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Thread: Day of the Octopus OOC
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2023-11-20, 10:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, makes sense-- he should be able to tell it's "not human", but pinning it down to "extraterrestrial" is... outside of his personal context.
I think we all agree that Kaine's not going to notice until Sleeper either does something much more overt, or Kaine doesn't have anything much more urgent to pay attention to.
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2023-11-22, 02:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Day of the Octopus OOC
Current status after trying to attack electro and rolling to resist attacks from mysterio and electro.
Stress:1 Mental Stress
Complication: D12 Mass Confusion
Assets: None
Plot Points: 2 +3 from rolling a 1 for each check
XP: 1/10
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2023-11-22, 09:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Day of the Octopus OOC
Okay, so it sounds like Sleeper is going to roll to rescue hostages and Kaine is going to roll to, I guess, create a distraction asset to help him?
Hercules has rolled to clobber Electro, so what's Loki doing?A System-Independent Creative Community:
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2023-11-23, 03:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
So like this? (Sorry for the terrible map.)
=============================Vault Stairs===
||........Teller Desks.................................................. ..........||
||H.................................................. ..........................Office Doors
||o.................................................. .................................||
W s Sleeper.................................................. ...................||
||t.....................................Fountain..................................||
||a....................................Mysterio, Kaine..........................||
||g.................................................. ...........................Elevators
W e.................................................. ...............................||
||s.................................................. ................................||
||......Goons............................................Goons.................||
======W========Main Entrance=====W==========
Police, Herc, Loki, Electro, ReportersGoon illusions
(W = window)
Other notes:
- 7 thugs (I’m not sure how Kaine’s earlier damage impacts their numbers)
- 24ish hostages
- Darker inside than outside (no lights on?)
- Exits from the bank are:
- The main entrance (currently blocked by police, the fight between Electro and Herc, and covered with gunfire from goons both real and illusionary)
- The window Sleeper opened (a story or two off the ground)
- The door to the offices
- The stairs to the bank vault
- Elevators
Hey, when the Dungeon Master asks me if I’m sure I’m more than willing to rethink my plan! I don’t have an issue with shepherding the hostages out the office doors instead, or down into the vaults, if the window seems unreasonable.
Re: dice pool. How does this look?
Affiliation: Solo (1d8)
Distinction: Crowd of Hostages (1d4)
Power(s): Klyntar Symbiote - Invisibility (1d8), Shapeshifting (1d6) (Multipower)
Specialty: Covert (1d8)
Complication/Stress: I’m assuming the hostages are my ‘target’ I don’t think they have any of these?
Asset: Invisible Insider (1d10)
Works for me!
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2023-11-24, 02:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Day of the Octopus OOC
I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday (or the regular day if you're not in the US).
So like this? (Sorry for the terrible map.)
[*]7 thugs (I’m not sure how Kaine’s earlier damage impacts their numbers)[*]24ish hostages[*]Darker inside than outside (no lights on?)
The lights are on, the room just isn't that well lit.
Re: dice pool. How does this look?
Affiliation: Solo (1d8)
Distinction: Crowd of Hostages (1d4)
Power(s): Klyntar Symbiote - Invisibility (1d8), Shapeshifting (1d6) (Multipower)
Specialty: Covert (1d8)
Complication/Stress: I’m assuming the hostages are my ‘target’ I don’t think they have any of these?
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2023-11-24, 06:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-11-25, 12:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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If it helps anyone else to visualize it, imagine Kaine is Batman for a second. There are a dozen or so gunmen, and neither them nor the hostages knew I was there before two of the gunmen vanished and very audibly shattered, and now Kaine is just there and talking to Mysterio like he's trying to split up the lunch check.
The other ten (or so) gunmen originally in the lobby are useless. The reinforcements didn't hear that horrible sound as clearly, and walked in on Kaine instead of suddenly realizing he was there, so maybe the Watcher is going to bring the Mob back up to 2d8 or 3d8 (totally fair!), and maybe Mysterio or the Mob could take an action to rally the other gunmen back into the game (totally fair!) but right now there's a handful of effective gunmen acting as a Mob d8 and the rest are just screaming furniture.
