Waterbrick Down

MM Note: Everything seems in order. Polaris gets 4 dice for nature checks, 3 dice for perception checks, and 4 dice +1 auto success for medicine checks.

MM Note: Going to have to run off mobile the next few days folks. Thanks for your patience. The battle map won’t get adjusted but I don’t exactly expect there to be much movement. The heroes and mercenaries exchange fire and patch up their wounds. Agent Slice removes a glowing, humming, pulsing cube from the energy generator’s shielded fuel storage. “Got the source Boss” “Excellent, now we just need the files and we can be out of here.” Round 3 Yelana vs. Agent Crunch - (5, +2, -1) 2 Successes vs. (3,5) 1 Success = 1 Damage Zaria uses Plasma Potion - (6) = 6 Vitality restored Soren moves to G3 Soren vs. Agent Pierce - (6, +1) 2 Successes vs. (2,1,2) 0 Successes = 2 Damage Blackguard Agent Slice Perception Proficiency Check (DC 1,3) - (5,2,6,2+1) 3 Successes - Agent Slice acquires energy cube Blackguard Agent Slice moves to D2 Blackguard Agent Pierce uses Plasma Potion - (1) = 1 Vitality Restored Blackguard Agent Crunch switches Weapons Enemy E1 Blackguard Agent Pierce Vitality: 3/5 Velocity: 2 Strength: 1 Skill: 1 Smarts: 1 Spirit: 0/4 Proficiencies: Arcana 2, Insight 1, Technology 1 Spells Known: Charm, Elemental Evocation, Meditate, Photonic Modulation, Warding Bond Credits: 5 Equipment: Cryo Ray (Standard Elemental Long Range Weapon), Holo-scroll Inventory: Æther Brew E2 Blackguard Agent Crunch Vitality: 6/7 Velocity: 2 Strength: 2 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Long Range Weapons 2, Melee Weapons 2, Explosives 1 Credits: 5 Equipment: Titanium Knuckle Dusters (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon) standard Issue Security Rifle (Standard Energy Long Range Weapon), Tactical Chainmail (Standard Kinetic Armor), Exo-suit Inventory: Plasma Potion, standard Issue Security Rifle (Standard Energy Long Range Weapon) D2 Blackguard Agent Slice Vitality: 5/5 Velocity: 2 Strength: 1 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Spirit: 1/2 Proficiencies: Acrobatics 1, Melee Weapons 2, Perception 1, Arcana 1, Stealth 1 Spells Known: Quantum Transposition, Illusory Clone Credits: 5 Equipment: Beam Blade (Standard Energy Melee Weapon), Tactical Leathers (Standard Energy Armor), Farsight Goggles Inventory: Standard Issue Security Blaster (Standard Energy Short Range Weapon), Plasma Potion, Energy Source (Mission Specific Item) Party F2 Zaria Kanara (Kintobor) 226 Year Old Female Elf Character Points: 1/11 Vitality: 6/6 Velocity: 2 Strength: 2 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Spirit: 2/2 Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Religion 1, Melee Weapons 2 Known Spells: Warding Bond, Solar Flare Credits: 0 Equipment: Power Khopesh (Standard Kintetic Melee Weapon), Dune Sea Armour (Standard Kinetic Armour) Inventory: Plasma Potion, Repeating Slug Thrower (Standard Kintetic Long Range Weapon) G3 Soren Aeolus (The Legonater) 31-year-old male Human Character Points: 1/11 Vitality: 4/5 Velocity: 2 Strength: 1 Skill: 2 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 2/2 Proficiencies: Arcana 1, Insight 1, Piloting 2, Short-Range Weapons 1 Credits: 10 Known Spells: Elemental Evocation, Entropic Mending Equipment: MK-12 personal handgun (short-ranged standard energy weapon) Inventory: Farsight Goggles, Hacking Chip, Vibro-Knife (Melee Standard Energy Weapon), Project File Folder (Mission Item) H4 Yelana Fennix (Classic_Spaceman) Unknown age Female Human. Character Points: 1/11 Vitality: 6/6 Velocity: 2 Strength: 2 Skill: 3 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 1/1 Proficiencies: Artillery Weapons 1, Perception 1, Deception 1, Arcana 1 Credits: 10 Known Spells: Obfuscate Equipment: Modular Sniper Rifle (Calibrated Energy Artillery Weapon), Farsight Goggles, Radiation Gauntlet (Standard Energy Armor) Inventory: Plasma Potion x2, Cloaking Generator

Polaris Nature Proficiency Check (DC 3,5) - (3,2,6,1) 1 Successes Polaris inspects the scales but is unable to identify their origin.

