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This message was last updated by the GM at 20:15, Mon 25 Mar.

YES IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!1

Sorry, you have no idea how long I've been waiting for this, I literally GMed a Savage Rifts game and tried to keep it going but people after 30 become very casual with gaming sadly :(

In reply to odysseasdallas (msg # 3):

Life gets hard at that age. After 50, time gets a little more free, but then it's diminished energy...

Did you say that you wanted to play a Cyber-knight?

Yes, a goody two-shoes Cyber-Knight wracked with guilt over all the mistakes he made in war.

Or a fresh-faced youth just about to make those mistakes. Whatever you think is more appropriate, I like both concepts.

I think it's conditions, not the age itself. But let's not digress with my bad life choices and how I managed to escape...

So, should I roll up a character as per the rules? Are there any house rules I should know of before that?

I set up a campaign on Savaged.us and you can create your character there.

https://savaged.us/campaigns/2...60-89a9-ebaa2a2809f7
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:55, Mon 01 Apr.

I have saved the campaign to include all of the books. Again. If it reverts again, we’ll scrap that and figure out something else.

Oh FFS!  I think I figured out the campaign in Savaged.us.

(protip, don't try to use your phone!  You can't see the save button in the other panel)

Sorry this has been a pain.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:22, Tue 02 Apr.

No worries, every new game takes a bit to sort out.

Fairly sure I got my character sheet set up, I even found a way to export a pure text version for use here.

Looks like that worked.  I'm seeing your character just fine now.

Do we expect more players now that the process has been sorted out?

In reply to Jessica (msg # 13):

We have a total of 4 players, and I have turned off accepting new players.

Jessica playing a TW Mannequin, Intelligent construct
Gage playing a Battle Magus, I believe
Ulysses Willbrand-- Cyberknight
Prince of Boredom playing some kind of psychic character, character name tbd.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:24, Tue 02 Apr.

Ok, I think my character is ready. I'm thinking fresh-faced but talented Cyber-Knight who was raised with stories of the Cyber-Knights' honor and glory... and is finding it hard to reconcile that with the hit in reputation after the Tolkeen war (that happened in the SR timeline, right?).

If I can't take Code of Honor Hindrance (because I already have CoH Limitation from the Iconic Framework), I can take Overconfident. Let me know if anything else requires changing (I have no idea why it added Healing and Relief on its own -.-)

Name would be Ulysses Willbrand.

Cool.

Jessica, did you create the character directly into the campaign, or did you create it first and then import it into the campaign?

Damn, I'm stupid, I created him outside and now for some reason Import doesn't work.

Yup. That's what happened to me. I have just finished re-doing most of it in the character in the campaign, having them side-by-side to go through quickly.

Ok, I edited the campaign character sheet, is it visible now?

It's going to take me a day or so to work the character sheet, but I'm definitely going with a mind melter.

If we are able to start out knowing each other, or at least some of each other, Jessica benefits from having someone to protect, preferably someone with their own magic but being comfortable with techno wizard device use is the only real requirement, so I think any of the three of you could qualify.

If you are interested in having discovered her, or been discovered by her, in some way let me know.

Does it have to be magic, or does psionics count? I could definitely see my guy wanting/needing some protection, since he's pretty squishy and likely not as focused on combat as the other two are.

Most psychics are fairly comfortable with Technowizardry, there is no mechanical requirement at all so as long as you think it is helpful we can do it.  I just need to know what kind of first encounter you are looking for, something that would make sense to your character.

In reply to Ulysses Willbrand (msg # 19):

Yes!

Just now, I am able to download sheets for Jessica, Gage and Ulysses.  Looks like our Mind Melter is still in progress.

Things are looking good.  :)

Looks like you could change those if you wanted to by deleting them and choosing something else.  Nothing in the text that I see makes them CK default powers.  They are innate, and the 1st use each turn is a free action.  So that's nice.

I think it was a mistake with the previous sheet, now I can't see them anymore so all fixed up!

Okay, I think I got my character sheet complete!

Ok, I'm going to give them all a look over tonight/tomorrow and see if I have any questions.  Should be good to go very soon.

Checking in. Crazy day today, so I didn’t get a chance to review today.

 Soon, I promise!

Sorry. RL got a bit crazy.

So Gage is a D'Norr Combat Mage from Dweomer City but was at Tolkeen during some of the siege. He...has some trauma from it, to put it mildly, and after being left for dead wandered off and eventually joined the Legion. He's not...necessarily in need of a protector, but I wouldn't mind having some friendship or partnership with someone potentially. I'm thinking of playing him as a bit of an intellectual and he's got the Mild-Mannered hindrance as he's semi-quiet and reserved, soft-spoken maybe not sure, that sort of thing.

