01:17:11 Devastator:
ER,
syv finished off your character?
01:43:06 ER: MY character is named Sophia
02:04:20 Devastator: Did
syv kill of Sophia yet?
02:05:08 ER: No. In face he didn't kill anyone in this update, because Sharon was already long-dead. :P
02:58:46 ER: Person who said that thing up there. :P
02:59:33 Devastator: well, more roleplay in Pumsys. We're all forming up at the entrance.
03:00:38 ER: Hopefully you guys can manage to be as interesting in your RP as the people
syv shows in memories. :V
03:00:57 Devastator: we're about to go dungeon diving.
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03:09:05 Devastator: Heya
syv, was just talking 'bout you.
03:09:11 Devastator: apparently
ER ate someone's memories.
03:09:26 ER: They were delicious memories.
03:09:44 syv: Yeeesss, that was something tnat happened.
03:11:05 Devastator: oh god, a planet with 50,000 credits worth of wonderful gear I can't afford.
03:12:07 Devastator: actually doing fighting at the moment.
03:14:38 ER: I do genunely wonder what would happen if I decided to break the other two chains at the cost of not being able to escape myself, but I dunno if that's even possible and I don't want Sophie to die just yet, even if it would be awesome. :V
03:15:36 ER: Also you didn't include a character spoiler and I'm unsure if that's intentional.
03:16:14 syv: And you have multiple wrong decisions available to make.
03:16:27 ER: ...I'll have to think about what it MEANS, then.
03:18:38 ER: I assume that the bottom bold text would not feed me blatantly false information? :P
03:20:08 Devastator: yeah! dead equentor.
03:21:04 Devastator: think 'heavy cruiser' Big enemy ship.
03:21:12 Devastator: oh, and NOW the friendlies start warping in. ;-p
03:22:23 Devastator: and system freed. Once allies start jumping in to help out (and score loot), the battle usually ends swiftly.
03:22:58 Devastator: well, the rank up is good.
03:22:58 syv: ...Who puts "Dead" in the name of a warship?
03:23:09 Devastator: I don't think I'm streaming it.
03:24:41 Devastator: Heh, finished the battle just in time.
03:24:47 Devastator: my repair droid was about to break.
03:25:17 syv: You said "Dead Equentor" was a heavy cruiser, or type of heavy cruiser. And I'm just commenting on the absurdity of the name.
03:25:46 Devastator: Oh, no, an Equentor is the class of ship.
03:25:48 Devastator: it had some other name.
03:25:52 Devastator: I said Dead because it died.
03:26:13 Devastator: Whoa, the rank up reward was a really nice weapon.
03:27:31 syv: If I ever play Aurora again (fat chance, that), I'm giving all my ships sarcastic names. "Dead Star". "Tinder Box". "Imperial Marksman". "Expendable Sphere".
03:28:15 ER: Why do you say menacing things to me without actually telling me anything,
syv
03:29:02 Devastator: now time to go sell the loot.
03:29:14 Devastator: hopefully it'll pay for the 10k of repairs.
03:30:13 Devastator: oh no, it's a Maloq superweapon.
03:30:14 syv: Because the entire point of the change in encounter was to give you some agency rather than accidentally railroading you with a nigh-invulnerable enemy.
03:30:27 Devastator: Good, it's dirt cheap which means it didn't cost the sun and the stars to upgrade.
03:30:32 Devastator: Bad, it breaks easily.
03:30:42 syv: If I tell you what to do to achieve your goal, that defeats the point.
03:31:11 Devastator: It's a net plus, as it's an AoE weapon that does twice as much as any one of my previous gun.s
03:31:24 syv: I liked STALKER's upgrade system...
03:31:42 ER: My goal is "not die horribly", and I have very little information on how anything works.
03:33:21 syv: But hey, you have choice. No good way to tell what choice is wise, but choice all the same~
03:33:31 Devastator: Oh,
syv, feel free to include 'enter the dungeon' with the next Pumsy's turn.
03:33:41 Devastator: Also, did pumsy say anything about minions becoming witches through eating people?
03:33:55 Devastator: Yeah, since all the others are right near there and I'm rejoining with them.
03:34:07 syv: I don't believe I have ever written that in particular, no.
03:34:14 ER: ...But I'm pretty sure that bottom bold text represents my instinct, and if I can't trust that instinct maybe I aught to aim for curing Isabella and gaining a kickass friend to have adventures with.
03:34:30 Devastator: Labrynth is not a word that is very common.
03:34:36 Devastator: and this is some kinda underground entrance.
03:36:04 Devastator: Oh fuck me, they did the release for Battlescape too.
03:36:08 Devastator: I knew that was coming soon.
03:37:57 Devastator: with a better engine.
03:39:22 syv: And no selling spaceships that don't exist?
03:39:46 syv: That's kinda the big one IMO.
03:41:56 Devastator: time for an engine upgrade. A planet turned up with one two types above the one I'm using.
03:47:47 Devastator: ahh, love those piracy missions. Kill a wimpy nearly-unarmed freighter for big bucks.
03:49:58 syv: HEY. Since both of you are around, we could run JW vs MG. I'm *almost* conscious enough to do a good job, even.
03:50:43 ER: I was kinda waiting for
MJ, since 1v1 might be likely to splatter me. buuuut sure, I'm down.
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03:52:45 syv: I don't think
MJ is ever around anymore, though if you want I could message him and check?
03:52:52 Devastator:
MJ was around yesterday.
03:52:53 syv: I think
Dev said No, though...
03:53:20 syv: Oh. Well, I haven't seen him in IRC for at leat a month, 'sides from when we watched JW.
03:54:17 ER: come on, I need something to fill this deep gnawing need for magical girls in my heart.
03:54:28 Devastator: Yeah, he watched some Spess Rangers.
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03:55:43 Devastator: Could be worse. Last time I was on discord it would black out when I mouseovered stuff at random.
03:58:26 ER:
Dev.
