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Paxcyan looks up at the beautiful Terezinho sky and hears the cries of the sea birds outside. You know the names for them now, thanks to the uplift program here brought on by the UNW. They brought enlightenment, training, and tools, but little else before the project concluded. Future Utan will not need to be born intellectually stunted, they explained, but did not elaborate how that was possible. One issue the tribal council discussed now that things were organized enough to make one possible was the fact that other than what you can pick up from instinct, almost nothing is known about the actual landmass outside the colony walls. Living here in the ruins is also going to be changing soon- a roof over the head, a warm fire to keep the chill of night away, and so on. The planet is changing, and the Utan are going to change with it.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/21/2021 3:58 PM
Pax breathes the salty Terezinho air in deeply as he leaps out of the window climbing the outside of his room to the roof to get a better view of what the world would bring him this day. From his vantage point he can see quite a lot but the voices of the elders or at least what he can remember them saying, ring in his head as he peers ar the tips of coral trees fading into the horizon. We know not what we don’t see. So to see we must go sea to sea to peak to creek to find what we seek… Or something like that. Maybe someone else phrased it like that but the meaning remains the same. “I can hear you calling, great mother! It is time to unravel your secrets!” He stands tall, speaking to the planet itself. He feels his cyan fur move around in the breeze as Mother Nature response to his being.
4:04 PM
Pax goes from here to see the elders to see what if any priorities they have for the young Utan to be on the look out for when he goes on a roaming today. He makes sure to gather his things, strapping the fancy monoblade left by the UNW folks to his back.
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The elders, a council of five of the oldest male and female utan are inside one of the more intact of the ruined slyth buildings, and are talking among themselves. They haven't got used to computers or papers just yet and instead rely on their minds to store information , now with intelligence rather than just animal instinct and generational cunning. Their conversation stops as soon as their guards let you enter, and they turn to face you. Respect is given to all members of the tribe, and their open door policy is truly open.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/22/2021 11:32 AM
Pax bows to all fours in respect before standing to address them. “Grandmothers, Grandfathers, I have come to tell you I am off to a walk about and I seek your guidance. Is there something I can do for the tribe while I am gone?”
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“The tribe needs many things. You plan for a walk? Where will you go?”
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/24/2021 5:14 PM
“I think to explore the island at least until I see the shore and then from there if I am still seeking perhaps to the next island or other stars. They call to me now.” He pauses. “I think there must be things out there that would help us all. I feel a great imbalance in things. The humans have uplifted us but I think they could use our wisdom from natural things.”
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The Utan are still finding their way about themselves now that they've been given the ability to think beyond the next meal, or safety from some other creature hunting them, and so on. Anything you think you can find in the wilds might help the tribe in some way or another, as the Utan learn to be galactic citizens mostly through the school of hard knocks.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/25/2021 10:54 AM
Paxcyan thanks the elders politely for their guidance or lack there off. There is great wisdom in the idea he got from them to just figure it out. This is Pax’s adventure after all. It is time that he steer it himself. With that revelation, he turns to run gleefully out of the town and into the waiting wilderness. Once out there his pace slows as he listens to the motion of the forest and its inhabitants. He drags his fingers through the soil and observes the movement of wildlife. He starts to think about where the animals of the wild go and how they can lead him to resources to use for the tribe… His mind wanders to the builders of the ruins who now have a name, I wonder what recourses led those-who-came-before to this place; our place.
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(survive/wis)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/26/2021 1:39 PM
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You notice birds in the trees, smaller primates that were not part of the utan species and exempt from uplift, and some rough cut game trails through the rainforest - the preferred paths of animals are cut through the place, leading to things like food and water but away from danger. (edited)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/26/2021 3:35 PM
Pax takes note of local food and water sources. Unsure of exactly how to properly map things he relies on landmarks and vague distance but he figures its better than nothing. He finds it easy to want to follow the game trails to water as he gets thirsty and so he follows that instinct first. This newfound curiosity seems to be nagging at him so every so often, he climbs a tree to gain perspective on the dangers best avoided. What wisdom is there to lose the trail and head for danger on your first step of a walk about?
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You come to a spring before long. The water here is fresh and drinkable, flowing from the rocks here to a stream and eventually out to the sea beyond. You can see two large ostrich like birds drinking from the stream here 15m away on the other side of the bank
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/27/2021 10:49 AM
He takes a quick breath in seeing the birds and exhales letting a little psychic tendrils reach about a meter out, eager to connect with one of them in symbiosis. Not yet, Pax. You need to get them comfortable with you. He eases toward the stream for a drink of his own, taking care not to spook his new drinking companions. He lets himself be known. Predators lurk in the shadows and spring forward. Paxcyan is not hunting today.
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(your survive roll was good, so they won't be spooked if you want to press this further)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/27/2021 12:10 PM
Pax squats down, cupping his hand into the water to take a sip. He lets his muscles relax as they are rehydrated. As he relaxes he lets the tether grow closer to the bird. He stands up, careful not to be too quick or too slow. He turns to face them letting the tether attempt to connect as he meets their eyes. “You are a wonderful creature. Can I come pet you?” (edited)
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The bird inclines its neck giving as much permission as its able to without talking.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/27/2021 3:17 PM
Pax walks forward gently to stroke the feathers of the beast. And make himself acquainted a bit further. Still slowly, his control of the threads of meta space energies surrounding him relax, allowing the threads to creep encompassing the bird; a bond almost visible to any witchfinder or trained psychic. To Pax though, it feels like breathing. The tendrils, rather than menacing seem to form more of a bridge between the two with which meta space energy can flow freely. “See we can be connected, you and me. I think I’m growing fond of you already.” He says in a low, soft voice, scratching the bird’s neck (Is this a null bird?!)
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(no, those are just on Saliv)
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The bird allows being petted and it drags one of its feet across the ground, cutting a furrow with its toe claw
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/28/2021 8:30 AM
(Ok, solid.) Pax hangs out to let the second bird acclimate to him for a bit. He draws back on the training of his UNW uplifters and looks back into the first bird’s eye. He digs a little deeper to something different than his symbiosis tethers that seem to reach out so freely. Something in the center of his chest feels warm as he opens his arms and another MES bridge opens somewhere around his heart chakra. It builds in its vibration attempting to match the resonance of the bird and a vibration mirrors his own deeply within the creature. (I’m going to try and bond with this bird with the Gaiapsi ability amd make it my companion for now.) (edited)
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You feel your senses merge. The water is cold as you hold it in your beak, and you see yourself through the eyes of the creature. For now, the bond is strong.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/28/2021 2:50 PM
Pax lets out a happy simian trill as the connection is made. “Come. Come bend down. I’d like to ride you.” (Can I ride this bird or can I sense that my weight is going to be too much for it?)
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(I think you’d be too much mass for it to walk with right now. )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/29/2021 8:18 PM
(Ok that’s cool.) “No. Maybe some day.” He pats the bonded one and goes to pet the unbounded bird before continuing on. (Do both birds follow or just the one?)
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(you can only bond with one, so only one is coming. D10 for me though for the next area)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/29/2021 9:49 PM
(Ok cool!)
9:50 PM
(4)
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Moving East further with your companion in tow you begin to smell something like salt and sulfur on the air. It’s a harsh smell and the land has a thin coating of ash on it
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 10/31/2021 10:43 PM
Normally Pax would just avoid such a horrid stench but now he’s curious and presses forward hoping to find the source.
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There is a vent ahead, something ripped into the ground where noxious gasses from under the ocean and landmass begin bubbling up from below. You can hear the sizzle and bubbling of whatever is down there.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/2/2021 12:30 PM
Pax cautions the bird to stay back behind him as he gets low, trying to stay below the worst of the fumes and looks down the hole.
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A sulfur vent bubbles up from below the planets surface here. Seismic activity is making the rich mineral bubble up to the surface and you can smell its reek in the air. A component in gunpowder and explosives , a source of it the Utan can exploit might mean some greater influence for the tribe
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/2/2021 7:27 PM
Pax jogs back to where he left his companion. “Sulfur. They taught us that one in the uplift. If the land smells like shit, means money and status…. how strange.” “Come, let’s keep em on before we smell sulfur forever.”
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(It's early afternoon now, so we'd be able to make it back to the colony, or keep going but need to camp, up to you)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/3/2021 10:12 AM
(Ok, yeah lets head back to the colony. I don't have camping gear.)
10:13 AM
Pax leads his new bird friend back toward camp, back the way he came, spending less time stopping and listening and just making way.
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(3xp, 5000 credits)
11:31 AM
(we have the bird, and the location of the sulfur vent if we decide to do anything with it)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/3/2021 7:21 PM
Ding! Lvl 2 Hp: 6->8(+4 diehard) -> 12 Skills: -2sp for Gaiapsi 1 -1 sp for Survival 0 Lvl 2 Foci: Diehard - 1
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/3/2021 7:32 PM
(When I choose the thing for lvl 1 Gaiapsi, is that me choosing what benefit I give to any bonded beast I have or is it specific to that bonded beast? IE. If I got a different bonded beast one day would I be able to change the lvl 1 benefit to suit the flavor of the beast?)
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(No. They’re all one stat line so we don’t have people doing exactly that, basically rolling with a zoo of things to try to ensure they’ve always got an ability or perk on hand
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/3/2021 11:12 PM
(Ok sweet. That makes it simple.)
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Returning to camp you’re able to tell the tribe about what you’ve seen. Maps are updated and there is some discussion about what to do next or if the utan can find a way to make use of what you have found
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/5/2021 10:02 AM
Pax listens to the talk politely and gives his opinion when asked but ultimately leaves the elders to decide whether to exploit the vent for gunpowder or fertilizer or some other manufacturing process like chemicals for batteries. “Maybe we just ask them what the humans would need most. With a resource like this we have a means of trade that could bring the tribe into the stars… But I found these birds too.” He brings his companion forward. “I do not know if we could work together in some way to domesticate this ones’ kind but they seemed friendly enough in the wilderness that I think maybe. I’ve taken a fondness to this one though so we will have to look for others.”
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"Where did you find these creatures? " one of the elders asks. It has been some time, even before uplift, before the Utan left much of the ruins and the jungles around them aer very much a mystery.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/5/2021 3:56 PM
“Oh they were quite close, just drinking at a stream nearby. A pair of them. They didn’t mind my presence at all.”
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“They do seem very strong and powerful. Maybe we could find a use for them. You said you only saw two? Do you think there might be more in the area ?”
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/6/2021 10:51 PM
“I don’t see why there would be just two in the whole area. Me and this one here are… quite connected. Maybe I can use that connection to find more.”
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The elders agree and they detail four other smaller utan to follow you back out in the morning , hoping your ideas are correct.
8:26 AM
(Anything you wanted to do here in the utan colony for the night ?)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/7/2021 11:55 AM
(What kind of stuff is here in the village now? Little basic frontier supply store? Some kind of Utan Recreation? Sand soccer field? Idk.)
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(really noithing honestly, just the ruins where the utan still live but they're not really developing anything for themselves right now, though it doesn't need to stay that way)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/8/2021 11:34 AM
(Oh that’s kind of awesome. Real pioneer shit. Ok. I’ll make a post in a bit. Just passed my cdl learners and leaving the dmv victorious!)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/8/2021 12:17 PM
“If we are going to corral any of these birds we will need a pen to keep them and food and water to keep them strong and happy. And speaking of building, I think a lot of these ruins look like they need repair. Tonight, let’s plan out a pen or stables area that can be worked on while we are hunting tomorrow.”
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/8/2021 12:51 PM
Reread psychic: Forgot to pick a gaiapsi technique and benefit for increasing to 1, Taking Whispering Wind: The psychic has learned to hone a sixth sense and has become one with nature and through its metapsionic energies can feel the natural world. Commit Effort for the scene to learn about an area with a stable biosphere. A single feeling, described by a few words or a short sentence, can be deciphered from the flow of nature's energies giving the psychic a clue as to dangers, rewards or other things that lay nearby. You also learn what plants are edible and which are not as well as their uses. Benefit of Gaiapsi 1: My animal companion's to hit and damage increase by 1 (1/3)
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(did you want to gather materials for the pens or go look for birds then? sounds like we have two possible wilderness trips here)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/8/2021 3:23 PM
(I guess it would make sense to build a pen at least for my bird first before we go catch a bunch more with nowhere to house them.)
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(Alright. Sounds good)
10:46 PM
The next morning a logging team is out together to move into the jungle to find the right trees and vines allowing a fence to be made. Six utan have assembled before the village elders for the task, yourself among them since this must be competed first.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/9/2021 12:46 PM
Pax stands at his full height to address the elders. “And so we begin our journey as builders. While we have been uplifted by the humans, I think it wise to try to grow more sustainably. We will go to put up dead wood fences to start but, I will also search for seeds and seedlings that we can make living fences and grow food, weave our own fabrics and other goods. You won’t regret it, elders, I promise!” (Ready to set off unless we need to scrounge for equipment for these folks or wood cutting implements. I have a sword.)
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(there would i think be some simple tools left behind by the uplift project)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/9/2021 1:46 PM
Pax and the other Utan head to the ruined wall where there is a row of simple tools propped up to fit themselves for the trip. Then he leads them back into the outskirts, this time in the other direction than he went the previous day.
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The jungle is thick but this time instead of looking for birds you’re looking for trees you can easily fell and make planks out of. Vines are also something to be found to make lashings to keep the timbers and posts together
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/10/2021 8:58 AM
(Question: The Whispering Wind ability targets a stable biome. During exploration like this, will it just target a single "exploration hex" so to speak?)
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(right, i mean each hex is 100km or so, that is a massive area)
9:48 AM
(some hexes have multiple features as well)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/10/2021 11:05 AM
(Oh shit yeah. that might even be too big. Ok, just getting a general idea of scope.) Pax leads the team in to find good timber. It seems this forest will have to be the lifeblood of this strange new beginning. It is best to get to know it. After a bit of walking, Pax crouches down and places his hand in the dirt, fingernails digging into the soil. He closes his eyes as the metaspace around him drains inward as if Pax were breathing or drinking it in to taste the faintest of notes in the surrounding landscape. (Commit effort for the scene: Use Whispering Wind.)
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There are strong trees and vines in the middle of the dense wood here. You can feel what you're looking for is best found in the middle of the woods, but you also sense there are predators here, and natural hazards in the form of hidden holes and underground caves
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/10/2021 5:10 PM
Pax stands, letting the soil to sift out his calloused hands. “Straight ahead through the middle is where we will find what we seek. Come follow me but stay alert, there are dangers here. Predators that probably eat these birds and holes and caves. The land breathes here.”
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The team begins moving off into the jungle , wary, but with little to do until something actually makes its move. You notice the sheds of several large snakes occupy the sides of the game trail here and the soil becoming muddier underfoot. Almost all the small birds and rodents that normally inhabit the floor of a jungle are absent from this region
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/11/2021 7:34 PM
(Are the trees close enough for us Utan to travel through the trees?)
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(Through them as like climbing /swinging?)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/12/2021 10:11 AM
(Yeah. If it’s natural for us to do that with the Utan movement. If it’s just outside of normal Utan movement capabilities where we are making a bunch of checks then we will just go on foot. But yeah that was the idea.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/12/2021 10:18 AM
(Is it more gorilla less chimp/orangutan?)
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(It's more gorilla, but part of their abilities are good climbing so I think that fits)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/13/2021 9:39 AM
(Oh didn’t see this.) “Too many hidey-holes. Best to stick to swing time.” He whistles and then leaps up into a nearby tree. “Keep an eye for any scales!” Pax looks down at his bird companion feeling a bit nervous for it. Careful. Watching you. He sends the feelings of stalking its prey in an attempt to get in that mood for hunting. Together the Utan run up the tree swinging, running, jumping from branch to branch, tree to tree. Even up here you see that there speed is barely slowed; their primal connection to the trees still strong within each of them. (edited)
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(Evasion save)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/13/2021 8:25 PM
(Pass 19v14)
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A snake narrowly avoids biting you as you fly by swinging on The vines. The first looks to be fairly infested with them
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/15/2021 6:30 PM
“Snakes in the trees!” Pax warns the others. “Better to come back down!” Pax makes his way back down to the forest floor aside his companion giving bird a scratch.
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The forest floor in this section of forest is looser and you see some of the vines you need for your project. They choke most of the ground and the trunks of trees , their yellow trunks and leaves spreading out everywhere like a neon spider web
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/16/2021 10:56 AM
Pax leads the crew. “One cut at the bottom, one cut at top and we pull away from tree.” He pulls out his sword and takes a swing at a nearby vine, leading the charge.” (Cool imagery)
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(work/con)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/16/2021 3:30 PM
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The vines are collected quickly , yellow bands coiled together and thrown over shoulders or around waists for the return trip home. The work takes several hours to complete and you clear several tens of meters of forest floor, but what you plan to bring back should be useful for a while before a return trip is needed
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/17/2021 5:03 PM
“It’s going to be hard to miss our dragging trail from all that.” He pants, heaving the loads of vines with the others. Looking back you can see the drag marks and cleared brush that make the beginnings of a primitive highway of sorts. “We are making without making!” He laughs mid pant. “Almost there. Then we eat, rest and build.”
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(You went through the trees most of the way here so we wouldn't have a road back to the colony, but we've done I think about what we can do in a day between getting here, harvesting the cordage, and needing to get back, unless you intend to camp)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/18/2021 7:53 AM
(Yes. Sorry. I was thinking since they had everything over the shoulder and tied around the waist they’d be dragging the materials through the woods, scuffing up the forest floor and pushing over low lying shrubs with the work of getting all the materials back. I’m not talking about a real road. I’m intending on trying to make it back home before the end of the day with the materials.)
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(oh okay, i get what you're saying now)
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Dragging the materials back through the woods you prepare for rest tonight, and tomorrow is another day of hacking down wood.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/21/2021 2:56 PM
Pax brushes bird and gives them good scratches at the end of the day before laying down to sleep back in his home made nest in the ruins. In the morning he sets back out to gather the team and head back out for lumber.
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Knowing the route to the same clearing you have an easier time getting there, but felling trees without the proper equipment is dangerous work- and you'll have to be careful while doing it.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/22/2021 2:38 PM
“Ok so what I think we have to fashion some ropes out of the vines to tie toward the tops of the trees so we can have a team loop the ropes around another tree and use the leverage to fell the tree in the right direction. And then we will get to hacking away. Anyone else think of any better way to do it? Chop the branches down first, then fell the tree?” Pax stands in front of the team sort of guessing at what to do.
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This seems to be as good an idea as can be had right now, and they begin readying themselves to work, following your lead
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/23/2021 7:52 PM
First Pax is going to climb the tree and start topping it by cutting extra branches at the top and on the way down using the simple tools they gathered or a quick swipe of his monosword on the thinner branches.
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The swipes are clean. Branches fall with hardly a catch on the blade and utan below start gathering them up into bundles that are easy to cart back.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/25/2021 8:42 PM
With the branches and workforce clear, Pax attaches the vine rope near the top of the tree and between he and the rest of the Utan, they loop the rope around another tree, hoping to control the angle of the fall. Then together they get to hacking away at the trunk.
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(Notice/wis)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/26/2021 12:12 PM
(It rolled with Str even though I clicked wis. So…) (5)
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You hear the snarl of the tiger just a second before it jumps into the clearing. Its fur is equally brightly hued like you are, and it is a large member of its species. (initiative)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/28/2021 1:26 PM
(3)
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(2 for the tiger, you're up!)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/29/2021 3:14 PM
Paxcyan lets his primal instincts kick in as his eyes meet the tiger’s and they both freeze for what in reality is an imperceptibly short amount of time but to them it feels like the moment clings on like moss to an old tree. He draws his sword preparing for a fight. His symbiosis flicks out to bird, connecting them. Come to me. Fight. No flight.
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(are you making a move or are you holding your turn? )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 11/30/2021 4:08 PM
(Oh I guess my weapon is already drawn. This whole driving school is way more exhausting than I thought it would be. I will make a move.) Pax whips out his sword to the side whipping it toward the tiger in a show that he too is dangerous. (3/6 shock 3vs AC<=13) (Ps. I’m on mobile and it says 1d8+1+1 and I don’t think thats right. So probably it’s actually 5 damage. I also have to delete an extra “small advanced weapon” that’s in my inventory for some reason. I will have to go back through and fix it.)
4:08 PM
Bird will travel to Pax’s side on his initiative.
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The tiger roars as the blade manages to graze it, but does not do any lasting or severe harm. The other Utan are beginning to scatter, afraid of the sudden predator,
9:13 AM
It sends a jaw and a claw in your direction, missing both (2 shock for claw, 1 for jaw)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/1/2021 11:17 AM
Pax circles around so that he and bird start to flank the tiger a bit. As Pax goes in for another strike he thinks to bird. Fight (Monoblade: 14/7 shock 3 <=ac 13) (Bird: 4/3) (Commit nexus effort for the scene: instant action - Reflexive Action Bird immediately takes another main action. Attack.) Bird, missing his first peck at the tiger feels a rush of energy coming from the MES tendrils flowing from Pax. His pupils dilate as he is pushed to attack again but Bird’s natural prey instincts are overpowering it too much, making it pull back from the tiger at the last minute. (Bird peck: 6/3)
11:18 AM
(Correct me if I messed that up. That’s my first time using that ability. I know you will.)
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(you did everything right as far as I can tell)
1:40 PM
The blade swings, severing the spine of the tiger just as twin pecks pull back from it at the last moment. The creature roars and tries to claw its way forward on its forepaws, but life is quickly leaving its body
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/1/2021 2:13 PM
Pax feels immediate remorse having struck such a blow to such a magnificent creature. He drops his blade and lunges forward throwing out his symbiosis and giapsi powers at the tiger trying to connect to it and link himself to it releasing bird in the process. “I can save you. I think I can save you.” He says slightly panicked. Every bit of MES energy that he can muster is thrown at the creature. “Please work. Please work.” He repeats almost as a mantra. (I’m going to release bird from being my companion and attempt to link with the tiger before it’s life fades.)
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(6 v 15, it fails, and can become a companion)
anxiety 2
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/1/2021 3:52 PM
Wisps of MES energy whip around Pax sinking deep into the tiger’s body curling round and round its form and sinking into its fur. The last thick band snaps from bird and slingshots from Pax’s chest into the Tiger tethering their very souls. He bolts forward to catch the tiger’s head as it droops down and Pax just sits there a moment holding the animal’s head and rubbing its fur. “Shh shhh shh. It’s going to be okay now.” He says sending that feeling to the animal. A tear forms in his eye as he looks to the huge gash in its back. (edited)
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(You can make it vanish and reappear , so tomorrow you’ll be able to call it to you in good health)
6:51 PM
(And the bird will just vanish )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/2/2021 7:51 AM
Paxcyan, still getting used to his powers is startled as bird vanishes. “Damn, Bird!” He exclaims. He screws up his face, holding a hand out to the neon tiger and seems to be pushing for a second as the spirit of the tiger is pushed out, it’s body collapsing and turning to ash only to be swept away moments later by a supernatural wind. The spirit seems to cling to Paxcyan for just a moment before the MES energy fades away. It is only then that he feels a drop of his own blood seeping from a gash on his side. “Ah!” He growls, tearing the sleeve from his sword arm and wrapping the wound. “It’s ok! You can come back. We finish the job and head back.”
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The others begin to slowly come out of the woods. Many of them are shaken by the sudden encounter- it came without warning and without any kind of mercy. This beast could have scythed down the entire pack had you not acted.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/4/2021 7:47 PM
"Seems we need wood more than for just building. We should all have at least a spear. I am sure there are more dangers out here than just this tiger. It is why the humans gave me this." He says holding the sword aloft. "We are no longer the hunted." Pax moves on to finish chopping down the tree. "If I know anything of the humans, it's that we need something to give them if we want their wares or equipment now that they've finished noodling our noodle. And Bird is gone, but I think we can still catch others." thwak!
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"What else do the humans want? " they ask, trying to think like you, trying to grasp the next steps, and figure out how the Utan can live like the other races do.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/5/2021 2:33 PM
“I dunno. Maybe that stinky sulfur pit I found not far from the ruins. Maybe food. Probably our trees, but I don’t know if we should give them those. They have been our home so long I even wonder if what we cut so far is too much. We won’t know unless we can go ask them or explore their lands and learn their ways.”
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"Will you go learn them? You were with them before, to train your mind. You must have learned something from them"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/5/2021 7:36 PM
“I did. I learned a lot. We all did. If we can make things that have a use or even looks fun we can sell to them and earn their credits. Which means we can trade. I think I should go learn them more yes. Maybe what I find will help us. The elders may have a way to contact them.”
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they shrug, a matter for you and the elders it seems. As the sun begins to move into the heat of the afternoon you have all the branches and trunks your group is going to be able to carry by hand while still making reasonable speed
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/6/2021 11:14 AM
“I think we have a lot of potential here to make names for ourselves. Heave!” He says pondering where he heard the word. Pax lifts his bundle with only a quick grunt as he feels his side twang with pain. He soldiers on anyway as there not much else he could do about it anyway. He and the other Utan try their best to make it back by sundown.
