“Worry about that later” says Charun “right now you need firepower” he heads over to a computer terminal next to the chamber labelled *Psychokinesis* and starts pushing buttons, he manages to turn the thing on, but not much else, you roll your eyes at his hamfistedness with the terminal.

What do you want to do?

>I need to learn how to use my existing power first
>Activate a new power (options in next post)
>Ask about the history of this place
>Ask general information about this place
>Ask about your father
>Ask other question (what?)

Both Charun and the Teacher are on hand to answer questions.

>>36892082
>Ask about the history of this place

>>36892082
>>I need to learn how to use my existing power first
No time dallying, gotta git gud first.

[Metapost]

I have been reading the feedback of players regarding how vague the addictions are, I am proposing the following new rules. This is a draft and so changes may be made and I am always open to suggestions.

Drug Addiction: You regularly use a variety of drugs including stimulants, sedatives and recreational drugs. The drugs you use are not harmful unless taken in very large doses. If you go too long without a fix, you don’t feel well and will take penalties.
You take penalties whilst using drugs.

Vampire Bite Addiction: You really like it when a vampire drinks your blood.
Ashley is the only vampire to have bitten you.

Feeding one addiction makes the other seem less painful.
XP: You gain 2 extra XP/thread (1 per addiction). More may be gained by roleplaying the flaws appropriately.

Drug Addiction Rules
If Shee takes drugs then she suffers a -2 penalty to all rolls for an hour – larger doses result in larger penalties.

If Shee does not take drugs for 3 days or more then she suffers a -2 penalty to both Agility and Fellowship.
After a week these penalties rise to -4; after a month they rise to -6.
Taking drugs or getting bitten by a vampire resets the clock.

Bite Addiction Rules
Shee feels the urge to get bitten at varying intensity depending upon how long it was until she was last bitten.

Very Weak Desire: Shee feels this level of desire for up to 8 hours after being bitten.
Weak Desire: Shee feels this level of desire for up to 16 hours after Very Weak Desire ends.
Moderate Desire: Shee feels this level of desire for up to 3 days after Weak Desire ends.
Strong Desire: Shee feels this level of desire for up to 1 week after Moderate Desire ends.
Very Strong Desire: Shee feels this level of desire for up to 3 months after Strong Desire ends.
After 3 months of Very Strong Desire, Shees Bite Addiction goes dormant, being bitten by a vampire will immediately re-set the duration at Very Weak Desire.
Being around vampires will remove the dormancy modifier after enough time has passed.

When feeling any level of Desire, Shee must make a Willpower check when faced with the temptation of being Bitten by a vampire. The level of temptation varies with the level of desire felt – the stronger the desire, the less it takes to tempt her.
At Very Weak Desire only explicit requests/offers from vampires to bite her will trigger a roll.
At Very Strong Desire simply being near vampires will require a roll.

A failed Will roll means Shee will do anything she can to get the vampire to bite her. Shee will usually recognise the situation before it happens, giving her the option of leaving or taking drugs.

The Will roll DCs are as follows:

Base
Average vamp, DC 10
Trustworthy vamp, DC 15
Best friends, DC 20 (e.g. Ash)
Desire
Very Weak Desire, DC -0
Weak Desire, DC +2
Moderate Desire, DC +4
Strong Desire, DC +6
Very Strong Desire, DC +8
Circumstances
Some Reason Not To, DC -4 (i.e. anything that would make the request weird and embarrassing, such as being around friends)
Strong Reason Not To, DC -8 (i.e. vamp is untrustworthy, a known enemy, an asshole, something similar)
Recently taken Drugs (last 6 hours), DC -5

Other
Forced, DC NA
Shee has no experience with non-consensual biting, a vampire trying to bite her by force does not trigger a roll.
Shee initiates, DC -1 (or lower)
If Shee initiates (requests) to be bitten, she feels more in control of the situation

Being Bitten
Being bitten is a very pleasurable experience for Shee (and the vampire) whilst being bitten, Shee is essentially helpless and insensible to the world around her.
Being bitten does damage to her hit points and Constitution. The Constitution loss recovers at 1 point per day, the hit point loss heals normally.

Questions and comments welcome.

Lewds
We’ve had some interesting write-in requests so far.
Smut is not the main focus of this quest.
I may write sex scenes when I feel like it. If I do they will be few and far between. I do not anticipate any happening soon.
Romance will not be present as an in-character option during the first 10 threads or so, romantic write-ins will be ignored until further notice.

XP
Last thread 6XP was gained, two anons suggested different XP uses, no one else commented. I have not yet spent this XP.

For anons help and feedback in writing the addiction rules, a further 5XP has been gained. Shee has 11XP unspent.

I will award XP for art, written work, rules help and ideas etc. If I think it merits such a reward.

[End Metapost]

>>36892130
>>36892138
>>36892141
IT'S LIKE I'M REALLY PLAYING D&D.

>>36892082
>I need to learn how to use my existing power first

>>36892158
The players requested more mechanics to the addiction.

>>36892082
>I need to learn how to use my existing power first


The new rules sound good to me. As long as we're forced to deal with our addictions, I'm happy.

“Tell me about this place” you say to the Teacher “Who built it, how long has it been here, why is it hidden out in the desert?”

“The facility was built in Imperial Year 9171” says the Teacher “It was built by the Government of Apollyon to train psychics, it was expanded during the Themi invasion. Its mission parameters required secrecy.”

“What mission parameters?” you ask

“You do not have the level of clearance required for that information” it responds.

Huh Ok, you try a different track “Who was in charge?”

“Professor Frederk Galterin was the first head of the facility” says the Teacher “Would you like to access his records?”

“Yes please” you say

“You do not have the level of clearance required for that information” it responds, then adds “one video log is unclassified, would you like to view it?”

“Uh sure” you respond.

The Teacher dissolves, to be replaced by a hologram of a taired looking man in rumpled and stained clothing, sat at a desk with his head in his hands. The detail is high enough that you can see he looks very old, and very tired. He’s sat slumped over with his head in his hands.

“Facility Log date, oh who the hell cares” he says in a tired voice “It’s over, we’ve lost. The Themi now control the entire world. The last planetary defences forces surrendered 6 hours ago, I’m putting the facility in lockdown. All of my students are dead, and I killed them. This is Professor Galterin, signing off.” The record ends and the Teacher reappears.

Well that was...informative.

“Before I get new powers” you say to both the Teacher and Charun “I need to know how to use my existing power first.”

“Follow me this way” says the Teacher, his hologram walks out of the room, occasionally flickering as different holoemitters are projecting him, sometimes losing focus as a broken one tries to project the image.

“This is wasting time” says Charun, as you follow the Teacher. Clumsy follows along, looking wary, but not as terrified as before.

The Teacher leads to you what appears to be a combination of obstacle course and firing range, it directs you to a circular metal plate on the floor “please stand there.”

You don’t see any danger so you stand on the metal plate.

“According to my scans” says the Teacher “You have only just activated the Psychoportation power of Teleportation, would you like to undergo a beginners course?”