MM Note: Endgame is still out of town and has asked signups for Mission 6 be pushed back to 9/17. Thank you for your patience. A new mission has been posted! Mission #7: My Bleeding Hart Mission Master: Legonater Assignment: “Greetings, Heroica; the name is Jace Orion, and I’m an associate of Mr. Jefferson Mortizar, from Hart Logistics. In the past month, one of our shipping assets vanished without a signal, and I was put on the case of retrieving it. Despite the best efforts of myself and my fellow agents, we’ve been unable to recover the lost shipment, & Mr. Mortizar fears the freighter has fallen to the expanse of dark space. Since this particular shipment was of some… personal value to him, heat has picked up from on top to get it back. I have one final lead, and I’m hoping you at Heroica might help give the final push we need to track it down.” – Hart Logistics Party Requirements: “About 3-5 heroes with a keen head on their shoulders.” Reward: “How does 50 Credits each and a personal word to Mr. Mortizar sound? I’m sure we could talk about further bonuses depending on the state of his shipment.” Sign-ups Close: September 17th

Enson Medicine Proficiency Check (DC 3) - (5, 4, 5, 2, 4, +1) 5 Successes As the Chimeran picks through the innards of the birds, Enson notices small translucent shards resembling crushed scales.

Polaris Perception Proficiency Check (DC 1) - (3, 2, 5) 1 Success Polaris does not identify any strongly smelling food sources nearby. Polaris Medicine Proficiency Check (DC 3) - (1, 2, 3, 5, +1) 2 Success Cutting open several Frost Hawks, Polaris is unable to identify anything recognizable within their gullets.

MM Note: @Kintobor Can you assign Yelana an action? I’ll run this evening if @Classic_Spaceman hasn’t responded.

"You're really giving off the wrong signals here, Love." Yelana fires off a shot at Pierce, but the agent's ward deflects the shot. Zaria charges Crunch, but finds the strength of the sharkheaded agent quite robust as he repels her with ease before stepping up to defend his leader. Soren downs a potion restoring health to himself as the Blackguard mage lets loose an elemental cone of acid corroding his and Zaria's armor and burning their skin. The O'Kor'uk agent appears preoccupied by the energy generator as if searching for something near it. Round 2 Yelana vs. Agent Pierce - (2, +2, -1) 2 Successes vs. (6, +5) 6 Successes = 0 Damage Zaria moves to F2 Zaria Athletics vs. Agent Crunch Athletics - (6, 4, 3, 5) 3 Successes vs. (5, 2, 4, 4, +1) 4 Successes Soren uses Plasma Potion - (3) = 3 Vitality restored Blackguard Agent Slice Perception Proficiency Check (DC 1,3) - (2, 3, 2, 1, +1) 1 Successes Blackguard Agent Pierce casts Elemental Ray on F2, F3, F4 - (2, 6) = 1 Elemental Damage to Soren and Zaria (-1 Spirit) Blackguard Agent Crunch moves to E2 Blackguard Agent Defends Agent Pierce Enemy Blackguard Agent Pierce Vitality: 4/5 Velocity: 2 Strength: 1 Skill: 1 Smarts: 1 Spirit: 0/4 Proficiencies: Arcana 2, Insight 1, Technology 1 Spells Known: Charm, Elemental Evocation, Meditate, Photonic Modulation, Warding Bond Credits: 5 Equipment: Cryo Ray (Standard Elemental Long Range Weapon), Holo-scroll Inventory: Æther Brew, Plasma Potion Blackguard Agent Crunch Vitality: 7/7 Velocity: 2 Strength: 2 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Long Range Weapons 2, Melee Weapons 2, Explosives 1 Credits: 5 Equipment: Standard Issue Security Rifle (Standard Energy Long Range Weapon), Tactical Chainmail (Standard Kinetic Armor), Exo-suit Inventory: Titanium Knuckle Dusters (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon), Plasma Potion Blackguard Agent Slice Vitality: 5/5 Velocity: 2 Strength: 1 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Spirit: 1/2 Proficiencies: Acrobatics 1, Melee Weapons 2, Perception 1, Arcana 1, Stealth 1 Spells Known: Quantum Transposition, Illusory Clone Credits: 5 Equipment: Beam Blade (Standard Energy Melee Weapon), Tactical Leathers (Standard Energy Armor), Farsight Goggles Inventory: Standard Issue Security Blaster (Standard Energy Short Range Weapon), Plasma Potion Party Zaria Kanara (Kintobor) 226 Year Old Female Elf Character Points: 1/11 Vitality: 3/6 Velocity: 2 Strength: 2 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Spirit: 2/2 Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Religion 1, Melee Weapons 2 Known Spells: Warding Bond, Solar Flare Credits: 0 Equipment: Power Khopesh (Standard Kintetic Melee Weapon), Dune Sea Armour (Standard Kinetic Armour) Inventory: Plasma Potion x2, Repeating Slug Thrower (Standard Kintetic Long Range Weapon) Soren Aeolus (The Legonater) 31-year-old male Human Character Points: 1/11 Vitality: 4/5 Velocity: 2 Strength: 1 Skill: 2 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 2/2 Proficiencies: Arcana 1, Insight 1, Piloting 2, Short-Range Weapons 1 Credits: 10 Known Spells: Elemental Evocation, Entropic Mending Equipment: MK-12 personal handgun (short-ranged standard energy weapon) Inventory: Farsight Goggles, Hacking Chip, Vibro-Knife (Melee Standard Energy Weapon), Plasma Potion, Project File Folder (Mission Item) Yelana Fennix (Classic_Spaceman) Unknown age Female Human. Character Points: 1/11 Vitality: 6/6 Velocity: 2 Strength: 2 Skill: 3 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 1/1 Proficiencies: Artillery Weapons 1, Perception 1, Deception 1, Arcana 1 Credits: 10 Known Spells: Obfuscate Equipment: Modular Sniper Rifle (Calibrated Energy Artillery Weapon), Farsight Goggles, Radiation Gauntlet (Standard Energy Armor) Inventory: Plasma Potion x2, Cloaking Generator