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(3xp, 5000 credits. I'd say we've got enough to make some imrpvoements around here)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/6/2021 5:37 PM
(Nice!) Ding! Lvl3 Spending 3 skill points for lvl 2 gaiapsi and picking up the skill: Metaflora Level-2 The psychic can manipulate the metaphysical energies of their environment to shape nature according to their desire. After committing Effort for the day the psychic can bend a natural 10m radius area around themselves to their will, even animating large hulks of flora. Anyone caught in the area can make an Evasion Save or be either attacked by lashing flora for 1d10+WIS/mod damage or restrained until they use a main Action to free themselves. Movement in the area is also halved. Gaiapsi 2 pick: +1hp/lvl Lvl 3 partial free nexus ability pick: Symbiotic Healing: Commit Free Nexus Effort for the day as an On Turn action to heal your partner for up to 1d6 lost hit points per two character levels you have, rounded up. You may use this gift once per round. HP: 12>18 Bonded Beast HP: 9>14 +1atk/dmg
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(looks good to me, up for whatever comes next )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/7/2021 11:12 AM
The next morning Pax meditates in the center of his makeshift room in the ruins. As he sits cross-legged on a padding of fronds, eyes closed, swirls of MES energy encircles him. A swiping paw, a flick of a tail, a shadow slinking by through the edges of the room; slowly the swirls of energy condense, circling, slinking, stalking and eventually taking form as a beautiful neon tiger walks up coalescing and sits in front of the young Druid. It’s captivating feline gaze meets Pax’s as he opens his eyes. “I told you, I could bring you back.” He says reaching an unsteady hand toward the beast and feeling the thick fur and whiskers. (Commit effort to re-summon the tiger in early morning. Then headed to connect with the elders to seek a way to connect with the humans, assuming the other Utan are working on making ostrich pens or using the material we got the day before to make upgrades to the ruins.)
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(yeah they don't need direct supervisions for that. I think they're probably going to do the pens since the birds have come up a lot)
3:09 PM
The elders have just begun their morning meeting when you finally make your way to their meeting dwelling upon ending your meditation. There is a storm brewing far out to see and it looks like it might be here tonight- something to off set the several days of nice weather.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/7/2021 5:11 PM
Pax walks into the chamber with one hand on his Tiger and the other, motioning to the council. The tiger, now much more calm, presses his head back into Paxcyan’s hand. “This is the beast that attacked our harvesting group yesterday. No need for fear. I landed a killing blow and in my sadness I reached out with my MES powers the humans gave me and… I guess I took its spirit into me. We are bonded now, but I lost my bird. They faded into the spirit realm.”
5:11 PM
(Terezinho Tiger but more neon.) (edited)
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“Your time at the academy had been useful then. We are beginning the pens for more of the birds today. Having food close at hand will be a good thing for us. You’ve come to see us for more than that though. I can sense it”
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/8/2021 10:54 AM
“I have. I see our community on the cusp of prosperity. Our basic needs are starting to come together and I think it is time to reach out to the humans. I want to learn from them and bring back resources so that our little home can be strong and connected like the vines of the canopy.”
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"I can contact them and they will be here. What do we tell them, you're ready to leave, and want to learn more of their ways?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/8/2021 3:50 PM
“I think we tell them we have sulfur and wish to learn to use the resource so we can bring prosperity and much needed wealth to our home. And as for my part, I wish to act as an envoy for our people. I will go explore their worlds, travel among them and see what I can find to help us here… or there. I may be of use to them as well. Oh! And let them know I will be bringing my new friend… I will call him, Osiris.”
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(Any idea what we might want to get into next? There wouldn’t be any hurdles getting you off world )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/10/2021 3:07 PM
(Ok. I think Pax wants to do right by his people but his own desires are bringing him to go explore so maybe he is going to search for some kind of exploration/survival mission. Maybe something needs to be mapped or explored on one of our fringe worlds. Looking for an Academy mission is also on his mind.)
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(Well there’s lots of border planets , if there’s one that interests you we can spin something up)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/10/2021 4:34 PM
(Ooh Phegeus seems pretty neat. Maybe dangerous but definitely interesting!)
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The elders call for a shuttle saying one of the tribe wants to speak , and wants to leave.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/12/2021 8:10 AM
Pax doesn’t have that many belongings to begin with so his packing for the trip ends up being relatively short so while he waits, he brushes Osiris and mingles with the rest of the tribe promising little knickknacks or gifts when he returns from his journey.
8:12 AM
(Have I accomplished my goal of befriend a dangerous beast for the first time?)
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(I would say no since you killed it and then bonded with it when it was helpless. The combat and it failing the save were favorable but I think we'd need to try to conventionally tame something) (edited)
7:03 PM
(We've got a new UNW pc too, so might send you both out that way since they're an explorer, if you like)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/12/2021 7:46 PM
(Oh yeah. Rock on)
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The enxt several days are spent in a rapid transit from Terezinho back to Gudrun where you're joined by a fellow explorer named @Frewayne Wardav Frewayne is one of the newer UNW citizens stepping forward to take responsibility and meeting aboard Trivedi Cloud- the Arx station that protects the unofficial capital of the UNW, the two of you find yourselves in the same hangar waiting for your shuttle to undergo refueling and repairs. You are both headed to Phegus, a world on the edge of United Nations of Worlds space. The planet and its people have occasionally met with UNW officials, but it has been a very long time since they were contacted last, and it is thought much more of the planet remains to be discovered. Only the Ancestral cave and small settlement around it, along with the tower of Bregulus have ever known a UNW administrator to come knocking, but it is known there are several more communities on planet. President Harkoni's anti-expansion policies are expected to be overturned in the UNW admin election, and this expedition and others like it are laying the ground work for a second wave of polity expansion.
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Frewayne Wardav 12/12/2021 8:28 PM
Frewayne Wardav spent most of his time introducing himself to whomever he could before and after he arrived at the hangar. He'd eventually come upon his fellow shuttle passenger, approaching with a nervous energy, and stick a gloved hand out in front of the other. "Frewayne Wardav," he blurted out. "Guess we're heading to the same place."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/12/2021 8:44 PM
Pax, a neon blue Utan returns your handshake enthusiastically. He is minimally geared with a half empty backpack and a darker blue robe like outfit and a monosword tucked in his belt. Beside him lay a large neon tiger cleaning its paw. “Exciting isn’t it?! It’s my first time off my home planet. Nice to meet you, friend. I think we will make a good team.”
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Frewayne Wardav 12/12/2021 8:51 PM
"Teaming is something I am fairly good at," the scruffy-haired human replied with a grin. "Full disclosure- This is sort of my first real mission so my skills may not be up to snuff so I will likely have to utilize some MES abilities. I specialize in enhancing others." He'd then finally glance over and seemingly noticed the neon tiger for the first time and looked as if he was ready to jump out of his armored vacc suit. "Does it bite?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/12/2021 9:07 PM
“Hey! No way, me too! I’m a Free Nexus and Gaiapsi or so the humans at the Academy said. You help me and I can help you.” He smiles.
9:12 PM
“Oh, right. He only bites if I make him now. He’s basically a spirit manifested through my MES now. I sort of killed him and saved his spirit from death in his last moments when he attacked me and my tribesmen.”
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Frewayne Wardav 12/12/2021 9:17 PM
Frewayne scratched the back of his head and responded with, "That's pretty awesome! And a little heavy. I just make time slow down for people I'm connected to. Didn't even think about doing things with ghosts."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/12/2021 9:28 PM
“Well. I never thought of him being a ghost. We are just bonded. It saved his life… I think. Anyway, I named him Osiris.”
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Frewayne Wardav 12/13/2021 4:47 AM
"Huh... Never considered using MES like that. Learn something new every day."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/13/2021 3:01 PM
“Yeah I guess the categorize it as magic rather than psychic powers. I’m honestly not too sure what the difference really is still but that’s what the Academy said anyway before they released me.”
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There is a large bang as one of the fueling booms is removed. The shuttle is nearly ready to depart and anyone on shore leave will be making their way back about now
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Frewayne Wardav 12/13/2021 6:55 PM
"No difference really. Both are spooky mind powers." He tugs on the shoulder straps of his backpack and starts to head to the shuttle. "Guess it's time to get moving."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/13/2021 7:44 PM
Pax nods and clicks his tongue at Osiris following along. “Right behind ya.” He nods. (Can I make a purchase while on planet? Survival Kit, 4 Healing Powder, Native Anti-toxin, panic shelter, binoculars, Conversion Bow Cost: 500, 200, 200, 50, 100, 60 Enc: 1, 1, 1, 2)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/13/2021 7:53 PM
(Ps. I have no idea what panic shelter actually does but it sounded like something that would be smart to have on hand. I was going to look it up but I’m not seeing distant lights in the source books for reference. Also: Arrows cost?) (edited)
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(Arrows are the same cost as ammo.
5:56 AM
(I can copy the source text. Distant lights is not something we fully incorporated yet so we didn’t post it. The scale on a lot of the stuff clashes with some things we do already )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/14/2021 7:48 AM
(Ok. That’s fine. I can also not be extra and just grab say a tent or something. I’ll finalize it at lunch or after work. Other than that, I’m good to go. I’ll deduct a thing of ammo too.)
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(the pressure tent will work fine in this scenario )
9:45 AM
(the panic shelter just adds protection from zero G, but is only about the size of 1-2 people sitting or crouching)
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9:45 AM
(just has no set up time)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/14/2021 11:07 AM
(Ok 1020 for final cost swapping panic shelter for pressure tent and one 20 pack of arrows. Accounting done on the sheet including readied and stowed items.) Pax hoists his freshly filled pack and his bow and arrows. His hand finds the sword on his hip and he rubs it in a comforting manner. “Exciting isn’t it?” He says, catching up to his new companion.
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The ramp lowers and you’re allowed inside. The crew chief has rooms assigned to both of you already, and the ship looks to also be packing a full marine component for a ship this size
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Frewayne Wardav 12/14/2021 7:22 PM
"Ugh... My stomach feels like it's slowly folding itself up," He stows his pack and his laser rifle in his own room and looks about the interior of the shuttle. "We expecting trouble or is this just typical security?"
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The crew chief answers your question with his gruff voice, made gruffer by the vocal amplifiers in his ship suit. “We don’t know much about our destination and the planet is beyond polity space. The extra marines are to allow a ground group to accompany you without compromising the safety of the ship”
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/15/2021 10:40 AM
“I for one, like the presence of a tribe. You’re more than welcome company.” Pax says. “I’m getting a bit of the jitters. It feels good to be out here, free.”
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Frewayne Wardav 12/15/2021 8:00 PM
Frewayne nods in agreement. "Yup. Strength in numbers and all that stuff. What's the planet like?"
7:19 AM
(this is info your characters would have)
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Frewayne Wardav 12/16/2021 7:58 PM
(Are the three settlements of different species or are they all the same species?)
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(We don’t know. Nobody has been to any of them but the cave village. Those were human
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/17/2021 8:57 AM
(All of these options seem so cool. This says there are spider folk in the west which could be cool. We could play an entire campaign just on this planet. Being that we are lower level, maybe we can make contact with the humans near the cave and do some info gathering before we hop over to Dino/ship/seafolk/castle. Unless you already have a preference. Or we can just head right for the wilderness. If there are alien species, we might be able to unlock their language for study so we can talk to them or find a tutor of some sort? What do you think, Freewayne?)
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(those are gone, Dai relocated them to another planet)
9:01 AM
(Everything but the SPider folk is still there, and yeah this was the first planet we used quiet year to make, I did this with Robert, Grupp, Seung, Dax and Eish)
9:01 AM
(And shriven)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/17/2021 9:31 AM
(Oh neat! Ok. My vote is for Dino ruins. But willing to be swayed either way.)
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Frewayne Wardav 12/17/2021 2:12 PM
(I am down for Dinosaur Town)
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The shuttle departs Gudrun space with both of you and its crew aboard, heading for Phegus and a new frontier. (3 days of downtime as we travel, lemme know if we need help getting that squared away. As we enter the destination system you'd get a scouting report, but in this case we already had one since people have been here in the past)
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Frewayne Wardav 12/17/2021 4:17 PM
(Frewayne wouldn't really have much to do during downtime. Eat, sleep and data pad games.)
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(Alright. I’ll see what pax does with his and we can get moving)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/17/2021 5:42 PM
(Ok. I think for his downtime, Pax is just curious and he’s going to talk to everyone on the ship to learn about them and work on his talk skill.)
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Entering the system the ship crew confirms you’re alone here after a scan of local space. The crew chief calls you both to the main Galley where you’ll determine where to land, who is going, and what your plans for being on the surface involve
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Frewayne Wardav 12/18/2021 12:22 PM
Frewayne heads to the galley as requested. He looks over at the chief and says, "Well, looking at what we have mapped out so far, I personally think we should touch down in this sort of burned out area between the springs and the ruined village. Seems pretty open so there shouldn't be too much of a chance being surprised. Then, we head south toward the village, document what we can of the area and see if there are any locals left that we can contact peacefully."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/18/2021 1:55 PM
“The hot springs looks like a really good resource should we need it too. I like that plan! We’re about to be real life explorers. Do you want the marines to set up a base camp here or are they coming with us?”
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Frewayne Wardav 12/18/2021 3:06 PM
Frewayne scratched his chin and then replied, "I think they should come with us. Depending on what the state the village is in, we could potentially setup there. Is the shuttle staying or departing after we land?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/18/2021 6:46 PM
"I think that would be crew's preference. They need time to refuel and such. If they hang out in orbit they could be safe from any dangers on the ground. Do we have a way to call it back down when we are ready to leave?"
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(you should both have compads, if you don't , you can each take one from the ship locker)
7:03 PM
"We brought a four man team to accompany you on the surface, and we can keep the others aboard in case we run into trouble over the next four days while we scoop fuel from the local star"
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Frewayne Wardav 12/19/2021 3:20 AM
Frewayne nods and then says, "This is good for me then. We'll disembark in the morning, march over toward the village. If anyone is residing there, we'll attempt to make peaceful contact with them. If not, we will setup our camp there and use that point for exploring the surrounding area."
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(The ship has a locker if anyone needs to grab anything )
8:17 AM
(Otherwise we can set off)
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Frewayne Wardav 12/19/2021 9:23 AM
(If the locker has a tent and rations, Frewayne would grab those. Otherwise ready to depart.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/19/2021 10:10 AM
(I guess rations would be a good idea. I do have a magic Turkey leg but idk if I want to eat that yet. Also… I’m no good with tools but should we at least bring a metatool or something?)
10:14 AM
(9 days of rations should take 3 enc. is water readily available or do we need to account for water as well?)
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(The pressure tent and rations are available. Rations include a day's water or the means to make it so that's covered. Just watch ENC, as the pressure tent is very big)
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Frewayne Wardav 12/19/2021 1:29 PM
(Scratch the tent then. Will grab 4 days of rations)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/19/2021 4:24 PM
(I already have a pressure tent anyway and it houses 2 people.)
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Frewayne Wardav 12/19/2021 6:47 PM
(I'd say we're probably set then.)
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The local time is mid morning, and the shuttle sets down just outside what is labeled as the "dino village" from a safe distance of five kilometers away. You might have been observed setting down in this forest clearing, but anyone coming out to investigate will need to travel a bit before coming across you.
10:10 AM
The sun is shining, the woods are warm, and for now the noise of the shuttle landing has driven any of the local creatures away.
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Frewayne Wardav 12/20/2021 8:03 PM
Frewayne will take a quick look around as he disembarks from the shuttle. Taking a few strides to distance himself from the shuttle, he pulls out his survey scanner and takes a quick scan of area, trying to get an idea of what kind of weather to expect in the future.
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Things seem like they'll be clear for the next day or so from as best the scanner can map
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/20/2021 8:25 PM
Pax will likewise take his binoculars to visually scan the the area in the distance looking for movement or promising trails etc.
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The village does not look like it is inhabited from this distance. You can see fire burned ruins and slain dinos in the fields, and they look to have been decaying for some time but fine details are impossible to make from this far away.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/21/2021 5:50 PM
“Well. It looks clear from here. All dead by the looks of it. Nothin to do from here but go investigate. Come on.” Pax says leading his tiger forward.
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Frewayne Wardav 12/21/2021 7:22 PM
Frewayne stows his survey scanner for the time being and follows along. "Looks like we have a fair bit of time. Weather looks decent. Gives us a chance to poke around before we have to decide on a base camp."
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The image of the settlement doesn’t get better as you get closer. The smell of decay is ripe on the air as you get to within 100m of the village border. Hidden in the woods as you are you won’t be seen by anything here watching , at least not right away. The ruins of burned buildings and dead dinosaurs are everywhere providing a roost and feast for the local crows
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Frewayne Wardav 12/22/2021 4:45 AM
"I suppose we can expect to not find any sentient inhabitants alive around here," Frewayne stated grimly as they got closer. "Whatever happened here happened a while ago so I doubt any survivors would stick around. Even worse, this place is not going to be a suitable site for a camp."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/22/2021 7:35 PM
"Ugh." Pax says covering his nose. "This is not what I was hoping for. At least it doesn't look like disease took them, but something violent... If we can call that a good thing for us. I doubt we are going to catch some rampant virus." Pax bends down and sticks his hand in the earth, grabbing hold of a tendril of MES energy and feels the pulse of the land. (Using: The Whispering Wind Psychic Technique — Gaiapsionics The psychic has learned to hone a sixth sense and has become one with nature and through its metapsionic energies can feel the natural world. Commit Effort for the scene to learn about an area with a stable biosphere. A single feeling, described by a few words or a short sentence, can be deciphered from the flow of nature's energies giving the psychic a clue as to dangers, rewards or other things that lay nearby. You also learn what plants are edible and which are not as well as their uses.)
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The biosphere is stable. This settlement represents a patch where it has been disturbed but overall it is healthy. There are predatory animals in the area.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/23/2021 9:55 AM
“I don’t sense anything unnatural here. There are predators out and about though, so keep your head up.” Pax stands and motions the rest forward, leading the way in.
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Frewayne Wardav 12/23/2021 10:13 AM
Frewayne reaches for the laser rifle slung over his shoulders, pulling it into his arms. "Good to know. Any idea on size and numbers? Could be scavengers like the birds. Plenty of thins would come here looking for a free meal."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/23/2021 10:37 AM
“I wouldn’t count on it just being the birds.”
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Frewayne Wardav 12/23/2021 11:02 AM
"Well, let's keep an eye out and work through the village quickly," he says as he resumes marching toward the charred ruins. "Gather up as much data that we can and move on. I imagine all these corpses will only bring more wildlife as time goes on."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/23/2021 12:53 PM
Pax looks worried as he keeps pace with Frewayne. “Only time will tell.”
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(Sneak/dex, each of you)
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Frewayne Wardav 12/23/2021 1:42 PM
(8)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/23/2021 3:13 PM
(5)
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The neon ape is not a quiet person to sneak through the jungle with, and as you approach the edge of the settlement the bushes begin to literally move, standing up straight to reveal themselves as a half dozen humans in bush like camo suits, all armed with rusty Rimworlder semi-automatic rifles. From 30m away, one of them holds up some kind of compad to magnify his voice. "That's close enough. Who are you and what are you doing here? "
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Frewayne Wardav 12/23/2021 4:36 PM
(Do we know if humans are native to the planet and what tech level is this planet?)
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(What’s in the world anvil for the planet is the only known information. If it’s not in there we don’t know it)
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Frewayne Wardav 12/23/2021 4:49 PM
Frewayne is still holding his laser rifle but does not aim at the group or do anything otherwise threatening. "We're from the UNW on a survey mission. Who are you?" (edited)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/23/2021 5:14 PM
Pax waves with no weapons in his hand. “Explorers! We just decided to come visit this beautiful planet of yours. We don’t mean any harm. I’m Pax Wilder.” He shouts over.
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“We used to live here until the attack. We thought you came from the bregulan tower. Sorry for scaring you like that “
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Frewayne Wardav 12/24/2021 8:46 PM
"Can't really blame you for that," Frewayne replied with a sigh of relief. He then looked around and then inquired, "You said you lived here? Why did this village get attacked? Are there any other survivors besides yourself?"
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“Maybe some others scattered into the woods. By now we think everyone missing just didn’t make it. We aren’t sure why they attacked , but they wore all black armor like knights , and used laser weapons , so here we are, sifting through what’s left so we can go elsewhere “
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/26/2021 12:04 PM
“I wonder if any others have heard of these… knights.” Pax says. “I’m sure we could appeal to our governments for support. But we are here now, maybe we can help while we are here. Wouldn’t want to leave ya here to get killed.”
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Frewayne Wardav 12/26/2021 12:21 PM
Frewayne nods and then adds, "Depending on how many of you are left, we could potentially get the shuttle to transport you to somewhere safer. Even off planet if you wanted."
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"We appreciate you wanting to be helpful but you can probably understand why we won't want to tell you how many we are, or where our families are hiding"
8:29 AM
"You carry similar weapons, and though I don't think you did it, we can't be sure"
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Frewayne Wardav 12/27/2021 10:32 AM
Frewayne nods and responds with, "That is a valid concern. We won't press you on the matter then. Our primary mission is surveying so our current capability to assist is a bit limited. Also understand that we still intend to map the region. We will adopt a policy to not interfere with your people unless it is asked of us by your group. We would ask that you, in kind, not attempt to detain our group should we come across any of you by happenstance." (edited)
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“They’ll be happy to see you go, believe us. Mapping is fine and we might be able to help fill in some of your map if you can help us in another way”
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/27/2021 3:59 PM
Pax brightens up a bit. “Oh of course! We would love to help. What do you need help with?”
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“Food. We lost everything. We forage but it’s not enough. We don’t have the manpower to protect many hunting or foraging parties “
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Frewayne Wardav 12/27/2021 6:51 PM
Frewayne turns toward Paxcyan and the marines that joined them for this expedition. Lowering his voice so that only the group of them could hear, he began to explain, "So... We obviously don't have food to spare for them. However, we do have rifles and manpower. So, if they will let us, I think we should support their hunter/gatherer parties. They can increase their food supply and we get shown around the area and get details of flora and fauna from the natives. Win/win."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/27/2021 7:56 PM
Pax closes his eyes for a second, taking a big inhale through his flaring nostrils. “Osiris lives for a hunt. I say let’s do it. That’s a great plan.” He grins.
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Frewayne Wardav 12/27/2021 8:46 PM
Frewayne claps his hands together and then turns toward the group of natives. "Well, we don't have any food to spare but, if you're willing, we can accompany one of your groups on a hunt. We get shown around, you get the assistance of our numbers and weapons. Is that a fair trade for you?"
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“That is a fair trade. We will do this. A short hunt in exchange for some help. This will still be dangerous. The creatures of this world are not for the faint of heart “
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Frewayne Wardav 12/28/2021 7:10 PM
Frewayne blinked a couple times at the warning. "That dangerous, huh?" He shook his head quickly and then added, "Well, at some point, we'd have to encounter something. At the very least this will let use dip our toes in the environment."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/29/2021 12:28 AM
“We will be ok, Fre. I trust our abilities and our teamwork to carry us through.” Pax hoists his gear and nods toward the natives. “Lead the way!” (P.s. I will by flying out of Syracuse to Belize tomorrow for a week and a half. Lord knows I’ll be checking this wherever I have wifi, and we have wifi in the airBnB. So I’ll be checking in when I can.)
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(No worries. Thanks for letting me@know)
8:52 AM
They look toward your weapons and it seems they’ll work for the road ahead. Everyone is eager to be off and they’ll be looking for signs of game. Even the smallest animals on this world are dangerous in some capacity. As you settle into some kind of marching column with them ten minutes pass before someone pulls what looks like a scale shed from the side of the small pathway you are walking on
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Frewayne Wardav 12/29/2021 9:15 PM
Frewayne leaned to the side, trying to get a clearer view from the middle of the column. "Uh... What's that from?" he asked quickly.
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“Dinner if we are lucky. Plant eater. They’ve got horns though. They’ll still gore you if you get too close. I think we have enough people here to take them. Everyone needs to focus. When we sneak up on it you need to aim for the joints around the legs and neck”
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/31/2021 8:40 AM
Pax notches an arrow a tad clumsily and creeps along with the party.
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Frewayne Wardav 12/31/2021 12:33 PM
Frewayne nodded and then readied his laser rifle. He looked toward one of the marines in their party and explained quietly, "I'm going to create a mental link to you. It will let me help you to react faster."
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(Pax too or just the marines?)
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Frewayne Wardav 12/31/2021 12:53 PM
(Can only do it to one person at a time. I don't know what level Pax is but I'm figuring martial human attack bonus is equal or higher.)
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(Works for me. That’s good)
1:28 PM
(I forgot you were a free nexus , I thought you meant telepathic
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 12/31/2021 2:24 PM
(I’m doing the same but to Frewayne)
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Bonds are made. The forest is quiet around you as lesser animals hide from the beast in your midst
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/2/2022 2:58 PM
Pax travels along the path and up and through the trees naturally as if they were once continuous path. Osiris the neon tiger, sensing the shift into hunt mode begins slinking through the shadows sniffing the air on every hint of a breeze. “We must be quiet. And spread out a bit. Maybe we will kick something up if we are lucky.” Pax whispers to the group, hanging from a limb a few feet off the path. “I will try to see something from up here.”
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Frewayne Wardav 1/2/2022 3:11 PM
Frewayne nods at Pax and makes some distance, moving as quietly as he can. He still tries to keep the native group within his eyesight, watching how they move to track this quarry.
10:03 AM
The prey is spotted as Pax climbs to the top of a nearby tree. The creature is eating grasses and leaves, but you can see its thick skinned, well protected by natural armor, and has two wicked curving horns on its head- along ith another on its nose.
10:03 AM
It does not seem to have got wind of you yet, from 50m away, but the wind could turn against you at any time.
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Frewayne Wardav 1/3/2022 8:05 PM
Frewayne took up a position next to the widest tree he was close to, aiming his laser rifle at the horned beast. He'd wait there for one of the hunters to begin their attack, figuring being behind something would make it more difficult for the lizard to try and charge his position.
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(Pax, anything we want to do before we kick this off? )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/4/2022 10:07 AM
Pax uses his vantage point from in the trees to likewise take aim. He looks back to the group, points out the mark and signals with his hand. 3..2…. He draws his bow and tries to let loose with all of them. In the underbrush, Osiris likewise creeps forward ready to pounce on the hopefully wounded animal to bring it down.
