[Numenera] Bert says, "Log on."
[Numenera] The_Lady says (to jota), "Please check all the usual Bert things you always forget."
Catrina has arrived.
Molly sets their current fate point total to 3.
Aledonne arrives from the east.
[Numenera] Jota says, "I always do! Inasmuch as I remember which things those are. Which I usually don't."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Exactly! ... I think."
Grav has arrived.
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Are we just waiting for Kay?"
The_Lady has disconnected.
[Numenera] GM says, "And the Lady ;-)"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "And The_Lady?"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Timing."
The_Lady has connected.
[Numenera] josh_g says, "I think I'll just rename today"
[Numenera] josh_g says, "oh, right, I can't"
[Numenera] josh_g says, "one sec"
[Numenera] GM says, "We could rename Kay."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Did you forget your password again?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Either way."
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne looks at the Skills spreadsheet. "Wow. We're a dangerously honest crew."
[Numenera] josh_g says, "okay, what *was* Kay's password"
[Numenera] josh_g says, "which I guess is to say, could it ... thanks"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "ha ha"
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "You're welcome."
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "That's a pretty good team Aspect"
[Numenera] Kay says, "ok and the room shortcut is ..."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "dtt"
Kay has arrived.
[Numenera] Kay says, "there we go"
Molly says, "Oh, Kay."
Kay says (to Molly), "I see what you did there"
[Numenera] GM says, "So, while we're getting set up: things are a little slow with this many people, so there's a couple things I want to suggest: One: when you add a boost/aspect to the spreadsheet, if you have a plan for how you want to use it, mark it with a '*' or something. That way, you don't have to ask 'hey, does anyone mind if I use this aspect?' You know you can use it, or someone else has a plan for it."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Sure"
[Crows-Nest] Molly asks (of Kay), "Is your last name 'Boo'mah'?"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "I'm not the explosive one around here"
[Numenera] GM says, "Hmm, maybe that was the only thing I wanted to suggest ;-)"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "that's a good idea"
[Numenera] Kay says, "sounds good"
[Numenera] GM says, "But if anyone else has ideas, feel free to suggest them ;-)"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "if you expect to be typing a lot or thinking a lot, it's okay to send us a very quick note telling everyone that's what is happening"
[Numenera] Molly asks, "Where's the spreadsheet already?"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "but I think most people are already on board with that5r"
GM says, "So! You just finished fighting three Aorixes, two of whom were destroyed by a small black hole, and one of whom slunk off. The giant Arrik Frog is still here, much calmer than it used to be."
[Numenera] Molly says, "(I lost the link)"
[Numenera] GM says, "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h88N6VTO6dtQ2RVzk1tqx4NdA5PNyShAjpXcoVjhU8M/edit#gid=908588252"
[Numenera] Molly says, "thanks :)"
[Numenera] GM says (to Catrina), "Yes, also true."
Kay says, "That's a good froggy..."
[Numenera] Kay says, "glad it's still calm after the black hole incident"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "And most of us are pretty banged up"
The_Lady says, "THAT WENT WELL"
[Numenera] GM says, "Everyone re-set your fate points, and then I'll trigger the fate point adding that some of you set up through compels last time."
Molly sets their current fate point total to 3.
Kay says (to The_Lady), "What WAS that ... that THAT"
Aledonne is now covered in a mixture of frog mucus and a mixture of alchemical reagents pungent enough to make a frog the size of a house gag. But he's uninjured!
The_Lady sets her current fate point total to 3.
Catrina gives a fate point to Catrina.
The_Lady says, "SOMEONE TRIGGERED SOME SORT OF BOMB"
Aledonne sets his current fate point total to 3.
Grav sets their current fate point total to 3.
Aledonne says (to Lady), "It's alright, we're all right here."
Molly says (to Lady), "It wor wild, orlright"
Kay sets their current fate point total to 3.
Arric_Frog exclaims, "CROAK!"
Kay jumps
Catrina says, "So that's what that thing does."
Kay says, "Oh ... oh my"
The_Lady says, "THERE THERE FROGGY"
Molly says, "Lucky neya 'un wor 'urt."
[Crows-Nest] Catrina asks, "don't we have an animal whisperer guy?"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "we do"
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "also medic because healing yes please"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "Time to mollycuddle this thing"
Kay goes around tending to the wounded.
arric_spheres fly away, over the treetops.
Catrina is in the mud, wounded.
Molly asks, "Let uz 'andle 'a'. Now, frog, feelin betta, aren't yer?"
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says (to Catrina), "I did have a healing item, but I decided to give it to the *other* individual trying to kill the party instead."
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "oh that's okay then"
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says (to Molly), "Also, I think you have your accent up one notch too high."
[Numenera] GM says, "OK! So, the TN for healing is 2 for Mild consequences, 4 for Moderate, and 6 for Severe."
[Numenera] The_Lady asks, "Lore?"
[Numenera] Alex says (to The_Lady), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Lore is I embody the lore."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Lore Bio, I would suspect?"
[Numenera] Kay says, "ok, who needs heals, tell me what I'm healing"
[Numenera] GM says, "Kay can use Will."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "I have a mild consequence"
[Numenera] Kay says, "I guess, uh, myself first; I'm pretty sure I had a mild consequence although it seems to not have saved"
Aledonne says, "If anyone here is a doctor, I might be able to help with the process."
Molly already shrugged off her injuries.
[Numenera] Aledonne says (to GM), "I'd like to create a salve to assist Kay -- Create Advantage with alchemy."
Kay rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 0 | Legendary (8)
The_Lady asks, "I FEEL FINE BUT WHY IS EVERYTHING SO QUIET?"
Hunter goes home.
Hunter arrives at home.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Or, uh, maybe that might be unnecessary."
[Numenera] GM says, "Other people can, hmm, yeah, I think Lore:Bio is reasonable, for these injuries. Other injuries might take different skills to try to help."
Catrina says, "I'm feeling a bit too close to Death even for me. My bones are less rigid than I remember."
Kay sits cross-legged and mediates. Their wounds seem to melt away.
Hunter goes east.
[Numenera] Kay says (to Aledonne), "I'm assuming I'm rolling once for each of us, so keep that assist handy"
Hunter arrives at home.
[Numenera] GM says, "When Kay (or anyone) heals a consequence, it stays on your sheet, but can change its name to something indicating that it's healing. Then after X amount of time, you can remove it entirely."
[Numenera] Kay says (to GM), "oh, okay. that's cool"
[Numenera] Kay says, "pretty sure I just had a limp"
Molly says (to Kay), "That nivva fails ta impress me."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks (of GM), "Is that an appropriate use of Crafts (a healing salve Create Advantage), and if so, wht opposition?"
[Numenera] Kay asks, "what about physical stress?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Mild consequences go away after one scene, Moderate after a session, and Severe after an 'episode'."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Stress boxes go away after a scene IIRC"
[Numenera] GM says, "Phyisical stress goes away at the end of the scene."
[Numenera] Kay says, "oh okay"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "So it's gone!"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "So tell Kay what your consequence is, and he can try to heal it!"
[Numenera] Molly says, "*They* can try."
[Numenera] GM says, "Also, a Legendary result on an Overcome means I think you get a boost."
[Numenera] GM says, "(also, whoops, yes, sorry.)"
[Numenera] The_Lady says (to kay), "Mine is "AM I SHOUTING? I CAN'T TELL""
[Numenera] Kay says, "really? I had almost forgotten"
[Numenera] GM says, "(and the level it is)"
[Numenera] Kay says, "ok rolling for healing The Lady"
Kay rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: 0 -1 -1 -1 | Fair (2)
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Oof."
[Numenera] Kay asks, "meeting the target is success, right?"
[Numenera] Kay asks, "oh wait, was that moderate?"
[Numenera] GM says (to Aledonne), "Sure, let's say you have enough to do two Create Advantages on people's wounds, TN whatever level the wound is."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "No, mild."
[Numenera] Kay says, "ok. I won't boost yet because capslock is amusing anyway"
[Numenera] GM says, "An overcome tie is success at a 'minor cost'."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "A tie on the overcome is a success with a minor cost."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Timing."
[Numenera] Kay asks, "oh hmm. can I chain on the boost that I just earned from mega-healing myself, then?"
[Numenera] GM says, "So the minor cost is that she's still shouting ;-)"
[Numenera] Kay says, "ha ha, never mind, keep the shouting"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "OKAY"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Is there anyone else to heal, if so, I'll try the Create Advantage for them."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "me please"
Aledonne rolls Epic (7) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 -1 | Legendary+1 (9)
[Numenera] Catrina says, "thanks"
[Crows-Nest] Molly exclaims, "Don't use up all the +1's yet!"
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "once again we're getting the good rolls out of the way early"
[Numenera] Kay says, "wow"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I don't know what kind of consequence it was, but in any case, it's a success with style! That's an Aspect with two free invokes that Kay can use for their healing rolls."
[Numenera] Kay says, "now ... now do I even need to heal still? I mean I know that was a Create Advantage but wow"
[Numenera] Kay says, "ok here goes"
Kay rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 -1 -1 0 | Great (4)
Aledonne crafts a stick, slimy, green balm from several different ingredients and gives them to Kay in a small vial.
