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M. J. Young
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This continues John "A1nut" Cross' game from John Cross in TerraTerraTerranova.

You are awakening. However, it is dark. In fact, it is so dark, your eyes are registering no light; your ears no sound. You smell nothing, taste nothing, and the only tactile sensations you have are that you are comfortable, warm enough, and floating weightless as you were a few minutes ago, with no sense of up or down and no points of contact.

--M. J. Young

Wed Feb 3 2010 1:41 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Backpack, 4 pounds
bulletproof trench coat, 4 pounds
clothes, Pearl Harbor jumpsuit worn over jeans and a t-shirt, socks and underwear, Swat boots 5 pounds
Billfold, containing my ID and all other mentioned documents, and the 15 bucks and change from B Movie Monster World.
my keyring and keys. (Yeah, it's all going to be useless most places, but the wallet was a gift, and I still have a handcuff key.)

total 13 pounds

9mm carbine 3 pounds, loaded with 15 round magazine (to avoid snagging on draw)
9mm pistol, 1.5 pounds, loaded with 15 round magazine, no round in chamber
1 empty 15 round magazine
1 9mm magazine with 13 rounds
6 15 round mags, 1/2 pound each 103 rounds, 2 in guns, 4 in holders, 2 in fanny pack
8 30 round mags, 1 pound each 240 rounds, magazines rubber banded to stock and shoulder sling of carbine
Carbine is set up so that it can be drawn from the pack without taking it off.

16.5 pounds

shoulder holster holds 2 magazines
2 magazine holder holds 2 magazines
2 speedloader pouch holds 2 speedloaders
357 holster

1 pound total, (Holders only, not counting magazines, counted elsewhere.)

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single shot shotgun 2 pounds
8 00 buck
8 flares
8 shredders
Two 12 round shotgun belts 1/2 pound total
Shotgun shells 8 to a pound.

5.5 pounds

357, loaded 1.5 pounds
9 speedloaders 6 to a pound, 2 on belt, 2 in fanny pack, 5 in backpack
60 rounds, 30 accessible.

2.5 pounds

Kabar 1/2 pound
Pocket fisherman 1 pound
crossbow, 3 pounds
5 arrows, 1 loose, 30 arrow quiver (36 arrows total) 8 to a pound with quiver, 5 pounds
1 Pearl Harbor jumpsuit 3 pounds
a handful of chlorine tabs, in a ziploc bag. negligible weight
2 quart canteen, empty, half pound
12 dehydrated meals 6 pounds
Hobo Knife (splits into a fork and spoon) 1/2 pound
Plastic book on wilderness survival. 1 pound

TOTAL 20.5 pounds

2 glue grenade/s 1/2 pound each
2 frag grenade/s 1/2 pound each (No launcher, they can also be thrown)
solar penlight,
charges whilst you walk flashlight
Invisibility cloak

total 3 pounds

1 pair vice grips
1 hammer
1 folding camp saw
TOTAL 1 pound

Long, flathead screwdriver (prybar)
1 roll duct tape
1 throwing knife
deck playing cards

total 1 pound

First Aid kit, 1 pound
Sleeping bag, 4 pounds

total 5 pounds

4 bandannas
4 king size, cloth bedsheets, 2 waterproof, 2 not
box of Plastic garbage bags
rubber bands
TOTAL 1 pound

aluminum foil
sturdy insulated electrical wire (Electrical work and ties)
flat cookie sheet type thing
ball of good twine.
TOTAL 1.5 pounds

single carabiner, 100 feet 400 pound test rope, 2 squeeze to adjust tension hand holders.

1 pound

fanny pack
10 ounce silver pieces
4 gold coins
2 two ounce platinum pieces
8 half ounce pence
8 half ounce shillings
1 once block lead
Ten completely random gems, 1 ounce each (What does the GE roll say about their value?)
magnesium fire starting tool
Minature sewing kit, 8 spools thread, 12 needles, small scissors
2 lighters
straight razor
2 rings
Leatherman multitool, in pouch, on strap.

TOTAL 3 1/2 pounds

The listed contents of the fanny pack is only items not listed and weighed elsewhere.

Picked up on the ship, 4 laser pistols half pound each, 16 laser pistol batteries 2 oz each, 1 battery charger, I don't think you mentioned the weight.

Give me a minute to think on what else you said.

Wed Feb 3 2010 1:50 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

The solar penlight is charged and in my pocket. Pull that out and look around. Where in the hell am I?

Did you just zygote me MJ?

Wed Feb 3 2010 1:51 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Three.

You said no tactile sense. So I can't even feel my clothes? Am I naked or something? (Or did I just misunderstand you?)

I get it MJ. You wouldn't intentionally verse me out, but you figured (correctly) that taking Lauren out of the equation would make me do it for you. Well played dear boy!!

(Doing Therapy)

Wed Feb 3 2010 10:04 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator
Actually, John, the minute you sent Lauren and CW in the other direction I knew that you would never make it--the scenario needs all the help you can get, and there was a factor you didn't recognize: Lauren has ammo for Derek's laser rifle that she doesn't need, and can swap power packs with him so that he can keep firing while she uses her other weapons. So you not only sent your best firepower in the other direction, you cut Derek's ammo in half and forced him to ration it.

So I did not intentionally verse you out, and I did not force you to do so; I just knew that you'd never make it through without help.

Notes:

House keys were duplcated; I deleted one.

My reading says that the Ruger holster has a pouch for a single spare clip; you said two. I'm right.

I gave you the intensity in Okydoky Smokey for finishing the twenty-fifth day of training.

Here's the sheet:
The solar penlight is charged and in my pocket. Pull that out and look around.

At the moment you can't find the light. You can't find your pocket. In fact, at the moment you can't seem to find your arms.

It occurs to you that there's no particular reason to believe you have a body right now. Other than that you are at a comfortable temperature and seem to be weightless, the only sensation you have is that trace to your equipment, which right now is pointing in three directions.

Oh, and you realize that you are waking up again, so you must have fallen asleep.

--M. J. Young
Thu Feb 4 2010 7:43 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

My reading says that the Ruger holster has a pouch for a single spare clip; you said two. I'm right.

No, I am. I have 2 different 9mm holsters. One is a hip holster which carries a single spare mag, and the other is a shoulder holster which holds 2 magazines. I'm wearing the shoulder holster.

Actually, John, the minute you sent Lauren and CW in the other direction I knew that you would never make it--the scenario needs all the help you can get, and there was a factor you didn't recognize: Lauren has ammo for Derek's laser rifle that she doesn't need, and can swap power packs with him so that he can keep firing while she uses her other weapons. So you not only sent your best firepower in the other direction, you cut Derek's ammo in half and forced him to ration it.

So I did not intentionally verse you out, and I did not force you to do so; I just knew that you'd never make it through without help.

And why didn't anybody else speak up about that? Who appointed me the leader of that expedition? I thought it was Lauren, personally. I said what I thought we should do. They could have made suggestions. And I didn't mean it like you intentionally versed me out, I meant it like you figured that taking Lauren out would make me blow up the ship.

What happens when I try to speak? Can I hear myself breathing or a heartbeat? Am I just a brain in a jar now, as far as my body is concerned? This sounds like a level 2.5 DXM trip, except without the pretty colors.....

Pray silently to myself.

"God, what happened? Where am I? What's happening to me?"

And since it seems I've got (literally) nothing but time, pray until I get an answer. And I wouldn't be the least bit offended if God interrupted me. And since I can't do much else, I'm praying until I fall asleep, and starting praying the minute I wake up. I could spend months praying if nothing changes. Watch, the bias is probably too low for that to work anyway. My objective is to get those questions answered. If God wants to volunteer more information, I certainly won't object.

It occurs to you that there's no particular reason to believe you have a body right now. Other than that you are at a comfortable temperature and seem to be weightless, the only sensation you have is that trace to your equipment, which right now is pointing in three directions.

And I'm freaking the hell out.

I'll look over the character sheet later.

(Doing Therapy)

Thu Feb 4 2010 8:00 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

It's later!!!

Tech 12@1
Psi 5@10
Mag 12@6
Bod 7@5

Psi bias is 14@5 I believe.

