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Post by Rigil Kent on Jan 25, 2020 11:19:46 GMT -6
It occurs to me that we established in Giger's run of S3M how Taareh duel: shirtless with blades. So Baefre may find himself trying to kill a dude with a sword in the next session.
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Post by Rigil Kent on Feb 1, 2020 0:02:52 GMT -6
Shit. I forgot to ask: what were you guys going to do about the pilot? The lawyer guy (Evan Sanderson) and the overweight guy (Pasha Trevix) also argued about what to do there; Evan believes you should bury him while Pasha is all like "screw that. Let's get out of here now." Survival Kit The kit is designed to save up to a dozen survivors after a crash and contains the following: - Rifle plus 50 rounds
- Hatchet
- Field medical kit
- 12 Personal survival kits
- 12 Sets of emergency cold weather clothing
- 12 Combination masks plus extra filters
- Field rations for 60 person-days (5 days for 12 people)
- 4 Bulk water storage containers with filters
- 4 Cold light lanterns/beacons good for about 100 hours’ operation each
- Water purification kit
Each personal survival kit is contained in a small backpack, enabling it to be quickly grabbed in a serious emergency. The pack has a fold-out section that turns it into a emergency shelter/sleeping bag. In addition, each pack contains the following: - Small knife
- Fire-starting equipment
- Cold light flashlight good for about 24 hours’ operation
- 6 Chemical lightsticks good for about 12 hours each
- Blanket/poncho and headcover
- 4 days’ preserved rations for 1 person
- Water bottle
- Compass
- Light cord
- Mirror
- Water purification tablets
- Survival manual
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Post by WxMAN on Feb 1, 2020 0:30:18 GMT -6
Evan believes you should bury him while Pasha is all like "screw that. Let's get out of here now." Rostya votes bury - he is confident in his ability to survive in the wilds and does not like to leave a man behind (and non-enemies deserve burial).
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Post by Magman on Feb 1, 2020 23:11:54 GMT -6
Evan believes you should bury him while Pasha is all like "screw that. Let's get out of here now." Rostya votes bury - he is confident in his ability to survive in the wilds and does not like to leave a man behind (and non-enemies deserve burial). Baefre agrees with Rostya bury the man, although my confidence in surviving is not as high as Rostya due to injuries. He would not expect any different. One other thing I will ditch the case with my Cutlass and strap it on easier to carry and easier access.
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Post by LabRat on Feb 2, 2020 22:54:51 GMT -6
Anya says leave him. She is the only one who noticed the dog fighting while they were in the air, so she knows this was a planned attack. She has living people, many who are injured, that she needs to bring to safety and time is of the essence. She will make an effort to search for and bring back some identifying property (something equivalent to a dog tag?)to turn in once they reach safety
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Post by CommJunkee on Feb 3, 2020 11:17:56 GMT -6
I like the grab the pilot's dog tags idea. Note: my PC is not a mil-type, and sorry not-sorry the pilot is dead, there are hostiles in the area. The time/effort to get the body out, dig a hole, and cover it. Even active mil-types wouldn't take the time if hostilities were eminent. The ship has a beacon, the ship has a filed log, so the identity of the pilot are known. The beacon will attract many, friendly and unfriendly alike. There has also likely been a mayday call from the pilots when the shit started happening.
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Post by Gigermann on Feb 3, 2020 13:13:11 GMT -6
Ephraim is going to suggest a compromise: put the body in a bag/container (survival sleeping bag, maybe?) and take him away from the site, and bury him wherever/whenever we stop.
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Post by LabRat on Feb 3, 2020 13:22:15 GMT -6
Ephraim is going to suggest a compromise: put the body in a bag/container (survival sleeping bag, maybe?) and take him away from the site, and bury him wherever/whenever we stop. Death Stranding the TTRPG?
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Post by Rigil Kent on Feb 6, 2020 9:47:20 GMT -6
FYI, thinking of relocating my seatage to probably where MagMan generally sits so I'm more equidistant to everyone. And the human megaphone that is CommJunkee is closer at hand so I can throw something at him.