[Numenera] Kay asks (of Catrina), "what level was your consequence?"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "the worst one"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "not nearly high enough"
[Numenera] Catrina asks, "so, Superb 5, I guess?"
[Numenera] GM asks, "Severe?"
[Numenera] GM says, "That's a 6."
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Tag the balm!"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "A perfect time for the balm, then!"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "I will not object"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "Grease me up"
Kay concentrates on reforming Catrina's body. Much of it heals, but with furrowed brow, they reach for the small vial of green gooey balm.
Kay says, "I sense this is needed to cleanse the infections within"
[Crows-Nest] (from Molly) Rag'nBone man sings 'Don't you put the balm on me'
[Numenera] Kay says, "balm *tag*"
[Numenera] Kay says, "(what's the mechanic for this now?)"
Catrina says, "That feels... a little strange."
Kay asks, "Better strange?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Since Aledonne succeeded with style, that means you can tag it twice for a total of +4."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Each invoke can be used to either get a +2 or a reroll."
Catrina says, "Yes I think so."
[Numenera] Kay asks, "ok, so once for total of 6 to match, or twice to clear it completely?"
[Numenera] Kay says (to Catrina), "mostly asking you"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "ummm let's keep one in our back pocket"
[Numenera] Kay says, "ok"
[Numenera] GM asks, "Catrina also has another consequence; we could say that this means that both are now healing?"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "or that, sure"
[Numenera] Kay says, "sure"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "So, move 'Balm' to the "+1 Aspects" column, and you succeed with a minor cost!"
[Numenera] Grav says, "I need healing as well. I have a 4 consequence of battered."
[Numenera] Catrina exclaims, "okay I'll update my Aspect; thanks!"
[Numenera] Kay says, "ok rolling to heal"
Kay rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 0 +1 0 | Epic (7)
Kay walks over to Grav, reaches out a hand, and closes their eyes. Grav nervously stands still, then suddenly gets a severe case of the heebie-jeebies as their flesh sort of ... ripples all over their body, in concentric circles out from their chest.
Kay opens their eyes. Grav's bruises and breaks seem to be ... gone.
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "That's a success with style, so, Grav, you get a Boost!"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "minor cost: Catrina has taken on a distinctly greenish hue."
[Numenera] GM says (to Catrina), "I like it."
[Numenera] GM says, "I'll put that as a situational aspect."
[Numenera] GM asks, "And I think that's it?"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "So, in Numenera, is this the sort of situation where we'd be searching for cyphers dropped by our adversaries?"
[Numenera] GM says, "I still get a free tag of those aspects, if I can tag them before they go away."
[Numenera] GM says (to Aledonne), "Yeah."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "But you can't carry more than you can use IIRC"
[Numenera] GM says, "Right."
[Numenera] GM says, "But we used a bunch, so there's empty slots, as it were."
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "woo I might get another grenade (fingers crossed)"
Arric_Frog exclaims, "CROAK!"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks (of GM), "Do we all roll, or just one of us for the group?"
Arric_Frog eyes you all a little suspciously.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(And it's Crafts, right?)"
Molly tells the Arric Frog not to worry.
[Numenera] GM says, "Crafts is trying to create something out of bits and bobs; let's say Investigate 3 to find stuff."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "OK! My Investigate is 4. Is anyone else's higher?"
[Numenera] GM asks (of Molly), "Is your power a thing where you can actually talk to creatures, or just give them commands?"
[Numenera] Molly says (to GM), "The latter. Telling them to calm down is definitely a command, though."
[Numenera] Molly says, "*wink*"
[Numenera] Grav says, "I also have investigate at 4"
[Numenera] GM asks (of Molly), "That sounds sort of like a Rapport thing; is that reasonable, or do you use a different skill for your special ability?"
[Numenera] Molly says, "Rapport"
[Numenera] Aledonne says (to Grav), "OK! I'll assist you, then? If we search together, I can give you a +1 to your roll."
[Numenera] GM says, "OK! Rapport vs. 3/Overcome."
[Numenera] Molly says, "(it's a reskin of the Influence stunt from Venture City)"
Molly rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 0 | Good (3)
[Numenera] GM nods.
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Is there anyone else with Investigate who can also help?"
Arric_Frog calms down, and likes Molly so much that it licks her.
[Numenera] Grav says, "I will assist Aledonne in investigate"
Molly chuckles.
[Numenera] GM says (to Molly), "(Your minor consequence is 'slimed' ;-)"
[Numenera] Molly says, "heehe"
Molly's hair is now thick with slime. Ick.
Grav rolls fu ge -sided dice: 1 | 1 + 5 = 6
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "hunh"
Grav rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: -1 -1 +1 -1 | Good (3)
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Fu ge dice? That sounds very Japanese somehow"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha, the 'd' was interpreted as 'die'"
[Crows-Nest] Grav says, "so I said F U die ge"
GM exclaims (at Aledonne&Grav), "Bewtween the two of you, you manage to extract the remains of some arric spheres out of Aledonne's pockets and body. There's nothing you think you can craft from this mess, but you do find a thing!"
[Numenera] GM | 203*: Harassing Companion (level 5): Small egg that, if twisted open, springs open to become small flying automaton that harasses a target for one minute, increasing the difficulty of all actions by 2. May be commanded to switch targets.
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Neat. Who has cypher slots?"
[Numenera] Molly says, "I do"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(I have room for two.)"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "ah, a twitter egg"
[Crows-Nest] GM says (to Grav), "Ha"
[Numenera] Molly says, "It'll be very similar to the robot who got sucked into a black hole"
[Numenera] Molly says, "(which I lost)"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks (of Molly), "Are you completely out of cyphers now?"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "The cyphers giveth and the cyphers taketh away."
[Numenera] Molly says, "I still have one"
GM says, "So, you had been following the trail of paw prints and something being dragged."
[Numenera] Molly says, "The Countermeasure"
Arric_Frog shakes his head, and decides to hop away.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "If anyone is completely out of cyphers, I'd say give them first pick, and if not, I'm happy for Molly to have it."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "I'm full of cyphers"
Arric_Frog HOP CRASH. HOP CRASH.
The_Lady says, "We still need to find that bear"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Was it a bear? Sorry, I've been playing a lot of RPGs lately"
[Numenera] Molly says, "A terrain-altering bear."
[Numenera] Molly says, "Also known as a (browser) tab"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Before, we'd found some tracks."
[Numenera] Molly says, "(which you shouldn't have left -in the - open)"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "But I don't remember if those tracks led us to the frog, or if they were separate."
[Numenera] GM says, "Everything was sort of in the same area. But the tracks lead on."
The_Lady follows the tracks.
Aledonne follows The_Lady.
Catrina follows along.
[Numenera] Grav says, "follows."
Molly tags along. 'Ugh, slime in mah eyes.'
Kay follows, as well.
GM says, "As you follow the tracks, the terrain gets weirder and weirder. Here, there's a tree that's very similar to the other trees around it, but it's made entirely of glass. There, there's a bubbling pit of purple liquid that smells foul."
Catrina says, "It really brings out your pupils."
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "hey it's like that movie I didn't see"
The_Lady says, "I don't like this."
[Crows-Nest] Kay asks, "Annihilation?"
[Crows-Nest] Catrina exclaims, "yeah!"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "(I read the books, heard the movie is horrible)"
The_Lady asks, "Grav, Ale, any ideas?"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "the books are super surreal"
Aledonne asks, "Is this the sort of thing you'd expect from a bear like that?"
inky has arrived.
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "I liked the movie a lot."
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "oh, that's good to hear"
Aledonne pulls out the map and compares it to where they're headed.
GM says, "Finally, you reach a small entrance in the side of a rocky hill. On one side is a 6' high cyclone made of fire; on the other side is a similar one of ice."
The_Lady says, "That's probably not good."
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "uh oh it's a bi-polar bear"
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "Ha ha ha."
GM says, "The entrance is maybe 3' high, and looks like it at least use to be natural. Now it glows fainly yellow."
Catrina says, "It does have the seeming of a lair, though."
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "hee hee"
Aledonne says, "I expected something larger."
[Crows-Nest] Catrina asks, "any of our cyphers good for scout duty?"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "The lair ... of a bear."
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says (to Catrina), "I could attach your head to a squirrel."
GM says, "The tracks (and whatever was dragged) lead inside."
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "But I think it might be a one-way thing."
The_Lady says, "No way but in, unless you mages have a trick for this up your sleeves."
[Numenera] GM says, "Ahem: nanos."
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "my cypher is a shield against devices"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "Molly this is sort of your Trouble if you want it."
Aledonne Scans the interior of the cave.
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne | Scan: When using Investigation, can perceive information not visible to the naked eye (e.g., about the contents of containers) without needing to physically interact with anything.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(Except here.)"
Kay says, "I, uh, I don't know what this is about"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks (of GM), "What opposition should I use?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Hmm hrm."
