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I'd vote regular flare but it's not going to win. If a flare disturbs something and it comes at us we're on flat ground in a holy(?) place when it attacks, or if it illuminates something dangerous we'll know about it. Low cost high yield. Plus a skull. Skull flare.
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Outrail posted:B, C, D in that order. How does a group mind like Mother come to exist, anyway? Did the original astropath "eat" other psykers, did they merge in some Chaos ritual? I assume this isn't common protagonist knowledge but I'm wondering if that's come up in 40k before or it's just a neat idea of the OP.
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Jan 5, 2015 15:16
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I'm not voting on anything because I don't know the systems, but just want to say that keeping the townsfolk under long-term control seems like a bad idea - it's not our control, it's Mother's, and I could see it taking control of them all again if/when we have a showdown with it. Burn them on something that isn't a clan of people bred for centuries under the control of a dangerous psychic creature.
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Jan 11, 2015 05:16
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B. Just to tidy a loose end, nothing personal [soulless clone of some devious master].
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Jan 31, 2015 21:47
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Waci posted:What is it with this thread and letting all the bad guys go free. *I still think the people from Mother's village will fall back under its control when it comes back into the story.
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Jan 31, 2015 22:06
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Waci posted:I'm not sure the clone considers himself expendable, even if his master and we do. That's kind of my point. If he's willing to fold right now, why wouldn't he do the same for his hard-coded master, either out of worship or fear of punishment? I just don't see it working because he's unreliable. Let's pop him open and get an exhaustive look at what the clones are about, and (if appropriate) apply that to the next one we come across.
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Jan 31, 2015 22:17
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I was sure Filthy Lucre was a Man With No Name trilogy reference, but apparently it's biblical: "For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake." follow the dicks I don't have much to contribute - there are so many plates in the air that I don't feel like voting a lot of the time, but I really like how prolific an OP you are! Great read.
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Feb 7, 2015 03:54
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Quit changes votes so LowellDND can  E: oh nevermind he just posted
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Feb 9, 2015 02:29
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What are the events that resulted in Ohone's 27 insanity/14 corruption? I've only been following closely since the Mother/psyder scenario.
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Feb 9, 2015 04:43
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B because more exploring is better than less.
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Feb 12, 2015 21:04
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my dad's c/b combo seems good.
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Feb 14, 2015 18:41
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At what point do we have the resources to buy/develop crazy cybernetics and augmentations to boost our base stats and ability rolls to absurd levels? That is my jam.
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Feb 18, 2015 23:42
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LowellDND posted:Im not hella familiar with the bionic rules yet, but this seems like where I can start I know next to nothing about the rules and get my setting knowledge from wikis, it just seems like it would be in-universe to be able to replace your arms and legs with Power Limbs or something. Probably doesn't gel with linear character progression, I just get a kick out of turning resources into monstrously powerful characters.
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Feb 19, 2015 00:11
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Uuuugh I want to see all of those things. THIS is a great CYOA branching path. None of this E bullshit for me, I want to pick one of the cool places the OP has sketched out. Factory bay, which is my guess for the Magos's mission/maximum body horror? Engines, to get it ready to fly? Bridge, for maybe greater overall access to what's going on? Weapons, because weapons are awesome? People are going to write multiple paragraph essays explaining why their answer is the only way to go, and I think that's the sign of a great story. I am going to go with A because I think the bridge will give us more options to try to take control of the vessel and rip out its secrets.
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Feb 19, 2015 04:15
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Anticheese posted:A! That's what I was thinking of with the Filthy Lucre. This time around my mind goes to Dead Space (which scared the gently caress out of me). Huge ship, fleshy monstrosities, tech savvy PC.
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Feb 19, 2015 04:46
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Anticheese posted:Dead Space didn't really feel that scary when you're given the tools to deal with any threat pretty much right off the bat. Ammo was never really a problem. It was atmospheric and interesting, sure, but I'm not sure that I'd call it properly scary. It wasn't the gameplay so much as the setting and atmosphere. I was the player that sat there for a minute, terrified, watching some flickering shadow of a guy slowly beating his head against the wall. Just really got to me! When I was a kid I quit Silent Hill for a full summer after getting to the sewers where the radio didn't work. I didn't need that poo poo in my life.
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Feb 19, 2015 04:59
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LowellDND posted:Can I introduce you to Marble Hornets? Haha - is there some playlist or walk through for all the videos? I dipped into it a couple times and got creeped out, but following the thread as it was happening was draining and hurt my interest.
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Feb 19, 2015 05:38
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Kegslayer posted:I'm not sure how this is going to end for us but it looks like we're heading to a major life decision. Either we inevitably burn the ship destroying information and resources that could save untold billions of lives or we try to use it and take another step down radicalism. This and another recent comment from the OP has me wondering. So when insanity or corruption hits 100 do we suddenly become mustache-twirling evil? Do people perceive us as corrupted and/or we can't do pro-Imperium stuff? Like at 95 corruption we could be using those robo-Tyranid to help the war effort, but come 100 we feel compelled to turn them on what passes for innocents in this setting?
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Feb 19, 2015 07:50
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Grognan posted:At that point we probably have bigger concerns. Sure, not trying to detract from the current action. Just idly wondering if evil is like a switch that gets flipped or we experience an inexorable but steady march, and imagining how that would play out in the narrative. The road to Chaos is paved with heretical superweaponry. Lock and load. 
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Feb 19, 2015 10:13
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D. If the Krieg attack us despite whatever surreptitious message we can send them, i guess we deal with that. Maybe their faith in us will lead them to believe we have a plan?