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(We;ll get a surprise round on it, so we can go ahead and fire and then get initiative after for the following rounds)
10:29 AM
(we're not going to have the full minute of set up for an execution before it scents you)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/6/2022 8:34 PM
Frewayne started to sense the tenseness in the air and, expecting the rounds to start being let loose, squeezed his trigger and unleashed a burst of laser fire.
8:35 PM
(Burst fire with laser rifle. 19 to hit. 10 damage.)
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The creature is hit. It groans and wheels toward the source of the attack
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/7/2022 9:31 AM
Pax lets loose his bow and Osiris pounces. Expend 1 effort to give Reflexive Action to Frewayne. (Pax bow: 12/5 Osiris Tiger Claw: 12/2 1 extra action to Fre)
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(Osiris can't run 50m in one round , or shouldb't be able to without taking a second main action to move- even that might not be enough to close the distance, so they're not going to attack)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/7/2022 5:21 PM
(Ah ok yeah my bad. Forgot about the distance.)
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The arrow goes wide but the charging beast is hit by gunfire from two of the hunters. It roars as it lowers its horns and begins to prepare to charge.
8:18 PM
(That was our surprise round. We got some light wounds on it with Frewayne hitting the hardest. We can get initiative now)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/7/2022 9:04 PM
(Do I roll the attack from reflexive action right now or after intiative?)
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After initiative )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/8/2022 7:41 AM
(8)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/8/2022 8:19 AM
(5)
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(sorry guys this never lit up for me)
12:08 PM
(Pax, beast, Frewayne, and then the hunters)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/12/2022 9:01 AM
Pax nocks another bow to shoot the beast and shoots right in front of the beast, the arrow sticking into the ground. (6/6) Osiris continues to move forward quietly, trying to position for a pounce.
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(He can go later in the round if you want so the beast is in range)
9:43 AM
(you can hold, you just have to go by the end of the round or else you skip the turn)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/12/2022 10:23 AM
(Oh yeah I’ll hold them)
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The beast lowers its massive head, charging forward towards your spreading gunline. The ground shakes under its massive tread , and it closes to 10m from you. (double moved, so Frewayne is up!)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/12/2022 7:13 PM
Frewayne continues to train his rifle on the charging beast and blasts away while time slows to a crawl for him, firing two more 3 round bursts.
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7:13 PM
(20/4)
7:13 PM
(19/3)
7:15 PM
Frewayne then focuses on his connection to the marine he connected to and slows down time just as Pax did for him.
7:15 PM
(1 effort commited for Reflexive Action)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/12/2022 8:39 PM
Osiris sees his moment to pounce, leaping for the beast’s hindquarters as it passes by. (12/7) (Oh woe is the low level attack bonuses.)
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Frewayne and his companion stand firm, their weapons flashing in the light of the late afternoon shade- and the creature is punctured several times over before coming to a skidding halt- breathing its last blood speckled breath just short of Frewayne's boots.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/13/2022 10:34 AM
Pax jumps down from the tree. "Hey good work guys! This thing was scary. Can I help you field dress this thing?"
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The locals can help dress it and they're skilled at doing so. They offer to cut each of you a trophy for your help if you wish as well
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Frewayne Wardav 1/14/2022 7:19 PM
Frewayne looks over the fallen animal while slinging the rifle back over his shoulder. "First time I ever hunted something this big before," he mused. "Would it be possible to get one of the horns?"
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It would be my honor to cut it for you" one of the huntmen says as he begins working. A few moments later a horn the size of your forearm is placed int your hands reverently
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/15/2022 2:32 PM
"Do you think I could have its... what do you call this, frill? It's collar. Is there a use? Armor, maybe?" Pax wanders up curiously, running his hand up the top of the animal's head.
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The Frill isnt' good for eating and they're happy to cut tthe flap off the larger beast for you. It could be made into chest armor or a cape of some kind with enough work.
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Frewayne Wardav 1/15/2022 7:31 PM
Frewayne held the horn in his arms. "Wow... This thing is pretty hefty." Looking back at the fallen creature, he asks, "How are you going to get this back to your people? Looks too big to drag back."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/15/2022 8:46 PM
“Broken up and on sleds and we could do it with less, I think. But if you have a better mode, then let’s do that.”
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"We are going to butcher it and drag it back in slings we have. You've both helped us tremendously. You wanted information in exchange, so ask your questions, and we will part ways"
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Frewayne Wardav 1/16/2022 3:26 PM
Frewayne scratches his chin for a moment and then asks, "Any notable places we should visit and what kind of dangers should we keep an eye out for?"
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They don’t have any specific advice other than to avoid traveling at night and carry about a days more water than you think you need if you’re about to enter the burning lands towards the middle of the planet
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/17/2022 12:29 PM
“What about curious anomalies or folktales from your people?”
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"We held up our end of the deal. " the lead hunter says, as they begin getting the kill slung up for transport. "Thank you for your help"
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Frewayne Wardav 1/17/2022 3:14 PM
Frewayne looked at Pax for a second and then back to the hunters. "Fair enough. You folk have communication? Maybe we can leave you with a frequency or something in case you ever wish to contact us."
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To this they can agree, and you're provided with contact information for them. They will keep you in mind if they need anything else, but for now they are eager to get the food back to their people who really need it
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/17/2022 4:58 PM
Pax shrugs toward Frewayne and looks back at the natives. “Thank you so much. I wish you the best. May we meet again.”
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(3xp, 5000 credits )
8:59 PM
(If you need help leveling let me know frewayne)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/18/2022 7:39 PM
(Level up done in my character thread)
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(Looks good to me! So we got some travel tips from the hunters , we can try to explore another region here if we want to)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/18/2022 8:00 PM
(Village on the sea seems cool.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/19/2022 9:11 PM
(That was up there on my list as well. Let’s do it!)
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(Did you want to hike or have the shuttle take you)
5:47 AM
(We will have to camp if we are walking )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/20/2022 7:20 AM
(Want to test our wilderness skills?)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/20/2022 10:05 AM
(Walk and camp.)
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(what do our camping arrangements look like? )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/20/2022 12:09 PM
(Pax has a pressure tent that he will set up and can share with Frewayne. We can take shifts to keep watch. Idk if Osiris is useful in that or not but he can sleep outside the tent. I figure lets find a good camping spot with a balance between sheltered and having a good view of the landscape if possible. I have 9 more rations so I'll tick another of those off.)
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(he can keep watch, he doesn't need rest)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/20/2022 2:16 PM
(Yeah. Frewayne's new gift means that only one of us needs to sleep, breathe and eat.)
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Night passes on this world and the noise from your hunt has driven off anything in the region that might have otherwise troubled you. Watch is kept, the wilderness is beautiful but wild, and by morning everyone is refreshed, rested, and otherwise ready for the trek south to the village in question
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Frewayne Wardav 1/20/2022 9:47 PM
Frewayne munched down on some rations just before the morning came, having switched his MES link to Pax before they turned in for the evening. No need to have to wait for breakfast to start the trek toward the sea-locked village. "Ready to head out?" he'd ask Pax while strapping his rifle over his backpack. "Also, feel free to eat or drink as needed. This new trick I just figured out how to do will save us on rations."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/20/2022 10:04 PM
“Oh! Um. Crazy! I don’t think we will have any issue with food but I have this magic Turkey leg too that I was told would hold me over for a whole month if we really get desperate. I don’t see an expiration date on it so I’m just keeping it in case I’m hurt and in a bad spot. Our rations should last a long time and it looks like food is abundant here even if it is deadly… hey thank you for your symbiosis. Feels like mine…” he takes a moment to appreciate his companion. “You’re a good friend to have.” I’m ready to move on whenever you are.”
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Frewayne Wardav 1/20/2022 10:15 PM
He waved his hand dismissively and replied, "Nah. I'm just trying to be useful. A good friend would have some indispensable skills. As an individual, I'm not particularly talented. So I just do what I can to make up for what I lack by maximizing what others can do." He'd turn and start walking ahead. "We do have quite a hike ahead of us though."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/20/2022 11:02 PM
Pax smiles and catches up easily. “We better make some headway then.” Osiris, though bulky and intimidating for a big cat, takes the opportunity of a hike as a chance for play and slinks around the two travelers, from time to time sprinting ahead only to leap half way up a tree and look back at them twitching his tail and ears. He would then leap down only to crouch back down flattening his ears as if that were the final detail that would give him away and repeat the process, rubbing up against Pax and purring loudly in between faux hunts.
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(d10, either of you!)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/21/2022 9:58 AM
(4!)
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Entering the wilderness from close to the site of your hunt you return to the forest. Animals have returned but anything big seems to be keeping its distance. Dew hangs off large elephant ear plants that also have pink flowers the size of a fist growing off them.
6:47 PM
Multicolor Beatles chew on some of the blooms
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Frewayne Wardav 1/21/2022 8:35 PM
Frewayne pauses to look at the flowers and the beetles. "That's pretty looking." He looks around briefly and then comments, "This place is full of wildlife. I wonder if the bigger ones are wary of us or something else."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/22/2022 7:26 AM
(Is this a new scene?) “Well I’m pretty decent at sensing if there are dangers around, I just have to feel… almost taste the MES energy of the space. I can usually get a sense of the plant life and what they might be used for that way too. Takes a little energy to do it though and we have a long hike ahead of us. What do you think?”
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(It’s a new day yeah)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/22/2022 9:41 AM
Frewayne scratches his chin for a bit and then responds, "Go nuts. We're here to get better information about the planet so studying the flora would be helpful."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/22/2022 10:54 AM
“Right. Ok then.” Pax says. He closes his his eyes and breathes deeply, kneeling down to grasp the soil beneath him as if reaching for the heart of this place. (Using The Whispering Wind A feeling giving clues about the place, dangers, rewards and other things nearby. Edible vs non edible plants and their uses. )
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There are predators in the area as well as the remains of a grav flyer that crashed during better more progressive days. These plants are not edible but provide nutritious food for the insects and herbivores that live in the region.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/23/2022 9:00 AM
Pax opens his eyes as he stands up. The remnants of a greenish glow fade from his pupils. “Oh hey! There’s a crashed grav flyer nearby. Want to check it out? Oh and don’t eat those. They’re bug food… aaaand watch for predators.” He recalls, using his fingers as a check box.
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Frewayne Wardav 1/23/2022 9:31 AM
Frewayne nods and confirms, "Yeah. If it's on the way to the village, it wouldn't hurt to go take a look at the thing."
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(It would be a slight detour but you wouldn’t be going far out of your way, if that helps the decision)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/23/2022 7:42 PM
“It’s not too far out of the way. All we have is time!” He smiles. “Let’s check it out.”
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Frewayne Wardav 1/24/2022 4:55 AM
"Then lead the way," he responds with a nod while removing his rifle from his pack and holding it in his arms.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/24/2022 8:42 AM
Pax nods and draws his monosword to cut through the underbrush toward the wreck.
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The sun is late morning by time you find the wreck. It is shadowy with the sun in its current position, and you can see the meadow grasses have begun growing around it and in the furrow it must have carved when it crashed here. The fighter is human in origin but doesn't look like it is a model used by any of the polities the Sectors currently know about.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/24/2022 10:19 AM
“Hey, cool! We found it!….” He lingers for a moment. “Do… you know anything about spaceships? I’ve never seen this kind before.”
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Frewayne Wardav 1/24/2022 7:42 PM
Frewayne shrugs while looking at it. "I have no clue," he confesses. "I don't know anything about flying vehicles." He walks around the crashed flyer, trying to see if he can figure a way inside. (edited)
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It looks like there is some kind of heavy loading ramp on the front of the ship. The cockpit glass has also been smashed and you might be able to boost up somehow and crawl in that way.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/24/2022 9:23 PM
(Can I just climb up there with my monkey toes and hoist him up with a rope?)
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(Yes you can do that)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/25/2022 9:20 AM
(Wait. I don’t have a rope. XD) Pax hops up to scale the side of the craft and make his way toward the broken window. “Hey, anyone have a rope down there? I think I can probably loop the rope around something and hold it for ya to climb up!”
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(you could just pull him up without a rope)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/25/2022 11:04 AM
"Ope! Nevermind, I'll just do this." Pax grabs on to the edge with his feet and turns upside down to reach for his companion. "Grab hold, Fre!"
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Frewayne Wardav 1/25/2022 12:40 PM
Frewayne reaches up and grabs Pax's hands with his own. "Hyup!" he grunts while beginning to pull up.
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You're both standing on the wide nose of the crash now. The vehicle is large and blocky reminding you of more nimble grav flyers but this one has the subtlety of a flying truck, if that truck was made out of cinder blocks and had square wheels. It looks to still be grav propelled, you can see the broken plates under each wing that would normally keep it skyward.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/25/2022 6:57 PM
Pax eases his way inside the cockpit and starts looking around the interior. "I bet the ship is still worth something. Back home we really don't have much of anything. The humans uplifted us but left a bunch of us right there in the ruins we lived in before. The elders would be excited to see a find like this back home.... Not that I know what to do with it. Maybe they have something in cargo still!"
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Frewayne Wardav 1/25/2022 8:24 PM
"Worth a look," he agreed with a nod before following behind Pax as they delved into the bowels of the ship. "Oh, by the way, I noticed you've called me Fre a couple times. I'd rather you didn't. Wayne is short for Frewayne and that's what my friends would call me. Call me that instead."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/25/2022 11:02 PM
"Oh... I'm sorry, Wayne. Thanks for clearing that up."
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THe cargo hold is full, It looks like supplies for building were being tucked inside for later use, and most survived impact with the ground
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/26/2022 4:54 PM
"This is actually a great find... Hey marine, do we have enough room in the cargo hold on the shuttle to get some of this back home to unw space?"
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The marines radio back that the shuttle does not have any cargo space but a free merchant can be dispatched from home to make it here within the next couple weeks to take it
6:18 PM
(The wreck itself is a gun cutter which is a vehicle design we do not currently have )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/26/2022 7:01 PM
(Oh sick! Yeah let’s get the whole ship transported if we can do some engineers can unlock that.) “Thanks, Marine. The ship itself is one I haven’t seen before. I’m sure someone who knows a bit more about ships would like to get it back up and running.”
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Frewayne Wardav 1/27/2022 5:11 AM
Frewayne looks around the hold and says, "Yeah, it's a nice find for a mechanic but I am curious about where the flyer came from and why nobody has bothered to reclaim it."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/27/2022 6:55 AM
“I think my people could used these building materials very much… Maybe we can find signs of a body. Or should we check the crew quarters?”
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(either option works but they're gonna take us to different places)
8:32 AM
(so we'll pick one to do first)
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Frewayne Wardav 1/27/2022 9:52 AM
(Quarters sound good to me.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/27/2022 10:30 AM
(Quarters it is then.)
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HEading deeper into the wreck you can see behind the cockpit that there is a small living space set up here. A small kitchen and five bunks have been set up , along with an airplane bathroom and small chemical shower. It has all the fixings of a small mobile outpost and you can see most of the supplies and clothes you'd expect to see have been taken, indicating the crew managed to ditch the wreck after landng.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/27/2022 3:46 PM
“You know the more I see, the more I think this must have been a controlled landing. The people made it. Cargo intact. Heck the ship is in pretty decent shape considering… I wonder where the survivors ran off to? You think there’s any info on who these people were around here?” Pax is going to snoop around for any personal effects left behind for clues.
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(post above says they took everything)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/28/2022 9:40 AM
(🧐 That’s fair. 😂) “Maybe there’s info left in the computer. You know how to work one of those?”
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Frewayne Wardav 1/28/2022 3:05 PM
Frewayne scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Uh... Vaguely? I can do basic user stuff but I don't have any equipment on me to run it. Maybe there is some power left in the ship? We could at least get it running. But if there's even the slightest encryption, even that would be pointless.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/28/2022 4:58 PM
"Even a broken clock is right once; or something like that."
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(There’s structural damage to the ship that would keep it from flying. )
7:34 PM
(I wouldn’t make you go through all this if you could just fly it out )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/28/2022 7:53 PM
“There are people who can come scrap it later. This is just a good find. If there’s nothing more to learn here or anything that can help us now, I think we should put some more miles on the road before we have to make camp again, what do you say?”
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Frewayne Wardav 1/28/2022 9:01 PM
Wayne nods and replies, "Yup. Let's do that."
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Heading out of the wreck and into the wilderness again. You see coastal birds above you and hear them squawk as they fight with one another over food and nesting areas. The trees are tall and the air becomes humid as you approach the coast. The ground becomes a mixture of dirt and the fine loam that will one day become sand. You still have a half days walk to the coast but the land is beginning to change around you
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 1/31/2022 9:05 AM
Pax’s eyes widen. “Oooh! You smell that? The coast is near. It shouldn’t be too far now.” Pax looks for a high tree every now and again to climb up and peer out to get a vantage point before rejoining his companions on the ground. He is generally cheery, the coastal air reminding him of home.
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The sea air is pleasant and the sun begins to fade for the day. You estimate a couple hours of walking will get you to the shore but finding your way in the dark might be difficult
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Frewayne Wardav 2/1/2022 7:05 AM
Seeing the setting sun, Frewayne looks at Pax and asks, "You want to setup camp?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/1/2022 9:48 AM
“I think that would be a good idea. We don’t know what’s around here.” Pax holds up his hand to the sky to see how many fingers of sun they have left. “I think we have just enough time to set up a good little camp site just over there before the sun goes down.”
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(i know we have that technique where we don't need rest, were we going to use that again? )
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Frewayne Wardav 2/1/2022 6:49 PM
(Yes. Wayne will keep vigil for the night.)
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CLose to midnight as Pax settles in for the evening Frewayne sees several humanoid shapes coming from the woods, slowly approaching camp. THere are ten you can see, each of them carries some kind of harpoon or billhook. Their approach is one of caution, not of sneaking or ambush, but they do what they can to remain out of sight as much as possible.
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Frewayne Wardav 2/2/2022 5:51 PM
(Can I tell how close they are?)
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(50m or so)
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Frewayne Wardav 2/2/2022 6:19 PM
Frewayne will ready his laser rifle in both hands though not aiming with it as the group approaches. "Are you lot fishers?" he yells out, half to confront them and half to wake the rest of his group.
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“We fish. Yes. Saw your fire. You’re close to where we live , what do you want?”
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Frewayne Wardav 2/3/2022 9:47 AM
"We're explorers out here to map the area and collect data about the environment."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/3/2022 11:13 AM
Pax exits the pressure tent in his pajamas, scratching his bum and yawning. “Ah-oh-ay. Do- mean to interrupt. Just have to pee. Seems like we get this every time, Wayne.” The sound of liquid splattering on a nearby tree indicates his relief. “Beautiful country out here. I love meeting new humans. You’re all such a colorful bunch!” Says the seafoam bluish neon colored Utan.
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They move in a bit closer so shouting is not the way of communicating now. "Exploring and mapping? This a personal project or are you working for someone? This world is dangerous and you seem...overly equipped..compared to others we've seen try"
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Frewayne Wardav 2/3/2022 6:06 PM
"We're specifically working for the UNW," Frewayne replied. "As far as equipment goes, in hindsight, I'd say we're a bit underequipped all things considered. The fauna can be fairly dangerous from what we've encountered but it seems the native populace is far more so. Came across a ruined village to the west. The damage caused by the attack was excessive. It looked closer to an extermination."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/3/2022 9:20 PM
“We helped them hunt for meat to help to show we meant no harm. Though they left quickly when the hunt was done. I am from the UNW but mostly, I am just out here for my own curiosity and they gave us the means to come out here.”
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"Better than ours" he says coming into the firelight "Welcome to the planet. Heard a few good things about the UNW, been a long time since someone came through. "
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/4/2022 10:10 AM
“A lot has happened. My species were only just uplifted in the past few years by the UNW humans. But they were in the middle of some big wars with some crazy aliens bent on killing whole planets. Least that’s what I read. They won though so no worries there!” He laughs awkwardly. “But hey! Maybe we can have a better relationship now. You could even join or at least travel to one of our planets. You might like my homeworld, Terezinho! Classified as a water world, but there are lots of islands for us land dwellers!… I would shake your hand as is human custom but I should clean my hands.” Pax does a quick bow of his head. “Come. Come into our camp. A friendly face is welcome.”
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“-oh! And don’t mind the tiger. He’s harmless to you as long as you’re harmless to me.” Pax gestures to the tiger sprawled out on his back, still in the tent and taking up more than half of it.
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They begin moving into the camp to sit and talk more, safer here than trying to find their way back in the dark. There are ten of them in total, a small war party sent out to ensure that their homes are safe
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Frewayne Wardav 2/4/2022 8:14 PM
Frewayne lets his rifle leave his hands and rests it across his lap. "Well, thanks for coming out to meet us here anyways," he says calmly. "Are you out here on your way to fish or just to see if we were a threat to you? If the latter, I might recommend next time to come with more than harpoons. The destruction we saw at the other village had to have been caused by weaponry that is significantly more advanced than fishing gear."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/4/2022 10:42 PM
“If they had more I’m sure they’d bring more. You know, the UNW has a huge amount of resources. My little village is still in ruins and I’m personally trying to change that but, from what I’ve seen, they are investing on planets across their territory. Even if you didn’t want to join them right away, I think opening up more regular contact or trade here would help everyone.”
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"We were seeing if you were a threat. We didnt know what to expect, we just saw a fire close to the village and came to look"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/6/2022 7:13 AM
“Would you mind if we hung out and got to know your people a little bit? Maybe we could be of service to you.”
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He shrugs. "I'm not walking back home in the dark. Neither are my men. We're here now, arent we? "
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Frewayne Wardav 2/7/2022 1:32 PM
"Well, don't mind campmates, I suppose," Frewayne replied. "I guess this is introduction time. I'm Frewayne. Frewayne Wardav. As stated before, I'm a member of the UNW tasked with charting out this area of the planet. The group of marines here are tasked with our security."
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'You've come expecting trouble then. You run into any? "
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/7/2022 4:54 PM
“It is better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.” Pax says. “Just two separate communities approaching us warily… the Dino village west of here. The main village was massacred before we arrived but there were survivors who came out and met us. Have you heard anything about them?”
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"No, we haven't. It's good practice to treat anything coming out of the wild as something that wants to eat you. Sounds like that community up north had a bad experience. Best you can do is dig in and hope to survive the years"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/8/2022 3:46 PM
“Do you all want to stay here and build back up a more technological society or are people looking to get off world? How are your people doing here?”
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"I don't think anyone wants to go, this is our home and we wouldn't leave it just because the pasture might have less manure in it somewhere else. Being comfortable is something I think we can all agree on, Maybe not walking around with hologlasses on or something, but not worrying about food or getting sick is something that would make life here a lot better "
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/8/2022 8:26 PM
“My people would say the same about our home in the ruins. Good. Well maybe we can help you set up a better connection and trade with the outside world or organize some aid or other outreach!” He turns to Frewayne. “Any ideas?”
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Frewayne Wardav 2/9/2022 4:34 PM
Frewayne scratched his head briefly and replied, "Well, I don't think the UNW would mind providing medical support if it were needed. Or food for that matter. But I'm not sure how much we should meddle in local affairs, if at all. Developing good diplomatic relations is one thing but clumsily uplifting an entire society could have negative consequences we never intended to happen."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/9/2022 5:12 PM
“Yeah you could end up with something like me!” He says jokingly.
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Frewayne Wardav 2/9/2022 7:36 PM
Frewayne laughs and replies, "That would probably be somewhere near best case scenario. Worst case scenario would be something along the lines of genocide. Like at that other village. Since the current politics of the planet is already tense enough for native residents to want to eliminate one another without our interference, us coming in and tipping the scales in one way or another could easily spur more or the same."
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"Or the same back at you" he agrees. "I can tell you who's the one doing all the fighting you've seen. You might not like the answer"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/10/2022 10:45 AM
“I think whether or not we like the answer is irrelevant. If it’s someone from the UNW then they are about to go on the wanted board. If it’s someone else acting so close to our borders, someone is going to want to look into that too.”
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The Bregulan tower. The psychics there have mostly gone crazy since The Scream. They come out leading twisted looking creatures and kill anything in their path. We almost thought you were scouts for a moment there. You're lucky your friend spotted us and convinced us otherwise before you woke up" the guide says, nodding towards Frewayne
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Frewayne Wardav 2/10/2022 2:28 PM
"So the Tower is the problem, huh?" Frewayne grumbled aloud. "Insane psychics are a bit out of our depth at the moment but the UNW will almost certainly want to intervene at this point. A threat like this has implications that extend beyond this planet. When the shuttle returns to pick us up, we'll have to report this. I'm sure we can get some agents trained to counter psychics down on the planet to deal with the Tower. That should bring a lot of needed stability to the area."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/10/2022 6:03 PM
“In the meantime, maybe we should go back and get those building supplies we found to help fortify the village here. As much as I selfishly want to pick up the cargo for the benefit of my own people, these people seem to be in greater danger than my own. At least for my part of the loot of that ship… Do you think that would help hold you over here?”
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"You've seen them, we haven't . If you think there's something there we could use to make defenses or imprvoe what we have' we'll help you carry them here once it gets to be light enough"
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Frewayne Wardav 2/14/2022 7:06 PM
"I wouldn't say we've seen them," Frewayne confessed. "More like we've seen what they leave behind in their wake. Enough to make some guesses about how much combat ability they have. I don't mind giving the construction supplies over but I don't know how much that might keep insane psychics and the creatures under their control at bay."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/14/2022 7:14 PM
“That’s true. The only ones who survived were the ones who ran. Might do you better to plan escape routes.”
