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[Glossolalia] Mechanics
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This is Glossolalia. You wanna play some games? We got some games if you wanna play 'em, I guess.
Zamanfari
From: @Speed Racer
System: Heavily Modified [%]
Speed Racer's story of rookie secret agents fighting to maintain order in a world where time travel has become commonplace. With nothing but a gun and a time-manipulating watch, they struggle to defend their country and their universe against threats from the past, present, and future.
Accepting Players: Full
Mahou Otaku Glossolalia
From: @Stilts
System: Modified [%]
Stilt's game about Magical Girls! With transformation sequences, and animal companions, and everything!
SIEGE
From: @BlueDude152
System: Modified [%]
Bluedude's tale of adventure in Atlus, the former city of magic. You play as a marshal, the sole force keeping the city in check. With a mix of magic and tech you search for the mysteries behind the city.
Accepting Players: Always
From: @Dux
System: Modified [%]
Dux's religiously-influenced cyberpunk ghost story. For more info, check out The world of Ascend and Ascend Item List.
Accepting Players: Yes!
From: @DE?AD
System: DarkRED Proprietary System
Directly following the events of SlateGray, DarkRED is set within The City - the only stable society within the rolling white mists of the Haze, watched over by the mysterious and ancient HEX tower. Players take on the roll of any character they can imagine, banding together into teams to vie for control of the city, go on missions, or explore the ever-shifting reality beyond the city walls. Be a criminal. Be a hero. Be whatever you'd like. In DarkRED the adventure is up to YOU!
Accepting Players: Yes!
Creating a Character: Rules for Character Creation can be found in the Documentation. Character Statline can be found below.
[Name]
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[Trait 1] [Trait 2] [Trait 3] [Trait 4]
Map:
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[Trait 1] [Trait 2] [Trait 3] [Trait 4]
Map:
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[Ramel] [16/25]
[Barbarian] [Strong] [Determined]
I: [Sledge Hammer], [Bola],[Whip Cord]
"Well, we're not getting out anytime soon. It seems impossible to tell where the City is. Any ideas?"
[Slicky Ricky] [Φ Karsif] A: [Shit Rats (8)] [] [ ]
3/35 5/5 5/5 0/0 5/5 0/0 5/5 16/29 0/0 19/22 0/0 [4] Auto: On
[Con Man][Agile][Smooth] [Photographic Reflexes]
I:[Trenchcoat][casual clothes][lockpicks][Revolver][lighter][Power Source]
[Shanty Town]
Ricky takes cover from any still-standing hexcommandoes. "Hey," he calls out. "Anyone got any idea what we're supposed to do or where we're supposed to go?" It'd be real nice if You could give us a hint. Or maybe Ricky's just not paying enough attention...
Whatever threw the man at you is also preventing you from leaving
Ksrkkr peers into the darkness. He sees a long, large shape drift around a support beam. Very large. Very pointing itself towards him.
Elias finds a terminal, but it doesn't want to let him in. He could probably crack it with a little more effort. (73/70)
Sabin finds the area around the lift to be pretty smooth. It almost looks like whoever designed this place made sure there is nothing to escape to. However, the lift itself is built at a friendly angle. It might be possible to slide down the sides with a minimal amount of injury.
Steam
Steam
[Roboticist][Organized][Imperious]
Aug: [Gnosis 6], [IZANAGI ICEbreaker]
I: ARACHNE Personal Defense Mech (Maximian)
Vic pokes around on the terminal. Does it control the power? Does it give the ghost a way into him?
[Penelope Ahriman] [Φ Karsif/Masn] A: [Shit rats (8)] [ ] [ ]
10/60 0/5 0/5 10/10 0/0 23/23 1/2 0/5 0/0 15/15 26/26 2/2 Auto: On
[Hoverblade Hoodlum][Hardcore][Manipulative] [Raw Brawn]
i: Spray Paint, Golden Baseball Bat
Penny skates like hell into the station. Alarms mean important things!
