GarthInterested! For my character, I'm thinking a 20-something shepherd named Sohn. He's got a dog that is excellent at finding lost lambs, so volunteers himself and his dog as part of the rescue party.
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Good luck, @blindwoofer. Mine likes to wash his paws off in his water dish.
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@Crab... see if you can find out what she's interested in. Then ask her about it. No flirting need be involved to just break the ice. :)
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Amazing how many sudden epidemiology experts there are in the world
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Long time casual role player who loves tales of adventure! I enjoy tabletop games, play-by-post, and even LARP!
Wild (and sometimes weird) west and medieval fantasy games with an 'old-school' D&D feel are my favorite.
In real life, I'm a software engineer and wanna-be farmer. I have a little garden and some chickens that like to destroy my flower beds. But I like 'em anyway and they all have names. ;) Sometimes they lay me some breakfast.
Other hobbies include dog agility and archery.
Wild (and sometimes weird) west and medieval fantasy games with an 'old-school' D&D feel are my favorite.
In real life, I'm a software engineer and wanna-be farmer. I have a little garden and some chickens that like to destroy my flower beds. But I like 'em anyway and they all have names. ;) Sometimes they lay me some breakfast.
Other hobbies include dog agility and archery.
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Folks still interested? Is the action dragging too much? If so, we can narrate ahead a bit to keep it going.
Does anyone know cattle? Like... you've actually got some hands on, real-life experience?
I know horses well enough to feel confident writing them, but I feel a little iffy when I'm writing about cattle. And since my bounty hunter has a cowboy background, I'd like to learn!
I have a short story in mind where my character, just turned 18 (in the year 1852), takes his first job at a ranch and needs to learn the ropes. Ideally, your character would be his mentor, allowing him (and me!) to learn a little bit more. Throw all the lingo and know-how at me! I'm definitely up for brainstorming a scenario that you find interesting. Dealing with rustlers? Part of the herd lost in bad weather? Driving them from point A to point B when some other trouble strikes? Heck, even a short romantic fling (if your character happens to be female).
Right now, I'm envisioning this as a pretty short RP. But hey! If we're having fun, we can always spin up a longer adventure!
I know horses well enough to feel confident writing them, but I feel a little iffy when I'm writing about cattle. And since my bounty hunter has a cowboy background, I'd like to learn!
I have a short story in mind where my character, just turned 18 (in the year 1852), takes his first job at a ranch and needs to learn the ropes. Ideally, your character would be his mentor, allowing him (and me!) to learn a little bit more. Throw all the lingo and know-how at me! I'm definitely up for brainstorming a scenario that you find interesting. Dealing with rustlers? Part of the herd lost in bad weather? Driving them from point A to point B when some other trouble strikes? Heck, even a short romantic fling (if your character happens to be female).
Right now, I'm envisioning this as a pretty short RP. But hey! If we're having fun, we can always spin up a longer adventure!
(Again, let me know if I've got a character somewhere other than where you intended them to be! 
light blue - Phineas
blue - William (atop express car)
green - Sergio
purple - Taylor (atop express car)
red - Misti
orange - bandits. Sparrow (dead, in express car). Bobby boarding at front of the express car. Fred Linch boarding the engine. 3 coming through freight cars (inside, not on top). Pinto horse rider remains at caboose platform.
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Bobby steers his horse close to the front of the express car where he swings himself over the railing and onto the small platform, unaware that his right hand man has just suffered defeat. Or that Taylor and Billy are trying to get the advantage from above.
Meanwhile, Fred Linch, with a pistol drawn, is working his way onto the engine. He yells something to the engineer and the fireman (who keeps the firebox on the steam engine stoked), but with the roar of the train on the tracks, his words are lost to Billy and Taylor.
Inside the passenger car, Mistihkoman sees that most of the passengers are still huddled under the seats. The baby is wailing as her mother shields her and is desperately trying to quiet her. The guard at the front with a bullet hole in his arm is pale and looks like maybe he's going into shock. As soon as Zeke sees the bloodied Misti, he breaks from his cover and rushes toward the man. "Did ya get 'em?!" he asks breathlessly. Through open door at the far end of the car, he might catch a glimpse of the other 3 bandits opening the freight door car.