“How long will this take?” you ask

“The course will last 12 hours” responds the Teacher.

“Told you” says Charun.

“We can still get back today” you respond. Still, that’s the entire day.

What do you do?
>Take Beginners Psychoportation (Teleport) course
>Go back to the Activation Chamber
>Ask Charun a question (what?)
>Ask the Teacher a question (what?)
>Other (what?)

>>36892138

While a strong reason not to indulging is strong, I think it shouldn't be that beneficial. A -8 counters the Very Strong Desire completely, which I think shouldn't happen. I'd say a -6 to the DC is more appropriate, a high number but not as high.

There's also the fact we can spend XP on Willpower to overcome the DCs without proper RPing. I suggest locking the flaws to the plot and stacking both in a single huge penalty once Shee has gone long enough without either.

>>36892141
>I will award XP for art, written work, rules help and ideas etc. If I think it merits such a reward.

My wallet ;_;

>>36892259
>Take Beginners Psychoportation (Teleport) course

>>36892259
>Go back to the Activation Chamber

Let's learn an offensive spell, we can't count on using weapons while in the Hive.

>>36892141
>If Shee initiates (requests) to be bitten, she feels more in control of the situation

While this makes sense, sholdn't it give a penalty to resisting? Because she is already giving in to her desire, it should be harder to drop out of it, unless there's a good reason to not do it.

1 vote for each option.

Awaiting tie-breaker

>>36892259
>Take Beginners Psychoportation (Teleport) course

Alright then

>>36892259

seconding >>36892288
>back to activation chamber

we should take that course when next opportunity presents itself though

>>36892322
It's more like, if Shee asks a vampire to bite her and he asks her for something unreasonable in return, its easier for her to say no.

The Will roll represents her keeping in control of herself and her desires, if she satisfies it on her terms, she has a little more control.

>>36892259
>Take Beginners Psychoportation (Teleport) course

Take the course it is, writing

>>36892141
>Willpower +4 (16) -6 XP
>HP +5 (11) -5 XP

“Better to learn the power I have before I get a new one” you say to Charun. To the Teacher you say “yes, I’d like to take the Beginners course please.”

“Loading files” it says “initialising...hello and welcome to the Beginners Psychoportation (Teleportation) course....”

Over the next twelve hours you learn how to activate, and direct your powers. The Teacher explains how teleportation works, its limitations, and its pitfalls. You now know that teleporting whilst moving means you keep moving, that teleportation has no known maximum range, only your familiarity with a location limits where you can go. You spend most of your time on the theory, then move on to the practice section. By this time Charun has wandered off and Clumsy appears to be sleeping.

You practise teleporting, teleporting whilst moving, whilst holding different objects, whilst distracted, teleporting to places you cannot see directly and so on.

Towards the end of it you have exhausted your psychic powers, but you have a basic grip on how your teleportation power works, and how you use it.

[PE 0/11; You no longer critfail a teleportation on a roll of a single 1.]

Once you’ve finished and you sit down to get your breath back, really Teacher, teleporting whilst climbing a rope?

“Congratulations” says the Teacher “Shee Hyul you have successfully completed the Beginners Psychoportation (Teleportation) course, your learning transcript on your file has been updated and once you have been assigned to a class, your tutor will be notified.”

Charun comes back into the room, a dusty black folder under his arm “ready to head back?” he asks.

>Sure let’s leave
>Back to the Activation Chamber
>Ask Charun a question (what?)

>>36892272
>There's also the fact we can spend XP on Willpower to overcome the DCs without proper RPing.
Not really? Willpower would increase the chances of successfully overcoming the DCs, but it caps out at a +4 modifier. There's still a reasonable chance of failure even with that mod.

>I suggest locking the flaws to the plot and stacking both in a single huge penalty once Shee has gone long enough without either.
The flaws are part of the plot. The addictions are already interlinked in a few ways, and the negative modifiers for both of them do stack. Are you asking for a DC modifier based on withdrawal level for drug addiction? I'm a bit confused.

>>36892446
>Sure let’s leave

>>36892446
>Back to the Activation Chamber

>>36892138

I'd just like to know, Pally, if you are taking those numbers from a system you're familiar with, winging it by intuition or actually spending your, AA's or both your times on doing the maths.

>>36892502
>I'd just like to know, Pally, if you are taking those numbers from a system you're familiar with,
He's pretty much just ripping from the PF SRD I think.

>>36892502
These numbers are a modified version of what Autism Anon emailed me.

I don't know where he got them from. As the system I'm using is a d20 system it makes sense to borrow from other d20 systems.

>>36892518
Does PF SRD have addiction rules?

I'm not very familiar with it.

1 vote for each option, requesting tie-breaker

>>36892446
>Sure let’s leave

That's a short training montage. I expected more details on the exercises themselves, but this is fine too.

>>36892456
>but it caps out at a +4 modifier

Ah, didn't notice this.

>Are you asking for a DC modifier based on withdrawal level for drug addiction? I'm a bit confused.

Right, I wrote shit, sorry.

I meant, like, a mental penalty when going without a Bite for too long, similar to the Drug's withdrawal penalties, yes.

>>36892446
>Back to the Activation Chamber

>>36892446
>Back to the Activation Chamber

Activation chamber it is, writing

>>36892541

>Sure, let's leave
we're probably tired enough from one training programme, doing another one right away might be counterproductive.

>>36892577
Brilliant. It only took 12 hours to learn a skill we already unlocked. This should take no time at all...

Come hang out, chat and listen to music with Pally and other anons from the quest.

https://plug.dj/paladin-of-joy

>>36892616

Go away.

>>36892632
easy mate, he's not hurting no one.

>>36892632
Why? Its just giving the option (for those who want it) of chatting with Pally. Some people like that shit. Some don't.

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>>36892643
>not hurting no one

>>36892543
>a mental penalty when going without a Bite for too long
That makes sense, I'll give some thought on how to implement it. Probably have it counteracted, at least in part, by using drugs.

>>36892605
I don't think it does. Activation seems to be a primarily mechanical process while learning is teaching us how to properly use that power. If it does take a long time, I'm sure we'll have the opportunity to back out.

>>36892616
Just remember to re-ask any quest-relevant questions asked of him on his AskFM.

>>36892654
I just hope nothing important happens in there. I'm on a shitty phone so I can't really follow both conversations.

>>36892643
>>36892654

plug.dj is an awful place and it also distracts Pally from the places he already is (thread, ask.fm/twitter and IRC). If you want a mean to chat to Pally, use something that already exists.

>>36892698
Don't be one of those guys that uses AskFM to chat with QMs, though. I hate that.

How is it a terrible place, exactly?

“I want to see the Activation Chamber” you say to Charun, waking up Clumsy and heading back.

“You’ve got work tomorrow too” points out Charun “not enough time, we should be getting back.”

“Still” you say “just a look.”

Back at the Activation Chamber you ask the Teacher “How does this work?”

