The rear portions of the SSRS Kostroma have been cleared. The Boiler room draws near. Still that sound persists. Calling them.
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>>195053
>Yay, you're back!
Thanks c:
> Have you been following along with our escapade?
Sadly, I haven't. I been busy. attached related ;P
>Any thoughts on it?
Missed opportunity. You have been out at sea and have yet to call upon the seaponies. I suppose you haven't been in distress.
>Amoeba-baby?
^^
>>195054
>It's not as hard as it sounds
I see. But I assume you gotta know the rules.
>To get started, consider running a module.
I don't really wanna run a module. Part of the fun, imo, in GM probably is in creating the world and key points of the story. So in a hypothetical world where I did run a dnd thingie, I would want to craft that part myself.
>Are you being ironic?
I'm not sure what you are referring to, probably mb on that lack of comprehension. But I will make a reply based on what I guess you mean. I meant the flattery. Like for one, I could never stay with a project for this long, I mean, of course, a dnd campaign is a collaborative story, so it's not only the gm but you know the endurance is impressive.
>Yay, you're back!
Thanks c:
> Have you been following along with our escapade?
Sadly, I haven't. I been busy. attached related ;P
>Any thoughts on it?
Missed opportunity. You have been out at sea and have yet to call upon the seaponies. I suppose you haven't been in distress.
>Amoeba-baby?
^^
>>195054
>It's not as hard as it sounds
I see. But I assume you gotta know the rules.
>To get started, consider running a module.
I don't really wanna run a module. Part of the fun, imo, in GM probably is in creating the world and key points of the story. So in a hypothetical world where I did run a dnd thingie, I would want to craft that part myself.
>Are you being ironic?
I'm not sure what you are referring to, probably mb on that lack of comprehension. But I will make a reply based on what I guess you mean. I meant the flattery. Like for one, I could never stay with a project for this long, I mean, of course, a dnd campaign is a collaborative story, so it's not only the gm but you know the endurance is impressive.
>>195054
Cavaliere responds, "The door is a critical chokepoint between rooms and we need to plan around that, so we won't be surrounded on three sides this time. After breaching, we should fan out to find cover on either side and form a firing line down the hold. Then, we push along the sides of the hold while we keep noncombatants guarded at the entryway."
>>195056
Congratulations on the gamer girl!
He meant the pregnant part
Cavaliere responds, "The door is a critical chokepoint between rooms and we need to plan around that, so we won't be surrounded on three sides this time. After breaching, we should fan out to find cover on either side and form a firing line down the hold. Then, we push along the sides of the hold while we keep noncombatants guarded at the entryway."
>>195056
Congratulations on the gamer girl!
He meant the pregnant part
>>195057
"Well, I could summon five thousands bats into the room, and then we could hold the door shut while all of the creatures inside eventually die of bleed damage...."
How much HP did Cavalier regain?
"Well, I could summon five thousands bats into the room, and then we could hold the door shut while all of the creatures inside eventually die of bleed damage...."
How much HP did Cavalier regain?
>>195057
>Congratulations on the gamer girl!
^^
Thank you, tho don't be. The truth is that I'm lonely. :,C Anyway, meanwhile you've been doing stuff, I've been feeding pigeons. I made a more secure version of my pigeon photo. I don't really care if I get doxxed but I probably should so I will do it like so. Tho, this is photo I took of my flock that I feed.
>Meant preggers
^^ I see.
>Congratulations on the gamer girl!
^^
Thank you, tho don't be. The truth is that I'm lonely. :,C Anyway, meanwhile you've been doing stuff, I've been feeding pigeons. I made a more secure version of my pigeon photo. I don't really care if I get doxxed but I probably should so I will do it like so. Tho, this is photo I took of my flock that I feed.
>Meant preggers
^^ I see.
>>195058
Waiting on GM Pony because I don't know what kind of healing potion it was so I can't roll yet.
Cavaliere: "It would be more less cruel to use a gas grenade at that point. No, we have to take them down quickly, but avoid killing them if we can. They are not responsible for this."
>>195059
>lonely
>has pigeons
Found the Swedish Tesla
Waiting on GM Pony because I don't know what kind of healing potion it was so I can't roll yet.