They each carry a sack in one hand, a pistol in the other, their faces covered below their eyes with bandanas.
light blue - Phineas
blue - William (atop express car)
green - Sergio
purple - Taylor (atop express car)
red - Misti
orange - bandits. Sparrow (dead, in express car). Bobby boarding at front of the express car. Fred Linch boarding the engine. 3 coming through freight cars (inside, not on top). Pinto horse rider remains at caboose platform.
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Bobby steers his horse close to the front of the express car where he swings himself over the railing and onto the small platform, unaware that his right hand man has just suffered defeat. Or that Taylor and Billy are trying to get the advantage from above.
Meanwhile, Fred Linch, with a pistol drawn, is working his way onto the engine. He yells something to the engineer and the fireman (who keeps the firebox on the steam engine stoked), but with the roar of the train on the tracks, his words are lost to Billy and Taylor.
Inside the passenger car, Mistihkoman sees that most of the passengers are still huddled under the seats. The baby is wailing as her mother shields her and is desperately trying to quiet her. The guard at the front with a bullet hole in his arm is pale and looks like maybe he's going into shock. As soon as Zeke sees the bloodied Misti, he breaks from his cover and rushes toward the man. "Did ya get 'em?!" he asks breathlessly. Through open door at the far end of the car, he might catch a glimpse of the other 3 bandits opening the freight door car.
They each carry a sack in one hand, a pistol in the other, their faces covered below their eyes with bandanas.
I like the plan. :) I'll try to get a post in within the next couple days. Been a busy week at work so far!
Bobby squeezes the trigger on his gun just as Taylor is dropping to the floor, but the leader of the bandit crew doesn't stick around to see if he hit the fellow outlaw. Instead, he abandons his efforts to gain this platform and pushes his horse ahead. Maybe to try to gain the express car from the front side. Maybe toward the engine where Fred Linch is headed.
Sergio takes out one of the bandits riding alongside the train and the remaining ones (other than Fred, Bobby, & Sparrow) drop back.
Other than the pieces of the broken door now decorating the floor, the express car currently has 4 barrels that make the whole car smell like coffee beans; several sacks filled with mail; 2 boxes filled with paperwork; a crate about 5 feet long, 3 ft wide, locked with a padlock; and a safe about 2ft x 2ft. There are also two guards in here: one is lying on the floor bleeding. A lucky shot through one of the small open windows must have got him. The other is popping off shots at Bobby as he rides by.
The wind is knocked from Sparrow Hawk as he's slammed backwards and he gasps once. Just barely in the nick of time, Sparrow rolls to the side as Mistihkoman's tomahawk connects with the floor where Sparrow's head had just been. "Then why do you fight to protect their money?" he asks, forcing the breathless words out, still struggling to fully recover his breath. But that doesn't stop him from regaining his feet. Even getting pushed back through the door, he hasn't lost the knife in his hand and he lunges at Misti, intent on embedding that blade in the Cree's stomach.
(OOC: Here's where I think everyone's at right at the moment. Please tell me if I got it wrong. Or if you'd like any of the other NPCs included on the map. :)
blue - Phineas & William
green - Sergio
purple - Taylor
red - Misti
orange - bandits. Sparrow in the express car. Bobby riding toward the front of the express car. Fred Linch riding toward engine. Others fell back to board train at caboose and freight cars.
)
Sergio takes out one of the bandits riding alongside the train and the remaining ones (other than Fred, Bobby, & Sparrow) drop back.
Other than the pieces of the broken door now decorating the floor, the express car currently has 4 barrels that make the whole car smell like coffee beans; several sacks filled with mail; 2 boxes filled with paperwork; a crate about 5 feet long, 3 ft wide, locked with a padlock; and a safe about 2ft x 2ft. There are also two guards in here: one is lying on the floor bleeding. A lucky shot through one of the small open windows must have got him. The other is popping off shots at Bobby as he rides by.