Steam
[88%/90%] +1 Samedi slinks from shadow to shadow, making it all the way to the two large pillars on either side of the temple entrance.
Unfortunately, I can't manifest a projection to answer Ricky's question, but if I could it'd probably suggest that he consider the metaphorical significance of the buildings when looking for the Tower's reactor.
Penny skates further into the station, and the commandos follow. Four of them rush through the door, the two in the lead dropping to a knee to get out of their comrades' line of fire. [27%/45%|50%] Bullets bounce wildly around the room, and would've done a number to Penny, had she not thought to duck behind the pillar at the room's center -3
31/31 17/17 7/7 15/16 17/17 0/0 0/0 5/5 0/4 5/15 0/0 Auto: On
[Senior Special Agent][Determined][Hyper Awareness] [Immortal]
i: Pistol, [Tea Shades], HEXcomm
Ziggy reminds Kain of somebody. Can't exactly say who, though.... Real familiar. It's on the tip of his tongue.
Anyway.
"Hey Ziggy. Good to see your ugly self is still in one piece at least."
"We," he motions towards the rest of the group, "are in something of a predicament."
"Ya see, we're on a mission by the big, red guy upstairs to replace the heart," the special agent taps on his chest, "of this place."
"Stabilise things, you know. Problem is, we ain't got a map," He shrugs.
"Any help you could give would be appreciated. Percy'd appreciate it, lug is worried about you. I'd rather things don't get bloody and we hafta put you down. Would be a real shame, that."
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Acer seizes on the "bird interest" datum and tries to use it as a doorway into information on birds of the City and perhaps even beyond
In particular some kind of bird monster.
http://www.audioentropy.com/
[22%/30%] There are currently 70 listings for Bird Monsters within the City. Available data includes feeding habits, physical measurements and capabilities, last known interactions. There are also several error notifications timestamped to just before the Pause.
31/31 17/17 7/7 15/16 17/17 0/0 0/0 5/5 0/4 5/15 0/0 Auto: On
[Senior Special Agent][Determined][Hyper Awareness] [Immortal]
i: Pistol, [Tea Shades], HEXcomm
"Easy now, bub. Ain't here to make any trouble, we're here to fix things, not break things. You wanna break things? You're only gonna make things worse."
Kain throws his cigarette on the ground and stamps it out, followed by immediately lighting up again. "I don't exactly expect you to understand, but this black-white monochrome thing going on? That's bad. We wanna make things good again. Wanna make things have colour again. That shouldn't be too difficult for you to wrap your damn head around. We're asking if you wanna make things good again."
"You smoke?"
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The machines on his waist chirp, whistle, and spark, the dome on his head replying in kind.
[Kain Fuery] [Ψ Fregdup] A: [Yen] [] [] []
31/31 17/17 7/7 15/16 17/17 0/0 0/0 5/5 0/4 5/15 0/0 Auto: On
[Senior Special Agent][Determined][Hyper Awareness] [Immortal]
i: Pistol, [Tea Shades], HEXcomm
Kain cracks a wry smile. "Here you go, big guy. Ain't no cigar, but I'm just a poor, freelance special agent. Whatcha gonna do?"
He hands the commando a cigarette.
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Ziggy takes off across the pasture, dives through the door back into the Chinese restaurant and disappears through the door to the kitchen.
31/31 17/17 7/7 15/16 17/17 0/0 0/0 5/5 0/4 5/15 0/0 Auto: On
[Senior Special Agent][Determined][Hyper Awareness] [Immortal]
i: Pistol, [Tea Shades], HEXcomm
"I've got this weird idea that we should follow him. Call it a gut reaction," Kain says.
So he does.
"Y'all coming?"
