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So who are you to be here, weatherworn and dusty? A traveller, a tinker, a tradesman, a troubador, a tourist or perhaps a mere mysterious stranger roving outlands and outposts for specks of news?

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When performing actions of a mundane nature, you may voluntarily take Fatigue to add dice. Careful not to overdo it.

When performing actions of a mystical natue, you may voluntarily take Strain to add dice.
Careful not to overdo it.

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And if not a mysterious wanderer or traveller, maybe a sandblown seeker with a secret of their own? Plundered scraps of knowledge from old ruins, artefacts and pieces hidden in pockets deep.

Well; we all have our little quirks. Something just yours away from the prying eyes of the world is a fine thing to have.

Fashion for yourself a little spark of secluded serenity, and maybe it will pay dividends in saving your life from spitescorp stinger or the bullets of those with malign designs.

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Well scavenged gains and acrutements acquired from the dead and the soon-to-be-so fill our pockets. Having commenced repairs, the expedition crawlers shudder to life, succoured by the fuel and the supplies taken from the waystation.

The Venerable, low on essence and with recalcitrant controls, is quick prey to a horde of chattering engineers and technicians who wish to pry apart its secrets. Good scavenge, and a fine claim that goes to those that brought it in.

While others re-organise, some refit and we tend to wounds, now is the time to trade, barter and beg. The Expedition itself has little scrap of value, but a few things may trickle out from pockets if one can strike the right balance between the twins of avarice and altruism.

==Welcome to Camp==
While CAMPED, you may trade freely (Items, Secrets and Engimas are all fair game). You may also:

TALK, to ask questions and share stories.

You may pick one of
TRAIN - Show someone else how to do something, sharing an Enigma you have, allowing them a roll to generate one or improving one of their secrets by +1.
or
TAKE - Digging through the quartermasters provisions for a Supply Drop of sundry goods. Our supplies are: SPARSE.

Finally, it would behove you to
TASK some of the crew and yourselves. Delegate FUEL to bolster

THE CRAWLER
>Intel (2 Fuel)
>Supply multiplier post mission (*.25 per Fuel)
>Off-map Support (Bank 1 Fuel to render Aid Cannon later)
>Workshop (The automated realprinters are in dire shape. 6 Fuel will get them going, at which point we may begin to convert Bits to Items)

THE CREW
>Veldspar and some surviving Legionaires are with us for now, until we reach a posting
>Pathfinders help scout

>Assorted Adminstrativia:

>There's a Skirmishy Discord: https://discord.gg/jnUHeDB

>There's a CompanyComm Twitter: https://twitter.com/

>>2563738
Just another cog in the grand machine, trying my hardest to keep it all together.

SERVICE & DEVOTION
Harm 2 / Manipulate 1 / Support 3 / Sense 2 / Solve 2

Connections
Mountainheart
Rage

Rolled 25, 39 = 64 (2d100)

>>2563800

>>2563833
>>2563800
The ant will only ever know existence as a tiny speck

The hive will know it can, in time, cover the world.

>+5 Bits
>+2 Surprisingly Good Rations
>+Threadbare Poncho [Shift 2 spaces for free]
>+1 WealGel Injector
>Salvation in an easy applicator! This stuff will put the spirit back in the drunk, the dazed and even the dead.

Question, did that nuke kill us? should we roll new mooks?

>>2563931
Hopefully, you are more hardy than that. And if not, I am sure Technician Fireskellian will offer some balm.

>You're quite alive.

>>2563914
We give our lives so that our children have the luxury to grow old and grey.

> Trade 5 bits for Sightseeming
> TRAIN Shield with other Legionnaires
> TASK Pathfinders to gather supplies enroute
> TASK Crawler: gather Intel
> TASK Crawler: bank 2 fuel for off-map support

>>2563727
"A cleansing fire,
A worthy pyre,
To send our good-byes
For fallen Snake-Eyes."

>>2563777
>Barter: Offer [Station 3 Decanus Cape] 2×lenghs of [Grassrope] and 1× [Tangler Arrow] in exchange for [Velocity]
>Barter: Provide information about datathieves and skinjackers abusing Tempermental Industious Vigiliant and its Reorganization Facility.
>Request: Repairs for [PulseStar Fragments] from crew.
>Inquire after Pocket Slipped Legionaire

Sudis <Skies and Systems>
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 10
Reaction 5(4+1) | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 | DR1
-Equipment-
Armor: Sharp Feather Cloak [+1Reaction]
Dry Padded Shirt [+1 DR]

Hands: Scrapbow [D4+2d/4Ap. 5(3+Harm) Arc. +0Bows]
Arrows ×14
Tangler Arrows ×5 [Wound and Stun equally]
Pulse Star Fragments [Link to MeshSys, access out of Range] [Exploded!]
4 Length Grassrope [Quite the strength in these tightly wrapped fibers]
Station 3 Decanus Cape [+Protects from Sun]
Bits ×6
Rations ×1

-Intent-
Harm 2 | Manipulate 2
Support 1 | Sense 3
Solve 2 | Authority 2

{Skies&Plains} -There is no Home-
[Arrowken] 1
[Skulker]
{Eyes&Systems} -Little Whisper, little voice, Apostate, made my choice-
*[Sigilfriend] 2
[Supplicant] Roll Sense to access, roll Solve to set up.
[Twinsoul]
-Secrets-
[Scavenger] 1
[Proficiency: Arrows] 1
*[Slipping] 3
+Hairline Cracks: Fling touched (to selfsize) in straight line. May react [Rebound]=Slipping+Reaction
[Shadows] 0
[MeshFire] 1 ("The demarcation between real and imagined is slim at best"). May manifest/control Meshfire.

-Conditions-
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Jinx! 0
Whispers! ?
Infection! 0
Fatigue! 0
Wound! 0

>>2563777
>Train Nayle in Mechlog
Probay gonna need it for tinkering with his weapons.

>Read the [Journal] I found in the crate
Don't know how long or how many tries it'll take to finish it, rolling something just incase you need dice.
>Mechlog 2 + Solve 2

I grabbed that rifle from the Legionare did I manage to salvage it?

>Offer to barter these for whatever he's got in his bazaar
Keepsakes ×2(a piece not together)
Crude flashlight
Staby knife
Longarm
The other rifle if I found it

(Can I get an estimate for how many bits these items are worth? Can I trade them for skills?)

I'm looking for armour and ammo but if you've got a rifle or two I wouldn't mind giving them a one over.

Some questions about the skills:

Does velocity reduce AP for every action, does it stack?

Can you give an example as to how longshot would work in combat, is it a firearm skill?

Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction 4 Threshold 4 Resilience 4
Damage Reduction 2

-Equipment-
Armor:
Widebrim Hat [+1DR]
Threadbare Poncho [Shift 2 spaces for free]
Miltia Boots [+1 DR, Move 2 after firing]

Ammo:
[Last Gasps] - Apply to reload, adds +4 dmg
[Yelp Shot] - Adds ArmorPiercing = Harm to a gun for one reload

Other:
Bits ×22
Fuel ×2
Ration ×1
Keepsake ×2
Supplies ×5(Left at crates)
[Journal] - Filled with writing of an unceasingly spider-like kind. Schematics blur in with the blue ink, but it will take SOME TIME to read it in full.

-Hand1-
Longarm
[1d10, Rng 9(6+sense3), 20/20 ammo, +1dice for 2 ammo, 3% pierce, jam]

Attachments:
Stabby Knife [d1+1/2H, 3% cut]
Crude Flashlight - /Off/ [On/Off 1 alacrity]

-Hand2-
Longarm 2h

-Intent-
Harm 3
Manipulate 1
Support 1
Sense 3
Solve 2

-Secrets-
Bullet Wizard 2
Mecha Logistics 2
Survival 1

Proficiency:
Rifles 3
^Traits
[Suppression] - Extra ammo spent applies as a penalty.

Actions:
[One for the road] - Take 5 fatigue for a reload

-Conditions-
Jinx(Rolls of >95 accrue issues)
Alive!(Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)

Rolled 66, 69, 1, 59 = 195 (4d100)

>>2564651
Rolls

>>2563777
Also I completely forgot, did I lose the suppies I nabbed in the explosion? I found 2 fuel and 5 supplies(you said I left them seperated from the useless junk where I found them). Did you just add it to the company's pool or something, is that why it says 8 fuel/7 supplies? How do I use em?

>>2564667
We accounted for that in the company pool, assuming you walkers brought it out of there in mostly usable fashion.

It's half the reason we even have the supplies we do . . .

>>2564418
Ah
ah
Aaah, a tale and a cape to swirl around. Taken.

>Velocity reduces the AP cost of a single secret by 1. It can, clearly, stack with itself.

As for your pulse-star, that is broken beyond the artifice we have. Perhaps if someone got the WORKSHOP working, we could do that kind of thing.

>>2564651
Velocity applies to all uses of a given secret.
Longshot makes things. . . improbable long shot.