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“That’s only going to work for a short amount of time. Each time we run there will be fewer of us and we will be worse equipped to keep going. This is our ancestral land. We will stand here. I know the rest of the village will feel the same." (edited)
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"If you're willing to help us dig in and take a stand, you'd have the debt of the entire tribe"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/16/2022 8:47 AM
Pax sits back for a moment in contemplation as his tiger companion rubs against him. “I think that’s a fight I’d be willing to help win. What do you think, Frewayne?”
8:48 AM
(Sorry messages are slow. Im in training for trucking for 8 weeks. Just living in a truck with my trainer from ROC to Idaho and back.)
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Frewayne Wardav 2/17/2022 7:44 PM
(How many marines came planetside with us?)
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(Four)
9:28 PM
(They’ve got combat field uniforms and combat rifles
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/18/2022 9:54 AM
“Maybe we can slip in to the psychic stronghold or something or scout it out somehow. We don’t have much info to go on right now other than wait for an attack that may or may not happen.”
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(if you and Frewayne want to do that we certainly can)
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Frewayne Wardav 2/18/2022 7:55 PM
"We could try but we'd have to be extraordinarily careful," Frewayne responded, "I would be very concerned about the psychics there detecting our approach or a telepath taking control of our minds." He looked over at the group of natives and asked, "How many trained combatants do you have and what kind of weaponry do you have at your disposal? We wouldn't ask you to follow us to the tower but, if we chose to hold your village, I'd be curious if you would be willing to follow our directions until we could manage to get more support from our government."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/19/2022 2:32 PM
“That’s fair. We are both psychic batteries.”
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The natives can rouse about sixty men and women of fighting age and able body. They use spears and bows primarily since firearms are hard to maintain and ammunition is impossible to manufacture but six rifles in the camp are given out to their best marksmen in times of war with the dwindling ammo reserve the community has left.
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Frewayne Wardav 2/19/2022 6:35 PM
"Spears and bows mostly? That's going to be a rough go of it," Frewayne grumbled. "The destruction we saw at the other village indicated firepower well above that." He scratched the back of his head briefly and then continued to speak. "Though your village is on the water. That detail could be advantageous to us."
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"A sharp arrow or spear point kills just as assuredly, I promise you" the scout leader says "and we're no strangers to using them to kill. We've had little choice since The Scream"
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"So, hopefully you're still willing to help us"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/22/2022 9:45 AM
“It’s the same for my people. I’ll stand with you either way.” Pax reaches a hand out to shake as is the human custom.
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Frewayne Wardav 2/23/2022 7:55 PM
Frewayne nods slowly, saying, "Yeah, I guess the expedition will have to go on hold for the time being. We should see what the situation and environment is like at this village to make a plan for this potential stand."
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(We can skip to morning if you guys are content with what we have done so far )
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Frewayne Wardav 2/23/2022 8:35 PM
(I am good with this.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/24/2022 12:59 AM
(I’m good with that)
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(village is same as pictured)
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Frewayne Wardav 2/26/2022 4:57 AM
Once arriving in the village, Frewayne would wander around the area to get a grasp of how the village was setup. "Looks like there are some walled off areas that the villagers can take cover in case of an attack," he says, thinking aloud.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/26/2022 8:04 PM
“With the building materials I bet we could make those stronger to give them a leg up or put in place traps of some sort. I just don’t know how well that kind of thing will work against these psychics. We could make barriers in the pathways inside the city for cover too in case they get inside. And an alarm telling the villagers to take cover.”
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(Yeah they’re wooden and driven into the ground. Nothing reinforced. It’s more geared toward keeping animals out and directing traffic toward coming into the village in certain ways, not meant to stop an actual attack)
8:17 PM
(If that helps us figure out what we want to do)
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Frewayne Wardav 2/28/2022 2:43 AM
"Yeah, we'd probably need the building materials here to fortify this place up," Frewayne comments. "Though transporting the material is a bit of an issue and there's the question of how quickly we could build anything. I also saw there were a few bodies of water besides the sea around the village."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/28/2022 6:58 AM
“Are you thinking, jellyfish moat?”
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Frewayne Wardav 2/28/2022 8:38 AM
Frewayne grinned darkly. "Didn't realize you were a telepath as well. That is my idea in a nutshell. We can attempt to dig out some moats, using the sea to fill them. I doubt that moats are going to be enough to deter a determined elimination force but we aren't using the moats for defense. I can keep one person completely amphibious and we can use the moats for guerrilla strikes against any invaders. Rather than directly confront them, we will bleed them out with traps and ambushes.
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(That is a great idea and def works. The locals will all throw their backs into whatever you suggest)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 2/28/2022 5:03 PM
“Then I say we do both. We can use the building materials as needed to accomplish all of that! That would swing the fight in our favor for sure. Are you folks liking our ideas?” He says to the villagers.
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They seem to be on board. Anything that might give them the chance to secure the lives they've re-made here is something they're willing to try, and you seem to be knowledgeable about what you're doing. The onslaught will come, but by defeating it, these people will know peace for months, giving you time to work other angles of the problem.
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Frewayne Wardav 3/1/2022 12:39 PM
Frewayne would help with the forming of the moats, trying to plot out the direction of the waterways in such a way that it would funnel any would be attackers into narrow choke points that would make ambushing easier. He'd also take a look for any boats that the village might have. Specifically he'd look for smaller boats that could fit into the moats and float upside down.
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The locals have some of what they call 'war canoes' which are shallow draft long paddled boats with an optional outrigger for added stability. They normally seat 8, two men to row on each side, three archers, and someone to steer, who will occasionally also take up a bow or rifle if the situation allows.
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Frewayne Wardav 3/1/2022 2:39 PM
Frewayne claps his hands together at the sight of the canoes. "This is perfect. We can use this to flank. Whomever I'm allowing stay underwater can attack invaders to draw their attention while a group of defenders can use the canoe upside down to hide their approach and strike while the enemy is distracted. If we can act decisively, I think we can route an invasion nicely through the chaos."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/2/2022 4:40 PM
The young Utan looks impressed. “I would think they will have non war canoes that we can use for those purposes and then also use the war canoes themselves as intended. This is a good. No. A fun plan! Put me to work!”
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(This is just how they make their boats. There’s not a stat difference or anything , it’s just either these or their fishing boats which wouldn’t fit into a moat
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Frewayne Wardav 3/2/2022 9:18 PM
Frewayne scratched his chin and said, "Well, we have to figure out a way how to get the supplies here. I'm not sure we have the luxury to wait for the shuttle. Also, we probably need to run some drills to make sure we have an idea how to quietly maneuver the canoes upside down."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/3/2022 1:09 AM
“We have man power. As long as we can make some quick skids and have rope we can work together to drag it back trip but trip if we have to.”
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Frewayne Wardav 3/4/2022 7:39 PM
"Well, we may as well get any villagers that don't have any combat skills on that task," Frewayne stated with a nod. "We can't afford to let any fighters leave the village in case of an attack and if the attack occurs while they are away getting the supplies, at least they will be out of harm's way." (edited)
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(lead/cha)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/5/2022 4:25 PM
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The locals are working but not efficiently. Some are setting things back a bit by working to what they think is reasonable and not to task of the exact specifications of it.
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Frewayne Wardav 3/7/2022 8:16 AM
Frewayne would help out as much as he could with digging the moats out though it probably wouldn't be enough to make much of a difference. He would also make it a point to not have the marines accompanying them to not assist, opting for them to keep watch with patrols around the area.
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(so for projects right now we've got moats, and some ideas for how to use the canoes creatively. I know someone brought up seeding the woods with traps as well, and something about the walls)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/7/2022 10:11 AM
(The traps thing I don't think we actually discussed. The moats, canoes and transporting the building supplies from the downed craft to reinforce the walls.)
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( I was going off this https://discord.com/channels/345912178072879106/900825590532292640/947865300450304051 not to AKTCHUALLY anyone. Not my intent, I just didnt want to kick things off if there was still time)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/7/2022 11:18 AM
(Ah gotcha. That was more in reference to flanking maneuvers using a combination of my ability to breathe for people I am linked to, the canoes' ability to stay afloat while upside down to hide people beneath it and the way we design the moat. Dunno if Pax has anything else he wants to accomplish. )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/7/2022 1:12 PM
(I can climb real good so I can be striking from a vantage point. Moat, road barriers, funnels into choke points. Those kind of traps are what I was thinking.)
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(okay, so we're not digging toe poppers or punai pits in the woods or anything, we'er mostly just focused on hostile architecture by the village? )
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Frewayne Wardav 3/7/2022 5:14 PM
(Correct.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/7/2022 5:54 PM
(Works fine for me. Though Neko’s ideas are both brutal and effective in hindsight. They always make me cringe.)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/7/2022 6:59 PM
(Yeah. But taking into consideration that the people will be living there after should we succeed and didn't want the forest surrounding them to be designed to kill or maim them.)
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(Sounds good. I think we are more or less set then)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/7/2022 9:36 PM
(I agree.)
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Evening comes and the suspected raid is also going to be here soon. Workers, fieldsmen, and fishermen come in for the night and torches across the settlement are lit as the main gates are pushed closed by two men on each door. You're invited up to the guard towers to look down onto what little you can see of the prairie beyond, waiting for anyone from the Bregulan tower to show.
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Frewayne Wardav 3/8/2022 8:55 PM
Frewayne forms a mental link with one of the marines as the night falls. "Take a position near the moat," he begins to explain the plan to the marine. "If we sound the alarm for an attack, your job is to quietly get into the water and swim up one of the arms of the moat. When the invaders get lured into an ambush position, I will signal you over comms. You're going to fire a few shots into them to get the jump on them and then get back underwater to retreat." After that, he'd gather up the villagers to explain the defense plan. Pointing to a handful of village fighters, He began to explain, "You bunch are going to be our flank team. When the alarm is sounded, you are going to get into the opposite side of the moat from our diver and get under one of the canoes then slowly advance forward. We want it to seem like there's nobody under there, just a boat loosed in the chaos. When we signal for the ambush to begin, wait for the sound of the diversion fire and then get out from the canoe and pelt them with arrows. Bring some spears if you are able. If there is a chance we can overwhelm them in melee, I'll call for a charge. If not, retreat back to the village as quickly as possible. The canoe is expendable."
8:56 PM
Turning his attention to the villagers at large, he'd continue to lay out this strategy, "If you are not capable of fighting, I need you to make sure that you have any boats larger than a canoe is ready for immediate departure. If you hear the warning of a raid, I need as many as you can safely manage to evacuate to the boats and begin to escape. We need to make our attackers think that we are stalling their advance in order to evacuate and not fully resisting. Any unassigned marines and fighters will man the guard towers. If the towers are filled, then stay in cover on the ground, firing arrows when you can unless you hear a signal to charge."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/8/2022 10:44 PM
“I’m not the best archer but I’m pretty good with my sword. Osiris and I can prowl some choke points if we let them in and funnel them where we want them.”
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Frewayne Wardav 3/8/2022 11:02 PM
Frewayne turns to Pax and says with a nod, "Understood. I'm not looking to charge down a firing squad or anything though. If what we're facing here is something close to a typical military squad, then the plan is going to be hit them from a bunch of different angles and then catch them in a melee when they are caught off guard. If it's something else... We will just have to adapt. Besides," he places a hand on Pax's shoulder, "I think we're going to need your psychic abilities to confirm an attack if our watch catches anything weird."
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(The archers can volley fire from behind the walls if we want to put marines in the tower, since bullets wont be able to curve like that, if we want)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/9/2022 10:10 AM
(Yeah. That and and I figure having the rifles in the best vantage point is the best for the long run.)
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There is the blast of a horn from the woods, some distance off, but as the sun is about to slip below the distant hills for the night you see a flock of dark birds disturbed from the trees heading skyward.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/9/2022 6:44 PM
“You’re right. I’ll stick with you then. Looks like times up, go go!”
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Frewayne Wardav 3/9/2022 7:47 PM
"Get ready!" Frewayne shouts. "All non-combatants start evacuating to the boats! Everyone else take positions!" He'd then look toward Pax and ask, "You think you can get an idea what direction they're coming from? Maybe the size of the force?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/11/2022 12:42 PM
“I can try. I’m not sure if it will work to that degree but I’ll try.” Pax’s eyes turn white as MES tendrils blast from himself into the ground almost imperceptibly. Through them, he drinks in the essence of the biosphere in order to glean any information he can. (Commit effort for scene, whispering wind.)
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There are dangers approaching. Creatures once native to this land that are now twisted by shadow, along with a few unchanged humans are advancing on the village, though you cannot see them yet as they come through the trees. The pack seems to be close to about 100 animals.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/11/2022 1:44 PM
Pax collapses to the floor coughing as if there were a bad taste in his mouth. “At least 100 twisted and deformed beasts coming through the trees. And some humans as well probably leading them. They are almost here. Warn everyone. This will not be easy.” (Hey can I like level up because I realize now that I have had the xp to level up and just haven’t gotten around to it during this whole training thing.)
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(its the middle of a mission, normally you cannot but i know you've been gone a lot. Lets do that now before I move the scene)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/11/2022 3:51 PM
Frewayne's eyes widened briefly at Pax's estimation. "This changes things..." His brow furrowed deeply as he called out, "Those in the guard towers, target humans first! Bows we can use on the horde by arching them over the wall! Hold out for as long as you can!" Frewayne will then signal with his hand for the marine he was linked to and the canoe team to begin getting into the moat before heading up to a guard tower. (edited)
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Nekosmash
(its the middle of a mission, normally you cannot but i know you've been gone a lot. Lets do that now before I move the scene)
Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/11/2022 5:24 PM
(Ok thank you. Updated everything and made sure all my stuff was correct. Updated skills and hp. I never picked a second free nexus ability so I have reflexive action and symbiotic healing. I also had 3 damage from somewhere so I’m just carrying it over for now.)
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(Alrighty. So we know what’s coming and then paused to level, I think we were deciding on if you’re going into the wild or not? Or if we wait for them to emerge )
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Frewayne Wardav 3/12/2022 7:42 PM
(We're waiting for them to emerge. Still going to use the moats to do the flanking maneuvers and ambushes. Anyone in the guard towers are going to make prioritizing human enemies first.)
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Different creatures of varying size emerge from the woods in a sloppy looking pack. Some are the size of dogs while others could rival a moose or something even larger. The human enemies are six in number and are wearing shadowy cowls and robes. Smoke pours off them in a metaphysical wind and they are screened by members of their pack.
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6:28 PM
From 150m away they emerge from the trees and come to a halt as a figure steps forward.
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Frewayne Wardav 3/13/2022 7:30 PM
Frewayne narrows his eyes at the sight of the creatures pouring out of the forest. He glanced over at Pax and commented, "Well, I think we can assume that these things aren't beasts anymore. At least not in any sense that this ecosystem could relate to. Get ready." He'd turn his gaze back toward the slowly approaching invaders and get his rifle into an aiming position. When the human walked forward, Frewayne spoke a simple command, "Fire!" with his sights on the human in front.
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The shot stirkes the psychic, but nothing seems to happen. "This is how you treat emissaries?" a deep voice calls out to the settlement. A data pad is produced from a long sleeve and held up where the glow is visible. "I came to present terms. Fair terms, terms all could live under in peace. You have proven by your unprovoked attack you are a violent and uncontrollable people. We will not weep at your passing into history." He raises a hand, and the first wave of creatures begins charging toward the settlement walls. (initiative)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/14/2022 8:57 AM
(We rolling it here or on Roll20?)
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(either one is fine for right now, we're still getting feedback on the sheets and working on some things)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/15/2022 12:57 AM
(Oof. 1 for initiative. Also, Frewayne has the Authority focus at level 2. He currently has rank 1 in Command.)
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( Lead? )
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Frewayne Wardav 3/15/2022 10:54 AM
(Yeah. Keep getting the name mixed up.)
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(Soinds good, we'll see where pax lines up and ill get an order together)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/15/2022 7:53 PM
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!roll d8
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Dice Maiden BOT 3/16/2022 8:19 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [8] Result: 8
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(Swarm is first, then pax, then frewayne. The swarm has just one big stat block so we're not worrying about tracking individual creatures, and the efforts of the village will be a fray dice just doing damage per round so we're not rolling giant doom stacks of dice against one another)
Nekosmash pinned a message to this channel. 3/16/2022 8:20 AM
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!roll d12
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Dice Maiden BOT 3/16/2022 8:20 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [8] Result: 8
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The marines in towers and volleying bowmen from behind the wall open the conflict as the swarm of creatures begin surging towards the walls. They'll be attempting to breach in moments.
8:23 AM
(swarm has double moved, casters are keeping back for a moment getting a lay of the land, Marines/bows do 8 to horde, Pax up) (edited)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/16/2022 7:43 PM
Pax readies his bow as well, Osiris growling with a low base to his side. “The bow did nothing to them. Like they are ghosts.” (2/2 with the bow to shoot a beast.) (Does it look like any of the psychics are projections or are they ethereal? Only affected by laser weapons maybe?)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/17/2022 2:06 AM
Frewayne aims his rifle at the humans staying back and fires a burst of shots at them. (3 for burst fire. 3 damage if for some miracle it hits.) If and when Frewayne spots the overturned canoe used to conceal the small group of native fighters beneath it float into position in one of the flanking arms of the moat, he'd use Reflexive Action to allow the marine in a branch of the moat on the opposite flank of the horde to open fire on the creatures before going back under. Once that happens, he'd then whistle a signal to the canoe team to open fire. (Just for clarity, the order of operations on this is the marine immediately acts and fires upon the beasts from his arm of the moat because Reflexive Action just allows him to use a main action. He'd then submerge again. Then, on their initiative, the natives under the canoe should pop out from under their canoe and then quickly retreat through the moat once they've fired their volley of arrows. This would happen while the rest of the marines and villagers fire from their positions in the guard towers and behind the reinforced walls.)
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(they are physically present, I've kept them limited to a few book techniques, but I don't want to give away the tension of the scene)
8:49 AM
(When we roll the fray dice, ill add some extra damage for you doing that)
8:53 AM
!roll d12+2 reason:fray dice
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Dice Maiden BOT 3/17/2022 8:53 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [9] Result: 11
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Gunfire and arrows begin hitting the horde, causing several of the shadow beasts to fall and begin melting into something resembling ash.
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The casters look to be conferring with one another, content to watch their beasts handle the work for right now, as the first of them begins trying to scale the walls. They'll be over them in just a moment, where the fighting will truly become a make or break situation.
9:07 AM
(double move for them)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/18/2022 8:06 AM
Pax relaxes, dropping the useless bow on the ground and draws his monosword in a sweeping motion and hops up onto the wall ready to meet the first beast that makes it to the top. Osiris springs forward like a shadow to the other side of him, likewise ready for the fight. With a flourish of his blade he makes eye contact with the psychics before turning to sprint towards where the first beasts to breach the wall will appear.
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Frewayne Wardav 3/18/2022 8:57 AM
Frewayne opens fire upon the horde as it begins to clamor up the walls, sending a burst of laser fire into the crowd. (21 to hit. 3 damage) "Focus all fire on the monsters climbing the walls!" he shouted from the guard tower he was at. "If you're behind the walls, set spears! Use gravity to your advantage if they try jumping off the wall!" Once he shouted those commands, he'd use another Reflexive Action for the marine in the moat to fire upon the horde once more as they climb the walls.
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!roll d12
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Dice Maiden BOT 3/18/2022 9:58 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [1] Result: 1
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The marine fires, killing a few of the creatures but most of the bowmen are working on changing to spears and reorganizing the defense instead for the next few seconds, so the pace of outgoing fire slackens. The shadow beasts climb, it looks as though the canoes are safe for the moment, the creatures shying away from the moving water, but the walls and gate are another story. The gate cracks and splinters as the beasts throw themselves against it over and over, buckling it and causing it to bend.
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(My bad. Pax would be up.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/19/2022 8:34 PM
(Are there any getting within range of melee? I want to defend the wall from any climbing up with me and Osiris.)
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(There are now since they’ve double moved. The first wave is at the wall top)
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(your swing Pax)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/22/2022 7:38 PM
Pax runs along the wall swinging his sword at the first beast he comes too while Osiris uses the wall as cover, ready to pounce. (Monosword 10/5) (Osiris 15/3)
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Ositis manages to throw one down from its perch on the walls to collapse into dust on the ground. The sword blow misses and the villagers begin putting spear to beast hide in good order- their skills spearing fish now turning to fighting for their lives. Two of the psychics begin moving, coming to within 100m of the gate, and look to finally agree on a plan.
8:27 AM
(frewayne)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/25/2022 2:33 AM
Frewayne spots the oncoming psychics and opens fire upon one of them with a burst of laser fire. (19 to hit. 4 damage.) He then focuses his thoughts briefly, severing the connection with the marine in the moat and then connects to another marine a guard tower. "The psychics are moving in! Hit them hard!" The marine he is now connected to would feel time slow to a crawl to allow him to act. (Reflexive action again to allow a marine to take an extra shot.)
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From ground level the intervening creatures block the shots from connecting with their intended target but enemy shadow beasts are struck. You can see you’ve wounded the psychic you’ve targeted. Each of them makes a gesture toward the door, and two telekinetic rams are conjured , barreling toward the gate. (They’ll strike at end of next round)
3:51 PM
The shadow beast on the wall fighting Pax takes a strike with its talons
3:51 PM
!roll d20+3
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Dice Maiden BOT 3/27/2022 3:51 PM
Nekosmash Roll: [4] Result: 7
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(Miss. No shock. )
3:51 PM
(Pax up)
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(frewayne if you want to make your move while we wait it wont change the overall sequence of events most likely)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/29/2022 10:00 PM
Pax continues his focus on the beasts on the wall slashing back at the beast that he seems to be in a stalemate with. Osiris continues his own assault nearby.
10:06 PM
(18/3 monosword) (13/3 tiger claws)
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The beast is thrown from the walls, and takes two others with it on its fall to the ground. (frewayne up!)
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Frewayne Wardav 3/30/2022 9:37 AM
!roll d20+2
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Dice Maiden BOT 3/30/2022 9:37 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [2] Result: 4
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Frewayne Wardav 3/30/2022 9:42 AM
Frewayne continues to fire down upon the psychics with another burst of laser fire to try and prevent them from using their telekinesis again. He then switches his bond to another one of the marines in the guard towers and uses his powers to allow them react with unnatural speed. (Reflexive Action for a free action from another marine.)
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The marine scores a kill where you do not and one of the two rams wink out of existing. Villagers and the shadow creature horde continue fighting and for now the conflict is deadlocked
10:26 AM
(Other tk is concentrating on the ram, horde and villagers fighting. Back to pax)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 3/30/2022 8:27 PM
“Canoes! Take out the Psychics!” Pax yell’s continuing his wall defense with Osiris. (Reflexive action for one of the lead Canoe dudes to make an attack)
8:32 PM
(Pax sword: 10/10 Osiris 20/7)
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!roll d20+3
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Dice Maiden BOT 3/31/2022 9:16 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [8] Result: 11
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(Canoe misses)
9:17 AM
The sword misses as well, but Osiris is getting used to fighting these creatures and lands a deadly hit with his claws. Roading in trumph his foe is cast down.
9:17 AM
(frewayne up)
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Frewayne Wardav 4/1/2022 10:59 AM
!roll d20+2
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Dice Maiden BOT 4/1/2022 10:59 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [18] Result: 20
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Frewayne Wardav 4/1/2022 11:00 AM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 4/1/2022 11:00 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [2] Result: 2
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Frewayne Wardav 4/1/2022 11:02 AM
Frewayne fires down another burst of laser rounds upon the remaining telekinetic. In an instant, he shifts his abilities to another of the nearby marines and enhances their reaction time with the last of his remaining reserves.
11:02 AM
(Last daily effort used for Reflexive Action.)
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!roll d20+3
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Dice Maiden BOT 4/1/2022 1:47 PM
Nekosmash Roll: [20] Result: 23
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!roll 2d12
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Dice Maiden BOT 4/1/2022 1:47 PM
Nekosmash Roll: [12, 11] Result: 23
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The second psychic is cut down between your own gunfire and a burst of energy given to the marine. Both telekinetic rams dispel, their controllers killed, and with no way to breach the gate somewhere within the horde a horn is sounded, and the shadow creatures begin pulling back- beating something of a hasty retreat.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/1/2022 5:10 PM
Pax glances at Frewayne even as a few of the villagers begin to cheer. “This can’t be the end of them.” He says with a stern look. “Should we trail them with a scout? Or call for a counter offensive?”
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Frewayne Wardav 4/1/2022 5:35 PM
Frewayne shakes his head from his spot in one of the guard towers. "I don't think the creatures possess much in the way of agency. The psychics are likely guiding them in some fashion. Otherwise, these creatures could turn one them. The fact that they just rushed at us indicated a lack of adaptive thinking. To influence a horde of that size probably means the psychic in control is using simple impulses to limit the strain. Without the psychics to control them, I think they are far less dangerous but we don't have the forces to muster a counter without heavy losses. Our defenses tilted the fight in our favor this time. While I think we should be cautious for now, unless the instance of MES ability is astronomically higher on this planet, we have dealt them a serious blow with the death of two psychics. For the time being, we call the non combatants of the village back and rest a bit. My abilities are currently spent."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/1/2022 6:44 PM
Pax grits his teeth. “That was an ordered retreat. There must be more out there. Maybe a powerful and twisted Gaiapsi. More that what I could do…. I can tend to a few wounded if we are going to rest. But we can’t just stand back and let them regroup for another assault. This felt like a probing attack. Test the bee’s nest. See how many and then come back with smoke.”
