OOC Chapter 1: An Unexpected Meeting

[Anas]

Hey everyone this is the OOC forum for our first chapter in this campaign. Please keep all out-of-character discussions, questions, die rolls, and general rambling in this thread.

Thanks,

Anas

[jujusauce]

[roll0]

just making sure i jot the thingy right

and i did

[jujusauce]

Also im a little confused at to what you want in the IC forum now. we have and intorduction. but are we gonna go turn based, or just post whatever whenever if were not im combat. can we always post a reply or will you tell us when we are acting and you are narrating or what?

ramble

[Anas]

are we gonna go turn based, or just post whatever whenever if were not im combat. can we always post a reply or will you tell us when we are acting and you are narrating or what?


The only time we'll go turn based is in combat, and for the most part I'll be directing the story through NPCs and their dialog. Whenever you move to a new location, i.e. enter a bar or a shop feel free to say what you're doing, but I will post after you with an NPC's response and detail the surroundings along with it.

All of us are going to be narrating to some degree. You and the others will narrate your character (what they do, say, think, etc), while I will narrate everything else. Really you guys are going to drive the story, so you can always post a reply. If something gets out of order I'll rearrange things so they make sense.

Is that pretty clear?

[jujusauce]

So basically we just post waht we are doing after you do your post and you just go with it. to an extent

oh. and as far as skill checks. you said we wont be doing them for the most part. but if i wanna use all my skills that i have cna i still use them. and will they just autamaticaly suceede or what?

[Anas]

Yes, we'll be playing off each other's posts.

For skill checks most will automatically succeed. The only ones you will always need to roll for are opposed checks, i.e. Perception vs. Deception.

[jujusauce]

so yeah. im wandering
1d20+16p thats my use the force check to kep my pressence in the force hidden from everyone. and im force persuading the ppl to tell me what i want to know.

[roll0] just incase i have to

34 thats my use the force cause i screwed it up the first time

[Anas]

Which result was the one meant for hiding your presence? The 23 or the 34?

By the way, using Force powers make it impossible for you to hide yourself in the Force because, uh, you're using the Force. Just for future reference.

[jujusauce]

the 34 was my use the force. And i know im using the force. what was going through my mind was something similer to what palpatine did with the senate. he hid his pressence at all times. yet still used the force to slowy currupt almost all the members of the senate. so he was using the force all the time. yes no one new he was the dark lord

[jujusauce]

basicially i am focusing my efforts in a very small area around me. while keeping my general pressence hidden to those who are not close to me. Granted if i tried that on someone who could sence the force they would prolly know i was doing it (unless i use my force decption to make them think otherwise). So if someone is near that can sence the force they would only feel a flicker, where as someone, say 100 feet away ish, would not sence a thing

[jujusauce]

and after some book reading. I can make an opposed use the force check to conceal my forceness from others.

This is what i get from what i read. If my use the for excede thiers they can not detect my pressence at all, no matter what i am doing and i can force use decption can convince ppl that the force was no involved even if they sence it. dunno. read it and tell me what you get from it

[Anas]

You're completely right. I slipped into the old D20 Star Wars where using the Force would reveal your presence.

[jujusauce]

Ok expllain how this would work. Im trying to use the forse to detect Davids pressence. So there obviously needs to be opposed force rolls. Do i type what i want up to the check, then continue based on the rolls, or type the whole thing then edit for what actually happened.

either way here is my roll [roll0]

[Anas]

Je'Koth doesn't need to make an opposed check because your 30 is higher than anything he could roll. You automatically succeed, so continue your conversation as you had planned.

[jujusauce]

i figured. but in the future. say i want to persuade them, or intimidate them or what (and my roll is beatable by them) how would that work

[Anas]

Well, if it's something opposed by one of their defenses, their defense is the DC. If it's something that has to be rolled against, then they'll have to roll. As far as what you can post, make your roll in the OOC forum first. After the success/failure of the roll is determined, then make your IC post.

[jujusauce]

ok. 2 questions.

