RIFTS Campaign Discussion

I tried to teach him how to tokentool, but tokentool doesn't like him. I can help with tokens before session.

Just a few random things.

1.I'm actually glad that I didn't use repel animals as I've seen the frog. This goes with Slimex having no imagination, so he didn't think for a second that the frog could be a trap.

2.Just... There's a huge chance I summon a demon tonight, so you might want to decide how that works. There's no PPE cost defined, didn't see anything about how long the summoning takes. The demon I summon is random, unless you consider I have full names of certain demons, in which case I'd need a list of eventually. Now, for the battle of will: if I understand correctly, the demon rolls a d20 and if it's under my MA (currently 9), he will not betray us. (They say that MA of 20+ automatically wins the battle of wills.) If it's over my MA, he can do whatever he wants.

3.I'm sorry in advance everyone, but I'm gonna play in-character no matter what. It's important to me.

Not necessarily. It's in the GM hands.

If he doesn't beat my MA, he's gonna do whatever Slimex says to the letter.

If he beats it, the demon can do whatever it wants. If he's fine with what Slimex orders are, he might still do it. He might also attack us. Or he just might ignore us completely and do his own thing. In other words, Mystic decides what happens if the demon beats my MA

(Which will probably end with us beating him up tbh)

Also, also. I understand playing in-character is important. But sometimes it's not always the best- or the right- idea. Just ask Crow about what happened at the last STARS session.

They killed Santa.
Well, they killed basically-space-Hitler disguised as Santa.
But it was still pretty traumatic.
Poor elves.
The jetdeer survived, at least.

One of the players decided to gun down and murder all the "elves"- who were actually underpaid human workers- because it was "in-character". The result was two characters permanently traumatized, and two players very nearly dropping out of what's left of the campaign. And a couple month break. As it is, we're still deciding if that particular PC should be allowed back.

For Malefio: I'm not saying RPing in-character is bad, just that there are boundaries and limits. Being a good RPer doesn't do you much good if you upset the other players so much they drop out of the campaign and the campaign is canceled.

For example: Slimex gets put under a love/charm spell by an annoying villain and falls head over heels for Shira. Slimex trying to chase her through the streets all anime style would be pretty funny and result in a lot of hilarity. However, him trying to forcibly have his way with her, even if you thought it was "in-character", would result in me dropping out of the campaign and us generally having major, major problems. There's a huge difference between the two.

Session in about half an hour from now

So for those of you that missed it, your team was given a Quest Log and a Team Journal. These are both pretty important and you'll want to keep them up to date.

The Quest Log is where you guys can note down important things that you've seen or goals that you have in mind so that you won't forget them later. You can also keep notes on what you know about the situations. Please make sure you speak with each other before deleting anything in your Quest Log.

The Team Journal is more of an RP thing, but can still be important and useful for not only documenting, but remembering certain events. It's a good way to have a form of character RP without having to be all together during a session as well. Basically, your characters will be expected to wright entries in the journal on what they did or what they found. Characters can respond to each other since they all share a journal. It's also important to know that the commander will read your journal entries when you return in order to keep up with details of what you did. So it's mostly RP, but can also have some important gameplay pieces to it too. There will also be entries from NPCs that are with your team from time to time that show up. Sometimes they will leave important things relevant to the world or their backstory.

I vote no to bringing Alice along. I think she would be good to have along when we go to Terran, but it seems a little too risky to bring her along in a world with lots of giant ranged thingies.

Also, poor Celica... She and Shira really need some bonding time.