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frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:03 pm

Gents, this fight has gone poorly for us.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:12 pm

I think we did alright considering the whole reason this fight happened was so they could capture a few of us. Plus now with any luck we can actually get some information. As for Saibot and Avatar... well, we can avenge their deaths.

Comrade Tortoise · Post by **Comrade Tortoise** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:14 pm

LadyTevar wrote:"This is Niner... what happened"

YOU GOT PWNED!

Sorry... had to say it.

Yes.. yes we did. I get the feeling it was contrived and that we really had no chance of getting out without members being captured though. WHich bothers me.

Also, if you set fire to a city park. Yes, you will kill people.

The temperatures needed to spntaneously combust trees are hotter than 500 degrees and probably closer to a thousand. The fire will spread to parts of the city proper as well.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:19 pm

It was a trap, Tortoise. Traps tend to go off very well when created intelligently, except when, say, a gravity manipulator is there unexpectedly.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:30 pm

By the way I hope you're coming back. We will probably need the help. *Eyes Abaddon carefully*

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:33 pm

Charon wrote:By the way I hope you're coming back. We will probably need the help. *Eyes Abaddon carefully*

Me? Probably. I'm sure Ultima has my number. But mostly I need to perform a real interrogation. With cuts on the fingertips, soap, salt water, and alcohol.

Comrade Tortoise · Post by **Comrade Tortoise** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:12 pm

SirNitram wrote:It was a trap, Tortoise. Traps tend to go off very well when created intelligently, except when, say, a gravity manipulator is there unexpectedly.

I know, but without a game mechanic to work with other than GM fiat, I am not sure if there was anything that COULD have been done to avoid being captured and thus it feels kinda train-like.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:49 pm

......Because you don't have the numbers in front of you, you conclude that you couldn't do anything more intelligently? The fact that one of the 'good guys'(When speaking of Gravitas, always use the quote marks!) yoinked a bad guy would suggest it was anything but rigged.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:52 pm

Comrade Tortoise wrote:
SirNitram wrote:It was a trap, Tortoise. Traps tend to go off very well when created intelligently, except when, say, a gravity manipulator is there unexpectedly.
I know, but without a game mechanic to work with other than GM fiat, I am not sure if there was anything that COULD have been done to avoid being captured and thus it feels kinda train-like.

The guy who auto posts that his powers 1) hit the villian, 2) work on the villian like they would an ordinary human being 3) drop the villian twice in a row has no business complaining about GM fiat in any way shape or form.

Post by **Dark Silver** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:55 pm

....Ben...dude....

RPG's are 95% GM's fiat, or by my experience anyway. Especially with some of the GM's I've had tabletop, who like to fudge rolls one way or another on occassion.

If you stick hard and fast to any rules, the game quickly gets stale...and sometimes, you have to have a almost scripted scenario, or at least where a outcome comes in at a almost certainty.

Like in this instance, it was scripted that a couple of the PC's would get captured, though the ones who got caught, were left up to the circumstances. That and that Gravitas managed to make off with a baddie, and that you managed to kill one of them, shows it isn't hard set. It's loose and fast.

Besides, I've known B4, and I've been on the receiving end of his ire before.....he once blew up Cybertron just to kill one of my characters.....

Infact, he blew up Cybertron 4 times just to kill my character....in four seperate Transformer RPG's....

Trust me, your getting off EASY.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:57 pm

Infact, he blew up Cybertron 4 times just to kill my character....in four seperate Transformer RPG's....

Thats gold

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:03 pm

This is entirely the subject of another thread, but I don't think that keeping to the rules of a given system makes things stale per se, but of course one must have some sort of touch with reality to make sure things don't get too far out of hand in one way or another.

Freeform RP is always a matter of trust. It's more about making an interesting story than playing any sort of competative game.

I think I'll make a thread as to how various people run their games. Should be interesting.

Post by **B4UTRUST** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:09 pm

5 times actually but I think the last time was during one of your hiastuses where I was in charge again.

Of course that's one of the primary reasons that people fear cynical as a GM more then me. With Cynical death is an abstract possibility that the PCs are constantly reminded of by close brushes with death. With me it's more of a dire certainty.

But yes, this particular scene was designed for a purpose and that purpose is nearly complete. Yes the events were pretty much going to happen regardless though it was fast and loose with the whos and the exact hows. You just happened to make yourself a target when you killed Empath.

And hell, Nitram can attest to the fact that I didn't have everything planned out to the letter. Hell I had totally forgot his character was even at the park when I began it! I start the scene with a general idea of what I want to happen and the general end result that I hope to cause and everything else is playing off the players.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:44 pm

IRWriter86: *looks at Abaddon* Well, time for Legacies to play hero...
ImperialFeline: Or pancake.
IRWriter86: But isn't that the chance all heros take?

Well somebody has to do it...

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:46 pm

Tev, Legacies already grabbed the dagger.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:46 pm

Charon wrote:Tev, Legacies already grabbed the dagger.

He grabbed it and dropped it... didnt he? *checks*

Edit: Nope, he got it. Editted my post, with apologies.

Guess I don't get to hang the weapon on the wall across the room from Saibot's chained form and taunt him with it. Damn... :sad:

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:49 pm

LadyTevar wrote:
Charon wrote:Tev, Legacies already grabbed the dagger.
He grabbed it and dropped it... didnt he? *checks*

*checks as well* Nope, nobody has hit me hard enough for me to have let go yet.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:50 pm

Charon wrote:
LadyTevar wrote:
Charon wrote:Tev, Legacies already grabbed the dagger.
He grabbed it and dropped it... didnt he? *checks*
*checks as well* Nope, nobody has hit me hard enough for me to have let go yet.

See Edit above

But I was *really* wanting to taunt Saibot with it... see if he could grab it or his ring chained up like that. What can I say... i'm evil, and bondage turns me on.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:54 pm

LadyTevar wrote:See Edit above

But I was *really* wanting to taunt Saibot with it... see if he could grab it or his ring chained up like that. What can I say... i'm evil, and bondage turns me on.

Tell you what, once Legacies is done stabbing you with it you can have it back.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:57 pm

Charon wrote:
LadyTevar wrote:See Edit above

But I was *really* wanting to taunt Saibot with it... see if he could grab it or his ring chained up like that. What can I say... i'm evil, and bondage turns me on.
Tell you what, once Legacies is done stabbing you with it you can have it back.

I think you've got enough trouble with Abaddon...

Post by **B4UTRUST** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:57 pm

Well I tell you what. If you have enough energy left to stab her after Abaddon gets through introducing you to levels of agony that are normally reserved for hell then you can stab her.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:52 pm

Isn't that assuming that a badly burned person such as himself can just shurg off Blast's attack?

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:15 pm

One of the things I love about Aberrant is that it actually has stats for using trees and lamp posts as weapons.

By the way B4, how does my power slam turn out?

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:17 pm

Cynical Cat wrote:One of the things I love about Aberrant is that it actually has stats for using trees and lamp posts as weapons.

Actual text from my one Vampire game.

'...You're using a motorcycle as a weighted chain? There's no way the book covers that...'

*Pushes Aberrant rules over* 'This one does.'

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:38 pm

Well I know one attack we did in a Vampire campaign once that definately isn't on any charts.

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