On 8/6/2017 at 10:06 AM, Servant of Dante said:

8 hours ago, Lynata said:

On 9/29/2017 at 4:58 PM, Covered in Weasels said:

Got a post in.

On 9/29/2017 at 4:58 PM, Covered in Weasels said:

On 8/6/2017 at 10:06 AM, Servant of Dante said:

How's it going?

On 10/4/2017 at 10:51 AM, Lynata said:

On 9/29/2017 at 4:58 PM, Covered in Weasels said:

On 8/6/2017 at 10:06 AM, Servant of Dante said:

Got a post in

Sorry for not replying, I guess I’ve been kinda distracted. I don’t have time right now to come up with a proper response, but I’ll try to soon.

On 10/4/2017 at 10:51 AM, Lynata said:

On 9/29/2017 at 4:58 PM, Covered in Weasels said:

49 minutes ago, Servant of Dante said:

Sorry for not replying, I guess I’ve been kinda distracted. I don’t have time right now to come up with a proper response, but I’ll try to soon.

That's fine, as long as you're thinking of the game still.

How we doing otherwise (you other two)

alright, I got a reply in. I feel bad that it's really short . . .

21 hours ago, Servant of Dante said:

alright, I got a reply in. I feel bad that it's really short . . .

Never feel bad about the length of a post. I'm not looking for anything special.

21 hours ago, Servant of Dante said:

On 10/4/2017 at 10:51 AM, Lynata said:

On 9/29/2017 at 4:58 PM, Covered in Weasels said:

Got a post in.

41 minutes ago, ThenDoctor said:

Got a post in.

Can you roll for me?

Ariel has next to no knowledge of this world, but perhaps a successful Test would justify being aware of the existence of city maps, and suggest looking for one of those.

20 hours ago, Lynata said:

Can you roll for me?

Yep, you got a 03 on Common Lore (Imperium) as per your request in our message.

When I get the other two test results I'll let you all know what you do or do not know

On 10/11/2017 at 11:51 PM, Servant of Dante said:

How we doing?

On 9/29/2017 at 4:58 PM, Covered in Weasels said:

On 10/12/2017 at 10:16 PM, Lynata said:

On 10/11/2017 at 11:51 PM, Servant of Dante said:

Got a post in.

Minor criticism: I'm not sure the novices would have actually had a chance learning about this specific place of worship, considering they're not even from the same sector -- and would this kind of knowledge check not be more location-focused rather than the more general Imperial Lore? I was just hoping for Ariel to recall that there may be things like tourist maps.

Not a big deal, of course, it just felt a little odd. The 03 was quite a surprising result! Makes me think that perhaps I should push Ariel a little more towards being a walking memory bank, especially after Estelia's comment earlier. There is no Talent for an unusually good memory in DH2, is there? I seem to recall DH1 had something like it ...

Common Lore Imperium: Knowledge of the segmenta, sectors, and best-known worlds of the Imperium.

So I took that as knowledge of the best known worlds of sectors as well. Which Desoleum is one of.

But I understand your point. There's not necessarily a common lore that covers "religious places" within the galaxy.

5 hours ago, Lynata said:

Not a big deal, of course, it just felt a little odd. The 03 was quite a surprising result! Makes me think that perhaps I should push Ariel a little more towards being a walking memory bank, especially after Estelia's comment earlier. There is no Talent for an unusually good memory in DH2, is there? I seem to recall DH1 had something like it ...

Balthazar has a talent like that though. Can't remember what it is at the moment.

Ah, I guess it's interpretation; to me this would read what the most important worlds are, more than their specific details. It'd seem to be too much to remember otherwise? But this also comes down to just how important Desoleum is for the Imperium as a whole, and how famous this holy site is. There are some places I would most certainly consider known throughout the Emperor's realm, after all, like Ophelia VII or Gathalamor.

It may be I'm mis-remembering from other games like Shadowrun, but I thought that at least DH1 had something (might've been in the Inquisitor's Handbook) where you could make up your own locally limited Lores to represent deeper knowledge of a specific area. My memory is a little hazy on this, though, so don't quote me on that. DH1 in particular was rather "rigid" and did not allow for much customization, after all.

