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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG5OsfOuEy0 You step down a short flight of stairs into the cantina's shadowy common room, the cool air a blessed relief from the scorching heat of Tattooine. The Devornian bartender pauses in his chores to stare at you, his devlish features intimidating. On a stage against the far wall, a Twi'lek woman dances to recorded music. Private booths line the walls, and the cantina floor is scattered with tables and chairs. A few patrons turn in their seats to stare at you. The only other exits you see from the room are what looks to be a storage closet in one corner and a doorway behind the dancer. The arched roof above you is supported by thick, heavy struts. You have a few moments to find a hiding place before Teemo's thugs arrive. What do you do? Welcome to the SW:EotE test thread. OK for now I think I will have you guys roll your own dice? I am inclined to think that things will go smoother if I do full disclosure on relevant NPC stats and the like so you can just make your own pools and go. Thoughts on that? Rollers are here: http://heyitsthatdog.com/apps/empiredice/ or at http://orokos.com/ or if you have your own dice or the app, just roll those. Just report the results at the bottom of your post and describe your efforts in the IC text above it. Since you will know if you succeeded or failed, you will have a chance to narrate stuff easier I think. The start of this is super railroady, but for right now that is OK because I want to try to get the flow of PBP down. We can branch out into less railroady poo poo directly. Also it is super hot, so EVERYONE TAKE 2 STRAIN. Difficulty on finding a place to hide is one, so one purple die for everyones pools. Winson_Paine fucked around with this message at Feb 7, 2013 around 15:35 |
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Mathus - Technician   Slowing down at the steps Mathus wipes his brow. Taking a quick moment to catch his breath he calms himself and quickly thinks through his actions. He walks a little slowly into the cantina, catching the eye of some of the patrons, and the bartender. Seeing the look on the bartender's face Mathus chooses his course of action. He walks up to a seat at the bar and sits down, and orders a drink. In his head he chides himself and tells himself to act casual. Doing so he decides to pretend that he is just a patron getting a drink. *ROLL* Deceit - Trying to pretend that he walked in here to get out of the heat.  "Gotta love this heat..." Mathus says trying to make small talk to the bartender. --- Stat Changes - Current Strain changed from 12 to 10
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| # ? Feb 7, 2013 16:17 |
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  Pash and the rest of the the crew of outlaws slipped into the dim cantina, which was positively dark compared to the blazing suns outside. Knowing that Teemo's hired help wouldn't be far behind, Pash immediately stepped off to the side and slipped into the booth closest to the door. Hopefully, being just inside the door would keep him from being spotted as the goons came in, and if they did look in his direction, they would be blinded by the sunlight pouring in through the doorway. (Rolled Stealth, 3 ability dice, came up  . Check succeeds.) Settling in to the dark recess of the booth, Pash laid a hand on his blaster and waited. Stat Changes: Strain is now at 2 of 12
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 Sasha The Cantina was a blessing - people, places to hide, cover. Everything a body could want, when it was on the run from a Hutt's goons. Giving Mathus a pat on the back as she passes him, Sasha slips deeper into the Cantina. Sliding into an unoccupied booth near the stage, the cunning explorer quickly slips down beneath the table. She knew that there wasn't anywhere to run - better to find some good cover, for when the thugs figured everything out. At least if felt good to get out of the blazing sun.  Yeahhh eat it. I don't really think there is anything to spend my advantage on, alas! Strain is now 11!