Enson Survival Proficiency Check (DC 1, 3) - (5,3,6,6) 3 Successes Enson's reading combined with some of his past experience suggest to him that packs of predatory birds this size and this aggressive would indicate a nearby prevalent food source and one so non-threatening that it had built up undue confidence in the raptors.

Polaris Survival Proficiency Check (DC 1,3) - (3, 4, 3) 1 Success Polaris figures that she could scrape enough meat together to perhaps make a single serving of Rations Field Rations - (Consumable, Restores 1 Vitality)

I'd have to go through my previous development comments, but I think @Kintobor's definition is probably the best distinction.

Aysu Nature Proficiency Check (DC 1, 3) - (1, 5, 5) 2 Successes Aysu is able to gather 6 Crystalline Feathers and determines that they might have some economic and health value if given to the right person.

"Why? You don't have anything to bargain with that we can't simply take. We've got the upper hand, you've just got to decide if you want to stay on the sinking ship or transfer over."

Kintobor's response is the most concrete. There may often be overlap and it sometimes comes down to how you want to describe your character. Sometimes it is a bit of a convincing of a MM that your proficiency is relevant through your description of how you use a skill, but that's the beauty of an role-playing with other real people. Unlike a computer game where there are binary rules, role-playing allows you to try and convince someone that your strategy is relevant. There are still limits, i.e. you may not be able to use Religion to get a door to unlock, but you could approach unlocking a door with a number of different proficiencies, ranging from Athletics (break the door), to Sleight-of-hand (pick the lock), to Engineering (take the hinges off), to Deception (convince someone on the other side you have a package to deliver). The "Try Anything" is an action that I've enjoyed watching people use and it'll be interesting to see how folks find unique uses for their specializations. But yes, the Rally/Defend actions are meant to give people options beyond the simple "I attack".

MM Note: No problem retroactively playing this. "Vodka, but I doubt you and your companions will be up for much very soon." "I'm not worried about your credentials Love. If you're trying to aid us, the best you can do is stay out of the way, or deal with your group. Either way, you'd best figure out where your loyalties lie."

MM Note: Sounds like a proficiency check. Would Polaris like to try to do something with them?

MM Note: I'll reply to your in character responses in a little bit, but the tank is not a target, it doesn't have stats. Similar to when you try to break a door down or break a lock, you're using skills not making an attack. In this particular instance it'll still use your weapon proficiency skill, but it won't be an attack.

MM Note: To be clear, this wouldn't be an Attack action, this would be a "Try Something" action and thus unimpacted by the Rally action.

MM Note: Just so there are proper expectations. Shooting at the tank to detonate it in one direction as opposed to a detonation that hits potentially enemies and allies will be a more difficult challenge. (i.e. DC 1 vs. DC 3). Additionally while an explosion will do damage, it won't be an instant KO.