“Each of the Activation Chambers are used to stimulate the recruits brain to unlock their psychic potential” says the Teacher “this is done whilst the recruit is unconscious, to minimise discomfort.”

That sounds...wonderful.

“And why are some full of liquid?” you ask.

“During Activation uncontrolled psychic phenomena are common, as well as extreme physiological responses” says the Teacher “The fluid is a non-reactive energy dampening solution that prevents the psychic from harming him- or herself, or the equipment.”

Better and better...you think cynically

“So how long does it take?” you ask

“Each session takes 3 hours” says the Teacher “No more than 1 session is recommended every 7 days, and a success rate of 25% is normal.”

“And what, a failure is fatal?” you ask.

“Injuries occur in less than 2% of cases and fatalities occur in less than 0.1%” responds the Teacher “A session longer than 3 hours raises the chance of success, but also the chance of injury. Level 5 access is required to disable the safety protocols.”

Oh joy...

“So I can learn any power I want?” you ask.

“Each Activation Chamber allows you progress in a single Discipline” says the Teacher “But there is no guarantee as to which specific power you will gain.”

“We should get back” says Charun impatiently. Clumsy just watches all of this, he seems calmer.

What do you do?

>I want to activate a power (options in next post)
>Enough for today (leave)
>Ask question (what?)
>Other (what?)

>>36892698
not really. he only chats when we're voting, other wise it seems to me like he focuses on writing.

>>36892692
I wouldn't say anything important happens in here.

>>36892673
>Just remember to re-ask any quest-relevant questions asked of him on his AskFM.
No worries. I don't plan to ask much, but I'll remember if it comes up.

>>36892692
>I just hope nothing important happens in there.
Not that I've seen. We pretty much just shoot the breeze while waiting for votes to turn in.

>>36892698
I don't need more means to chat with him. I'm fine, its just something I know some anons enjoy so I let people know.

>>36892716

It's ugly, heavy to load, consumes memory and prone to terrible, terrible taste in music

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>>36892735
>obligatory.

>>36892723
>Ask
>how do I gain Levels and higher clearance?

>>36892735
huehue, yeah my taste is music is pretty bad. Pally's poor ears.

>>36892723

>Enough for today (leave)

>>36892723
>Enough for today (leave)

>>36892723

>Enough for today

>>36892723
seconding >>36892747
>Enough for today (leave)

“How do I raise my clearance level?” you ask the Teacher.

“Please file requests to raise your clearance level using Student Request Form A7-1B” says the Teacher “This can be submitted to your Tutor or the Head of IT Security.”

Great, yeah, I’ll do just that you think, or rather, I’ll just break into your security files myself when I have a chance and grant myself clearance.

But for now, it’s time to go.

“Let’s go” you say to Charun “I’ve got work tomorrow.”

The three of you get out of the Bunker, the door slowly closes behind you.

Clumsy asks “What now?”

“Now I’m going” you say.

“Oh ok” he says “see you next time I guess, and uh, my names Ferd, you lead an interesting life Shee” and with that he lopes off into the sand dunes.

You and Charun get back into his Truck, the other Lago are long gone and its after dark. There’s not much conversation on the way back, but Charun does say “You should have got some sorta firepower girlie.”

“I’d rather know how to use what I have first” you respond, Charun goes quiet again.

As the truck is pulling up to Dust Town Charun says “The Convoy will be here in three days, I’ll tell the others, you be ready.”

“Why are we doing this?” you ask.

“Money, supplies” he says “Can’t fight a war without ‘em.”

“No I mean, why fight the fae?” You ask

He just looks at you “Not their world” he says “It’s ours.”

“Really?” you ask “Or do you just want to kill them, if this was really for other people, wouldn’t we be doing other stuff to help them like, like hunting down the Gouger or something?”

As the truck stops Charun just shakes his head “One thing at a time” he says “One thing at a time. You get rested, stay out of trouble, and be ready.”

You get out of the truck, what are you going to do over the next few days?
(apart from your job of course)

>Do as ordered (skips to mission)
>Go see Ash
>Hunt the Gouger, prove you can help others
>Other (what?)

>>36892932
>Do as ordered (skips to mission)

>>36892932
>Hunt the Gouger, prove you can help others

>>36892932
>Go see Ash

What's a gouger? Is it that dust ghost?

>>36892981
Probably some kind of serial killer.

>>36892932
>Go see Ash

Not really

>>36892981
Some kinda monster.

>>36892932
>Hunt the Gouger, prove you can help others

>>36892932
Changing >>36892944 to
>Hunt the Gouger, prove you can help others

I had totally forgot what that was.

>>36892932
>Hunt the Gouger, prove you can help others

Writing Gouger.

Welcome back quest hivemind

>>36893036
Less forget more, there are pressing matters for us to deal with and the faster we kill the murder monster the better.

>>36893044
Here's hoping it sits down and stays a while.

>>36892970
Sorry. Didn't mean to fuck with your vote. Got confused.

>>36892932
>Do as ordered (skips to mission)
What is the gouger?

>>36893071
Monster gouging out eyes and killing people in dust town.

>>36893096
oh, cool

“Sure, whatever” you say, stalking away from the truck to your hovel. But really...

At breakfast and after work the next day you start asking Dusters about the Gouger. You are easily able to gather the following information, by asking people, though as it’s the rumour mill, it might not be 100% accurate:
- The Gouger sometimes grabs victims off the street and sometimes breaks into people’s homes, meaning it’s likely not a dust ghost.
- The Gouger kills its victims by cutting them up with some sort of blade, *gouging* chunks from their flesh and always takes their eyes
- It’s killed over 30 dusters so far, and has spread its kills over an area of almost 30 square kilometres
- The Gouger prefers female victims, but has killed some men too
- The Gouger always attacks at night
- No one knows what it looks like, you’ve been given 8 different descriptions so far
- The Gouger drinks its victims blood; the sole survivor of the Gougers attack claimed he couldn’t see it properly but you’re told me had bite marks on his arms – perhaps you should speak to this *survivor* in person.
- You will know when it hunts due to its aura of fear, the lost souls it has claimed herald its arrival

Ok that’s enough, the rumours are getting more and more out there. Still, it could be a person, or a monster, a serial killer or an animal, and with the blood drinking, maybe a vampire...

It’s the evening of the next day, 2 days to go to the mission.

What do you do?

>Go speak to the survivor
>Try to gather more information (takes 1 day)
>Try and catch the Gouger
>Stop looking for the Gouger (skips to mission)
>Other (what?)

So far you’ve been acting alone, but is it time to ask for help?
>Keep working alone
>Ask a fellow rebel for help (who?)
>Ask Ash for help
>Ask someone else (who?)

>>36893175
>Go speak to the survivor
>Ask a fellow rebel for help (Del)

>>36893175
>Go speak to the survivor
Use the access on Ash's AI database to compile a cross reference of the description and attack traits.

>>36893175
>Go speak to the survivor
If it turns out to be a Vampire, then we need to see Ash

>>36893175
>Go speak to the survivor
>Keep working alone for now

>>36893175
>Go speak to the survivor
>Keep working alone

Speak to the survivor and work alone it is, writing.

forgot, please roll 1d20-1 Fellowship.