Okay, quick rules question:

For one of my Hero's Journey rolls, I rolled:



Indigo also has the Edge:



So the question is, does the "gains the raise effect automatically" from the Hero's Journey roll satisfy the "activates with a raise" condition of Bio-Manipulation?

That is why it says activates with a raise, rather than "Rolls a raise" there are a few ways to get something to activate a raise and any of them will trigger that effect.  Sounds like you found yourself a good plan and should go for it.

I mean sounds quite appropriate to RIFTS power level, so I think it should be ok to combo these two.

Hey hey, everyone still here?

Just waiting on the review, or for things to get started, whichever comes first is fine by me.

Yup. Same.

Still here.

Y'all.  So sorry.  I was out of pocket with poor internet.  Then it turned into a thing in my head.  I'll get some stuff started later this evening.

Yes, but it still is predicated upon you making a successful roll on your AB skill.  "when she successfully activates it"

So, a 4 becomes an 8.

Heh. Well. That's embarrassing. I admit I completely forgot to pick a portrait and put up a description until today, lol.

But I managed to get an export of my character sheet from the savaged site and pop in to my rpol character sheet so I can roll dice a little easier. =)

I'll post in-character later on today hopefully.

Sorry. RL got away from me, but post is up now.

Come on, people other than Ulysses! Let's get going! =)

Sorry all, been struggling to find a picture that approximated what was in my mind. Ended up having to build a character portrait in X-COM to get it close. I've added it to the character description. Need to write something up when I have a bit more time.

Xar, I know there's a way for a GM to add custom portraits into the game for us to use, do you know how to do that?

If we're adding custom portraits, any chance we can add the one on my charsheet?
This message was last updated by the GM at 15:28, Mon 22 Apr.

I didn't know that existed.  But, I've tried to upload Ulysses' picture from the character sheet.
I wonder if you have to post again for it to kick in.  I tried just editing and resaving your last post, but that didn't do it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:28, Mon 22 Apr.

@Indigo, what would you like to use?

It's perfect, thanks! RpoL doesn't show changes to names or portraits in existing posts, only on new ones.

Not sure what size it needs to be, but here's the picture: https://i.imgur.com/yUpFfrw.jpg

allright.  I think that did it.

Thanks!

I was thinking about having you all put a reference to your bennies in your profile, and keep it updated there.  Have you played any other Savage Worlds games here, or in PBP?  If so, how did you do that in the past?

I would say that depends mostly on what kinds of blind rolls you tend to make without needing our input.  If you use notice a lot for ambushes we should include that, common knowledge could work that way too, parry and or toughness can matter although they can be fairly situational and combat posts tend to have more complexity to them in any case.

In reply to Jessica (msg # 52):

I am of the opinion that a game with meta-currency like bennies shouldn't have blind rolls.  This would literally take away player agency by denying you the opportunity to spend them.  I may think it's dumb to spend a benny on a given notice roll, but that's the players' call.

So, if everyone could please put the following into your biography lines:

# of Bennies, Parry, Toughness, Wounds and Fatigue.  I don't particularly care what format, but this is one that I've seen.

P:# T:# W:# F:# B:#

Xar, Indigo's Unbound Power (that gives him the free raise) is Boost/Lower Trait. I have it on the character sheet here, but the field for Unbound Power on Savaged.us is bugged and won't let me type anything in there.

Hopefully that is the mega version "Greater boost/lower trait" or does it work on both?

From my understanding, the Mega are just modifiers, so it would apply if I choose to add that modifier at the time I use it.

It's also worth nothing that Boost/Lower Trait is on the Bio-Manipulation list.

So with just a normal use of the Lower Trait half, he would lower an adversary's trait by two die types and gives 1 level of fatigue with a standard success.

Sure, or you could spend a few more points and lower the die type of half a dozen enemies far enough to cripple them with a penalty to recover from it.  If anyone has any spirit targeting stuff it is even more funny to lower that.

Actually, the bio-manipulation fatigue effect only works when I use the power on a single target.

Hello...?

I've made you all GM-level status.  I'm leaving RPOL and since I can't delete my account, I'm going to scramble my password so I can't log in.

Sorry, I suck.

I suppose that means this game is over.  I don't have the bandwidth to pick up a game right now, but if anyone else has an interest or thinks they know someone who might, I can stick around and see what we end up with.