[adamu]

Thanks. I assume you are talking about the character history on OP.
It's kind of episodic and bare bones.
My dream is to flesh all the various episodes out more fully through flashbacks - have done a few of them over the past year over on Dumpshock.
Long way still to go.

[Aria]

I, too, like the idea of some sort of passing knowledge.  Adamu and I are trying to work something out from 20 years ago.

Let's see if I can continue.

On the fifth day of Christmas, the shadow sent to me
Fiiiiiiiive competing Corps
A risqué French adept
Three bold companions
Two dark omens
And a blind girl in a book store

On the sixth day of Christmas, the shadow sent to me
Six NDM Zealots
Fiiiiiiiiive competing Corps
A risqué French adept
Three bold companions
Two dark omens
And a blind girl in a book store

On the seventh day of Christmas, the shadow sent to me
Seven missions pending
Six NDM Zealots
Fiiiiiiive competing Corps
A risqué French adept
Three bold companions
Two dark omens
And a blind girl in a book store

On the eighth day of Christmas, the shadow sent to me
Eight KE thugs
Seven missions pending
Six NDM zealots
Fiiiiiiiiive competing Corps
A risqué French adept
Three bold companions
Two dark omens
And a blind girl in a book store

On the ninth day of Christmas, the shadow sent to me
Nine cars exploding
Eight KE thugs
Seven missions pending
Six NDM zealots
Fiiiiiiive competing Corps
A risqué French adept
Three bold companions
Two dark omens
And a blind girl in a book store

On the tenth day of Christmas, the shadow sent to me,
Ten Harlequins leaping
Nine cars exploding
Eight KE thugs
Seven missions pending
Six NDM zealots
Fiiiiiive competing Corps
A risqué French adept
Three bold companions
Two dark omens
And a blind girl in a book store

On the eleventh day of Christmas, the shadow sent to me
One eTher Drake (Again, who even wants to meet more than one)
Ten Harlequins leaping
Nine cars exploding
Eight KE thugs
Seven Missions pending
Six NDM zealots
Fiiiiiiiiiive competing Corps (Ba dum dum dum)
A risqué French adept
Three bold companions
Two dark omens
And a blind girl in a book store

On the twelfth day of Christmas, the shadow sent to me
Twelve Houses Below us
One eTher drake
Ten Harlequins leaping
Nine cars exploding
Eight KE thugs
Seven missions pending
Six NDM zealots
Fiiiiiiiive competing Corps (Ba dum dum dum)
A risqué French adept
Three bold companions
Two dark omens

(Come on.  Sing it with me!)

And......a.......blind.......girl......in.......a......book.......store.


Apologies in advance if anyone is upset.  And thanks to all who read it all the way through.

Made me laugh, definitely worth a bonus karma point!

Hope you're all enjoying this time as best you can. I don't expect you'll get much input from me now until the New Year. A

[Aria]

Oh, and CoF will be set in/under London!

[Mercy Merchant]

Thanks, boss.  I can always use another karma point.  I had fun with the song and it mostly follows the original in tune.

[BrickyardBabe]

So it begins.

Hopping over to OP to start getting set up. I think I have Phe- I mean, Calista's sheet ready to roll. Kind of ended up playing the "How much crap can I shovel onto her without actually putting metal in her body, and how can I make it into a cohesive whole rather than a giant pule of mechanical oddities?"

[obidancer]

Calista:

[Mercy Merchant]

Oooh.  Very nice.  Could I ask for a Robyn as well?  I really like what you did for Tanya, as well as all the others I have seen.

[BrickyardBabe]

Oh, wow. That is really cool. Thanks! She's a little darker than I had in mind, but that's definitely getting used. If not on her then on Melissa, who will probably get almost as much screen time, since she's Calista's handler/owner/mistress/fixer.

[Csjarrat]

i take it that the escort mission isnt going to get any more updates? we stalled mid-combat as there was nothing back from GM

[Jack_Spade]

@Csjarrat
indeed, Tribal Beats is for now a more free form RPG

@TB: I want to apologise for the lack of oomph I've been putting in to this IC thread...I've shot myself in the foot a bit by splitting you, player loss being the big issue.  I will probably consider time jumping you back to the Tribe for a hero's welcome and then starting something fresh for you (unless anyone really objects and wants to plough on?!?).  It will probably be more 'run orientated' rather than the snapshot scenes I'd originally envisaged...but I would also like to explore more character motivation stuff so if there's anything you'd like to investigate please PM me or mention it here.

Tribes is one game where it would be great to just explore 'life' without the need for constant combat encounters but I'm beginning to see that it isn't easy to run a pbp game like that...with PC buy-in it could be done but it might not be everyone's cup of tea?!?

Depending on responses I may pause TB in Jan in favour of a one-shot 'adventure' and then pick it up again as background to a more traditional 'run' after that.

[Csjarrat]

ok, cool. thanks, must have missed that update

[BrickyardBabe]

So apparently the two newcomers to CoP/CoF, Anguish and Lysander, know each other...intimately. We've created a side thread to lock down a few of their meetings and assignations if anyone wants to read it. Its called "Kanyeshna."

[adamu]

@Jack - TB

Cool!
You want to roll dice and stuff? I'm game. I was just going to fluff it, but this will be totally fun.

Okay your guy got an initiative of 12, but even though he was ready for a fight, Thorn's attack surprise him. So he's basically not going until 2 on the second pass.
He'll also get no defense again your thrown bottle, so give me that roll and I'll do his soak. Is that a plastic or glass bottle???
At professional rating 1, these guys should fold at a tap anyway.

Al's intiative is 26, and he's not surprised.

He'll just launch into the guy, not using Killing Hands. Full Offense maneuver, which drops his initiative to 21.

Attack
Full offense unarmed attack on my guy: 13d6t5 6
Limit is 5, though.
Damage is 4S plus the five hits.

A defense roll
Basic defense roll against my guy: 16d6t5 4
If I get hit anyway, I'll Edge a reroll - too humiliating to get by anything this guy throws at me!

[Jack_Spade]

You know, dice don't lie. And I enjoy the rise and fall of chance.

Thorn's Ini:
Ini: 12+2d6 20

The surprise throw is a Suprise throw: 11d6t5 5 cut down to 3 successes, due to being an improvised weapon.
I was thinking a glas bottle, so (STR) P = 10 P
Soak: 16d6t5 5
My thug takes 5 S before the fun begins

Thorn wastes no time and charges the guy with a shot to the nuts (Jiao Di) Vitals Shot
Charge (Jiao Di) Vitals: 12d6t5 4
7 STR +1 Jiao Di +2 Vitals = 10S + Successes

I'll leave his Ini and his mode of defense up to you (don't forget his -1 to everything from his 5S damage) 


Al's Thug tries of course to defend Ini: 8+1d6 10
Seeing your charge he tries to Block it with his meager knowledge of unarmed combat for -5 Ini
Defense: 11d6t5 1
So that's 8S going straight to him.
Soak: 16d6t5 7

Free action brings the spur out to play.
And he goes straight for Al's gut:
Spur strike: 9d6t5 4
Nearly hit you, but only scratched your side.
But he manages to soak most of it.
Tough guy indeed!

[Mercy Merchant]

Did you guys switch the play from Tribal Beats to here?  Or was this the overall OOC place?