[Numenera] Molly says (to Catrina), "Good point"
[Numenera] Grav says, "I will put a shield in the center of the cyclones to break their air flow"
[Numenera] GM asks (of Aledonne), "Are you imagining walking over the top of the hill and dropping your dust from there?"
Molly says, "Ah'll nip inside ahead of yer, and then come straight back with maw info"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I was imagining standing in front of the opening and blowing the dust inside."
[Numenera] GM asks (of Grav), "OK, the fire or the ice one?"
Molly says, "Yer can even tie a rope ter my leg, if yer like"
[Setting the zoned flag.]
Molly says, "Ter pull me out inna hurry if things gae wrong"
[Numenera] GM asks, "OK, a few people are doing a few things: Molly, are you offering a self-compel here? And Aledonne is standing right next to the entrance, and Grav is trying to disrupt the ice cyclone?"
[Numenera] Molly says, "Yup, self-compel"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "That sounds about right."
[Numenera] GM says, "OK, let's do Grav first."
Grav rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 +1 -1 0 | Good (3)
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "looks like my work here encouraging self-destructive urges is done"
ice_cyclone rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 +1 -1 -1 | Good (3)
[Numenera] GM says (to Grav), "Let's say that's a boost: it's fighting you, but you're managing to start to disrupt it."
[Numenera] GM says, "Oh, fp's"
GM updates everyone's fate points for the end of the scene.
[Numenera] GM says, "(did that work?)"
[Numenera] Grav says, "I go in"
[Numenera] GM says, "Molly and Kay now have 4. OK, good."
GM says, "So, Aledonne starts tossing his dust at the cave entrance, and as he watches it settle, Molly strides forward and ducks to enter the cave."
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "Literally. Right behind her, a whole flock of ducks enter the cave."
GM exclaims, "Just as she reaches it, Aledonne says, "No, wait!" But it's too late! Molly breaks through the thin earth at the entrance and falls into a pit!"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "That's one of my aspects :D"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "'Unwanted Menagerie'"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Everyone who's not Molly or Aledonne, roll Notice overcome vs. 5 to react this turn!"
The_Lady rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 -1 -1 -1 | Poor (-1)
[Numenera] GM says, "Aledonne can react immediately."
Catrina rolls Mediocre (0) + 4dF: 0 +1 0 -1 | Mediocre (0)
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Woo! Do I have any other information to react to, aside from Molly falling?"
Grav rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 -1 | Mediocre (0)
Catrina is lost in her own thoughts.
[Numenera] GM asks (of Aledonne), "The dust was just settling through the ground, and you saw there was a pit. You can investigate to know more about it as your action, if you like?"
Aledonne lunges forward to try to catch Molly as she falls!
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Nah, I have more important things to attend to."
[Numenera] GM asks, "That seems like Athletics?"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "OK! What opposition?"
[Numenera] GM says, "I think a 4. And actually, if Molly also wants to help (and has Athletics) she can add a +1 to your roll."
[Numenera] GM asks (of Molly), "What do you want to do?"
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "whoops I should have offered Kay a chance to do the Horrific Healing thing. Consider it a standing offer! In the very unlikely event that I might need further healing."
GM gives a fate point to Molly (queued up for the next scene).
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne asks, "Very unlikely, because you probably won't survive much more damage?"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "sorry, was distracted"
[Numenera] Molly says (to GM), "I have Athletics! I can assist"
Kay rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 +1 +1 0 | Superb (5)
Aledonne rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 0 0 +1 | Superb (5)
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "(my notice roll finally)"
[Numenera] GM exclaims (at Kay), "You can also do something as Molly falls through!"
Aledonne throws himself to the ground and grabs Molly's arms just before she slips away!
Kay grabs onto Aledonne to help!
[Numenera] GM asks (of Kay), "That sounds like a Create Advantage? Athletics vs. 2?"
[Crows-Nest] Kay asks, "could it be Physique?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Sure."
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "ILAC whatever"
Kay rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: +1 -1 +1 -1 | Fair (2)
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "That's a boost!"
[Numenera] GM says, "Which you can add to the sheet."
[Numenera] GM says, "Narration! :"
GM exclaims, "Aledonne holds Molly by the arms as she dangles in the pit! Kay, quick on their feet, dashes forward, and grabs Aledonne by the ankles!"
fire_cyclone moves forward, and drops into the pit, though you can still see its top. The pitch at the bottom of the pit catches fire and the pit itself erupts in flames!
[Numenera] GM says (to Molly), "Defend with something; Physique will clearly work:"
Aledonne exclaims, "Ack!"
fire_cyclone rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 0 0 -1 | Good (3)
Catrina says, "Wow."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Good thing grav destroyed the other one."
Molly rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 0 0 -1 | Good (3)
[Numenera] Molly says, "I'm tagging 'Animal Instincts'"
[Numenera] GM says, "That's a boost against you! But no damage yet."
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne asks, "If they both leapt into the pit, would she be attacked by both, or would they just cancel out and turn it into a nice swimming pool?"
[Numenera] Molly asks, "Oh, it's a boost?"
[Numenera] Molly says, "OK, not tagging anything :O"
[Numenera] GM says, "Yeah, it's a boost as it stand."
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "OK!"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "I guess 'stop, drop and roll' might not be good advice when you're in a burning pit trap full of tar"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "What we could use right now is a portal straight to the ocean"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Everyone roll initiative/Notice!"
fire_cyclone rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 +1 +1 -1 | Great (4)
Kay rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 -1 | Fair (2)
Grav rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: -1 -1 0 0 | Mediocre (0)
The_Lady clears the initiative.
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne asks (of The_Lady), "That sounds a bit overpowered, don't you think?"
ice_cyclone rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 0 +1 0 | Great (4)
Molly rolls Average (1) + 4dF: +1 -1 +1 0 | Fair (2)
Catrina rolls Mediocre (0) + 4dF: 0 +1 0 0 | Average (1)
The_Lady rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: -1 -1 -1 0 | Poor (-1)
Molly registers Molly at init 2.
Aledonne rolls Average (1) + 4dF: 0 +1 -1 +1 | Fair (2)
ice_cyclone registers ice_cyclone at init 4.
The_Lady registers The_Lady at init -1.
fire_cyclone registers fire_cyclone at init 4.
Aledonne registers Aledonne at init 2.
Kay registers Kay at init 2.
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "I guess 'ladies first!' doesn't apply here"
Catrina registers Catrina at init 1.
Catrina displays the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) Catrina(1) The_Lady(-1)
Grav registers Grav at init 0.
fire_cyclone burns!
fire_cyclone rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 0 +1 -1 | Great (4)
[Numenera] GM says (to Molly), "That's another straight attack."
[Numenera] GM says, "(it will probably add the boost)"
[Numenera] GM says, "In fact, it does."
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "6!"
Molly rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 +1 | Superb (5)
[Crows-Nest] Molly exclaims, "I am a Tough Jack and I've seen worse!"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "That's one point of physical stress, or you can spend something!"
Molly spends a fate point, leaving them with 3.
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "I'm feeling like I would like a map but maybe that's just me."
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "nice"
Molly is a tough Jack!
ice_cyclone tries to break out of Grav's force field!
ice_cyclone rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 0 | Epic (7)
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "what a jerk, ice cyclone"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "hogging all the +1's"
[Numenera] ice_cyclone exclaims (at Grav), "Roll your Lore to defend, if you want!"
Grav rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 0 -1 0 | Fair (2)
ice_cyclone manages to disrupt the force field, scattering the button drones!
[Numenera] ice_cyclone says, "(that removes your boost, and creates a new one against the field)"
GM advances the initiative: ICE_CYCLONE/FIRE_CYCLONE(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) Catrina(1) Grav(0) The_Lady(-1)
GM advances the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) MOLLY/ALEDONNE/KAY(2) Catrina(1) Grav(0) The_Lady(-1)
[Numenera] GM asks, "Molly?"
[Numenera] GM says, "(also, this is funny, because everyone on this round is in a human chain right now)"
[Numenera] Molly says, "hee"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Ha."
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "hee hee"
[Numenera] Molly asks, "How do I pull myself out?"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Athletics or physique!"
[Crows-Nest] Kay asks, "uh, should I just Physique and pull too?"
[Numenera] Molly exclaims, "Physique!"
[Numenera] GM says, "And yeah, if you two want to assist as your action, that's fine."
[Numenera] GM says, "Giving Molly a +1."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I'd like to assist, but I don't have Physique, so I guess I'll just be like a rope in between you."
[Numenera] Kay says, "ok, I'm assisting"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Overcome/4!"
[Numenera] Molly says, "yay Kay"
Molly rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: -1 0 -1 -1 | Fair (2)
[Numenera] Kay says, "(do I roll to give the +1 or is that just there now)"
[Numenera] Molly says, "wah wah"
[Numenera] GM says, "It's just there."
[Numenera] Kay says, "arg"
[Numenera] GM asks, "That's not enough! Succeed at a cost? Spend something? Or just fail for now?"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Doesn't Kay have a boost?"
[Numenera] Kay says, "oh, yes I do"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "From grabbing my ankles?"
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Let's spend it!"
