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Topic: The Gobber King
Subject: ten rats and I roll 11
Gamard steps forward to face the undead rats. “Foul creatures!” he called as he stepped forward. “By the Sky-Light of purity, the Heavenly Orb, Father of Morning and Hallowed Circle I banish the darkness pulsing in your veins! I grant you rest eternal!”
He added, under his breath: “Or go cower in a corner so my friends can beat you to your second death.”
The power of his god flows through the Khord and the rats hiss with fear and loathing of the holiness of his presence. They back away from the cleric and then scurried with haste through the portal on the opposite site of the room.
You are left with two very dead bodies. They look they were once humans but the rats have rip apart their bodies badly.
(You all know there is a possibility of them rising up as undead as well. I am assuming you will dispatch them cleanly and that the Mage and Cleric do not use their spells)
There is not much to examine of the bodies. You find chewed leather from armour. There are a couple of daggers that did not serve them well.
Looking at the tapestries pulled down, you see that inside the “tent” are sheets, pillows and blankets. There is a leather backpack in there as well that looks to hold some items. There is also a piece of parchment under one of the pillows.
Posted on 2014-05-20 at 12:37:25.
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Topic: Voyages of the Rocinante - Firefly RPG QnA
Subject: yeah
Vanadia commented to me last night, "You sure are building the tension and making things look bad for us aren't you?"
I like to think of it as good story-telling. 
Jessie is in the caves. I didn't forget about her in the shuttle. (Whew!)
Posted on 2014-05-20 at 12:04:17.
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Topic: Voyages of the Rocinante - Firefly RPG QnA
Subject: and the post is up.
getting very interesting.
Posted on 2014-05-20 at 01:15:37.
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Topic: Voyages of Rocinante - Serenity/Firefly RPG
Subject: long one.
The Battle, Nancy and Tess, LV-426, 1:00 pm PT
Nancy and Tess came up to the ridge of the hills nearby the emergency runway. Nancy hit the ground and used the sight on her rifle to view the scene below.
"They got both Hartigan and Marv's crew taking the ship. They are already inside. Marv is screwing around with someone in a mule. He is probably so hyped up on Amp right now that it be like fighting the mother of all reavers. This John is in the ship?"
"Yeah. med bay I would guess. Not far from cargo bay."
"Dwight's down too with his crew but they are off the mark and the skiff is in flight. Did you hide the violin in the Atmo processor?"
"Only the Captain knows."
"Where is he?"
"The one messing with Marv probably."
"Okay. Let's go kill the indestructible Marv. My day gets better and better."
The Battle, Victoria Class Corvette Zhuósàng The Bridge, LV-426, 1:00 pm PT
"Coming up on the shuttle sir as we come about."
Bart leaned back, "Hit it twice, just to be sure."
"Yes Sir." The soldier toggled the screen and press the button once and then twice. "Missiles away sir."
"Great. Open the channel to the men so I can call off this dance recital and toast it."
The Battle, Asher and Ma in Shuttle 2 LV-426, 1:00 pm PT
Steadying himself he saw the shuttle continue on it’s violent tumble. “Ma!”, he shouted and kicked into a dead run for the shuttle. He couldn’t know if the systems on the shuttle would still be working but hit his comm anyway. “Ma….. I’m com’in….hold on!!!!” With that the kid closed on the little ship, heading to the nearest open port; he hoped the smoke was just from canister he’d planted. He could see a group of mercs were heading towards the shuttle as well but they suddenly stopped and ran away double time.
But before he could get more than a few steps, the tell tale sound of missile launching came from the merc's ship and the shuttle blew up in front of him. The force of the blast knocked him back and he could feel the heat from the explosion. Then a second missile struck it again as if blowing it up once wasn't enough.
Time seemed to stop for Asher. Sound no longer traveled and he did not breathe. The one woman in the world that deserved all the kindness possible had been in that shuttle. Was Ma no more?
The Battle, Wyatt and Havelock in Shuttle 2 LV-426, 1:00 pm PT
Sung didn't even bother looking for his Colt. Instead, he retrieved his shotgun and looked about for the trenchcoat wearing leader of the ground forces. "Take me in line with that sishengzi. I'm gonna see if his armor can take a shell t' the head."
