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achtungnight posted:Use 2 medkits, drop Machine Pistol; take Rifle, Binoculars, Rope.
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# ? Aug 23, 2021 15:23 |
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achtungnight posted:Use 2 medkits, drop Machine Pistol; take Rifle, Binoculars, Rope. This pls
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# ? Aug 23, 2021 17:06 |
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nelson posted:Drop Machine Pistol; take Rifle, Binoculars, Rope. Highway Holocaust posted:In the distance you see the sun resting on the peak of Signal Mountain, and you estimate that no more than an hour of daylight remains. Then a freeway mileage sign looms into view, its paint blistered and barely legible. You slow down and read:
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# ? Aug 24, 2021 11:08 |
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There's no avoiding that one, and no modifiers on that roll. If you reach this point and roll a 9 you die. So let's reroll:Highway Holocaust posted:We roll: 8. We missed both of those roles by one. A 5 would have seen us through the first and a 4 would have been enough for the second. We could also have used our Medi-Kit to increase our Endurance score, or dropped three Backpack items to increase our Stealth score. So, do we drop stuff, use our Medi-Kit, or cheat by rerolling the first or second check? Endurance: 14/27 Medi-Kit: 3/12 Water Canteen: 3/4 Rifle: 2/19 Backpack: Fire Extinguisher; Compass; CB Radio; Cigarette Lighter; Binoculars; Rope
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# ? Aug 24, 2021 11:21 |
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I voted for using the med-kit before and I’ll do it again gladly.
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# ? Aug 24, 2021 11:39 |
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Use the med kits Sorry I got us killed guys. nelson fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Aug 24, 2021 |
# ? Aug 24, 2021 12:27 |
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achtungnight posted:I voted for using the med-kit before and I’ll do it again gladly.
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# ? Aug 24, 2021 12:45 |
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Wait, didn't the roadster pop a tire a while back? Did the book ever mentioned that it got fixed? Kate makes me think of the identically-named character from Lost. badass ladies Use all remaining Medi-kit charges.
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# ? Aug 24, 2021 18:43 |
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Ofecks posted:Wait, didn't the roadster pop a tire a while back? Did the book ever mentioned that it got fixed? Yeah, it's the final paragraph of that update, they fix the tyre and get rid of the spikes.
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# ? Aug 24, 2021 19:13 |
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nelson posted:Drop Machine Pistol; take Rifle, Binoculars, Rope. Guy Fawkes fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Aug 24, 2021 |
# ? Aug 24, 2021 20:00 |
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Let’s use our resources up first before we cheat. Lets heal up.
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# ? Aug 24, 2021 20:04 |
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Guy Fawkes posted:Take ONE med-kit, use the others. Highway Holocaust posted:Suddenly the bus loses speed. You sense that something is seriously amiss and you fall back to find out what is wrong. You wave the tanker on then slow almost to a standstill in order to allow Cutter to catch up. As he draws nearer you see that a running battle is taking place on board. You accelerate, bringing your roadster alongside the boarding door; then you tell Kate to move over into the driving seat and take the wheel. As soon as she has control of the car, you coil yourself like a spring and leap towards the door of the bus. Emteevee: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 25 Combat Ratio: 0 We roll: 3 Cal Phoenix: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 18 Emteevee: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 19 We roll: 3 Cal Phoenix: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 16 Emteevee: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 13 We roll: 3 Cal Phoenix: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 14 Emteevee: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 7 We roll: 6 Cal Phoenix: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 11 Emteevee: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 3 We roll: 10 Cal Phoenix: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 11 Emteevee: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 0 Highway Holocaust posted:You step over the dead body of your enemy and rush along the centre aisle to help defeat the other three Mavericks who are aboard. Your arrival inspires the colony, and swiftly they help you to overcome these brutal bikers. Endurance: 9/27 Medi-Kit: 1/12 Water Canteen: 3/4 Rifle: 1/19
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# ? Aug 25, 2021 11:03 |
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Rifle, this looks like the last fight of the book so we might as well.