I will accept unmodded rolls, due to negative numbers sometimes not working right on /tg/ dice.

Rolled 20 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>36893332

Rolled 18 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>36893332

Rolled 17 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>36893332

Noice.

You don’t want to involve anyone else just yet, maybe when you are ready to catch the Gouger.

Talking to the survivor is probably the best first step. You ask around and eventually locate him.

He’s a duster. A guy named Kirian (no last name) who sometimes works in the hive transport depot, loading and unloading trucks.

You manage to track him down at a makeshift bar and ask him his story. He’s had a few drinks at this point, and so he happily tells you everything.

“It was terrible” he says “There I was, walking back home after a hard days work and out of the sky swoops down the Gouger. I was terrified of course and I hit at it and yelled and ran, this is where it bit me see.” He shows you his arms, both are sporting several bite-marks.

From your experience they look like vampire bits, though from a smaller mouth than Ashs.

You recall his teeth breaking your skin on your arms so gently as the two of you hid together, your eyes rolling up into your head in ecstasy as you begged him for more.

You snap back to the present, all of the bits look shallow, and some ragged, like he managed to shake of his attacker before they were able to properly draw blood.

Something about his story doesn’t add up, sounds like he wasn’t attacked by the Gouger at all. And yet...when he says the word *Gouger* you can see him seem obviously afraid, more so than most folk, could it be that he’s seen the Gouger and he’s trying to pass off his attack by something else as the real thing?

“What did it look like?” you ask

“Didn’t get a good look” he says, shaking his head “Could tell it was small, like a child, and it had wings.”

>Leave (ends conversation)
>Ask him about how the bites felt
>Call him a liar
>Trick him into telling the truth
>Other (what?)

>>36893449
>Ask him about how the bites felt

>>36893449
>Ask him about how the bites felt
We need our dose of Ash for this mission

>>36893449
>Trick him into telling the truth

>>36893449
>Ask him about how the bites felt
>Trick him into telling the truth

Ok, roll Fellowship 1d20-1 to get him to tell the truth

Rolled 5 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>36893588

Rolled 5 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>36893588

Rolled 6 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>36893588

C'mon dice

“Tell me again how it happened” you say, and as he relates his story again, you start picking out the inconsistencies.

“You went down Stall Street” you say “And you live in sector 8Y, that’s an odd detour.”

“Ah well” he says “Fell asleep on the bus, went past by stop.” Hmm, maybe, you don’t know the routes that well.

“Doesn’t the Gouger use knives?” you ask

“Sometimes” he says “Dunno why this time.” That doesn’t prove anything one way or another.

“When did this happen again?” you ask

“Just two nights ago” he says. That’s odd, the Gouger killed someone on Stall Street 3 nights ago, and most of its kills are 4-5 days apart, and never in the same place.

“How did the Gougers bites feel?” you ask

“Just like bites” he answers, shrugging “painful you know.”

“Really?” you ask casually, “no tingling, no odd feelings, I mean, it could be poisonous, maybe you should see a doctor.”

Kirian rubs his bites with his fingers, swallowing nervously. From the way his breathing quickens when he touches the scars, he’s either scared, or perhaps remembering a really good feeling from the bites.

“It’s funny” you say “All that yelling and no one came”

“Ah well” he says dismissively “Folk just mind their own business” he says. True, but the whole street? Unless he wasn’t yelling, because he didn’t want anyone else out there.

“You sure you go the night right” you say “I mean the Gouger did kill someone the night before it attacked you, seems odd.”

His eyes flicker back and forth and his mouth gapes a bit “Not talking to you no more” he says, and leaves the table.

Dammit, you know he’s lying about something, what he saw, the night he was there maybe. And you’re pretty sure that he was bitten by a vampire, but you’ve never heard of a winged vampire.

Kirian won’t talk to you again alone, but maybe you can ask Dev or someone else to intimidate him into telling the truth, or ask Ash about winged vampires. Also its now getting late, you need to go to bed soon

>Get someone to help you with Kirian (who?)
>Text Ash about winged vampires
>Turn in for the night, continue tomorrow
>Other (what?)

Option 2 can be combined with others.

>>36893729

>Text Ash about winged vampires

>>36893723
>Text Ash about winged vampires

Oh boy, just what we needed

>>36893729
>Text Ash about winged vampires

>>36893729

Is texting a secure means of communications? If yes, do so.

>Turn in for the night, continue tomorrow

>>36893729
>Turn in for the night, continue tomorrow

>>36893729
>Text Ash about winged vampires

You get out of this dive and once you’re sure no one else is around you text Ash.

I’m not actually going to type the conversation out in text speech, this is what it would be like in normal format.

-Hey Ash- you text –How are you doing? Know anything about winged vampires?-

-I’m good- he responds –and very funny, good one, who told you, Quinn, right?-

-Told me what?- you ask.

The reply is several minutes in coming, as if Ash is thinking about how to reply.

-Ok, if no one told you, winged vampires are a legend, like don’t behave and they’ll come and get you. I think some used to exist, but there was a clan war and they all got wiped out-

-Tell me the legend- you say –humour me-

-*Sigh* ok- he texts –Vampires can turn almost any humanoid species into True Vampires-

-Like Humans and Fae?- You ask

-Not like Fae- he responds –I mean like Humans, Minierens, Shozan, Kragorans, like them-

-What’re they?- You ask

-Sorry- he says –I forgot the fae edited the history files, ok the Core Empire is made up of lots of intelligent species not just humans-

-I didn’t know that- you reply

-Now you do- he texts –can I continue?-

-Sure, go ahead- you laugh a little at the frowny face he used.

-Right, so Vampires can *turn* anyone mortal, but not magical, nornally. Didn’t stop one of them trying to turn a Celes, A Celestine? I can’t remember what they’re called, but like an Angel from the Syrnian Holy book, winged people, holy powers, like that. It worked, and anyone this vampire turn because like him, a mix of vampire *and* angel.
At first it was nothing, another weird clan of vampires with powers, but then the Graced declared war on the other vampires, said vampires had to be all wiped out. And that’s when we found out that their powers where far stronger than normal. Still as out-numbered as they were, they lost and were wiped out. But to this day the elders still have a big bounty out on them. To stop anyone cashing in on the legends I guess. Happy?-

What do you do?
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one
>End conversation
>Other (what?)

>>36893936
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one
>Write in
Be skeptical about it though.

>>36893936
>End conversation

>>36893936
>End conversation
uhhh lets not.

>>36893936
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36893924
>I’m not actually going to type the conversation out in text speech, this is what it would be like in normal format.

Might want to put the meta disclaimer outside of the inquest text.

>>36893936
>End conversation
I wouldn't want Ash to jump the gun and inform anyone else and get people to hunt that one down before we know if its actually bad.

>>36893936
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36893936
>End conversation
Angel vampire.
Why are vampire+X so popular these days?