[Numenera] Kay says, "spend it spend it"
[Numenera] Molly exclaims, "Spending it!"
[Numenera] Molly says, "Which makes that a tie"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Don't forget to add those to the list ;-) You spend it and tie!"
[Numenera] Kay says, "(cross it out now I guess?)"
[Numenera] GM says, "That'll be a minor cost of a point of physical stress, or you can spend more."
[Numenera] Molly says, "I'll take the stress."
[Numenera] GM says (to Kay), "Correct."
[Numenera] Kay says, "done"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "And Roleplay!"
[Numenera] GM says, "(making it out, but singed)"
Kay grits their teeth and pulls at Aledonne's ankles, digging their feet into the ground solidly.
[Numenera] Kay says, "I keep imagining Kay looking kind of like Ang, so imagine some kind of anime grunt of strength and power"
Molly uses her brawny arms, together with the help from Kay and Aledonne, to pull herself back out of the flaming pit, breathing heavily
[Numenera] GM says (to Aledonne), "If you can think of something extra you can do while being pulled by your ankles and pulling with your arms, you can do it, but most actions are not going to be possible this round ;-)"
[Numenera] Kay says, "new Aspect: Gumby Body"
[Numenera] GM says, "Hee"
Aledonne, while Molly (and himself) are being pulled up, considers the nanites he just dispersed into the cave. What do they tell him?
[Numenera] Molly says, "that's no Aspect, it's a Stunt"
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "I'd like to Investigate to finish my Scan!"
[Numenera] GM says (to Aledonne), "Investigate/Overcome/5! (It would be 3, but you're a bit distracted)"
Aledonne rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 0 0 0 | Good (3)
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "rp and init advance!"
[Numenera] GM says, "(or spend)"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I don't see anything useful, unless we want to use Mud Everywhere -- since I already know a little bit about the terrain, that might help me interpret it bettter."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks (of Others), "Should I use that or save it?"
[Numenera] Kay says, "use it"
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "OK, I tag Mud Everywhere!"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "muda muda muda"
[Numenera] GM says, "OK, narration:"
[Numenera] Catrina asks, "that's just a regular old Aspect with no free tags, I think?"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "It had one free tag for us, and one for the GM."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(I think he used his already.)"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "oh okay"
GM says, "As Aldonne is pulled away, the mud gets in his face, blocking his vision--well, his *normal* vision. In the darkness, he realized he can still see his settling nanites, which show him the pitch pit in front of the entrance, and two mecanical devices embedded in the sides of the pit. They seem sort of biomechanical, and each have a spinning piston in their centers."
[Numenera] GM says (to Aledonne), "And your minor cost is a situational aspect 'mud in your eyes'."
Aledonne sputters what he can about what he sees, through a mouthful of mud, more or less getting his point across.
Aledonne advances the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) CATRINA(1) Grav(0) The_Lady(-1)
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "OK!"
[Numenera] Kay says, "what in the world is up with those devices"
[Numenera] Kay says, "I can't tell if that's likely related to the cyclones or not"
[Numenera] Kay exclaims, "intriguing!"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "well they're both spinny"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "I pretty much think they are"
Catrina steps back from the cave and throws a whole lot of knives at the ice pillar.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I suspect likely, yeah."
Catrina rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: 0 +1 0 -1 | Superb (5)
ice_cyclone rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 0 0 +1 | Superb (5)
[Numenera] Kay says, "I knew that ice cyclone was a jerk"
[Numenera] GM asks, "That's a boost! Unless you want to spend something?"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(AFK a sec.)"
[Numenera] GM says, "rp, and 'init advance'."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "No that's enough out of me."
[Numenera] GM says, "(and add your boost to the list)"
Catrina distracts the ice cyclone with all the flying knives.
Catrina advances the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) Catrina(1) GRAV(0) The_Lady(-1)
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Grav!"
Grav puts a shield around the fire to snuff the flames out
[Numenera] GM asks, "Are you covering the pit, then?"
[Numenera] Grav says, "the cyclone"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "OK! Roll, and it'll actively defend!"
Grav rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 +1 0 -1 | Great (4)
fire_cyclone rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 0 +1 +1 | Great (4)
[Numenera] fire_cyclone tags your scattered drones to get a +6.
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Nothing like a fire cyclone to help a father-son relationship flourish."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(Back.)"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Hee hee"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "There is a little bit of extra discussion happening in the room, I will admit."
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "I had a suspicion of that."
Grav feels great, and as such can easily control his drones
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "(tagging his healing boost from earlier)"
[Numenera] Grav says, "tag healing"
[Numenera] GM asks, "OK! That's a tie, so a new boost! What would you like to call it?"
[Numenera] Grav says, "it has been snuffed for now"
[Numenera] GM says, "OK, I'll go with 'partially snuffed'"
Grav advances the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) Catrina(1) Grav(0) THE_LADY(-1)
The_Lady does a cool slide to the edge of the pool and fires her crossbow at one of the biomechanical spinning things.
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "heyyy lady with the glaivens"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Because I think they probably don't take mental damage"
[Numenera] GM says, "(I can make a map if people want? But in general, the three zones are 'in the pit' 'in the cave' and 'in the forest'.)"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "that sounds good"
[Numenera] The_Lady asks (of gm), "So, straight attack with shoot, I assume?"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I wouldn't mind a map, since I'm not exactly sure where 'in the cave' is relative to the other two."
[Numenera] GM says (to Lady), "Right or left? (fire was left, ice was right)"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Hm...ice, since Grav is handling fire."
[Numenera] Kay asks, "I think the cave is on the other side of the pit?"
[Numenera] Kay says, "I thought the pit was just outside the cave entrance"
The_Lady rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 -1 -1 +1 | Superb (5)
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "That seems plausible, but I wasn't sure."
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "maps, our old nemesis"
[Numenera] GM says, "https://www.webwhiteboard.com/board/jmrjrt34"
ice_cyclone rolls Average (1) + 4dF: +1 +1 -1 -1 | Average (1)
[Numenera] GM asks, "Do you want 4 damage, or three damage and a boost?"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Bost! (Easy to hit, because it's hanging half off the wall now or something)"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "Bost is how you say boost with a german accent"
[Crows-Nest] Kay exclaims, "Achtung!"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady exclaims, "Mein Leben!"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "hee hee"
[Numenera] GM says, "OK! Add it to the list! Also, it takes a mild consequence, which you can also name."
[Numenera] The_Lady asks, "Err... More smoke than fire?"
[Numenera] GM says, "I mean, it was the ice one."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "ha ha"
[Crows-Nest] Molly exclaims, "End the cyclone of violence!"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "It's a vicious cyclone."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Feel free to chime in, can't come up with something"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Defrosting?"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Defrosting"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "(Adding it to the list)"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Sounds good! rp and init advance when you're done!"
The_Lady slides over the ground to the edge of the pit and stop just inches from it. She aims her crossbow down carefully and manages to hit the ice cyclone machine squarely, detaches from the wall, but, still attached by some wires, it keeps spinning.
[Numenera] Kay asks, "how far down from the edge of the pit are the devices?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Maybe 4'."
[Numenera] Kay says, "hmm okay"
[Numenera] GM says (to Lady), "(done?)"
The_Lady advances the initiative: END OF ROUND
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Yes."
GM advances the initiative: ICE_CYCLONE/FIRE_CYCLONE(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) Catrina(1) Grav(0) The_Lady(-1)
ice_cyclone wobbles forward, swooping at Aledonne, who's still lying on the ground!
ice_cyclone rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 +1 | Legendary (8)
[Numenera] ice_cyclone says, "(wow)"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady exclaims, "He's Donne for!"
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "yep, all done"
[Crows-Nest] (from Molly) Susan says, 'Hey! That's my line.'
Aledonne rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 0 | Average (1)
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "There's a boost from it being distracted?"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "I think you can tag its Distracted to force a reroll? Not sure though."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Mind if I use that?"
[Numenera] GM says, "And a consequence from it defosting."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "definitelyuse it somehow"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "I believe we're about to see a rare sight, ladies and gents: a FATE PC taken out."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Can I really force a reroll?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Any aspect without a '*' is free to tag ;-)"
[Numenera] GM says, "You can't make *it* reroll, no."
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "Yeah, I intentionally did not add a *"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "awww oh well"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "OK, I'll tag both of those to get up to +5."
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "For three stress, which I'll take as a minor consequence and a stress box!"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "yay not dead"
Aledonne can barely even see the ice cyclone coming toward him because of the mud in his eyes, but fortunately, the cyclone itself isn't in much better shape than him: it's wobbling and losing its bite, so the frigid cold that washes over him isn't so debilitating one might have feared.
ice_cyclone seems doggedly determined to freeze Aledonne, so despite wandering over the terrain drunkenly, it swoops over him, leaving a trail of ice over his back! It's not quite as cold as it would have been, though.
fire_cyclone is still in the pit, and starts to spin faster, trying to spray globs of burning pitch at you all!
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "For my consequence, maybe 'I Can't Feel My Ears'?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Sure."