Dev will you play a game with me
04:00:09 syv: "My character whispers quietly so that only one of the people she's on the phone with can hear what she says."
04:00:51 ER: hunnert percen, total logical
04:00:58 Devastator: Sweet! Someone doesn't understand how conference calls work.
04:01:51 syv: I am not sure how one gets through life without having that experience. At least, while also having a presence on an online gaming forum.
04:02:26 Devastator: How many people these days use their phones as actual phones?
04:02:59 Devastator: I can also find people who think that Trump doesn't lie.
04:04:40 syv: A fair number...? I mean, tons of people use it for other things, but the standard way of forming a contact with someone is to share phone numbers, 'least in my experience. Only a rare few people insist on me installing some app or whatever, and even they relent after I make my stance clear on that. At least IRL, face-to-face.
04:05:28 Devastator: I mean calls and not texts.
04:05:34 syv: ...Yeah okay, there must be people stupid enough to try and stage whisper over a conference call. You're right.
04:06:23 syv: And that is also a fair point, 'specially since I myself heavily encourage texts for reasons of being nocturnal.
04:07:12 Devastator: There are plenty of stupid people out there.
04:10:37 syv: What sort of madman goes golfing in Canada in February?
04:10:53 syv: He should be huddling inside a building trying not to freeze to death.
04:11:53 syv:
ER. Since
Dev's busy or something and
MJ not here anyway, wanna play Hunt?
04:12:09 syv: I have awesome ping tonight.
04:12:25 Devastator: Hmm? I'm not that busy. But it's fine if you want to play Hunt, we can wait for
MJ to do the MG vs JW thing.
04:19:00 syv: Actually, just got a response from
MJ. Says he could it tomorrow night, but he's too tired now.
04:19:15 Devastator: Lets do it with
MJ tomorrow night.
04:19:16 syv: I can still run it now if you want though.
04:19:26 ER: Ah, the kind of good news that make me wait
04:57:00 Devastator: Eco-Damage is your friend.
05:32:42 syv: Woo! We ambushed and killed another team, got one of two bounties, and extracted successfully!
05:41:45 ER: Just opening fire on some poor sod from a roof feels a LITTLE bad, but overall I'm happy that we're the ones who won. :P
05:42:32 Devastator: yay, ground combat mission.
05:42:46 Devastator: you guys want to watch me spend an hour bouncing against giant robots in a fairly bad RTS?
05:43:20 ER: I'm gonna hope that
MJ actually shows up tomorrow
05:43:48 syv: Also no. I;m gonna play a solo round or two of hunt, level up.
05:44:48 syv: apparently all syringes can be used on your partner, like the medkit.
05:45:19 syv: So you could stab me with a stamina shot and tell me to run out and attract fire because I'm then the fast one.
05:49:29 Devastator: well, that's a failure.
05:57:31 syv: Sniped a hunter from a rooftop.
05:58:08 syv: The most universal rule of tactics: People never look *up*.
05:59:33 ER: I kinda missed my rifle, but I traded it for the longer shotgun because the chain pistol is good and fills the medium range, and shotguns seem kinda nessesary for the butcher, in case we have to fight him.
06:00:07 Devastator: the next try went much better. That one generally ends fast.
06:07:46 syv: Found butcher by hunting gunshots. He has 40% HP.
06:08:14 ER: you gonna get another bounty without me? :P
06:15:36 Devastator: FFS, I cleared an entire system except for the carrier, reloaded, and was heading back in to kill the carrier.
06:15:40 syv: Too much of a scaredy cat.
06:15:42 Devastator: but no, when fixing up, I go blind.
06:16:21 ER: knife light attacks do rending
06:16:35 ER: therefore this is a GREAT idea
06:20:08 syv: Found two hunter corpses upstairs.
06:44:59 syv: Aaaand Extraction, with a minute on the clock.
06:45:46 syv: You get a bonus for a solo boss kill.
06:46:19 syv: Not sure what you mean by token.
06:46:38 syv: I can buy a Russian pistol now though.
06:46:43 syv: Yeah, I got the Butcher bounty.
06:47:42 syv: The last part was very stressful, because the mission timer was running out, and I had more than 1000 ping.
06:47:53 syv: I had to shoot at zombies and then WAIT to see if my shot hit.
06:48:06 syv: And knifing them was a very bad idea.
07:00:33 Devastator: Someone's not playing Cata.
07:00:38 Devastator: where knifing zombies is a good idea.
07:00:57 ER: knifing zombies is USUALLY a good idea
07:01:36 ER: Though, I'm not sure there's anything left that IS a good idea at 1000 ping
07:01:59 syv: I tended to run past them and miss, which I'd only realize after they started hitting me from behind, because we'd both keep moving after the stab.
07:02:10 syv: Climbing on top of things works well.
07:02:16 Devastator: mmm, grilled cheese.
07:02:20 syv: I killed a meathead from a rooftop, and two packs of dogs.
07:03:44 syv: No, LADDERS are a godsend.
07:04:29 syv: I remember there was a deployable ladder in some ARMA mod, if I could have a deployable ladder in Hunt, I'd take it instead of a rifle.
07:04:56 ER: We should reccomend that as a tool :P
07:05:13 syv: *deploys ladder inside the butcher's labyrinth*
07:05:56 ER: *butcher knocks your ladder over*
07:06:36 syv: It would be ridiculously OP as a tool. Needs to be a primary. Costs like 300$, is rickety as hell, and you can't use a sniper rifle with it.
07:07:16 syv: For 500$ you can get a ladder upgraded with spikes, that is effective for bashing zombies to death.
07:10:46 syv: I'd love to see a video of people trolling the butcher by bashing him to death with ladders.
07:11:39 ER: dear crytech: please add stepladder primary weapon to Hunt: Showdown. Thanks.
07:19:13 Devastator: Found a LP that is wrecking me.
07:19:25 Devastator: You know how you say I'm observant, svy?