This is somewhat player dependent. A player's stats are completely customizable between missions, so if you want to play one mission as a heavy melee and the next as a long range casting wizard, you're allowed to. Some players will probably desire for their character to have motivation to change things drastically for internal role-play consistency reasons and may never change their core stats. Others may see it as a way to show that some skills just haven't been practiced in a while and have lapsed while new skills have been developed. It really comes down to how you want to play your character.

Currently RAW (rules as written) the Spell only specifies that the target needs to be attacked, RAI (rules as intended) the Spell should specify someone to have rolled a Successful attack.

Ronin brings his katana down upon the last bird as the remainder of the larger flock are repelled by the townsfolk. Frozen feathers litter the ground people try to access the damage. Thankfully most seem only minorly injured or inconvenienced. Round 3 Ronin vs. Frost Hawk B - (2,6, +2) 3 Success vs (3,6) 1 Successes = 2 Damage, KO'd Aysu Decker Enson Polaris THE BATTLE IS VICTORIOUS! All heroes earns 1 CP Party Ensonvilterayquis (Enson) (Duvors) 60 cycles old male Quo'ri Character Points: 1/14 Vitality: 5/5 Velocity: 2 Strength: 1 Skill: 2 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 2/2 Proficiencies: Insight 1, Medicine 2, Melee Weapons 1, Religion 2, Survival 1 Spells: Healing Light, Purging Font Credits: 20 Equipment: Void Star Hammer (+1 Melee Elemental), Utility Belt (Tool, grants +1 Engineering or Medicine Check Successes) Inventory: Nanite Elixir 2x, Plasma Potion 3x Polaris Ursaring [with M.I.L.E.S.] (samurai-turtle) 15 cycle old female "Chimeran" Character Points: 1/14 Vitality: 8/8Velocity: 2Strength: 2 Skill: 2Smarts: 2Spirit: 1/1Proficiencies: Coding 1*, Engineering 1 (+1, tool), Medicine 1 (+1, tool), Melee Weapons 1, Nature 1, Short Range Weapons 1, Spells: Elemental Evocation, Credits: 0 Equipment: Utility Belt (tool) Grants +1 Engineering or Medicine Check Success, Whirlwind Boomerang (Standard, Elemental, Short Range Weapon),Inventory: Mecha Strike (Standard, Kinetic, Melee Range Weapon), Plasma Potion (x2) Aysu Kundakçı (Peppermint_M) 22 Rotations Old, Female? Adopted Human. Character Points: 1/14Vitality: 6/6Velocity: 2Strength: 2Skill: 3Smarts: 1Spirit: 1Proficiencies: Long Range Weapons 3, Nature 1, Survival 1Spell: Enhanced VisionCredits: 75Equipment: Environment Safe Ammunition "ESA" Rifle (Calibrated Long Range, Energy), Farsight GogglesInventory: Plasma Potion 2x, Essence of Glibness Ronin (Yzalirk)[REDACTED] Male [REDACTED]Character Points: 1/11Vitality: 5/5Velocity: 2Strength: 1Skill: 3Smarts: 3Spirit: 0/0Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Deception 1, Melee Weapons 2, Stealth 1Known Spells: NoneCredits: 10Equipment: Cloaking Generator, Hard Light Katana (Calibrated Energy Melee Weapon)Inventory: Decker DaCabe (Endgame) 24 year old male Human Character Points: 1/11 Vitality: 6/6 Velocity: 2 Strength: 3 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 1, Short Range Weapons 2 Credits: 10 Equipment: Unloaded Pistol (Calibrated Kinetic Melee Weapon), Sandblasted Cuirass (Standard Kinetic Armor) Inventory:

Mechanics wise at early levels auto-successes have a much bigger impact than proficiency bonus. Zaria statistics to hit look like this (50%, 50%, +100%), Yelana's on the other hand (50%, 100%, 100%) so at this point she'll hit more consistently. Combine this with Yelana's superior range (Artillery vs. Melee) and she is probably the bigger threat to enemies. I know you're still new to role-playing games, so something to consider for future missions (and this applies to everyone) is to look at what your party members statistics are before leaving on the Mission and prepare accordingly. The rules allow for characters to be super flexible. Know you're going to a dark planet, prepare a light spell; know that the party doesn't have someone with healing, consider picking up extra plasma potions or a healing spell for yourself; know that things are going to require a lot of sneaking, consider swapping an athletics proficiency for a stealth proficiency. Party members are a team, it's your job to work together as that as you either all succeed together or all fail together (most of the time).

Correct, the caster will have a +5 armor bonus against the next attack. If the target is attacked multiple times in a round, it only works against the first one.

Thanks for your patience Missions 1 and 5, I should have updates tomorrow morning.