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 Oskara No back door in sight. Who builds a crappy cantina without a back door? Oskara makes eye contact with the barkeep, points to herself, and then backstage. Teemo's thugs are dumb, but all it takes is one overhelpful citizen to say that yes, he DID see an armored Twi'lek come in. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. And I'm no dancer. She passes Mathus, Pash, and Sasha on her way to the stage, making sure to point or nod to the stage subtly when their gazes met hers. Stupid plan, stupid plan. But if the goons focus on me, the other three can figure something out behind them. And hopefully not use the chance to leave. Oskara mounts the stage and smiles at the dancer. "You don't have to pretend I'm not here. Just tell them I went in this side." Oskara points to the backstage entrance to her own right, and heads in, hoping to be able to make her way to the OTHER backstage entrance and remain out of sight back there. Not much of a surprise, but every little bit helps. Charming her fellow Twi'lek:  Forgot the purple die! Now it gets interesting:  EDIT 2: In terms of interpreting the two Threat, I'll offer up the ideas of 1) suffering two more Strain -- the stress of the hunter making herself the hunted 2) a Setback die on Oskara's upcoming attempt to get something reflective and line it up so that she can see what's going on out on the cantina floor, because she's stressed 3) a Setback die on somebody else's next thing -- she tripped over a cable or nudged a switch, turning off the music or turning on the house lights or something. Strain is 2 (out of 13) Wounds are 0 (out of 12) homullus fucked around with this message at Feb 8, 2013 around 18:31 |
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Mathus ducks into the bar, finding a frosty brew before him in moments. Oskara gets a nod and a smile and ducks behind the curtain. Pash ducks into a closet, and Sasha just hides under a drat table. Moments after you find a place to hide, a small troupe of piggish Gammorians carrying heavy clubs burst through the doors of the club. They blink their beetle black eyes in the gloom but seem to find little of interest to their master. They are clearly on the hunt for our band of noble heroes, and in spite of their appearance all know they have a single minded determination. Teemo's thugs will just keep coming, and there is only one language that their lot will understand... Welcome to RAILROADED AMBUSH COMBAT. You have init. pre:Range Group: Short (Ranged Difficulty 1) Gamorrian 1: Soak 3/Wounds 6 Gamorrian 2: Soak 3/Wounds 6 Gamorrian 3: Soak 3/Wounds 6 Gamorrian 4: Soak 3/Wounds 6
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| # ? Feb 8, 2013 20:46 |
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Here's Pash's Init roll; rolling Cool, since he was aware of impending combat:  Only 1 success, but 3 advantages to resolve ties.
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Mathus steels himself for the impending fight *Roll* Cool for initiative  Outcome: 1 Success / 0 Advantage
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| # ? Feb 9, 2013 01:05 |
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I think we already have initiative! In case I'm wrong, Oskara rolls Cool: 
homullus fucked around with this message at Feb 9, 2013 around 01:10 |
| # ? Feb 9, 2013 01:06 |
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Rule book says that we roll to determine party action order, so I was going with that. Unless we just wanted to have a first-come-first-served when the party has init. Winson, what's the verdict?
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| # ? Feb 9, 2013 01:18 |
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A good question. In this instance you have the drop on them narratively because it is the ultra railroady intro; going forward I think posting an action along with the init roll would do? Then we can resolve all down one side, or whenever it is handy? Or maybe it would be an instance where the GM rolls and I could just post the results, which would be speedier.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2013 02:05 |
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Action Time, then (in whatever order this turns out to be)! (going with two more strain from the two threat on the hide roll, strain 4/13) This might be as good as it gets. Stupid plan. Oskara focuses on the nearest of Teemo's goons across the cantina, aims, and fires. ----------------------------- Maneuver: Aim (+1 Boost) Ranged - Heavy; Short Range  Net two successes and three advantage. 9 damage (blaster carbine) + 1 per additional success, for a total of 10, which kills a thug outright despite the soak. I'll use two of the Advantages to get back Strain, and the third to give +1 Boost to whomever is next in the initiative. Strain is back to 2/13) ----------------------------- "You won't live to regret this!" Oskara yells, hoping to distract or scare them. (Edited to fix the spelling of "maneuver". Ugh.) homullus fucked around with this message at Feb 9, 2013 around 02:40 |
