Operation Medusa Discussion.

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Post by SavageBob » Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:53 pm

Gotcha. Will post his next action soon.

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Post by SavageBob » Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:58 pm

So, rolled Observation to get a general idea of the surroundings. Are there hills? Cottages? Farmland? Pasture? I'm curious where Blaise might go if things hit the fan.

Got another 1 on the roll. If I understand correctly, that sometimes means something bad happens, OR it means that I subtract 5 from the skill increase roll. How is that determined?

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Post by swrider » Tue Oct 08, 2019 8:14 pm

if you roll a 0 you can take a +5 on your skill increase roll. Spending net 1s is up to the GM.

In this case you simply miss see something. Say for example you miss identify the soldiers ot their vehicles, you miss count the soldiers, or you simply don't notice a pair of soldiers on a perimeter patrol. Something like that. With there being only a single 1 rolled the effect should be relatively minor. Multiple 0 or 1s increase the magnitude of the effect. 3 1s for example and you may have mistaken a camouflaged vehicle as a hill and tried to climb it.

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Post by ShadoWarrior » Tue Oct 08, 2019 11:03 pm

swrider wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:01 pm
@ShadoWarrior please let me know if you are still waiting on me. I think I provided your answers IC.
Sorry, been busy. New job and other shit. You're waiting on me, not me on you.

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Post by swrider » Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:05 am

Take your time. I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page.

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Post by swrider » Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:06 am

Congrats on the new job one again.

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Post by SavageBob » Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:52 am

Congrats on the new job, Shado!

Rider, was Concealment the right skill to roll for Blaise to hide? If so, I got a 0 (something good happens) and +2 to skill.

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Post by swrider » Thu Oct 10, 2019 5:21 am

Yes that is the right skill.

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Post by swrider » Thu Oct 10, 2019 5:09 pm

SavageBob wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:52 am
Congrats on the new job, Shado!

Rider, was Concealment the right skill to roll for Blaise to hide? If so, I got a 0 (something good happens) and +2 to skill.
That is correct. I had him find an area with natural camoflauge and negated an opposed observation check as a result. I am not sure they could have beat his concealment roll anyways, but that is what happened. Also the spot he found will be good for concealment well past the 20 minute mark provided by shadows if you wanted to wait longer than that.

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Post by SavageBob » Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:17 pm

Cool, close call. How do I determine which track heads to Paris?

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Post by swrider » Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:53 pm

Let's just say they are labeled at a junction box. I don't want to complicate it.

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Post by ShadoWarrior » Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:33 pm

Lucky the GM is being nice. IRL tracks are not labeled, unlike roads. The map for a track network is in the control room that monitors a region's track system. Each switch relays back to that control center what its status is, and is displayed on a control board there.

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Post by SavageBob » Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:07 am

Well, in this case it looks like Paris vs. outskirts of Paris, so it wouldn't be the end of the road (metaphorically speaking) if Blaise were to guess incorrectly. You're right, though: Rider could have asked me to guess, or had me ask someone, or maybe asked for some sort of orienteering roll.

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Post by SavageBob » Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:10 am

Another friggin' 1!

And is 51 the max a skill bonus can be? Seems there's no chance to raise above 51 using the roll and divide the skill level into that number rule.

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Post by ShadoWarrior » Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:37 am

Any roll higher than your bonus adds +1. Max skill bonus is 100, because even at 99 if you roll 100 you will get +1. Another way to look at it is you round fractions UP, not down.

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Post by swrider » Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:09 am

What shado said. Any time to higher than your bonus your skill increases by at least 1. 100 is the max.

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Post by SavageBob » Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:43 pm

Ah, OK. For some reason, the division part throws me. I'm not a fan of math. :)

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Post by SavageBob » Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:45 pm

Which track had the explosion? Paris-centre or Paris-outskirts? And which track did the German army folks take?

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Post by swrider » Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:30 pm

Sorry I should have specified. The paris-centre track had the explosion and that is the same track that the train took.

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Post by SavageBob » Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:00 pm

OK, well there goes my whole plan! Does Blaise know how much farther it is to Paris? How can he determine where a road would be that could get him into town?

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Post by swrider » Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:27 pm

Great questions. Lets do an orienteering check.

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Post by ShadoWarrior » Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:39 pm

I'm chuckling out of character. That's what Blaise gets for not trying to investigate the gunfire he heard. He could be in Paris now with Gavin. :P

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Post by swrider » Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:43 pm

Lol. He is in the outskirts of Paris. Besides he is going to be great at athletics.

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Post by ShadoWarrior » Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:45 pm

Do you have any idea how far a walk it is from where he's at to Notre Dame? Hint: it's at least a full day's journey, possibly a day and a half. And that doesn't count stops by Germans or having to detour. Paris, even in the 40s, is not a small city.

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Post by SavageBob » Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:36 am

ShadoWarrior wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:39 pm
I'm chuckling out of character. That's what Blaise gets for not trying to investigate the gunfire he heard. He could be in Paris now with Gavin. :P
I know! Gunfire... explosions... He's like, NOPE. Going the other way... :)

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