[Numenera] GM says, "Let's say TN 4:"
[Numenera] Molly asks, "Not the obvious 'Brain freeze'?"
fire_cyclone rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 -1 -1 0 | Fair (2)
GM spends a fate point, leaving him with 5.
[Numenera] Molly says, "Or, as he'd no doubt like to call it, 'Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia'"
[Numenera] GM asks, "Want to spend anything against it, or actively defend?"
[Numenera] GM says, "(passive TN was 4)"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "This is an area attack?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Yeah."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "I wonder if a fire cyclone can be rooted in place."
[Numenera] GM says, "It is mostly in place."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Against 2, active defense seems reasonable."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Yeah, I'll defend with Atlethics"
[Numenera] Kay says, "I'll defend with Physique"
Aledonne rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 0 +1 +1 | Great (4)
Kay rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 +1 | Good (3)
Catrina rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 +1 -1 -1 | Great (4)
[Numenera] GM asks, "I guess if you roll more than a 4, you defend better than the passive thing?"
The_Lady rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 0 +1 +1 | Fantastic (6)
Molly rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 +1 | Great (4)
[Numenera] Kay asks, "wait, does it hit the ice cyclone too?"
Grav uses a shield to block the attack
[Numenera] GM says, "Ha, probably so."
[Numenera] Kay says, "yessssss"
[Numenera] GM asks (of Grav), "Are you spending your boost?"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "(I get a boost, right?)"
[Numenera] GM says, "OK, actually, here: Grav can actively defend with Lore: Tech, and if he succeeds vs. 5, the damage everyone takes goes down by one."
[Numenera] GM says, "Also:"
GM spends a fate point, leaving him with 4.
Grav rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 0 -1 0 | Good (3)
[Numenera] GM says, "Putting the attack at a 4. So, before Grav's defense, everyone is taking 2 stress except Lady, who is getting a boost against her from the tie."
[Numenera] Grav says, "tagging snuffed"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady exclaims, "We should all be in lps' living room to talk him into things!"
[Crows-Nest] Catrina asks, "you're not?"
[Numenera] The_Lady says (to gm), "No sure I follow your math there."
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "So, that's a success! Everyone takes one point of physical stress except the Lady, who takes nothing!"
[Numenera] The_Lady asks, "If it goes to +4, and I'm at +6..?"
Grav rolls Average (1) + 4dF: +1 +1 -1 -1 | Average (1)
[Numenera] GM says, "I spend another fp to bring it to 6."
The_Lady Oh.
GM advances the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) MOLLY/ALEDONNE/KAY(2) Catrina(1) Grav(0) The_Lady(-1)
[Numenera] GM says, "Oops, narration first:"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "If Molly/Kay are going to attack it, I'd like to create an advantage that might help."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(In case they might want me to go first.)"
fire_cyclone throws out globs of burning pitch, covering the field, and singeing almost everyone. However, Grav's shields manage to block many of the globs, which run down the force field and land harmlessly on the forest floor, where the mud snuffs them out.
[Numenera] GM says, "OK, Molly/whoever."
[Numenera] GM exclaims (at Aledonne), "Go for it!"
[Numenera] GM says, "(he says, catching up)"
[Numenera] Kay says, "advantage sounds good, I'm going to try and spear-jab one of the devices"
Aledonne analyzes the scan he did earlier, trying to determine the weaknesses of these devices.
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "I'd like to Create Advantage with Lore:Tech!"
[Numenera] Kay says, "woot"
[Numenera] GM says, "Sure: Investigate/3"
[Numenera] GM says, "Oh,"
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Oh, even better!"
Aledonne rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 0 | Good (3)
[Numenera] GM says, "Sure! Still TN 3."
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "I wonder if these things have an off-switch"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Boost?"
[Numenera] Alex says (to Aledonne), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that boost is http://www.boost.org/, an extensive collection of free high-powered C++ source libraries."
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Yup!"
[Numenera] GM asks, "You want to make up something?"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "probably in the cave, behind the bipolar bears"
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "The glowing lights that look like status indicators are actually sensors! If we take them out, the devices won't be able detect their surroundings!"
Aledonne exclaims, "The glowing lights that look like status indicators are actually sensors! If we take them out, the devices won't be able detect their surroundings!"
[Numenera] Kay exclaims, "jab 'em in the eyes, got it!"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Molly/Kay!"
[Numenera] Aledonne adds Glowing Sensors to the sheet.
Kay exclaims, "Jab 'em in the eyes, got it!"
[Numenera] Molly says, "Wait."
[Numenera] Molly says, "This is technology."
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "It is!"
[Numenera] Molly says, "Ah, never mind. I should have activated my countermeasure at the very beginning, it takes 2 rounds to activate"
[Numenera] Molly exclaims, "D'oh!"
Kay strides over to the edge of the pit, spear in hand, and attempts to jab the closest device in whatever looks glowy.
[Numenera] Kay says, "(roll Fight I guess?)"
[Numenera] GM says (to Kay), "OK, the flames make it hard to get a good angle; you can either get a TN of 3 but also take 2 points fire damage, or a TN of 5 and avoid the flames."
[Numenera] Kay says, "gonna take the fire damage"
Kay rolls Average (1) + 4dF: -1 +1 -1 +1 | Average (1)
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Aw."
[Numenera] Kay asks, "uh that's without the advantage, so now I ... add? or can reroll?"
[Numenera] GM says, "If you tag Glowing Sensors, you get to either re-roll or get a 3, which would tie, and give you another boost."
[Numenera] GM says, "You can also tag your vision, if you can work that in somehow."
[Numenera] Kay asks, "ok what if I spend a FP and tag my Hedge Magic aspect?"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Another fine option!"
[Numenera] GM says, "(or any combination of the above)"
[Numenera] Kay asks, "FP spending adds what?"
[Numenera] Kay says, "(reroll seems too iffy, I just want to add bonuses)"
[Numenera] GM says, "Add a 2 or get a reroll."
[Numenera] GM says, "(same as tagging an aspect)"
[Numenera] GM says, "(And, actually, is literally also tagging an aspect, that didn't have a free tag on it)"
[Numenera] Kay says, "okay I want to use both Glowing Sensors and my FP, to get to a 5 (I think that makes sense)"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Yup!"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "It takes damage! But not a consequence! RP!"
Kay uses a small twist of hedgy nanomagic to give their spear that extra OOOomph! as it jabs into a nice prominent glowy bit on the device!
Kay then kind of carefully stumbles a few feet back from the edge of the, yikes, pit full of fire.
Kay says, "ow"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "And you take your 2 points of fire damage. (Just stress, or a consequence?) And now it's Molly's turn!"
[Numenera] Kay says, "stress I guess"
[Numenera] GM says, "Got it."
[Numenera] Kay says, "(afk for 10 min or so now)"
[Numenera] GM says, "Sure."
[Numenera] Molly says, "My turn, woo"
[Numenera] Molly says, "Am I reckless enough to punch a fire cyclone? Nah"
[Numenera] GM says, "You could jump into the pit to punch the fire device."
[Numenera] Molly says, "That... would be something."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Molly, we *just* barely got you *out* of that pit..."
[Numenera] GM says, "Hee"
[Numenera] Molly says, "Sadly, it's pretty much my best option, since the countermeasure will take two rounds to activate."
[Numenera] Molly says, "Leaping across the pit is even less likely to work."
[Numenera] Molly says, "Given my lack of agility."
[Numenera] GM asks, "You could protect people/Create Advantage?"
[Numenera] Molly exclaims, "Oh!"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Forcing the ice cyclone into the fire pit?"
[Numenera] Molly says, "I am a terrible player."
[Numenera] Molly says, "You're right, I can come up with a good Create Advantage"
[Numenera] Molly asks, "Hmm, can I lure the ice cyclone into the pit with a flock of birds or something?"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "*John Woo scene with doves flying through flames from MI:2*"
[Numenera] GM asks, "Let's say that if you succeed with style, you can use that for Forced Movement?"
[Numenera] Molly exclaims, "OK!"
[Numenera] Molly says, "This is going to be Rapport."
[Numenera] GM says, "And if you succeed normally, it's Distracted again, or the lik.e"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "TN 2!"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "let me sing you a song of our people: Ice Ice Baby"
Molly rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 +1 +1 0 | Great (4)
[Numenera] Molly asks, "Is that with style?"
[Numenera] GM asks, "That's a normal success: fp for the 'with style'?"
[Numenera] GM says, "(or tag something)"
[Numenera] GM says, "Need a 5 for style."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Is the 'Easier to Hit' boost applicable here?"
[Numenera] Molly says, "I'll spend an fp on Unwanted Menagerie"
[Numenera] GM asks (of Aledonne), "I think so--was that for the ice one?"
[Numenera] Molly says, "There were already birds following me"
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims (at GM), "I have no idea!"
[Numenera] GM says, "Oh, wait, the easier to hit was for the device itself."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Oh, OK."
Molly spends a fate point, leaving them with 2.