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 Mathus turns in a quick flash to take a swing at the Gomorrian thug standing behind him. Believing he has the advantage of surprise he turns and.... *ROLL* Brawl - Shock Glove Punch to the face!  Swing and a miss! The shout from Mathus started a bit prematurely ( before he got up ) and readies the Gomorrian behind him. He swings but the Gamorrian ducks. ( can you only spend advantage on a hit? If so, then i guess its an abject failure. If i can spend advantage he attemps to disarm the Gomorrian ) ( Edit: Found out you CAN spend advantages when you fail just not on weapon related stuff ) Realizing that the Gamorrian is standing in his face with a blaster Mathus wrestles the blaster out of his hand *Spend three Advantage to disarm* Action Breakdown - 1 Maneuver ( to close to engaged range ) 1 Action ( attempted Brawl with Shock Gloves ) ***1 Possible Advantage expenditure ( Attempt to disarm after rules clarification ) Talkc fucked around with this message at Feb 9, 2013 around 03:16 |
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Sasha Sasha braces her heavy hunting rifle against the table - it was designed to put holes in the most dangerous big game in the Outer Rim, so a couple of Gamoreans were tempting targets. Knowing that they had to finish this fight quickly, then get out of there, Sasha makes sure that her shot counts. The report of the slugthrower is loud inside the Cantina, and Sasha is relived to see one of the Gamoreans go down in a spray of blood. Eating two Strain to DOUBLE AIM.  BLAMMO. 11 Damage total, so even with soak, that is one less Gamorean to trouble us. At 9/13 strain though.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2013 03:19 |
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Initiative-wise, one of you who went after me could use the Boost die that I gave out. It might as well be Sasha so she doesn't have to double-aim.
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Pash Pulled back in the corner booth by the door, Pash had a perfect shot on the backs of the Gammorean thugs as they came in. Silently drawing his blaster pistol, Pash took careful aim and fired on one of the thugs. (Rolled Ranged-Light, took a Boost die from taking aim, and one difficulty die. Came out to:  1 success, and 1 Advantage. 7 damage done, less 3 soak leaves one thug with 4 wounds. Gonna take my Advantage to recover one of my strain from earlier, down to 1 strain)Pash's shot flew true, but Mathus botched punching attempt caused the Gamorrean that Pash had aimed at to jerk in surprise. Instead of drilling a neat hole through the porcine alien's head, the shot instead caught him between the neck and shoulder, right about where the collarbone would be on a human. The thug grunted and squealed, obviously in intense pain but still in the fight.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2013 03:34 |
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Two of the brutal thugs drop in the initial spray of fire. The remaining pair aren't deterred however, and even shaking off the stun the one in front of Mathus plants a heavy fist right into the center of the man's chest. He staggers back a little stunned, but his padded vest took most of the shot. The other is outraged over the death of his two companions and charges the Twi'lek swinging his stick. Too much rage and not enough grace, the swing goes wide. In spite of being disoriented, G1 lands one on Mathus with 3 successes, since he lost his stick it is straight brawn. 3+3-4 soak = 2 Strain to Mathus. The other one pulls three failures. pre:Range Group: Engaged (Ranged Difficulty 2) Gamorrian 1: Soak 3/Wounds 6, Disoriented 2 - Engaged w/ Mathus Gamorrian 2: Soak 3/Wounds 2, Engaged w/ Oskara
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*Strain Damage* 2 / New Total 8 Mathus reels back from the blow to the chest then sneers at the Gamorrean. "You son of a" -SLAP --- *roll*  Damage 4 - 3 soak = 1 Dmg 1 Advantage Spent to regain one strain. --- Mathus backhands the Gamorrean in front of him. He stands proudly in front of his adversary, His hands raised up ready to strike again. --- Outcomes 1 DMG to G1 1 Strain Regained ( New Total 9 ) One Gamorrean Pimp Slapped Edits to fix the spelling and errors Talkc fucked around with this message at Feb 10, 2013 around 04:05 |
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Sasha Still sitting with her hunting rifle braced against the table, Sahsa shifts her aim over to the Gamorrean fighting Oskara. She knew she would have to be careful to avoid putting a slug in her companions back - but careful was Sasha's watchword. Another pull of the trigger, another loud crack from the rifle, and again a Gamorrean falls to the hunter. Aiming/Shooting at the one fighting Oskara. Since they're engaged, I am rolling two ability, one proficiency, two difficulty, and one boost. I am way too lazy to keep screenshotting the die roller, so you will just have to take my word I ended up with two successes and one failure. Good enough for 8 damage, which should pop the sucker, even with soak.