Military Surplus Sleeping Bag

Actually it's a TerraNova sleeping bag

holster for a Ruger P-89, has pouch for single spare clip

No, it's a shoulder holster with 2 pouches to hold 2 clips.

1 tool box, red painted steel sheet metal, containing complete ratchet set, 2 ratchets, 11 screwdrivers, 2 pair of regular pliers, 2 pairs needle-nose pliers, 1 soldering iron, 1 solder removal tool, 1 roll of solder, 2 pairs wire cutters, 2 crescent wrenches, 1 hatchet, 1 box of 3 inch nails, 1 roll duct tape, 1 utility knife with 4 changeable razor blades, leather work gloves, a complete set of Allen wrenches, 2-AA battery flashlight, voltmeter, wood saw, multi-tipped screwdriver, complete set of wrenches. weight, approximately 25 pounds.

It's actually more like 10 pounds, I sold a lot of the tools to the scrap dealer. I'll have to check my sheet to tell you what.

Wristop, a computer with a terrabyte of memory and a terraherz processor that fits on your wrist, displays through a flat screen similar to those on the walls, and can interface with most known systems via internal wireless modem.

I forgot about this. I'm actually wearing it, if that's OK with you, that is.

You still have the cigarettes listed. Those got smoked a LOOOONG time ago. The MAK 90 magazines are all loaded. You had them listed as empty.

(sarcastic laughter) Putting my equipment 10,000 miles away wasn't good enough for you, was it? You not only took away my VSP, you also took away my body too.

(Doing Therapy)

Thu Feb 4 2010 8:23 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator

No, I am. I have 2 different 9mm holsters.

Which is why we have these character sheet discussions; that wasn't on either list that I had, so I didn't know it existed. The change has been made, and the other holster with the pouch is in the "Distant" grouping.

And why didn't anybody else speak up about that? Who appointed me the leader of that expedition? I thought it was Lauren, personally.

Neither Lauren nor Derek were thinking about whether Derek would have enough ammo when you split up, so neither of them would have realized that Derek could supplement his ammo with hers. No one knew what was happening, and your suggestion that the group split up to do both tasks as quickly as possible was perfectly reasonable given the lack of data. If there was a single enemy on this ship, it is probable that either pair of you could handle it and certain that the other would never encounter it. The problem is, it was crawling with beasties. Neither you nor anyone else could have known that, so your call was a potentially good idea that proved bad under the circumstances.

As far as who made you leader, well, let me take that behind the screens.

*****

What happens when I try to speak? Can I hear myself breathing or a heartbeat? Am I just a brain in a jar now, as far as my body is concerned?

Good questions, and good possibilities. You cannot find any way to speak, and you have no sense of breathing or heartbeat.

You begin praying in your mind.

You realize that you are not praying, and then realize that it's because you just awoke. You start praying again, but then realize a few minutes later that you are just awakening. You don't seem to be able to remain conscious for more than a few minutes at a stretch, but at least the praying makes you cognizant of this.

*****

Back to the character sheet.

Good catch on the psi bias.

I'm guessing it's a Terranova Military Surplus Sleeping Bag? Or was there a different sleeping bag, and if so where is that now?

Please get back to me with the current contents of the toolkit so I can update it.

I'm fine with the wristop being with the local stuff; I was surprised you hadn't included it.

I'm assuming that you mean the 100, 50, and 30 round MAK magazines (not the other 8 magazines which are loaded), and that the 180 bullets in them come off the 1000, so you've got 820 left there, yes?

I figured you'd used up the cigarettes, but I didn't want to delete them all without checking. After all, cigs were available in Pearl Harbor, and probably would have been supplied to you along with food, drink, and clothing, as one of the necessities of life for POWs.

*****

As far as taking away your body, well, I was going to drop you into this scenario as a sidekick to the hero much later, but then I decided it would be much more fun to make you the hero. It's got a lot of things you will particularly like, I think, and a lot that will definitely challenge you, so I am really pleased with this choice.

Your VSP will get good use, I assure you, and you will also be reunited with your other gear before you really need it, so don't be too worried about it.

Oh, those equipment vectors keep changing direction, seemingly at random.

--M. J. Young

Thu Feb 4 2010 11:14 pm #
JohnA1nut
Member

Neither Lauren nor Derek were thinking about whether Derek would have enough ammo when you split up, so neither of them would have realized that Derek could supplement his ammo with hers.

So in other words, given the situation, it was as good as suggestion as any. I don't feel quite so stupid for that now.

I'm guessing it's a Terranova Military Surplus Sleeping Bag? Or was there a different sleeping bag, and if so where is that now?

Does it matter if it's military or civilian issue? I had another which was a military sleeping bag, picked up in the first world. That one would be more or less disowned, as in I wouldn't care if it didn't come, since I have this other so much better sleeping bag on me.

I'm assuming that you mean the 100, 50, and 30 round MAK magazines (not the other 8 magazines which are loaded), and that the 180 bullets in them come off the 1000, so you've got 820 left there, yes?

Some of them were listed as being -17 bullets. They are all loaded to full capacity. If it makes any difference, the MAK 90 actually has the 100 round drum in it, and the 50 round mag rubber banded to it.

I figured you'd used up the cigarettes, but I didn't want to delete them all without checking. After all, cigs were available in Pearl Harbor, and probably would have been supplied to you along with food, drink, and clothing, as one of the necessities of life for POWs.

Those listed were smoked in Dancing Princess.

Your VSP will get good use, I assure you, and you will also be reunited with your other gear before you really need it, so don't be too worried about it.

That's a relief....

Oh, those equipment vectors keep changing direction, seemingly at random.

So I'm not only disembodied, I'm spinning in every direction, or the world is, or both. What are the vectors? Do they come from up, down, the sides, do they spin around me in a circle, or are they spinning in a spherical pattern, like an electron cloud?

You realize that you are not praying, and then realize that it's because you just awoke. You start praying again, but then realize a few minutes later that you are just awakening. You don't seem to be able to remain conscious for more than a few minutes at a stretch, but at least the praying makes you cognizant of this.

You're not getting out of the open-ended prayer that easily. I said pray until I fall asleep and start again when I wake up. Just because I can't stay awake for more than a few minutes is no reason to rescind that. If you REALLY need a time frame, then roll it against how long I am awake, and have God answer me whilst I'm dreaming. If it's a failure, then falling asleep is the change in circumstance, so keep rolling til I make it or botch.

Thu Feb 4 2010 11:51 pm #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

MJ, even though I'm reasonably certain you won't answer, I'm going to ask anyway. Is this The Zygote Experience? That's the only thing I can think of which would explain this. That means very little for the rest of the story, which can mean I grew up anywhere or anywhen, so I don't see how it could hurt to tell me. I'm pretty sure you won't, but I just gotta ask.

Weightless, warm and comfortable, just like I would be in a womb, my equipment vectors change as mommy moves around, and of course, since at this point I'm just a fertilized egg, I'm just a consciousness without a body. I know you won't answer, but I have to ask.

Oh ya know, I just had a thought. If you have a friend who is pro-abortion, run them through The Zygote Experience, don't tell them what it is, then have them get aborted. I bet you would change a lot of minds that way.

(Doing Therapy)

Fri Feb 5 2010 3:04 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Three

Soon, I am going to pull up my copy of my sheet and compare it to your copy. It' something that will take a while, so I'll try to do it tomorrow.

(Doing Therapy)

Fri Feb 5 2010 6:32 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator

That one would be more or less disowned....
Um--noeww. Either you specifically disowned it or you did not; since it's "more or less", you did not, and you now have two sleeping bags.

The vectors are not changing rapidly, but then you are not constantly aware of them, either. Sometimes one changes gradually while the others stay the same, sometimes two move rapidly but in synch with each other while the other stays the same, sometimes all three move slowly. Also, since you're only staying awake for a few minutes at a stretch, it's more like each time you check they're in a different position. And there is no rhyme or reason--sometimes one will be up and another down, or all will be up or all down, or at odd angles to each other. It could be that you're floating in space or in an ocean, and your equipment is just out of reach floating around you.

Your efforts to get God to answer that prayer do not succeed.