If it's helpful. I'm not trying to condescend to anyone or dictate terms to Thane of Fife, if he wants to describe it differently, but since people are new to Cortex I'm trying to help paint a picture of how the mechanics relate to the narrative.
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2023-11-25, 02:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Sorry for the delay. Hope those who celebrate had a good Thanksgiving!
Turnabout is fair play, so Loki is going to attempt to distract Mysterio with an illusion of his own!
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2023-11-25, 02:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-11-25, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-11-27, 03:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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I didn't realize that some of the goons could be illusions. That would certainly make sense with Mysterio around.
I think everyone has made their second action this turn. With Hercules attempting to smack electro, Loki in engaging in illusory warfare, Kaine attempting to convince Mysterio to release some hostages, and Sleeper attempting to hostages with stealth.
Spoiler: Hercules Status
Stress: 1 Mental Stress
Complication: D12 Mass Confusion
Assets: None
Plot Points: 1 start + 1 taunting electro +1 resist electroshock attack + 1 resisting Mysterio's illusory confusion +1 physically attacking electro.
XP: 1/10
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2023-11-27, 03:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Day of the Octopus OOC
A draw is a success for the acting party, yes. But in this case, it's not going to be a draw, because I'm going to spend some of those doom dice to increase me total and mess with Sleeper.
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2023-11-27, 05:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Alright, lots of dice rolls have been made and the next IC post is up.
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2023-11-27, 05:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Day of the Octopus OOC
This is a tangent but I feel compelled to share:
Fluff objection: unless this explosion is kicking me out of invisibility, I never said I was turning visible. I can fluff it on my end as soot from the blast or whatever but I used the invisibility in the roll with the shapeshifting.Last edited by Kareeah_Indaga; 2023-11-27 at 06:12 PM.
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2023-11-28, 02:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Kaine's plan is to use his Spider-Sense to dodge Electro's lightning, then use his Saw that Coming die in a roll to grab Mysterio and use him as a human shield.
Can I see "Sue" or not?
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2023-11-28, 09:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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2023-11-28, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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I guess I was under the impression that the whole point of the shapeshifting was that you were not planning to stay invisible, but I'm fine with your IC post.
That sounds reasonable to me, though I think Mysterio's smoke has defeated Peter's spider-sense in the past.
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2023-12-01, 10:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Plaids, Lexiconjurer, actions for Hercules and Loki?
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2023-12-01, 10:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Kaine is going to tackle Mysterio into the fountain. I don't really expect that to stop Electro from throwing lightning bolts at me, but one problem at a time.
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2023-12-01, 10:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think Sleeper’s going to use his chemokinesis to steal Mysterio’s smoke and use it to sneak the hostages away.
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2023-12-02, 04:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Sorry for not posting recently.
I think I would like to have Hercules make an asset and either use a plot point to push the roll or make the asset last throughout the encounter.
Maybe a distraction could be made by creating an intimidating aura around Hercules or maybe the asset could a hole in the side of a building either one could be a one turn or encounter long asset. Just wreath Hercules in fire to make the aura permanent or have Hercules be extra precise and careful when making a structural change to the building.Trying to scare off henchmen, should make saving hostages easier.
I would be willing to participate in a 'frenzy' period where multiple posts are made in small span of time.Last edited by Plaids; 2023-12-03 at 02:38 AM.
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2023-12-03, 02:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Unfortunately I am going to bow out of the game. It's clear I can't contribute the time this deserves but I hope it goes well.
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2023-12-03, 06:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Day of the Octopus OOC
Since you're inflicting physical stress on Mysterio, if you look back at his stat block on the first page of this thread, you'll see his limitation is that you can increase how much physical stress he takes. I don't think that I'll activate that myself, but, assuming he doesn't avoid your attack, do you want to spend a plot point to do it?
I'm not sure that you are normally allowed to use an opposing party's asset like that, but go ahead.