1: since we are ll kinda posting indepentant of each other. woud it be better to jsut do 1 roll for a whole conversaion rather then multiple and just have the result stick throughout?

2: If i were to persuade someone (and my roll beats everyone so no one can talk them out of it) do they HAVE to follow my persuasion/deception/whatever. that kinda takes the RP out of it. and could kinda turn me in to dominating the party (which im fine with by the way)

[Anas]

1. One roll for the whole conversation is fine.

2. You're right, forcing someone to do what you want by winning a die roll takes the role-playing out of it, so I've decided that you can't influence player characters in that way. If you want to convince them to do something then you'll have to make a persuasive argument, or tell a good lie (i.e. your style of game-mastering).

For NPCs, though, you can still make them do whatever you want if you win the die roll.

[jujusauce]

ok, this i have to know. how does david know me. and if he know about the academy, then i should know him, as i was there for a good 15 years (i forget exactly how long) and FYI, i went though extra effort to keep myself well hidden, and never (unless i wanted to/felt the need to) did i use my real name.

[jujusauce]

Oh, and seeing as how i kept my personal feeling about everyting to myself at the academy he would not nkow about my averasion to mindless drinking. And there is no way he could have heard me say it, as he was not arouns and it was said to myself.

im thinking past posts cant be used for info if the other characters were not around as, well, they could know know that

[Anas]

True. I'll edit his post for the drinking bit, but your history with the Academy happened, and the other Masters would have used your situation as an example to the other students. All he knows is that you're still on the Sith's "most wanted" list.

[Anas]

Just a random note. Try to stick to the color you've been using for your dialog. It'll make it easier to follow a conversation if everything is color-coded. Lame, I know, but indulge me :P

Ool'yn - Lime

Je'Koth - Yellow

Glas Aon - Teal

NPCs (Unfriendly, Neutral, Friendly, Helpful) - Deep Sky Blue

NPCs (Hostile) - Red

[jujusauce]

really...lime...you couldnt just say green

[Anas]

Haha, I could have said green, but I was using the color designations available to us in the color pallet. The initial color we used for you was called "lime."

[jujusauce]

ok, before i post a reply. i am going to attempt to uyse some force powers on david.

force grip while i talk to him roll=

then move object to throw him aside (the dc for moving a medium sized object is 15 but i will roll anyway) roll= [roll]1d20+16

[jujusauce]

hmmm aparently you cant edit the roll even if you didnt type it in right. stupid

so, roll for throwing david= 34

ok, and after reading davids stats, i succede on both. i shall reply now

oh, and there is damage involved if davind takes it it will be

for Force Choke roll= 10

as for the thrust damage (assuming my 34 beats the guards reflex defense) roll= 4

[Anas]

You succeed on everything. Je'Koth takes 14 damage.

[Anas]

If you guys choose to fight, here is the combat info:

Guard Captain
City Guard (1)(2)(3)

It doesn't matter which guard is 1, 2, or 3. The first one attacked would be considered 1, the second one 2, and so on.

[embo33]

I want to use martial arts as they try to arrest me. My attack roll is 1d20+8

If I do damage, it totals to [roll0]

[Anas]

For some reason it didn't process your attack roll, so I'm going to try it here.

[roll0]

Don't forget to post a description of your attack on the IC thread. Then I need everyone to roll initiative, and combat will go as normal.

[embo33]

Yeah, I tried a few times and it wouldn't work.

My initiative is [roll0]

[Anas]

Guardsmen initiative: [roll0]

Also Em, you got a surprise round on that guard because he wasn't expecting it. Main combat will start once everyone rolls initiative.

[jujusauce]

Hey you should totally tell me where you read that master negptiaotiaier didnt affect certian parts of the condition track. i cant find it. as i read it as a standard action in an encounter i can make a persuasion roll and i fi beat their will i move them -2 on the conditon track.

[jujusauce]

as for initiative...i was gonna get us out of combat, but this will work too

roll= [roll0]

[Anas]

We were both right about Master Negotiator, in a way. You can do it to them in combat and it affects everything they do. However, if they reach the end of the condition track they simply give up instead of falling unconscious which is what normally happens. So... feel free to humiliate your enemies all you want.