Example; as a rank 3 Rifleman.
You take +2 AP, spending 6 AP. You roll your skill. 6 dice lets say. (3 harm, 3 rifles). You get 2 hits, 4 misses. Longshot converts 3 of those to extra effect, that is, damage or whatever you were trying to do. So total damage is base weapon damage + 5 (2 hits, 3 effect from Longshot)

If you instead got 0 hits at all, Longshot wouldn't make you hit a target you miss. This is somewhat important if you are operating with low dice ranges or negatives, or firing at someone who is defending. What it does is make your lucky rebounds better, and increases the top-end of your output.

>>2564651
For that much barter in scrap and designs, your local proprietor will pay you 11 bits.

And throw in this

[Rusted Chirni77]
1d10, Rng 6+Sense
8% Pierce
4% Jam
Rifle +1
30 Ammo, +1 dice per 3.

Which is ALMOST a steal!

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>>2564028
[kkkzzz]]

[kzzzzz]

re--- interferen--- channel--
THIS IS REMUS, REPORTING

Foltern. A Lost Hamlet! So much water its IN MY BOOTS! Cascades in from a hole in the sky. We need to restock water tanks, so that's why we're here! Other salvage tends to drop from the wracktears.

I found a looking knife but it turned to dust! Luck o' the reptile, yeah?

This place is QUIET but smells of recent tears. We're SAFE unless we cause a ruckus, because we're not the only salvage team prowling about. And the PORTALS might drop more'n just water.

We need to setup a flag at the old chapel house down the deeper end. Streets will be hard to navigate 'cause of the water. We'll string out some Mesheyes to catch sight of the place for ya lot.

Saw a camp of Hounds on the way. Didn't disturb them. They moved west. But even seeing the craggy bastards means there must be MORE in the AREA, so be careful about ripping holes in the world.

>Intel from the Pathfinders tell us that Foltern is currently unoccupied.
>We are preparing better boots and filter masks for the crew to avoid any exoparticle contaminant.
>A good chunk of supplies have been found in Foltern and marked, but they will need claiming!

>>2564418
That one belongs to me.

>Veldspar gives you 4 bits and a Legion Coin.
>He doesn't barter much.

Rolled 8, 16, 33 = 57 (3d100)

And what sort of brickabrac do we have lying around?

>>2563777
Posting the last sheet I have before the explosion
>[Talk] point out that I rolled two dubs last turn
>[Talk] ask roma(dunno his char name) to [Train] with me
>[Talk] barter/sell Reinforced staff, 2 scragbows, 1 scarf, all for 26 bits
>[Talk] barter/sell [Dollheart] for 10 bits
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction 4 | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4
Fatigue 7 | Damage 5w

-Equipment-
Armor: Torn Scarf + Legionaire Cuirass [BodyArmor, +4 DR, Movement after 6 is double cost]

+4 Scragsnacks [“Edible”]
+Reinforced Staff [2d, Reach 2, Staff+0]
+19 Bits
+Humming Amulet [Grants ‘Deflect’ action, 6d100. Powersource unknown]
+Modified Scrapbow [3d+.5Harm, rng 6+sensex2, expand range or dmg by 1 with alacrity, bows+0]
+[Ration]
+[Sand]
+8x[Arrows]
+3x[Tangler Arrows]
+1 DollHeart >A jagged scar runs down one eyesocket and the dress was once another colour but grey is all that remains.
+2 [Acid] Flasks, 5d
+2 Scragbows [0+.5 Harm, Range Sense, +1d per Action]
+11 Flinthead Arrows [base 1d]
+Scarf [Protection From Environment] >lightly soaked with blood
+Fidelis Blade [1d + .66 Harm, 5% Pierce, Longsword+1]


-Intent-
Harm 3
Manipulate 1
Support 2
Sense 1
Solve 2
Order 3

-Secrets-
Survival
Mechalogistics x2
Artefacts x2
Connection x3
Sliping [*|*]
-Slipping[Trait] --> PhaseWalker. 2 Move normally, yet passively Slip from place to place. Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
Bowx0

-Conditions-
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Wrack

>>2564028
Tiring work circling each other in the sand. For every blow blocked someone comes out of peripheral, spitescorp fast.

Good. If this was not practice, everyone would be corpses six times over. These survivors were sharp already and extra armatura drills cause even the aloof Pathfinders to stop mocking.
For a time.

>Legionnaire skills improved
>Memory Synergy!
>You learn something new.
>[Fulmen Advance](Trait). If moving in a straight line forward, movement reduces cost of next attack.

>>2564864
almost forgot, ask for 2 new scragdogs

>>2564864
Do I want to buy two almost broken bows, a wooden chopstick for giants and a tattered scarf for twenty-six bits?

no, friend. No!
8 bits.
And that's FINAL.

and I am not buying the doll, Sirrah. It follows me when I gesticulate. It is the ... unnerving.

>>2564868
We can't change the past. Friends, brothers: all we can do is prepare for the next encounter, and hope that it is enough.

Semper Fidelis.

>>2564819
I see the marked supplies but which building is the chapel? What does planting a flag accomplish?

Rolled 76, 100, 57, 15 = 248 (4d100)

>>2564902
hey hey, don't be like that my friend, you know what? I like your style so I'll make you an special offer and add a shinny [Fidelis Blade] to the deal, all for only 11 bits eh? what do you think do we have a deal?
[Manipulate1]+[Connection3]

>>2564802
So it's
>Keepsake ×2
>Longarm with all the attachments

For
>11 bits and the Chirni 77

Or does the trade include that other rifle I found, can I take a look at it?

Also what about the notebook?

>>2564934
Hmhmhmmhh---- fine. Taken. Sold. Shared. Put it in the box.

But I am not taking that doll.
12 bits it is! And this [Aquamarine Vial] that I had lying around!

>>2564927
It marks it for the Retrievers who follow later, so they know where to go and where things will be safe. The chapel will be more obvious once we're closer

>It is . . . under construction.

>>2564959
Quite, wanderer-friend. Except a slight mistake. I shall throw in the rifle for your barter, but that is NOT the other rifle. That other rifle, I'm afraid, is... lost to the vagaries of explosive shockwave turbulence.

Also, I misheard you. Someone was trying to sell me a burnt out cape.

I have some bits to barter back with, for your Keepsakes, see. The bits and the Chirni you get for your other sundries. For your keepsakes, I offer TWO of these FOUR

[Cracked Scope]-Attach
+5% Pierce, +2 Range

[Stabiliser]-Attach
+1 Dmg, +5% Bleed

[Nightstar Accelerator]-Attach
10% Penetrator

[Bleedfraught Glass Googles] (HeadPiece)
>Action to Turn On
>Total dmg this turn is .5, but all bleed. Any bleed special doubles.

>[Train] with Sudis, teach'em -> PhaseWalker. 2 Move normally, yet passively Slip from place to place. Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.

>>2563777

>>2564864
>>2565129
>Learn +PhaseWalker
>Train Ever in [Arrowken]

>>2565091
Alright it's a deal, so it's

>Longarm with attachments
>Keepsake ×2

For
>11 bits
>Chirni 77
>Cracked Scope
>Bleedfraught Glass goggles

No mistakes?

>>2565237
I'll also be taking that flashlight and knife, gun-heart.

==Foltern==

The pathfinder team have reported back from Foltern, giving us a better feel for the area. We're plotting the best approach now.
Good call on the fuel expenditure. We would have gotten bogged down in a subtle shifting of the sand going by our old route.

Veldspar tells us one of his Patrols were lost near Foltern. Find their corpses, get some good swords.

Foltern itself is a Lost Hamlet. Flock of religious migrants under a father Abraham set out to establish a small farming commune. Things went well until a wrackstorm rolled into the area. Stragglers made it to a nearby waystation, torn up. Three of four - rumour goes - had trickle of algae dripping from where their eyes used to be. Father Abraham and his congregation was lost.

Foltern itself is swathed is haar, it boils out of the portals that used to drench the town.

This aquatic bounty is what draws in travellers and treasurehunters. And Abraham's Flock was well-supplied, fed from long years of fine farming. Get in, mark good sources of water, find the central chapel and try not loose yourself among the winding streets.

>>2563777
>Sell my spare ration for a bit
>34 bits
>-10 for impact
>-10 for longshot
>-10 for velocity in rifles(am I doing it right?)
>-4 for a rifle secret

Also about that book, can I read it during this break? Rolled for it already, got a 66.

Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction 4 Threshold 4 Resilience 4
Damage Reduction 2

-Equipment-
Armor:
Widebrim Hat [+1DR]
Threadbare Poncho [Shift 2 spaces for free]
Miltia Boots [+1 DR, Move 2 after firing]

Ammo:
[Last Gasps] - Apply to reload, adds +4 dmg
[Yelp Shot] - Adds ArmorPiercing = Harm to a gun for one reload

Other:
[Journal] - Filled with writing of an unceasingly spider-like kind. Schematics blur in with the blue ink, but it will take SOME TIME to read it in full.