[Numenera] Molly says, "I invoked 'Unwanted Menagerie' because there are indeed a lot of birds right here waiting to assist me, like lovelorn fans"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "Yes it was"
[Numenera] Molly says, "(Also sorry Jacob)"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Sounds good! RP, and then I'll RP the movement!"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "he he"
Molly brushes away a sparrow as she ponders, ''ow to get that darn thing into thar pit?'. Then she realizes that all around there was a flock of birds of all sorts just staring at her with puppy eyes, so she calls out 'Oi! Git ere and 'elp mah out!'
[Crows-Nest] Molly exclaims, "You can tell they're weird birds because of the eyes. Dog eyes!"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Also, GM, remember the forced movement ;)"
ice_cyclone, distracted by the birds, zooms over and falls into the pit! Clouds of steam burst from the pit, and for a while you can't see flames or ice. A whirring 'snrk' sound emerges from the pit, and through the billowing, you catch sight of the top of the flame cyclone, but don't see any ice.
GM advances the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) CATRINA(1) Grav(0) The_Lady(-1)
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "'snrk'? Now that's ominous."
[Crows-Nest] Alex says (to Molly), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that snrk is unknowable."
Catrina changes target to fire cyclone, still throws lots of knives.
Catrina rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 -1 -1 -1 | Good (3)
[Numenera] Catrina says, "hmm think I'll just tag Glaive for a reroll on that."
[Numenera] GM asks, "OK, this if Fight? Or Shoot?"
Catrina is however a well-trained Glaive and so rarely misses her target.
[Numenera] Catrina says, "Fight; I have a stunt that lets me use Fight to throw knives."
[Numenera] GM asks, "And you're targetting the cyclone itself, or its device?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Oh! OK."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "the actual fire cyclone; I'm outside of the cave."
Catrina rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: -1 -1 +1 -1 | Good (3)
[Numenera] GM asks (of Catrina), "Does the stunt work for the same zone or adjacent zones?"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "it's to attack an adjacent zone, yeah."
Catrina suffers from the mud on her hands and in her eyes and is not quite as effective as usual.
Catrina spends a fate point, leaving him with 2.
fire_cyclone rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 -1 | Superb (5)
[Numenera] GM asks, "Normal miss? Or spend something?"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "nah I'll let that stand now."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "can't hit all the time."
GM advances the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) Catrina(1) GRAV(0) The_Lady(-1)
Grav tries to trap them in the pit with serval layers of shields
[Numenera] GM says (to Grav), "OK! Create Advantage/3"
Grav rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 -1 0 -1 | Mediocre (0)
[Numenera] Grav says, "fate point"
Grav rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 +1 +1 0 | Great (4)
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Which aspect are you tagging with it?"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(Also, yay. Nice reroll.)"
[Numenera] Grav says, "button drone expert"
[Numenera] GM says, "OK! That's a success; rp and add the aspect to the list."
[Numenera] The_Lady asks (of gm), "So the ice cyclone is no longer visible?"
[Numenera] GM says (to Lady), "Correct."
Grav throws out serval drones creating a layered force field over the pit, trapping the cyclone.
Grav advances the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) Catrina(1) Grav(0) THE_LADY(-1)
[Numenera] The_Lady asks, "Can I still aim past the shields at the device controlling the fire cyclone?"
[Numenera] Grav says, "yes, you can still shoot it. I made gaps."
[Numenera] GM says, "(it's an advantage, after all)"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Shooting at it, plain and simple"
The_Lady rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: -1 +1 -1 0 | Great (4)
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "If anything, it should be easier, since the flames themselves won't be in your way."
[Numenera] GM asks, "That was the fire device?"
[Numenera] The_Lady exclaims, "Yeah!"
fire_cyclone rolls Average (1) + 4dF: 0 -1 +1 -1 | Mediocre (0)
[Numenera] The_Lady asks, "Can I still use my boost for the ice device?"
[Numenera] GM asks, "Can you think of a way to justify it?"
[Numenera] GM says, "(I mean, you could tag Grav's shields?)"
[Numenera] The_Lady asks, "I can easily trick shot a bolt off it to hit the fire device?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Ha ha ha sure, why not."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "So that's a +6"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "You destroy the device! And the cyclone sputters out in response!"
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "rp!"
[Numenera] The_Lady exclaims, "Yes!"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "And is the pit now empty of enemies?"
[Numenera] GM says (to Aledonne), "It is."
The_Lady squints against the fire and smoke coming out of the pit. She can't get a good angle on the fire device, but then she notices a panel on the ice device at juuust the right angle, and fires a bolt at it. It bounces of (*plink*) and hits the fire device right in the sensor. The Lady blinks. "DIDNT THINK THAT WOULD WORK"
Catrina says, "One never knows."
GM advances the initiative: END OF ROUND
GM advances the initiative: ICE_CYCLONE/FIRE_CYCLONE(4) Molly/Aledonne/Kay(2) Catrina(1) Grav(0) The_Lady(-1)
ice_cyclone slowly starts to re-form in its initial position next to the cave entrance. It's... not looking nearly as imposing as it did when you first saw it.
GM advances the initiative: ice_cyclone/fire_cyclone(4) MOLLY/ALEDONNE/KAY(2) Catrina(1) Grav(0) The_Lady(-1)
[Numenera] GM says, "(A single shot should take this out, particularly if you tag the shields)"
[Numenera] Aledonne will leave this to Molly and Kay.
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady asks, "I think | Ice Cyclone: Distracted by Birds is in the wrong place? It's at one invoke against us?"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Whoops, you are correct."
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "Just here to help."
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "(also, Kay may still be afk, so, Molly!"
[Numenera] GM says, ")"
[Numenera] Molly asks, "Is the MacThingy we need to destroy within hand's reach? Could one (at the expense of cold damage) try to rip it out?"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "If the cyclone is out here, and the machine is in the pit, would you even be at risk?"
[Numenera] GM says, "You can stand on the shields and probably reach it. It's in the pit."
[Numenera] Molly exclaims, "True!"
[Numenera] GM says, "(and the fire is out in the pit, but it's full of steam)"
[Numenera] Molly says, "I'll do that! Steam be damned."
Molly exclaims, "Off inta thar pit Ah go!"
[Numenera] Kay says, "back and whew recap"
[Numenera] Kay says, "came back to a frozen computer"
[Numenera] Kay says, "I knew that ice cyclone was a jerk"
Molly clambers down and attempts to rip out machinery!
Molly rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 +1 | Great (4)
ice_cyclone rolls Average (1) + 4dF: 0 0 0 -1 | Mediocre (0)
[Numenera] Kay exclaims, "woo!"
[Numenera] The_Lady exclaims, "Rip and tear!"
[Crows-Nest] Molly exclaims, "With my bear -- uh, bare hands!"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "(Hey, I have the right to bear arms, you know.)"
Grav will lower molly down with a shield like magneto on a metal plate
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "You destroy the device! RP!"
[Numenera] Kay says, "(btw I will likely have to leave early, sorry. still here for now though)"
Molly grunts, 'Graaaaahhh!' and rips out wire after wire, component after component, her tough fingers insensitive to pain!
Molly says, "SERVER YER RIGHT YA BUGGER"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "(end of rp)"
GM says, "And with that, the ice cyclone sputters out once more, leaving only the chirping of birds in its wake."
GM clears the initiative.
Aledonne wipes the mud from his eyes. "Good work, everyone!"
Aledonne looks down into the pit.
The_Lady slowly gets to her feet and reload her crossbow. "Everyone okay?"
Molly waves at Aledonne. 'I done it. Blasted cyclone's deid.'
Aledonne says, "Mostly." He rubs his ears. "But slightly frostbit, I fear."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Could I cobble together any cyphers from the wreckage of the devices?"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "Server -> sever"
[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Serves, actually"
Kay asks, "Whew! Anyone injured?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Yes! TN 4."
The_Lady rubs some warmth into Ale's ears.
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "That one is for the shippers."
Aledonne says, "My ears, I think, have suffered a bit from the cold."
[Numenera] Grav says, "I'm good"
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "Ha."
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "hee hee"
[Numenera] Aledonne says (to Kay), "And by that, I mean I have a mild consequence 'I Can't Feel My Ears'."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I'm not sure if The Lady's tender affections are quite enough to help recover that, though."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "probably from someone yelling all the time"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Ha."
[Numenera] GM says, "At this point, anyone's stress boxes clear again, and any mild consequence that was healing from before is now healed."
[Numenera] GM says, "(and you can take it off both your sheet and the list)"
Molly clambers out. 'Yer all reight. Yer gonna be fine, lads and lasses.'
Catrina is no longer filled with regret.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Also, this is my Crafts roll for cypher-building:"
Aledonne rolls Epic (7) + 4dF: -1 +1 +1 0 | Legendary (8)
Kay says, "Here, let me ... um well when The Lady is done, I can see if I can help."
[Numenera] GM says (to Ale), "Correct."
Kay rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: -1 0 0 -1 | Good (3)
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "I'd roll lore:bio, but it is only at +1"
[Numenera] Molly says (to Aledonne), "The making of a legend."