I can't answer your question, but I can suggest that you might be a disembodied spirit disoriented in a physical world, or a nearly crippled body in a liquid healing tank, or adrift in some sort of realm like a sensory deprivation tank with anesthetic in the liquid. I will concur that the hypothesis that you are a zygote would explain everything you already know, but 1) it is not the only possible explanation, and 2) I do not know whether your character has ever heard about the zygote experience (unless Lauren mentioned having heard of it happening to someone, which she might have done since she was at Umak Tek and they know about both di Vars and Whisp experiencing it). But if neither she nor the Architect mentioned it, you probably don't know about it.

--M. J. Young

Sat Feb 6 2010 1:30 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Um--noeww. Either you specifically disowned it or you did not; since it's "more or less", you did not, and you now have two sleeping bags.

What I meant was that I wouldn't mind if it didn't come. Is that what you have as my equipment, or is that everything that came? I have a lot more stuff which would have still been in my room. Do you need me to post it all? I know that you decide what comes and what doesn't, I think that neither fair nor anything even remotely realistic from what I know of how Scriff works, but that's the way it is. I'm pretty sure I'm overweight. I have more stuff which was not listed. I'll post the list of everything, then you can go through it and decide what all comes. I was simply telling you that if you decide to cut the other sleeping bag, I wouldn't lose a moment of sleep over it.

So the scriff vectors are going all over the place. They're not stationary in relation to each other. That means they're moving. I could be stationary or I could be moving, but I know the scriff vectors are not stationary. Since they change so rapidly, I'd have to conclude that the gear which was on the station is much, much closer. Otherwise, it would be moving consistently much more slowly. Granted, I can't tell which one that is, but is as good a theory as any. (Or can I tell which one it is?) If it was thousands of miles away, it would be consistently moving more slowly than the others. Anything close would be moving faster, anything far away would be moving more slowly.

If I were moving around right on top of the on person gear, it would have a similar effect, but the vector on the station would still be consistently in the same place. If I were tumbling, again, similar effect, but they would always form a triangle. If I were moving around them, it would have pretty close to this effect, but I'd have to be moving pretty frigging fast. Plus, two of them would always be close to each other. They're moving. The only other thing which would cause this exact effect would be if they were in three distinct locations, and I was moving haphazardly around them. Given the known distance of at least one of the points, I can dismiss that as a theory. Speaking of which, it's unfortunate that you can't tell distance. They could be moving forward and back as well as around me. I might be moving or I might not be, but I know for a fact they are. Until I have reason to conclude otherwise, I'm going to assume that I am stationary. It kind of takes away a little bit of the freaking out to think that I'm not moving against my will. So I've got three electrons in orbit. I always did like that concept of the electron cloud. Electrons must have a wild time spinning around like that.

Your efforts to get God to answer that prayer do not succeed.

I prefer botching with magic, because at least then it wasn't my fault. Psionic clairvoyance. Try to see what's right in front of me. Six inches away from my starting point. New Use?

I also noticed that you didn't roll for it or even mention it Behind the Screens. Just curious why. Magic bias is probably too low.

I can't answer your question, but I can suggest that you might be a disembodied spirit disoriented in a physical world, or a nearly crippled body in a liquid healing tank, or adrift in some sort of realm like a sensory deprivation tank with anesthetic in the liquid.

Or in an alien abduction scenario and pumped full of hallucinogens, or a host of other things. I just thought I'd ask, even though I knew you wouldn't answer. Now that you posted, I'm pretty sure I'm not a zygote, or the vectors would be stationary in relation to each other.

(Doing Therapy)

Sat Feb 6 2010 2:08 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

This is my copy of my character sheet. I haven't compared it to your copy yet, but perhaps we could do that together, or perhaps I'll do it. I'm probably over my weight limit just in ammo. That's why I was saying I wouldn't mind if the sleeping bag didn't come.

Name John Edward Cross II
a.k.a. John A1nut

Attributes
Persuasion 1@6
Charisma 1@5
Animal Magnetism 1@5
Strength 1@9
Stamina 1@8
Resistance 1@10
Density 1@1
Flexibility 1@3
Agility 1@4
Hand/Eye 2@1
Intellect 1@10
Intuition 2@2
Education Level 2@1
Will Power 1@7

Averaged Attributes
Ranged Strike Value 2@2
Martial Strike Value 1@10
Target Value 1@6
Damage Value 1@7

Best Relevant Attributes
Tech 2@2
Psi 2@2
Mag 2@2
Bod 1@9

Bias
Tech 10@2
Psi 5@10
Mag 12@6
Bod 7@5

Weaknesses Titanium plate in left ankle, lazy eye (left, can switch eyes), no depth perception, Selachophobia, (fear of sharks)

Description Height 6' 2", Weight 240 pounds, Current Hair Style long, Hair Color brown (natural), Age 29, Eye Color brown, Facial Hair unkempt beard, 6 inch scar on left ankle, 2 inch scar above right eye, bulky, stocky, carry the weight well.

Skills

Tech All weapons are fully loaded
1@1 Survival: Temperate Forest, T0@1
1@3 Edible Plants T0@1
1@5 Basic Fire Skills Package T1@1
1@3 Cook T1@2
1@5 Firebomb T1@6
1@3 Sewing T2@1
1@4 Fishing T2@1
1@2 Knit T2@2
1@1 Whittling T2@3
2@1 Operate Typewriter T3@1
1@1 Build latch & lever crossbow T3@1
1@1 Design lever & latch crossbow T3@1
1@7 Use crossbow T3@1
1@5 Operate Small Boat T3@1
1@1 Pick Locks T3@2
2@1 Blacksmithing Package T5@3 Various tool use skills including hammers, pliers, tongs, and sheers; Identify soft metals T4@0; Smelt soft metals T4@1; Hammer soft metals T4@1; Welding T4@2; Carve soft metals T4@2; Imprint soft metals T4@2; Alloy soft metals T4@3; Draw soft metals T4@3; Identify hard metals T5@1; Smelt hard metals T5@1; Cast hard metals T5@1; Hammer hard metals T5@2; Cut hard metals T5@2; Draw hard metals T5@2; Temper hard metals T5@3; Alloy hard metals T5@3.
2@8 Gun Knowledge T6@0
1@10 Operate Large hand-carried explosive-driven slug thrower (rifle) T6@1 +3
2@2 Operate Ruger P-99 pistol T6@1 +2
2@4 Operate Mossberg Shotgun T6@1
1@1 Operate Explosive-tip Spears T6@1
1@3 Hard Shell Bombs T6@2 (pipe bombs)
1@2 Soft Wrap Bombs T6@3
1@2 Design & Build explosive-driven artillery T6@4
1@4 Electronic Detonators T6@5
1@5 Medical Diagnosis T7@0
1@8 Medical Treatment/First Aid T7@1
2@5 Operate Vehicle (automobile) T8@0
2@1 Operate Vehicle (CDL--trucks & heavy equipment) T8@1
1@3 Automotive diagnosis and repair T8@2
1@1 Use Epoxy Polymer T9@1
2@1 Electronic Assembly T10@2
1@7 Use Computer T11@0
1@1 Operate Heating and Cutting Laser T12@1
1@1 Use Laser Blaster T12@1 (borrowed from Derek Brown)
1@2 Use Laser Pistol T12@1.