-Hand1-
[Rusted Chirni 77]
1d10, Rng 11(6 + 3 Sense + 2 Scope),
13% Pierce(8 + 5 Scope), 4% Jam,
+1 Dmg + 5% Bleed(Stabilizer),
Rifles +1, +1 dice per 3, 30/30 ammo

Attachments:
[Cracked Scope]-Attach
+5% Pierce, +2 Range
[Stabiliser]-Attach
+1 Dmg, +5% Bleed

-Hand2-
[Rusted Chirni 77] 2h

-Intent-
Harm 3
Manipulate 1
Support 1
Sense 3
Solve 2

-Secrets-
Bullet Wizard 2
Mecha Logistics 2
Survival 1

Proficiency:
Rifles 3(+1 Chirni 77)
^Traits
[Velocity 1] -1 AP cost for Rifle related actions.
[Suppression] - Extra ammo spent applies as a penalty.

Actions:
[One for the road] - Take 5 fatigue for a reload.
[Longshot] - Cost 2 AP, rank misses count as +effect and Critfail=Worse.

-Conditions-
Impact(crit on 10s, 20s, 30s...)
Jinx(Rolls of >95 accrue issues)
Alive!(Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)

>>2564825
"Though gladly taken,
A coin was not the desire.
To his health I enquire.
He was quite shaken."

>>2564791
"An offer and a deal.
But ere you seek to steal,
Do you the price
give over twice?"
>Two barter actions, one payment. Is he giving Velocity 2, or what?

>>2564819
>How are [Flag]s placed?

Rolled 87, 35 = 122 (2d100)

>>2563738>>2563738>>2563777

"Hello everyone, it's me Arkul well sorta arkul I found more than a few implants on my way here. Does anyone want a semi rotting arm?"
>-make a new char...Mind explaining how this goes down?

>-Succor x2
>-Use +1 point on ironheart?


-Actions:
Steel soul:

Secrets:
-Succor Rank: 2
-Ironheart: Rank: 2

>>2565722
It begins with existing, and where it goes from there is anyone's finer guess.

You would need your Intentions distributed as well, mechanical man.

You Get:
+5 Bits
+[Tattercape] (Armor) (+2 dice to Dodge)
>Enough rags together make a formidable piece of clothing
+Rustnail (-1d + Harm, -1 Knife, 15% Multistrike)
>It's not much. But it is light and easy to hide. And makes as fine tool besides.

You Have:
+KinMani Implant (-1 EN, Use)
>You assign 1 of your Focus to power this.
>To use it, you roll intentions and Ironheart
>KinMani manipulates kinetic energy.
>Spend an Action to alter the velocity, inertia or mass of something within Sense. Move it by paying 1 EN per movement.
>--- Keeping in mind 1 EN would move something 1 tile, but if you first altered its velocity, you might move it quite a bit further, faster.

>>2565665
One. Velocity is a precariously expensive Enigma.

>>2565665
A simple action and some cloth will suffice.

If we are approaching the end of our recuperations, we may proceed to Foltern.

Is it so?

Rolled 14, 55, 30 = 99 (3d100)

>>2565467
>>2567335
Should I roll for my rifle secret?

It never occurred for me to ask but can you use the militia boots after every firing action? I've only been using them once per turn.

Same with Bulletwizard, I've just been distributing it through all the firing actions I've been taking a turn. Should it have been 2(skill level) for ever action?

>>2567515
Once per turn for the Boots. Quickstepping they are not (yet).

Bulletwizard is also, as you say, an exhaustible property. You've been doing perfectly (sanely) so far, hence the lack of comments.

For marksmanship, however, no dice this time!

As for a certain Journal, perhaps time will shed its secrets.

>>2567335
Just one.
> Barter: Offer the secret of Connections for the Fidelis Blade and 1 Bit

>>2567328
A word-tale and coat-tail for a trick,
A tangle-point and tangle-rope for bits pair
to make a deal
Equitable and fair.
>Counter offer: Velocity and 2bits.

>>2567335
sure, but I don't know what to buy...
>[Barter] Do you have any upgrade for my bow?

>>2565722
>IronHeart = 2 [+1]
>>--Spend 1 Action, move an Implant to [Conditions], powering it without Focus. Conditions can be de-activated given events. No more than [Focus] Implants active at once.

This is important for a mind free of the fragilities of flesh

>>2567785
Deal, sparkspeaker.

>>2567779
Oh, you want this old thing? A loyal blade should be served better than to be abandoned in a web-covered armory.

Deal.

>>2567875
Do I? Arrows straight and true for lacerations and far targets, we do!

For bits, we might offer:

( 7 B) [Shimmergrass String]-Attach
>Try not to look directly at it, it leaves a trial of what might be
Bows+1

( 7B per arrow) [Vanadinhead Arrow], x4
>Massmade by Isvind in the final days of the long war. Cut from the hide of a god, meant to pierce sigilcraft and animant souls.
+0D
25% Crit
Crits multiply.

(8 B) [Scuttlebug Wax]-Attach
>Not quite.. wax. Not quite not.
-1 AP to use bow.

Now, for the very canny, here's a Secret only shared if one tells a tale of its their own.

( Secret )
[StormEye] (Bow, Enigma). 1 action. Next shot hits all targets out until range.

>>2568122
I'll take the wax
>-Pay 8 B
>+Buy [Scuttlebug Wax]-Attach
And let me tell you the tale of the caravaneer who survived 20 days and 20 nights in the desert finding rice grains in the sand
>-Give [Worm in the Wood](dust&deceit)
>+Learn [StormEye]

>-Pay 12B
>+Learn Bows+1, bows+2, bows+3

>-Pay 10B
>+Buy either Velocity or Impact, I'll decide tomorrow morning

31B->1B

>>2568172
4b + rank
= Rank 1 is 5
= rank 2 is 6
= Rank 3 is 7
= Rank 1-3 is 18

>>2563777
>-12bits for {Paydirt}

>>2567335
"Ready I to Fultern go,
Where water and wrack flow."

Sudis <Skies and Systems>
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 10
Reaction 5(4+1) | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 | DR1
-Equipment-
Armor: Sharp Feather Cloak [+1Reaction]
Dry Padded Shirt [+1 DR]

Hands: Scrapbow [D4+2d/4Ap. 5(3+Harm) Arc. +0Bows]
Arrows ×14
Tangler Arrows ×4 [Wound and Stun equally]
Pulse Star Fragments [Link to MeshSys, access out of Range] [Exploded!]
Length Grassrope ×3 [Quite the strength in these tightly wrapped fibers]
Legion Coin ×1
Bits ×0
Rations ×1

-Intent-
Harm 2 | Manipulate 2
Support 1 | Sense 3
Solve 2 | Authority 2

{Skies&Plains} -There is no Home-
[Arrowken] 1
[Skulker]
{Eyes&Systems} -Little Whisper, little voice, Apostate, made my choice-
[Sigilfriend] 2
[Supplicant] Roll Sense to access, roll Solve to set up.
[Twinsoul]
*{Paydirt} Gain Bit & Recover Ftg for corpse tagged. 1Ap^ (*=0Ap)
+Velocity (1): Ap cost -1
-Secrets-
[Scavenger] 1
[Proficiency: Arrows] 1
*[Slipping] 3
+Hairline Cracks: Fling touched (to selfsize) in straight line. May react [Rebound]=Slipping+Reaction
+PhaseWalker: 2 Fatigue- Move normally, yet passively Slip from place to place. Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
[Shadows] 0
[MeshFire] 1 ("The demarcation between real and imagined is slim at best"). May manifest/control Meshfire.

-Conditions-
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Jinx! 0
Whispers! ?
Infection! 0
Fatigue! 0
Wound! 0

bump ?

>>2573113
Bump!

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the steady drip of water from some far place mix with the creaking of stonewood harvested by long-gone hands. We need this place, for water and a moment of peace.

Others may seek the same claim we do.

Let's begin.

>Deploy!


==Crew==

?

==Allies & Assets==

Pathfinders [ Rat Team ]

Support [ 2 Fuel ]
Crawler ready.

>>2590983
Deadful things hide in wait at this oasis. Sever would know, for she is one of them.

Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction | Threshold | Resilience
-Equipment-

Hand1: None
Hand2: None

-Intent-
2 | Harm
2 | Manipulate
2 | Support
3 | Sense
2 | Solve

-Secrets-
Twisted Helix 2
Know Prey 2
Mountainheart 2
Rage 2


-Conditions-
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Wrack

Rolled 89, 100 = 189 (2d100)

>>2591065

Now now, avaricous detritus friend. What little sparkling shard of horror melded with your skin?