The wind is knocked from Sparrow Hawk as he's slammed backwards and he gasps once. Just barely in the nick of time, Sparrow rolls to the side as Mistihkoman's tomahawk connects with the floor where Sparrow's head had just been. "Then why do you fight to protect their money?" he asks, forcing the breathless words out, still struggling to fully recover his breath. But that doesn't stop him from regaining his feet. Even getting pushed back through the door, he hasn't lost the knife in his hand and he lunges at Misti, intent on embedding that blade in the Cree's stomach.
(OOC: Here's where I think everyone's at right at the moment. Please tell me if I got it wrong. Or if you'd like any of the other NPCs included on the map. :)
blue - Phineas & William
green - Sergio
purple - Taylor
red - Misti
orange - bandits. Sparrow in the express car. Bobby riding toward the front of the express car. Fred Linch riding toward engine. Others fell back to board train at caboose and freight cars.
)
One of Sergio's shots hits a masked bandit riding in front of his old acquaintance, Fred Linch. For just a moment, Fred seems to look right at Sergio and then spurs his horse hard and lowers himself over the animal's neck, pushing it ahead. He's not headed for the express car though... he's headed toward the engine.
The moment someone stepped out through the doorway and onto the platform, Bobby squeezed the trigger on his revolver, sending a shot in Mistihkoman's direction.
But he didn't get a chance to follow up with a second one before Taylor's bullet slammed into his thigh. He didn't scream, but he drew his arm back in, trying to keep himself from falling out of the saddle. His one good eye landed on Taylor, sending him a murderous and pain filled look. And there was also a sudden recognition there. Was there anyone less likely to be guarding a train than Black Jack Jackson?
"Black Jack! You got 2 f*ckin' seconds to change sides!" he was pulling the hammer back, readying to shoot again.
Meanwhile, the Navajo turned in time to face the oncoming threat. While he was obviously armed with a six-shooter as well, he had a knife in his hands at the moment. He tries to dodge the blow and is only partially successful. What was intended for his jaw strikes him in the shoulder instead. "This steel horse mocks us all," he said as he retaliated by slashing his knife toward Misti's stomach.
The short figure on the pinto puts two fingers to their lips and whistles loudly. Finney and Billy suddenly lose sight of the riders that had been shooting at the passenger car as 4 of them drop back slightly. But just a few seconds later the pinto horse reappears, still galloping alongside the train, but now riderless. Are they boarding the train on one of the freight cars? Or possibly even the caboose?
(OOC note: Dice are NOT required. I just like them for NPCs! My roll results: roleplayerguild.com/campaigns/750)
The moment someone stepped out through the doorway and onto the platform, Bobby squeezed the trigger on his revolver, sending a shot in Mistihkoman's direction.
But he didn't get a chance to follow up with a second one before Taylor's bullet slammed into his thigh. He didn't scream, but he drew his arm back in, trying to keep himself from falling out of the saddle. His one good eye landed on Taylor, sending him a murderous and pain filled look. And there was also a sudden recognition there. Was there anyone less likely to be guarding a train than Black Jack Jackson?
"Black Jack! You got 2 f*ckin' seconds to change sides!" he was pulling the hammer back, readying to shoot again.
Meanwhile, the Navajo turned in time to face the oncoming threat. While he was obviously armed with a six-shooter as well, he had a knife in his hands at the moment. He tries to dodge the blow and is only partially successful. What was intended for his jaw strikes him in the shoulder instead. "This steel horse mocks us all," he said as he retaliated by slashing his knife toward Misti's stomach.
The short figure on the pinto puts two fingers to their lips and whistles loudly. Finney and Billy suddenly lose sight of the riders that had been shooting at the passenger car as 4 of them drop back slightly. But just a few seconds later the pinto horse reappears, still galloping alongside the train, but now riderless. Are they boarding the train on one of the freight cars? Or possibly even the caboose?
(OOC note: Dice are NOT required. I just like them for NPCs! My roll results: roleplayerguild.com/campaigns/750)
I'll let @Eviledd1984 say for sure... but I took his post as Sergio headed toward the front of the car with Misti & Taylor. (Also where Bobby and Sparrow Hawk are trying to gain entrance to the express car, which is directly in front of the passenger car.)