"I just shot the man twice and knocked him out of the mule Captain, Surely ..." Havelock turned the mule in a tight circle and looked upon the large Mercenary getting u off the ground. " Oh Bother."
The radio in the mule crackled and that dark voice came on again. "Everyone pull back from transport and shuttle. Repeat pull back immediately. We have location of violin. You may go live and deal with hostiles with extreme prejudice."
Almost as a punctuation to the statement, there was an explosion from far behind. Wyatt turned his head to see a fireball dissipating where the shuttle that Ma and Asher were in had landed. Then a second missile hit the same spot again. Wyatt grit his teeth and turned back to this one mercenary. He couldn't help them now. He just had to have faith in them.
Marv looked around and saw the mule heading for him. He popped the lid off his medicine and dry swallowed as many pills as he could. "Is that all you got?" he muttered to himself and then pulled out his twin pistols and opened fire. He concentrated his fire on the driver, hoping to make the mule lose control and flip.
Havelock took rounds to the shoulder, chest and left arm. The body armour helped save him from the lethal hits but he had just come off of chest surgery a couple of hours ago. He fought losing consciousness to keep control of the mule so Sung could get his shot.
Wyatt , brought the shot gun up and blasted the huge man. He wanted a head shot but the movement of the mule caused him to clip the right ear and the flowing shot was into the same chest that took so much damage before. The man still did not fall.
Then the mule slowed and Havelock used his last moments of consciousness to stop the vehicle so that it didn't flip over, "No." Havelock said to no one in particular, "We had a deal." and then slumps back in the seat.
The big man was walking towards the mule reloading his pistols like it was a Sunday stroll.
The Battle, Inside Rocinante LV-426, 1:00 pm PT
Just after the shuttle door crash in and the world becomes chaotic for Wolf, The ground shakes as a double explosion can be felt nearby. At the same time, the medical quarantine alarm sounds.
Wolf sighing took the last flash-bang from his pocket, popped the lever priming it. A quick look to get his bearings and the flash-bang was on its way to the closet group of mercs. The bright flash of light telling him it had gone off and Wolf was around the corner, the JC on full auto, and firing a full clip into the farthest group of mercs. Two of the men coming up went down to the auto fire, both with head and neck shots so they weren't getting up again. The others back up behind the shuttle doors for cover. From below, two sonic rifle blasts hit him but the combination of the vest and the catwalk help to keep him moving.
The magazine ringing empty he quickly flipped the two mags inserting the full one quickly. Turning to the group he had flash-banged he again on full auto emptied the second mag into this group. Men were down to the flashbang already and they were overtaken by the autofire.
*BANG*
A sound like a cannon going off and Hack was hit so hard that he spun backwards and flipped over the catwalk to the bay below.
*BANG*
Slash's head exploded and the remains of him dropped on the ground. The shooter was an older man with a huge weapon on the opposite side that Wolf was attack. Wolf tried to turned his attack but the older man moved back to the cover behind the door. One soldier fired at Wolf with his sidearm, and the vest took two bullets. The jarring and the pain was intense but Wolf held it together so he did not lose consciousness.
But the men moved back through the blown doors, leaving their dead and wounded but not returning fire. The sounds on the rooftop were hurried feet running - by the sound and direction to off the sides of the ship as if ....
....they were running away from Rocinante as if for their lives.
LV-426, The Caves 1:00 pm PT
In the dust was a PADD, a personal access data device, and she picked it up, recognizing it as the device Matheson had been using earlier. She hugged it to herself briefly, praying for his soul's release onto its journey, and then examined it more closely. She opened it to turn on the display screen, hoping to see whatever Matheson had last discovered......
The screen came to life immediately upon opening. At first it flashed a message asking for a password but the screen flickered and then it shows an override mode, and it connects to the cortex.
The cortex was back!
The screen then shows four icons, all of them flashing:
{TRAN} Message Intercepted on Frequency 454. Read?
{PROC}Cortex Connected. Begin saved queries?
{PROC}Cortex Connected: Send transmission?
{VIAD} Last Will of Jon Matherson. Read?
Willow read the options quickly. She didn't hesitate but pressed the option of the intercepted message. It came on screen - a text only message
"The Stradivarius is in Terraformer Caves, north of runway, west of processor. Cortex is back online. Get me and the violin so we can escape before FEDs come."