07:19:42 Devastator: It's madness watching these people not notice things.
07:20:16 ER: Think that's one game you should just play yourself, rather than watch an LP...
07:20:28 ER: Puzzle games in general are that
07:21:00 ER: Either you don't understand wth the player is doing, or you scream at the screen for a few minutes
07:21:47 syv: Not everyone can have the super perception granted by being blind,
Dev.
07:22:14 syv: Antichamber is a good puzzle game, I recommend it. Though it's a fairly neat one to watch, too.
07:22:46 syv: I have rarely had a better experience stumbling around blindly and fiding
07:23:02 syv: finding rare secrets without having any idea what I'm doing.
07:24:08 syv: Also, filling random corridors with tons of blocks for no reason.
07:25:08 syv: I was sad that blocks would despawn because it meant I couldn't fill the entire maze with blocks.
07:29:29 syv: Take Joy in the fact that you aren't blessed with their idiocy.
07:30:07 Devastator: They're doing pretty good, all things considered.
07:31:00 syv: They figure anything out before you?
07:33:57 Devastator: Yeah, bounce blocks.
07:34:04 Devastator: And really, they're doing well.
07:34:15 Devastator: But there are things I can handle and things that just drive me nuts.
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10:19:19 ER:
syv I have five action posts in P&P
10:19:35 ER: And guess which person didn't send one of those five
10:19:36 syv: Do you need one for Jag...?
10:19:47 syv: His action is "laze about".
10:20:13 syv: I guess he also renames "Marie" to... Whatever
Paris' character was named.
10:21:15 parisbre56: Is this missile just for me?
10:21:44 syv: Jag names all his missiles after living mech pilots.
10:21:56 syv: "Why" is something he's never explained.
10:22:17 parisbre56: I hope there's no curse attached
10:22:27 parisbre56: "If you die as a missile, you die in real life!"
10:23:06 syv: I'm coloring a picture, and looking at thes hexcodes, I think my colorblindness maaay be an issue.
10:27:05 parisbre56: Have you checked the xkcd colour survey? There you can see some color frustration.
10:27:33 parisbre56: "Colorblind people are more likely than non-colorblind people to type “fuck this” (or some variant) and quit in frustration."
10:33:16 syv: IIRC that survey found that the most common variety of colorblindness was monochromatic; many males saw all colors as "penis".
10:34:07 ER: Hmm, does it actually make sense to pit players against large groups of enemies in a game set entirely within a fairly small space? Should Injury have waves of demons or more like a series of boss demons?
10:35:11 parisbre56: It just means they have to make their preparation before the battle
10:35:22 ER: Was going to have groups of demons tracked as single entites, but that might become awkward if I map things.
10:36:03 syv: Track them as groups, and if half go down a different path, just say there's now two groups, each with half health.
10:36:24 syv: If you track groups, then it's easy for a character with a bolt-action scythe to kill like twenty things at once.
10:36:57 ER: ...This think needs to have a tinker system, doesn't it
10:37:23 ER: Otherwise people can't make a combiscythe gunstruct, and that would be a shame.
10:37:48 parisbre56: If you track groups, does that mean each group's strength will also fall as it is damaged? I mean, will a group with half health have half the attack power?
10:39:06 syv: Nah, make them weak, but only have them be able to deal damage as if there were five. So people can chokepoint them.
10:39:10 ER: So far, there's been a group of minor demons with 12HP and 8 Str.
Syv seperated one of them off, meaning that the singular minor demon has 0 str, and if unable to damage him.
10:39:54 parisbre56: Maybe if they get to that point they can get auto-killed the moment the player goes near them
10:40:00 parisbre56: or maybe they run away in terror
10:40:10 parisbre56: Like "where did everyone go? oh shit!"
10:40:41 ER: Well he seperated one off for the purpose of capturing it, so that wouldn't work so well.
10:44:23 syv: I'd support enemies with 0 stength just autofailing combat against anyone competent.
10:44:46 syv: Let them roll against people with zero skill though, just for the hilarity of the slapfight.
10:45:41 ER: Like I said, they can still crit for some damage.
10:48:49 parisbre56: I use it mostly because I find it easier to read on my phone
10:58:38 syv: LOGS?! ONCE AGAIN?! yeeeessssss
10:58:52 syv gives Paris a great big rug
11:02:10 ER: Hmm, looks like what I'm missing by not being logged in is... oz
11:02:32 ER: apparantly he online at the opposite times as me!
11:04:21 parisbre56 looks at big rug, scratching his chin
11:04:30 parisbre56: I have no idea where to put that...
11:05:37 parisbre56: There is no 'ya head' here!
11:07:09 parisbre56: Hey
syv, I was thinking about magical girls... Mind if I ask you a sort of tinker-ish question?
11:08:30 syv: Yes, yes, please tinker! :D
11:09:58 parisbre56: So, I was thinking about styling a character after a knight, you know, armour and all. But a little girl probably won't have the strength to lift heavy armour.
11:10:06 parisbre56: So can you use close combat passively
11:10:13 parisbre56: to cary heavy things?
11:10:24 parisbre56: Or would I have to build some sort of power armour?
11:11:04 syv: Close combat is not passive, so it won't allow you to carry things without being active.
11:11:36 syv: *But* I'm pretty lenient as to equipment weight, so as long as you use close combat when you're doing hard things, it'll work.
11:12:29 syv: And some of the penalties from weight would be mitigated by mobility. If a normal girl would be slowed to a crawl, and you have mobility III, well, your "crawl" is still faster than most people's jog.
11:13:44 syv: (Also, Bravery would actually matter. Talented bravery could walk around in plate armor without *too* much issue, though they'd be exhausted. Cursed Bravery would not.)
11:14:18 parisbre56: If I were to craft something (combine two things to make a third thing) would I roll innocence or creativity? And would it matter if one or both of those things were my totem and I could use high level Totem Manipulation?