[Numenera] GM says (to Aledonne), "That's a success with style! Here's your item:"
[Numenera] GM | 260: Lightning Wall Projector (level 5): Hodge-podge collection of tubes, wires, and synth that creates a 30x30' wall of electric bolts that inflicts 4 points of stress to anything that passes through it (per round, if they remain). Lasts 10 minutes.
The_Lady says, "Why is my throat so sore? Weird."
[Numenera] Kay says, "haha"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Woo. Should I add it to my sheet, or is there anyone here else who's hoping to get it?"
[Numenera] Kay says, "go for it, I still haven't used mine"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "My cypher slots are still full, yeah."
[Numenera] Molly says, "likewise"
[Numenera] The_Lady asks (of Aledonne), "Shall I try Lore for you consequence?"
Aledonne says (to Kay, Lady), "Thank you. Between the two of you, I'm definitely feeling better."
[Numenera] Kay says, "I guess I could've used it on this fight, but by the time I realized these were tech, it seemed too late for a shield"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "oh, sorry, missed Kay in recap."
[Numenera] Aledonne says (to Lady), "I think Kay already rolled it."
[Numenera] Molly says (to Kay), "same here"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Mine seem to be aimed at mortal enemies."
Aledonne asks, "By the way, while I'm tinkering, does anyone have any gadgets they'd like to recycle?"
[Numenera] Kay asks, "would that allow for a cypher swap?"
Aledonne says, "If you have a cypher that you think might not be as useful as it could be, I can try to combine it with another to build something new from it."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "I'm have this cypher that I don't think I'll ever have a chance to use, if that's what you mean."
[Numenera] Kay says, "although mine could well be useful as-is"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "That's exactly what I mean."
[Numenera] The_Lady | Antipathy Field Emitter: tattoo that, when activated, emits an invisible energy
[Numenera] The_Lady | field for an hour that makes everyone in the same zone experience nausea and physical discomfort. All task difficulties increase by 2. Tattoo fades after use. LVL1
Aledonne gestures to the pile of spare parts in front of him, inviting anyone to add their extras to it.
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "I don't see myself alone in a zone with multiple enemies"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "afk/away. family is heading out, I'll see if I can connect by phone here and there"
[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "Farewell! And thanks!"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "We're done in an hour."
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "if I'm gone and you need Kay, just invent what they'd do and run with it, I say"
[Crows-Nest] Molly exclaims (at Kay), "OK, thanks! Stay safe!"
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "cheers mate"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady exclaims, "It's okay you're betraying us!"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says (to The_Lady), "hee hee / aww"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady exclaims, "I jest, have fun!"
Kay idles.
[Numenera] Aledonne asks (of GM), "If I want to try to re-cypher the antipathy emitter, do I decide what I'm trying to make, or do I just roll and see what I get?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Anything else before venturing into the cave? Or you could abandon it, I guess ;-)"
[Numenera] GM says (to Aledonne), "That's a very good question."
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "I like the random reroll option."
[Numenera] GM says, "If you can think of something interesting, you can go for that. The TN would depend on how closely the effect you're after matches the effects the originals have."
[Numenera] GM says, "Or you can go for a low TN 'take whatever the GM rolls on the table'."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I was imagining applying the tattoo to an arrow (or whatever), so that whatever is hit by it takes the effect, but not everything else in the room."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "But if The Lady likes the random reroll, I am happy to go with that."
[Numenera] GM asks, "OK, let's say that you start messing with that to figure out what you can do, and we figure out the specifics between sessions?"
[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Sure!"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "Works for me."
Cave_entrance looms.
Aledonne gives The Lady her recombinant cypher. "Alright. Let's go inside?"
[Numenera] The_Lady asks, "So I now have the arrow?"
[Numenera] GM says, "I think it'll take some time, so next session."
[Numenera] The_Lady exclaims, "Ok!"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "You have the <figure out the specifics between sessions>."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "ha ha"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "woo, mosh connection on phone makes this viable, yay"
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne exclaims, "Woo!"
[Crows-Nest] Molly exclaims, "Whee!"
[Crows-Nest] Kay says, "other than when i'm driving, so still afk ish"
Aledonne will let someone sturdier lead the way.
Molly leads the way!
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "You just need to put some kid on 'read the phone for Dad' duty."
Aledonne follows!
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "Molly gets her fate point (and maybe other people?)"
GM says, "Hesitantly, you crawl inside the cave. The odd changes to things are even more concentrated in here, and you find it very disorienting. Bits of wall alternately glow, or pulse gently, or bubble. One even seems to provide a window to a strange landscape you don't recognize."
GM says, "The dirt in the cave seems to have been spread somewhat up the walls, and you track whatever was dragged in here across the floor, across a wall, and down a small passageway."
Aledonne takes a sample of the gas that bubbles from the bubbling wall.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(Not as any particular kind of action. Just keeping my reagents full up.)"
[Numenera] GM says, "Sure."
The_Lady readies the Mindkiller.
GM says, "Cautiously, you continue. You encounter no obstacles, and get a bit disoriented as you go, but eventually a passage opens into what is more obviously a lair. In one corner lies a pile of bones... and the deceased body of Triss."
Aledonne exclaims, "Oh no!"
[Numenera] GM says, "Wait, sorry."
[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Thiss!"
[Numenera] GM says, "Sigh."
Molly says, "NOOOOOO"
[Numenera] GM says, "Thill."
The_Lady says, "Oh no"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "So there are three of them here?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Bah."
Aledonne asks (of Kay), "Is there anything you can do, or... is it too late?"
[Numenera] GM says, "(it is, indeed, too late)"
Aledonne says, "I feel we've failed them."
Catrina says, "There is something I could do."
[Crows-Nest] (from Aledonne) Catrina says, "Does anyone here like puppets?"
[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "heh"
Catrina begins preparing her ritual to speak with the deceased.
Catrina says, "If the rest of you could keep an eye out for dangers, please."
[Numenera] Catrina says (to GM), "So I dunno, however you think this should work."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "I was sort of thinking that the dead don't like this, so I use Provoke to kinda browbeat them into it."
[Numenera] GM asks, "Sure. Is that to get things working at all, but then once the conversation starts, it starts off at neutral/whatever your relationship was beforehand?"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "Sure that sounds good."
[Numenera] GM says, "(and you can Provoke them as if you were talking to them normally, or Rapport, or whatever?)"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "yeah I think that fits."
[Numenera] GM says, "OK, then! Provoke/Overcome/TN 3."
Catrina rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 -1 +1 0 | Good (3)
Catrina lies down next to Thiss and gives the body a big hug.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "If you want to make it a full success, I don't think we ever used the map boost."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "And knowing about the circumstances shortly before her death might give you an advantage here?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Or Kay's vision."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Indeed."
[Numenera] GM says, "A tie is OK, though."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "yeah let's see how it goes."
[Numenera] GM says, "Maybe a point of mental stress, as it's about as hard as you've ever tried to accomplish before."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "sure, I'll take that."
ice_cyclone's jaw fills with a shimmering cloud of nanites, covering the bit that was lost, and her eyes open. She takes a raspy, metallic gasp.
[Numenera] ice_cyclone says, "good lord."
Thill's jaw fills with a shimmering cloud of nanites, covering the bit that was lost, and her eyes open. She takes a raspy, metallic gasp.
Thill asks, "Aaah---oh. I'm dead, aren't I?"
Catrina says, "Yes. I am sorry. We come to you from the Village. Your friend, who still lives, sent us."
Thill asks (of Catrina), "You! Pfaugh. Come to gloat, have you?"
Catrina says, "We merely ask you to tell your tale of how you met your end, so that your loved ones may avoid your fate a while longer."
Catrina asks, "How did you come to die?"
Thill eyes Catrina suspiciously.
Thill asks, "Wait... you... you really never knew? This is some sort of coincidence?"
Aledonne takes out his notebook to scribe Thill's "last" words.
Catrina says, "I do not understand."
Molly says, "Ah think an explanation's overdue."
Thill laughs emptily, and coughs.
Molly says (to Catrina), "Ah need to tell yer somefing."
The_Lady has squatted down and eyes this whole scene warily.
Molly says, "Yer see..."
[Numenera] GM asks, "Oh, can we cut to a flashback?"
[Numenera] Molly says, "Sure"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "I'm down for that"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Definitely."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Do we play any roles in it?"
[Numenera] Molly says, "Very film noirish"
GM says, "FLASHBACK SIGN"
Quintan, standing at the edge of Home Upon, in the late fall, says (to Molly), "...so, I just can't do what they wanted me to do. Not after seeing your village. But I know they'll send someone after me. What do we do?"
Quintan says, "I can't even fake my death--they have this woman who can speak to the dead, and she'll find out it wasn't actually me."
Molly scratches behind her ear, and a large rat crawls out and slides down her sleeve. 'Quite thar pickle. Ah can't jist let yer be caught by some corpse-talking loon.'
Molly says, "Thar must be a way..."
Quintan asks, "Do you have any rituals for the dead where the body is... gone afterwards?"
[Numenera] GM says (to Molly), "(Feel free to make up something.)"
Molly says, "We has our customs."
Quintan says, "I can't be on the run from the Green Night Society for the rest of my life."