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Frewayne Wardav 4/1/2022 7:21 PM
Frewayne laughed a bit, grinning slightly albeit grimly. "Yeah, this certainly isn't the full might of their forces. Though I can't fathom the motives of the psychics from this tower. Regardless of their true goal, we stung them pretty good. If they do come back in force, they're going to be a bit more hesitant. Meaning we probably have a bit more time to reorganize. Also, they don't know we have a few more cards left to play."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/2/2022 1:51 AM
Pax gallops ape like back along the wall and hops down in front of Frewayne and stand up in front of him, sheathing his sword and puts a hand on his shoulder and smiles proudly. “You make a good general, my friend. Your plans and schemes might just lead us to a win against them. What more would you have us do besides rest and eat?”
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Frewayne Wardav 4/2/2022 4:00 AM
Frewayne grimaced at the compliment and grumbled in response, "General? I think that's a bit ambitious. All I'm good at is getting an idea of what other people are good at and using that to make them perform better." Sheepishly, he'd pull out his compad and fiddle with it a bit. "This is Frewayne Wardav with the UNW. We are currently located at the fishing village south of the Tower. This village was recently sieged by forces from the Tower. The attack was repelled. Two of their psychics are dead and their forces are retreating. For the time being, we are holding on. I'm... I'm offering this information freely to do with as you wish. I don't expect anything from you and there's no need to respond to this. Just letting you know that you're not alone anymore and this is just the beginning. Stay safe and good luck." Frewayne cut off the communication and then looked to Paxcyan, "The survivors from the razed village... They seemed somewhat well-equipped though hesitant. Now that we've bloodied their enemy's nose, maybe this will give them a little hope. This might be a snowball that we just pushed down the hill so lets see how big this ends up."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/2/2022 6:47 AM
Pax nods, noting the grimace. “Leader then. Uniting these people seems a wise thing to do. Was that message to them?” He takes a step back and begins grooming some Ichor from his neon fur, finally noticing some of the gore from battle.
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Frewayne Wardav 4/2/2022 2:47 PM
He nods, replying with, "Yeah. It was a good thing they offered a way to contact them through comms. I don't know this will unite them but the Tower seems to be the dominant force in the area. We don't currently have the means to confront them head on but we can slowly erode their power. If anything, I hope this at least starts spreading the word that there is actual resistance mounting."
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(3xp 5000 credits each. The remainder of the night and morning will pass without incident for healing and strain recovery purposes )
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Frewayne Wardav 4/2/2022 8:16 PM
(Frewayne is now level 3.)
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(We have informed the hunting clan and your report is off to the UNW. We have options here and I’m good to run with whatever we decide )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/3/2022 6:06 PM
(Oh I got lvl 5 too)
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Frewayne Wardav 4/3/2022 7:11 PM
(Frewayne is probably going to want to see how the rest of the region is fairing. Maybe head along the shore to skirt around the mountain range in order to reach the crashed ship. Going north would probably put us closer to Bregulus than he'd like. I'm guessing we still have a while until the shuttle arrives.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/3/2022 7:13 PM
(Yeah I’m game to continue exploring this series of events. I think that’s a great idea.)
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Morning comes and none of the villagers have fallen, but 14 of them are wounded to varying degrees. Stout defenses and planning along with an unthinking enemy kept the night's events from turning into something of a massacre. The call has gone out, but the hunters are limited to as fast as they can travel on foot- and even fifthey had left right away they likely would not be close yet.
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Frewayne Wardav 4/4/2022 8:56 PM
Frewayne spent the night in the guard tower, keeping an eye out on the forest. He only left as the sun was about to break the horizon and moved to the edge of the water to get washed up. After scrubbing the grime off from the previous conflict, he went back to the post at the guard tower and waited for the majority of the village to wake up.
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(once they do, what are you after? I can just move into that)
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Frewayne Wardav 4/5/2022 9:53 AM
(Was going to head over with Pax to speak with the leader of the village to feel out how confident they are with being able to defend themselves.)
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The village elders are slowly waking up today as you emerge from the walls. Most of the settlement is taking its time this morning as the fighting last night had everyone doing tasks instead of sleeping .
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Frewayne Wardav 4/5/2022 4:44 PM
Frewayne left the tower when he spotted the elders starting to become active. He made his way over to them, greeting them with a wave, "Good morning. How are your injured faring?"
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"Some will not live out the day. We're doing what we can for the others. The toll from last night could have been far worse without your skills and quick thinking"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/6/2022 4:11 PM
“Take me to them. I can expend what energy I have. I’m no biopsi, but I can do some healing.”
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(did we want to ask them anything else before we jet off to do that?)
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Frewayne Wardav 4/7/2022 11:08 AM
"Well, we can at least make an attempt to treat the injured. I did want to minimize the casualties," Frewayne said while scratched his head. "Though, I have to ask... How confident are you in holding the village now? I was planning on departing for the other settlements in the region. It may be a while before the UNW might be able to respond to this properly and I think it may be advantageous to support the others against these psychics. If nothing else, it will keep them from weighing the full force they have against anyone target without inviting a counterattack."
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"With the help of your men I think we have a chance, though I do not think the enemy will be back tonight. Losing one of their psychics, let alone two, they will spend some time to rebuild their forces and think of a new plan of attack" (edited)
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Frewayne Wardav 4/9/2022 2:12 AM
"That's my thinking too," Frewayne agreed with a nod. "I think that might be enough time to head to one of the other encampments and help bolster them against any raids. Also, I sent out a broadcast that we thwarted the attack last night. On the way here, we encountered some hunters that survived the razing of the village to the west. They might stop by to investigate and maybe it will help sway them to potentially help with the resistance."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/9/2022 10:27 AM
“I think that’s a good plan. Scouts should definitely be deployed in the surrounding area so we know in advance when they are coming.”
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“We should also think about what to do for food and other things we need in the event this becomes a siege. We have the sea and can escape to it. We can also fish, but that alone is not going to be enough for us all
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/10/2022 9:08 AM
“We can petition for aid at the council but other than that, I’m afraid all we can do is help you with a hunt or something as extra workers. We might be more useful doing other more important tasks. The villagers need to be working overtime to cut back some of these trees for better distance to the walls, use for building food stores and harvesting and preserving everything they can on the assumption that help may not arrive in time. The sea is going to be your ace in the hole in that even in a prolonged siege you may not have to boil shoe leather to survive. At least you’ll have fish head stone soup. Until these psychics come up with a navy and even then I doubt they would be as good as you all at sea.”
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Frewayne Wardav 4/10/2022 2:26 PM
"A siege is also the reason I want to head out to the other settlements and ally them against the psychics," Frewayne explained. "If you remain isolated here, they can simply wait for you to starve. Having allies available means that they can be struck at weak points and the siege will get broken."
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(they cant order you to go do anything but it seems like we agree that trying to meet some other folks m ight be a smart plan)
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Frewayne Wardav 4/11/2022 1:08 PM
(That is the current crux of our plan at the moment.)
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With nothing more to offer, the elder can only wish you the best of luck, and gives his thanks for your help in healing the locals who need it.
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Frewayne Wardav 4/13/2022 2:55 PM
Frewayne will gather up the marines and put together their supplies and equipment. Once that is done, he'd move to the edge of the village perimeter and wait for Pax to return from trying to heal the wounded.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/13/2022 9:53 PM
Pax doesn’t take too long since his abilities are still limited. “I won’t have much energy to apply if we get into a fight today but I was able to relieve a few of them… I’m ready whenever you are.”
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(I am set too, I think it's safe to head out. We haven't visited the folks near the ancestral cave, though they have had unw contact before)
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Frewayne Wardav 4/15/2022 10:39 AM
(Didn't realize that there was another settlement near the cave but that seems like a decent place to start.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/15/2022 3:20 PM
(If we are looking for stronger ties, visiting them might be pertinent.)
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Frewayne Wardav 4/16/2022 2:34 PM
"Lets head out then," Frewayne says before turning away from the village and begins marching forward. "I should have enough energy to support us if things get dicey. We can head north and stop at that weird cave on the map or run east along the coast to skirt that mountain range and then head north to run into that settlement inside the ship."
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(D10)
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Frewayne Wardav 4/19/2022 9:55 AM
!r d10
9:55 AM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 4/19/2022 9:55 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [1] Result: 1
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Moving northwest you pass through the scene of battle into the woods. You see more of the shadow creatures had fallen here- descending on one another without the control of the psychics.
10:11 AM
THe woods themselves are old growth, and ancient.
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Frewayne Wardav 4/20/2022 1:57 AM
Frewayne looks about the area curiously. "I wonder what happened here," he said aloud." Looking back toward Pax and the marines, he would say, "I want to investigate for a bit. I see the creatures the psychics were controlling but I want to see if there are any other bodies around." He then go around and start searching the area for clues or other casualties.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/20/2022 5:58 AM
“Did they take the psychic’s bodies?” Pax moves to explore the area as well and assist Frewayne. Osiris sniffs around as well, his hair standing on end at the abominations.
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The bodies of the psychics have not been found. They were either eaten or carried off, and all you find are the remains of beasts who turned on one another without their steadying control.
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Frewayne Wardav 4/20/2022 10:35 AM
After taking a look around, he surmises, "It seems like to me that the psychics are loosing control. Maybe they were using some sort of ability to pool their powers together to keep their control over these creatures. Maybe losing two psychics somehow threw their balance off."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/20/2022 6:00 PM
“That would make a lot of sense. Makes me wonder what great things folks like you and I could enable. Psychic batteries and all… You don’t think they just dropped the hold on the mutants because they failed, do you? You think that’s it? They’re done? Or regrouping.” He says the last bit forebodingly.
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Frewayne Wardav 4/21/2022 4:29 AM
He scratched his chin pensively and then guessed aloud, "Done? Doubtful. Regrouping is a possibility. I have no idea how much damage we've actually done to their collective. We might see a reduction in forces if we damaged their range of influence. These creatures seem too aggressive to survive naturally so, if they can't control them, this happens. But I doubt this is the end."
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(caught up, just didn't want to interrupt)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/22/2022 5:32 PM
“Maybe the hunters should become the hunted? Or do you still want to touch base with the other civilizations here? I’m ready to roll.” Osiris purrs loudly at the thought of another hunt.
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Frewayne Wardav 4/22/2022 6:24 PM
Frewayne shook his head emphatically and replied, "Nah. I am not really confident enough to hunt them like that. If I had to describe myself as a predator, I would be less the apex that takes down prey swiftly and more the cowardly opportunist that harasses prey with little injuries until they can't defend themselves anymore."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/22/2022 11:48 PM
Pax and Osiris both laugh at the comment. “Then diplomats we will be. Come. I don’t think we are going to find out much more sticking around all these dead things. Scavengers should be here soon.”
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Frewayne Wardav 4/23/2022 2:02 AM
Frewayne begins to march forward again, saying, "Yup. Every new ally is a new wound we can inflict upon the psychics running amok in this region." However, a few steps in he tilts his head for a second. He unslings his rifle and aims it at one of of the beast corpses. "Just testing something. These things were turning to dust when we killed them at the village." He then fires a test shot at one of the corpses.
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It punches into the body and a smokey corpus emerges from it for just a second, like knocking the embers off a stick, but otherwise nothing happens and the beast is dead in every sense of the word
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Frewayne Wardav 4/23/2022 8:16 PM
"Never can be too careful," he says after replacing the battery in his rifle for a fresh one and then slinging his rifle back over his shoulder. "I wonder what causes them disintegrate."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/23/2022 9:24 PM
Pax simply shrugs. “No clue. Might not even be smoke. Maybe it’s just bad energy.”
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Frewayne Wardav 4/24/2022 7:08 PM
"Maybe. Who knows?" Frewayne said with a shrug. "At least we know there are a few death states that these things might end up in now. I think we spent enough time here." He began the march north again.
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You approach the cave by evening and as the sun casts a distant red orange sunset you see a barricade has been set up at the end of a large canyon ahead. Two armed men keep watch over the countryside and see you approach.
7:30 PM
Their rimworlder semi automatic rifles rack as rounds are pulled into the chamber
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/24/2022 8:12 PM
Pax raises his arms in the air and looks to Osiris. “Ope. Hands up bud. Stay back.” He looks back to the two guards. “Hello! We are from the UNW!” He shouts. “I’m Pax, and this is Frewayne. We are explorers and mean no harm!”
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Frewayne Wardav 4/24/2022 10:01 PM
Frewayne does the same, raising his arms up into L shapes where his hands were at the same height as his head, palms facing toward the armed men.
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"The UNW?" He shouts, weapon lowering "We thought you people had forgotten about us. Joshua Collins was here over a year ago saying you'd be back!"
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Frewayne Wardav 4/25/2022 1:45 PM
Frewayne looked over at Pax quickly and asks quietly, "You have any idea who he's talking about?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/25/2022 6:32 PM
Pax looks sideways at Frewayne and says under his breath, “I think I heard his name on the news once maybe. Probably some big corporate exec. They always forget us little guys.” “There have been plenty of reasons to keep them away and preoccupied. None of which is an excuse though, I’m sure. I myself come from one of their more prosperous worlds but even my village built in ruins is still a work in progress. Consider this a second attempt at building a relationship. May we approach? I can leave Osiris back if he makes you uncomfortable.”
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"come forward slowly, keep your hands visible. " He says, keeping a close eye on you. Their mood is tense and upon closer inspection you can see the barricades look to have taken some damage.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/26/2022 6:10 PM
Pax walks forward calmly. “Psychics and shadow beasts attacked the coastal village and Dino village. We were too late to help there. It was a massacre but we helped the survivors on the hunt. We were quick enough to get to the others in time to build defenses and fight a battle. We repelled them and killed two of their psychics before they retreated and the beast horde turned on itself. Any of that sound familiar?”
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Frewayne Wardav 4/26/2022 7:59 PM
Frewayne steps forward, hands still raised but remains a couple steps behind Pax. He casts a couple glances about the area to see if there are any others defending the area.
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"Yes. We've had night raids by shadow creatures, almost every night lately. You say that you've found the source for this?"
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Frewayne Wardav 4/27/2022 10:52 AM
Frewayne nods, "The psychics from Bregulus are the source. Like my friend here stated, we encountered them directly at the seaside village south of here. We're not sure what the creatures are but we have a running theory that they're being commanded by the influence of a telepath. We were able to drive off a large number of creatures by focusing the psychics with attacks."
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"They want the cave" the guards say, more to one another than to you. "the raids make sense now. You need to come with us into the village, and I think you should do it quickly before the sun goes down"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/27/2022 1:17 PM
“It seems like they want everything. May I bring my tiger with me?” He says gesturing to the oversized coral cat in the tree line. “He will harm no one unless they attack me first.”
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"Of course. I think you need to speak with our chief right away. You might be the thing we need to put all the pieces together"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/27/2022 3:38 PM
Pax slaps his hand to his chest for a quick two beats, making a sound that echos in the woods and Osiris comes trotting up behind him nearly knocking the Utan over with an aggressive brush up against his side. “Good. Good. Show us the way.”
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Frewayne Wardav 4/27/2022 7:49 PM
Frewayne asks the marines to stay at the barricade in case anything should happen while they were visiting the chief. "Looks like we're going to get a better idea of what is going on here."
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There is a cave you're quickly led past to a rope, wood, and cable lift next to it. There is a track worked into the rock that this rudimentary cable car follows to a large stone settlement up at the top. You can see many buildings up at the top of the ravine, with a few bridges crossing to the opposite side where a smaller settlement is taking form.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/28/2022 2:39 PM
“Woah. This place is so cool! And really good defensively too. So many good climbing spots.” He says casually hopping up on the side of the wall with a few handholds and hopping back down to the path. “Is there anything else special about this place?” He says.
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"The cave of the ancients is a beautiful place, and it is where we go to commune with our ancestors- to obtain the wisdom for all ages"
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Frewayne Wardav 4/29/2022 4:01 AM
Frewayne scratched his chin pensively and then asked, "Wisdom for all ages? I don't really understand. Is this a cultural site then?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 4/29/2022 7:03 AM
“Or psychic… is that why they want it?”
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"It is what you would call psionically resonant" your guide says as the cable car begins to slowly climb the tracks build into the canyonside. "and they may want it for some purpose"
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Frewayne Wardav 4/29/2022 11:09 AM
"That's possible," Frewayne states, "but, given their interactions with the other settlements in the area, they seem to more be into either subjugating or killing everyone that's not them. Either way, we plan on stopping this."
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"We don't need to be alive for them to use it. They might want the cave, not us, but we need to figure out what to do about it" The conversation continues along these same lines until the car reaches the top of the settlement and the wooden doors open to allow you access to the settlement
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Frewayne Wardav 4/29/2022 8:57 PM
Frewayne steps off the cable car and then says, "Well, let's meet your leader. Hopefully we can be of help in this situation."
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As the car opens you can see two figures emerge from a nearby longhouse type building. One of them has a gnarled bone staff and is wrapped in dark colored robes of threadbare cloth and the other looks like it is more militaristic in nature with woven battle armor and a battered shotgun under one arm.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/1/2022 3:15 PM
Pax steps forward. “Ahoy? Your majesty?” He leans over to Frewayne. “I think I got that human customary greeting wrong. You better take this one.”
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Frewayne Wardav 5/1/2022 6:31 PM
Frewayne looks over at Pax and then explains, "There are a bunch of different greeting we use and how acceptable they are varies from place to place." Casting his gaze toward the two approaching, he asks, "I take it one of you are the leader here. I am Frewayne Wardav and my companion is Paxcyan Wilder. We're from the UNW. Hopefully we can help you with these attacks."
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"UNW. Do you know Joshua Collins? He always said he would come back with help from the UNW, but we never saw him again after our first meeting. "
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/2/2022 2:05 PM
“We aren’t sure what happened to Josh, unfortunately but you’ve got us now. And there is a small ship in orbit that we could send back for help. We heard that he made an impression here.”
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“He helped settle a dispute within the community about the use of the cave below. We have found peace among ourselves in time for someone outside the community to try to take it from us. “
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Frewayne Wardav 5/2/2022 7:23 PM
"Well, at least you have unity just in time to face a common enemy," Frewayne replied. "The source of the creatures assaulting the walls are the psychics from Bregulus Castle. If you haven't been beyond the confines of the cave recently, I will give you the quick version. The psychics have been forming raiding parties to attack the other surrounding settlements using these creatures. They razed one village to the ground and slaughtered all that didn't manage to flee in time. A second village near the sea was attacked but we arrived in time to help repel the attack. We don't know what their motives are. They used a projection to attempt to communicate but we opened fire on them first. Psychics are dangerous and you don't bring a force about a hundred strong for friendly negotiations." (edited)
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"Perhaps not. Did you get any indication of what they might want? or why they might be doing this?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/3/2022 5:37 PM
“None. They showed up with an army of the beasts. One arrow was fired at them and it hit a psychic. They said it was our fault for provoking the attack because they were there to present terms of surrender and then they attacked and we repelled them. They seem to want domination of the region or planet.”
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"That sounds right. These beasts, you said shadow creatures. Can you describe them at all?"
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Frewayne Wardav 5/4/2022 10:38 AM
Frewayne scratched his chin and furrowed his brow as he recalled the creatures, "Bipedal creatures, reversed knees, a pair of forearms that end in large cutting implements with large heads that have a crown of spikey protrusions at the top of their head. Completely black but there's almost a constant aura of black mist radiating from them. They vary greatly in size from nearly half the size of a human to almost double that of a human."
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"Grim news. We have seen their scouts nearby then. You should know the nature of the cave, and what we are here to protect. Are either of you MES sensitive?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/4/2022 11:08 AM
Pax nods curiously. “Uh huh.”
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Frewayne Wardav 5/4/2022 1:03 PM
Frewayne also nods, "A tiny bit."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/4/2022 3:07 PM
Pax exchanges worried glances with Frewayne half expecting something bad to happen.
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"The cave is a place where you can speak to your ancestors, and get guidance from the past. You are both welcome to try if you do not believe me, and you will see why this cave must be protected at all costs. I fear what those psychics will do if they have a way to endlessly interrogate the past, or what horrible knowledge they will re-discover to use against the peaceful people that live here"
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Frewayne Wardav 5/5/2022 2:14 PM
Frewayne looked back at at Pax and then toward the leader. "We can at least try to interact with it. My abilities aren't very good so I am not sure how much I will see. But we can both give it an attempt and see how it works out."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/6/2022 7:40 AM
“My ancestors are mostly primitive beasts, but I am eager to see what they have to tell me.”
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"I'm afraid you'll be heading down the mountain here just as quickly as you got up, but I will be coming with you" The cable cars doors open again and two of the local guards also attend, to provide better security for all of you. At the barricade, the marines report all is silent right now, and they're getting on fine with the locals, who seem relieved extra security with better equipment is on hand for some of the tense watch period.
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Frewayne Wardav 5/6/2022 11:13 PM
"Well, if anything, it's going to be an interesting experience," Frewayne states with a small grin before reentering the cable car.
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Entering the cable car, you slowly make your way to the ground floor to rejoin the barricade defenders on the rocky floor. Moving into the canyon, you know trhere are defenses on the other side, and begin making your way into the glittering canyon to a large rocky arch ahead where yet more defenses have been placed.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/7/2022 5:19 PM
“Hey, these are pretty! What makes this place glitter?”
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Frewayne Wardav 5/9/2022 8:47 AM
"Light being refracted repeatedly, I suppose," Frewayne responded while observing the environment. "The defenses in the cave are pretty heavy compared to what we've seen on this planet."
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"There is a vein of resonant crystal in the caves which amplifies the use of psionic powers, and we use this to listen into the wisdom of past ages"
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Frewayne Wardav 5/9/2022 9:11 AM
"Wait... It amplifies psychic powers?" Frewayne asked. "That is very concerning. If any rogue psychics found this place, the wisdom you're seeking to protect wouldn't just be in danger."
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You get the sense you've put the picture together , even though the local leader says nothing. You can see the cave ahead, along with the winding stone stairs leading up. You are invited to go in, and to focus on your surroudings.
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Frewayne Wardav 5/9/2022 1:56 PM
Wayne looks toward Pax briefly and says, "Well, if this place amplifies MES abilities, I might be able to interact with it. Let's go see how this turns out." He then begins to ascend the stairs, reaching out with his MES link to whatever might connect to it.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/9/2022 2:18 PM
Pax follows doing the same, allowing his tendrils of MES energy reach out to his surroundings to see what they can connect with.
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(What would be an ancestor each of you might want to connect with? )
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Frewayne Wardav 5/10/2022 1:19 PM
(I don't know if there is anyone specifically Frewayne would want to contact. If it worked like something subconsciously, he'd probably gravitate toward something like people of a lost civilization or lost colonists.)
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(that will still work. Pax? anyone in your past? )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/10/2022 1:46 PM
(I want to call back to ancestors who saw my village when it wasn’t ruins.)
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(It was slyth ruins when the Utan moved in already but they could tell you about moving in, if that works)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/11/2022 3:33 AM
(Sure!)
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Frewayne senses the generations that used to live in this region. The individual stories are too fine to make out for someone who is not familiar with the culture here, but the rich tapestry of love, loss, hope, fear, and the other emotions of those who lived here, cycling on through generations continues. You can draw parallels with stories on other worlds, and it seems no matter the distance, the core tenets of human culture seem to remain the same. Pax thinks back to the colony- after the Slyth had been killed by their self inflicted viral hellstorm, and when the Utan moved in to escape an unforgiving jungle where there was no shelter from the elements, dangerous beasts, and the other conditions that made living in the jungle hard and caused the tribe's numbers to teeter on the edge of extinction. Moving into the ruins brought warmth and shelter, and in the unenlightened way the pre-uplift Utan thought, the first stirrings of what they would later know to be hope.
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Frewayne Wardav 5/11/2022 4:07 PM
Frewayne frowned a bit after the receiving a bit of the wisdom of this cave. "This... Is bad. I think I'm understanding a bit about the nature of this cave. I got a small sense of the history here. That sort of empathic ability is not something I am capable of." He looked over at Pax and then asked, "Did you get any sense of anything from the cave?"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/11/2022 7:23 PM
“The primordial hope of my people escaping the forest and taking shelter in the ruins my people now live. Way before the uplift. When we were just smart animals.”
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Frewayne Wardav 5/11/2022 7:51 PM
Closing his eyes and rubbing his forehead, Wayne sighs, "Dammit... That's not what I wanted to hear. I have no real evidence here but my gut is telling me one of two things. The first is that the cave is making us have illusions. The second and much scarier feeling is that the cave expands MES sensitivity, giving those who don't typically have access to psychic skills brief access to it and increasing the range and ability of those who do. So if a psychic in control of their abilities, like one of the Bregulus psychics, accessed this cave, I don't think they can only commune with psychic impressions of the past. I think with a bit of creative use of MES, they could use the cave to expand their range of abilities like a signal booster." (edited)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/11/2022 9:45 PM
“Huh. Well let’s try something…” Pax is going to try to reach out with the Whispering Wind ability that usually lets him commune with a single stable biosphere. He’s going to see if he can commune with a larger area. He reaches his tendrils of energy out to the room around him, trying to tap into the feeling of the world as far as he can go.
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(the effort is going to be spent but there's no further insight to be gained here)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/12/2022 12:21 PM
(Ok cool.) Pax relaxes into his normal curious self. “Well… it doesn’t amplify everything, it seems like. Maybe we need more powerful psychics or researchers from the academy to have a look at this. Either way, it’s powerful. I saw countless ancestors from this place.”
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(It works if you're a metapsion, or postcog more than if you're not)
1:07 PM
(But IC, we don't know this)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/12/2022 1:11 PM
(Oh that’s sick though.)
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Frewayne Wardav 5/12/2022 4:17 PM
"Could be. I don't think I bring anything to the table that would help us here either. I do know that until we know what this site is capable of, we need to make sure this place doesn't fall."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/12/2022 4:37 PM
Pax absent mindedly scratches Osiris behind his ear and nods in agreement looking around. “This place is astounding. I don’t want it to fall either. These guys seem to be holding their own alright against them though. And we don’t know if the people from the tower will strike here or there next. Should we call on reinforcements from back home or try and check out the tower ourselves?”