11:15:41 syv: These are very suspicious questions,
ER. {-:\
11:16:17 ER: If you want a suspicious question, though...
11:16:29 ER: Can I summon Scimitar totems now?
11:17:27 ER: (That is, hone in on the *specific memory I have of ME summoning a scimitar totem* that I now possess.
11:18:34 syv: Crafting depends on the nature of your work. Innocence would be most mundane things, and anything sciencey. Carpentry and Chemisty would be Innocence. Creativity is for artistic things, where the final result could depend a lot on your whims; wood burning, or carving a sculpture or something. There's overlap, and it'll vary by mood, but generally if it's very mechanical work and you have exact specs, it's Innocence. Idl
11:19:10 syv: If you're crafting with your totem, that's a flat bonus to rolls because totems are Just Better. If you're *crafting your totem*, using totem manip, that's auto-success without a roll.
11:19:29 syv: But the last will requir you to spend soul.
11:19:57 syv: And no,
ER. You didn't eat enough of Isabella for that.
11:20:06 parisbre56: Hm... I see... So probably get a -slave- sidekick to help me work on my equipment... Got it.
11:20:14 ER: Fuck, I need to eat more os Isabella ;P
11:20:40 ER: Also, how does get a sickass fustion of two people's totems?
11:20:52 parisbre56: Okay, thanks, those were my two main questions
11:21:21 syv: Get two people with totems and totem manip, and come up with some way to fuse your totems. :P
11:21:23 parisbre56: (I have some more ideas, especially for combining powers, but I think it's more fun testing those IC)
11:26:07 ER: What are the chances that if I eat another memory I can learn awesome new tricks and also not die
11:29:57 ER: Ah, so the answer should be easy!
11:35:52 syv: Well, if it were definitely 50%, that would still be prdefined.
11:37:43 ER: Thank you, for being entirely unhelpful
11:38:24 ER: imma go hack jag's mech so it only displays nyan cat now
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12:30:55 syv: Well that took way too long and looks terrible.
12:34:35 parisbre56: Give it a few minutes and it will look better
12:35:21 parisbre56: Or look at it through a mirror, that always helps
12:39:35 syv: I am not an artist and I only see flaws.
12:39:58 syv: But that's basically what Pumsy looks like.
12:40:14 parisbre56: That's because you've worked on the image and you know it best
12:40:21 parisbre56: Other people are not going to know how you made it
12:40:31 parisbre56: nor pay too much attention to it
12:40:42 parisbre56: that's my experience anyway
12:41:07 parisbre56: hence why I say looking it from a different persepctive or when you've forgotten about it a bit will make it look better
12:41:18 parisbre56: to me it looks fine
12:41:25 parisbre56: maybe it's the eyes
12:41:55 syv: Also, it's just colored. Did no real lineart.
12:43:55 parisbre56: The way it's fuzz is coloured makes it look slightly unreal, like it's a stuffed animal, but other details are a bit more realistic. That dissonance coupled with the somewhat empty eyes is what makes it a bit creepy I think
12:45:03 parisbre56: Hmmm... Maybe try putting it against a dark background? See how it looks like then?
12:45:30 syv: My phone depicts it against black by default, actually.
12:45:45 parisbre56: ah, ok, let me download it and see
12:46:06 parisbre56: ah, yes, looks better
12:56:07 syv: Hey
Paris, would you be interested in a fan-continuation of
ER? Same exact universe, but reset to the lurker mission, without Maurice, and run by Nik.
12:58:26 parisbre56: I'd be interested, yes, it sounds like fun.
12:58:29 parisbre56: Although it might be better if we find some excuse to use different characters?
12:58:38 parisbre56: At least for those of us who might want to
12:59:09 parisbre56: Also so that we don't start as all powerful tinker gods
13:01:26 syv: Agreed. I think he's considering scrapping the system, maybe even changing the armory, I'unno. He's mostly only got preliminal planning so far, and was intending to run the first test mission with everything straight from
ER, 'cept maybe for the chars.
13:02:09 parisbre56: We can always run a test mission, side-story or prequel style to test the system
13:03:56 parisbre56: Or maybe an alternate universe story where Steve is overtly evil. "Wrath of Steve!"
13:07:27 parisbre56: Why? Is there a problem with Evil Steve?
13:09:41 syv: Nik's super idealistic and I don't see him making Steve--an overall heroic character--a villain.
13:10:45 parisbre56: Ah, I hadn't realized. I mean, it's an alternate history, so it's not like it would be the same guy
13:10:56 parisbre56: Although I guess I understand where he's coming from
13:11:45 parisbre56: I mean, if that's the problem, it can always be Steve's Evil Twin
13:19:27 parisbre56: I think I haven't actually seen any games run by Nik, do you have any examples so I can get a feel for his style?
13:23:42 syv: I don't think he's run *any*.
13:25:07 syv: ...I'm not even sure if he's run any IRC games.
13:27:01 parisbre56: well, I suppose we'll have to wait and see. I think he can plan and do well, if he's determined enough
13:27:06 parisbre56: Anyway, got to go eat
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18:45:15 Radio_Controlled: Good evening you confused Dasein.
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18:53:20 Radio_Controlled: Bouncy connection.
18:53:34 Radio_Controlled: Anyways, seems like Saeko is in it deep.
18:53:57 Devastator: Yeah. Terrible die rolls.
18:54:16 Devastator: I think I crit-failed on either 1/60 or 1/30 odds, depending on if 2 counts as less than half of five or not.
18:54:43 Devastator: And everything is rolling max costs.
18:55:04 Devastator: anyway,
RC, I need to go soonish.
18:55:17 Devastator: You want to watch about half an hour of space combat?
19:24:12 Devastator: Heh, fixed numbers compared to an inflationary system.
19:24:34 Devastator: "You're getting paid 1,000,000 credits!" (I'll find out that it supposedly went to the top fifty rangers.)
19:24:45 Devastator: ..which won't work, because my actual pay will be about 240,000 credits.