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18/57 6/18 0/0 3/32 12/16 2/4 0/0 0/0 4/4 0/12 0/0 Auto: On
[Retired Detective Chief Inspector][Rational][Hard Boiled][Advanced Self-Modifying Arcanoton][Reduced Core Efficiency][Fused Torso Plates]
i: Sleveless trenchcoat, fedora, cigars, built in (stealth crossbow w/ ∞ spare bolts[palm], magnifying glass, lockpicks, secure data port and cable, lighter))
Inquisit stands up and closes his chest. "Yeah, I'm game."
As he follows, he tries to set his systems on repairing the fused torso plating.
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42/50 9/20 20/20 10/30 0/0 0/0 0/0 5/5 0/0 0/0 0/0 Auto: On
[Physicist][Rational][Thick Skin] [Dwarf]
i: Work Clothes, Toolbelt, Electric Knife
Looking up from the work, the Dwarf first answers the question about HEXtech.
"I've been trying to do some research, but it's not really a well detailed field. As for this Ziggy, I'm not sure what to make of him, she, it."
"Following is as good as any lead though" The dwarf says with a shrug, and follows the lead.
LoL EU West nickname: Irridan
41/41 8/20 5/20 4/15 25/28 0/2 0/0 9/10 17/35 1/1 1/1 Auto: On
[Shadow Sorcerer][Crazy Fast][Vampire: Booze][Electrokinesis] [Broken Ribs]
i:[Hexxcom, Slick Suit (w/Flower), Pistol, Adon Island Slims, Illodo Vodka, Soul Stick
A Man is deeply displeased with himself.
That failed attack on Acer. Slaughtering the HEXcommandos. It's just....it's just all so straight forward! Ugh. Such pedestrian uses of his Talents. Where's the needless and infuriating straying from the narrative? Where's incredibly silly and obtuse solutions to obviously set-up problems? Where are the SCHEMES, damnit. It's time for funnin'. Funnin' on rubes. This low risk situation of two guards in silly clothes and ridiculous weapons is ripe for chillin' on the murderous rampage ish for like 5 minutes. Ya feel me?
Here in this tower of Meta, Merrick And Dean can read this incredibly nuanced and complicated thought on Samedi's face as easily as one would read darkRED words off a computer screen.
Without asking permission he does a magic thing. Something he'd been wondering about for a while. There are hushed magic words.
Some Latin. Some French. Also maybe some Elvish in there. Some mangled bullshit about shadows and lies and cloaks and spirits. In his accent it's all very mythic and magic sounding as long you don't actually know what he's saying. Words are wind, man.
Samedi, Merrick and Dean's indiviual shadows crawl up on their bodies. They are covered in darkness and then with a snap of Samedi's Fingers they are not. Also, they are all totally DarkRED somehow!?! The shadows absorb all the light reflecting of them except the DarkRED. Why? Because Brother Samedi came to a decision that that is how light works today, and reality had better catch up and get with the damn program.
:whistle: Samedi strolls over in an over dramatic saunter, Soul Stick held aloft.
"Ey ey, We be 'igh priests of the 'is Most HEXcellent. We 'ere to deal witha alla your temple problems. What? Didn't know you was 'avin Temple problems? Certainly won't hold it against you, I will. Priests be we and knowing about temples is basically our thing. We way ahead on temple knowledge, what I'm saying. 'scribing to all the cutting edge temple newletters, writing angry reviews of Draconic Masses on the most tediously pious websites you could imagine"
INTENT:
Samedi uses Shadow magic to make Himself, Merrick, and Dean, DarkRED to fool the guards into letting them in.
Merrick is in.
[Clyde] [Φ Karsif] A: [Shit Rats (8)] [] []
26/47 7/38 0/5 2/17 3/5 2/2 0/0 0/0 2/2 4/5 0/0
[Grenadier-Bretteur] [Hyper Reader] [Dramatic Flair] [Parkour]
[I: [Combat Jumpsuit], [Specialized Reintegration Watch], [Variable Explosives Belt], Sword-breaker, [Flash-Flare Gun], Flashbangs (2)]
"I'll be passing, officer. Got a hunch fellows with more history will have a better shot at following that rabbit hole. With us raconteurs topside it might take a while for them to realize wherever it is you're headed." he nods and walks out the door, messaging Warwick.