The transmission source is not identified but the signal was very strong when sent. Willow let that process for a moment, realizing this mean that the mercenaries were probably on the way here now and they would not have to hold back with the others.
The ground shook really hard, and then a few minutes later again.
Willow pressed the option for cortex query. The first Query was for the Varon-T Pistol
Answer - The Varon-T laser was a hand-held directed-energy weapon banned on the Earth-That-Was due to its vicious nature: the energy waver literally tore the body apart at the molecular level from the inside out, resulting in a relatively slow and excruciating death by disintegration compared to most lasers. Weapon was banned for its inhumanity and was considered useless as it drained the power pack with a single shot. Only five were ever produced. Two were smuggled aboard the Arks from ETW along with many other contraband items that were never to be brought on the journey.
Subquery - Owner of Varon -T?
Answer: Unknown
Subquery: Location of Varon-T?
Answer Unknown
Subquery - Who has largest ETW collection?
Answer: The three largest collectors of Earth-That-Was relics are Durran Haymer, Lord Chris Hood and Cameron Bridges.
Posted on 2014-05-20 at 01:12:19.
Edited on 2014-05-20 at 01:12:53 by Alacrity
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Topic: Voyages of the Rocinante - Firefly RPG QnA
Subject: Oops
I just realized I accidentally forgot about Jessie. She was with Tess wasn't she? Too many NPCS.
Posted on 2014-05-20 at 01:06:17.
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Topic: Destiny's Flight - A Serenity RPG
Subject: and here we go.
Destiny Galley Day Two of Journey. 9:45 am ST
Lilianna has a few moments of confusion in the galley but only because she doesn't know the system where things are kept. She seems to actually enjoy working in the kitchen and help making breakfast. She doesn't say much as Her and Catie work together and it seems as if she is almost afraid to speak but her eyes seek out Catie's for some reassurance of direction. Despite her lofty status as a media darling, she has no qualms about serving people.
Grace snagged one of the pancakes and answered Rick, “I do have someone who helps me whenever I need it. Do you have an interest in mechanics?”
"Somewhat. I have a replica of an earth that was 67 Chevy Impala. I replaced the entire engine with a fusion thruster from a MF-813 Hover MULE."
"Not a replica." AJ said loudly.
""Of course it was AJ."
"NO. Dad said it was in the family since the beginning."
"Yeah well Dad was..."
"Don't you dare Rick. Do not cross that line!"
A cold tense moment passes between the brothers and they seem to be communicating again without talking. Then Rick gets up, "Sorry to have bothered your meal, Grace, maybe we can talk later." and then he returns to his seat beside his brother looking all grim again.
Lilianna froze where she stood between table. Her face stared to become redder and redder and her body was trembling. She dropped the plate of pancakes she was holding and started to cry loudly. A desperate crying of someone scared and frightened.
Destiny Gym Day Two of Journey. 9:45 am ST
Reaching the exercise room JC played the gentleman and allowed Asante to enter first. Within minutes Seth took off his shirt to reveal a white under-vest beneath took off the gun from his side to place it on a shelf nearby. JC watched as he began putting the heaviest weights onto the bar. Then his attention was captured by Asante as she stripped off her business jacket and trousers to reveal a black Lycra mesh body suit underneath.
“Is this okay gentlemen or should I go change?”
“No I think that will do.” JC replied as he loosened up, once again smiling his approval of the ‘Wedding Planners’ body.
JC noted that Seth was in excellent shape and had little problem working with heavy weights. He has signs as scars from war wounds, some probably being treated while in battle and therefore not fixed with a dermal mender hence the scars. But Asante was also bearing scars of war as well. Definite sign of defensive wounds from knives on her arm and she had been shot in the arms or leg more than once.
“So tell me Asante what you got planned for the Ladies wedding? Anything special or unique?
"Oh, it was going the be the wedding to talked about for some time. All the pomp and pageantry you'd expect from a royal wedding or at least people with enough cash to buy royalty . Buy that completely changed once the tales of kidnapping and killing of the princess started up. Now, the wedding is on the cruise liner the day after you arrive with Lilianna at noon. Baron paid a pretty penny for my services and then I ended up with nothing to do but act as a chaperone."