19:47:07 Radio_Controlled: Sorry, was afk for a moment there.
19:47:16 Radio_Controlled: But yeah, not your luckiest streak.
19:47:24 Radio_Controlled: Though chalice luck is still holding out at least.
19:47:28 Devastator: Too late anyway, I'm off.
19:47:44 Devastator: Terribly? I just want to end this mission. Climbing that thing would have put Thag in range of the enemy boss.
19:47:54 Devastator: but yeah, heading off.
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20:57:24 Radio_Controlled: No longer [Away]?
20:58:14 parisbre56: I am no longer away.
20:58:25 parisbre56: I am also not a way
20:58:57 Radio_Controlled: Are you maybe aw ay?
21:00:21 parisbre56: I could also be sofa away, if I want to paradise city
21:01:38 Radio_Controlled: Paradise city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty?
21:11:49 Radio_Controlled: Was that serious? I hope not. :/
21:12:23 parisbre56: Well, I think he has no more questions to ask
21:12:30 Radio_Controlled: With a little luck Egan won't have posted before he can do an actual action post.
21:12:31 parisbre56: So he's just waiting for the party to start
21:13:05 Radio_Controlled: The thing I'm afraid of is Egan starting the mission and doing actual actions for the mages while still answering questions from the mechs.
21:13:52 parisbre56: Eh, would that be so bad? What's the worst they could do that they couldn't do if we were moving?
21:14:11 Radio_Controlled: I haven't edited my post yet to add us moving out yet since we haven't confirmed our plan yet basically.
21:14:23 parisbre56: I mean, they're going to execute whatever plan they have anyway
21:14:30 Radio_Controlled: More time for them to set up, and do so at an earlier point of the path.
21:14:57 parisbre56: Well, isn't them setting up at an earlier point actually better for us?
21:15:04 parisbre56: If we go around, I mean
21:15:20 parisbre56: Unless you think they might attack the base
21:15:45 Radio_Controlled: I mean, if they spawn so that it also takes some time for the mages to move to the forest path, then we'll need to move fast to get to that burned out part of the forest path (presumably).
21:15:54 Radio_Controlled: That is also possible, yes.
21:16:32 Radio_Controlled: "If we go around, I mean" hadn't we agreed to not go around but instead burn away the latter parts of the forest along the path?
21:16:52 Radio_Controlled: Or am I mistaken right now?
21:16:54 parisbre56: Ah, correct, I'm thinking of the previous plan, sorry
21:18:47 parisbre56: Have we asked if shields can be used while moving?
21:18:57 parisbre56: because if so, we can keep the shield on all the time
21:19:18 parisbre56: it's 8 turns to move, 8*5=40 arcane
21:19:48 parisbre56: That should help mitigate their alpha strike
21:19:56 parisbre56: actually, let me copy that to discord
21:20:08 Radio_Controlled: We haven't, though we know that all 4 of the logi mechs can fit under the shield.
21:20:41 parisbre56: If the shield is also invisible, that would be even better
21:21:36 Radio_Controlled: 5 A / turn for shield and 5/turn for combat mode. So 80A if we take the minimal amount of time.
21:21:59 Radio_Controlled: Not too shabby.
21:23:04 parisbre56: got to don my mask and become my alter ego
21:23:15 parisbre56:
parisbre56[Away] away!
21:23:22 parisbre56 is now known as parisbre56[Away]
21:36:00 Devastator: Yeah, just pinging you.
21:36:19 Radio_Controlled: Just pinging you back.
21:36:36 Radio_Controlled: Now if we can get someone to start ponging we can get a game going.
21:37:44 Devastator: Though you shouldn't have passed on the Space Rangers if you wanted to play. ;-p
21:38:18 Radio_Controlled: Does that count as passing?
21:39:28 Devastator: Anyway, AVA should be turning it up soonish.
21:40:39 Radio_Controlled: Still no demon conbat.
21:40:52 Radio_Controlled: No combat either!
21:40:54 Devastator: it's coming. Hopefully.
21:41:01 Devastator: Yeah, sadly combat wasn't allowed. ;-p
21:41:04 Radio_Controlled: Yeah. Hopefully.
21:41:11 Devastator: Not like I'm not encouraging combat.
21:41:41 Radio_Controlled: It's what I signed up for.
21:42:09 Devastator: I mean, setting stuff on fire because the game isn't moving yet should be encouraging enough.
21:42:45 Radio_Controlled: Channeling Abu now are we?
21:43:05 Devastator: Eh, it's from not having anything to do, combined with how stupid it is that fire is a controlled substance.
21:43:11 Radio_Controlled: "Nothing is on fire and nothing is exploding. Bored now."
21:43:15 Radio_Controlled: *starts shooting*
21:43:39 Devastator: "Oh, yeah, you're required to be armed at ALL TIMES, but you can't carry a lighter in your pocket."
21:44:02 Radio_Controlled: Take a zippo as your soul weapon.
21:44:13 Devastator: I shouldn't have to.
21:44:30 Radio_Controlled: I guess the world just isn't fair.
21:44:44 Devastator: I could just take a course on 'setting things on fire with your mind' and it'll happen.
21:45:07 Radio_Controlled: That would be hilarious.
21:45:24 Radio_Controlled: Take tons of classes but all focused on becoming a more efficient delinquent.
21:45:32 Radio_Controlled: "graffiti 101"
21:46:13 Radio_Controlled: Sometime later, "making magic resistant paint".
21:46:55 Radio_Controlled: Later still "remedial Rube Goldberg paint contraptions".
21:49:00 Devastator: I don't need the last one, policy provided one for me.
21:49:21 Devastator: Yeah, the bucket thing.
21:49:56 Radio_Controlled: That's not a very impressive Rube Goldberg machine.
21:50:09 Radio_Controlled: No bells, no whistles, no nothing.
21:50:39 Radio_Controlled: Might as well piss in their cornflakes if that's the level of style we're going for. :p
21:51:00 Devastator: There is only so much I can do in three actions,
RC.
