[OOC] Scum and Villainy - Plentiful Bounty

[ctrlsaltdel]

@rush99999, I'm leaning towards not dinging you a stress for that flashback, but I do think that a Skulk roll for blending in is appropriate. I'll give you Risky position (if you get made immediately it'll be trouble, the cops are already out looking for you), Great effect (if you don't get made immediately, you're home free).

[rush99999]

I rolled a 4.

[rush99999]

How long would it take Ijin to reach the spaceport on foot?

[ctrlsaltdel]

How long would it take Ijin to reach the spaceport on foot?

@rush99999

I'd say something like an hour; if you have any thoughts on speeding that up I'll let you roll for it.

[Penny]

[POOHEAD189]

@ctrlsaltdel Is there anything we can do to help Ijin speed along, or anything to do onboard, or should I just post that Quintus boards?

[ctrlsaltdel]

@ctrlsaltdel Is there anything we can do to help Ijin speed along, or anything to do onboard, or should I just post that Quintus boards?

@POOHEAD189

I don't have anything I "intend" you to do at the moment, but the thought was that since both sides rolled mixes successes, I wanted to put one last obstacle in your way. At this point, unless something goes /really/ pear shaped, you're home free, but if you choose to just let Ijin make his own way back there may be some consequences to that in the form of heat (or maybe something else, I haven't decided yet).

(If you're looking for suggestions, you could always try the dynamic drive-by pickup in the ship--just gotta decide if you think the possibility of rolling badly outweighs the potential consequences of waiting patiently)

[POOHEAD189]

@ctrlsaltdel Understood

[ctrlsaltdel]

@POOHEAD189@Penny@rush99999 - two things.

1) It's been a minute since Meri was online, and I haven't gotten a response over PM--is everyone ok with moving forward without her? If so, does anyone object to me updating the interest check looking for another fourth?

2) I've been chewing on it, but I really can't come up with anything that makes sense and is interesting to put between now and Ijin arriving at the spaceport. Does anyone object to me fast-forwarding to space, and picking up with Cho-Tyrek coming to in the brig?

[POOHEAD189]

@ctrlsaltdel I have no qualms about speeding it up and continuing.

[Penny]

@ctrlsaltdel Lets do it!

[rush99999]

No objections on my part.

[rush99999]

@ctrlsaltdel

Hey, quick question: You know those alternate characters the book says we should have on hand in case your current character becomes lost while indulging there vice? Can those guys be on the ship when not in use or would you prefer them to be off elsewhere and doing their own thing?

[ctrlsaltdel]

@ctrlsaltdel

Hey, quick question: You know those alternate characters the book says we should have on hand in case your current character becomes lost while indulging there vice? Can those guys be on the ship when not in use or would you prefer them to be off elsewhere and doing their own thing?

@rush99999

If y'all want to have an extra person or two on the ship for flavor purpose and everyone agrees on that, I don't have a problem with it--but if you want to gain any mechanical advantage from their presence we'll need to figure out a way to cash that out in-system.

[POOHEAD189]

will give an update within 24 hrs!

[ctrlsaltdel]

That's all I have planned before the rendezvous to drop off Cho. If you want to do anything else in the intervening time, feel free; otherwise, we can skip directly to docking with the Ashen Knives ship.

[ctrlsaltdel]

also, I want to take the temperature here on the tone of the campaign. it seems like everyone has settled into... if not full-blown villain protagonist status, at least fully amoral mercenary. it's not my style to plan too far ahead, but as I'm laying down some general ideas about the direction the story takes, it's strong possibility that the Cerberus ends up in direct conflict with groups that are significantly more sympathetic than our PCs.

that's not a problem on my end, but I want to make sure everyone's on board with potentially being the bad guys in the story, or if you'd prefer I keep things more grey-vs-grey, or something else.