The rider on the brown and white pinto did indeed back off, but was not the one to yell. The one who yelled was a dark haired man of average height (the same that Sergio recognizes!)
The rider on the brown and white pinto did indeed back off, but was not the one to yell. The one who yelled was a dark haired man of average height (the same that Sergio recognizes!)
Just so that it's handy again:
From left to right:
1 - Engine
2 - Tender Car
3 - Express Car
4 - Passenger Car
5 & 6 - Freight
7 - Caboose
Billy and Finny both have good positions where the would-be train robbers have a difficult time seeing them. Both Mr. Arthur Charles and the happy-go-lucky conductor (Smiley) are back here as well and each have gotten down on the floor just in front of the last seat. Arthur is on the side with Billy and Smiley is on the side with Finney.
Smiley's happy expression is gone and he looks pale as a ghost, pressing himself to the floor.
Arthur is obviously frightened as well, but not as frozen as the conductor. "I am surrounded by barbarians..." Billy might hear him mutter.
One of the bandits, a shorter figure riding a brown and white pinto steed, upon seeing the fellow in front take a bullet to the chest, fires a shot in the general direction of the back door of the passenger car then backs off slightly... not as confident as a moment earlier.
"Shit! How damn many guards are there!?" one of the bandits (the one that Sergio recognized as Fred Linch) yelled. They're getting more resistance than they bargained for.
Misti, Taylor, & Sergio head toward the front of the passenger car. The aisle is only comfortably wide enough for 1 person at a time. Misti gets to the door first. With Taylor hot on his heels.
Zeke seemed shaken out of his stupor as Sergio grabbed him. "You gonna shoot 'em?" he asked without any hint of being upset by that idea.
Crack! The guard who had his rifle pointed out the frontmost window, literally standing over the woman with the baby, cries out as a bullet strikes him through the forearm. He curses something terrible as he retreats down to the floor, clutching his injured arm.
Bobby and Sparrow have brought their horses up beside the little platform at the back of the express car. The Navajo man grabs hold of the railing and makes the transfer from saddle to train with surprising ease. Bobby, still in his saddle, points his revolver toward the passenger car door...
From left to right:
1 - Engine
2 - Tender Car
3 - Express Car
4 - Passenger Car
5 & 6 - Freight
7 - Caboose
Billy and Finny both have good positions where the would-be train robbers have a difficult time seeing them. Both Mr. Arthur Charles and the happy-go-lucky conductor (Smiley) are back here as well and each have gotten down on the floor just in front of the last seat. Arthur is on the side with Billy and Smiley is on the side with Finney.
Smiley's happy expression is gone and he looks pale as a ghost, pressing himself to the floor.
Arthur is obviously frightened as well, but not as frozen as the conductor. "I am surrounded by barbarians..." Billy might hear him mutter.
One of the bandits, a shorter figure riding a brown and white pinto steed, upon seeing the fellow in front take a bullet to the chest, fires a shot in the general direction of the back door of the passenger car then backs off slightly... not as confident as a moment earlier.
"Shit! How damn many guards are there!?" one of the bandits (the one that Sergio recognized as Fred Linch) yelled. They're getting more resistance than they bargained for.
Misti, Taylor, & Sergio head toward the front of the passenger car. The aisle is only comfortably wide enough for 1 person at a time. Misti gets to the door first. With Taylor hot on his heels.
Zeke seemed shaken out of his stupor as Sergio grabbed him. "You gonna shoot 'em?" he asked without any hint of being upset by that idea.
Crack! The guard who had his rifle pointed out the frontmost window, literally standing over the woman with the baby, cries out as a bullet strikes him through the forearm. He curses something terrible as he retreats down to the floor, clutching his injured arm.
Bobby and Sparrow have brought their horses up beside the little platform at the back of the express car. The Navajo man grabs hold of the railing and makes the transfer from saddle to train with surprising ease. Bobby, still in his saddle, points his revolver toward the passenger car door...
No worries. When you're writing for two characters, it's hard to keep it short! :)
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