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# ? Aug 25, 2021 11:32 |
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Their gun is empty, ours isn’t. Rifle.
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# ? Aug 25, 2021 13:36 |
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achtungnight posted:Their gun is empty, ours isn’t. Rifle.
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# ? Aug 25, 2021 14:20 |
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Tiggum posted:Cal Phoenix: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 20 Nice name! If only Dever knew how irrelevant the namesake would be in 2020. Use the last of the Medi-kit and shoot-em-up.
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# ? Aug 25, 2021 16:38 |
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achtungnight posted:Their gun is empty, ours isn’t. Rifle. Ofecks posted:Use the last of the Medi-kit and shoot-em-up.
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# ? Aug 25, 2021 19:05 |
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Ofecks posted:Use the last of the Medi-kit and shoot-em-up. Highway Holocaust posted:You draw your Rifle, take aim, and kill the Maverick machine gunner with a shot to the head. As he falls, you turn your weapon on the remaining biker, but he is using Kate as a shield and you dare not fire for fear of hitting her. With anger and fear welling up inside you, you reluctantly lower your gun.
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# ? Aug 26, 2021 09:50 |
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Name: Cal Phoenix Close Combat Skill: 17 (15) Endurance: 12/27 (-6 from thirst) Medi-Kit: 0/12 Water Canteen: 3/4 Map of Central Texas
Tiggum fucked around with this message at 09:36 on Oct 21, 2021 |
# ? Aug 26, 2021 09:53 |
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This book was ok. The setting isn't really for me, but that's fine. The main issue I have with it is actually nothing to do with the setting or plot, it's more the lack of player agency. Random numbers play far too great a role in the game. At various points it felt more like a pachinko machine than an interactive game; you make one decision and then just bounce around and see where you land. The tension between carrying additional equipment and keeping your Stealth stat high is a neat concept, but I don't think it works very well because you'll either have played before and know what equipment is worth keeping and what isn't, or you'll be playing for the first time and not really have any way of knowing what the right choice is. I feel like it could definitely have been implemented better in that regard. The last thing is purely an issue of lost potential, and that's the way the firearms are implemented dramatically reduces the potential scope of the book as (almost) every time they come up you turn to a section when you choose to use a gun then turn to a different section depending on which gun it is, and often get sent to different sections for passing or failing the roll depending, again, on the weapon used. All that adds up to a lot of redundant sections that could have been combined if the guns used some system of bonuses and penalties instead. I also made a flow chart of this one which demonstrates some of these issues. It was also one of the trickier ones to make because there are a lot of duplicate paths and crossovers, which look like a lack of planning to me - although actually some of them only demonstrate that shortcomings of the chart-generating software which, to be fair, probably wasn't designed for anything even remotely as big as this. As you know, I now have the extended version of book one and the collector's edition of book 27, and there are three more Freeway Warrior books to play as well. So, which do we want to play next?
Tiggum fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Aug 26, 2021 |
# ? Aug 26, 2021 10:25 |
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I vote for Shadow Stalkers.
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# ? Aug 26, 2021 11:41 |
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achtungnight posted:I vote for Shadow Stalkers.
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# ? Aug 26, 2021 13:07 |
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Sure, yeah, Shadow Stalkers sounds cool.
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# ? Aug 26, 2021 16:17 |
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shadow stalkers
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# ? Aug 26, 2021 17:39 |
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Shadow Stalkers.
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# ? Aug 26, 2021 19:19 |
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Shadow Stalkers by Florent Haro. Illustrated by Koa.Shadow Stalkers posted:The Story So Far... As usual, we'll roll our stats:
Endurance: 27 Gold Crowns: 14
As I read it, Strength of a Sea Lion only counts rounds in the current encounter, so the earliest it will activate is the third round of any given fight. The Magical Sword is a Special Item, so we can carry two additional weapons. So list your choices for Kirlundin Marine Skills and Equipment in order of preference.