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Feb 19, 2015 20:43
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Download the research (if it can happen here), check the engines to see if we can jack some "inexplicable" tech, then weapons, then on to the factory bay. if we only get to vote on a single action - "get the research." Vote on a place? Engines. Arguments about how valuable the ship is or isn't takes a backseat to getting the next update! 
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Feb 20, 2015 03:34
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Waci posted:(02:43:04) LowellDND: if you want to use the 'burn fate permanently resolve' I think I could be open to it
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Feb 20, 2015 03:54
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Burn a fate point to put the primordial gods back behind miles of razor wire. 
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Feb 20, 2015 05:49
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LowellDND posted:Planescape
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Feb 20, 2015 05:56
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We're on the bridge, right? Let's say hello.
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Feb 20, 2015 06:20
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Burn a fate point to repair Athena's speech software so it's easier for the OP to write out. That has to be a beating.
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LowellDND posted:Relax, I got the train back on its tracks I was legitimately worried as I got caught up on voting that goons would vote to abandon the story you've been building. LowellDND posted:Looks like the current plan is: Sounds good to me. Bonus points if we snag something to bring back to the Magos that doesn't reveal Athena's existence. Goons are gonna goon about that ship until it shows up again, but we need to get back to consolidating and building our power so we can do something with it once it's back in the story.
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Feb 20, 2015 23:41
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Ralith posted:We might (or might not, depending on Athena's disposition when she returns) have abandoned our one opportunity for power that puts even the Lord-Sire to shame, for no good in-character reason whatsoever I hear what you're saying. Without having read any of the fiction, though, I bet we've (maybe only temporarily!) joined a proud tradition of *almost* recovering a technology that would change the universe as we know it. Out-of-character, I've really enjoyed the OP's storytelling and get a little burned out on the intermittent "E - something totally off the wall!" Options. Hybrid choices, sure. And the story isn't exactly on rails, but as less a player and more a reader I want to respect and enjoy the cool narrative, drat it. 
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Feb 21, 2015 00:09
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I vote we have a skeleton crew of Krieger occupy the Tyrant or otherwise protect us and then have the remainder, our sub-sixers, and anything else we have focus on the Magos. No resources spared, come at it from as many angles as possible. e: hahaha I have this mental image of Devries waiting for us after we escape and I am SO MAD. Brownview fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Feb 21, 2015 |
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Feb 21, 2015 01:06
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I totally hear you. I don't mean that I want to dumbly follow the tropes of the 40K universe or some unwritten rules of CYOA threads, and more I'm really curious to see the story the OP has planned and when the choice was to scrap the remaining arcs or delay that for awhile and ride out the remainder of the story, I selfishly vote for the latter. If this were a tabletop game I'd have tried to break it several times over by this point, but here I feel like an audience member that gets to vote on what happens next episode. I want to keep watching my stories. 
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Feb 21, 2015 01:22
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C, B, A in order from most to least important if we are on a time limit. We want to control the info that gets to the Magos and secure as much data on Athena as we can. Implants and then weapons/armor are secondary. I don't want to get caught with the body.
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Feb 21, 2015 05:12
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Is B saying send the Kriegers at it as guinea pigs? That sounds pretty good. Do we have any obligation or need to return to HQ? We don't have a game-changing retinue, do we? B then D. Throw the Kriegers at it and then return to the Beast. Make sure our men are there to greet us, I'm still worried about getting jumped before we can work through all this data and determine what to hand over. Sorry, I forget. What was the mission Quint sent us on? I guess we had some kind of cover for our Magos quest.
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Feb 21, 2015 05:55
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LowellDND posted:I picture a handful of shuttles, since you are carrying vehicles. I put the Kriegers on a different shuttle in case you want to crash it. B sounds like an opportunity to let the Krieger die as they see fit. Send them down, if the camp's still around later we can follow through on our offer to fit them with cybernetic limbs and/or blow them up.
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Feb 21, 2015 06:17
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'Ere we go!
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Feb 21, 2015 07:48
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I'm a dummy - what would our trap for Limosa look like?
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Feb 21, 2015 09:16
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Option 2 feels the Rogue Trader-iest. The rest as below:JT Jag posted:
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Feb 21, 2015 09:27
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If options 1/2 tie we should turn it over for the Lord Sire to decide. We get personal influence with him (probably!) and he can figure out if we go for IG fame leveraged for future profit or the immediate profit (maybe!).
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Feb 21, 2015 10:04
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I feel like there are a lot of flashier or more immediately appealing options but I vote Mech-Deacon. It really sounds like it fits our playstyle and boosts the stats we use over and over. We have time for Heretek and semi-forgotten lore later, we still have an Inquisitor, Lord Sire, Magos, psyker, tea-drinking murdermom and too-quiet smiley up-to-something figure to balance against each other.
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Feb 21, 2015 21:00
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I'm only voting for cerebral implants because I don't want something else edging this out! Though in the time it took me to write this spergy post people seem to be voting the way I'd like.that wiki re: cerebral implants posted:These grant the user the More info here: https://wh-40k.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/unnatural-characteristic but here are the highlights: • During Opposed Characteristic Tests, on a success, the bonus multiplier is added to the degree of success. • When taking a Skill Test based upon a Characteristic with the Unnatural trait, the base Difficulty of the Test is staged downwards one level for degree of multiplier past normal What I think this means: • Effectively doubles our intelligence stat??? This part I'm confused about. Someone that plays these games please weigh in. • Anytime we succeed at an intelligence check, we add two degrees of success. • Anytime we tie at an opposed intelligence check, unnatural intelligence is the tiebreaker. • Anytime we face an intelligence check, its difficulty is reduced by 10 points.
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