica: "It felt like a debt. I don't really know from experience how certain fate stuff is." She shrugs.
February 16, 2019 3:43AMKurtis Kerner: "I wouldn't forgive something like that."
February 16, 2019 3:43AMDante: Dante knits his brow. Time is too abstract for him to wrap his head around and he just gets frustrated the longer he thinks about that being the reason. "It just doesn't add up. None of this does."
And with a long sigh, he drums his fingers along the steering wheel, then traces a finger along the dashboard. ((Ward rote = 9))
rolling 9d10>8!
= 6 Successes
February 16, 2019 3:44AMKurtis Kerner: Kurt kind of shuts down into some further deep introspection, as he realized his act is unforgiveable by his own standard February 16, 2019 3:44AMJessica: "I mean lots of debts go unresolved. Maybe the debt will just hang."
February 16, 2019 3:44AMDante: ((The van is now warded, all to potency))
February 16, 2019 3:44AMGM (GM): ((no anaesthetic?))
February 16, 2019 3:44AMJessica: "What doesn't add up?"
February 16, 2019 3:44AMDante: ((Buttervan needs no anesthetic))
February 16, 2019 3:44AMGM (GM): That is a good ward!
You guys feel a hardening of spacial boundaries inside the van. Those without space, your ears clog a little, like during turbulence on a plane.
February 16, 2019 3:45AMJustin: Justin fishmouths to pop his ears. February 16, 2019 3:46AMGM (GM): Jessica can more or less percieve that Dante is doing something akin to what Peter was doing in Arcadia
February 16, 2019 3:46AMJessica: Nice
February 16, 2019 3:46AMGM (GM): But Jessica doesn't understand exactly how.
February 16, 2019 3:46AMDante: "That they were so easily able to reach us in the time since we evaded them the first time. Don't know, hard to explain."
Dante shrugs in response to Jessica's question. February 16, 2019 3:46AMJessica: "You gotta show me that when we have time."
February 16, 2019 3:47AMEve K.: "Nice. That's a very good ward, Dante. Excellent craftsmanship. Should keep us from being scried on for the time being."
February 16, 2019 3:47AMDante: A nod in response to Jessica. Then he turns to call back to Eve. "It fucking better."
Eve K. she smiles "I might say you are a natural at Space"
February 16, 2019 3:49AMDante: "Would that I had the luxury of time to prove it. Still feels weird. Not foreign, just.. untested."
Dante muses, running his hand along the newly warded dashboard. He pats it gently. ((This baby can resist SO many scrying spells))
February 16, 2019 3:49AMJustin: ((Hand comes away covered in butter.))
February 16, 2019 3:49AMDante: ((delicious))
February 16, 2019 3:49AMJustin: ((butter n paint))
February 16, 2019 3:49AMGM (GM): And so the Partymobile moves on into Leipzig proper and towards CDTC HQ
AND NOW FOR THE AFTER CREDITS SCENE
February 16, 2019 3:52AMGM (GM): In a dark room, a man in a disco jacket sits at his controls in a big leather chair. Another man stands near him. The club announcer. This other man never leaves the seated man's side, always keeping contact with the chair.
A beaten up person enters the room without knocking and approaches the dashboard. He doesn't address the person in a chair, only looks at him, sighing, blood dripping from his brow.
The man in a chair puts his hand on the hand of his attendant. The attendant speaks.
"Find them. Bring in everyone."
((updating picture))
February 16, 2019 3:56AMGM (GM): As the camera pans above the baseball hat covered head of the seated DJ, as tiny mind connections start firing from him in all the different directions.
As we see the whole picture.
February 16, 2019 3:57AMJustin: ((fuk))
February 16, 2019 3:57AMJessica: ((I want to murder all of them))
February 16, 2019 3:57AMDante: the arrow pointing to Mladen makes him look like he has a googly eye
February 16, 2019 3:57AMJessica: 5 down
((we kinda have to tell Grandpa Leo about the club now, cause we left survivors))
February 16, 2019 3:59AMGM (GM): everybody have fun? lots of improvisation here. i appreciate everyone's support in house baked vehicular combat, i wasnt gonna dig for rules.
February 16, 2019 3:59AMJustin: Oh yeah, that was some fun combat right there.
February 16, 2019 3:59AMJessica: seemed organic to me
February 16, 2019 3:59AMJustin: And we got it done in 1 session.
February 16, 2019 3:59AMJessica: i wanna murder that lich
February 16, 2019 3:59AMGM (GM): Everyone 3 exp. Bad news. Bad guys also earned 3 exp. :)
February 16, 2019 3:59AMJustin: fuk
February 16, 2019 3:59AMJessica: :(
February 16, 2019 4:00AMDante: long session
February 16, 2019 4:00AMJessica: i kinda like that actually
February 16, 2019 4:00AMDante: but it was fun
February 16, 2019 4:00AMGM (GM): I mean, righteous terrorists
Perfect Driver finally pays off
purchases? Okay. Justin made some.
February 16, 2019 4:00AMJustin: Yeah, so rote.
February 16, 2019 4:01AMDante: yeah
February 16, 2019 4:01AMJessica: saving for evil eye
February 16, 2019 4:01AMJustin: Do we just want to do life force assault and if I cast it together it's the -2 for combining
February 16, 2019 4:01AMJessica: that was bae
February 16, 2019 4:01AMJustin: Or do we do new rote?
It is essentially Life-Force Assault + Healing Heart.
February 16, 2019 4:01AMGM (GM): Ok, i can make you a rote that will remove the need for combined casting so you dont have to gimp dice
February 16, 2019 4:02AMJustin: Nice.
February 16, 2019 4:05AMGM (GM): Ok. So this rote is a Life 4 rote.
Life Force Transfer.
It's gonna cost 8 xp, and it will require touch to both targets, always.
At Life 4 it can deal lethal and heal lethal.
At Life 5 it will deal agg and heal agg.
February 16, 2019 4:06AMJustin: Sold!
What is the..
umm
thing
Pool
February 16, 2019 4:06AMGM (GM): At Life 6, you'll be able to do it at sensory range :)
February 16, 2019 4:06AMJustin: Nice.
Life 6 here I come!
It should be like Dex + Empathy + Life
Because what is more empathetic than forcing people to share?
Oh
February 16, 2019 4:08AMGM (GM): I'm looking. Life force assault is athletics based. Healing heart is resolve based.
and medicine based
February 16, 2019 4:08AMJustin: Can I call it Redistribution of Health?
February 16, 2019 4:08AMGM (GM): sure
February 16, 2019 4:08AMJustin: Red rote.
February 16, 2019 4:08AMGM (GM): you can call it anything you like
February 16, 2019 4:09AMJustin: Rote is now a pun.
February 16, 2019 4:09AMGM (GM): Ok Dice pool: Dexterity + Medicine + Life
or Resolve + Athletics + Life
your choice
you can cast it with either
You have to steal it and then heal it
February 16, 2019 4:10AMJustin: Alright, I'll go with the athletics one.
February 16, 2019 4:10AMGM (GM): Ok. Resolve + Athletics + Life it is.
ok passing out
any other questions into facebook
February 16, 2019 4:11AMJessica: kk
February 16, 2019 4:11AMEve K.: Night!
February 16, 2019 4:11AMJessica: night
February 16, 2019 4:11AMJustin: Night.
February 16, 2019 4:11AMGM (GM): good job all
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