>>36893936
>End conversation

>>36893958
Then we tell him not to jump the gun and inform anyone else?

Pretty simple right?

>>36893936
>>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36893936
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36893971
He is still part of this society, he can very well do it to "protect us".

>>36893936
>>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36893969
First time I've seen it.

>>36893981
He trusts us more than "this society", besides, we obviously haven't been a victim yet and he hasn't done anything to suggest he doesn't trust us with these matters.

>>36893936
>End conversation

>>36893936
>End conversation
Seems like the best course of action. We can always tell him later.

>>36893955
mean to do that and forgot, sorry, thanks for spotting.

>>36893993
He hasn't done anything sofar in these matters, so we have no idea how he reacts.
And we have no idea if he trusts us more than this society either.
Thats a bit of a stretch really.

>>36893936
>End conversation

>New IPs out of nowhere
Yup, samefagging over Ashley again.

Why the fuck do people care so much about this topic? Holy fuck

>>36893936
>>End conversation

>>36893936
>>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36894006
Husbandofags. Muh vampire boyfriend, etc.

>>36893936
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36894006
Like I said earlier, might as well just forget about him. He's going to get samefagged away everytime.

>>36893936
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36894030
>away
You do realise the samefagging is always in his favor?
Like those
>>36894029
>>36894033

>>36893936
>>End conversation

>>36893936
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36893936
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

>>36894037
>The samefagging is only ever on one side
It's usually both or neither.

>>36893936
>Tell Ash you think you might have found one

Ok I get the point, final destination in 5 minutes time

>>36894040
>>36894042
Seriously this shit is starting to get really pathetic, not telling him won't drive your husbando away, stop shitting up the thread with it.

>>36894037
Little a this, little a that. Really I'd rather we never met him so we could skip the samefag wars.

>>36894037
See: >>36894044
If one side starts then the other usually joins in, which leads to people acting like assholes.

Like: >>36894049

>>36894044
Yeah sure, after one side starts, the other gets into it too because they dislike getting railroaded.
But it always starts with pro-Ashely, every single time. Since the first vote about it.

>>36894048
Telling Ash already won. Any more is just going to be more samefagging.

>>36894058
Can you really blame me about getting aggravated about this shit?

>>36894068
Because of last minute samefagging, not telling was in the lead for the majority. Of course, now we get 5min non-stop samefagging again.

>>36894066
>But it always starts with pro-Ashely,
Bullshit. I don't even care about this argument but it's started on both sides multiple times. Even at the same time.

>>36894075
>Can you really blame me about getting aggravated about this shit?
Yes, yes I can.

This is a Final Destination Vote

1 - Tell Ash
2 - Don't

2 Assumes you will end the conversation, unless you want to discuss something else with him.

Please don't quote, number only, no greetext or other text.

I will end the vote after about 5 minutes, votes after I close will not be counted.

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

2

1

1

I'm not even gonna bother voting, 1 is getting samefagged so hard its jus laughable at this point.

Vote closed, counting

>>36894116
Thanks you faggot, we had a legit win until your bullshit.

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>>36894143
>I'm not even going to bother samefagging because I can't beat it when everyone legitimately votes one way

I'm seeing 9-4 in favour of telling, writing.

>>36894156
I don't get it.

>>36894160
>legitimetly votes one way
>it got 7 new IPs.

>>36894169
He was the first new IP. Or the uy before him, but frankly it doesn't even matter.

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>>36894170
Which one, the ones voting for 2?

>>36894170
>THE VOTE DIDN'T GO THE WAY I WANTED IT TO!
>CALL SAMEFAG!

>>36894180
There aren't even 7 votes for 2 you faggot.
At least try.

>>36894183
Are you seriously pretending there isn't samefagging when its jumps by 7!IPs during avote?
When the losing option doesn't even get 7 votes in the first place?
Your attempts at deflecting are as pathetic as they are transparent.

>>36894170
>Believing the counter
I've been counted as a new IP three times this thread for no reason.

>>36894188
Yes, and? That doesn't mean every single new IP was actually a new IP or that 1 was the only one provoking new IPs. There's usually one samefag on each side.

>>36894197
New IPs came in with the vote before it as well

>>36894205
>There's usually one samefag on each side.
With 4 votes, samefagging is pretty much absurdly unlikely.
You could samefag 4 votes in one minute.

>>36894215
Maybe the ritual succeeded or he sucks at samefagging.

>>36894221
You honestly think there are 9-13 people all of a sudden in the thread? After there having been only 4-6 votes sofar on most choices?

>>36894221
Considering how much of a storm we had the last samefag face off. It looks more like one side wasn't here this time.

You mull it over, torn on the decision before texting Ash again.

-I think there’s one in Dust Town- you send

-WHAT????-

-A guy who claims to have been attacked by the Gouger has what I think are vamp bites on his arms and describes his attacker as small and with wings. I don’t think he was attacked by the Gouger I think something else got him, I think he’s lying a lot though, so I’m not sure-

-What’s the Gouger?- He asks

What? Doesn’t he keep track of what’s happening in Dust Tow- no, he probably doesn’t you think ruefully, Hivers generally don’t, you didn’t after all.

-A monster- you say –Or maybe a madman, not sure, it’s killing people, I’m going to stop it-

-Are you crazy?- He responds, adding –I’ll help, please?-

-No- you respond –It’s dangerous, and I’ll be fine-

-Sure you will- he says –Because I’ll be there, if you let me help I’ll buy you something, please?-


You recall Ashley was never much of a fighter, but as a vamp he’ll be strong and tough, plus...owning guns isn’t illegal, the fae just tax them so high that only the rich can afford them. Ash could buy you a decent gun maybe.

Accept Ashs help?

Y/N

Voting will be for 10 minutes, unless it’s very close, at which point we’ll go FD again.

>>36894306
>Write in
"You can buy me a gun and bite me, but that's it."

>N

>>36894306
Y

>>36894328
>>36894306
This seems good.

>>36894328
>and bite me
Thats a bit very OOC considering last threads choice of not wanting to.
I mean, not saying we can't go back on that, and we probably will, but definitly not as an aside like this.

>>36894342
It's more of a "Oh god I might give into my addiction mid-fight and that would be bad. Like oh-shit bad"
More of a one-time thing at any rate.

>N
But he can buy us a better gun.

>>36894328
Second.

He'll have to take the Gun back at the end of the day too.

>>36894353
Yeah it doesn't make sense to say it like that. If we would take him with us and when he is there to think "oh hey, that might be bad". I can see that.
But "I need you to bite me to fulfill some optimization I don't know yet actually exists" is a bit too much.

>>36894306
N

Sorry, it's dust town, locals will tear you up.

>>36894306
>N
But
>>36894328
>You can buy me a gun
Buying a gun is good.

>>36894370
We have an addiction, we've been getting flashbacks just by seeing OTHER people getting bitten. I think it's clear enough we need a hit of something, and it wouldn't good to be high while shooting something

>>36894328
Why get bitten? Isn't the addiction still dormant right now?