Psi
Familiarity: John the Smith +5, William the Smith's Apprentice +3
1@10 Hypnotic Headache Relief P1@0 involves massaging forehead while speaking gently
1@6 Mind Reading P1@1
1@2 Observe Mental Process P1@1
1@2 Tap Language Center P1@1
1@2 Search Memories P1@1
1@1 Delayed Telepathic Message P1@2 projects thought to be received by the intended target when he is next psionically aware.
1@1 Project Psionic Skill Pattern P1@2
1@2 Telepathy to Humans P1@3
1@1 Self-suggestion P1@4
1@5 Enhanced Memory P3@0
2@2 TK Pulse P4@1 +2
1@3 Simple TK P4@2
1@1 Heavy Object Telekinesis P4@3
1@3 Out-of-Sight Telekinesis P4@3
1@1 High Velocity Telekinesis P4@4
1@1 Neutral Bouyancy TK P4@6
1@9 Multiple Object TK P4@7
1@1 Levitation P4@8
1@2 Noncorporeality P5@10 RS minutes
1@3 Telepathy to Humans P1@3.
1@1 Compel Candor P1@4
1@2 Summon creatures P1@8
1@1 Clairvoyance P3@6.
1@2 Blank Mind P2@4
1@2 Clairaudience P3@5.
1@2 Clairolfaction P3@7.
1@1 Clairgustation P3@7.
1@3 Clairtacticity (unspecified) P3@8.
1@1 Detect Magical Energy P3@10.
1@1 Telekinesis of Powder P4@7
1@1 Fly P4@10
1@2 Intensify Senses P5@1
1@2 Adapt Against Cold P5@4.
1@1 Pyrogenesis P7@4
1@1 Interrupt Thought P8@1
1@3 Block Memory of Presence P8@2
1@1 Create Force Shield P10@1
1@1 Heal Damage to Self P6@1
1@1 Slicer P10@6 Dangerous.
1@1 Age Control P14@5 enables character to slow his own aging.

Mag
1@5 Act Psychotic M0@2
1@8 Religion: non-denominational Christian M1@0
1@1 Ceremony: Bless Water M+1@1 0:06 TF say something like "Dear God, bless this water, that it might be effective against your enemies." while making sign of cross with either hand, imbues any contained quantity of water with holy magic for use in other skills -82SM
1@2 Bonus Morale M+1@1 0:12 TF pray "God give me the courage to do what needs to be done" while kneeling, -2SM
1@1 Bless up to 150 weapons to increase damage against demons M+1@3 kneel and pray with appropriate words in established base location over chosen weapons to confer +DC on all weapons so blessed for use in next battle with demons, -2 SM
1@3 Bless up to 150 weapons to increase damage against demons M+1@3 kneel and pray with appropriate words over chosen weapons to confer +DC on all weapons so blessed for use in next battle with demons, -12 SM
1@1 Use Active When Worn/Held Invisibility Cloak M1@3 performs M5@8 Invisibility for those within it plus M7@3 Penetrate Magical Disguise
1@1 Bonus Blacksmithing/Metalworking Skill Checks M+1@4 retire to personal room or quarters, kneel with total body involvement, pray with appropriate words for forgiveness, wisdom, strength, and help with current task, 5:00TF, confers +20 on next major task attempted, +53SM
1@1 Bonus Single Blacksmithing task check M1@4 RF1 appropriate prayer while performing the skill, -25SM
1@3 Bless Named Group M+1@4 gives +RS/5 to next prayers prayed/holy magic skills used by all members of target group for next RS/5 prayers distributed among them equitably, appropriate words, total body involvement (kneeling) in established home base, 2:30 TF, +45SM
1@1 Help with Blacksmithing Project M+1@4 RS/10 bonus on all skill checks for RSx8 minutes, must kneel in established home base, pray appropriate words aloud, 2:30 TF, +15SM
1@1 Bonus Mag Device Use Skill Check M+1@4 TF 0:06 say "Please God let this work" +RS/5 to next mag device use attempt -10SM
1@2 Bonus Psi Skill Check M+1@4 TF 0:06 say "Please God let this work" +RS/5 to next mag device use attempt -10SM
1@1 Blessings on the Day M+1@6 mitigates GE and botch rolls for RS/10 hours, must kneel in established home base, pray appropriate words aloud, 2:30 TF, +45SM
1@2 Torture Spirit Power M+1@10 base dangerous plus pain versus will power RS=S/D/N to act, throw holy water on target with either hand, -15 SM
1@1 Counter Nerve Pain (including Brain Burn) M+2@3 kneel with hands folded and pray "God please relieve my pain that I've been caused. I realize that it was my own lusts that caused it. I pray for forgiveness of my lusty behavior, and for relief from the pain I have caused myself as a result" for five minutes +48SM Brain burn my create penalties
1@1 Cure Diseases M+2@4 retire to personal room or quarters, kneel with total body involvement, pray with appropriate words for healing of specified ailments, sound necessary, 5:00TF, +17SM
1@1 Cure Diseases M+2@4 retire to personal room or quarters, kneel with total body involvement, pray with appropriate words for healing of specified ailments, sound necessary, 10:00TF, +27SM
1@2 Unlimited Damage Repair M+2@7 pray "God, heal (subject, possibly self) injuries, that (subject) might (do what needs to be done)" for five minutes +3SM
1@1 Release Lock M+3@4 kneel with hands folded and pray "God, give me the means to retrieve my belongings. Whatever way you, in your infinite wisdom, believe to be the safest and easiest way to do so. Be it providing me with a key to the door, or by dissolving the wall so that I can pass through it. However would be the easiest, safest way for me to retrieve my belongings, that is what I would like for you to do for me." causes door to unlock so as to open easily, provided that caster owns objects on the other side of the door, +84SM
1@1 Strengthen Object Against Blast M+3@6 kneel and pray appropriate words with hands folded, 10:00TF, success roll is threshold of damage roll of blast that can be withstood undamaged by object strengthened, -53SM.
1@2 Prevent Personal Psionic/Magic Power Release M4@10 kneel and pray "God, please eliminate any unexpected results in the psionics (or magic, as the case may be) that I am about to attempt. The expected results would be success or failure. Anything outside of that (read "botch") I ask you to negate and nulify. Prevent any and all unexpected results (read "botch") from happening." Pray for 5 minutes, +2SM
1@1 Secretly Communicate Plan to Associate M+7@1 pray quietly aloud with hands folded for 10:00, delivering a five minute explanation of an intended plan which will be heard by the one designated ally, +8SM
1@1 Locate Demon M+7@5 pray silently while kneeling for 10:00TF "God, give me direction to the remaining demons, that I might engage and kill them." duration 1:40:00 +20SM
1@1 Communicate with Deity M+7@7 10:00 TF kneeling with hands folded by bed in home base, appropriate words asking questions, 5:00 worth of answers concurrent with second half of prayer, +40SM
1@2 Request Course Correction M+7@7 2:30 prayer kneeling in home base with appropriate words for God to point him in the right direction if he's going the wrong direction; success might be basis for divine directive bonus on subsequent skills, +28SM
1@3 Communicate with Deity M+7@7 10:00 TF kneeling with hands folded by bed, appropriate words asking questions, 5:00 worth of answers concurrent with second half of prayer, +30SM
1@1 Confirm Guidance M+7@7 drop to knees and pray "God, you're supposed to be leading me [optional insert for where]. What happened?" Pray for 5 minutes. +25SM
1@1 Communicate with Deity M+7@7 5:00 TF fold hands and pray appropriate words including desired information +10SM
1@2 Call Local Sentient Fighter M+11@4 5:00TF kneeling in established base camp with appropriate words, calls random sentient fighter to ally against a specified enemy +45SM
1@1 Attract Assisting Angel M+11@6 loudly say, "Please God Help Me" repeatedly for 2:00 while trying to think of ways God could deliver from the current mess, brings Terry, a garishly clothed slender effeminate male guardian angel with long blonde hair and an assortment of 2@ magical powers for solving difficult problems, -2SM.
1@1 Call Angelic Messenger M+11@7 20:00TF kneeling in established base camp with appropriate words, calls specific angel messenger to answer questions +57SM
1@1 Call Angelic Messenger M+11@7 5:00TF kneeling with appropriate words, calls specific angel messenger to answer questions; others present see the angel as a faint image and hear a distant echoing voice +27SM
1@1 Call Off-world Sentient Informer M+11@8 pray for 10:00 appropriate words +2 SM will bring an experienced verser to his world to teach him what he needs to know.
1@3 Walk on Water M+12@6 pray "God, there are people on the other side that need our help. As Jesus Christ walked on water, and as Peter attempted, I wish to now walk on water, that I might engage and destroy your enemies. God, give me the ability to walk on water." while kneeling with hands folded and head bowed beside body of water for 0:18 TF then step onto water, +15 SM.
1@1 Call On- or Off-world Sentient Informer M11@8 pray for 1:00:00 appropriate words will bring an effective teacher to him to teach skills in the limited area he specifies +32SM. I bonused the other skill +25 based on the extended TF and +5 because he's not specific about what kind of teacher he gets.
1@2 Create Blast M+9@9 pray loudly and fervently for 3:00TF with appropriate words on knees for annihilating level explosion of 240' central blast radius centered on caster -12SM.