+6 Bits
+Twistglass Shard [1+Harm damage, 15% Feed, Longblade+1]
>ripped from a twisting black crystalspire, smuggled by a woehearted fiend, prepared by a craftsman who did not wish this made

+Spitescorp Meld Trait
>adapt their reckless voracity for your own ends
[3dice + Intent to Sting, Armor, Jump or Hide as an action]

>>2590983
>Deploy

=Ever=
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction 4 | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4
Fatigue 0 | Strain 0 | Damage 0

-Equipment-
+Armor:
Scarf[Protection From Environment]
Legionaire Cuirass [BodyArmor, +4 DR, Movement after 6 is double cost]
+Weapon:
Modified Scrapbow [3d+.5Harm, rng 6+sensex2, expand range or dmg by 1 with alacrity, bows+0]
-[Scuttlebug Wax]-Attach -1 AP to use bow.

-Bag-
+4x[Vanadinhead Arrow] +0D, 25% Crit, Crits multiply.
+8x[Arrows]
+3x[Tangler Arrows] Wound and Stun equally
+11x[Flinthead Arrows] base 1d
+4 Scragsnacks [“Edible”]
+1 Bits
+Humming Amulet [Grants ‘Deflect’ action, 6d100. Powersource unknown]
+[Ration]
+[Sand]
+1 DollHeart >A jagged scar runs down one eyesocket and the dress was once another colour but grey is all that remains.
+2 [Acid] Flasks, 5d
+[Aquamarine Vial]

-Intent-
Harm 3
Manipulate 1
Support 2
Sense 1
Solve 2
Order 3

-Secrets-
Arrowken x1
Ratfriend x1
Survival x1
Mechalogistics x2
Artefacts x2
Connection x3
Sliping x1
-[PhaseWalker] 2 Move normally, yet passively Slip from place to place. Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
Bows x1
-[StormEye] 1 action. Next shot hits all targets out until range.
-[Velocity] Reduce AP cost by 1

-Conditions-
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Wrack

>>2590983
>Deploying

Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction 4 Threshold 4 Resilience 4
Damage Reduction: 2

-Equipment-
Armor:
[Widebrim Hat] - +1DR
[Threadbare Poncho] - Shift 2 spaces for free
[Miltia Boots] - +1 DR, Move 2 after firing

Ammo:
[Last Gasps] - Apply to reload, adds +4 dmg
[Yelp Shot] - Adds ArmorPiercing = Harm to a gun for one reload

Other:
[Journal] - Filled with writing of an unceasingly spider-like kind. Schematics blur in with the blue ink, but it will take SOME TIME to read it in full.

-Hand1-
[Rusted Chirni 77]
1d10, Rng 11(6+3Sense+2Scope),
13% Pierce(8+5Scope) 4% Jam,
+1 Dmg and +5% Bleed(Stabilizer),
Rifles +1, +1 dice per 3, 30/30 ammo

Attachments:
[Cracked Scope] - +5% Pierce, +2 Rng
[Stabiliser] - +1 Dmg, +5% Bleed

-Hand2-
[Rusted Chirni 77] 2h

-Intent-
Harm 3
Manipulate 1
Support 1
Sense 3
Solve 2

-Secrets-
Skills:
[Bullet Wizard 2]
[Mecha Logistics 2]
[Survival 1]

Proficiencies:
[Rifles 3](+1 Rusted Chirni 77)
^RifleTraits
[Velocity 1] -1 AP cost for Rifle related actions.
[Suppression] - Extra ammo spent applies as a penalty.

Actions:
[One for the road] - Take 5 fatigue for a reload.
[Longshot] - Cost 2 AP, rank misses count as +effect and Critfail=Worse.

-Conditions-
Impact(crit on 10s, 20s, 30s...)
Jinx(Rolls of >95 accrue issues)
Alive!(Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)

>>2591122
he last traveler Sever talked to wasn't very nice, and had a very disgusting-painful-hurting tasting sword that kept breaking Sever's teeth no matter how many times she regrew them.

>>2591122
Just remembered, I never did get that rifle secret I bought, did I fail a roll on your side?

>>2591228
If you will excuse an old scribe their irresolute hand. . .

=Ever=
-Self-
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12 | Bits 1
-Intent-
Harm 3 | Manipulate 1 | Support 2 | Sense 1 | Solve 2 | Order 3
-Defense-
DR 4 | Reaction 4 | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 |

-Equipment-
+Armor:
(head) Scarf [Protection From Environment]
(body) Legionaire Cuirass [+4 DR, Movement after 6 is double cost]
Hands:
Mod. Scrapbow [4d, r8, +1 d or r / 1 AP, bows+0]
--[Scuttlebug Wax]-Attach -1 AP to use bow [3 AP]
Quiver:
+4x[Vanadinhead Arrow] +0D, 25% Crit, Crits multiply.
+8x[Arrows]
+3x[Tangler Arrows] Wound and Stun equally
+11x[Flinthead Arrows] base 1d

-Secrets-
Arrowken x1 | Ratfriend x1 | Survival x1 | Mechalogistics x2 | Artefacts x2
| Connection x3
Sliping x1
-[PhaseWalker] 2Fatigue, Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
Bows x1
-[StormEye] 1 action. Next shot hits all targets out until range.
-[Velocity] Reduce AP cost by 1

-Conditions-
Alive!
Wrack

-Bag-
4 Scragsnacks [“Edible”], Ration
+Humming Amulet [Grants ‘Deflect’ action, 6d100. Powersource unknown]
+1 DollHeart >A jagged scar runs down one eyesocket and the dress was once another colour but grey is all that remains.
+2 [Acid] Flasks, 5d
+[Aquamarine Vial]

>>2591391
Thanks command, now it almost looks like a real sheet!

>>2591246
How do you all mange to fit so many words into such few dust-torn pages?

This cannot be so impossible to reduce in length.

--

=Bob=
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12 | Bits XXX
DR 2 | Reaction 4 | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4

-Intent-
Harm 3 Manipulate 1 Support 1 Sense 3 Solve 2

-Equipment-
Armor:
[Widebrim Hat] - +1DR
[Threadbare Poncho] - Shift 2 spaces for free
[Miltia Boots] - +1 DR, Move 2 after firing

-Hand1-
[Rusted Chirni 77]
1d10, Rng 11(6+3Sense+2Scope),
13% Pierce(8+5Scope) 4% Jam,
+1 Dmg and +5% Bleed(Stabilizer),
Rifles +1, +1 dice per 3, 30/30 ammo
Ammo:
[Last Gasps] - Apply to reload, adds +4 dmg
[Yelp Shot] - Adds ArmorPiercing = Harm to a gun for one reload

Attachments:
[Cracked Scope] - +5% Pierce, +2 Rng
[Stabiliser] - +1 Dmg, +5% Bleed

-Hand2-
[Rusted Chirni 77] 2h

-Secrets-
[Bullet Wizard 2], [Mecha Logistics 2], [Survival 1], [
Rifles 3](+1 Rusted Chirni 77)
^RifleTraits
[Velocity 1] -1 AP cost for Rifle related actions.
[Suppression] - Extra ammo spent applies as a penalty.

Actions:
[One for the road] - Take 5 fatigue for a reload.
[Longshot] - Cost 2 AP, rank misses count as +effect and Critfail=Worse.

-Conditions-
Jinx(Rolls of >95 accrue issues)
Alive!(Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)

Other:
[Journal] - Filled with writing of an unceasingly spider-like kind. Schematics blur in with the blue ink, but it will take SOME TIME to read it in full.

>>2591262
Apologies, sometimes things . . . fail. But you should certainly have taken the time to READ YOUR JOURNAL, which will DEFINITIVELY DO SOMETHING.

Primarily, mark out a cache of stormlost goods [Nearby, even!] and how to construct from their prized wreckage . . . something. Maybe some more time will tell you quite what and how? Find the hidden cache, and then . . .

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==Crew==

1Twist | Sever
2Rat | Ever
3Shell | Bob


==Allies & Assets==

Pathfinders [ Rat Team ]

Support [ 2 Fuel ]
Crawler ready.

----

The mist absorbs our footfalls as we make our way into the outskirts of Foltern, swirling in our wake. Hiding something. Sounds muffle, bend - over there becomes even further away.

But Foltern itself is placid. Nothing lurks but ourselves in this water-choked place. Cool, for the first time in ages. The first time at all for some.

The Pathfinders, Rat Team, have been here before us and marked out some likely places. Perhaps they can BRIEF YOU on problems?

To the south-west, a boat lies moored to makeshift harbor. A recent construction, made after the village drowned from the endless deluge.

We seek the Chapel, further south, and to secure the winding ways for the people that will follow our footsteps.

[Crew Phase]
[Crew may act]

>>2591478
I miss my scragdogs... also is overwatch a thing in this game?

>>2591487
They're still with you in spirit.
>They're not, however, on a layer currently set to visible.

And of course you can prepare a reaction. What would prevent it? But in this place, what hostile force could you possibly fear?