Cavaliere: "It would be more less cruel to use a gas grenade at that point. No, we have to take them down quickly, but avoid killing them if we can. They are not responsible for this."
>>195059
>lonely
>has pigeons
Found the Swedish Tesla
>>195060
>Tesla and pigeons
I didn't even know that about him. Thanks a ton. It will be interesting to look into this further. Also, thanks for the generous comparison. ^^
>Tesla and pigeons
I didn't even know that about him. Thanks a ton. It will be interesting to look into this further. Also, thanks for the generous comparison. ^^
>>195056
>I see. But I assume you gotta know the rules.
They're not that hard to learn.
Running a module for practice will also pretty much just tell you how to make most rulings.
>I don't really wanna run a module. Part of the fun, imo, in GM probably is in creating the world and key points of the story. So in a hypothetical world where I did run a dnd thingie, I would want to craft that part myself.
They're not mutually exclusive. You can run a published adventure in any world of your making.
>>195060
>muh geneva convention
"Did you bring any gas grenades?"
>I see. But I assume you gotta know the rules.
They're not that hard to learn.
Running a module for practice will also pretty much just tell you how to make most rulings.
>I don't really wanna run a module. Part of the fun, imo, in GM probably is in creating the world and key points of the story. So in a hypothetical world where I did run a dnd thingie, I would want to craft that part myself.
They're not mutually exclusive. You can run a published adventure in any world of your making.
>>195060
>muh geneva convention
"Did you bring any gas grenades?"
>>195038
>>195044
>>195048
>>195046
Blackheel continues, more obviously irritated with Posey's attitude
"Well, now that you've answered your own question, I'll spell it out for you.
It probably thinks you're a threat. It's probably taking risks to stop you. My best guess is that it was hoping the steel bulkhead and the locked door would stop the fire from spreading. Steel doesn't burn. That's why its puppets retreated. That's why they locked the door behind them. And It probably hoped to lock that door behind you as well, or at least, it hoped the fire blocked your exit and the three of you cook alive. Perhaps it thought the fire would die when it exhausted all thre air in the cargo hold. There is no opening to the deck and on four sides the cargo hold is contained by steel. It may have thought the steel walls would contain the fire. I would never take that chance. There's plenty of wood and crates in here. While most of the thousands of tons of heating oil that used to be on this ship were offloaded at Everfrost, some barrels were reloaded and have fumes, some barrels are half empty. Maybe as much as a ton, maybe less, of heating oil is in this cargo hold. Some partly filled barrels might explode under the right heat, same with the butane torches. Fire may spread through the deck once it lights. But maybe the Entity thinks differently.
And suppose the ship did burn? All the Entity has to do is turn a few valves in its hiding hole in cargo hold 2 and sink the ship in shallow water. The water would protect it and the ship would be salvaged in less than a week. That destroyer is, what, an hour away? Nova Griffonia will be here in the morning. The only reason the fascists haven't arrived yet is because they are waiting for clear weather, assuming they aren't already here. There's already a pirate torpedo boat next to the ship. It has other options for escape.
Do you know that it doesn't have some kind of magical means to stop the spread of a fire? I don't, and I'm not going to ignore an open flame next to the only door through which I can retreat on the assumption that this this god-like being doesn't have some kind of magical way to stop a fire, assuming nine and a half millimeters of steel isn't good enough.
Or maybe it doesn't wish to kill you at all, but just to tire you so it can take over your minds and make you its puppets. Or maybe it doesn't want to kill you but only to delay you from reaching the Hippogriff before the GRU force arrives. Then it can sit back while you fight its enemies for it, in a reverse of what you did on the island.
If that kerosene had lit, its puppets would have just fled through the bulkhead door and locked it. They did that anyways. Then they could have locked the door behind you and let the three of you roast. Then it would be free to attack your snake and the few of us - they almost got your snake and the fascist commander here - from behind, take your zebra hostage, and assuming the deck survived, make her relight the boiler for it, and after all of that it would have had most of its puppets survive for when that destroyer arrives. And if it were wrong and the whole ship burned, all it had to do was flood hold 2 and wait for the destroyer to arrive. You lose. It does not.