[jujusauce]

Oh i am totally gonna call them Nancy's

[Anas]

Dave you need to use the in-text die roller formula. I'm not saying I don't trust you, but to be fair to everyone else you have to use the die roller on here. I'm redoing your rolls to rectify this. Also, I'm assuming for your Force Slam roll you spent a Force point (only way to achieve the 34). One last thing, by Slamming Ool'yn you're also hitting Glas Aon because it's an area attack, not single target.

[roll0] to hit

[roll1] for damage

[Anas]

Dave, here is your initiative roll as well. Beginning with this post, everyone acts in proper initiative order.

[roll0]

1. Ool'yn
2. Je'Koth
3. Glas Aon
4. Guardsmen

[jujusauce]

im not letting that fool slam me. im rebuking it bakc at him. as a reaction

roll = [roll0]

My action is gonna depend on weather the rubuke sent the whole power back at him (thus not hitting the gurads at all) or only the part of it that hit me.

[Anas]

You successfully rebuke the whole effect back at him with you as the source. Guards (1), (2), and Glas Aon don't take any damage. Je'Koth can't rebuke it so he, the Guard Captain, and Guard (3) take 9 damage instead.

This means that Guard (1) is still alive, and Guard (2) is not prone. All posts have been edited to reflect this.

[jujusauce]

the guard has be nancyfied!

Master Negotiator roll

24

my turn is done

[Anas]

I merged your posts and it eliminated the die roll...hmm... Good thing I remembered what it was. Guard (2) has moved -2 down the condition track.

[Anas]

Oh, um, David it's your turn.

[jujusauce]

*chirp chirp*

[dabocim]

battlestrike
1d20+7

[Anas]

Dave, your roll didn't go through, so here it is properly:

[roll0]

[jujusauce]

added more detail to my last post cause im bored

[embo33]

Dan's light saber is shweet and I am assuming I need to wait to do something until David posts IC.

[dabocim]

now i am going to attack the nearest guard
Attack
[roll0]
damage
[roll1]

[Anas]

Guard (3) takes 9 more damage.

Em, it's your turn now.

[embo33]

I'm sticking with martial arts for the moment and Guard (1)

Attack [roll0]

Damage [roll1]

[Anas]

Guard Captain attacking Je'Koth

Atk: [roll0] Dmg: [roll1] x2 for critical hit = 34

Guard (2) attacking Ool'yn

Atk: [roll2] Dmg: [roll3]

[jujusauce]

i is gonna nancify same guard again

[roll0]

[Anas]

Guard (2) moves another -2 down the condition track for a total of -4.

[jujusauce]

*ahem* its -10 now. track goes 0, -1, -2, -5, -10, *

[Anas]

I meant -4 steps down the condition track, not the actual value. So, if I were to say the value it'd be -10. Happy? :P

[jujusauce]

yes

[dabocim]

first I am attempting to redirect the guards shot back at him as a reaction
[roll0]
okay now I am going to attack the guard who shot at me
attack
[roll1]
damage
[roll2]
then i will activate my lightsaber defense

[jujusauce]

*edited*

can i call them tards and run away like a girly napoleon Dynomite while crying to myself about how im a strong man and i did my best?

[embo33]

I vote yes.

[dabocim]

Hey Russ just one thing. I tried to redirect back at the guard so shouldn't he have taken damage from that.

[Anas]

I didn't say you did. I thought it made sense when I said in the IC thread that you deflected it. You've only taken 23 damage since you met Ool'yn. He choked you (10), threw you (4), and rebuked your power at you (9).

[jujusauce]

im gonna use ultimate power of doom on them


then im gonna attempt to decieve them
[roll1]

also, if i can, i want to nancify the aprentice
[roll]1d20+16

[jujusauce]

[roll0]

they are really picky about rolls in the forums. serious trust issues. cant even edit in a new roll that was not there

[Anas]

Yeah, if you made a roll and posted it, you can't edit in another roll to that post. For simplicity's sake just make your potential rolls in the same post unless you need to know the outcome from me before you decide what to do next.