Rolled 87, 56, 26, 88, 87, 40 = 384 (6d100)

>>2591478
>Focus x2 Connections
>Order3+Connections3[*|*] the ratfriends
"I don't have all day and this place smells worse than the interior of legion sigiltank so you Ratfriend better give me that debriefing ASAP, where are the enemies and more importantly where is the LOOT, yeah yeah point at them in the map, anything else I NEED to know? no? GOOD. Now I want your friend to be on point an cover that door east and your other friend can cover the door south I can hear some groans so if you see something green and putrid shoot it DEAD! that is all, now get to WORK!"
>Focus x2 Bows
>Move 3S 1E

=Ever=
-Self-
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12 | Bits 1
-Intent-
Harm 3 | Manipulate 1 | Support 2 | Sense 1 | Solve 2 | Order 3
-Defense-
DR 4 | Reaction 4 | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 |

-Equipment-
+Armor:
(head) Scarf [Protection From Environment]
(body) Legionaire Cuirass [+4 DR, Movement after 6 is double cost]
Hands:
Mod. Scrapbow [d(4)3+.5Harm | r(8)6+sensex2 | +1 d or r / 1 AP, bows+0]
--[Scuttlebug Wax]-Attach -1 AP to use bow [3 AP]
Quiver:
+4x[Vanadinhead Arrow] +0D, 25% Crit, Crits multiply.
+8x[Arrows]
+3x[Tangler Arrows] Wound and Stun equally
+11x[Flinthead Arrows] base 1d

-Secrets-
Arrowken x1 | Ratfriend x1 | Survival x1 | Mechalogistics x2 | Artefacts x2 | Connection x3
Sliping x1
-[PhaseWalker] 2Fatigue, Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
Bows x1
-[StormEye] 1 action. Next shot hits all targets out until range.
-[Velocity] Reduce AP cost by 1

-Conditions-
Alive!
Wrack

-Bag-
+4xScragsnacks [“Edible”]
+1xRation
+1xHumming Amulet [Grants ‘Deflect’ action, 6d100. Powersource unknown]
+1xDollHeart >A jagged scar runs down one eyesocket and the dress was once another colour but grey is all that remains.
+2x[Acid] Flasks, 5d
+1x[Aquamarine Vial]

>>2591478
>Deploy

>>2568409

Rolled 98, 38, 91, 17, 81, 44, 15, 97, 89, 30 = 600 (10d100)

>>2591478
Delicious rats with squirming furry bodies and lovely delicate snapping bones, can I eat them when they die?
> Focus Flux, Focus Flux
> Spend 10 dice to CHANGE
+ A carnivore's jaw to clamp down and rip flesh from bone, saliva rich with spitescorp venom

>>2591556
[Ratfinder #1]
You know you don't actually outrank us, right?

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==Crew==

1Twist | Sever
>+2 Fatigue
>Shuddering and twisting . . .
>[Ripping Jaws] 5dice + Intent. 20% Poison.
>Maintain this Form with 1 AP / Turn.
2Rat | Ever
3Shell | Bob
4Skies&Systems | Sudis


==Allies & Assets==

Pathfinders [ Rat Team ]

Support [ 2 Fuel ]
Crawler ready.

---

The winding passage leads to a wet backalley, where an overgrown spitescorp corpse rests among the boxes it was tossed to. Shattered carapace leaks busted insides. Something hit this venomous monstrosity hard.

--
>>2591556
>They. . . don't like you much
"Sir--"
"He doesn't actually warrant a 'Sir'"
"Mate?"
"That works"
"MATE - Foltern's a wreck! We strung out meshlights earlier, but the fog eats the connection! We can try to get them started again, light the place up. Saw no one out there while working, but sure heard a LOT OF STEPPING and a lot of PHANTON MOVEMENTS. I heard a spitescorp earlier, but it cut off rapid-quick. Died on the screech, yeah? "
"Mention the thing"
"The thing?"
"The thing."
"Sir--err--mate! Mate! Also? Giant rolling rips in the sky, water drops from it. Water n'. . . Stuff! Pure thing-mines, they are. Bunch of broken leather fell out earlier, but I swear'n the voidstar, half a servitor tumbled out too! We can pull some heavy duty stuff.

We've got one down central, one further down and one flickering one near the chapel itself. You can tell they're about to DROP STUFF because THE WATER STOPS FLOWING. Also, we're supposed to be five, yeah? But Rat-4 and Rat-5 went over to check the south-west quadrant and they've gone CLEAN MISSING."

>>2591575
This is agony and reward in equal measure
>[Ripping Jaws] 5Dice + Intent, 20% Poison.
>Full adaption success!

[Crew Phase]
[Crew Can Act]

Rolled 37, 61, 22 = 120 (3d100)

>>2591630
>4Ap: Skulking
>4Ap: Supplicant- Set up Tactical Mesh with Willing Allies. [Supplicant1+Solve2]
>-2Fatigue: PhaseWalk
>4Ap: Move 2SE, 2E
>0Ap: Paydirt Spitecorpse S

Sudis <Skies and Systems>
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 10
Reaction 5(4+1) | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 | DR1
-Equipment-
Armor: Sharp Feather Cloak [+1Reaction]
Dry Padded Shirt [+1 DR]

Hands: Scrapbow [D4+2d/4Ap. 5(3+Harm) Arc. +0Bows]
Arrows ×14
Tangler Arrows ×4 [Wound and Stun equally]
Pulse Star Fragments [Link to MeshSys, access out of Range] [Exploded!]
Length Grassrope ×3 [Quite the strength in these tightly wrapped fibers]
Legion Coin ×1
Bits ×0
Rations ×1

-Intent-
Harm 2 | Manipulate 2
Support 1 | Sense 3
Solve 2 | Authority 2

{Skies&Plains} -There is no Home-
[Arrowken] 1
[Skulker]
{Eyes&Systems} -Little Whisper, little voice, Apostate, made my choice-
[Sigilfriend] 2
[Supplicant] Roll Sense to access, roll Solve to set up.
[Twinsoul]
*{Paydirt} Gain Bit & Recover Ftg for corpse tagged. 1Ap^ (*=0Ap)
+Velocity (1): Ap cost -1
-Secrets-
[Scavenger] 1
[Proficiency: Arrows] 1
*[Slipping] 3
+Hairline Cracks: Fling touched (to selfsize) in straight line. May react [Rebound]=Slipping+Reaction
+PhaseWalker: 2 Fatigue- Move normally, yet passively Slip from place to place. Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
[Shadows] 0
[MeshFire] 1 ("The demarcation between real and imagined is slim at best"). May manifest/control Meshfire.

-Conditions-
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Jinx! 0
Whispers! ?
Infection! 0
Fatigue! 2
Wound! 0

Rolled 73, 62, 33, 81, 9 = 258 (5d100)

>>2591630
> 2a Focus Know Prey, Focus Harm
> 1a Maintain
> 4a Spitescorp Meld: Hide
> 5a Move 3E 2S

Where did those dogs come from! They look delicious, can I have a taste?

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==Crew==

1Twist | Sever
>2 Fatigue
2Rat | Ever
3Shell | Bob
4Skies&Systems | Sudis
>2 Fatigue


==Allies & Assets==

Pathfinders [ Rat Team ]

Support [ 2 Fuel ]
Crawler ready.

---

These old streets are quiet save for the wet sounds of our footfalls. Something barely beyond sight shimmers and strikes. A wet crunch.

---

[ Crew Phase ]
[ Crew can act ]

>>2591759
im phoneposting deal with it
>move 1S 5E
>loot the crates -4AP
>overwatch south with bow bow1**+harm3 2AP

Rolled 31, 79, 63, 51 = 224 (4d100)

>>2591759
>Move SE2(Poncho)
>Move SE2 E4 -6
>Shift 2 focus to survival -2
>Sidestep that nasty spitescorpion and search those crates east of me
>Survival 1[*|*] + Sense 3 -4

Absolutely disgusting, hopefully the smell doesn't rub off on me, I ain't staying here long.

Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12 | Bits
DR 2 | Reaction 4 | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4

-Intent-
Harm 3 Manipulate 1 Support 1 Sense 3 Solve 2

-Equipment-
Armor:
[Widebrim Hat] - +1DR
[Threadbare Poncho] - Shift 2 spaces for free
[Miltia Boots] - +1 DR, Move 2 after firing

-Hand1-
[Rusted Chirni 77]
1d10, Rng 11(6+3Sense+2Scope),
13% Pierce(8+5Scope) 4% Jam,
+1 Dmg and +5% Bleed(Stabilizer),
Rifles +1, +1 dice per 3, 30/30 ammo

Ammo:
[Last Gasps] - Apply to reload, adds +4 dmg
[Yelp Shot] - Adds ArmorPiercing = Harm to a gun for one reload

Attachments:
[Cracked Scope] - +5% Pierce, +2 Rng
[Stabiliser] - +1 Dmg, +5% Bleed

-Hand2-
[Rusted Chirni 77] 2h

-Secrets-
[Bullet Wizard 2]
[Mecha Logistics 2]
[Survival 1]/*|*/
[Rifles 3](+1 Rusted Chirni 77)
^RifleTraits
[Velocity 1] -1 AP cost for Rifle related actions.
[Suppression] - Extra ammo spent applies as a penalty.