Or maybe - maybe - it really is just a dumb animal that doesn't know what it's doing and is acting at random. I don't really know. What I do know is that you charged ahead to attack a single conscript and let your only mode of escape almost burn. You ignore basic awareness of dangers and your surroundings for the tiniest advantages. I would ask you who is the one lacking tactical sense. You're so very lucky it hasn't realized how easily you may be baited into a trap. A single puppet and you'd happily run next to a barrel rigged with explosives, or onto a false floor, or whatever it can come up with. You can be checkmated at the loss of a single pawn, and it knows that now. I know that now.
So I'd be a bit less concerned with the tactical genius of a delusional hippogriff and a bit more aware of the wooden floors I stand on."
>>195044
>>195048
>>195046
Blackheel continues, more obviously irritated with Posey's attitude
"Well, now that you've answered your own question, I'll spell it out for you.
It probably thinks you're a threat. It's probably taking risks to stop you. My best guess is that it was hoping the steel bulkhead and the locked door would stop the fire from spreading. Steel doesn't burn. That's why its puppets retreated. That's why they locked the door behind them. And It probably hoped to lock that door behind you as well, or at least, it hoped the fire blocked your exit and the three of you cook alive. Perhaps it thought the fire would die when it exhausted all thre air in the cargo hold. There is no opening to the deck and on four sides the cargo hold is contained by steel. It may have thought the steel walls would contain the fire. I would never take that chance. There's plenty of wood and crates in here. While most of the thousands of tons of heating oil that used to be on this ship were offloaded at Everfrost, some barrels were reloaded and have fumes, some barrels are half empty. Maybe as much as a ton, maybe less, of heating oil is in this cargo hold. Some partly filled barrels might explode under the right heat, same with the butane torches. Fire may spread through the deck once it lights. But maybe the Entity thinks differently.
And suppose the ship did burn? All the Entity has to do is turn a few valves in its hiding hole in cargo hold 2 and sink the ship in shallow water. The water would protect it and the ship would be salvaged in less than a week. That destroyer is, what, an hour away? Nova Griffonia will be here in the morning. The only reason the fascists haven't arrived yet is because they are waiting for clear weather, assuming they aren't already here. There's already a pirate torpedo boat next to the ship. It has other options for escape.
Do you know that it doesn't have some kind of magical means to stop the spread of a fire? I don't, and I'm not going to ignore an open flame next to the only door through which I can retreat on the assumption that this this god-like being doesn't have some kind of magical way to stop a fire, assuming nine and a half millimeters of steel isn't good enough.
Or maybe it doesn't wish to kill you at all, but just to tire you so it can take over your minds and make you its puppets. Or maybe it doesn't want to kill you but only to delay you from reaching the Hippogriff before the GRU force arrives. Then it can sit back while you fight its enemies for it, in a reverse of what you did on the island.
If that kerosene had lit, its puppets would have just fled through the bulkhead door and locked it. They did that anyways. Then they could have locked the door behind you and let the three of you roast. Then it would be free to attack your snake and the few of us - they almost got your snake and the fascist commander here - from behind, take your zebra hostage, and assuming the deck survived, make her relight the boiler for it, and after all of that it would have had most of its puppets survive for when that destroyer arrives. And if it were wrong and the whole ship burned, all it had to do was flood hold 2 and wait for the destroyer to arrive. You lose. It does not.
Or maybe - maybe - it really is just a dumb animal that doesn't know what it's doing and is acting at random. I don't really know. What I do know is that you charged ahead to attack a single conscript and let your only mode of escape almost burn. You ignore basic awareness of dangers and your surroundings for the tiniest advantages. I would ask you who is the one lacking tactical sense. You're so very lucky it hasn't realized how easily you may be baited into a trap. A single puppet and you'd happily run next to a barrel rigged with explosives, or onto a false floor, or whatever it can come up with. You can be checkmated at the loss of a single pawn, and it knows that now. I know that now.
So I'd be a bit less concerned with the tactical genius of a delusional hippogriff and a bit more aware of the wooden floors I stand on."