You successfully deceive them and negotiate the apprentice down the condition track to -2.

[itches]

they are really picky about rolls in the forums. serious trust issues. cant even edit in a new roll that was not there

I know, I mean benifit of the doubt? Hello?

And have you seen what happens if you remove a roll? Talk about over the top!

[jujusauce]

*does happy dance*
running with their tail between their legs! i win

[jujusauce]

doin a sence force check

[roll0]

since the DC is 15 i assume i automatically win

[jujusauce]

i wanna search my feeling about staying on planet
[roll0]

[jujusauce]

Knowledge, galatic lore for whatever planet we are on. since its not in the book.
[roll0]
i want to know popular areas, gathering points, backwater places or anything along those lines that i could know with galatic lore

...well nvm with that. i dont think a 12 wil get me anything...

[jujusauce]

please guid us oh wise and powerful GM! i have no idea...just no idea

[Anas]

Haha, ok, tomorrow sometime I'll post a little suggestive scene that might get you started in the right direction. Though, really, since you're done with combat now, and you suggested yourself that you get to know each other better that might be a good place to start.

[jujusauce]

you do it now!

[jujusauce]

tihs needs be be much more active..im getting bored...and relly cant think of anything...that and my wow account has been turned off so i NEED SOMETHING!!!!!

[embo33]

Make up a place that we go to so we can learn about each others characters, because I want to know what you guys did that we are already having encounters with other sith.

[Anas]

Sorry, homework got in the way. Tomorrow I promise to spark something, but it'll depend on one of you to make it go anywhere... O.o

[jujusauce]

i nominate emily *shifty eyes*

[jujusauce]

can i just stand there pointing and laughing at him to the point of obnoctiosness (didnt even try with that one)

[Anas]

Well you could, except that it would be extremely out of character for you. Oh, and it's obnoxious. Easier than you'd think :P

[jujusauce]

i couldnt resist. Ill change it to a real post in a bit. Just gonna let it stew for a while

[embo33]

Can I choose to roll my eyes and walk away because these Sith are crazy. Not really though. I guess I have to be the nice one and ask what is happening.

[dabocim]

thanks for the support.* Je' Koth could have just had his mind melted. then you would only have two people.
*sarcasm

[Anas]

*nudge nudge* Je'Koth it's all on you... GO!

[jujusauce]

i wanna sense force on the crystal thingy. i guess its sence force. i wanna know dark side, light side, how strong. and if possible its origin
[roll0]

[jujusauce]

added to my las post seeing as how no one seems to want to jump in (looks at russ)

[Anas]

Sorry for the delay. I posted something a few days ago, and I thought it went through. At any rate, it's there now.

[jujusauce]

k, i is confuzzled. who he talkin to. me or je je with that last question?

[embo33]

I'm pretty sure he be a askin' you. My character hasn't done anything in awhile....hmmm

[Anas]

That last question about Je'Koth's well being is directed at any of you, even Je'Koth.

[jujusauce]

WTB more anything from everyone else....anything....please.

[Anas]

Just so everyone isn't in the dark... There is no rush to post right now because I'm about to introduce a new player into the story. I have to wait to hear back from him about whether he approves of his character or needs me to make changes. After that I'll move the story along to the next "scene" so to speak.

[jujusauce]

whats the deal with the new guy?

[Anas]

He just replied to me tonight, so sometime tomorrow I will make a new post IC to bring him into the story and move you all along the path.

[jujusauce]

7 days to respond....

[IG44]

Alright. Hey everyone!!! Sorry it took so long to get online and start, but thanksgiving break and being grounded sorta put a stopper in my plans. So can I just start off roleplaying or is there anything more that I need to do first???

[jujusauce]

I need $20

[Anas]

Hey Xann, great first post. The only thing I need to point out is that you need to talk in the present tense. So, instead of saying "Xann got up and headed towards the door," you would say, "Xann gets up and heads toward the door."