Actions:
[One for the road] - Take 5 fatigue for a reload.
[Longshot] - Cost 2 AP, rank misses count as +effect and Critfail=Worse.

-Conditions-
Impact(Crit on 10s, 20s, 30s...
Jinx(Rolls of >95 accrue issues)
Alive!(Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)

-Items-
[Journal] - Filled with writing of an unceasingly spider-like kind. Schematics blur in with the blue ink, but it will take SOME TIME to read it in full.

>>2591429
So will reading the book cost me a normal action then like -4 ap? I'm guessing it'll be mechlog and solve?

Rolled 18, 67, 6, 48, 56 = 195 (5d100)

>>2591759
Prey lurking in the fog, and a dangerous enemy!

> 1a Maintain
> 3a Move South East South
> 4a Spitescorp Meld - Jump onto the pile of refuse
> 4a Mountainheart 4DR

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==Crew==

1Twist | Sever
>2 Fatigue
2Rat | Ever
3Shell | Bob
4Skies&Systems | Sudis
>2 Fatigue


==Allies & Assets==

Pathfinders [ Rat Team ]

Support [ 2 Fuel ]
Crawler ready.

--

Rippling, unreal bubbles of not-here spreading from the centre, the first portal to somewhere else comes into sight above the broken home of some dead occupant.

Sever scans a fleeting impression of a robed stranger with oceanblue eyes. With a jerky lunge, it flees out of sight.

>>2591793
>>2591789
a struggle for dominance and a the best way to open boxes plays out in a scuffle while the broken spitescorp shifts beneath your feet.

>You each get
>+3 Bits
>+1 Salty Ration

[ Crew Phase ]
[ Crew to act ]

Rolled 42, 4, 95, 57 = 198 (4d100)

>>2591853
>Move 2S
>shoot the scorpion [arrow] bow1**(velocity and 50to hit)+harm3 2AP +5AP to +5dmg
>Move 3S
still phoneposting damn you command
sheet here
>>2591556

>>2591853
> 1a Maintenance
> 4a Mark fleeing robed stranger (Know Prey* + Solve)
> Check the refuse for anything interesting
> 2a Move West West and sniff around the corpse
> 4a+1 Meld Spitescorp - Armour

Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction | Threshold | Resilience
-Equipment-
Hand1: Twistglass Shard 3dmg 15% feed longblade+1
Hand2: None

Bits: 6
-Intent-
2 | Harm
2 | Manipulate
2 | Support
3 | Sense
2 | Solve

-Secrets-
2 | Twisted Helix
2 | Know Prey
2 | Mountainheart
2 | Rage

-Actions-
Flux - roll Alacrity dice to CHANGE

-Traits-
Meld Spitescorp - 1 Act: 3 dice + Intent to Sting, Armor, Jump or Hide

-Conditions-
CHANGE: Ripping Jaws 5dice+intent, 20% Poison 1a/t to maintain
Fatigue 2
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Wrack

Rolled 85, 37, 60, 76, 67, 64, 30, 50, 32, 94 = 595 (10d100)

>>2591894
Sweet-succulent scent of blood! And Sever's eye catches movement!

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>>2591874
the spitescorp died violently, like its kin, ripped to shreds by some malign musculature. Ensuring its demise with a well place arrow might waste the weapon but it does assure the heart.

Inside the hut, the slit slides beneath your boots. A scragdog lets out a low, reverberating growl. A nest of corpsebloomers. They buzz. A malnourished corpse covered in the white-fur eggs lie before the hive, an intruder taken down by the warrior caste of the insect-kin.

A low waft of ichor sweeps out from further in the building. Quiet now, or the hive will be roused.

>>2591894
You mark the stranger, and its footfalls. It runs towards the west, and the route is clear in your mind. You could intercept.

The corpse is that of a Legionaire, one of Veldspars men. He was taken with violence, but recently expired, pain write large across his scar-crossed features. He has been stripped of armor and weapon, but somehow still exhudes the rigidity of the Legion. His skin has the tell-tale sheen of corpsebloom poison. Someone intended for this man to die in slow agony, but did not trust themselves to take him in an even fight. Sprung from behind. Whoever haunts this place uses POISON and AMBUSH TACTICS. You think you would KNOW A TRAP if you SAW ONE
>You are [Wary] and will notice Traps

[Ratfinder 3#]
You hear that, Biter? Pitter-patter of feet. . .

[ Crew Phase ]
[ Crew can act ]

Rolled 66, 73, 5, 48, 36 = 228 (5d100)

>>2591964

>-Skulking
>1Ap: Remove 1 Fatigue
>2Fatigue: Phasewalk
>7Ap: Movement
>Move 2S
>0Ap: Paydirt Spitecorpse
>Move 3W
>0Ap: Paydirt Spitecorpse
>Move 1N
>4Ap: Access MeshObject SE. [Sigilfriend2+Authority2+Twinsoul(1)]

Sudis <Skies and Systems>
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 10
Reaction 5(4+1) | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 | DR1
-Equipment-
Armor: Sharp Feather Cloak [+1Reaction]
Dry Padded Shirt [+1 DR]

Hands: Scrapbow [D4+2d/4Ap. 5(3+Harm) Arc. +0Bows]
Arrows ×14
Tangler Arrows ×4 [Wound and Stun equally]
Pulse Star Fragments [Link to MeshSys, access out of Range] [Exploded!]
Length Grassrope ×3 [Quite the strength in these tightly wrapped fibers]
Legion Coin ×1
Bits ×0
Rations ×1

-Intent-
Harm 2 | Manipulate 2
Support 1 | Sense 3
Solve 2 | Authority 2

{Skies&Plains} -There is no Home-
[Arrowken] 1
[Skulker]
{Eyes&Systems} -Little Whisper, little voice, Apostate, made my choice-
[Sigilfriend] 2
[Supplicant] Roll Sense to access, roll Solve to set up.
[Twinsoul]
*{Paydirt} Gain Bit & Recover Ftg for corpse tagged. 1Ap^ (*=0Ap)
+Velocity (1): Ap cost -1
-Secrets-
[Scavenger] 1
[Proficiency: Arrows] 1
*[Slipping] 3
+Hairline Cracks: Fling touched (to selfsize) in straight line. May react [Rebound]=Slipping+Reaction
+PhaseWalker: 2 Fatigue- Move normally, yet passively Slip from place to place. Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
[Shadows] 0
[MeshFire] 1 ("The demarcation between real and imagined is slim at best"). May manifest/control Meshfire.

-Conditions-
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Jinx! 0
Whispers! ?
Infection! 0
Fatigue! 3
Wound! 0

Rolled 1, 29, 86, 72, 5, 49, 64, 29 = 335 (8d100)

>>2591964
"Wessst. Ambush."
Warning complete, Sever bites down on the Legionnaire's corpse and TEARS.

> Maintain for 1 Fatigue
> 4a Consume Fallen Legionnaire
> Twisted Helix!
Resistance to the corpsebloom and biomass for my change is what I seek
> Spend 8 Alacrity to CHANGE
Muscle, a few inches of height and an armored carapace.

Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction | Threshold | Resilience
-Equipment-
Hand1: Twistglass Shard 3dmg 15% feed longblade+1
Hand2: None

Bits: 6
-Intent-
2 | Harm
2 | Manipulate
2 | Support
3 | Sense
2 | Solve

-Secrets-
2 | Twisted Helix
2 | Know Prey
2 | Mountainheart
2 | Rage

-Actions-
Flux - roll Alacrity dice to CHANGE

-Traits-
Meld Spitescorp - 1 Act: 3 dice + Intent to Sting, Armor, Jump or Hide

-Conditions-
CHANGE: Ripping Jaws 5dice+intent, 20% Poison 1a/t to maintain
Fatigue 2
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Wrack

>>2591964
>slip 2S -2 fatigue
>open chest 4ap
>Move 1 w
>open chest 4ap
>heal fatigue 1

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==Crew==

1Twist | Sever
>2 Fatigue
2Rat | Ever
>1 Fatigue
>4 Bleed
>5 Wounds
3Shell | Bob
4Skies&Systems | Sudis
>1 Fatigue


==Allies & Assets==

Pathfinders [ Rat Team ]

Support [ 2 Fuel ]
Crawler ready.

--
>>2592057
Stumbling through a wall, unwary and unaware, faltering half-real feet find a chest - but pulling it up triggers as local contraption, an eruption of spikes exploding outwards from the innards of the box. Its followed by
a storm of bullets from an unseen adversary.
>+4 Bleed
>Wounds (Accounted for DR) - +5 Wounds

The chests hold... nothing but the trigger mechanism for the trap, and another one that appears to wire into a small mechanolog device near the door, intent on a pyromaniac conflageration if disturbed.

>>2592036
The Pathfinders check their guns, then check their surrounds following a briefly snapped command. As their eyes slide off the corpse of the legionnaire, it is time to strike.