Bod
2@8 Photosensitivity B0@4 (exceptional night vision)
2@10 Focus B0@5 (20/13 visual accuity)
1@5 Stealth B0@6
1@1 Depth Perception B0@8 (due to lazy eye)
1@2 Great Jump B5@6 uses one attack, RS/2' up and/or away, may turn to face any direction while in the air, +10 die mod for distance purposes only with 10' run, untargeted success roll.
1@2 Chow En Lai B7@1 martial arts style fast aggressive weapon-dependent
1@3 Bo Stick B7@1 Martial Arts Weapon base damaging RF1
2@1 Boxing B7@1 attack multiplier 1, slow defensive, weapon-adverse, no offensive modifier, -15 Defense modifier, -15 damage modifier, hand & arm
1@3 Okydoky Smoky martial arts style B7@1 Fast Defensive Weapon-utilizing Poke-based -10 Def SM -20 Def Dam mod Att x2 no offensive mods hand and foot primary
1@7 Panoramic Awareness B7@2
1@2 Fighting Blind B7@2
1@1 Solid Punch B7@3 Intensified Damage: damaging, standard attack success required, -10 sit-mod
1@2 Missile Catch B7@5 RS=damage mod on incoming attacks, if attack roll reduced to zero missile is caught, high velocity missiles create penalties
1@1 Spinning Backhand Punch B7@3 intensified damage damaging attacker steps back with one foot, spins clockwise and strikes the opponent in front of him with his right hand for base damaging damage, -10SM. John has +DC for style making it dangerous,

Equipment
1 school backpack weight 1 pound
1 school duffle bag weight 1 pound
1 luggage style duffle bag, weight 1 pound
1 14 inch hunting knife, black nylon sheath with 2 carrying pouches. Inside one pouch is a Leatherman multi-tool, (pliers, 3 flathead screwdrivers, 1 Phillips screwdriver, blade, can opener, two-sided file and awl punch) 12 sewing needles and 3 small spools of thread. The other pouch contains a magnesium fire starting tool, 1 BIC cigarette lighter, fishing line, fishing sinkers and several fishhooks. Wrapped around the knife sheath is 15 feet of high-tensile black nylon cord. total weight approximately 4 pounds
1 tool box, red painted steel sheet metal, containing complete ratchet set, 2 ratchets, 12 screwdrivers, 2 pair of regular pliers, 2 pairs needle-nose pliers, 1 pair vice grips, 1 soldering iron, 1 solder removal tool, 1 roll of solder, 2 pairs wire cutters, 2 crescent wrenches, 1 hatchet, 1 claw hammer, 1 box of 3 inch nails, 2 rolls duct tape, 1 utility knife with 4 changeable razor blades, leather work gloves, a complete set of Allen wrenches, 2-AA battery flashlight, voltmeter, wood saw, multi-tipped screwdriver, complete set of wrenches. weight, approximately 25 pounds.
100 feet high tensile white nylon cord, weight 1 pound, cut in two pieces ~30' and ~70'
1 21 speed all-terrain mountain bicycle, with security chain and combination lock, weight approximately 15 pounds
1 complete first-aid kit weight 1 pound has tweezers, over 100 band-aids, several gauze pads, an instant ice pack, surgical tape, rubber gloves, instruction book
1 dynamo flashlight (shake it to charge, no batteries needed) weigh 1/2 pound
1 dynamo radio (crank to charge, no batteries needed) and black nylon carrying case with strap. radio receives AM, FM, audio to TV frequencies 2-13, 7 weather bands. It is equipped with an LED flashlight, siren, and hazard signal flasher. It can also be used to charge a cell phone battery weight 1 pound
1 Marlin 22 caliber rifle, 18 round capacity, 2,000 rounds 22 ammunition. total weight, approximately 10 pounds, reload 0:60
1 can opener weight approximately 1/2 pound heavy duty crank type
1 aluminum baseball bat, weight approximately 1 pound
5 BIC cigarette lighters, 15 packs of cigarettes (enjoy them while they last!!!!) weight 2 pounds
Clothing: 3 pair jeans, 3 tee shirts, 1 heavy winter coat, 2 camouflage army jackets, 3 pairs socks, 3 pairs underwear, 2 pairs flannel pajama pants, 1 black leather belt, 1 purple hoodie sweatshirt, total weight approximately 30 pounds
black military combat boots
leather billfold
house keys
2 Ruger P-89 pistol 15 shot magazine +1 chambered 9mm 3# reload (clip) 0:12 RF10 dangerous
5 boxes 50@ 9mm pistol ammo
$15.75 money from B Movie Monster World
10 magazines 15 round each for 9mm Ruger
Military Surplus Sleeping Bag
Keyring: house key, mailbox key, toolbox key, AND a key that will open standard issue police handcuffs
MAK 90 Russian-made shoots 7.62x39 ammo, low quality detachable bayonet comes with a metal sheath that can be hooked to the bayonet to become a pair of wire cutters, back of bayonet has hacksaw blade as part of the blade, serves as bayonet, fighting knife, wirecutters, and hacksaw, reload 0:24, base lethal RF 30 10':40':80':300':+1/3'
30-round MAK magazine -17 rounds
Utility belt
8x30 round MAK magazines
Leatherman multi-tool, (pliers, 3 flathead screwdrivers, 1 Phillips screwdriver, blade, can opener, two-sided file and scissors) (second of these, slightly different) in black nylon case on belt
radio flyer wagon
universal gun cleaning kit
three throwing knives
holster for a Ruger P-89, has pouch for single spare clip
two-quart aluminum canteen with canvas case and shoulder strap
New Combat Boots, original SWAT brand, size 13
Hobo Knife, splits with knife and spoon on one half, fork and can opener on the other, fanny pack
15 BiC lighters, five (one sealed pack) in fanny pack
KABAR, 12 inch Marine (military) fighting/survival knife, black leather sheath.
4 gold coins, 1 ounce each, 24K ($3200 original price in B Monster Movie World), fanny pack, say "United We Stand" with a picture of the American flag on one side, and on the reverse the words, "We must all hang together, or surely we will all hang separately.--Benjamin Franklin"
10 blocks .999 silver, 1 ounce each ($461.00 original price in B Monster Movie World), fanny pack, say "E Pluribus Unum" under a picture of the United States Capitol building, and on the reverse "United States of America" over the image of George Washington.
Diamond ring, gold setting, $225 original price (B Monster Movie World), fanny pack
Diamond ring, gold setting, $235 original price (B Monster Movie World), fanny pack
Fanny pack, black leatherette with cloth strap and plastic buckle, on waist
Ronco Pocket Fisherman
Deck playing cards
20 steel quarrels, imitation metal fletching, ranges in crossbow 3:9:15:30:+1/30' (1:3:5:10:+1/10 yards), lethal, trashed in TerraNova Habitat
150 wooden quarrels, steel heads, ranges in crossbow 12:45:90:240:+5/12' (4:15:30:80:+5/4 yards), damaging, sold in TerraNova Habitat
lever & latch crossbow T3@1 8 pounds maximum range for the wooden arrows 80 yards, and maximum range for the metal arrows 10 yards. I don't remember the damage categories, except that the metal arrows were one step above the wooden arrows. Sold, TerraNova Habitat
Ruby, 3 carat (~1cm diameter)
Emerald, 3 carat (~1cm diameter)
20# in 4z silver crowns (coins)
+21 crowns 4z each
2 silver half crowns 2z each
26 gold leaves 1z from Dancing Princess trees
64 shillings, 0.5z nickel
116 pence, 0.5z bronze
4 Jumpsuits, drab green khaki (standard WW2 army) one piece, step into legs, pull shirt up behind you, put arms through sleeves, and button front from fly to collar; twin patch breast pockets, left and right outside pouch pockets above the waist, front and rear hip pockets stitched inside, and a pair of large outside pockets on the upper legs with snap-down flaps on top. sleeve cuffs button, and there are loops for a belt, cuffs on the legs, apparently so the length can be adjusted--or so that if you drop a screw you know where it landed.
4 pair boxer shorts, army drab
4 pair socks, army drab
Pair white tennis shoes
3 sets medieval clothing
Invisibility cloak M1@3 Active when Worn confers M5@8 Invisibility and M7@3 Penetrate Disguise
Straight Razor
Quiver, 30 quarrel capacity
19 "Boom Stick" spears, 18 disowned in TerraNova Habitat, one 6' kept, from Dancing Princess
Priest's traveling robes
3 sets manacles, wrist cuffs covered with rabbit pelts
Wristop, a computer with a terrabyte of memory and a terraherz processor that fits on your wrist, displays through a flat screen similar to those on the walls, and can interface with most known systems via internal wireless modem.
10 Fragmentation grenades, 10':30':60':100':+1/1', fatal 10'r
10 Glue grenades, 10':30':60':100':+1/1', 10' diameter sphere of glue strands difficult check, additional 10'r simple check to break strands
10 Explosive grenades, soft-shell explosives that function much as dynamite, effective for targeting objects.
10 Tear gas, those in affected area must resist caustic effects or be disabled.
10 Knockout gas, similar but renders unconscious.
10 Net caster, as described.