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Pash Pash, who still hadn't risen from the booth, takes careful aim at the last standing Gammorean, starts to pull the trigger and checks himself. He braces his arm against the table, lines up the sight on his pistol, and fires. Taking a strain to Double Aim, adding two Boost dice, Rolling a total of 2 Ability, 1 Proficiency, 2 Difficulty, and 2 Boost. Roll:  Leaves me with 2 Success and 7 Advantage. 8 Damage - 3 Soak = 5 damage done. Counting the 1 damage from Talkc's post, that should drop him. Spending my advantage to pretty much cure up all my strain. And if there's any more combat this round, everyone gets a free boost (unless I can only declare 1, in which case I'll give that to DiscipleoftheClaw/Sasha Pash's shot catches the Gamorrean right in the back of the neck, killing the raging thug instantly. "Good" muttered Pash "Didn't want 'im to suffer..."
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| # ? Feb 10, 2013 03:55 |
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(that's all of them, right?) Oskara Oskara steps over Teemo's unlucky Gamorreans on her way back to the door. "Great shot, Sasha. Mathus, you ok to move? We have places to be, and this isn't one of them." Strain 2/13 (still from the heat) Wounds 0/13
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As the last thug drops, slow applause comes from around the bar. Everybody loves a show. The bartender leans over, grinning and chuckling a little. "Looks like you folks are gonna need a way off planet. Got some good news, some bad news. Good news is there's a freighter in Landing Bay Aurek right now. Bad news is the scumbag who captains the thing, Trex, he runs for that Hutt. He likes to cut up rough, doesn't like to cover his tab or his damages, so this here is free advice. Bad news for you again? I hear the thing is grounded on two accounts. First is the thing is it needs a new hypermatter activator or it's going nowhere. Vorn over at the junk shop probably has one. Your other big problem is the thing is locked down by Command and Control, so you'll need to convince them to release the thing too. Not real sure who you all are, but anything is better than dealing with Trex again." You guys recover strain equal to your Cool or Presence!
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Oskara "Sounds like what goes around is about to come around, for Trex. I think we should get the hypermatter activator first -- ship's not going anywhere in the meantime, and the spaceport is where I'd figure we'd go, if I were Teemo. The longer we can put that bit off, the better."
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Pash "Agreed. We go barging into that spaceport, all we're gonna get is a delicious lunch of blaster bolts. Let's gather some supplies, scope out the place, and get all the parts we need for the ship. No sense fighting our way to a ship that won't fly."
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Mathus "We get that activator i can get it installed on the craft. Heck. Give me a broken one and i can still probably get the whole thing working. Also, one to go bartender" Mathus orders a Cantina Cooler to go.
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The bartender serves it up. "Good, now get out of my bar." A short walk across town brings the group to the junk ship, immediately obvious as a pourstone building set in the heart of a scrapyard. Stepping inside is little break from the oppressive heat, but there is a hunched human holding a cutting torch. He stands before a counter littered with old droid parts, machine tools, things even Mathus can't recognize. He gives you a quick glare before turning back to the R5 unit near him, swinging the torch in a short chopping arc and smashing the droid with it. "You're supposed to tell me when we have customers, you worthless piece of poo poo. Go outside and finish stripping that speeder," which he finishes with a kick even as the droid is heading for the door with a somewhat surly sounding series of boops and trills. Turning to you lot, he smiles. It is not a really pleasant thing, and it looks as if someone has stripped the inside of his mouth for parts as well. "Welcome, welcome," he says with all the charm and personality of a Dickensian grotesque. "I have anything you could want or need, as you can see. For the right price of course!" He laughs, and it is a horrible thing. It is a laugh that is worse than the death of a beloved pet or a grandmother, a laugh to churn the guts with a great metal fork.