1 hour ago, ThenDoctor said:

Balthazar has a talent like that though.

Ah shoot, I wouldn't want to copy something too much.

Well, not like there aren't so many other things I could put XP in, especially as I wanted to balance combat capability with religious skills!

2 minutes ago, Lynata said:

It may be I'm mis-remembering from other games like Shadowrun, but I thought that at least DH1 had something (might've been in the Inquisitor's Handbook) where you could make up your own locally limited Lores to represent deeper knowledge of a specific area. My memory is a little hazy on this, though, so don't quote me on that. DH1 in particular was rather "rigid" and did not allow for much customization, after all.

I mean I could, but at the end of the day I hate the idea of bogging down the system with a common lore for every single planet. *shrug* otherwise the only way you would get it is from a specific planet choice.

29 minutes ago, ThenDoctor said:

I mean I could, but at the end of the day I hate the idea of bogging down the system with a common lore for every single planet. *shrug* otherwise the only way you would get it is from a specific planet choice.

*nod* Well, I probably would not call it "bogging down" when it's pretty much a custom Skill that has zero relevance to anything or anyone save the player that picks it -- but I've just come from a rules-lite game (-> Dragon Age RPG) that explicitly allows and incentivizes you to make up Skills (or rather "Focuses", which is what passes as Skills in this system, adding a +2 to your attribute roll) on the fly, so I may be a bit jaded.

But let's just proceed as-is, this isn't really all that important anyways. I just expected more general information from this Skill check, s'all.

1 minute ago, Lynata said:

But let's just proceed as-is, this isn't really all that important anyways. I just expected more general information from this Skill check, s'all.

You're fine, I don't mind it being brought up. It isn't like this isn't a conversation that wouldn't take place at a table or something. I'm always hesitant to give general information for a successful test because it feels like succeeding but not really. I like successes to be useful.

On 9/29/2017 at 4:58 PM, Covered in Weasels said:

How we doing?

On 9/29/2017 at 4:58 PM, Covered in Weasels said:

On 10/16/2017 at 8:26 PM, Lynata said:

On 10/11/2017 at 11:51 PM, Servant of Dante said:

Ok, so it seems like you're all in agreement to a plan of action.

I'll be honest unless you have any other plans in Port Gyre I have no scenes left to give. You can easily get through any checkpoint with your oath cogs, your weapons are not egregious, and your stated plans to travel to the Grand Shrine of the Oath are not suspicious.

Do you have any plans left for Port Gyre?

If not then one of you needs to make an availability roll of Average difficulty or better. This is because Poor Quality transportation simply doesn't go where you intend on going, them's the breaks of working your way up the hive.

So, fast forward? Sounds good to me.

I guess we could stop by some merchants on the way to inspect their various offers, but this I'd only deem likely when we are literally walking past their stalls and something catches our eyes. An actual shopping spree would appear more likely after we've been to the villa and had a chance to hear out how local contacts can support us for free. Sidenote: do we even have money to pay for things? I know that, technically, we'd just have to roll for Requisition, but it should be justifiable in the scope of the campaign too.

I'll leave the roll to someone who is more confident about their dice.

34 minutes ago, Lynata said:

An actual shopping spree would appear more likely after we've been to the villa and had a chance to hear out how local contacts can support us for free. Sidenote: do we even have money to pay for things? I know that, technically, we'd just have to roll for Requisition, but it should be justifiable in the scope of the campaign too.

That's the plan actually, when you get the the villa and have a small scene there we will have a time where you can shop.

I'll extrapolate your requisition in to say funding from the church or your benefactor. It really just depends on what you look for. I'll think more about it when we get there.

On 10/11/2017 at 11:51 PM, Servant of Dante said:

On 9/29/2017 at 4:58 PM, Covered in Weasels said:

How we doing?

I'm fine with jumping ahead to the next part of the story (provided we can pass the Acquisition roll )

So since Thorne failed the Aquidition roll, what now? We get one roll as a group right?