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Post by HHDeception on Jun 2, 2016 15:01:42 GMT -6
The entire chasis contains several networks of fuel cell fluid/battery acid which allows maximum battery size and also the greatest immediate supply of power to all parts of the body (this is necessary to power the vibro-acid claws). The downside is that if severly damaged, the fluid can leak, although the chemical tends to oxidize rapidly on contact with air, which allows rusting to help seal point of failure. The fluid network is not transmitted through joints, but the electrical power is, so while each individual section of the body contains its own battery, it can't run out of head power and only be left with leg power. It also doesn't "bleed" should joints become detached.
The chemical is finite and should kitty get drained it would need more from an external source. It can't generate its own battery acid.
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Post by SummerCrow on Jun 2, 2016 16:58:16 GMT -6
I won't be able to make it tomorrow. Just say that kitty was running low on batteries so it was recalled directly into the ship. Are you sure it's a good idea to leave luring the heavily armed guards away from the ship up to me? And a wounded Rena?  Remind me to comment on this after session. |
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Post by SummerCrow on Jun 2, 2016 17:03:03 GMT -6
The chemical is finite and should kitty get drained it would need more from an external source. Bullseye! Also yay explaining how things work |
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Post by HHDeception on Jun 2, 2016 17:26:28 GMT -6
I am literally in this just for the speculative fiction and technobabble.
(And I meant drained as in it's very very bad for it to "lose blood", and not as in power consumption. Ion Batteries generate power through a redox reaction from A -> B and charging just reverses things from B -> A without any actual loss of material. If it loses battery fluid it'd have to replace lost fluid with some other inert chemical and it'd have a permanently lowered charge amount until it replenishes. Also, it's immune to the whole "rechargeable batteries lose their ability to hold charge after a long time" issue we face today since that's an issue with the metal bits that hold and extract the power and not the reacting chemicals. And Blade Kitty is beyond worn-out cathodes.)
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Jun 2, 2016 17:39:25 GMT -6
He's right.
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Post by Neo on Jun 3, 2016 14:12:25 GMT -6
Hello everyone, sorry for not being here lately, s*** has come up. Last week had stuff with friends, a trip we planned long ago, and the week before that i was too damn sick and was in bed most of the time. I can play with week, no problems. Again, im sorry. What did i miss? (Also, my choice is B, now that we got food its the best option) Crow and I both missed this before, but just for future reference Shadow, the word "shit" is a banned word on this site and needs to be censored with asterisks, like so "s***". There's a list of the words that need to be censored under the Forum Rules. |
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Post by Neo on Jun 3, 2016 18:55:33 GMT -6
We're starting around 9 EST right? As in, around now?
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Post by Neo on Jun 3, 2016 21:55:02 GMT -6
Way to go us, choosing the most difficult area to visit. We should have gone to that small agricultural planet like sane people. -_-
Instead of the suspicious abandoned ship. You would think we would know better.
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Post by HHDeception on Jun 3, 2016 21:56:56 GMT -6
Arrrr we be boardin' the ghost ship.
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Post by The Big Cheese on Jun 3, 2016 22:14:35 GMT -6
High risk, high reward. We can get mechs!
M E C H S !
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Post by SummerCrow on Jun 3, 2016 22:52:16 GMT -6
OK, so I mentioned this encounter was originally designed for Paranoia, a game where I scored my first player kill (lost my P-Kard, baby!) within 10 minutes of our first (only) session. Three points need to be qualified here.
A, You're supposed to kill your players in Paranoia. For comedy. Since the penalty for dying is "you have to wait until later in the scene for your clone to join."
B, The encounter was rebalanced. For example, it originally would've started with the party boarding a slightly-modified ICMB totally-safe rocket ship to get from Alpha Complex to Alpha Space Base. In reference to point A, any party member refusing would've been executed for refusing to obey Friend Computer. Any party member that boarded the rocket would've died in a glorious explosion over filthy Communist airspace. If this were Paranoia, Bill would've died the second he got close to the door. Heck, when Regi opened the airlock those of you failing the jump check I would've made you make would've been catapulted into deep space before sizzling up at the nearest star. Note the lack of that.
C, The reason Regi died 10 minutes in is because he decided he didn't want to ride the bus. Instead, he decided he wanted to tie a rope to the back of the bus, stand on a metal plate, and surf down the highway.