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Frewayne Wardav 5/12/2022 6:47 PM
Frewayne furrowed his brow in thought for a moment and then said, "Reinforcements would be nice but even more than that getting some better equipment would be great. I'd like to have some sort of surveillance setup so we can track enemy movements. And better communications so we can relay info to other settlements quickly. Still, I think we have a bit of time left until the shuttle finishes scooping fuel. We could spend that time getting a look at Bregulus."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/12/2022 9:43 PM
“Scouting sounds like an important move. And with the people we have met here, it seems they’ve all been expecting UNW participation. I say we should speak to the council to finish what Josh Collins started and get these people some real support.”
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(It’s getting close to night time now, scouting would either be in the dark, or we would have to pass the night here if we want daylight )
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Frewayne Wardav 5/16/2022 10:55 PM
"Getting the UNW involved is something we can deal with when the shuttle gets back from fuel scooping. In the meantime, we can stay here and get a fresh start in the morning."
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!roll 2d6
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Dice Maiden BOT 5/17/2022 9:49 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [2, 1] Result: 3
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Night passes as you rest here as guests of the chief, and though his longhouse is not the most comfortable it is a peaceful night inside, in a warm environment , and you are out of the elements. There is no conflict that you can hear though the barricade guards outside the cave reported engaging a single scout creature.
9:51 AM
They are confident that it was here just to intelligence gather and report back, not needing to actually return to its dark masters in order to do so.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/19/2022 7:36 PM
Once they have rested, Pax gets up ready to do some scouting of his own. He grooms himself, brushing his neon fur and then does the same for his tiger. “So Frewayne. Is this everything you hoped for yet? Our big adventure could make a name for us yet.” He says smiling in his way.
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Frewayne Wardav 5/20/2022 4:53 PM
Having an abundance of time with not needing to sleep, Frewayne had his backpack filled before the sun having risen. With all his stuff packed up and hoisted onto his back, Frewayne replied, "Honestly, it's probably a bit too much. I am not really in this for fame and adventure. I just wanted to see more sights in the universe, meet different peoples and maybe establish some settlements where people can come and do the same. Running into things like rogue psychics and their monster army was not really what I envisioned. But... I suppose I should probably grow up a bit. The universe isn't all sunshine and rainbows. I am here in the thick of it now and maybe I can help make things right again. Also, you can call me Wayne if you want. Fre was weird sounding. It's hard to tell if you are addressing me or just catching your breath."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/21/2022 8:50 PM
“I mean wasn’t there a big universal civilization ending disaster that happened just a few years ago? All in all, I think the universe seems like a pretty neat and bountiful place to live. You’re always going to have predators and prey. Just don’t get eaten.” He smiles matter of factly
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(didn't want to cut anytihng off here, but we can figure out what we're doing )
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Frewayne Wardav 5/23/2022 9:04 AM
"That's true, I suppose," Frewayne replies as he starts to head to the cable car. "Lets get going before we waste too much daylight. I'd like to get some eyes on the psychics' home before it gets dark." (I think that we should head over to the castle and do some observing from a safe distance. The idea will be to try and get there making as little contact with those monsters as possible.)
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(sounds good, I think that would be either a sneak or survive check to move quietly through the woods, and if we bring the marines the DC is going to be higher, since it is harder to hide the passage of a larger group of people)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/23/2022 4:49 PM
(I think we should just bring ourselves on this one. Having the marines only encourages a more hung ho approach)
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(works for me, just need those check results then when you guys get time now that we know what a reasonable DC should be)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/24/2022 9:32 AM
(Survive check: 11)
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(we'll see how Frewayne does but this is a good starT)
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Frewayne Wardav 5/25/2022 2:41 AM
!roll 2d6
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Dice Maiden BOT 5/25/2022 2:41 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [3, 2] Result: 5
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Frewayne Wardav 5/25/2022 2:42 AM
(Survive check. Result may go up depending on attribute.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/25/2022 8:03 AM
(I used wisdom for my roll.)
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(its generally with wis )
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Frewayne Wardav 5/26/2022 2:26 AM
(That'll be a 7 for me then)
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Entering the woods alone, you find evidence of the passing and nesting of shadow creatures here. They seem to observe many of the habits they did in life as animals, or mirror being true animals very well when not in the presence of one of their commanding psionic users. All animal life looks to have been stripped from the woods here.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/26/2022 9:57 PM
“Creepy. No chirps. No burps. No bellows or skittering.” He whispers. Pax’ hair stands up just a bit as he moves through the brush afraid to break the silence.
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Frewayne Wardav 5/27/2022 4:20 AM
Frewayne quietly looks around while carefully moving forward. "These things are a plague. I don't think the ecosystem would survive if the population expanded," he whispered back to Pax.
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You can see the crown of the black tower from your present location, with a dull nimbus of blue around it, reflecting the various arcane works happening within. You are still too far to get more detail than that.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/28/2022 9:39 PM
“Ominous. Probably above our pay grades.” He looks at Wayne. “We are going in anyway aren’t we?”
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Frewayne Wardav 5/29/2022 11:20 AM
"Well, first, lets take a bit of a closer look at what is going on over there." Frewayne replies while pulling out a pair of binoculars out of his pack and begins to look over the tower after bringing the binos up to his eyes.
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You are unable to see much from this distance though there is a single figure, back to you with its arms outstretched as though in praise at the top of the tower. They may be working in concert with others but it is difficult to tell from the ground.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/30/2022 9:56 PM
“Something tells me, that’s our target.”
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Frewayne Wardav 5/31/2022 1:20 AM
"Maybe," Frewayne replied. "I don't know if it's enough evidence to go on but it does seem like something weird is happening there. I guess we venture a bit closer and see what else we notice."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 5/31/2022 5:27 PM
“Just don’t let me get captured and turned into a batter for whatever this is. I’ve got your back, too. You ready?” Pax says.
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Frewayne Wardav 6/1/2022 2:00 AM
"Yup. Lets get a move on," Frewayne says right before resuming the careful approach toward the tower.
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!roll 2d6
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/1/2022 6:22 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [3, 1] Result: 4
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The work at the top of the tower seems to be occupying most of the attention of the tower's inhabitants, and you think you can close to about 200m before needing to face any additional security measures.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/1/2022 10:21 PM
Pax and Osiris move closer to the 200m mark to get a better lay of the security closer to the tower while keeping an eye out for any beasts of the woods.
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Frewayne Wardav 6/2/2022 3:27 AM
When reaching 200m along with Pax, Frewayne crouches down to try and stay hidden while pulling his binoculars again. From his current position, he starts to observe the tower for guards, patrols and other interesting things.
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there do not seem to be any external guards or patrols, but just beyond your position you do notice many trees are filled with birds, and some of the trunks have stylized eye symbols carved into them
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/2/2022 8:47 AM
“They see through the birds. By my guess we have already been spotted and if not we will soon. You think they can see through the trees too? That seems a bit much.”
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Frewayne Wardav 6/3/2022 4:04 AM
Frewayne shrugged, "I think if we were spotted, I would think we'd see a bit more activity. Maybe they can see through the birds... Could see through the trees... Also, don't you sense things through plants and stuff?" He focuses his binos on the birds to see if he can notice anything weird about them.
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The birds remain quite still, not flapping or cawing to one another over mates and territory like normal ones would. They also don’t seem to fly to new perches or look for food on the ground despite there being many bugs in the area
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/3/2022 10:06 AM
(Is this a new scene/biome?) “I can try and reach out and connect with this land. I get an uneasy feeling about it though. Like I might alert them of my presence if they don’t already know we are here…. Those are no normal birds though. And we had seen evidence of the shadow creatures following at least some normal instincts. These birds are like they are in stasis. If I were actively using them to scout I would have them scattered to the winds.”
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(Nope. Not a new scene. One mission is generally the whole scene like always
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/3/2022 10:09 AM
(Ok still getting used to when I use effort and when I get them back n such. I probably don’t have any effort for that ability left then.)
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(I can check your sheet to see if you do, not sure off hand)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/4/2022 2:56 AM
Frewayne lowers his binoculars and then says, "Yeah, probably not necessary to try any psychic stuff yet. I was just saying that you can sense things through the environment. These psychics using trees as sentries isn't the craziest thing." He looks around a bit and then adds, "Lets see about doing a lap around the place and see whatever weird stuff we can spot. We'll have to be extra careful since I wouldn't be surprised that things like those birds are some sort of ocular illusion."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/5/2022 9:18 AM
“I’m with you.” Pax says, sneaking along behind Pax.
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(Let’s get one more sneak/dex given the length of time we are spending in the area )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/5/2022 9:25 PM
(Sneak/dex 10)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/5/2022 11:03 PM
!roll 2d6-1
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/5/2022 11:03 PM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [6, 6] Result: 11
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Creeping through the woods you don't see any patrols, but you do see the same security measures surrounding the tower and are convinced the eyes scratched into the trees are wards, possibly alerting their carvers to anything in the woods that might be moving.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/6/2022 9:30 AM
“Psst! Wayne!” Pax whispers beckoning him closer. “I think we have all the intel we can gather without bypassing these wards and other security. What do you think should be our next move? Are we here just to tell the cave folks what we could see or are we here to truly infiltrate and do something inside? I don’t have teleportation or anything like that. Would be helpful though.”
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Frewayne Wardav 6/7/2022 3:53 AM
Frewayne scratches his head a bit and then says, "We should probably head back. I have no idea how to try and bypass those weird trees. I am pretty sure if we sneak past, we'll set off some sort of alert no matter what." He shakes his head a bit. "I was hoping to get more info but I don't see anyway to gain access to the tower without a forceful breach. Not at least with our current resources anyways."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/7/2022 8:09 AM
He nods. “Knowing you’re unprepared is sometimes the first step in becoming a great adventurer I would think… I’m tempted to poke the beehive and run. It’s a fun game back home but we might die on this one.” Pax pulls out his compad and snaps a photo of the trees from a distance so he can show someone.
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Frewayne Wardav 6/8/2022 11:13 AM
"We've done as much as we can here. Lets head back for now," Frewayne says with a nod before starting to back out of the area. "For the time being, we will just have to figure out how to deal with these psychics using what is available on the planet." (edited)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/8/2022 11:49 AM
Pax wordlessly moves in conjunction with Frewayne as we move back out of this space. The tension releases a bit from his muscles and Pax can’t help but feel the slightest bit exhilarated from the experience of turning from this place.
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(3xp, 5000 credits)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/9/2022 7:54 PM
(I think from here we are going back to report our findings to the cave folks. Should we try to establish some connection between the tribes here to unite against these psychics?)
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(That’s probably one of the better plans that have been formulated since we made the planet , without getting UNW troops or resources too involved )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/9/2022 7:56 PM
(There’s always bigger fish for the UNW to address. Let’s do it!)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/10/2022 5:02 PM
(Unite the tribes. Maybe tame some dinosaurs to ride into battle.)
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(So we know about the hunters, the sea folk, and the cave peoples. Getting them together is probably a good next step)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/11/2022 10:45 AM
“I say we go back the way we came. Cave folks, sea village and then find the hunters again. It’s time to bring the fight here.” Pax says with a determined look.
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Frewayne Wardav 6/12/2022 2:41 AM
"There was also the community living in or around that one beached ship," Frewayne also notes. "They might be worth a visit as well."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/13/2022 5:35 AM
“The more we can get to join the cause, the better. We should add them to our route.”
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(did we want to talk to them first maybe, since they're furthest/off our path of travel)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/13/2022 11:42 AM
(I’m down)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/13/2022 9:47 PM
(I was thinking more of a loop starting with the cave first, then the ship, the seaside village and then maybe the Dino forest if we need to. Less ground to cover.)
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(Sure thing, lets do that)
8:39 AM
Returning to the cave, the guards are familiar with you by now and you are welcomed back behind the barricades while the elder is sent for.
8:39 AM
(not sure if you had anything to do h ere but go right to him)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/14/2022 10:24 AM
“Elder, we have gone to the tower. They have a powerful psychic atop it in some sort of trance and it is surrounded with warded trees and birds that may be under their control. We plan to unite your peoples with the other friendly settlements and people of this world against them. With our combined power I think we can overcome this threat. What do you say?”
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"This is serious news. Pledging troops is no easy request and I know that my war leaders would want to know your plan. If it involves just flinging men at the tower and its defenders, they're not going to be willing to go for that"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/14/2022 4:48 PM
“No. Of course not. We must disrupt their defensive glyphs first and then scale the tower. We don’t know what’s inside but we do know the man on top must be the one orchestrating everything. We need to take him out. We will have to fight off beasts in the woods I’m sure. I didn’t see them around but we saw evidence that they keep to normal enough habits while they aren’t directly controlled. We first need to know what we are working with before we can deliver a full plan. Instead of a pledge of troops, how about a meeting of the chiefs and war leaders of all of the settlements. We can at least discuss in a group and plan with what combined resources we can gather. Would you agree to a meeting?” (edited)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/15/2022 4:07 AM
Frewayne nods in agreement and adds, "The larger our force, the better. However, we have no intention of just throwing bodies against this threat. This is also a fight for survival and a larger force tilts the advantage away from the psychics."
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"I can agree to a meeting and will pledge if the joint plan is sound, and something we all agree on. I can't offer much more than that at the moment"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/15/2022 2:59 PM
“I know this might be a sensitive question so no worries if you can’t answer but, can we get an estimate on what kind of support could be available with a sound plan? Just so we may better formulate one in the future.”
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"The amount I can pledge, and the type is going to depend on what the others bring to the meeting, You can expect a healthy contingent of warriors, with weapons given to us previously by your people. "
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/16/2022 4:45 PM
“I think that is a fair enough response. Frewayne, I think if you have no further questions, I think it wise that we continue on our recruitment tour. I expect similar conversations with the other leaders.”
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Frewayne Wardav 6/16/2022 4:47 PM
Frewayne nods and replies, "Expediency is our friend right now."
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(With all the walking we are doing we would have to pass the night here unless you want to travel in the dark)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/16/2022 7:08 PM
(Night travel is probably not a good idea.)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/16/2022 8:32 PM
(I would agree. We should spend the night here again.)
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!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/16/2022 8:34 PM
Nekosmash Roll: [10] Result: 10
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You are resting comfortably and are just starting to feel safe in the room the locals have given to you for your rest when you hear the sounds of gunfire outside, echoing from the barricades at the bottom of the canyon below. Two of the marines from your ship have volunteered to stand with the locals, and you can hear the crackle of them trying to report in on the compads you've left on the other side of the room to charge.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/16/2022 9:09 PM
Pax springs out of bed startled. “Looks like we poked the bees nest anyway.” He runs to open the compad to hear what they are saying. “Come in! Are we under attack?”
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Frewayne Wardav 6/17/2022 3:04 AM
Frewayne grabs his laser rifle and begins rushing toward cable car that leads down toward the barricades. "It certainly sounds like it. We can't let the psychics get access to the cave."
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There is a fight happening down there but the comms traffic looks to be incredibly spotty, or the marines there just do not have the ability to both communicate and mount an effective defense there now. you can see other village fighters waking up, the lightest sleepers among them already beginning to join you in the run to the cable car, each of them kicking up a rooster tail of dirt and loose stones behind them as they run.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/17/2022 4:06 PM
Pax runs as fast as he can to catch up, using his climb speed if he thinks it would be faster than waiting for the cable car.
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Frewayne Wardav 6/19/2022 1:40 AM
Frewayne continues to sprint to the cable car along with the rest of the fighters.
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Climbing down to the base of the canyon in advance of the others , Pax sees a group of shadow creatures throwing themselves at the barricade. A few of their number are dissolving due to being shot to pieces but the other eight in the group continue coming inwards , fighting against the four man security details the gate.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/19/2022 6:49 PM
“You think you are the only one with this power!?” He shouts out to the forest as he charges forward using his main action to summon his tiger out in front of him intending on both of them entering the melee. “It’s time to even the odds!”
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(The cable car will be on the ground in two rounds but a few people could shoot from its windowed sides)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/20/2022 6:44 PM
Frewayne positions himself toward the front of the cart, trying to get a look at the situation on the ground and try to spot any psychics that might be directing the monsters. While doing so, he'd order any marines in the car with him to, "Get to the windows! Help keep the creatures away from the barricades with covering fire! We can't let anything in!"
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(Pax, Frewayne, guards, monsters)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/21/2022 6:02 PM
Pax and Osiris rush forward attempting to flank to the side to give the rest line of sight and stay out of the gunfire if possible. Pax pulls out his sword and swings for the nearest beast as Osiris jukes right and pounces.
6:05 PM
(Pax’s monosword 5 to hit 3 shock vs ac 13) (Osiris 18 to hit for 6 damage)
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Bounding into the fight the swing is poorly aimed but Osiris fights with his own body and makes a deep gash into the flanks of one of the creatures , in the way hunting cats spring at the undefended rear of their prey
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 3:15 AM
Frewayne stayed at the head of the cable car, continuing to look out into the canyon looking for any hidden enemies. (Frewayne has Lead at rank 2 so the NPCs under his direct command should be receiving +2 to moral/attack rolls and +1 to skill rolls.)
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(you can fire the npcs if you're not actively shooting your own weapon out the window)
8:30 AM
(If you like. )
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 1:22 PM
(Sure. How many do I have to roll for and what is their attack bonus?)
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(four, they have a +3 normally, plus the bonus you've given them that comes to +5 in total)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/22/2022 6:27 PM
(Oh you rock, dude)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 9:39 PM
!r d20+4
9:40 PM
!roll d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/22/2022 9:40 PM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [9] Result: 14
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 9:40 PM
!roll d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/22/2022 9:40 PM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [10] Result: 15
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 9:40 PM
!roll d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/22/2022 9:40 PM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [19] Result: 24
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 9:40 PM
!roll d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/22/2022 9:40 PM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [13] Result: 18
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 9:43 PM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/22/2022 9:43 PM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [6] Result: 6
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 9:43 PM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/22/2022 9:43 PM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [4] Result: 4
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 9:43 PM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/22/2022 9:43 PM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [9] Result: 9
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Frewayne Wardav 6/22/2022 9:43 PM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/22/2022 9:43 PM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [7] Result: 7
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Three of the shadow creatures are downed, as they continue throwing themselves against the barricades. The locals have some backbone now with reinforcements on the way, and the creatures, heedless of their own casualties throw themselves at the wooden barricades, destroying them, and preparing to sweep forward to the cablecar
8:06 AM
(Pax up)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/23/2022 2:38 PM
Pax steels himself and concentrates aiming to make a better strike this time while Osiris continues his predatory assault with flashes of claw and fang. He thinks back to the day he met Osiris in the first place. “Strike true.”
2:41 PM
(Pax 10 to hit 7 damage 3 shock ac 13) (Osiris 21 to hit 3 damage)
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Osiris manages to bring his target down, clawing at it to pieces,and the pack is down to half its size.
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Frewayne Wardav 6/24/2022 2:58 AM
Frewayne could only wait for the cable car to reach the ground, continuing to keep his eyes peeled for any other potential targets. His eyes narrowed and he told the marines, "Fire away! If the attackers are eliminated before we he the ground, that's good too!"
3:02 AM
!roll d20+5 d20+5 d20+5 d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 3:02 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [16] Result: 36
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Frewayne Wardav 6/24/2022 3:02 AM
!roll d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 3:02 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [13] Result: 18
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Frewayne Wardav 6/24/2022 3:02 AM
!roll d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 3:02 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [7] Result: 12
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Frewayne Wardav 6/24/2022 3:02 AM
!roll d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 3:02 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [5] Result: 10
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Frewayne Wardav 6/24/2022 3:02 AM
!roll d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 3:02 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [10] Result: 15
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Frewayne Wardav 6/24/2022 3:03 AM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 3:03 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [1] Result: 1
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Frewayne Wardav 6/24/2022 3:03 AM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 3:03 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [8] Result: 8
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Frewayne Wardav 6/24/2022 3:03 AM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 3:03 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [1] Result: 1
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Frewayne Wardav 6/24/2022 3:03 AM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 3:03 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [5] Result: 5
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(You can put a space between things too so it rolls them in a list, ex,
8:51 AM
!roll 5 d20
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 8:51 AM
Nekosmash Rolls: [7] Result: 7 [18] Result: 18 [3] Result: 3 [19] Result: 19 [16] Result: 16
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(if thsat helps next time)
8:56 AM
Two more of the attackers are punched off their clawed feet, dashed against the ground as the solid rounds punch into their shadowy hides.
8:58 AM
!roll 2d6
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/24/2022 8:58 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [4, 1] Result: 5
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Morale breaking, the creatures begin to diminish as their nearby caster, within the wood,s begins to lose control over them.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/24/2022 2:55 PM
Pax abandons the melee and rushes forward to the psychic, hoping to physically overpower them. Osiris continues his battle frenzy, attacking the monsters. (17/3 for Osiris) (Exert Str for pax? Or can I get to them?)
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(You have no line of sight on them. We just can infer they’re nearby, but we’re not at the barricades or anywhere near the combat ) (edited)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/26/2022 8:48 PM
(Oh of course. That makes sense. I guess Pax goes to see if he can see them in the woods nearby based off intuition from the last fight against them and if they aren’t there nearby he turns back to rejoin the fray next turn.)
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(notice/wis, and that will be your main action)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/27/2022 12:07 PM
(Notice/wis 12)
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You sense a patch of shadow where some should not be under the moonlight, about 100m from your current position. (edited)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/27/2022 8:17 PM
(Would Pax have enough time to call this out?)
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(yes, free action for him to do that, but Pax is beyond the barricades, a good way away from your position, and the shadowy patch is well beyond his position, so I don't think you and the marines would be able to freely act on it yet without handling the immediate threat)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/28/2022 2:14 AM
As the cable car continues to descend toward its destination, Frewayne observes the scene going on at the barricades. "Alright! One more volley and I think this siege will be all over so let the monsters have it!" he states to the marines.
2:15 AM
!roll 4 d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/28/2022 2:15 AM
Frewayne Wardav Rolls: [1] Result: 6 [13] Result: 18 [4] Result: 9 [9] Result: 14
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Frewayne Wardav 6/28/2022 2:16 AM
!roll 4 d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/28/2022 2:16 AM
Frewayne Wardav Rolls: [4] Result: 4 [1] Result: 1 [6] Result: 6 [3] Result: 3
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Two fo the beasts are wounded, but the barricade remains under assault, finally falling in a whirlwind of teeth and claws as the creatures finish dismantling it. The remaining ones will surge at the cable car in seconds
8:26 AM
(pax and orion)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/28/2022 2:16 PM
Pax continues to move toward the shadowy patch and summons Osiris to him. I think that leaves him still out of range.
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(even with a double move you'd only be half the distance)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/28/2022 4:08 PM
(I’m going to keep moving toward it then.)
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(Freewayne and the marines up)
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Frewayne Wardav 6/30/2022 2:53 AM
When the cable car reaches its destination, Frewayne will step out, level his laser rifle at the incoming monsters and fire in a burst at them.
2:53 AM
!roll d20+2
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/30/2022 2:53 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [16] Result: 18
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Frewayne Wardav 6/30/2022 2:53 AM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/30/2022 2:53 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [1] Result: 1
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Frewayne Wardav 6/30/2022 2:53 AM
!roll 4 d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/30/2022 2:53 AM
Frewayne Wardav Rolls: [17] Result: 22 [12] Result: 17 [14] Result: 19 [20] Result: 25
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Frewayne Wardav 6/30/2022 2:54 AM
!roll 4 d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 6/30/2022 2:54 AM
Frewayne Wardav Rolls: [3] Result: 3 [5] Result: 5 [4] Result: 4 [9] Result: 9
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The remaining monsters are put down, their shadowy bodies begin to burn away amid the splintered ruins of the wooden barricades they just destroyed. For the moment the cave and fleeing less disciplined local security is safe, but the'yll need to rebuild the fortifications down here soon.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 6/30/2022 9:59 PM
Pax continues toward the shaded spot to investigate further.
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There is someone here, trying to hide as opposed to running ,
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/1/2022 2:41 PM
Pax and Osiris walk forward. “I know you’re here. We can talk. I want to know what’s motivating you. There may still be time to end this.” Osiris sets to sniffing them out.
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!roll 2d6
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/1/2022 3:04 PM
Nekosmash Roll: [5, 3] Result: 8
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Their conviction in their cause seems to be holding, for the moment, and whoever is in the trees does not come out.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/1/2022 4:58 PM
Pax enters the shadow and shouts back hoping the others will come out to help him. “I think I found someone!” Pax moves around the shadowed area sweeping with their hands and Osiris comes to take up space and sniff around as well. “I don’t want to hurt you!”
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Frewayne Wardav 7/3/2022 1:08 AM
Frewayne looks around briefly at the fallen creatures. "Looks like we've secured the entrance. Two with me. Two stay here to help the residents here make sure nothing gains entry." He then starts making his way toward the patch of darkness he saw Pax move into.
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There is a rustling from in the woods as Pax seeds the dark patch begin moving, writing like a serpent.
10:15 AM
(Evasion save pax, frewayne is kinda far behind yet)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/3/2022 4:58 PM
(20 vs 11!)
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The lashing tendril of dark energy that makes up one of the devourer’s long limbs narrowly misses you as it draws itself up to its full height.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/4/2022 6:02 PM
“To me!” He shouts and rushes forward with a slash of his mono-sword while Osiris goes for a limb. (21/9 for pax) (Osiris misses with a 7)
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(Frewayne will catch up now, since devourers can only go every other round, so it will be Pax, Frewayne and friends, and the devourer)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/7/2022 2:45 AM
(Just making sure it's Pax's turn again and I haven't misread.)