940 rounds 9mm ammo
970 rounds MAK90 ammo
MAK 90 clip, 100 round drum, loaded
MAK 90 clip, 50 round, loaded
MAK 90 clip, 30 round, loaded
Smith & Wesson .357 six-shot revolver with 4" barrel and rubber grip
450 rounds .357 revolver ammo
3 days worth trail/adventure food. Water is required to prepare these, but some components are ready to eat particularly in the "lunch" packs.
Full-sized synthetic backpack with lightweight polymer frame can carry 240 pounds in a six cubic foot interior , 3'x2'x1', with a maximum enclosed diagonal (for an object running from opposite corners through the center of the pack) of 3'9". It weights 2 pounds
High-tech (Terranova) Crossbow, It's a bottom lever action drawstring and a simple mechanical trigger mechanism to release the string. The frame is a lightweight material, something like plastic but extremely hard and not at all flexible. The bow is obviously a different material, flexible, only about twelve inches across but with tremendous draw power when pulled back. Quarrels sit in the track in a drop-in loading system, and there are clips along the right side to hold five quarrels for ready access, point down, fletching up. There is a flip-up cross-hair a pin sighting system that is calibrated for range and gravity. The drawstring seems to be a synthetic spider web. The bow twists ninety degrees, folds down, and slides parallel beneath the stock, making the entirey device twenty-seven inches long, three inches at the widest point, and five inches top to bottom. RF1, 20':50':100':150':+2/3'
100 Chlorine water purification pills, one pill per 2.5 gallons/10 liters normal contamination water
120 Crossbow Bolts, hunter heads, polymer shank and fletching
Plastic Ground Cloth, green, 6'x5'
35 platinum ingots, 2z each
80 gold ingots, 2z each
2 Spidersilk Crossbow Strings
100' 2000# test spidersilk rope, 1/2" diameter, 4#
4 skeins synthetic yarn
2 pairs metal knitting needles
9 Speedloaders for .357 revolver
Mossberg Persuader 12 gauge 8 round capacity.
45 rounds bird shot
545 rounds 00 buckshot
549 rounds shredders dangerous blast with a damaging fragments rider within 10 yards, damaging blast with annoying fragments in the next ten, and annoying blast in the next ten. .
49 roulds flares. Flare gun, range of 1 mile.

Collapsible .22 rifle with 6-bullet clip, barrel slides into stock, can't fire without extending barrel; rear of stock folds down and up flush over trigger guard, latching in place to either position; clip inserts into rear portion of stock, can be kept in place, but gun will not operate unless fully opened. 0:30 to open gun fully. Uses standard .22 ammo. Barrel does not unscrew but telescopes, slightly wider in diameter in extended end than in stock (shortens range). Think of it in three sections. Center section has trigger mechanism and chamber; stock folds around to cover this, partly hollowed, also has part of feed mechanism to hold bullets and feed them to chamber when in open position. Barrel pops out from other side. Completely collapsed it approaches rectangular, barrel extension flush with side and other side has two relatively flat surfaces (bulge on rear stock meets indentation on the central section, pressure interlocks mechanisms, released by lever on underside). Release button beneath barrel unlatches lower section and allows barrel extension to slide out. It does not store spare ammo. Each section is about fifteen inches in total length, barrel extension shorter (has to stop before the hammer mechanism and have an inch or so inside when fully extended). 48" tip to back. Folded, 15"x~8"x~1.5-2", not perfectly squared in any direction. Floats in water, constructed almost entirely of polymers and plastics with some metal parts, made for survivalist use. lightweight, #3. Does not fire folded because ammo supply is in rear stock, partly intended as safety feature, to prevent weapon from firing when stowed.

18 silver 357 bullets
18 gold 357 bullets
2 silver Buck 119 knives, made by myself. One from
2 1/2 crowns, one from 10 silver tree leaves.

The clerk produces a cylindrical sack about six inches in diameter and thirty inches long, and removes from it a rolled mass of material that has the synthetic look of a space blanket, but black on the outside. It unrolls to a seven foot long thirty inch wide multi-layered rectangle which thickens up significantly with a single shake. Sleeping bag, 4 pounds

Folding camp saw
plastic rain coats (sold in boxes of 36, i think.)
couple of gallon (or more) Ziploc bags, (or other collapsible water storing device)
twine
Flashlight and extra batteries.
Extremely lightweight pup tent kind of thing. Just a tent dog house, big enough to keep the rain off.
12 individual meals, 1/2 pound each.

8 bandannas
8 king size, cloth bedsheets
Plastic garbage bags
aluminum foil
rubber bands
unbreakable bottle of good liquor, 80 or more proof, whiskey, Jack Daniels or equivalent. (disinfectant, possible trade item)
better sewing kit, or at least a pair of good scissors.
sturdy insulated electrical wire (Electrical work and ties)
Metal cookie sheet type thing.
25 round shotgun bandolier.
2 12 round belts.

Ruger 9mm carbine
10X30 round magazines
Folding single shot 12 gauge.
magazine holders for 9mm
357 magnum speed loader holders.

bullet proof trench coat.

They have a portable light about the size of a (2 D-cell) flashlight which is as bright as a 150 spotlight/floodlight (the lens adjusts to wide or narrow beam) and gets about eight hours of light from a single charge. It can be recharged in about an hour from a standard electrical supply or in about twelve hours of sunlight. There is a penlight version which puts out the equivalent of a twenty-five watt bulb and requires similar recharging.

One of each.

Flashlight which charges by walking.

Plastic book on wilderness survival.

12 gauge shotgun, 20 inch barrel, bullpup stock, Pump/Auto fire design. 16+1 shot capacity. two tubes, one on each side One side loaded with 8 rounds 00 buck, the other side loaded with 8 rounds shredders. 16 round shoulder sling, 8 00 buck, 8 shredders

2 grenade launchers, one mounted on the MAK 90

Four laser pistols, 16 battery packs, and a charger

Mare's Leg shotgun (bought but never picked up)

Some special shotgun ammo (bought but never picked up)

Stage 1

World List B Monster Movie World
Pearl Harbor
Dancing Princess

(Doing Therapy)

Sat Feb 6 2010 3:16 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator

Your clairvoyance does not work.

You realize that you are weakening--as if you've gone quite a while without food, but that there is no sensation equivalent to an empty stomach. You feel paradoxically that you are growing and shrinking, that you are consuming your body fat to feed growth or healing somewhere.

You still have that feeling of drifting.

I am impressed by your analysis of your scriff vectors, although you missed a few possibilities.

--M. J. Young

Mon Feb 8 2010 2:33 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

So I can't pray, psionics doesn't work, as far as I can tell, I have no body, and therefore, couldn't use a tech device even if I had one. What else CAN I do? Not much, so I guess I'll just wait and see what happens.

I am impressed by your analysis of your scriff vectors, although you missed a few possibilities.

Like what?

I've noticed a pattern. I learn a ton of psionics in the first world, so naturally, my next world is flatlined. I learn a ton of psionics in TerraNova, so naturally, THIS world is flatlined. What gives with that?