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# ? Aug 27, 2021 12:13 |
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This one sounds fun. Bangrol Eye, Strength of a Sea Lion, Mastery of Body. Rope, Leather Cuirass, Blanket, Spear.
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# ? Aug 27, 2021 13:24 |
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A re-tread of Fire on the Water, eh? Well minus the 'Swerd as the carrot on the stick. Here's hoping we don't get shipwrecked to Ragadorn again. Wave Cutter, Bangrol Eye, Master of Body Fighting Knife, Leather Cuirass, Rope, Tinderbox
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# ? Aug 27, 2021 16:15 |
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Command, Bangrol Eye, Wave Cutter Leather Cuirass, Rope, Tinderbox, Knife
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# ? Aug 27, 2021 16:21 |
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achtungnight posted:Bangrol Eye, Strength of a Sea Lion, Mastery of Body. Ofecks posted:Fighting Knife, Leather Cuirass, Rope, Tinderbox
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# ? Aug 27, 2021 19:37 |
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Ofecks posted:A re-tread of Fire on the Water, eh? Well minus the 'Swerd as the carrot on the stick. Here's hoping we don't get shipwrecked to Ragadorn again. Sounds good to me.
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# ? Aug 27, 2021 21:46 |
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Ofecks posted:A re-tread of Fire on the Water, eh? Well minus the 'Swerd as the carrot on the stick. Here's hoping we don't get shipwrecked to Ragadorn again.
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# ? Aug 27, 2021 22:26 |
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Sure Footing, Mastery of Body, Strength of a Sea Lion. Fighting Knife, Leather Cuirass, Rope, Tinderbox We're drat near guaranteed to see sea combat, the reflexes might save an instant death, and I suspect enhance strength might avoid another instant death from a falling mast at some point. I have no faith in our Magical Sword hanging around so I think we need a backup weapon, for the cuirass see above re: combat, and the other two are better than a blanket as generic options. Also 5103? 18 years after the last book?
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# ? Aug 28, 2021 03:49 |
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ulmont posted:Also 5103? 18 years after the last book? 18 years after Vampirium. Because this bonus adventure was supposed to come out with The Dusk of Eternal Night, but that book ended up being way too loving long so it got published with no bonus adventure and Shadow Stalkers got shunted off to the next book scheduled to be given a collector's edition, which happened to be Vampirium. But the story is still set in the same year it originally was, so they just added "18 Years later" to the start of the Story So Far.
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# ? Aug 28, 2021 06:05 |
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Tiggum posted:[*]Strength of a Sea Lion: Enhanced strength. +1 damage every three combat rounds.
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# ? Aug 28, 2021 08:41 |
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ulmont posted:Sure Footing Black Robe posted:Wave Cutter Ofecks posted:Master of Body Runcible Cat posted:Fighting Knife Guy Fawkes posted:Leather Cuirass nelson posted:Tinderbox
Name: Ernan Combat Skill: 23 (22) Endurance: -61/30 (27)
Tiggum fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Sep 10, 2021 |
# ? Aug 28, 2021 11:02 |
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Shadow Stalkers posted:Your voyage began on the quays of Holmgard where you boarded The Lively Galling, a merchant vessel that regularly ships cargo between the Lastlands nations. The journey was plagued by bad weather but was otherwise uneventful. While you are a seasoned seafarer, the same cannot be said of your companion. It would seem the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star has yet to invent a spell against seasickness, so Tildan is unlikely to hold fond memories of the trip.
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# ? Aug 28, 2021 11:30 |
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See if the library has a copy of Fire on the Water.
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# ? Aug 28, 2021 12:16 |
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Shop for some souvenirs.
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# ? Aug 28, 2021 12:27 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 06:18 |
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After a 30-year naval career, one could say that we're nearly old enough that we belong in a museum. I'm a bit surprised that there's zero gameplay between Holmgard and Hammerdal.
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