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(Yep! Pax is back up, then you, then the devourer, and if we make it into further rounds it can only attack every other round)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/7/2022 10:55 AM
(Oh! Ok my bad) Pax circles opposite Osiris attempting to split the beasts attention going in for another round of attacks.
10:57 AM
(10/4 pax 7/6 Osiris)
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Neither of the vicious melee attacks are enough to harm the devouring beast, and the shadowy tendrils seem to reconstitute themselves as your blows pass through them.
3:16 PM
(frewayne)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/8/2022 1:47 AM
Frewayne stops as the devourer comes into sight and points his rifle at the creature. "Open fire! Take it down before it wounds Pax and Osiris!" he commands the marines while unleashing a salvo of laser fire.
1:48 AM
!roll d20+2
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/8/2022 1:48 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [1] Result: 3
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Frewayne Wardav 7/8/2022 1:48 AM
(For the marines)
1:48 AM
!roll 4 d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/8/2022 1:48 AM
Frewayne Wardav Rolls: [12] Result: 17 [18] Result: 23 [17] Result: 22 [2] Result: 7
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Frewayne Wardav 7/8/2022 1:49 AM
!roll 3 d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/8/2022 1:49 AM
Frewayne Wardav Rolls: [9] Result: 9 [8] Result: 8 [6] Result: 6
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(the 17 also misses)
4:29 PM
The devourer looks to be pained, but just barely. The creature is octopus like in nature, a gripping, hungering shadow made of undulations and thickly roiling muscles. Two yellow orbs made of a monochrome shade look impassively at the group, seeing nothing but prey before it.
4:30 PM
(back to pax, devourer goes at the end of this round)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/10/2022 6:33 AM
Pax grits his teeth feeling the danger he has gotten himself into for the first time. The hail of gunfire reassured him for the moment though and he continues his assault.
6:35 AM
(15/8, 8/7)
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There is a faint hit by Pax as the blade softly cuts into the creature, before drawing back.
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(frewayne)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/12/2022 10:18 AM
Frewayne shouts at Pax while continuing to fire away at the creature, "Pax! We need to keep some distance from that thing!"
10:18 AM
!roll d20+2
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/12/2022 10:18 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [7] Result: 9
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Frewayne Wardav 7/12/2022 10:19 AM
(For the marines.)
10:19 AM
!roll 4 d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/12/2022 10:19 AM
Frewayne Wardav Rolls: [17] Result: 22 [12] Result: 17 [3] Result: 8 [17] Result: 22
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Frewayne Wardav 7/12/2022 10:19 AM
!roll 2 d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/12/2022 10:19 AM
Frewayne Wardav Rolls: [1] Result: 1 [4] Result: 4
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THe devourer is damaged and wounded, but it is a beast made of dense shadow and thick ropes of muscle and flesh that is not muscle and flesh, and it looks a long way from death.
12:43 PM
Its long tentacles look to phase out for a moment, before appearing around all of your feet and tightening. (Evasion save everyone. The marines will be v 14)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/12/2022 12:44 PM
!roll d20
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/12/2022 12:44 PM
Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) Roll: [20] Result: 20
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Frewayne Wardav 7/13/2022 1:43 AM
!roll d20
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/13/2022 1:43 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [6] Result: 6
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Frewayne Wardav 7/13/2022 1:44 AM
(Fail)
1:44 AM
(For the marines)
1:44 AM
!roll 4 d20
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/13/2022 1:44 AM
Frewayne Wardav Rolls: [13] Result: 13 [13] Result: 13 [8] Result: 8 [9] Result: 9
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!roll 3d6
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/13/2022 7:52 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [6, 6, 4] Result: 16
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(Anyone who passes does not take damage, anyone who has failed takes 16, so it looks like the marines have all perished)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/13/2022 8:43 AM
(Osiris is down to 1hp)
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(Pax is up!)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/13/2022 9:49 AM
(Frewayne is also taken out from the attack.)
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(You're just downed, not dead, so that's good at least, Would be back to Pax then)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/13/2022 12:10 PM
Pax looks around wide eyes as everyone falls but him. A flash of terror crosses his eyes. “NO!” He screams. A lash of psychic energy flies to Frewayne as Pax pumps all of his free nexus effort into him. “Stand back up, I can’t do this without you!” (As an on turn action, I will cast Symbiotic healing with 1 effort to heal Frewayne for 1d6/2 character levels rounded up so 3d6. And then as an instant action I’m going to spend my last free nexus effort on reflexive action to give Frewayne an immediate free main action.) With my movement I’m going to run away.
12:10 PM
!roll 3d6
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/13/2022 12:10 PM
Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) Roll: [4, 2, 1] Result: 7
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/13/2022 12:10 PM
(Free Wayne is healed to 7hp)
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(On turn and instant are the same. Is one of these your main action?)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/13/2022 12:27 PM
(Oooh interesting wording. Ok. Main action would be to heal Frewayne then.)
12:31 PM
(Wait does that mean I can do both or not?)
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(For each round of combat you get a move, a main action, and on turn actions/instant actions are the same thing, you can technically take as many of those as you want but the GM can decide what is reasonable if we're doing a lot of them)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/13/2022 1:07 PM
(Ok. then since both are instants, is it reasonable for me to pump Wayne full of my energy to get him back up, give him a free main action and take another swipe before trying to move away?)
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(Distributive action sacrifices your own main action or move, so you cannot give wayne your main action and then also take one yourself)
1:41 PM
Distributive Action: During your turn in a round, you may confer either or both of your Main Action or your Move on one partner, sacrificing it to grant them a bonus action of the appropriate type.
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Frewayne Wardav 7/13/2022 5:02 PM
(He is using Reflexive Action which just flat gives me a Main Action as an instant action for one Free Nexus effort. The ability can only be used once per scene on a single target. Not sure if this helps the issue of how many instant abilities he can use on his turn. Either way, healing is preferred since it's my turn next.)
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(Okay he can do all that )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/13/2022 10:28 PM
(Awesome! Sorry to get bogged down in the rules but this was helpful.) (Heals Wayne for 7 and he takes a free main action immediately and I expend the rest of my free nexus effort on that. Then I take a swipe at the devourer with my monosword and flee for my life.)
10:30 PM
(9/7)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/14/2022 2:30 AM
Frewayne gasps as his previously battered body is suddenly healed as abruptly as he was wounded. He sits up and grasps his laser rifle before rolling back to his feet and running for it. (For his given standard action, he's just going to run as far as he can.)
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(THe devourer gets an attack of opportunity if you're leaving melee combat without taking fighting withdrawal)
8:01 AM
!roll d20+5
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/14/2022 8:01 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [16] Result: 21
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!roll d6
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/14/2022 8:01 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [4] Result: 4
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(4 damage to Pax)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/14/2022 1:47 PM
(Pax takes it and continues his retreat. I was already at 20/23 for some other damage I took at some point so now I’m at 16) “Back past the barricade! To the cave!” Pax shouts to any remaining guards. “There’s a beast in the woods!”
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Running from the fight, the devourer has done its job in protecting its master and does not look to follow, though you do catch glimpses of its shadowy tentacles wrapping around outstretched arms or legs of the dead marines, slowly dragging them toward a pit of absolute darkness that would likely represent some kind of mouth.
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Frewayne Wardav 7/15/2022 11:18 AM
Frewayne will make for the settlement as well, coming to a stop just a little before where the cable car would be sitting at. He would then turn around and warily look out for any additional attackers that might attempt to invade.
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The devourer looked to be defensive, and you've dispatched the encampment's attackers for the night. Wounded and tired, both of you none the less lived to tell the tale where many others did not.
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1:18 PM
(3xp, 5000 credits)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/16/2022 2:26 AM
(That puts Frewayne to level 4.) (edited)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/17/2022 7:13 PM
(Pax has 24/27 xp at lvl 5. 24k+ credits.)
7:15 PM
“Damnit!” Pax pounds what remains of the wall. “I’m so sorry I almost got you killed. I did get those marines killed.” He paces back and forth. “I-I-I can still feel Osiris tethered to me so I can bring him back again but that thing just ate them. We have to regroup. Are you ok?”
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Frewayne Wardav 7/17/2022 10:00 PM
Frewayne looked himself over and replied, "I'm alive. My legs are pretty banged up from where that thing grabbed me. Nothing is broken as far as I can tell."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/18/2022 11:53 AM
“We need to report the deaths of those marines. I’ve never faced anything like that.” Pax says with a shiver.
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Frewayne Wardav 7/19/2022 2:10 AM
Frewayne let out a sigh and agreed, "Neither have I. And we will report their deaths as soon as the shuttle finishes scooping. In the meantime, we still have things to do. I don't have any intention of letting their deaths be in vain. They died letting us learn that the psychics are getting wary and that those things can't be fielded in large numbers. At least not yet. If they could, they'd just send waves of them until all surrounding settlements are gone. So what we're going to do is go get some sleep. Then when morning comes, we see if any of the marines' gear was left behind. If we can get some rifles and battery packs, that would be helpful for the people here. Then we march out to all the other settlements and continue our original objective of uniting the region against the psychics."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/19/2022 5:54 AM
The reality check shakes Pax back into a bit more determination. He nods, bouncing back and forth, breathing heavily like a boxer reassured by his corner. “Ok. Ok. You’re right.”
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Morning comes and you all sleep in late. YOu can see the villagers have made sometihng of a shrine to the fallen marines outside the hut youve been permitted to use, with candles, scraps of paper saying thank you ,and other well wishes for their souls left here in a growing pile of offerings. Returning to the site of the Devourer attack, it has lived up to its name and the equipment has been eaten along with the bodies.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/19/2022 8:05 PM
(Does Frewayne recover hit points now or does he have to wait a week since he was dropped to 0?) (+your level hp after a nights sleep)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/19/2022 8:14 PM
Pax exits the hut somberly, the villagers show of affection bringing emotion to his eyes and a sting to his nose. He growls a bit primally remembering the devourer and looks to his friend to see how his wounds are doing.
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(Yes, he is fragile, so there would not be any healing from rest for a week, during that time if dropped to 0 again, he would die without being able to be revived)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/20/2022 2:23 PM
(Do I get effort back or is this still same scene/mission?)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/21/2022 2:15 AM
Frewayne is completely mobile though he does carry himself gingerly, still in a fair bit of pain. After returning to the area where they encountered the devourer, he looked around and then spat, "Shit. I was hoping we could at least recover. No point lingering. We've got a ton of walking to do and daylight is at a premium."
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(Effort comes back since we spent the rest of the night here)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/21/2022 12:13 PM
Pax nods to his companion. “We should be careful not to engage with anything if we can. For now though, here.” Pax lashes out with his tendril of energy and does another symbiotic healing to Wayne.
12:15 PM
!roll 3d6
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/21/2022 12:15 PM
Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) Roll: [5, 4, 1] Result: 10
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/21/2022 12:15 PM
(Wayne heals another 10. Edit: it takes a full 24 hours to be able to summon him again so not yet.) (edited)
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(We can heal Wayne with energy, but the fragile condition doesn't go away for a week)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/22/2022 3:01 AM
Letting out a bit of a gasp as his wounds abruptly and completely healed, he blurted out, "I appreciate your new healing ability but it's a jarring experience. And yes, we should keep a low profile until we make it to the next settlement."
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(what we can deduce is if they're having devourer's watch the woods, they're probably going defensive now, and that the skirmishes have drawn the attention of the more serious pacters)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/26/2022 1:48 AM
(Think the game plan is still to move as discretely as possible to the ship settlement.)
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(sounds good, lets get a D10 for the route)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/26/2022 10:39 AM
!roll d10
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Dice Maiden BOT 7/26/2022 10:39 AM
Frewayne Wardav Roll: [10] Result: 10
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Heading west to the encampment you pass around the forest across the plains, and there is evidence the hunters were here recently, within the last day or so. They've come much further south than normal.
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Frewayne Wardav 7/27/2022 2:13 AM
(Is it possible to tell where they went?)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/27/2022 6:30 AM
“This is strange. It’s almost like they are acting like hungry animals. They need to feed and spread their blight. Maybe recruit more into their army?” Pax says, kneeling to check the tracks.
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(Trail is too cold for conventional tracking)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/27/2022 11:12 AM
(Wait... Are these hunters as in people or hunters as in the shadows the psychics are using?)
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(hunters as in people, the folks you met up on the grasslands when you first got here)
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Frewayne Wardav 7/29/2022 3:13 AM
"I don't know if we know enough to say how they come about. I don't think they can increase their numbers independently of the psychics though." He looks at the tracks that Pax is inspecting. "Hopefully the hunters we encountered are fine. Looks like they've been south. Might have contacted the fishing village."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/29/2022 11:09 AM
“I sure hope so. They are wise to keep moving as should we. I wonder if they have a similar thought to us. With the trail this cold I will have to rely on other senses to try and tap into the environment. Maybe that could help.” Pax digs his fingertips into the earth and sends tendrily wisps of energy pulsating through the environment to try and do his commune with nature thing. (Oooh cool. I thought we were talking about bad guys. Thanks for clarity.)
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(what is the commune with nature thing you're trying to do Pax , because I don't know what to represent here)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 7/31/2022 8:40 PM
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(thanks, "The commune with nature thing" could easily be 4 or 5 different techniques as a gaia, so I'm sorry if it feels pedantic, I just need to know whats going on)
7:30 AM
You can feel the hunters about three kilometers north from here, along with some of the larger herbivores they seem to be hunting. You can also feel their mounts, restless and ready to be loosed onto their morning meal.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/1/2022 6:13 PM
(No problem. Thank you for your patience lol.) Pax opens his eyes with an inhale. “They are close. On a hunt. Their mounts are hungry for a kill…. Maybe we can help them again.”
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Frewayne Wardav 8/2/2022 1:48 AM
"Nah... We should probably hurry..." Frewayne's voice trailed off mid-sentence as his brow furrowed. Glancing over at Pax, he began to speak, "You said mounts? Like riding creatures? That might make our travel time shorter."
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(the hunters had raptors last time we saw them)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/2/2022 9:04 AM
“I think our first step would be to ally ourselves more closely with them before I expect they would want to give us raptor mounts. That does seem incredibly badasses as the humans say. Let’s try and make it to them.”
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(Wayne, if you're agreed we'll head out!)
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Frewayne Wardav 8/2/2022 10:18 AM
(I and my 12 year old self is in agreement to this plan.)
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The hunters are 5km north, through a thin grove of trees and you can sense they'll be there processing their kill for some time.
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Frewayne Wardav 8/3/2022 1:42 AM
Frewayne nods and then replies, "Won't know until we talk to them anyways. Even if they don't lend us anything, I'd at the very least like to ask them about their taming techniques so we might try to duplicate it."
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A rapid walk through the woods has you coming upon the hunters as they complete the processing of their kill. one holds a hand up in greeting and the rest stop what they're doing to watch you approach
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Frewayne Wardav 8/4/2022 3:47 AM
Frewayne waves as he approaches. "How's the hunt faring for you?"
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'"Friends! You've come to partake in the hunt a bit too late I am afraid!" their leader says, coming forward before the rest of the group.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/4/2022 9:33 AM
“I don’t think so!” Pax calls back. “We have come to bring you to the greatest hunt this wild has yet seen. It is time for the hunted to become the hunters.” Pax smiles looking to Wayne.
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"You'll have to speak a bit more plainly" he says, "I'm not sure what you're discussing"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/4/2022 6:18 PM
“To speak more plainly, we’ve come to deliver news and request your assistance.” Pax continues. “We fought and defeated those that attacked your village at the seaside village. From there we travelled north to the cave settlement and again fended off a much smaller contingent of beasts. We scouted their tower as well and it seems they are turning more defensive. We now are traveling to all the settlements to rally the people for an assault on their tower to end their terror once and for all.”
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"An assault? Who else is in on this?" he asks, his band is noticably a few more down from the last time you saw them, and several raptors in the pack have no rider
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Frewayne Wardav 8/5/2022 1:50 AM
Frewayne speaks up, "The people who live in the caves have already agreed to discuss a coalition to fight against the psychics. I'm sure we can sway the people of the seaside village to the cause. We're heading over to the settlement in the beached ship to contact them and gauge their willingness to join in this. It is a long trek though. Perhaps there might be a way to make the trip quicker." He gestured toward the riderless raptors.
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"The raptors are not for the faint of heart. It takes a boy his entire childhood before they're capable of riding such a beast. "
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Frewayne Wardav 8/5/2022 5:19 PM
"If we were to try and ride the raptors, what would we need to learn?"
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“How to make them not consider you food. You’ll need to learn how to approach them and how to be careful around them, and you’ll also need to know how to bottle the pheromones we use so they think we are part of the herd and not food”
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/5/2022 10:12 PM
Pax’s eyes dilate with glee as he looks to Wayne. “If anyone is up for it…” he gulps, “I think it’s us.”
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(If you have any kind of animal language techniques we can@also try that but the hunters don’t have that stuff so this is what they do)
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Frewayne Wardav 8/6/2022 4:48 PM
(All Frewayne would have that's relevant most likely is the Survival skill.)
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(That could work, Pax, anything novel or interesting from your end? )
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/9/2022 10:06 AM
(Sorry. I am at a weeklong larp and am out of service and power. Only back in service because tents flooded after 18inces of rain and we took the task of drying the guilds laundry in town.) (If I use my bond with Osiris and move it to a raptor to communicate with it I lose Osiris right?)
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(correct)
10:10 AM
(We can say Osiris takes this new form, but the stats of the creature itself would not change, if that is something you think might work, but if you want to keep both, you would not be able to)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/9/2022 10:24 AM
(I think that’s a great solution!) Pax approaches slowly. “If I may, I think I can make friends with one and maybe help tame the other. I would love to learn your techniques and develop my skills but I do have some psychic abilities that could help me hasten this endeavor.” Pax begins to re-summon Osiris, but this time the shadowy, MES tendrils creep along the ground like a prowling cat only to rise up and brush against one of the riderless raptors. It’s form curls in and out of its legs lovingly and the shadow of Osiris begins to be absorbed into the animal forming a tenuous bond between Pax and the beast. Pax projects feelings of safety, calm and camaraderie towards it along with the predatory instinct he felt through Osiris and meets its eyes.
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Osiris is inside, changed somewhat based on his new instincts and senses, but the heart of your companion is still within.
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Frewayne Wardav 8/10/2022 2:13 AM
Frewayne side eyes Pax quietly as he appears to have a staring contest. "So... Uh... Did you tame it then?"
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(I think we can move on. For Pax, it is tamed)
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(and maybe we can spin thaat into trying to get the other one to behave)
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“Well then, seems they both like you. How lucky for you both.”
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Frewayne Wardav 8/19/2022 2:23 AM
"I suppose I just have that kind of face," Frewayne muttered after a stifled laugh. "The kind that animals like but not like in the eating for lunch sort of way. Anything we need to know about caring for these things?"
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"Let them hunt , morning, and evening, and ensure you are coated in the pack's musk before you send them out. Once they get into their hunting patterns they're impossible to control until they've fed. You don't want to end up being the food"
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Frewayne Wardav 8/19/2022 11:41 AM
Frewayne scratched his chin pensively. "So, hypothetically, if they were to say, not be hungry because they took down large prey the day prior, would they still enter their hunting pattern?"
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"Don't count on ever being safe if they're out of their pattern. You might be , you might not be. Why take the risk?" he shrugs, doing his best to answer your question
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Frewayne Wardav 8/21/2022 7:06 PM
Frewayne nods and then replies, "Got it. Just keep them in their pattern to be safe. Back to the other topic, would you be willing to assist in fighting the psychics and their monsters? If we can convince the rest of the settlements, as a united force, we can drive them from their castle and end their campaign of genocide."
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“Is there a plan? What about someone leading the fighting force you’re putting together ?”
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Frewayne Wardav 8/23/2022 2:17 AM
Frewayne nods. "The plan is to enter their base and kill the person that seems to be maintaining the distortion above the area. I think the creatures and the phenomenon are linked. To that end, we'll need a large distraction so we can get a small group inside. If we can create a great enough threat that forces them to send more creatures than they have been, it will likely weaken the security around their base. As far as who leads the combined forces, I would prefer it to be a native of this planet. Though, if an agreement between the other groups cannot be obtained, we could step in as a neutral party to lead though this would be temporary until the psychic threat is dealt with."
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"Where is everyone meeting? We will head that way and see what the situation is"
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/23/2022 12:37 PM
(Sorry for the hiatus. Got back from vaca and have been working like crazy since.) “I believe we will be meeting at the seaside village since it we built up defenses there and already repelled a major attack. It should be a safe gathering place.” (edited)
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(I thought it was at the seaside village since all the defenses are there)
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/26/2022 1:16 AM
(Oh that’s fair. I’ll edit!)
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Frewayne Wardav 8/26/2022 3:18 AM
"Just be careful as you are travelling," cautioned Frewayne. "The psychics have been employing larger monstrosities to protect their own. We lost a few men fighting one while trying to hunt down a psychic after a failed attack."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/26/2022 8:28 AM
“It killed four men and brought down Frewayne in a blink of the eye. If you see a devourer, don’t engage. They seem to be defensive but highly dangerous. They were protecting their psychic though so maybe with a good identification and focused ranged attack, they can be brought down… we have yet to test that theory.”
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"What did it look like, I can't say we've faced one, but if we might see it on the road knowing what you saw might mean we get to where we're going safely"
10:01 AM
One of the hunters takes out yellowed paper from a scroll, and a piece of charcoal from their cook fire to begin sketching based on what you describe.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/26/2022 9:30 PM
“At first it was just an unnaturally dark space in the forest. I surmised that the Psychic controlling the beasts must be there so I pressed into it until it revealed itself. And then… it was just a big black entity with whipping tentacles that can rip a man apart and pull it inward to devour it.”
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!roll 2d6
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Nekosmash
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Dice Maiden BOT 8/28/2022 11:32 AM
Nekosmash Roll: [2, 1] Result: 3 Request: [2d6]
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He makes a very cartoonish drawing of it with lots of black and shadows. It doesn’t really match very much
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Frewayne Wardav 8/29/2022 2:37 AM
Frewayne narrowed his eyes at the drawing and then replied, "I guess that's something kind of like it. Just... If you notice an area that is unnaturally dark or a shadow that shouldn't be there, be careful."
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 8/30/2022 8:07 PM
Pax looks at it for a moment. “See I would pet what you drew. What we saw will have you screaming for your mother. It’s close though…”
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They nod, running out of daylight and time to get this completed. Wishing you best of luck with your hunt and your new mounts, they begin to set off to the coastal village where your resistance army is massing.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/2/2022 11:23 AM
Frewayne looks towards the new reptile he was supposed to ride and then approaches it calmly as not to startle it. "Well, lets head off to the last settlement," he says while mounting the creature.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 9/2/2022 9:50 PM
Osiris in his new form leaps around testing it out before coming up to brush up against the other Raptor and then bumping Pax up onto the saddle with a reptilian, high pitched rumble tapping his new claws excitedly. Pax smiles with glee. “Wayne this is the coolest thing we’ve ever do-WOAAAH!” He exclaims as Osiris bounds off before Pax was ready.
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(One more D10, I think the rest of the hexes have been seen by someone before, then we're good to go)
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Frewayne Wardav
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Dice Maiden BOT 9/4/2022 12:31 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d10] Roll: [6] Result: 6
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The land here is quiet and peaceful, some of the most pleasant terrain you've been through since your long journey on this planet. The forest around you is light and peaceful and the sun manages to warm the ground under your feet. There are small bushes with bright purple berries here.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/7/2022 2:37 AM
"Well, this has been surprisingly pleasant," Frewayne said aloud while looking around. "Nice change of pace from the jungles and arid places." As he spotted the berry bushes, he slowed his raptor mount to a halt and dismounted. "I want to take a moment to document this. We don't really need the food but it would be good to put together a survival guide with edible flora." He then moves toward the bushes to inspect the berries.
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It looks like the local animals have been feasting on them where they can, giving you some indication that there probably isn't anything that would make you sick, or worse. They grow in clusters and patches, five berries at minimum in a cluster, each their own single looking purple jewel
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 9/8/2022 10:24 AM
Pax tries a berry and packs some for later to test out and tries to remember the location for later harvest and use. “This could be a valuable crop or just a good food source.” He looks around for some scat nearby that he breaks apart to see if there are seeds hidden within.
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Each berry has a thin golden colored seed inside, but it looks that each only has one.
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Paxcyan Wilder (Billy) 9/8/2022 6:10 PM
Pax makes sure to collect a pocket full of them for later research. He thinks for a moment, shrugs and digs his MES tendrils into the dirt, again using “the whispering wind” ability to get a better idea of the uses of the Berry and sense anything else in the surrounding landscape.
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(Make sure you dock effort)
8:14 AM
The berries are safe to eat. They are nutritious, and looks to only be immediately useful for eating within the framework of your current knowledge.
8:14 AM
They are the primary feature of this part of the woods.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/9/2022 9:46 AM
Frewayne took some photos of the bush and the berries through his datapad and then plucked a few for his own consumption. After swallowing, he says, "Tastes pretty good. Could be helpful to find a bush if you're lost and need something to stave off starvation."
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(if you want to name them we can make a plant article. Frewayne I'd love to get your name into the WA)
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Frewayne Wardav 9/9/2022 10:11 AM
(Ameberry bush sounds like a good name.)
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(You got it. I’ll get a world anvil going for it )
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Frewayne Wardav 9/11/2022 12:35 PM
After documenting the berry bushes, Frewayne moves toward his raptor, mounting it again, and then looks to Pax, "Well, lets get back to it then. Still have a fair bit of ground left to cover."