Mon Feb 8 2010 3:48 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator
As it happens, high psi worlds are relatively rare in my world collection; you happen to have visited an above average percent of them. Honestly, though, it's really pretty random--I think, "This would be a good world for John, and it's different from anything else he's done and very different from anything else he's done recently, so that's where we'll go." Once I've made that decision, I check the biases. I can see the possibility that I might say, "No, that's two high psi worlds in a row," but really I'm much more likely to do that with tech or mag, which are the big gorillas that wrestle for control of a world, psi generally appearing or disappearing without much reference to them. (Sometimes a high tech world is high psi, and sometimes a high mag world is, and sometimes either of these can be flatlined psi. What's really rarer is a world that is high in both tech and mag, and even then the chance of high psi is completely random. Alyria and Krull are both high in all three, although in those worlds different groups tap different bias areas.

I spent several hours on the character sheet information I already had. I'm going to let you do the comparison and get back to me with
- Anything I have listed that shouldn't be listed;
- Anything I don't have listed that you thought you had somewhere; and
- Anything listed for which scores or values are discrepant.
I'll deal with it when it posts.

Meanwhile, you're still floating, and still feeling like your energy is gradually depleting, even though you feel like you are growing or healing or something at the same time.

--M. J. Young
Tue Feb 9 2010 12:49 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Meanwhile, you're still floating, and still feeling like your energy is gradually depleting, even though you feel like you are growing or healing or something at the same time.

Well, there's still nothing I can do about it. Either I will survive it or I won't. (OOC As far as my character knows, there are no psionics here at all. Maybe the psionic healing would help, but he would have given up on psionics at the moment.) If this is going to be a long, drawn out process during which I'm just sitting here letting it happen, why not speed it up a tad? I know he's freaking out, and I'm getting really intrigued, to say the least.

I'll get with the character sheet soon. It's just one of those things you kind of have to be in the mood to do. Probably tonight, now that I have motivation to do it.

About the psionics, that probably sounded a bit more rude than was intended. It's just the most fun I have had the entire time playing was messing with the psionics in the first world. Even some of the botches were kind of cool, after I got out of them, that is.

(Doing Therapy)

Tue Feb 9 2010 1:02 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

MJ, under Mag, you have 1@5 "Act psychotic." No, it's 3@10 "Act Psychotic" just like you have 3@10 "Act clinically depressed" That should read 1@5 "Act crazy so people leave you alone"

1 tool box, red painted steel sheet metal, containing complete ratchet set, 2 ratchets, 11 screwdrivers, 2 pair of regular pliers, 2 pairs needle-nose pliers, 1 soldering iron, 1 solder removal tool, 1 roll of solder, 2 pairs wire cutters, 2 crescent wrenches, 1 hatchet, 1 box of 3 inch nails, 1 roll duct tape, 1 utility knife with 4 changeable razor blades, leather work gloves, a complete set of Allen wrenches, 2-AA battery flashlight, voltmeter, wood saw, multi-tipped screwdriver, complete set of wrenches. weight, approximately 25 pounds.

These are the tools I don't have anymore
complete ratchet set, 2 ratchets,
11 screwdrivers, save the one in my pack
1 pair pliers
2 pair needle nose pliers
1 pair wire cutters
1 crescent wrench
a complete set of Allen wrenches
complete set of wrenches.

New weight on tools, 10 pounds

Cigarettes are gone

20# in 4z silver crowns (coins)
+21 crowns 4z each
2 silver half crowns 2z each
16 silver leaves 1z from Dancing Princess trees
32 gold leaves 1z from Dancing Princess trees

10 silver tree leaves got turned into a silver hunting knife
6 silver tree leaves got turned into 18 silver bullets
6 gold tree leaves turned into 18 gold bullets.

So no silver tree leaves, and only 26 gold leaves

1000 rounds 9mm ammo
1000 rounds MAK90 ammo
MAK 90 clip, 100 round drum, empty
MAK 90 clip, 50 round, empty
MAK 90 clip, 30 round, empty
440 rounds .357 revolver ammo

All magazines fully loaded. Minus 30 rounds MAK 90, 60 rounds 9mm, 30 rounds 357. (Trip to the shooting ranges to test the bulletproof shirts)
Also, there are 2 more 15 round and 2 more 30 9mm magazines than what I have on me. Also fully loaded.

What you don't have

10 Explosive grenades, soft-shell explosives that function much as dynamite, effective for targeting objects.
10 Tear gas, those in affected area must resist caustic effects or be disabled.
10 Knockout gas, similar but renders unconscious.
10 Net caster, as described.

Full-sized synthetic backpack with lightweight polymer frame can carry 240 pounds in a six cubic foot interior , 3'x2'x1', with a maximum enclosed diagonal (for an object running from opposite corners through the center of the pack) of 3'9". It weights 2 pounds

This is the backpack that I have on me. It only weighs 2 pounds, your description. I marked it as 4. That means, the pack actually only weighed 74 pounds.

2 Spidersilk Crossbow Strings

These are tied to the crossbow

Mossberg Persuader 12 gauge 8 round capacity.
45 rounds bird shot
537 rounds 00 buckshot
537 rounds shredders dangerous blast with a damaging fragments rider within 10 yards, damaging blast with annoying fragments in the next ten, and annoying blast in the next ten. .
49 rounds flares. Flare gun, range of 1 mile.

The clerk produces a cylindrical sack about six inches in diameter and thirty inches long, and removes from it a rolled mass of material that has the synthetic look of a space blanket, but black on the outside. It unrolls to a seven foot long thirty inch wide multi-layered rectangle which thickens up significantly with a single shake. Sleeping bag, 4 pounds

This is the sleeping bag that I have on me.

unbreakable bottle of good liquor, 80 or more proof, whiskey, Jack Daniels or equivalent. (disinfectant, possible trade item)

25 round shotgun bandolier.

I also have (in the distant gear) a second 9mm pistol

They have a portable light about the size of a (2 D-cell) flashlight which is as bright as a 150 spotlight/floodlight (the lens adjusts to wide or narrow beam) and gets about eight hours of light from a single charge. It can be recharged in about an hour from a standard electrical supply or in about twelve hours of sunlight. There is a penlight version which puts out the equivalent of a twenty-five watt bulb and requires similar recharging.

One of these is the solar penlight I have on me. The other is in the distant gear.

12 gauge shotgun, 20 inch barrel, bullpup stock, Pump/Auto fire design. 16+1 shot capacity. two tubes, one on each side, shoulder sling which holds 16 rounds ammo

2 grenade launchers, one mounted on the MAK 90

Four laser pistols, 16 battery packs, and a charger

Mare's Leg shotgun (bought but never picked up)

Some special shotgun ammo (bought but never picked up)

Detonation cord and detonators (bought but never picked up)

(Doing Therapy)

Tue Feb 9 2010 2:56 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Three

I'm almost positive I would be overweight. Do I even get to give you my thoughts on what should come and what shouldn't? How Kyler did it was drop most of the ammo. (I had more than weight limit just there) I wouldn't mind if the collapsible 22 didn't come (that was for VSP Version 1, I'm wearing version God only knows) Can I at least give thoughts on it? The things I'd like most of all are clothes, money and most of the guns. If you have clothes you won't freeze, if you have money you can probably get what you need, and if you have guns, you can most certainly get what you need. I'd really like that Mare's Leg shotgun to come. If that's the only other shotgun that comes, besides the one that I have on me, I'll be happy.

How is that handled?

EDIT, what would be my weight limit coming out of there? I've got 74 pounds on me, and the limit increased 10%, maybe I'm not overweight. Your call, but I just wanted to give you some thoughts on it.

(Doing Therapy)

Tue Feb 9 2010 3:59 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator
I remember discussing the "Act Psychotic" SAL; it stands as is. Remember, your character is not psychotic; he only remembers what it was like when he was.