21:51:26 Radio_Controlled: There is always the future.
21:52:08 Devastator: There is a long, long list of things that are easy to do that I'll do first,
RC.
21:52:14 Devastator: before I have to actually think about things.
21:52:40 Devastator: Also,
syv thinks Alida's witch-form will be a werewolf pirate.
21:53:14 Radio_Controlled: See, that's what's wrong with kids these days.
21:53:26 Radio_Controlled: No more style, no more /pathos/.
21:54:00 Radio_Controlled: Also who is Alida again?
21:55:05 Devastator: the magical girl in
syv's Pumsy's game.
21:55:17 Devastator: well, not having to actually work to do anything is kinda the point.
21:56:53 Radio_Controlled: What, are you about to die?
21:58:10 Devastator: in
syv's game? Supposedly always.
21:58:54 Radio_Controlled: Supposedly being the key word.
22:04:24 Devastator: well, I'm low on soul.
22:06:06 Radio_Controlled: Put on something by Motown Records?
22:07:50 Devastator: Also,
PW might want to read Prequel.
22:08:06 Radio_Controlled: Still stuck at stairs.
22:08:55 Devastator: It's one image, it doesn't spoil anything.
22:09:09 Devastator: I specifically linked it that way so it wouldn't matter.
22:09:50 Radio_Controlled: Not the first skellie to come up in there.
22:12:09 Devastator: Summon skeletons coming from an amphitheater full of skeletons is funny, though.
22:13:12 Radio_Controlled: The comic had its moments.
22:13:28 Radio_Controlled: When it wasn't kicking the cat into the ground some more.
22:14:15 Devastator: anyway, any advice for Cabal?
22:14:40 Radio_Controlled: How much mana you got right now?
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22:16:48 Radio_Controlled: Also, you're currently caught at the end of one of their hooks, am I right?
22:16:57 Radio_Controlled: No wait, that thing caught a crossbow bolt.
22:17:57 Radio_Controlled: So, you're a bit away from your guards, the bugman and you have fallen.
22:18:56 Radio_Controlled: Could try to steal his ride, you have decent speed.
22:20:28 Radio_Controlled: Could also hope your good END means you recover faster than the bugman and attack it while it is stunned, though you have no real weapons to speak off. Well, outside of the bugman's pole.
22:21:26 Devastator: Nah, I think I'm free from that, just screwed.
22:21:32 Devastator: 1 mana. Everything keeps costing six.
22:21:53 Radio_Controlled: How many teammates did you have left, and how many times have you gotten mana from them? Might not be able to get much more.
22:22:20 Devastator: More than two, and twice.
22:22:58 Radio_Controlled: A lateral move like stealing bugmount and riding off might be your best option of breaking the impasse here, though that does mean abandoning your teammates.
22:23:23 Radio_Controlled: If you can get back and hug you can refill, but at this rate they are winning the war of attrition, so to speak.
22:24:41 Devastator: I'm not stealing a bugmount. There's no way I'm better at riding giant insects than the people who do it all day.
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22:25:44 Radio_Controlled: You have good speed, you might pull it off. Would need some luck with the dice of course.
22:25:57 Devastator: Yeah, but you know.
22:26:10 Devastator: I think I'm only getting out of this captured or if the bugs go away on their own.
22:26:17 Radio_Controlled: I mean, d8 is described as difficult.
22:26:47 Radio_Controlled: I suspect it would be around that in terms of difficulty. Just a guess on my part of course.
22:27:15 Radio_Controlled: Stealing the bugmount would deny it to the bugmen at least, and you might be able to have it trample the bugman that got dismounted.
22:28:42 Radio_Controlled:
Dev mentioned, yeah.
22:29:48 Radio_Controlled: Still stuck at the stairs personally.
22:30:19 Devastator: Eh, d8 at this time seems to mean 'range from 8-8' at this moment. ;-p
22:32:01 Radio_Controlled: Well, you do what you want, but at this rate I'm not sure if you'll win by keeping at it with the things you've been doing. Not to mention you'll need to run back to your bodyguards first before you can hug for mana.
22:32:47 Devastator: I could have won, if the dice didn't hate me so much.
22:33:05 Devastator: But nah, this really seems like running is one of those situations where I just die tired.
22:33:53 Radio_Controlled: Them's the breaks. I /did/ say to go for a second monkey though.
22:34:19 Devastator: Yeah, that could have worked.
22:34:41 Radio_Controlled: Running on foot indeed has very low chances to do anything, but hikacking a bugmount and taking off? That might be the sort of unexpected move that might give you an opening.
22:35:16 Devastator: I think they need the night and mist for some reason.
22:36:32 Radio_Controlled: Could go for a KNOW roll to try and connect dots or something, though with that d4, good luck. Could try to go for senses to try and notice if there's anything about the mist I guess.
22:37:40 Radio_Controlled: Could just take that pole and chuck it at bugman and hope it'll count as a ranged attack and roll speed.
22:37:42 Devastator: Light also scared them off a bit.
22:38:18 Devastator: Also, I'm not actually on the bug to steal it.
22:38:25 Radio_Controlled: d8 speed isn't too bad.
22:38:39 Radio_Controlled: No, but you and bugmen fell off the bugmount, no?
22:39:10 Radio_Controlled: "As it does, one of the insect horsemen breaks from the circling pack and charges in, swinging a catch pole down at you. [2v6] The blow catches you right at the waist and in an instant you've been dragged up into the air, suspended atop the catchpole like a trophy as the bug rides back towards the fog. [4v4] Before it can make it, a crossbow bolt from one "
22:39:23 Radio_Controlled: "from one of your body guards catches it in the shoulder. The blow doesn't injure the creature, thick carapace and all, but it knocks it from the saddle with a wet sucking noise and you both tumble to the ground. "
22:40:25 Radio_Controlled: So hope that good END means you recover faster than bugman (could mention it to
pw so he can roll for it?) and/or roll speed to get on his mount before he does.