“Ok that’s different and the after wedding reception?”
"No idea but as I have heard there isn't one. I believe that Templeton is taking his prize and bringing her home to the trophy case as soon as the ink dries on the legal papers."
JC could not help but cough a little in surprise. “You called her his prize? Is that all the Lady is to him? Something won in a (Add a game type here?) game.
The gunfighter could not help but shake his head in disbelief.
"Did you lose your arm in the war?" Seth asks as if wanting to change the subject, "I mean no offence, but it looks rather cumbersome so I was thinking it might be from the war."
“No not the war, it was after we lost it, a little misadventure as a street boss enforcer on a money run gone bad. Woke up with it in the hospital, a get well gift from my employer you might say.”
Asante furled her brow for a second, "Wait a second. JC. Are you That JC? Fought for Independents? Hear a few stories about your shooting hand - hope your weren't left handed."
Smiling JC looked over to Asante and found himself against his better judgment liking the look of sweat on her body. “I don’t know what you heard, honestly most of those type of tales are *Mi Tian Gohn, but yeah I’m that JC.”
"Well I heard a lot of good things about you in the war. Nice to work with you."
Smiling a more roguish type of smile, his eyes full of meaning, JC nodded his head in thank you. “So is this the first time you have worked with Seth here?” He asked her to keep the conversation going between them. He had to admit it was not so much about gathering info anymore as to possibly getting some alone time with ‘The Wedding Planner’.
Asante smiled devilishly, "Yes but we really don't work together as much as avoid getting in each other's way, isn't that right Seth?"
"I saw no need to involve myself in the planning of the wedding beyond the security protocols." Seth answers coldly. JC trying not to let yet another smile escape at the twos clear dislike of the other addressed Seth once again.
“Seth if I may ask, how long you been running sec for Lilianna?"
"Since the threats began which was a little less than six months ago. I was serving the Baron up until then but he asked me to watch her as a personal favor."
“Oh so you’re more the Baron’s man then Lilianna’s ok. May I ask what’s the Baron really like and why he’s marrying off his daughter to, as Asante put it, a ‘trophy collector’?”
Seth face becomes a mask of impassiveness and he puts the bar back into the holder above his head, “The Baron gave my father a job when no one else would. The Baron gave my mother and myself a home and a means to survive during the dark times of the war. He has never been more than honourable with me and I will not judge a man by the words of others.” Seth grabbed a towel and wiped himself down. ‘As to Mr. Steele. Well...”
Stepping back JC realized, though he had gained a bit of useful information in this last bit, he had also hit a nerve with Seth that he had not meant to and moved to correct it quickly.
“My apologies Seth I was not bad mouthing the Baron I just can’t see a man of his good standing allowing his daughter to marry this guy Steele. Does this guy have something on the Baron some type of leverage maybe?
“I remember the weapons of Steele failing on the battlefield, I watched men die when their battery pack failed and or blew up in their face. I believe both sides suffered from ... faulty equipment. I can judge a man by his actions JC. But my duty is to protect Lilianna, not question her judgement.”
Nodding his head in agreement, JC was about to ask what side Seth had been on in the war even though he knew that answer in his gut already, when Asante spoke up..
“C’mon Seth.” Asante said, this time without the edge in her tone, “You know that something ain’t right!”
“Seth, even Asante agrees with me it seems” Turning to her JC smiles “We just need to find out what isn’t right in all this.”
Seth opened his mouth to answer when suddenly there was the sound of a plate crashing to the floor and then a woman crying loudly and hysterically. Seth leapt up and ran to the doorway , putting his gloved hand in the air and shouting Qiāng!. The gun that he left on the shelf suddenly leapt off the shelf and flew across to Seth's waiting hand as he ran out and down the hallway.
Asante laughed sardonically, "He may not like what Templeton did during the war but he does like that toy. " she grabbed her suit jacket and throw it over her shoulders, "I'm sure you need to attend to the drama so let's go but I'd love to talk later."
Destiny Galley Day Two of Journey. 9:46 am ST
As Lilianna cried there was a sound of running feet and Seth came into the galley with weapon in hand, but held up in check. JC and Asante close behind him
"GUN!!!" Rick screamed and he attempted to throw himself in front of Grace. AJ stood up and was trying to calm Lilianna down, "Hey whoa. Rick and I are brothers. we fight all the time. No need to get upset."