>>36894328
This

>>36894385
Yeah a hit of our drugs we've used sofar. Shee has no idea that isn't completly sufficient.
And getting bitten now actually enhances the chances of giving in because of
>>36894386

>>36894402
>And getting bitten now actually enhances the chances of giving in because of
In the long run? Yes. In the short term? No.

And since we're going up against a Celestial Vampire? I want my chances firmly on the side of "I want to live"

>>36894306
>N
>Get me a gun and some info on what I can expect from a vampire

>>36894413
Okay, now explain how reawakening our addiction immediately is in any way the lower risk.

>>36894427
Because it will sate the addiction for the course of the fight?

>>36894413
This vampire doesn't kill, we already know that much.
And in the short term it also doesn't help, because right now our drugs suffice for resisting. And Shee doesn't know how that might fail because shes been away for three years.
And its just OOC after saying "I want to get clean first" and then go "oh and btw, give me a bite" the next day.
Invite him to come with us, and I can see that and vote for it.

Counting votes

>>36894437
But its dormant right now. We would actually be more vulnerable then we are right now.
We got our drugs to cover the rest of it.

At least thats how I understand it. I'm not sure what
>Being around vampires will remove the dormancy modifier after enough time has passed.
Is exactly supposed to mean. Do we have any level of Desire right now? Can we see that somewhere?

>>36894458
I understood that to mean "if we spend more time around vampires, it will leave dormancy".
Seems like the only reading that makes sense.

>>36894458
You have no level of desire right now, if dormancy ends, I'll tell you.

Dormancy will end when you get into a situation that seriously tempts you, or are fed on, or if you spend time in vampire company over days or weeks.

>>36894521
Ah thanks for clearing that up.

>>36894521
At what level of desire will we start out?

>>36894534
Lowest

>>36894545
Ah okay.
Then as it looks our addiction can't become a problem in a fight right now either way, since DC10 -5(for drugs) and -4/8 for circumstances makes it impossible for us to fail except for crit fail.

-No- you text back –You’re not coming, but I won’t say no to a gun-

There’s a pause before he replies –You are the most demanding girlfriend ever-

-Oh?- You send back –Are we going steady now?-

-I mean a friend who is a, you know what I meant. Ok, fine I’ll get you a gun, what do you want?-

Well Laser guns are reliable, high number of shots and long range, but the damage isn’t the best

Plasma guns will kill just about anything but the range is so-so and the ammo count is low.

Cryo guns hit almost as hard as plasma and slow foes down, but their ammo is likewise poor.

Electron Guns are like lasers, except not as good. Their real advantage is against robots and cyborgs, then they’re better than anything else

Generally energy weapons are better than solid ammo, but might raise eyebrows in dust town, you suppose you could stand a solid slug gun, if you had to.

Slug-throwers are your basic solid-slug gun, good range, lowest damage, highest ammo capacity.

Shotguns (both long and pistol variants) can do the most damage, their range is shorter than regular slug-throwers though, and their ammo capacity is lower.

Needlers are often called an assassins weapon. The mass of sharp metal they fire makes a mess of flesh but can be stopped by even basic armour. Supposedly spacers use them on ships to avoid hull-breaches.

The real plus to solid-slug and shotguns, is that you can get modded ammo for them, such as plasma rounds, cryo rounds, tracker shot, explosive and a bunch of other goodies.

What gun do you ask for?
>Laser
>Plasma
>Cryo
>Electron
>Solid-slug
>Shotgun
>Needler

And of course, you are better with long guns than pistols, but a pistol would be more concealable.

>Pistol
>Long Gun

You can upgrade guns, but asking Ash to buy some upgrades for you now is probably pushing it.

>>36894599
>Solid-slug
>Long Gun

>>36894599
>Solid-slug
>Long Gun

Also

http://pastebin.com/95D5RNhP

World pastebin, will be added to as time goes on.

If you want to see something added, just say. Only in-character knowledge will go there.

>>36894599
>Plasma
>Pistol

>>36894599
>Solid-slug
>Long Gun

Sees someone for the first time in 3years. Instantly starts calling her his girlfriend.
How do you get so ronery as a rich vampire?

>>36894599
>Solid-slug
>Long Gun

>>36894616
So does >>36892432 count as already spent?

Kinda don't want to go into this with six HP...

>>36894599
>>Needler
>Long Gun

>>36894652
Excellent Question

Are there any objections to XP use in
>>36892432
?

If I don't get any responses in 15 minutes, I'll assume no.

>>36894614
>>36894615
>>36894628
>>36894644
You guys are aware that a slug rifle only does 1d10 damage and we already have one, right?

>>36894673
sounds good to me.

>>36894681
I'd like to have the Needler, since the Vampire's obviously traveling light. But everyone is kinda stupid I guess.

>>36894681
I assumed we do not have one right now, otherwise I would wonder why its a option.

>>36894696
Because we don't have a pistol version?

>>36894688
Even if she is armored, we could still use a needler to take out her wings and then switch to the rifle we already own.

>>36894696
We have a slug rifle with the poor quality modifier which grants a -2 to attack rolls. Not a huge deal, really, since we still come out at +2 due to our skills. It wouldn't be a very big upgrade.

>>36894681
We don't have one, we have one with a penalty.
The slug thrower is the easiest to get and the one that draws the least suspicion when we use it around other Dusters.

>>36894599
>Needler
>Long Gun

>>36894673
No, it seems alright to me.

Ok, solid slug long gun it is, writing

>>36894616
I'd really rather have had that than the fuckton of inactive powers in the rules pastebin, Pally. This isn't a P&P RPG and I feel that treating it as such is doing yourself a disservice.

Just my personal 100% biased opinion.

>>36894706
I fully expect the vampire to not be as hostile as we currently think. He left the Duster alive, despite that probably being hard for a hungry vampire, so I actually don't want to cause maximum damage right now.

>>36894739
Then use the other gun. The one we already own.

I just wanted a weapon that isn't shit in case your optimism doesn't pan out.

>>36894731
Just keep playing the quest, you will see, that pastebin is fully justified in its size and the stuff in it will come up.
PoJs was not any smaller and the only problem there was that we got too many new powers added into it over time.
If Pally does it right this time and we don't go on brutal powercreep and get some useful companions to also buy skills for, the pastebin is completly okay in size.

>>36894749
The one with the penatly? Yeah no.
Reliable damage wins the day here.
Also, every other weapon would have aroused suspicion where we got it from.

>>36894766
>Also, every other weapon would have aroused suspicion where we got it from.
Aside from the Needlers and Shotgun ones.

>>36894753
>PoJs was not any smaller
That's why I ended up dropping it actually. That and some of the really stupid debates.

-Just a Slug-thrower Rifle- you text back.

-Really?- he asks –You always preferred energy guns-

-Too noticeable in Dust Town- You respond –And easily modded-

-Ah ok- He texts back –I know just the thing to get you, meet you where-

-Hersels Cafe, Level 15- You text back, sending him the address. –I’ll get there for 5:30-

-Ok, see you tomorrow- he sends.