To Penny:
Traipsing across the street to the next source of van cover, Clyde takes out a RTOF flashbang. With a lazy underhand lob, it arcs towards the HEXCommandos at the police station entrance.
[Fisticuffs][Tough][Tinkerer]
i: Force multiplier sleeve (w/ fire burst and concussive blast (once each per fight))
"We're going about this the wrong way, I think." He looks to Kress "You're still on your first mission. When we finished ours, the Tome transported us back. Whatever threat the Tome detected out here, is still here."
He points to the wake of destruction left by the arrival of the latest enemy. "It's probably that way."
[Barbarian] [Strong] [Determined]
I: [Sledge Hammer], [Bola],[Whip Cord]
"Good thinking. Let's go kill something. I wouldn't mind getting a fire going so we could bring torches along but I doubt that would be easy."
[Major] [Minor] [Minor]
i: Inventory
[Dr. Sabin Simone] [Navigator] [Human] 5 0 0 0
[Xenolinguist] [Charismatic] [Vengeful]
i: Handheld Vocoder, Data Tablet, Pistol
"Best I can find is a trip down the sides," Sabin remarks to the rest. "Might be able to slide if we're careful. Watch the edges. Call that plan B, I think." He hustles, crablike, back over to his briefly abandoned handhold, not quite ready to test his theory if other options are still on the table.
"How's that panel coming, Haeckel?" he asks, tone heavily implying he's looking for something optimistic, even if that means lying.
[Jury Rigger][Smart][Impatient]
i: Grex containter (flying, armoured, 4 arms, storage spaces), assorted tools, assorted useful bits
"If we read the situation correctly, Haeckel-collective will require some aid in this mess from Elias-individual. Primarily in locating which cybernetic bushes that require pruning."
A momentary pause, before they continue "We could do the extra task ourselves, but there is an apparent specialist, right here."
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Chase picks himself off the ground and pops his lei. "Thanks, bro."
He kneels down and inspects the trap for any signs of authorship, tell-tale knots and rope construction and god he hates that he knows this stuff now.
"No offense, sir," Kress says, trying to look formidable to Dirk, despite being the head-and-a-half height difference. "That thing killed every marshal sent with me. What makes you, any of us, different?"
At the mention of fire, Kress tries to find a pile of reasonably dry branches and stabs the shockblade into it.
"Coming in!" Ksrkkr snarls back at his teammates. He puts all of his senses on the object, twisting all of his eyes into it, tasting the air with tongue and quill, trying to gauge its composition, speed, size.
[Fisticuffs][Tough][Tinkerer]
i: Force multiplier sleeve (w/ Fire Burst x1 and Concussive Blast x1 (per fight))
Scratching his ear, Dirk replies, "Well, we did manage to take out a giant walking death fortress..."
[Barbarian] [Strong] [Determined]
I: [Sledge Hammer], [Bola],[Whip Cord]
"Either way, if we fight or not, fire would be a good idea. It might keep creatures of the cold away and it could be a way out through ice and snow. That is, if that shockblade will work or not."
Here's a whole cluster of applied rules questions, possibly repeating stuff said in the original post (I queried about a link to it, so clearly you'll have to suffer these consequences : P)
- If you are giving points to an action, is that also your action for the round? Figure it would be with the focus on cooperation and such.
- How much does a point boost a % roll (ie: in Elias's terminal access).
- Does meeting the point requirement give you a dice roll to succeed on the action, or auto-success?
- If the former, can you donate more than the required point amount to boost the roll further?
Just how small of a one room are we talking here?
-yes!
-10%! or less if I want to hurt you
-auto successes!
-irrelevant!
Steam
I've spent so long waiting for this mission that I actually planned a entire game around the concept and creature designs.
I have a problem
Pretty sure we all have a problem, here.