"I WANT DANIEL!!!!" She cries out through the tears.
"Daniel?" AJ says his eyes going wide..
"Daniel?" Rick repeats with the same expression.
Seth lowers the gun, "Lilianna. You told me he left you and ..."
"I lied! I lied about the kidnapping. I lied about Daniel. I lied to protect him. I lied to protect myself. I keep lying and hoping it will get better but it won't get better..." she sobbed uncontrollably, falling to the ground of the galley. "I've lost him."
Posted on 2014-05-19 at 18:16:33.
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Topic: Voyages of the Rocinante - Firefly RPG QnA
Subject: Who is the vile betrayer?
So I was wondering ...
The reveal of who is the mole is coming soon. At this point, who do you think is the traitor? Just like to see if I made it obvious.
Posted on 2014-05-19 at 12:08:43.
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Topic: Characters in upcoming Traveller games
Subject: The Drive Specialist
Name: Satine Jordan
Race: Human
Sex: Female
Age: 34
Homeworld: Vaccuum
STR: 8 ()
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 9 (+1)
INT: 12 (+2)
EDU: 10 (+1)
SOC: 6()
Career History
Service: Entertainer
Branch: Performer
# terms: 1
Rank: Freelancer
Status: Forced to flee
Notes
Service: Rogue
Branch: Thief
# terms: 1
Rank: Lackey
Status: Saved by Sterling Phoenix
Notes
Service: Scholar
Branch: Scientist
# terms: 3
Rank: Level 4
Status: Completed
Notes
Education and Training
Engineer 4
Space Science 1
Sp: ADP Jump 3
Computers 2
Sensors 1
Comms 1
Medic 0
Vacc Suit 0
Art 1
Sp: Dance 2
Sp: Acting 2
Carouse 0
Deception 0
Persuade 0
Steward 0
Streetwise 1
Gun Com - Slug Pistol 1
Investigate 0
Equipment
Weapons
Autopistol (Pistol) Dm: 3d6-3 Max Cap:15
Background and History
Physical Description
Finances
Posted on 2014-05-17 at 18:22:01.
Edited on 2014-05-17 at 18:22:31 by Alacrity
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Topic: Traveller game interest?
Subject: suggestions
the crew list was just a suggestion based on my experience as a GM for Serenity. Not necessarily a have to be the crew markup. As always I want people happy with their characters. If you have no medic, I will put an auto-doc on board. If you all have gun skills you don't need to have a single fighter type.
Posted on 2014-05-17 at 17:24:59.
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Topic: Traveller game interest?
Subject: groupwise
How do you guys prefer to play thisÉ Do you want assigned rank to determine who makes decisions or do you want an collective leadership with rank falling to the most qualified in a situation?
Does anyone really want to be leader?
We have five confirmed players and there will be one NPC who is the expert on the ADP Jump drive. Based on what I have sen in other games, you need a pilot, a mechanic, a Public Relations man (fighter),a medic and a generalist.
Posted on 2014-05-16 at 12:37:49.
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Topic: Traveller game interest?
Subject: characters
You may now start sending me characters and I can look at them over the long weekend. I have also created a thread to post your characters for others to see.
Posted on 2014-05-15 at 19:13:13.
Edited on 2014-05-15 at 19:14:33 by Alacrity
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Topic: Characters in upcoming Traveller games
Subject: Characters in upcoming Traveller games
Please use this format For characters. Note this is for all to see so if you want to keep secrets do not put them here but on the character sheet submitted to me.
Picture (Drawn or find an actor. Photobucket works well)
Name
Race
Sex
Age
Homeworld
STR In the #(+#)
DEX
END
INT
EDU
SOC
Career History (repeat for each career)
Service
Branch
# terms
Rank
Status
Notes
Education and Training
Skill (With Rank/level in brackets)
Specialization
Equipment
Weapons
Background and History
Physical Description
Finances
(Almerin: moved this to the Q/A)
Posted on 2014-05-15 at 19:12:04.