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Post by LabRat on Feb 6, 2020 10:45:43 GMT -6
FYI, thinking of relocating my seatage to probably where MagMan generally sits so I'm more equidistant to everyone. And the human megaphone that is CommJunkee is closer at hand so I can throw something at him. Then I can stare at you from across the table and make you nervous
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Post by Rigil Kent on Feb 7, 2020 23:39:16 GMT -6
Realized after the fact (because of course I did!) that I didn't answer WxMAN's question about the glowy plant things properly. When he asked, "Is that native as well?" the answer from Emiko was "As far as I know it is. It was here before I was." She's only been in District 6 for about 10 years tops, so that doesn't mean the glowy pants couldn't be imported as well...
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Post by Rigil Kent on Feb 8, 2020 1:43:16 GMT -6
Based on comments I overheard, two House Rules I'm thinking of implementing:
1. The DM (Dice Modifier) applied for larger creatures also automatically counts as "Armour" (so as to mitigate the damage thing Giger mentioned - easier to hit, but with effect of roll going to damage, easier to damage.) So a +1 Large creature provides you a +1 to hit, but has +1 Armour.
2. All skills that rely on effects (e.g., Medic for first aid) have a minimum effect of 1 with "success by 0"; you add the effect to this 1. So a Medic by 0 provides +1 hit back to the target, but one by 6 provides 7 hits back.
Thoughts?
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Post by Gigermann on Feb 8, 2020 10:22:55 GMT -6
Simple enough. I was wondering earlier if people have posted their house-fixes online somewhere to be nicked.
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Post by Rigil Kent on Feb 8, 2020 14:09:20 GMT -6
Also ... Attachments:
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Post by WxMAN on Feb 8, 2020 21:53:13 GMT -6
1. The DM (Dice Modifier) applied for larger creatures also automatically counts as "Armour" (so as to mitigate the damage thing Giger mentioned - easier to hit, but with effect of roll going to damage, easier to damage.) So a +1 Large creature provides you a +1 to hit, but has +1 Armour. I'm fine with this, the only question is, because I haven't read it, if the large "template" (or equivalent) already factors that in through extra armor or HP or whatever - in which case it is unneeded. It was definitely a good catch by Giger, though 2. All skills that rely on effects (e.g., Medic for first aid) have a minimum effect of 1 with "success by 0"; you add the effect to this 1. So a Medic by 0 provides +1 hit back to the target, but one by 6 provides 7 hits back. Seems reasonable. Another question will be what a fail by 1 is... should it be 0 (ie, the effect is DM+1) or should it be -1, in which case you have this odd discontinuity where you never have a 0 effect, but it is probably "better" in terms of mechanical consistency with MGT2e
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Post by LabRat on Feb 9, 2020 21:55:42 GMT -6
Both sounds fine with me. Easy peasy!
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Post by Rigil Kent on Feb 14, 2020 18:05:19 GMT -6
Re: medical bills
p109 of M2TE: "An injured Traveller who needs hospital care for a prolonged period will pay approximately Cr100 per month per Tech Level (at TL11+ doctors may just use Medicinal Slow in many cases). Surgery costs 1D x Cr50 x Tech Level."
This will obviously need to be amended to days, but that's doable since it's just math and some of you freaks actually like math. Still seems pretty low to me though since, before insurance, I think my 4-6 hour ER visit for what turned out to be the gall bladder thing in 2018 was 15K, and I think the actual removal of it was (before insurance) 30K? It was something absurd.
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Post by Rigil Kent on Feb 26, 2020 15:26:26 GMT -6
So, in my continued search for rules errata and the like, I discovered a line in the Cepheus Engine SRD (which are the rules that Mongoose Traveller uses as a basis - think of this as equivalent to d20 SRD with Traveller being D&D or Pathfinder or d20 Modern) about healing:
I'll add this to the Portal as a House Rule ... I think I've got a section for that...
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Post by Rigil Kent on Mar 17, 2020 10:19:03 GMT -6
Something to keep in mind: Zernebog Habitat is "home" which is where we're heading. As I stated on Friday, the next bit is going to be an "interlude" between official "Adventures" so keep in mind some of the usual things: - Is there a "post-mission" tradition for this crew? FREX, in Giger's S3M, we had a bar/pup we always frequented.
- Where does your character live? What kind of housing?
- Does your character have a SO or other family?