[ REACTION PHASE ]

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==Crew==
1Twist | Sever
>2 Fatigue
2Rat | Ever
>1 Fatigue
>5 Bleed [Worsen]
>5 Wounds
3Shell | Bob
4Skies&Systems | Sudis
>1 Fatigue

==Allies & Assets==
Pathfinders [ Rat Team ]

Support [ 2 Fuel ]
Crawler ready.

>>2592036
The hovering hole in reality pulls at you as you pull at the corpse. Something inside lurches, a line of wrong genetic code sprouting like a flower in the depths of your being. Death from corpse-bloom is easy to avoid, but somehow, you feel too light, too hazy. . .

>Trait: [PoisonResistance 4]
>1 AP to Maintain or 1 Biomass
>Gain 3 Biomass Condition
>Trait: Scornplates, +3 DR
>Maintain with 1 AP or 1 Biomass
>What else might this bounty of organic material be used for. . .

>WRACK AND WOE
>something has gone awfully wrong
>your joints stiffen as ossified bone plates sprout from your skin, but this isn't. . . aligned.

>WRACK: Stumblestep Condition - until you take 4 wounds, pay AP to change direction when you move.

[Crew Phase]
[ Crew to act ]

Rolled 63, 16, 63, 53, 40, 17 = 252 (6d100)

>>2592250
>Slip 5N +2fatigue -5AP
>Order 3+ Connection 3 Request a medic from HQ -4AP
>+1fatigue +1AP
>Try to stop the bleed -4AP (dunno what to roll)

=Ever= Fatigue 1 | wounds 5 | Bleed 4
-Self-
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12 | Bits 4
-Intent-
Harm 3 | Manipulate 1 | Support 2 | Sense 1 | Solve 2 | Order 3
-Defense-
DR 4 | Reaction 4 | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 |

-Equipment-
+Armor:
(head) Scarf [Protection From Environment]
(body) Legionaire Cuirass [+4 DR, Movement after 6 is double cost]
Hands:
Mod. Scrapbow [d(4)3+.5Harm | r(8)6+sensex2 | +1 d or r / 1 AP, bows+0]
--[Scuttlebug Wax]-Attach -1 AP to use bow [3 AP]
Quiver:
+4x[Vanadinhead Arrow] +0D, 25% Crit, Crits multiply.
+7x[Arrows]
+3x[Tangler Arrows] Wound and Stun equally
+11x[Flinthead Arrows] base 1d

-Secrets-
Arrowken x1 | Ratfriend x1 | Survival x1 | Mechalogistics x2 | Artefacts x2 | Connection x3
Sliping x1
-[PhaseWalker] 2Fatigue, Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
Bows x1
-[StormEye] 1 action. Next shot hits all targets out until range.
-[Velocity] Reduce AP cost by 1

-Conditions-
Alive!
Wrack

-Bag-
+4xScragsnacks [“Edible”]
+2xRation (1 is salty)
+1xHumming Amulet [Grants ‘Deflect’ action, 6d100. Powersource unknown]
+1xDollHeart >A jagged scar runs down one eyesocket and the dress was once another colour but grey is all that remains.
+2x[Acid] Flasks, 5d
+1x[Aquamarine Vial]

Rolled 30, 20, 18, 29 = 97 (4d100)

>>2592250
>-Skulking
>2Ap: Phasewalk
>1Ap: Review MeshEye feed, Search for Spitescorp termination. [Sigilfriend2+Authority2]
>1Ap: Focus +Hairline
>4Ap: Prepare [Rebound: Slip3+React5]
>4Ap: Move 4N, facing East

Sudis <Skies and Systems>
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 10
Reaction 5(4+1) | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 | DR1
-Equipment-
Armor: Sharp Feather Cloak [+1Reaction]
Dry Padded Shirt [+1 DR]

Hands: Scrapbow [D4+2d/4Ap. 5(3+Harm) Arc. +0Bows]
Arrows ×14
Tangler Arrows ×4 [Wound and Stun equally]
Pulse Star Fragments [Link to MeshSys, access out of Range] [Exploded!]
Length Grassrope ×3 [Quite the strength in these tightly wrapped fibers]
Legion Coin ×1
Bits ×2
Rations ×1

-Intent-
Harm 2 | Manipulate 2
Support 1 | Sense 3
Solve 2 | Authority 2

{Skies&Plains} -There is no Home-
[Arrowken] 1
[Skulker]
{Eyes&Systems} -Little Whisper, little voice, Apostate, made my choice-
[Sigilfriend] 2
[Supplicant] Roll Sense to access, roll Solve to set up.
[Twinsoul]
{Paydirt} Gain Bit & Recover Ftg for corpse tagged. 1Ap^ (*=0Ap)
+Velocity (1): Ap cost -1
-Secrets-
[Scavenger] 1
[Proficiency: Arrows] 1
**[Slipping] 3
+Hairline Cracks: Fling touched (to selfsize) in straight line. May react [Rebound]=Slipping+Reaction
+PhaseWalker: 2 Fatigue- Move normally, yet passively Slip from place to place. Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
[Shadows] 0
[MeshFire] 1 ("The demarcation between real and imagined is slim at best"). May manifest/control Meshfire.

-Conditions-
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Jinx! 0
Whispers! ?
Infection! 0
Fatigue! 1
Wound! 0

Rolled 15, 34, 42, 74, 84, 27, 84 = 360 (7d100)

>>2592250
The creature that Sever recently was rises onto two feet once more, blood and viscera dripping from its maw. In a lumbering charge and shouting incomprehensibly, it pounces on its marked prey, taking its shoulder in its teeth and clamping down.

> Maintain with 3AP
> Move 9AP SW, W, W3, S
> 4 Fatigue, Bite and Hold

Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction | Threshold | Resilience
-Equipment-
Hand1: Twistglass Shard 3dmg 15% feed longblade+1
Hand2: None

Bits: 6
-Intent-
2 | Harm
2 | Manipulate
2 | Support
3 | Sense
2 | Solve

-Secrets-
2 | Twisted Helix
2 | Know Prey
2 | Mountainheart
2 | Rage

-Actions-
Flux - roll Alacrity dice to CHANGE

-Traits-
Meld Spitescorp - 1 Act: 3 dice + Intent to Sting, Armor, Jump or Hide

-Conditions-
CHANGE: Ripping Jaws 5dice+intent, 20% Poison 1a/t to maintain M1a
CHANGE: [Poison Resistance 4] M1a/1b
CHANGE: Scornplates +3DR M1a/1b
WRACK : Stumblestep Condition - Pay AP to turn until 4 damage is taken
Fatigue 7
Biomass 3
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Wrack

>>2592475
Focus is on HARM and KNOW PREY

Rolled 22 (1d100)

Anyone feeling up for a run?

>1d100 + Proficiency [LEGS]
>Change & Agony
>Improve Flux by 2 and Twisted Helix by 1
>Marked: +1 Focus, +2 Alacrity

Alacrity 14 | Focus 3 | Limit [0] 12
DR 0 | Reaction 4 | Treshold 4 | Resilience 4
Solve 3 | Manipulate 3 | Sense 2 | Harm 1 | Support 1
C&A: Twisted Helix 2, Flux 3
Proficiency [LEGS]
Marked

Rolled 56, 2 = 58 (2d100)

>>2592250

>Appear

Alacrity 14 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction | Threshold | Resilience
-Equipment-
Dashsytem Fuel 6 boost 3
Stabby knife D1+.5H, 3% cut, knives 0


Hand1
Hand2 Stabby Knife


-Intent-
Harm 3
Manipulate 3
Support 1
Sense 2
Solve 1

-Secrets-
Mirror Strikes 2
Knives prof 1
Tigerheart 2
Know Prey 1

-Conditions-
Null
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)

[Travel interuption]

[ This is taking longer than expected, tarnations ]

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==Crew==
1Twist | Sever
>6 Fatigue
2Rat | Ever
>2 Fatigue
>5 Bleed
>5 Wounds
3Shell | Bob
4Skies&Systems | Sudis
>1 Fatigue
5Twist | Nick Sand
6Wind | Storm Shadow

==Allies & Assets==

Pathfinders [ Rat Team ]

Support [ 2 Fuel ]
Crawler ready.
--

>>2592310
A nearby pathfinder from the Rats snaps a helmeted look in your direction. Almost assured, she mutters something under her breath but heads towards you, syringes in hand.

You HOLD In the BLEEDING and PREVENT IT from getting any worse. All will be well, soon. . .

>>2592319
The little mesh-spark strung out by other hands speaks in in a foreign dialect, and has its own idiosyncracies. Something coils and roils in the black behind your eyelids. Secrets are shared.

A HUNTER made a luretrap for the spitescorp, which, all hunger, encroached upon the morsel and was encroached upon in turn. Ripping and tearing the flesh, the HUNTER acquired what they came for. . . the strength of a defeated prey. It is still out there. In the not-quite-your-memories, they appear barely humanoid. They fled SOUTH.

Ponderings interrupted, a wiery traveller swathed in layers of dust-addled cloth perk up at your arrival and spin eyes the colour of punji-pits in your direction.