22:40:34 Devastator: Yeah, but I was never on the mount at any point.
22:40:45 Devastator: ..also, would the mount just stop or keep running with the other bugmounts?
22:40:47 Radio_Controlled: True, but now you're both on the ground, right?
22:41:07 Radio_Controlled: So you could try to jump on it.
22:41:12 Devastator: I think recovering and running away on the ground back to the group is more likely to succeed than jumping on a bugmount at speed.
22:42:20 Radio_Controlled: Perhaps, but then you're basically back to the situation you were in, and with less mana to boot. Could ask
pw what the bugmount is doing right now I guess, check if it is indeed still running.
22:42:35 Devastator: Same mana, actually. I had 1 last turn too.
22:42:39 Devastator: But yeah, point taken.
22:42:47 Devastator: Nah, I don't think Saeko would abandon the others.
22:43:25 Radio_Controlled: Yeah, that's the big problem with running off. though note that stealing the bugmount doesn't necessarily mean running away.
22:43:28 Devastator: send someone else, but running off on her own just wouldn't be in character.
22:43:36 Radio_Controlled: One way to look at it is that if she gets out, she can recruit a rescue party.
22:43:52 Devastator: Yeah it does. If you take the mount, you run away or you use it to fight, and she has no weapons.
22:44:33 Radio_Controlled: Trample, steal pole as weapon, or take on one of your bodyguards.
22:45:24 parisbre56: I have not been following Cabal, however is there any chance you could surrender now to escape at a more convenient time? Or talk things out? Or maybe take someone hostage?
22:45:39 Radio_Controlled: Hell, maybe there's some weapons attached on the saddle.
22:46:12 Devastator: I'm under attack by bugmen who don't seem to be able to communicate. I tried to surrender earlier.
22:46:24 Radio_Controlled: He's fighting mounted bugmen, I don't think they've shown signs of speaking wizard-English.
22:47:16 Radio_Controlled: Could try to take the fallen bugman hostage I guess, but you have no immediate weapons outside that pole and only d6 str so he might just overpower you.
22:47:46 Radio_Controlled: (that's why I suggested throwing the pole as a spear of sorts, then he might get to roll his d8 speed instead).
22:48:43 Devastator: eh, getting captured might be more interesting than escaping in any case.
22:48:56 Devastator: sticking one or two and timing them out until morning seems possible, if unlikely.
22:50:28 Radio_Controlled: Surrendering is an option, true. They tried to capture you lot alive so there's a chance you'll get some time or be sold or used as slaves or something.
22:50:56 Devastator: Yeah. Taking out weapons might get them irritated, but not at the point where they'll just decide to kill us all.
22:51:09 Devastator: it'll also make it harder for them to do that, while still letting them run away.
22:51:11 Radio_Controlled: Or maybe the bugqueen prefers living hors d'oeuvres. :D
22:52:38 Devastator: hey, in transit, probably going to be chances for hugs.
22:52:53 Radio_Controlled: @
ER would making a very small explosion lower the difficulty you think?
22:53:02 Devastator: 'I summon an ape inside the bug queen's belly.'
22:53:55 Radio_Controlled: If yes, instead of exploding her head, make a tiny explosion at the base of her skull/spine, that should be debilitating even if the explosions is very small. I think, maybe. Possibly.
22:56:29 Devastator:
ER, making an explosion smaller?
22:57:28 ER: Making small explosion is easier, placing it farther away or more exactly is harder.
22:57:28 Radio_Controlled: By the way,
parisbre56, if all this cabal talk is piquing your interest, the game is always open for new wizards to burn everything down.
22:58:25 Radio_Controlled: Yeah, there's the chance that the aiming might cancel out the reduction in power. Though a small splosion anywhere in her head would probably prevent her from doing much for a turn or two at least.
22:58:36 ER: I'm going to go for moderate head explosion because it's both impossible to tank an explosion inside your skull, and if it misses or she dodges it's still a face-bang
22:59:24 Radio_Controlled: It'll be entertaining to see either way.
22:59:43 parisbre56: I might check it out sometime. Is it perplexicon-like? Or more mad max with wizards?
22:59:50 Radio_Controlled: Now watch her be a channeler as well.
23:00:24 Radio_Controlled: More like the second I think. The magic system is fairly laissez-faire.
23:00:29 parisbre56: ah, mad max with wizards
23:01:04 Radio_Controlled: Basically, you are a wizard (or someone else even), here is a big world of post-apoc magic, have fun.
23:01:49 parisbre56: less arena, more adventure/exploration
23:02:04 Devastator: well, you can fight people all you want.
23:02:11 Radio_Controlled: Yeah, though if you wanna fight in an arena, there's that as well.
23:02:22 Radio_Controlled: Or go hunt bandits.
23:03:13 Radio_Controlled: Painting -for- mobsters.
23:03:24 Radio_Controlled: Or go on a cave adventure!
23:03:36 Radio_Controlled: Protip: pack a lunch. It's gonna take a while.
23:04:04 ER: let me explore your painted world
23:04:14 Radio_Controlled: If you like tinkering, that's a possibility as well.
23:04:26 Radio_Controlled: Make
pw squirm with your technomagical tomfoolery.
23:05:36 Radio_Controlled: The amount of freedom is a little daunting or even overwhelming for some people, but personally I like it quite a bit.
23:06:11 Radio_Controlled: Just gotta figure out what kind of thing you'd like to be doing, then go find that thing.
23:06:50 Devastator: anyway, three people on.
23:07:35 parisbre56: Hm... There is a lot of choice. Going to have to think about it. See if there's anything that inspires me.
23:07:36 ER: no matter how many times you ask
23:07:41 parisbre56: I also need some time to read the rules
23:08:08 Radio_Controlled: If you need help at any point, feel free to ask.