Damn all that typing took time, it’s pretty late, maybe it is time to turn in. You look around, leaning against the wall of the dive you met Kirian in. Dust Town this late at night won’t be very safe.

>Go home, sleep
>No, grab someone to talk to Kirian with (who?)
>Other (what?)

>>36894791
>Go home, sleep

>>36894782
>Aside from the Needlers
I took the comment about "assassin weapon" and "used by spacers" as them being very unusual for Duster too.

>>36894791
>Go home, sleep

>>36894783
>That and some of the really stupid debates.
I hope you realise this will be even worse, right?
It already is.

>>36894766
>The one with the penalty?
A -2 against our +4 modifier isn't that bad.

>Reliable damage
1d10 isn't very reliable and I doubt our target is armored. The wings, at least, are unarmored.

>Suspicion
Only energy weapons raised suspicion. Shotguns and Needlers aren't energy weapons.

We could probably conceal an energy rifle, I wouldn't be surprised if they were more compact to begin with.

>>36894801
I read the "energy weapons are suspicious, solid ammo weapons aren't" line as meaning the opposite.

>>36894783
>Paladin of Joy had bad debates
Did you not see the first two threads?

>>36894822
I do realize that. I'll be holding out for another thread, then I'm gone and Pally's on the list of QM I won't ever follow again. Not because I dislike him personally, but because I really could do something other than being angry.
>>36894831
Okay.

>>36894847
This thread has been better than the second so far, and the second thread was better than the first. From my perspective, anyway. Hopefully the trend continues.

>>36894831
It is a bit odd, but I figured "solid slug" really only refers to stuff with bullets.
And I really wanted a reliable rifle, -2 might not be bad, but as a beginner weapon 2 does make a difference, and we got a mission in a few days were we could use the rifle.

>>36894791
>No, grab someone to talk to Kirian with (Del)

>>36894831
We want a rifle that we can modify to our liking as well, our old POS likely won't mod well.

>>36894791
>Go home, sleep

Guys, you know what powers we should really get?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_cwI1Xj4M

why the fuck did you guys not go for a plasma or laser rifle? are you actually this retarded irl?

>>36894960
Easily noticed raises a lot of questions and we'd likely get our throat cut in our sleep. For it to be stolen or someone thinking we're a traitor.

>>36894960
>Why didn't you guys instantly give away your connection to the hive upperclass to your rebell friends
GEEE I dunno.

>>36894901
We could mod the other gun we get, it would just be a bit difficult.

>>36894875
Shotguns have bullets. I'm just not a fan of getting the straight-up weakest gun when we already have one, even with a -2 attached to it.

We could probably use Mechanics skill to remove that poor quality modifier in those few days.

>>36894935
Telepathy isn't that great. I'd rather get Psychometabolism to help remove our fragility somewhat. Or psychokinesis.

>>36894981
we could also sell our old rifle for a pistol or shotgun pistol.

It’s late, and you need to rest, you can track down Kirian later. You head back to your tiny shack and sleep.

Next day work passes in a blur and before you know it, you’re sat in a cafe waiting for Ashley to arriv-ah, there he is! He looks a little out of place this low in the Hive but other than curious looks, he doesn’t cause much of a stir.

You wave and he spots you, taking a seat opposite and placing a bag under the table, as you both enjoy a drink you take a quick peek inside “What’d you get me?” you ask playfully, as you examine the gun without taking it out of the bag.

“Oh nothing much” he says, trying to play it down, but wait is that a Heamston quality stamp, damn only the best of the line, and a Evid Scope, and the extended mag? Ashley really does know you that well.

“It’s perfect” you tell him “Thank you”

“So” he says “Are you really hunting this *Gouger* and it looks like one of the Graced, really?”

You wave your hand back and forth “maybe” you say “My only source is a little unreliable.”

“Let me help you, please” says Ash, taking your hands in his. You feel a familiar thrill go through you or remembered pleasures.

“No” you say firmly, pulling your hands out of his “Ash I won’t risk you, please stop asking.”

He sighs “Fine” he says, “Will you at least tell the soft weak Hiver what you’re going to be doing, big tough Duster Girl?” He looks away from you.

Ouch, he sounds a little mad. But then, he did just buy you a very expensive weapon just like you asked, and he probably think you’re just being stubborn, rather than trying to protect him.

Plan?
>I haven’t decided
>Track the Gouger to its lair
>Set a trap for it, or him
>Other plan (what?)

Regarding Ash
>Let him be mad, he’ll come around
>Try to make it up to him
>Other (what?)

>>36895002
Yes, let's sell the rifle to get an even weaker weapon we don't have a proficiency in.

>>36895014
>Track the Gouger to its lair
>Try to make it up to him

>>36895014
>Track the Gouger to its lair
>Let him be mad, he’ll come around

I figure trying to lay a trap in something as big as the Dusters town, is a bit unreliable.

>>36894973
could have gotten a gun, it would still be better
>>36894977
this could easily be avoided by not acting like a retard(aka: how you guys have been acting so far)

>>36895014
>Track the Gouger to its lair
Those options...
>Just explain to him that he would be at risk of being attacked in the Dusters town if they realise what he is, and we don't want to have to kill people down there for trying to kill him
Its not fucking rocket science, just explain shit to people.

>>36895014
>Track the Gouger to its lair
>Other (what?)
"It's not that you're weak Ashley, I'm the one that's weak."
"Each time you touch me, even being with me, I get flashbacks. Temptations."
"That and it wouldn't be good to associate with someone like me, you could be attacked by Dusters if they realize what you are....which means they'll attack me too."

>>36895014
>Set a trap for it, or him
>Try to make it up to him

>>36895014
>>36895032
Seconding.
Its not like we are unreasonable.

>>36895039
>>36895032
These explanations are good.

>>36895014
>>36895025
Changing to
>>36895032
He did just help us, so he deserves this much I guess.

>>36895032
>>36895039
Seconding these write ins

>>36895032
thirding

>>36895023
we sell our old -2 or break it down for parts to get a holdout. you know just in case?

>>36895014
>Track the Gouger to its lair
>Explain to him how badly it would go if anyone figures out who he is while he was there.

>>36895027
The butthurt is strong with this one. Shiny guns in good times are coveted in bad times they are suspicious as hell and a good sign someone is either holding out or on the take. Getting ostracized, exiled, or our throat cut in the night aren't high on our want to have happen list. If we picked up one of those shiny guns we'd have to deal with it.

>>36895027
>I'm just going to call people retards without explaining why they're retards

>>36895014
backing >>36895032

>>36895014
Supporting >>36895039 >>36895032

>>36895039
this

Track + write-ins.

Ok, writing.