>>2592475
Latching unto your prey is easy, but the flesh-taste beneath is soggy with ancient brine.

[Environment Phase]

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==Crew==

1Twist | Sever
>6 Fatigue
2Rat | Ever
>2 Fatigue
>3 Wounds
3Shell | Bob
4Skies&Systems | Sudis
>1 Fatigue
5Twist | Nick Sand
6Wind | Storm Shadow

==Allies & Assets==

Pathfinders [ Rat Team ]

Support [ 2 Fuel ]
Crawler ready.

---

Aid arrives to Ever in the form of a patchjob that could be more gentle.
>Bleed converted to Wounds
>-5 Wounds (3 Remains)

---

Sever feels a tug followed by the sharp release of chemical stink from burnt fuel cells as Rat1# grabs on and boosts backwards, pulling a dangling centipede of chewable human flesh with them. A burst of feathered darts fly from the mist to rend the space recently evacuated, but the Pathfinder hits the wall behind them hard and has no more follow up.

Rat3# disappears into the ancient inn-house to the sounds of fire-exchange. Then . . . Silence.

---

The Scragdogs that claim Ever as their finest servant howl a mournful cry. Corpsebloom wasps coalesce into a riotous swarm. The scragdogs lower three tails and back away. The cloud advances, then hovers within the confines of the old cottage.

Corpsebloomers do not like the harsh light of the sun. A stalemate. For now.

--
>>2593048
Nick Sand arrives, from for-off fields.

+2 Bits
+[Spiked Miltia Boots] +1 DR, kick at Harm+Legs once per turn.
+Cerebovorande Boot Polish
>a valuable commodity, if one can bear the odour
+Dustwalker Cape [Protection from Elements]
+Nightstrand Ichor Vial [Consumable]
>This little flask contains a thousand perfect purple bubbles floating like floatsam in water it refuses to mix with. It leaves a trail of shadow as it swings at the end of a softly corroded copper chain.

Marked with scars that no change can hide, a little extra knowledge from twisted helix strands inform. . .
>Twisted Helix 2:
>Pick up to [Focus] CHANGE adaptations (from Flux). They are automatically maintained.

>Flux 2, 3
>Treat Flux as a [Secret] or an [Action], rolling your Rank + Intention to force a change, interpret changes. Set the Intention of a Change.
>-- [Sense 2] + Flux 3 => "Develop Sensing Organs"

>>2594286
Stabby Knife --> Glintrazor Blade [ D1+.5H, 12% Cut, Knives+1]
DashSystem --> KinJetSystem [ Fuel 6, Boost 2, move yourself or something around you]

+4 Bits
+2 Terrible Rations
+1 [Haze] Fuel Cell.
>The shimmering liquid in this cell is not quite like the volatile sparkcraft of common make. Load it into a jet system to leave shimmering after-images of your actions. Or cell it in the Spiremarket for the bounty of a kingdom.

[ Crew Phase ]
[ Crew to act ]

Rolled 22, 78, 28, 75, 87, 92, 52 = 434 (7d100)

>>2599834
"Twixt spark and wrack, dust and sky
All is illusion, the world a lie.
But for today it does seem,
We wanderers share the self-same dream."
>Y/N: Maybe?

"I ken no fleshshape to aid your eye,
But could perhaps cast sight with a stranger die,
Or else lead you blind to safer harbor.
Not far a walk, and you look to have handled harder.

Now tell me, friend, of Foltern.
How come you here?
Which worm did turn,
To coat you in wound and fear?"
>-Offer to lead him outside
>-Ask for details
>4Ap: Prepare Rebound. Slip3+React5
>1Ap: Focus [Sigilfriend]
>4Ap: Determine cause of [Overload] on MeshEye. *Sigilfriend2+Solve2
>3Ap to examine the Ragged Traveller. Sense 3?

Sudis <Skies and Systems>
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 10
Reaction 5(4+1) | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 | DR1
-Equipment-
Armor: Sharp Feather Cloak [+1Reaction]
Dry Padded Shirt [+1 DR]

Hands: Scrapbow [D4+2d/4Ap. 5(3+Harm) Arc. +0Bows]
Arrows ×14
Tangler Arrows ×4 [Wound and Stun equally]
Pulse Star Fragments [Link to MeshSys, access out of Range] [Exploded!]
Length Grassrope ×3 [Quite the strength in these tightly wrapped fibers]
Legion Coin ×1
Bits ×2
Rations ×1

-Intent-
Harm 2 | Manipulate 2
Support 1 | Sense 3
Solve 2 | Authority 2

{Skies&Plains} -There is no Home-
[Arrowken] 1
[Skulker]
{Eyes&Systems} -Little Whisper, little voice, Apostate, made my choice-
[Sigilfriend] 2
[Supplicant] Roll Sense to access, roll Solve to set up.
[Twinsoul]
{Paydirt} Gain Bit & Recover Ftg for corpse tagged. 1Ap^ (*=0Ap)
+Velocity (1): Ap cost -1
-Secrets-
[Scavenger] 1
[Proficiency: Arrows] 1
*[Slipping] 3
+Hairline Cracks: Fling touched (to selfsize) in straight line. May react [Rebound]=Slipping+Reaction
+PhaseWalker: 2 Fatigue- Move normally, yet passively Slip from place to place. Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
[Shadows] 0
[MeshFire] 1 ("The demarcation between real and imagined is slim at best"). May manifest/control Meshfire.

-Conditions-
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)
Jinx! 0
Whispers! ?
Infection! 0
Fatigue! 1
Wound! 0

Rolled 73, 19, 21, 95, 34, 87, 35, 11, 94, 46, 27, 37 = 579 (12d100)

>>2599834
Sever shakes off the Pathfinder, hissing through her hold sending blood bubbling, then pounces on her prey and tears into it with gusto.

> 3a Maintenance
> 4a Jump on the salt-soaked and Pin (Meld Spitescorp+Harm*)
> 4a Worry with teeth, try to tear the arm off at the shoulder (Rending Jaws+Harm*)
> 1a Rest (-1 Fatigue)

Sheet >>2592475

Holding updates until the thread sinks.

Rolled 22, 95, 41, 96, 90, 71, 6, 91, 42, 17, 32, 73, 28, 26, 28, 77, 98, 97, 45, 38 = 1113 (20d100)

>>2599834
>Order3+Command3 to get healed a bit more 4AP
>Move N W
>Arrowken1+mechalogistics2+slipping1+solve2 +2bits to add the returning property to a [Vanadinhead Arrow] 6AP

=Ever=
-Self-
Alacrity 12 | Focus 2 | Limit 12 | Bits 4
-Intent-
Harm 3 | Manipulate 1 | Support 2 | Sense 1 | Solve 2 | Order 3
-Defense-
DR 4 | Reaction 4 | Threshold 4 | Resilience 4 |

-Equipment-
+Armor:
(head) Scarf [Protection From Environment]
(body) Legionaire Cuirass [+4 DR, Movement after 6 is double cost]
Hands:
Mod. Scrapbow [d(4)3+.5Harm | r(8)6+sensex2 | +1 d or r / 1 AP, bows+0]
--[Scuttlebug Wax]-Attach -1 AP to use bow [3 AP]
Quiver:
+4x[Vanadinhead Arrow] +0D, 25% Crit, Crits multiply.
+7x[Arrows]
+3x[Tangler Arrows] Wound and Stun equally
+11x[Flinthead Arrows] base 1d

-Secrets-
Arrowken x1 | Ratfriend x1 | Survival x1 | Mechalogistics x2 | Artefacts x2 | Connection x3
Sliping x1
-[PhaseWalker] 2Fatigue, Alter elevation freely, don't set off most traps.
Bows x1
-[StormEye] 1 action. Next shot hits all targets out until range.
-[Velocity] Reduce AP cost by 1

-Conditions-
Alive!
Wrack

-Bag-
+4xScragsnacks [“Edible”]
+2xRation (1 is salty)
+1xHumming Amulet [Grants ‘Deflect’ action, 6d100. Powersource unknown]
+1xDollHeart >A jagged scar runs down one eyesocket and the dress was once another colour but grey is all that remains.
+2x[Acid] Flasks, 5d
+1x[Aquamarine Vial]

>>2599834

>Set Focus Knives
>Set Focus Tigerheart
>Move West 4
>Move West 4
>Move West 4

Alacrity 14 | Focus 2 | Limit 12
Reaction | Threshold | Resilience
-Equipment-
KinJetSystem [ Fuel 6, Boost 2, move yourself or something around you]
Glintrazor Blade [ D1+.5H, 12% Cut, Knives+1]
4 Bits
2 Terrible Rations
1 [Haze] Fuel Cell

Hand1
Hand2 Glintrazor Blade


-Intent-
Harm 3
Manipulate 3
Support 1
Sense 2
Solve 1

-Secrets-
Mirror Strikes 2
Knives prof 1[*]
Tigerheart 2[*]
Know Prey 1

-Conditions-
Null
Alive! (Death once wounds reach 1.5x Limit)