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Post by SummerCrow on Jun 3, 2016 23:09:16 GMT -6
Things I forgot to mention/didn't bother mentioning for the sake of pacing:
- Found $5.73 in change between the three corpses as well as 1 salvageable rifle. The pair Charlie killed were... not salvageable. At all.
- Enviro-suits you got given are just a bubble around your head with a small pair of pointy air-canisters on the top.
- Neo flubbed his hidden spot check to recognize disguised Bart so bad he literally couldn't tell it was a big-bearded white guy and not a Asian lady.
- Regi still smells pretty bad
- Air hissed out when Bill cracked that door open
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Post by SummerCrow on Jun 3, 2016 23:22:15 GMT -6
As for GX joining. I said I didn't want to run more than 6 people in a campaign, but we almost always have 1 or 2 people absent, so eh. Speaking of absent and missing sessions, I learned from the best how to write characters in and out temporarily. My favorite was when my kistune apparently got bored in the middle of a fight, crawled into the berserker's backpack, fell asleep, and woke up at the start of the next session in the middle of the berserker jumping down an elevator shaft onto the boss. Oh, my kitsune was fun... Cheese has the right of it, nothing like playing the token Evil-aligned character in the neutral/good party. So many problems solved with proper application of Spark. The real kicker's that I don't have the time or energy to explain the rules or the brunt of character creation beyond helping fit character backstory in. Oh, she asked how character creation works... Uh. It's not like DnD (or most RPGs), where you pick a class and decide things based on that class' constraints. It's more like Call of Cthulhu... Probably not a useful example. Basically, get a set number of points to spend on an overwhelmingly huge array of abilities, skills, and items. It's possibly the most flexible system - definitely the most flexible I've seen. Your "class" is derivative of what you build instead of vice-versa, if that makes sense. As for what everyone's got... I'd say... Regi's built to be a face but is acting like the sorcerer. Bill's built as a tank. Rena's a thief. Doktor's the skill monkey and ATM. VCSEL's somewhere between skill monkey and thief. And Pancake's... Pancake's special. Glass cannon, I guess? Warlock? |
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Post by HHDeception on Jun 3, 2016 23:51:07 GMT -6
Does she have a workable mic for the voice chat is the question.
There's a pdf manual for how to play the game that shadow sent me. Now that I've spent a bit of time with this game it's pretty straightforward how to make a character.
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Post by Neo on Jun 4, 2016 1:16:28 GMT -6
Does she have a workable mic for the voice chat is the question. There's a pdf manual for how to play the game that shadow sent me. Now that I've spent a bit of time with this game it's pretty straightforward how to make a character. I don't believe she has a decent Mic, nor do I believe she would be comfortable using a Mic at all, for reasons she posted in TEWiaD a few hours ago, and for the fact she's generally pretty shy about her voice. I've been meaning to talk to her about it. |
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Post by Neo on Jun 4, 2016 1:20:56 GMT -6
Things I forgot to mention/didn't bother mentioning for the sake of pacing: - Found $5.73 in change between the three corpses as well as 1 salvageable rifle. The pair Charlie killed were... not salvageable. At all. - Enviro-suits you got given are just a bubble around your head with a small pair of pointy air-canisters on the top. - Neo flubbed his hidden spot check to recognize disguised Bart so bad he literally couldn't tell it was a big-bearded white guy and not a Asian lady. - Regi still smells pretty bad - Air hissed out when Bill cracked that door open Also, HOLY CRAP IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW. THAT WASN'T A CLONE, IT WAS BART IN DISGUISE ALL ALONG. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH. .... How the hell did I fail that badly. That must have been a critical failure. |
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Post by Neo on Jun 4, 2016 1:24:01 GMT -6
Also, Crow, you guys had a FE campaign?! Why wasn't I invited.  |
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Post by SummerCrow on Jun 4, 2016 10:51:07 GMT -6
Also, Crow, you guys had a FE campaign?! Why wasn't I invited. ? |
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Post by Neo on Jun 4, 2016 11:01:51 GMT -6
Also, Crow, you guys had a FE campaign?! Why wasn't I invited. ? My favorite was when my kistune apparently got bored in the middle of a fight, crawled into the berserker's backpack, fell asleep, and woke up at the start of the next session in the middle of the berserker jumping down an elevator shaft onto the boss. Oh, my kitsune was fun... Cheese has the right of it, nothing like playing the token Evil-aligned character in the neutral/good party. So many problems solved with proper application of Spark. |
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Jun 4, 2016 11:19:09 GMT -6
So, what happened after I left?
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