Sorry, forgot, Please roll Fellowship 1d20-1

Rolled 4 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>36895159

Rolled 4 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>36895159
Look at all these terrible fellowship modifiers

Rolled 7 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>36895159

>>36895086
does it have to be shiny? no, and we could have made it look old and in a bad condition we're not talking rocket science here, just simple old common sense
>>36895087
>not unlocking an offensive power
>choosing a slug based weapon over a hi-tech one

Rolled 6 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>36895170
>>36895169
>>36895167
IT HAPPENED AGAIN

DOUBLE THEN SHITTY ROLL

>>36895173
>and we could have made it look old and in a bad
It doesn't matter how old and bad we make the energy gun look, its still a amazing gun for Dusters so the problem remains.

>>36895169
>>36895170
>>36895184
Looks like we weren't very convincing.
Its a oddly good feeling to fail a fellowship roll for once, after Sireyis massive mods.

>>36895173
You honestly think they'd buy the old beat up schtick without us trashing it to nigh uselessness? Those guns are rare in a hive. Outside one? Unheard of unless you're in someone's pocket. It's flashy as all hell too, so we couldn't hide it.

You're implying we'd have perfect mastery of our new offensive power as well. We didn't with teleport, I doubt we would with anything else .

>>36895187
if you go back ti the first thread you'll see that they aren't impossible to get, hard? yes, but if you show up with a beat up trashy looking one you think people are gonna start yelling traitor?

>>36895173
>teleportation of things up to 500km
>not usable as offensive power
Its not our fault you are so uncreative.

>>36895252
>people are gonna start yelling traitor
Maybe maybe not. The problem is more that people will try to slit our throat in our sleep if we use it. Thats why our rebell leader only took his out during the raid.

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>>36895267
Oh man. I'd really love it if we could do this.

“Track it or him” you say “To its lair, if its a monster I’ll shoot it, if its a person, then they’ll get a chance to surrender, if not...” you leave it hanging.

“Sounds like you have everything figured out” says Ash grumpily, oh Ash don’t be such a Hiver...

“Ash” you say “Ash” you repeat yourself, finally he looks at you “What?” he asks

You lower you voice; don’t want anyone overhearing this.

"It's not that you're weak Ashley, I'm the one that's weak." You say

“What do you mean?” he looks confused

"Each time you touch me” you explain “even just being with me, I get flashbacks. Temptations."

“Oh” he says, eyes widening in realisation “Oh...”

“Yeah” you respond, continuing "That and it wouldn't be good to associate with someone like me, you could be attacked by Dusters if they realize what you are....which means they'll attack me too. I don’t want to have to kill anyone defending myself or you, just because you want to help." You try your best to explain to him.

Ash gets a bleak look on his face “Yeah, ok, I guess I should stop being such a burden Shee, goodbye.” He grabs his coat and storms out, a few more curious looks from the other patrons follow.

Oh Dammit Ash, why can’t you just understand? Nevermind, you have other things to do.

You get on the bus in the dark and are out of the gate before curfew, as you walk to your shack a young boy comes running up to you.

“Miss, miss!” he says insistently “You was asking about the Gouger, right?”

“I was” you say, you’ve seen the boy around, but don’t know his name.

“It’s killed again!” he blurts out “They found the body a few minutes ago, I can show you.”

This is the perfect opportunity to track the beast, and you have your new gun, but do you do so alone, or gather your allies?

The more allies you gather, the longer it will take, and the thing might escape.

>Speed is the key, go alone
>Gather allies (who?)
>Other (what?)

>>36895328
>Speed is the key, go alone
Don't want to have to bail anyone out, our teleportation works the best when we are alone until we have Apportation.

>>36895328
>Speed is the key, go alone
Man, I really wish we had some good fellowship rolls.

>>36895328
How much you want to bet the kid is the gouger?

>>36895328
>Speed is the key, go alone

>>36895252
The leader of our rebel group is old by duster standards and is probably trusted by the community. He *still* kept the pistol hidden most of the time and tried to avoid using it. We have no such benefit.

>>36895173
I don't particularly want to risk critfailing our psionics rolls. Bo3 with regular crits is the worst.

We also wouldn't be able to choose which power out of the discipline we got, it could've been one of the non-offensive powers in any given discipline.

>>36895267
It isn't, really. We have to go along for the ride with Teleport and can't Teleport up or down very far.

>>36895328
>Speed is the key, go alone

>>36895355
Something like that probably.

>>36895363
>It isn't, really.
We get boni for several powers in the same Discipline, and teleport contains Apportation which is for teleporting other people and things around.

>>36895328
Grab you gun and a knife then go.

>>36895355
Well yeah, since the vampire we are looking for isn't actually the gouger.

>>36895232
no one has to see it, we can have it hidden until we have to use it
>>36895267
it can be used as an offensive power but that doesn't mean it is one
>>36895285
not if they don't know we have one
>>36895363
still better to have one just in case we would ever need it

>>36895328
>Gather allies (Del)

>>36895413
>not if they don't know we have one
Thats kind of the problem, I would want to be able to use our gun when hunting something in Duster town, like we are right now.

>>36895413
You just want all the shinies regardless of feasibility don't you? What's the purpose of a gun we can't use? We need a gun now! and having that -2 modifier off our back with how we've been rolling might save our lives.

Alone it is, writing.

Character sheet updated with gun and XP

hey is anyone suspicious of the small child? I know I am.

>>36895482
see>>36895355
>>36895371
>>36895403

>>36895482
Everyone is. Small children are ALWAYS suspicious.
Small children leading you to places are a trap in 999/1000 cases.

>>36895501
one way or another.......

>>36895387
>Boni
Do you mean bonuses?

Blink teleport is probably the best power in Psychoportation for us right now. Apportation is alright, but it's fairly difficult to use, enemies get will rolls to resist, and it might still result in our brain melting if we Apport people too high. Of course, 500 meters of falling damage is probably enough to kill most non-flying enemies.

Anyway, we should probably get both of those powers after we take care of our Fellowship problem. Master bonuses are pretty great.

>>36895501
>Trapping a teleporter
The vamp/gorger is in for a surprise.

>>36895519
Luckily with Pally we don't have to fear that kind of trap.

You can’t risk the Gouger getting away, you run after the kid without asking any of your allies for help, your new gun in its bag held in your arms.

The kid leads you through the streets to a small crowd of people gathered around what was once a shack, the remains of what was once a person on the floor in front of it, looks like they tried to flee. At least someone has had the decency to drape a sheet over them.

There’s a group of 8 people or so standing around, talking in hushed tones, some crying. No one is talking about going after the Gouger, they’re just mourning. Dust Town does that to you after a while.

One entire wall of the shack is torn apart and there’s blood everywhere, along with a short trail of it leading away from the scene.

What do you do?
>Examine scene
>Question people
>Follow blood-trail
>Other (what?)

>>36895542
>Examine scene
then
>Follow blood-trail

>>36895542
>Examine scene
>Question people

>>36895542
>Examine scene
>Question people

>>36895542
>>Examine scene
>Follow blood-trail

>>36895542
>Examine scene
>Follow blood-trail

>>36895548
>>36895573
>>36895614
Nice guys. I'm sure that running in with no information is a great idea.

Examine then follow it is, writing.