>>195062
"No, I did not. It would be suicide to use it in an enclosed space like this without gas masks, regardless. My point is that if we must kill, we will do so quickly and mercifully. We need to be fast about it." Cavaliere looks to share Blackheel's irritation and does not interrupt him.
>>195064
Possibly more than one? Before he drinks anything, he points out, "There is a high-value elixir here. I could use it, but I don't strictly need it and can get by with a weaker elixir if I stick to cover. We may want to save it for a more serious emergency."
He awaits feedback from the other party members.
"No, I did not. It would be suicide to use it in an enclosed space like this without gas masks, regardless. My point is that if we must kill, we will do so quickly and mercifully. We need to be fast about it." Cavaliere looks to share Blackheel's irritation and does not interrupt him.
>>195064
Possibly more than one? Before he drinks anything, he points out, "There is a high-value elixir here. I could use it, but I don't strictly need it and can get by with a weaker elixir if I stick to cover. We may want to save it for a more serious emergency."
He awaits feedback from the other party members.
>>195063
Posey's ears flatten against her head at this long tirade. She takes a step back reflexively
"I did not expect you to be so passionate about the motivations of a monster. Perhaps you should consider becoming an alienist." she says
"In the end, the motives of The Intruder do not matter. What is important is that it is successfully destroyed."
Posey's ears flatten against her head at this long tirade. She takes a step back reflexively
"I did not expect you to be so passionate about the motivations of a monster. Perhaps you should consider becoming an alienist." she says
"In the end, the motives of The Intruder do not matter. What is important is that it is successfully destroyed."
Did my Diplomacy check fail?
Posey approaches the next door and puts her ear to it.
[1d20+3 = (15+3) = 18]
[1d20+3 = (15+3) = 18]
Do any of the Rangers with scent or tremorsense or whatever abilities you have want to roll perception to scout too before I open the next door?
>tfw no familiar until lvl 7
>tfw no familiar until lvl 7
>>195087
Kira can taste friendship. It's not super intense, but it lingers. Also griffin. Also disgusting oil taste.
Kira can taste friendship. It's not super intense, but it lingers. Also griffin. Also disgusting oil taste.
>>195092
She can smell that creatures have been through, but it isn't on the level of being immediately behind the door
She can smell that creatures have been through, but it isn't on the level of being immediately behind the door
>>195093
Alright then, I guess that is all the information we can get.
Next room is the boiler, right?
Once everypony is ready and in position, Posey opens the door.
Alright then, I guess that is all the information we can get.
Next room is the boiler, right?
Once everypony is ready and in position, Posey opens the door.
>>195094
Silver and Kira both nod and ready their weapons, though Kira seems especially jumpy at the shadows now.
Silver and Kira both nod and ready their weapons, though Kira seems especially jumpy at the shadows now.
>>195097
The bad news is that many parts of the room are cast in a dim light, with long shadows. The good news is that there are several areas where it's too dark for shadows.
The bad news is that many parts of the room are cast in a dim light, with long shadows. The good news is that there are several areas where it's too dark for shadows.
>>195096
Cavaliere shines his light on the door. "What is the fastest way to open it?" he asks Blacksteel.
Cavaliere shines his light on the door. "What is the fastest way to open it?" he asks Blacksteel.
>>195099
It is steel, painted grey, and just barely bright enough to reflect the light of the flashlight
Blackheel answers
"Explosives"
It is steel, painted grey, and just barely bright enough to reflect the light of the flashlight
Blackheel answers
"Explosives"
>>195104
"Oh, there is, But we'd have to go through the crew cabins and storage area. I don't think there's another way through the cargo hold."
"Oh, there is, But we'd have to go through the crew cabins and storage area. I don't think there's another way through the cargo hold."
>>195105
Kira nods. Despite being shaken from the fear of the darkness, she does seem a bit more excited by this plan. "I mean, I could try seeing if I have secret mind powers again, but I don't think that would work. Besides, if there are more possessed creatures that way, then that can only help us to remove them from the Traveler's control."
Kira nods. Despite being shaken from the fear of the darkness, she does seem a bit more excited by this plan. "I mean, I could try seeing if I have secret mind powers again, but I don't think that would work. Besides, if there are more possessed creatures that way, then that can only help us to remove them from the Traveler's control."
