Star Wars: Cost of Hope

[rhoenix]

When the Stormtroopers got fooled, I almost imagined your droid going "By the Maker, we were never THAT stupid, were we?"

Oh, there were so many opportunities for that moment. The one I thought of was "...And to think that we need a restraining bolt to do that, instead of lies. Why are organics in charge again?"

[Josh]

Well bless their little souls, the B-1s weren't that bright (and took it in the teeth at the hands of the Gungans, but what do you expect from an army led by such incompetents as the Neimoidans?)

But 34 was tangling with the high-end Clone Troopers in his days, the 501st and the ARC troopers and so on, and it's almost sad how comically incompetent the modern Stormtrooper is in comparison.

"The organics just don't make 'em like they used to, sonny. They almost had it with the cloning, but then they went back to their messy genetic lottery methodology and see what it gets them."

[General Havoc]

Just a heads up. Mothers Day celebrations are taking somewhat longer than expected and there is a consequent chance I may be late tonight.

[frigidmagi]

Waiting for my folks to call, may be late.

[Josh]

"Sir! Missiles inbound!"

"OH SHI..."



"Whew..."

"Wait, it's coming back!"



"...you Rebel scum."

[Hotfoot]

Yeah, those rolls were suitably ridiculous, and to miss such a huge target, too.

[Josh]

They did eventually do a number on some TIEs, though.

Would've been the latest near-TPK ever if we'd docked and ate a broadside of torps, although hilarious with Tyson as the sole survivor once more.

[Hotfoot]

Rhoenix: Gunnery is not a class skill for you. Upgrading it from 1 to 2 costs 15 points, not 10.
Yvela: Ranged Heavy is not a class skill for you. Upgrading it from 1 to 2 costs 15 points, not 10.

[Hotfoot]

Remember everyone, note on your character sheet which skills you have are or are not class skills, and remember to pay appropriate costs for them. I will randomly start checking the sheets on Obsidian Portal, but please don't make me have to do this every week. I would like to not have to add regular character sheet audits to my list of things to do to help the game run smoothly. Little mistakes here and there are one thing, but they add up over time and can create severe disparities within the group, and the harder it is for me to tell what you spent things on and where, the more time I have to spend reverse engineering the sheet from scratch each and every time I do it, which is just frustrating.

[General Havoc]

Well I have a habit of screwing these things up, so I'll try to double back and add an expenditures list to my sheet just to make everything easier.

[White Haven]

Simple enough to fix once I get home; I've got all that tracked on my private PDF sheet.

[rhoenix]

Fixed on my part, thanks for letting me know, Cameron. I'm banking the 20 xp for now.

[Hotfoot]

Thanks everyone, I do appreciate it.

And a Happy GM is a GM that send out fewer sneaky deathtraps and more awesome sequences where the orchestra gets to swell.

[White Haven]

But...but...hrm. We don't have a musician. This must be amended.

EDIT: I suppose I could start abusing Utility Belt to produce hitherto-unmentioned musical instruments from inside LN-84's chassis...

[Josh]

I was actually thinking that 34 might take up music, but the XP costs are obnoxious. Maybe after I get my attribute boost.

[Karrick]

I'll be camping this weekend. I should be back in time, but the possibility exists that I won't be. Or that I will get Deliveranced. Hopefully not that.

[Josh]

[Karrick]

No murderous hillbillies were encountered, but I am going to be about 30 minutes late.

[Josh]

Found the hat for LN.



It even carries on from last night's discussion of skull iconography.

[Hotfoot]

Reminder, Star Wars is tonight, I apologize for not sending out notifications.

[Josh]

I have decided that Julian will always come to mind now with the name "Hutt Daddy".

[General Havoc]

Do I want to know?

[Josh]

You are very sad for not being able to attend. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was 34 determining once and for all that when it comes to bars and brawls, he's better off just shooting a bitch (or ten at once). It was Tyson demonstrating OPSEC skills on a par with DocBen and also that Jedi can get drunk.

(Very easily.)

It was the Rebel cell proving that we kind of suck at covert contact stuff without our faithful cap'n.

It was Julian walking in and teabagging a particularly vile hutt, and the hutt asking for more.

It was a ceiling-mounted E-web blaster rigged for stunning wielded by an irate bartender that has LN lusting for an E-web of his own.

It. Was. Nar Shaddaa.

[Josh]

Put it this way: after the Hutt did all the Hutt stuff and tried to plant covert trackers on our ship, then Julian did his number, the Hutt fucking self-destructed the tracking devices.

[Cynical Cat]

On the subject of "Hutt Daddy":