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Oskara Oskara, you might be in the wrong line of work when life-threatening gunfights are not the worst part of your job, she thinks as she backs up to keep watch just inside the door, hands firmly on her readied blaster carbine. People like this are above my pay grade.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2013 17:38 |
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Sasha "We hear you've got a hypermatter activator on hand." Sasha is no nonsense when it comes to negotiations. "We'd like to get it from you. Need it to barter with a couple of Jawas we know down south." Letting him know they needed it to escape a Hutt was going to make it cost a lot more, which is why Sasha lied. "So, do you have one?"
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| # ? Feb 11, 2013 20:18 |
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"Ayup, you could. If I had more than one, that is. Just got one, and it's promised to Trex." He shakes his head. "Make a deal with a man, you stay bound to it. Sorry. Need aught else?"
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Pash Pash listens to the exchange and decides to step in. "What would it take to get you to sell us the part? I'm prepared to cut you a deal...", Pash trailed off with a slight, but friendly, smile. I would like to try rolling Negotiation against Vorn. What would the difficulty on that be?
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| # ? Feb 11, 2013 22:06 |
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"Well, maybe things are flexible. I could see my way, if'n you could beat his offer? I suppose it all comes down to if I saw it or not," he says drifting off with a little smile on his face. Difficulty would be two difficulty and one challenge, so I guess 2D1C? Does that seem good notation? If you make it he will let it go for 600, if not he will gently caress you for 750.
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Pash Due to my relative unfamiliarity with the system, I'd prefer having the dice wholly listed rather than notated, but that's just me. Pash pulled his credit pouch out of his pocket and bounced it gently in his palm, surreptitiously motioning for his comrades to do the same. "I think we're good for it" said Pash with a grin. "How does, oh, say, 600 sound?" Rolls Negotiation:  . Failed it, and generated 1 threat. Pash could see the scummy junk dealer wasn't going for it and his smile slipped a little and his heart sunk. jivjov fucked around with this message at Feb 11, 2013 around 22:32 |
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Oskara "Mathus, you mind taking a look at the part before Pash makes a deal? Hate to get all the way to those jawas and find out it's busted, you know?" (We're already going to be stealing Trex's ship. If the part checks out and he quotes an unreasonable price, Oskara is going to shoot him and take the part. On stun, of course, and she'll leave him some money.) EDIT -- dang, this went after Pash's roll. I didn't want us to have to search for the part ourselves. I'll either take it back or go with it, either way is fine. homullus fucked around with this message at Feb 11, 2013 around 23:32 |
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Mathus Mathus takes a look around the shop looking for the part in question. What roll would i need to make to spot the part in all the junk?
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| # ? Feb 11, 2013 23:45 |
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The man shakes his head. "750, can't go lower. Got to make a profit, am I right or am I right?" Searching it out would be 2 Difficulty, 1 Challenge, there is a lot of poo poo in here and you would need to root through the shop if you can't find a list or whatever/ Winson_Paine fucked around with this message at Feb 11, 2013 around 23:59 |
| # ? Feb 11, 2013 23:57 |
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Maybe a deceit roll first, to make it look like he's just idly browsing, rather than pawing through everything?
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 00:29 |
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Mathus Mathus is like a kid in a candy shop. At first he takes a cursory glance around the shop for the part.  Not seeing any signs of it, the party's goal quickly slips his mind. He begins looking at random junk in the shop, genuinely considering buying a new droid condenser. Holding up the small condenser he examines it for wear and checks its cables. He could fix up that one droid he was working on with this. He trails off in thought looking at the condenser. Outcomes Failed Perception roll Distracted as gently caress
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 00:36 |
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If you want to do it on the sly, throw a setback die on there.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 00:52 |
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I would have, but honestly the characters background sets precedent for him being like a kid in a candy shop when it comes to parts. Though i wholly recommend someone else looking for it.
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