I think terrifying the goons is inflicting emotional stress. If you inflict D10 emotional stress, then you could get the rest of them to run away or surrender or something. That would also be long-lasting without needing to spend the plot point.
But you could also just run inside and punch them if you like (or thunderclap or something).
Also, while you certainly don't need to reroll anything if you want to stick with the intimidation plan, note that when you are spending a plot point, you can increase it to a D8 (a stunt) if one of your power sets or specialties is relevant. In a case like this, for example, you could easily say that your walking through their gunfire is good enough to work as a stunt off your power set to get the D8 instead of the D6.
That's unfortunate to hear, but it happens to all of us. If things clear up for you in the future, you can come back.
For the rest of you, does someone want to take over Loki for the duration of the scene, or should we push him into the background a bit and say he's helping to control the chaos outside?
Also, Hercules, Sleeper, and Kaine can have one plot point each, and I'll add 3D6 to the doom pool.A System-Independent Creative Community:
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2023-12-03, 07:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ouch, the dice just do not like us right now.
Sorry we didn't get to play together longer!
Either works for me. I don't think I have the experience with the system to be useful running him, but I don't object to someone else doing it.
Sleeper's sheet was updated with the Plot Point.
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2023-12-04, 09:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-12-04, 10:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-12-05, 06:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Rolled defenses. Hercules has either stressed or complicated out the last of the goons (if you wanted to spend a plot point to make that complication persistent, you can have it back, Plaids; I don't think you needed it). Mysterio has a total of 14 and an effect die of D8 against Kaine. Kaine can have his plot point back for the extra effect die (because he won't get it), but I will spend a D8 from the doom pool to lay a complication on him - Kaine goes through the smoke and into the fountain, but finds himself coming up with a Soaking Wet Hostage D8. That goes into Electro's dice pool as he tries to blast Kaine again.
And just to make matters worse, Mysterio will create an illusion that Kaine is attacking the hostage, acting as a complication on Sleeper if he does anything other than try to save the poor fellow.A System-Independent Creative Community:
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2023-12-05, 06:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Day of the Octopus OOC
It seems that the net effect of your guys' actions has been that Hercules has scared the last of the (real) goons into surrendering to the police or just running away, Sleeper is still busy trying to rescue the hostages, and Kaine has tried to tackle Mysterio but has actually gotten one of the hostages.
I think we've been leaning toward a posting scheme of You guys roll reactions, you guys roll actions, you post IC about what you're trying, I roll reactions, I roll actions, I post IC about what the villains are trying. Before I make an IC post about the results of your actions, would you prefer to use a scheme of You guys roll reactions, you guys roll actions, I post IC about what the villains achieved, I roll reactions, I roll actions, you post IC about what you achieved?
I'm looking for the best place to slot in the IC posts to avoid putting words in people's mouths. (That said, Kareeah_Indaga, I generally don't care if you want to post reactions for NPCs. Maybe be more careful about the named characters like Electro and Mysterio, but you're welcome to decide why the hostages aren't cooperating if you like - or I can do it if you prefer.)A System-Independent Creative Community:
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2023-12-06, 03:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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I think having heroes react then make attempts to act before villains/challenges react then attempt to act works. The react and attempt can be compressed into one post that way. Having players decide their own order seems fine. I'm not sure how villain orders are decided though.
Thank you for the tips on Stunts. A man charging through a hail of gunfire unharmed due to his superpowers would be pretty scary.
As for Loki, I could direct Loki for one turn. I would like to have him try to create an asset. The asset being an illusory spiderman which can be leveraged by other heroes to distract villains.
I think I will have Hercules is going to try to save some hostages. Maybe pull off the bank safe door have some hostages sit on it, kick the collapsed door, and have the hostages sled away to safety.
Posting soon.Last edited by Plaids; 2023-12-06 at 03:12 AM.
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2023-12-06, 12:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Okay, Sleeper sees me attacking one of the hostages (clever), but do I know I've grabbed one of them by mistake?