Pay is currently looking to be this per month based off skillset: - Anya: Pilot-2 (7200cr)
- Baefre: Pilot-0 (6000cr)
- Ephraim: Pilot-1 (6600cr)
- Ilik: Pilot-1 (6600cr)
- Rostya: Steward-0 (3000cr)
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Post by WxMAN on Mar 18, 2020 18:50:32 GMT -6
Rostya: Steward-0 (3000cr) Is there a particular reason Rostya wouldn't work as a Mechanic-1?
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Post by Rigil Kent on Mar 18, 2020 19:26:17 GMT -6
Rostya: Steward-0 (3000cr) Is there a particular reason Rostya wouldn't work as a Mechanic-1? There isn't a mechanic-based pay schedule. He's not an engineer, so using the Engineer pay schedule doesn't work ... What I was using was this (from Traveller core): Salary: Pilot Cr6000 Salary: Astrogator Cr5000 Salary: Engineer Cr4000 Salary: Steward Cr2000 Salary: Medic Cr3000 Salary: Gunner Cr1000 Salary: Marine Cr1000 Which means I was wrong with the steward angle to begin with. Should have been 2K/mo instead ... but he's got Medic-1, so that should be 3300 instead of 3000. ETA: This is one of the reasons I was thinking of just averaging all the salaries, then giving that average to everyone...
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Post by LabRat on Mar 19, 2020 7:03:03 GMT -6
ETA: This is one of the reasons I was thinking of just averaging all the salaries, then giving that average to everyone... I wouldn't definitely be all for this as it is just fair for everyone.
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Post by Rigil Kent on Mar 19, 2020 11:49:14 GMT -6
ETA: This is one of the reasons I was thinking of just averaging all the salaries, then giving that average to everyone... I wouldn't definitely be all for this as it is just fair for everyone. This is a confusing response. I feel like it's contradictory, probably due to a typo.
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Post by LabRat on Mar 19, 2020 12:37:35 GMT -6
I wouldn't definitely be all for this as it is just fair for everyone. This is a confusing response. I feel like it's contradictory, probably due to a typo. Blarg...typo. I WOULD be in favor it is. Sorry, I've been at work since 3:45 this morning and I'm sleepy
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Post by Rigil Kent on Mar 23, 2020 15:51:53 GMT -6
I have purchased and downloaded the Traveller mod for Fantasy Grounds should circumstances make it so gaming at the Dog Pound turns out to be problematic. Just ... FYI...
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Post by CommJunkee on Mar 24, 2020 7:27:35 GMT -6
I have purchased and downloaded the Traveller mod for Fantasy Grounds should circumstances make it so gaming at the Dog Pound turns out to be problematic. Just ... FYI... I have spare Fantasy Grounds licenses for those who have need. Just give me a heads up. You can get FGII here: Fantasy Grounds download.. If you want to use one of my many spare licenses, just download the 'demo', and use the license I provide.
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Post by Rigil Kent on Mar 24, 2020 10:06:45 GMT -6
^^ I think the spare licenses is the way to go. I didn't buy the Ultimate license - can't afford it, to be honest - so I think I might be limited to the number of people I can host who don't have real licenses?
I can have the FG server running this p.m. (presuming Giger can flip the proper switch in the apt internet), or if it works better for some of you "work from home" types, I can leave it running tomorrow when I come in to work. I'll post the connection info later.
We also need to figure out audio. We've got the Core Group discord server that I set up a while back (https://discord.gg/K8PXFh) but we don't really use, although I suppose we could probably also use the TeamSpeak that we normally use on Saturdays - I can check with Ronnke to see if he's cool with that and considering he was talking about lurking on the game to see if there were some things he could steal from the Traveller ruleset for the GURPS one, I don't think he'd have issue with that. It just comes down to preference...do any of you have one?
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Post by Gigermann on Mar 24, 2020 11:13:07 GMT -6
Ronnke lets other people use the TS server, too, so I'm sure he's fine with it. But Discord may be easier?
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Post by LabRat on Mar 24, 2020 12:09:19 GMT -6
It is hard to have an opinion when we have never done this before. So I think N8 and I will follow y'alls lead. Just point us in a direction and we will do it
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Post by WxMAN on Mar 24, 2020 13:20:21 GMT -6
Has anyone ever tried Roll20?
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