Wait, Silver has a +2 Greatsword (much harder than normal steel) and the Power Attack feat. He should be able to break a steel door down by just hacking at it repeatedly.
>>195109
I know fighting stamina isn't really a thing but that sounds exhausting and would take a long time. We have two scientists who could actually make a shaped charge with explosives. I don't know how much of the warhead's mass we would want to use.
I know fighting stamina isn't really a thing but that sounds exhausting and would take a long time. We have two scientists who could actually make a shaped charge with explosives. I don't know how much of the warhead's mass we would want to use.
>>195104
"Yes there is, in fact. It is quite a simple spell." Posey says
"However, I do not have it prepared, nor do I have the means to access it in this environment." she continues
"I may, however, use another power of mine to slip past the door, and undo or break the lock from the opposite side. I can only use it once though, and I prefer to save it for emergencies, so I want to be sure beforehand."
She turns to Blackheel.
>>195105
"Could the door be unlocked or the locking mechanism broken from the inside?" Posey asks
"Yes there is, in fact. It is quite a simple spell." Posey says
"However, I do not have it prepared, nor do I have the means to access it in this environment." she continues
"I may, however, use another power of mine to slip past the door, and undo or break the lock from the opposite side. I can only use it once though, and I prefer to save it for emergencies, so I want to be sure beforehand."
She turns to Blackheel.
>>195105
"Could the door be unlocked or the locking mechanism broken from the inside?" Posey asks
>checks wiki
>doors are steam-proof
Posey makes a frantic search of the room/bodies for a key to the boiler.
[1d20+5 = (19+5) = 24]
>doors are steam-proof
Posey makes a frantic search of the room/bodies for a key to the boiler.
[1d20+5 = (19+5) = 24]
"We passed by the main engine room and the control station bridge, did we not? A key might be nearby." Posey says, still searching
If Posey does not immediately find a key, she runs out of the room to check those locations again.
If Posey does not immediately find a key, she runs out of the room to check those locations again.
We should divide our health potions before we go into the next room regardless. We don't know how many we have.
>>195106
"In the dark?"
>>195108
"You passed an entire room full of artillery shells, a separate room full of cannon shells, then two rooms full of kerosene and butane, besides an entire boat full of explosives and diesel - you're not short on materials."
>>195112
"Probably?"
>>195116
"No. No we did not. The main engine room is the boiler room. It is on the other side of the door. The bridge is 15 or so meters above that room."
"In the dark?"
>>195108
"You passed an entire room full of artillery shells, a separate room full of cannon shells, then two rooms full of kerosene and butane, besides an entire boat full of explosives and diesel - you're not short on materials."
>>195112
"Probably?"
>>195116
"No. No we did not. The main engine room is the boiler room. It is on the other side of the door. The bridge is 15 or so meters above that room."
>>195144
"Very well." Posey replies
"Let us assemble the resources to blast the door open."
She addresses Blackheel
"While our crew has done experience with blasting, we have much less experience with controlled demolitions. I supposed you and your sailors know how to handle your munitions, so would you do the honors?" she asks
"The rest of us will stay on watch, in case anymore monsters appear." she adds, looking up at the ceiling where the tentacles appeared last time
"Very well." Posey replies
"Let us assemble the resources to blast the door open."
She addresses Blackheel
"While our crew has done experience with blasting, we have much less experience with controlled demolitions. I supposed you and your sailors know how to handle your munitions, so would you do the honors?" she asks
"The rest of us will stay on watch, in case anymore monsters appear." she adds, looking up at the ceiling where the tentacles appeared last time
>>195113
Posey finds a corpse in the room - a Pegasus wearing a brown jacket. No key though. There's a jacket, then another. A set of pants. More pants. Oh hey, a key. Well, that's a tiny key. Good to keep looking just in case.
Ah, a larger key.
Now, how do you use this door?
Posey finds a corpse in the room - a Pegasus wearing a brown jacket. No key though. There's a jacket, then another. A set of pants. More pants. Oh hey, a key. Well, that's a tiny key. Good to keep looking just in case.
Ah, a larger key.
Now, how do you use this door?
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