[IG44]

Ah, right. Sorry about that anas, just used to roleplaying in past tense. Thanks for pointing it out! (Not anger or sarcasm, just sayin cause it sounds that way every thime I read it to myself.) And just really quick, even though I prolly already asked this, but what do I have to do to roll? like how many dice are we useing and which equation is it? just confussed a bit, sorry.

[jujusauce]

just in case i need to do a roll for that, it gonna be persuasion

[roll0]

[Anas]

Xann, you can find a link to the dice rolling procedures in our House Rules subforum.

Ool'yn, you succeed in your... influence.

[IG44]

Alright, is there anything that I should have used it for or am I fine so far? And what will I put in for the equation?

[Anas]

You're fine so far, and you'll put whatever modifiers are pertinent to the skill/ability you're trying to use.

[Anas]

All right. I've been out of it for a few weeks, enjoying my break and such. I haven't paid much attention to anything, but now that school is starting up again my life becomes more focused and decidedly boring. So, let us resume the story, shall we?

[Anas]

Alright, everyone needs to roll initiative, and we'll start at the top of the order.

TIE Predator (1) initiative: [roll0]
TIE Predator (2) initiative: [roll1]

I'll post The Legacy's character sheet in a little while. Oh, and just in case it wasn't clear, Je'Koth and Ool'yn will be on the guns while Glas Aon is in the engine room.

[jujusauce]

[roll0]

[Anas]

Dave, you still have to roll initiative :P

[embo33]

Sorry I took awhile doing this. Here is my roll: [roll0]

[dabocim]

sorry here is my roll
[roll0]

[IG44]

Here's my roll for initiative
[roll0]

[Anas]

Cool, so the order is as follows:

1. Xann
2. Je'Koth
3. TIE Predator (2)
4. Ool'yn
5. TIE Predator (1)
6. Glas Aon

Xann, you'll start us off, and remember, since you're piloting you have the option of sticking out the whole fight, or just making the jump to lightspeed. If you choose to flee into hyperspace you have these two options:

Wait 10 rounds (turns) and make a DC 10 Use Computer check with this modifier:

+11 = half your level (3) + Int modifier (3) + 5 nav computer

On your first turn make a DC 10 Use Computer check with this modifier:

+1 = half your level (3) + Int modifier (3) + 5 nav computer - 10 (full round attempt)

Otherwise you can just maneuver and attack with the concussion missiles.

[IG44]

I will move within fireing range of tie predator 2.
I'm fireing a concussion missile at tie predator 2.
attack roll [roll0]

damage roll 96

[Anas]

I'll post for you this time, Xann, but in the future you should post IC describing what you're doing, and then in the OOC thread post the die rolls and game abilities that you're using.

Je'Koth's up next.

[jujusauce]

so how do i do this. do i use my ranged attack mod, or the ships?

if its mine, then
if its the ships then [roll1]

for damage im guessing i use the ships guns [roll]8d10x2[roll]
at what ever tie is closest

ok...so for laser damge im guessing you cant do what i did [roll]8d10

[jujusauce]

this forum is really stupid about rolling...

[roll0]

ok so assuming this is how its done that makes my damage 108 right?

[Anas]

When you're firing The Legacy's weapons you add your ranged attack modifier and the ship's weapon modifier to the D20 roll. So, yes, your total attack roll was 30 and your damage was 108.

[dabocim]

Well Ool'yn jumped the gun a bit (pardon the pun) I was just getting ready to shoot the ship but whatever.
the real initiative was
1. Xann
2. Je'Koth
3. TIE Predator (2)
4. Ool'yn
5. TIE Predator (1)
6. Glas Aon

[Anas]

Yes, well, minor slip. My bad. Moving on. Are you guys ready for Chapter 2?

[IG44]

I'm ready whenever you are. Does this mean that I have to put try for hyperdrive?

[jujusauce]

there are 2 chapters!?!?! i have a hard enough time reading 1!!!

[Anas]

Xann, you'll automatically succeed at the hyperspace check now that there are no immediate threats.

[dabocim]

chapter 2 sounds good

[IG44]

Sweet! So how are we gonna start off the chapter? I Vote for comeing in when we just reach orbit.