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(Shoot me a D10 if you wanna continue Frewayne, appreciate your patience buddy )
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Dice Maiden BOT 9/13/2022 11:15 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d10] Roll: [4] Result: 4
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In the last region before your destination you come to a large fissure in the ground where tar looks to be bubbling up from deep within the crust of the planet. It is sticky, with a rainbow sheen across its black/brown surface, but does not resemble the smoother textures commonly seen in crude oil.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/14/2022 1:36 AM
Frewayne takes a look over the crack in the earth where the tar is seeping up from. "Tar? I wonder how much more there is." He takes a look over the environment, trying to see the extent of tar in the area.
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It does not look to spread more than a few meters beyond the fissure, but the land around it looks to be firmly coated in the thick paste.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/15/2022 2:08 AM
Frewayne dismounts from his raptor to take a closer look at the tar. Scooping a bit into the palm of his hand, he sets it back on the ground, away from the rest of the tar. Then, reaching into the survival kit attached to his belt, he grabs his fire lighter and attempts to set the bit of tar on fire to determine combustibility.
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The tar sputters and pops. It burns once flame is directly applied to it, but it seems to have trouble staying lit without other fuel.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/16/2022 2:20 AM
Taking a few notes of the tar and the location of this tar fissure in his datapad, Frewayne moves back to his raptor and mounts it. "Probably need to keep an eye out for any fissures. Might be tar fields ahead and we don't want to fall in that. Though, the tar could be useful if we harvest it."
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(In my head, I'm trying to style it like pitch, if combined with other flammable things it might extend some fires, make glue, or otherwise have some applications, but its not going to turn into a runaway fore)
9:08 AM
(fire)
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Frewayne Wardav 9/16/2022 1:07 PM
(I figure that was case. Roof pitch isn't too flammable without messing with it. Just wanted to make sure this tar wasn't one of the ones prone to spontaneous combustion.)
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(not this time!)
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Frewayne Wardav 9/17/2022 11:18 PM
With that, Frewayne gets his raptor to start moving, navigating around the tar fissure and then keeping an eye out for any more as the journey progressed again.
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By evening you can see the distant wreck of the vessel perched on a cliff overlooking the woodslands you've just emerged from. Formerly a ship of the Lamplighter Foundation, in better days of course, the cruiser was called the "Lexcanium" , with a mission to travel the universe collecting information on as many languages and cultures as possible. It crashed here before The Scream due to an unknown and likely unfortunate series of events, the locals the descendants of those who survived the crash who opted to stay here rather than be rescued or return to their previous lives. The Scream made it impossible for anyone who changed their mind to have a real chance at being anything but trapped here anyway.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/20/2022 2:02 AM
Frewayne gazed upon the the ship suspended atop the cliff. Getting out his binoculars, he would take a closer look at the settlement from atop his raptor.
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(approaching openly, or trying to sneak up to them?)
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Frewayne Wardav 9/20/2022 11:02 AM
(Openly unless he spots anything weird going on.)
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Looking up the hill, the settlement looks to be sleepy and shadowy. They are vigilant, keeping an eye on the countryside, and it looks like three outriders on what look to be giant spiders are coming out to meet you, spears held high with black pennants trailing behind them.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/21/2022 4:05 AM
As the three spider riders approach, Frewayne waves and shouts in greeting, "Hello! We're representatives from the United Nations of Worlds. We request a meeting with the leaders of your settlement."
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They stop short of you and your raptors, and one of them dismounts to walk the rest of the way on foot, signaling one of you should do the same. They seem unwilling to get very close to your ferocious mounts.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/22/2022 2:29 AM
Seeing the one elected to be the representative dismount and cross half of the remaining distance, Frewayne mirrored his movements. He slipped off of his raptor and then met the rider halfway. "I suppose I can understand the trepidation. I suspect I am about as wary of your mount as you are of mine."
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"Most likely" he smiles, but just like you control yours, ours are under control and are quite tame. Still, best to talk on an even height, yes? Haven't seen you before, and you're not dressed like any of the locals."
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Frewayne Wardav 9/23/2022 11:27 AM
Frewayne nods and then explains, "We are conducting a survey of this planet on behalf of the United Nations of Worlds. Part of it was to explore the area and identify areas of interest while also contacting any of the local populaces of this planet. The task has currently been sidetracked due to the current instability being caused by the psychics and the creatures under their control."
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"you've had runin's with them too then I see. Dangerous world we're living in like this, hard to travel, hard to make connections when you can't even meet your neighbors to shake hands. Woods have always been dangerous, but never like this"
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Frewayne Wardav 9/23/2022 5:14 PM
"That is actually why we are here," Frewayne explained. "We are planning on organizing the regional settlements into an alliance against the psychics. We have made contact with those who reside in the caves to the north, the seaside villagers and the survivors of the village to the western edge of the forests. We would like representatives from your settlement to attend a meeting in the seaside village for this reason."
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"You're going to want to talk to the chief. I can take two of you in, but you're going to need to leave your mounts outside the walls"
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Frewayne Wardav 9/24/2022 11:39 PM
With a nod, Frewayne agrees, "That is a reasonable request. Lead the way."
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(We'll say Pax has come along as well, I know they're on the road)
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Heading into the city you see that there are about 300 people living here and they're doing so on dwindling food. The woods have become a place of fear now, and the amount of animals in the vicinity to eat is also a prospect troubling them greatly.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/26/2022 2:51 AM
After observing the city for a bit, Frewayne comments toward their guide, "It looks... Kind of bleak here. How bad do you folk have it here?"
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"It isn't good. We're on one meal a day or so as things stand right now, and it looks like it might get worse if this situation with the woods being as dangerous as they are aren't handled soon"
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Frewayne Wardav 9/27/2022 1:38 AM
Frowning, Frewayne states grimly, "More reasons that this alliance is necessary for the collective survival here. The psychics' influence has limits. Uniting against them means they won't have the luxury of moving freely."
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"A siege, of sorts. I would like to make the countryside as dangerous for them as it has been for us,but we don't have the numbers. I don't think anyone working alone does. "
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Frewayne Wardav 9/27/2022 11:28 AM
Nodding in agreement, Frewayne spoke, "That is the idea. They've had too much free reign and got confident. A bit of resistance and they've already started to show signs of caution. Hence the need for a united front."
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"Is there a plan currently to strike back or organize? You;re here as riders, are we the first settlement you've contacted?"
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Frewayne Wardav 9/28/2022 12:53 AM
"You are in fact the last we have come to contact," Frewayne revealed. "We were successful in assisting the other settlements dealing with their own psychic issues. Even managed to reinforce the seaside village and killed two psychics after repelling a siege. As far as plans go, that will depend on how much support we can expect from this settlement."
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"Is there a plan in place? We would have conditions before committing anyone or taking them off the defense of the settlement"
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Frewayne Wardav 9/28/2022 4:02 PM
"The plan is to at least cut off their ability to move out from their castle. They aren't omnipresent and they do seem to require psychics to control those creatures. Eventually, they will have to run out of supplies. Though those plans may change depending on our resources. If we can mount an assault to end this quickly with minimal casualties, we will. Otherwise, letting them starve in their castle is a reasonable solution."
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"A siege, like they've done to us in turn. We might be able to effect that if there is a resupply solution in place. We could be there for years, especially if only their psychics need to eat. "
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"Theres also the matter of sickness, that many men and women, and beasts, all in one place.
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Frewayne Wardav 9/29/2022 1:00 PM
Frewayne scratched his head and replied, "That is true. There is the possibility of baiting them into an ambush by starting the siege with a smaller force. We can field a mounted reserve that would sweep in against the force they send against us. If we are successful in eliminating the baited enemies, then we can attempt to infiltrate the castle. It's riskier but, without something that can efficiently breach the castle, a direct assault would be far too dangerous."
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(the way I see this based on that is we have two ways of getting this done, depending on what you're in the mood for. we can either try this ambush, and do a mission to do as much damage to the tower as we can, or we can get the locals to agree to a siege,and every month the UNW can send food and medical supplies every month while you're off doing other things until the dice decide the conflict is over.) (edited)
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Frewayne Wardav 9/29/2022 2:25 PM
(I kind of want to tie up the loose ends here so I think I'd rather do the ambush.)
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(works for me! any thoughts on how we might want to plan this?)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/1/2022 3:01 AM
(I was thinking something along the lines of taking a force consisting of fighters from the cave village and the sea village since they don't seem to have anything they can ride. Could have them make battering rams that could be transported by carts and tipped with obsidian if they have some available. Though the hope is that this would compel the psychics to send a force to intercept this attack. If that happens, people riding the raptors and spiders would then rush in to flank whatever the psychics send while the people on foot hold their ground. If we are successful in routing this, then we'd press forward to attack the castle. Alternatively, if the psychics don't try to leave the castle, then the attack could still proceed but the mounted people would sweep around to another side of the castle while the attack occurs. I don't know if the spider things have any climbing ability but, if they do, they could try to climb up the castle walls. These plans might change if there's some other resources that these settlements might have that I'm not taking account of. In any case, the goal would be dealing with the psychic at the top of the castle since he seems to be the source of the weird stuff going on above the castle.)
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(That makes sense to me. So if all goes according to our primary plan, tbe convoy of siege machines will essentially be bait is how I’m reading this)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/1/2022 1:21 PM
(Yes. A threat to indicate intent to breach the castle though would actually be used if the psychics don't respond.)
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(alright, I think scavenging or collecting the materials is something the villages could all spend some time on, they'd just need to know where to meet for the big convoy, and when )
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Frewayne Wardav 10/1/2022 5:04 PM
(In a week over at the cave village seems reasonable.)
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(I'm picturing this as everyone else is traveling, while the cave vilalge folks put everything together since they don't really have to deal with travel, does that sound fair? )
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Frewayne Wardav 10/1/2022 7:02 PM
(Sounds fair to me.)
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Your message is delivered, and now the villages are all pledged to meet and contribute resources within the weeks time. Everyone is prepared to do what they can for the cause and the cave villagers will begin working on the machines
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Frewayne Wardav 10/4/2022 2:23 AM
(I think Frewayne is going to hang around at the cave village to coordinate the creation of the machines. That way he can give them the +1 bonus to skill checks from Authority.)
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(sure! lets get a lead/cha for quality of the machines)
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/4/2022 1:17 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [2d6+2] Roll: [5, 1] Result: 8
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The machines under your supervision are about as close to perfect as they are going to be with the unskilled labor and materials on hand. You manage to save a day of work with your efforts at leading, and the rest day before the long march west is appreciated by all- everyone seems well rested and in good spirits when it comes time to leave.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/4/2022 4:46 PM
When it comes time to gather, Frewayne would go to address the coalition before they depart. "Alright, I am going to briefly cover the plan here one last time. Those on foot, your job is to escort the rams to assault the castle. Those who are mounted, you will stay back and wait to see if the psychics send any monsters out to intercept the ground force. If that happens, we will charge and flank the creatures they send out. In the case that the psychics do not respond, look for a single flare. That will mean to begin assaulting the castle and the mounted groups attempt to attack the castle from other sides. Two flares means to retreat. Make all attempts to take down any psychics you see. Avoid any areas of unnatural darkness. We will rid this region of the psychics' tyranny but we will only do so united. Fight together and protect one another. Don't allow these monsters to take any of us without making them pay dearly for it."
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There are cheers and loose claps, and cries. For the moment though, many are afraid. it is going to take a victory in the field to give them some backbone. All looks to be in readiness for the overland march.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/5/2022 11:29 AM
Without anything else left to do, Frewayne would leave with the group, hoping this would be enough to change things on the planet.
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Walking into the woods, you have a war column at your back and your raptor holds its head high. A rudimentary armor package was sourced for such a beast during the time of preparation- and a grand feast was held to commemorate the brave tribal fighters leaving. Today, everyone is in good spirits, is feeling strong , and is ready for the conflict ahead.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/5/2022 4:09 PM
Frewayne will lead them to Bregulus as safely as he can while pondering how he managed to get himself in this position.
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True to form, as your walk is half the distance to the towers, with the evening sun beginning to lower, a battered forward scout returns to the column crying to come to arms, as there are shadow creatures in pursuit of the rest of the now fleeing vanguard.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/6/2022 4:37 PM
"Stay back and tend to your wounds," Frewayne tells the wounded man before he rushes forward on his raptor. "Everyone else on me! They've made their move so we will punish them!"
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(what we can do, if you dont want to take direct part in an actual combat,or one of the many combats, since this is your plan we can do a contested lead check to see how this opening phase of the battle goes, and then from there we can zero in on a scene to throw Frewayne into)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/6/2022 8:59 PM
(A contested Lead check works for me.)
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(Lead/Cha?)
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(Cha certainly works for it)
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/7/2022 11:16 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [2d6+2] Roll: [3, 1] Result: 6
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/7/2022 11:20 AM
Nekosmash Request: [2d6+1] Roll: [4, 3] Result: 8
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Initially the battle is contested, and your line begins to break against the onslaught of the shadow touched creatures. You find yourself commanding a mixed group of cavalry and what passes for spear infantry, around the first of the rams in your convoy. You have 30 warriors around you, 5 of them mounted. The enemy is 40m away and closing, having just forced a screen of raptor riders to withdraw and regroup, lest they be thrown from their mounts. Two of their number lie dead, being feasted on by the most diminished of the shadows .
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Frewayne Wardav 10/7/2022 12:04 PM
Looking toward the advancing monsters, Frewayne looked to the other five riders and shouted, "Charge for those monsters! We will veer off at the last moment and see if we can get some to split from that group!" He then compelled his raptor forward toward the shadows.
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(initiative)
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/8/2022 1:48 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d8] Roll: [5] Result: 5
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/8/2022 7:18 AM
Nekosmash Request: [1d8] Roll: [1] Result: 1
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(Your band is first )
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Frewayne Wardav 10/8/2022 2:04 PM
Frewayne leads his riders in a charge against the advancing enemies. He fires off a few rounds of laser fire into the crowd before dashing off into a different direction, hoping to split the group of monsters before they encountered his ground of fighters.
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/8/2022 2:04 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [6] Result: 11
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/8/2022 2:05 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d10] Roll: [5] Result: 5
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Frewayne Wardav 10/8/2022 2:05 PM
(Five damage if that hits.)
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(we have two choices here, we can try to fight towards their leader. or split their formation in half)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/8/2022 6:01 PM
(Split them in half would be preferable.)
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You strike one of the shadows and like a lance your formation moves to bisect the enemy in half. You find youself facing down a small swarm of Drudge shadows along with your companions while the cavalry organizes itself and wheels, preparing to charge.
7:21 PM
(back to you)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/9/2022 12:12 AM
Seeing the cavalry has regrouped and readying for another charge, Frewayne motions with his arm toward the swarm facing his group. "Forward into them! Keep them split and pinned so our cavalry can sweep them up!" he shouted while spurring his raptor to dive into the shadows.
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(you can make an attack and damage if you wish )
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/9/2022 11:17 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [16] Result: 21
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/9/2022 11:17 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d10] Roll: [1] Result: 1
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THe formation is divided as you move like a speartip down the center. The enemy is beginning to crumble as the riders begin to circle loosing arrows and quarrel shots into the backs of drudge shadows. you have not seen any Myrmidon or heavier war shadows yet. The enemy begins to falter, and through the woods you can see the psychic in charge of controlling this formation.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/9/2022 4:52 PM
Seeing the psychic, Frewayne will keep the momentum going and disengage from the group of drudges. "Riders on me! We will chase down that psychic controlling them! The rest break through this formation and keep them reeling!" He then guides his raptor toward the psychic, keeping an eye out for an ambush.
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(I've been assuming you're also still raptor mounted this whole time, so we'd be able to run them down within two turns)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/9/2022 10:06 PM
(Yes, still mounted.)
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Driving onwards you leave the footmen to try to fight it out with the Drudges. The psychic is wide eyed, seeing the approaching cavalry, seeming with nothing to protect them from being run down.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/10/2022 10:06 AM
As he and the riders close the gap between the psychic, Frewayne aims his laser rifle and fires off a burst of lasers at the psychic.
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/10/2022 10:06 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [13] Result: 18
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/10/2022 10:07 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d10] Roll: [3] Result: 3
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He is hit, and whatever he had been working on summoning fizzles out. Looking defiantly at you, he attempts to summon again as you spurn ever close, your mount hungering and rumbling at the thought of fresh flesh to consume.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/10/2022 3:52 PM
Frewayne fires off one more burst of laser fire before his raptor gets a chance to pounce and tear into the psychic.
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/10/2022 3:53 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [2] Result: 7
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Frewayne Wardav 10/10/2022 3:56 PM
He would then focus on his mental tether to his raptor to accelerate the dinosaur to take two attacks.
3:57 PM
(Using one effort for the day to use Reflexive Action.)
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(We're in range now, he can make them)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/11/2022 10:04 AM
(What's his attack bonus?)
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( +3)
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/11/2022 2:47 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [7] Result: 12
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/11/2022 2:48 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [19] Result: 24
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Frewayne Wardav 10/11/2022 2:48 PM
(In hindsight, I should've also asked for damage.)
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(d8 damage )
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/11/2022 4:33 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d8] Roll: [5] Result: 5
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/11/2022 4:33 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d8] Roll: [1] Result: 1
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The psychic is wounded, but is not down. It attempts to cast something, his hands glowing with the unnatural forces attempting to be summoned here.
8:39 AM
(that's his main action)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/12/2022 10:47 AM
Frewayne fired another burst of laser fire directly at the psychic while the raptor continued to try and tear the psychic to pieces.
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/12/2022 10:47 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [12] Result: 17
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/12/2022 10:48 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d10] Roll: [9] Result: 9
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/12/2022 10:48 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [19] Result: 24
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/12/2022 10:48 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d8] Roll: [4] Result: 4
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Between laser shot and claw, the psychic is torn to pieces and this sally out effort from the tower has failed. The host begins to dissolve as their anchor on metaspace is riven away.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/12/2022 1:49 PM
Seeing the shadows start to fade away, Frewayne reaches into his survival kit, obtaining a flare and firing it into the sky to signal their advance toward the castle.
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As evening begins to dawn you arrive on site, and it looks like the psychics are digging in for a long siege. Shadows have not yet come out to challenge you as the first of the circular siege lines around the tower are dug, just out of rifle or bow range.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/13/2022 9:43 AM
Seeing the preparations the shadows have done, Frewayne takes his binoculars to observe their setup in detail, trying to get an idea of their numbers and formation.
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(they're inside the tower just keeping to themselves for now, not enough to sally out to disrupt your siege line yet)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/13/2022 12:38 PM
(Is it possible to tell how many and what kind of shadows are waiting?)
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(they're all inside the tower, so not unless you can see through rock)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/13/2022 5:59 PM
After replacing the battery in his laser rifle, Frewayne turned toward the troops at his back and ordered aloud, "Ground fighters will push and escort the battering ram! Riders will rush ahead to skirmish and draw fire from the defenders until the ram can get into position! Daylight is burning so let's drive these monsters out before the sun sets!"
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(we can occupy their siege defenses too if we want. Its simple things like wooden manlets, ect, so just flipping them around will let you occupy that)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/14/2022 9:13 AM
(Yes that would work. Just trying to give them a moving target to shoot at rather than a much slower siege group.)
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(exert/con)
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/14/2022 2:03 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [2d6] Roll: [5, 1] Result: 6
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You provide an agile target for some ten minutes. There isi the occasional shot from an arrow slit here and there as war shadows inside try to bring your pack down. A few find their mark, wounded men or beasts, but the smash of a ram against tower side signals that you've done your work well, and are not going to be providing anymore significant distraction at this time.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/14/2022 4:29 PM
When he heard the ram beginning to smash away at the tower wall, Frewayne circled around with any riders that could keep going back to where the ram was being driven against the wall. "Put your backs into it!" He ordered to the troops. "Once we break through and get to the top of the tower, this nightmare will end!"
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(Lead/cha)
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/15/2022 4:53 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [2d6+2] Roll: [6, 1] Result: 9
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The ram team is beginning to come under fire from the arrow shuts and black tar is pouring from the bubbling slits in the rock higher up. The heat alone is enough to drive several from the ram where they’re shot dead by shadows in the windows
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Frewayne Wardav 10/16/2022 3:22 PM
"Shit..." Frewayne cursed under his breath. He looked up at slits where the tar is pouring out of and looks around at the rest of the group. "We need something get up there to block those slits up! That tar is going to be sticky and if we can block it up enough, the tar will do the rest for us!"
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The group begins looking around , before someone has the idea of using pine fronds from fallen trees in the wood to try to clog the slits
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Frewayne Wardav 10/17/2022 5:03 PM
(Just for reference, how high are the slits?)
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(about 10m or so from the ground, so low, but not so low we can casually stuff something in them. without a lot of effort)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/20/2022 5:41 AM
Seeing the height of the slits and the fact he'd have to go get pine fronds, Frewayne rejected that idea and reached into his survival kit. Procuring a 3 meter by 3 meter tarp, he presented it to his troops. "Here! Use this to cover yourselves and the ram! It should hold the tar off for a little bit at least!"
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It looks to work, at least in part. Tar continues pouring, but there are cracks beginning to spread from the ram's impact, and before long the first stones fall, making a breach two men can squeeze through at a time.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/20/2022 6:25 PM
Seeing the stone crumble, Frewayne charges with his raptor into the breach. Just before reaching the broken wall, he hopped off of the mount to let it charge in. "Send the mounts in first! We need a hard push to get in before they can make this a chokepoint!" (edited)
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(I think theyd have to dismount to get in, or send the mounts in first, but the hole is man sized, so too tall to get both in at once. Either way they're your best fighters, so the order matters but there isn't a babes to wolves kinda situation here)
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Frewayne Wardav 10/23/2022 11:20 PM
(Ah. Didn't account for height. Figured with the width as described, the riders could get in. Edited my last post.)
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You hear roars from inside and splashes of hot tar like gore as the raptors begin rampaging within the tower. You can hear the sounds of more powerful war shadows on the second floor.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/24/2022 7:23 PM
As the sounds of chaos start echoing within the tower, Frewayne motions with his arm to beckon the fighters to follow him as he ran into the tower. "Secure the first floor!"
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With the breach secured, warriors begin moving in and a running combat on the stairs has both sides locked in ferocious melee combat. You can see two of the raptors have been killed by small arms fire from the floor above, collapsed at the bottom of the staircase. Warriors need to cross over their bodies to pile onto the stairs and try to force the enemy shield wall up them. This ground floor was largely unadorned, and was primarily built for defense, but the raptors have quickly dispatched the shadows and made short work of the many barricades on this floor.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/27/2022 3:20 AM
Looking around, Frewayne points over at the barricades or whatever was left of them. "Try and move the barricades toward the stairs! We've got to make some cover so they can't just take free potshots at us from the top of the stairs!"
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(exert/con)
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/27/2022 10:19 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [2d6+1] Roll: [5, 2] Result: 8
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Pushing the barricades aside, and getting them into position it looks as though you've made some cover for yourselves down here. The wounded can be pulled into cover, and replacement warriors have a concealed position to wait as they fill the ranks in from behind to replace those who have fallen. Slowly, inexorably the packed melee combat breaks through to the second floor where the psychics have been doing their best to summon shadows to hold the position. The screams turn human now as the first of the psychics taste spear tip and axe crescent.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/27/2022 10:32 AM
"Don't let up!" Frewayne barks as they start to break through the shadows and begin to reach the psychics. "They can't summon or do anything while you're attacking them! Don't even give them a chance to breathe!" He will follow behind, firing bursts of laser fire at any shadows left still trying to resist.
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/27/2022 10:32 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [9] Result: 14
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/27/2022 10:33 AM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d10] Roll: [10] Result: 10
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You manage to cut down a drudge with a long spear aimed at one of the raptors before it manages to get a killing blow on the mighty beast. The raptor turns, and almost seems to acknowledge you for a moment before continuing to rampage through the floor, scattering books, knocking over work spaces, and breaking all manner of objects with inscrutable purposes.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/27/2022 4:49 PM
Frewayne watches as the raptor start to tear and thrash about, admiring the destruction for a second before turning back to find another target to barrage with laser fire to help more of his troops to find their way to the psychics.
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/27/2022 4:50 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d20+5] Roll: [15] Result: 20
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Dice Maiden BOT 10/27/2022 4:50 PM
Frewayne Wardav Request: [1d10] Roll: [8] Result: 8
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UPstairs you hear the sounds of more psychics being torn apart, and one by one, the shadows around you begin to vanish as their binders are killed.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/28/2022 5:07 PM
Frewayne rushes up to the next floor. "Make sure all the psychics are finished off and then keep advancing up the tower!" he ordered while looking for the next set of stairs heading up. "We need to keep this momentum going until we have this tower cleared out!"
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The fight is over within the next few moments, and your orders are carried out. Aside from the wet feasting of raptors, or the pained gurgles as downed psychics are finished with blade and spear tip, the tower has been emptied of evil.
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Frewayne Wardav 10/29/2022 4:04 PM
Frewayne looks around after the sounds of combat had mostly faded away. "Tend to the wounded and gather up our fallen. I am going to sweep the tower for any potential dangers that might linger. After that, we can depart for your homes, mourne over your dead and rest a bit easier knowing this nightmare is behind us."
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(6xp, 50,000 credits)
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Frewayne Wardav 11/1/2022 9:13 PM
(That puts me at level 5. Also, where do we go from here? If there's nothing left at the tower, Frewayne would probably want to get the settlements to establish a unified government and discuss getting them established with the UNW.)
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(We can move back into your thread, we haven't heard from Pax in a while so I 'm archiving this one. The tower is no longer a threat, so we can move on with your idea)
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Frewayne Wardav 11/1/2022 9:16 PM
(Will do.)
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