23:13:48 Radio_Controlled: You could always spawn near another player as well if you don't feel like playing alone. Pan and me wouldn't mind more people along for the ride, and I think leng&rgu wouldn't either.
23:14:06 Radio_Controlled: Though playing in a group would limit your options a little of course.
23:14:25 ER: come join me as a mage breaker! :P
23:14:45 ER: Just as soon as I explode this lady's head and manage to actually join the breakers
23:14:55 Radio_Controlled: You just want someone to come bail you out of your pickle!
23:15:08 Devastator: everyone is trying to become a mage breaker, the most boring of all professions.
23:15:12 parisbre56: Eh, I don't mind joining a group. If I wanted to play alone and make some grand empire or something I'd join one of those games.
23:15:20 Radio_Controlled: But nay! This pickle is yours alone!
23:15:34 parisbre56: It's better to make your evil empire with friends
23:15:43 ER: Oh come on, I can get out of this, easy. :P
23:16:27 Radio_Controlled: Maybe we should open a betting pool to see whether you or
dev will be the first to escape your predicament.
23:16:29 ER: It's not boring when I get to crack your head,
Dev.
23:16:42 ER: Also the most boring profession is space ranger
23:17:09 Devastator: Like you've seen it.
23:17:14 Radio_Controlled: The most boring profession is space ranger HR person.
23:17:15 Devastator: Recreational piracy is best piracy.
23:17:40 ER: I'm facing less enemies, have a more combat-focused character, have more mana, and a deadly offenceive word.
23:17:57 Radio_Controlled: Yeah, but
dev has more ablative armor.
23:18:17 Radio_Controlled: And a sweet mount if he would ACTUALLY STEAL THE DAMN THING.
23:18:44 Radio_Controlled: He also had a monkey, once upon a time.
23:18:53 ER: I have a theoretically-useful hostage on my side?
23:19:10 Radio_Controlled: Hmm, I guess you do.
23:19:32 parisbre56: I remember
dev had a giant monkey
23:19:37 parisbre56: what happened to that?
23:19:46 Radio_Controlled: Magic happened.
23:19:52 Radio_Controlled: He rolled a 1.
23:20:04 Radio_Controlled: While trying to buff the monkey. It died screaming.
23:20:21 Devastator: anyway, stream's up.
23:20:26 Devastator: twitch.tv/kofiman19
23:22:13 Radio_Controlled: I think the only magic word I've used up till now is 'viscera', huh.
23:22:45 parisbre56: Too bad it didn't become a really weak monkey.
23:22:46 parisbre56: Maybe then he could had given it to the bugs as a peace offering.
23:23:57 Devastator: ahh, recreational piracy.
23:23:57 Radio_Controlled: "Offering a weak ape? That is the gravest of insults in our culture! We shall have your head for this!"
23:23:59 Radio_Controlled: But, you know, in bugman chitters.
23:24:17 Devastator: just stole a quick 1600 credits from some passing liner.
23:24:32 Radio_Controlled: What did they do to you?
23:24:45 Radio_Controlled: That is not very ranger-y.
23:25:04 Devastator: It flew next to me when I had lots of guns an no urgent mission.
23:25:15 parisbre56: Well, there aren't any space parks, I guess, so the unemployment makes them turn to space piracy
23:25:31 Radio_Controlled: I'm gonna have to take your space badge for that.
23:25:37 Radio_Controlled: Leave it on my space desk.
23:25:44 Radio_Controlled: Your space gun as well.
23:25:49 Devastator: They know rangers do stuff like that.
23:26:21 ER: Pirates will be shot on sight.
23:26:31 Radio_Controlled: Openly corrupt law enforcement?
23:26:46 Radio_Controlled: What is this, [place I don't like]?
23:27:15 Devastator: There was a military ship right next to me that just ignored it and continued on.
23:27:29 Radio_Controlled: I kinda sorta wanted to, but given the audience feared the gun-toting backlash.
23:28:06 ER: Nah mate, I'll shoot you regardless of if you insult my land~
23:28:10 Radio_Controlled: Next thing you know I'm mounted above some dude's porch or something.
23:29:22 Devastator: Ahh, more random piracy.
23:29:43 Devastator: It's a good way to pad out the funds while you're just flying around.
23:30:03 Radio_Controlled: And no bad repercussions?
23:30:24 Devastator: Eh, I lose some rep on local planets, but small potatoes.
23:30:49 Devastator: I just liberated a system, so nobody cares.
23:30:57 Radio_Controlled: So nothing then.
23:31:05 parisbre56: "That guy saved us from the space invaders, so I guess we can let him loot our cars."
23:31:07 Devastator: Yeah, it can be significant.
23:31:10 Devastator: but you can do some of that.
23:31:20 Devastator: Yeah,
paris, it's legal. They know rangers do some of that.
23:31:53 Radio_Controlled: "Maybe we were better off under the invaders."
23:31:58 parisbre56: "Oh, those whacky rangers! Always up to their piracy! Hahaha!"
23:32:21 Devastator: Individual planets get pissed off at you, but if you spread it around and don't do it too much, consider it taking advantage of opportunities afforded by you fighting space fleets in space.
23:33:41 parisbre56: So the mission is "kill the robots, but don't kill them too hard because we want to loot them afterwards".
23:33:46 Radio_Controlled: The sequel had you fighting space fleets underground, but it just wasn't the same.
23:34:30 Devastator: Yeah, you watching it,
Paris?
23:34:39 Devastator: I'll explain it through voice if so.
23:35:01 parisbre56: Eh, was watching for a bit
23:35:08 parisbre56: But I'll have to go to sleep soon
23:41:04 Radio_Controlled: Should be going to bed any second now.
23:41:12 Radio_Controlled: Aaaaaany second now.
23:45:18 Radio_Controlled: Good night now my sweet mothbabies.
23:45:24 Radio_Controlled: Till we meet next time.
23:45:41 Radio_Controlled: And remember, stay away from the flames, they promise nothing but lies!
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