Edited on 2014-05-20 at 17:29:02 by Alacrity
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Topic: Voyages of the Rocinante - Firefly RPG QnA
Subject: Very Nice Post
Great posts from Everyone. I will be working on this during the long weekend.
Posted on 2014-05-15 at 15:49:07.
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Topic: Traveller game interest?
Subject: Like I said
Kinda silly. In this game, ignore aging unless your character crosses the 60 year mark.
Posted on 2014-05-14 at 18:55:52.
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Topic: Traveller game interest?
Subject: broke the machine
I had a series of tests today, won;t know results for a week.
Some thought on the rules as I re-read them:
Aging effect - start at 34? Who wrote these rules? 18 years old. With modern science and the future I would say to double that before worrying about aging.
Dynamic Initiative - I am not a fan but I will try it out at first.
Like the combat system. Simple but effect and the vehicle/ship combat works well in my head.
Not sure how to smoothly intergrate Effect into the pbp game without it becoming clunky. Will think it over.
Posted on 2014-05-14 at 16:43:21.
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Topic: Voyages of the Rocinante - Firefly RPG QnA
Subject: sorry
I also need a post from the Captain
Posted on 2014-05-14 at 11:44:42.
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Topic: The Gobber King- QnA
Subject: time
Tann - You have 30 arrows and 5 from before.
The knives are as long as a dagger but one side blade only. They do the same as daggers as damage
Posted on 2014-05-14 at 11:31:44.
Edited on 2014-05-14 at 11:34:07 by Alacrity
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Topic: The Gobber King- QnA
Subject: on the BBs
The bugbears had only the one crossbow.
Posted on 2014-05-14 at 01:08:00.
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Topic: The Gobber King- QnA
Subject: I like to believe all things are doable
I believe G needs a 7 and D needs a 10 to turn Z, and then 2d4 each if they succeed. These are not like the mice that are automatically dispelled by any clerical power.
Posted on 2014-05-13 at 19:48:33.
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Topic: The Gobber King- QnA
Subject: a note
These Rats are very large, almost the size of large dogs or wolves.
Posted on 2014-05-13 at 17:55:03.
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Topic: The Gobber King- QnA
Subject: well
With the undead mice, you had the liberty of closing the door and casting the "Combine". The spell takes a round to cast so you will definitely be overrun by rodents before you can complete the spell and then turn the ROUS.
Posted on 2014-05-13 at 17:37:14.
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Topic: The Gobber King
Subject: The next room
Without a clear sense of direction, the party decides to try the steam room exit. Ivan is not pleased with this decision by he goes with it anyway.
Upon finding the portal you step into another room. A large U-shaped dining table and 12 chairs take up half the room. Tapestries that once covered the walls have been tom down and are mounded in one corner to a depth of about 4 feet, covering several of the chairs and part of the table. Two fireplaces glow with fires. There are black openings in each of the four walls. A short, two legged, watermelon-shaped, metallic object lies under the table.
There are ten Giant (about 4 feet long, so almost large dog size)) rats in this room, with a majority of them feasting on the flesh of two bodies lying on the floor. Judging by the blood, they were killed recently. The rats have the same glowing red eyes and partially decomposed bodies that the Mice had in the kitchen. They are undead and they are leaving their feast to move towards you.
Ivan screams rather loudly, "By the Catlord! It's the Rats again! You said you killed them!" He frantically searches around for a place to climb up.
Posted on 2014-05-13 at 13:22:05.
Edited on 2014-05-13 at 17:54:14 by Alacrity
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Topic: The Gobber King- QnA
Subject: going South
It was Miss Scarlett, in the Dining Room, with the Giant Rats.
No?
I will post the room in the game soonish. Party comes in where the X is. Room is a dinning room with 10 Undead Giant Rats eating two fresh bodies.
Posted on 2014-05-13 at 13:05:24.
Edited on 2014-05-13 at 13:05:50 by Alacrity
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Topic: Traveller game interest?
Subject: No inside the ships
I am talking deck plans of ships. On Square graph but no scale listed.
Posted on 2014-05-13 at 01:17:14.
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Topic: Traveller game interest?
Subject: A question of scale
In the standard maps of traveller, what is the scale of the maps? I do not see a reference anywhere. One square is ?
Posted on 2014-05-12 at 23:30:44.
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