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady asks, "Should Quintan be familiar?"
[Numenera] GM says, "Quintan is the person that the Green Night Society hired Catrina to go find."
[Numenera] GM says, "(which we hadn't known until now)"
Quintan asks (of Molly), "Oh?"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady exclaims, "Oh!"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "It's suddenly all coming back to me."
Molly says, "Glissandra is wot keeps us alive, wot has kept Home Upon going all them years. Seems only fair to offer up our dead to 'er, as a token."
Molly says, "D'yer see us with fancy schmancy graveyerds? Nah."
Quintan exclaims, "Oh! So, if you tell her that I died, and that my body was consumed, maybe she'd give up!"
Molly says, "Shure as anything."
Quintan says, "I have... I have a cypher that's supposed to change who you are. Maybe that'll work."
Molly says, "Wonderful! Thar should do jist tha trick"
[Numenera] GM says, "CUT TO: CAVE AGAIN"
Thill says, "...So, I used the cypher, became Thill, and when you came around, I tried to lie low. Took this scouting mission to try to avoid you. Didn't work, I guess."
Catrina says, "It was very clever; perhaps I am too trusting."
Catrina says, "But you still haven't answered my question."
Thill chuckles.
Molly says (to Thill), "It jist breaks me heart, this 'orrible death..."
Thill says, "Oh, OK. Yeah, we were here to scout out good planting areas for the spring, as Glissandra floats by. Surprised by pits and those weird cat things."
Thill says (to Molly), "Enh, you did what you could."
Thill says, "You said Finn got back OK? Good for him. Nice kid."
Thill asks, "I guess the cats dragged me here?"
Catrina says, "That may be so. My final question to you is this: would you be transported back to Home Upon? Or does this cave suit you as your final resting place? I leave the choice to you."
[Numenera] Molly says, "AFK a moment"
Thill-Quintan says, "Really? You'd do that for me? I guess... I guess Home Upon. They adopted me; never let anyone know my secret. Seems fitting that what would happen to my body would be what I said happened to it."
Thill-Quintan asks (of Catrina), "Listen, you seem nicer than I thought you'd be. Why are you working for the Greens?"
The_Lady adjust her breathing appartus and wipes away a tear. (She must have gotten smoke in her eye earlier.) "So be it."
Aledonne asks, "Do they know already? Is there any part of what you've said that we shouldn't pass on to them?"
Catrina looks thoughtful.
[Numenera] Catrina says (to GM), "Go ahead and answer Aledonne while I try to figure something out."
Thill-Quintan says (to Aledonne), "I don't know what they know, but the less they know, the better. They wanted me to kill or at least disable Glissandra."
Thill-Quintan says, "But after seeing her; walking on her back---it was too much."
The_Lady asks (of catrina), "And you work for these people?"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Uh, I meant the people at Home Upon."
Thill-Quintan says, "But I'm sure they'll have a backup plan."
[Numenera] Thill-Quintan says, "Oh! Ha."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(I was responding to 'they adopted me; never let anyone know my secret'.)"
[Numenera] Thill-Quintan says, "You can say that IC"
Catrina says, "I am of the Green Night, yes. Such is where my fate has drawn me."
Catrina says, "But perhaps it is time for my fate to change."
Aledonne asks, "...I meant the people back at Home Upon. You said they never let anyone know your secret -- is any of this a secret from *them*?"
Thill-Quintan says (to Aledonne), "Oh! Ha. Yeah, the important people know, and a few of the rest of them, too. I'm done; you can tell them my story."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "I'm about ready to wrap up the scene but if y'all want to do anything else in here, feel free. Otherwise I'm thinking this is a load-bearing corpse and once we remove it then we'll blow up the cave entrance or some such."
Thill-Quintan's arm struggles, and you see sinews fill with nanites, until, with great effort, her arm rises, and she pokes Catrina in the chest. "Yes. It's time." Then her arm drops back down, exhausted, and the cloud dissipates again.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "After the conversation is done, I figure we should search the cave, but after that, I'm good with going back."
Thill-Quintan sighs, and settles back. "Can I rest again, now?"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "We have not found that bear, though."
Catrina says, "Yes, rest. I shall not call upon you again."
Molly nods grimly.
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Was our goal to find the bear or to find Thill? I was figuring the latter."
Catrina arises slowly and begins to deliberately prepare the body for transport.
Thill-Quintan's brow furrows. "A bear? What?"
The_Lady asks, "Are we going to just accept that Catrina is no longer working for the people trying to kill Glissandra?"
Aledonne says (to Thill), "We were searching for the creature that dragged you here -- we thought it some kind of bear."
Thill-Quintan says, "Is that what Finn said? Ha, no, it was those cats."
Aledonne asks, "Oh -- then is this their lair?"
Thill-Quintan says, "I guess? I was dead when they brought me here."
Aledonne says, "Good point."
Thill-Quintan asks, "Are they still around?"
Thill-Quintan says, "Did you see them? Dangerous buggers."
Aledonne looks around for clues -- or anything else of significance.
[Numenera] The_Lady asks, "I think the cats were those things we fought outside?"
Aledonne says, "We did encounter them, although I'm not sure exactly how it turned out. I was inside of a frog at the time."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Two got blackholed, and one ran away?"
GM says (to Aledonne), "Now that you're looking for something slightly different, you realize that, indeed, this lair seems to have been inhabited by three Aorix-sized creatures."
[Numenera] Thill-Quintan says, "Correct."
Thill-Quintan says, "A frog! Geez."
Thill-Quintan says, "If you got 'em, that makes me happy."
Thill-Quintan relaxes back against the rock, sighs, and the cloud of nanites melts back into Catrina's hand.
[Numenera] Aledonne asks (of GM), "Do I find anything that might be cypher-worthy?"
[Numenera] GM says, "You do! And we're at our time, so let me wrap things up, and we can figure out the specifics between sessions."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "sounds good to me"
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Agreed."
[Numenera] Catrina says (to Lady), "I don't mean to ignore your offer but we can run that scene later hopefully/probably"
[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "(Also, 'between sessions' sounds like our GM may be convinced to continue this...)"
[Numenera] The_Lady exclaims, "Sure!"
[Crows-Nest] The_Lady says, "I was counting on it."
GM says, "You perform a search of the cave, and Aledonne finds quite a number of bits and bobs that he thinks will be useful once they're all sorted. As you leave, you're somewhat confused, as the way out doesn't seem the same as the way in... but eventually, you make it back to the cave entrance. Except it's upside-down. Somehow, gravity seems to have rotated while you were inside."
Molly says, "Well, if it ain't topsy turvy today."
Aledonne drops a pebble out of the cave mouth.
GM says (to Aledonne), "It arcs 'down' to you as it goes towards the entrance, and then curves around and falls into the pit outside."
[Numenera] GM says, "And I would have had you roll for something here, but to wrap things up, if people don't mind:"
Aledonne says, "I think we'll be safe from this once we're outside."
Molly says, "Ah shure 'ope so"
GM says, "You work out how to exit the cave, gather everything (including Thill) up, and start to head back. You camp overnight once, and during Molly's watch, she's sure she heard something in the woods, but the next day, there's nothing... except a small fern made of glass."
GM exclaims, "The next day, you made it back to where you departed! Only.... there's no Glissandra!"
GM says, "<DRAMATIC CHORD; FADE TO BLACK>"
[Numenera] The_Lady exclaims, "Yay Cliffhanger!"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "dang"
Aledonne says, "Huh."
[Numenera] Molly says, "Shhh, don't ruin the cliffanger"
[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Have we now committed to bringing a corpose with us on the rest of our adventures?"
[Numenera] Aledonne says (to Molly), "Hee."
[Numenera] Catrina says, "excellent work all around everyone; thanks for encorporating my backstory and such into the plot -- I really liked it."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Thill death do us part"
[Numenera] Catrina says, "yeah we'll have to figure out some sort of corpse transportation system."
[Numenera] (from Molly) Susan says, 'HOHOHO.'
[Numenera] Aledonne says (to GM), "Also, woo! Thanks."
[Numenera] The_Lady exclaims (at gm), "Thanks so much!"
[Numenera] GM says, "And, thank you all for playing! I do indeed have more stuff to do, but anyone's welcome to drop out now if they want. Otherwise, I think I'd like to aim for an every-other-week schedule, for another handful of sessions. Which always take longer than I expect, but hey."
[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Oh, I guess that's another scene, so my mild consequence is clear."
[Numenera] Aledonne says (to GM), "I'm up for it."
[Numenera] Molly exclaims, "So am I!"
[Numenera] GM says, "And yes, everyone's mild and moderate consequences are now gone."
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "Yeah, I have this regular group that is on hold anyway."
[Numenera] Aledonne asks (of TheLady), "Is that the one that went from five people to six, right at the same time as it suddenly went on hiatus?"
[Numenera] Catrina asks, "ooc, what's the numenera name for those cyclone thingies? Or did you make them up yourself?"
[Numenera] The_Lady says, "But there are already a lot of RPG groups I participate in ATM, so it's a solid "Maybe. But probably not." from me."