Mare's Leg shotgun (bought but never picked up)

Some special shotgun ammo (bought but never picked up)

Detonation cord and detonators (bought but never picked up)

These items were being delivered from various points in the galaxy. There are thus three logical possibilities:
1. They were delivered to the station, possibly to the dealer, but are not with your other distant gear despite being in roughly the same direction, and are yours.
2. They are yours, but they're no where near you or the station, being in transit across the universe somewhere and thus yet another equipment vector which might annoy you until you decide to disown it or manage to cross space looking for it.
3. They are not yours and did not come with you--which is entirely possible given that the supplier might think that the product remains his until he receives payment on delivery from the middleman, and so you've got a contested ownership situation.
What I need to know is which of these items you most want to have and which you least care about, because a GE roll might put all, some, one, or none at the station (and thus "distant"), the same for en route, and the same for not yours. The only fair way to determine it is the GE roll, and the only fair way to adjudicate that is to know your hopes and fears on the subject. Oh, that means, too, whether you'd rather have something that is yours drifting in space somewhere until you can find a way to get to it, or not have it come at all.

Your current verser weight limit is 292# or 0.14 tons.

Obviously you can give me your preferences on what to keep and what to throw, but it only makes my job harder--now I have to roll a GE roll and factor in both what you think you want and what you would want if you knew what I know about what is to come. But I'll give it consideration.

--M. J. Young
Thu Feb 11 2010 2:52 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

I remember discussing the "Act Psychotic" SAL; it stands as is. Remember, your character is not psychotic; he only remembers what it was like when he was.

No, it doesn't stand as is. How many times do I have to tell you? Psychotic IS NOT a synonym for insane. Acting psychotic is what I was doing all of my life. Acting insane is a completely different skill. I acted psychotic, people beat me up. I acted insane, people didn't. It's two completely distinct skills. All I'm asking you to do is change the wording from "1@5 act psychotic" to "1@5 act like a crazy person" The latter being the accurate skill description. I'm not arguing about the SAL, I'm arguing about the name of the skill description.

And there is no way on God's green earth you can convince me that I don't have 3@ skill at acting like a psychotic. That's never come into play. If that ever does come into play, where I am acting like a psychotic, it's a 3@ score. There's no way you can tell me it's not. I'm talking about 2 different skills here. The first is acting different from normal, that's the 1@5 act like a crazy person. To act like a psychotic, which would fool a doctor, is a 3@ score, but I don't have it since it's never come into play. If I landed in Why Spy, and they needed someone who could infiltrate a mental hospital, THEN we discuss my 3@ act psychotic score. Acting like a psychotic would be to fool a doctor. Acting crazy would be to fool everyone else. See the difference?

There's no point in discussing it until and unless it comes into play, as you keep saying. I just want the name of that skill changed to the appropriate title, and I just wanted to make my reasoning completely clear.

Mare's Leg shotgun (bought but never picked up)

Some special shotgun ammo (bought but never picked up)

Detonation cord and detonators (bought but never picked up)

I want them in order. That's the order that I want them in. I don't need the special ammo really, since I've got the other ammo.

Your current verser weight limit is 292# or 0.14 tons.

And since I'm wearing 74 pounds of gear, the entire 292 comes, for a total weight of 366 pounds.

Obviously you can give me your preferences on what to keep and what to throw, but it only makes my job harder--now I have to roll a GE roll and factor in both what you think you want and what you would want if you knew what I know about what is to come.

Figure it against what you know.

And what's going on with my character?

Thu Feb 11 2010 8:10 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

What I was trying to tell you MJ is that, as far as I am concerned, you can drop that second sleeping bag with no argument. As far as I am concerned, if you give me the Mare's Leg shotgun and a goodly quantity of ammo, you can drop the other two shotguns completely. I know nothing about the world. Maybe you know it would be better for me to have as many guns as I can get. If that's the case, then do whatever you think best. However, as far as I am concerned I'll be happy if the Mare's Leg shotgun comes. If you dropped the collapsible 22, but left my Marlin, I'd have no argument. I thought it would make the decision easier for you. I mean unless there's a reason I don't know about for me to have all of that equipment, there's probably 25-30 pounds you can cut right off the bat. My focus at the moment is the VSP. The Mare's Leg shotgun would be a shotgun I can carry, 4 shots. I can't even pick those others up right now. Might as well have as much firepower on-person as I can, at least until I get to where I can pick something else up. I thought it would make the decision easier for you. Do whatever you're going to do. I just thought that might help.

OK, this is supposed to be helpful and make things easy on you.

Mare's Leg shotgun
100 rounds (or more) ammo of each listed type (the special order stuff isn't included)
With that, the VSP would be complete.

MAK 90
All the 30 round magazines, (2 pounds each) the 50 round (three pounds) 100 round (four pounds) and perhaps a goodly amount of MAK 90 ammo
The other 9mm, and the other magazines
A goodly supply of 9mm ammo
my clothes
Precious metals and gems

This would be my high priority to take.

If that comes, I'll be a happy camper. I could almost certainly take much more than that, but those are my priorities. Do it however you would do it, based on what you know of the world. However, if that much there comes, I'll be happy. Everything else I think I would need is in the backpack. That's all I wanted to say on it.

(Doing Therapy)

Thu Feb 11 2010 1:20 pm #
M. J. Young
Moderator

I have crossed out the skill. If we can't agree as to what it is, there's no point to having it on your paper.

However,

I don't have it since it's never come into play.
does not mean anything near the same as

There's no point in discussing it until and unless it comes into play
because the aspect of discussing it means in most cases determining whether you already have it or not. That is, I might not want to discuss whether you already have some minor skill that doesn't matter at the moment--say, an amateur level at swimming--but that does not mean you do not have it. It means that I don't forsee you falling in the water over your head soon enough to care whether or not you can swim, but if it happens we'll be trying to determine how well you could swim before you entered the verse so we can figure out whether you're able to do so successfully in the present circumstance.

The equipment question has been settled. Sorry; it did not go either the way that you wanted or the way I'd have thought best for you, but that's what dice do sometimes.

It's difficult to know how much time has passed, but you sense some kind of change. You are still weightless, but now you seem to be tethered. You still have no information indicating limbs, and no sensory input, and you are still using up your fat reserves to power growth or healing of some sort.

You still cycle between brief periods of wakefulness and stretches of sleep which you cannot measure. You have no day/night cycle, no internal body rhythms (e.g., heartbeat), nothing against which to measure the passage of time. Yet this is change, and change means time, so you do exist.

--M. J. Young

Fri Feb 12 2010 1:04 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

I have crossed out the skill. If we can't agree as to what it is, there's no point to having it on your paper.

Fair enough, it isn't likely to come up any time soon anyway. Regarding the thing I said about Why Spy. That was just something I was thinking would be really cool, and something you've likely never done before. There's some criminal in an insane asylum, and they need someone who could get in and talk to him. A guy who has natural expert score at faking a psychotic episode would be the perfect person for that. It was just something I was thinking about.

Sorry; it did not go either the way that you wanted or the way I'd have thought best for you, but that's what dice do sometimes.

When I versed into Dancing Princess, Kyler just did it without a dice roll. He decided what I needed and gave it to me. Is that just the referee's call how that is answered?

It's difficult to know how much time has passed, but you sense some kind of change. You are still weightless, but now you seem to be tethered. You still have no information indicating limbs, and no sensory input, and you are still using up your fat reserves to power growth or healing of some sort.

You still cycle between brief periods of wakefulness and stretches of sleep which you cannot measure. You have no day/night cycle, no internal body rhythms (e.g., heartbeat), nothing against which to measure the passage of time. Yet this is change, and change means time, so you do exist.

And there's still nothing I can do about it. Just sit back and let it happen. This would be a lot more exciting if I had clairvoyance.

What are my scriff vectors doing? Still just bouncing all over the place? Where am I tethered? Where is it tied/connected, and how as far as I can tell?

(Doing Therapy)

Fri Feb 12 2010 1:13 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

With my 2@4 Mossberg shotgun skill and my 2@ RSV, that means the damage from the explosive Shredder shells would be increased 2 intensities, right? Oh man, I hope that shotgun and some Shredders come.....

(Doing Therapy)

Sat Feb 13 2010 7:15 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator

It's odd about that tether. It's as if you are at the end of a cord, or perhaps more accurately that you yourself are the end of the cord. You don't have a sense of being attached to it, but more that sometimes you are pulled by it, and sometimes you are caught by it when you are drifting away from some point, and sometimes you bounce off something. This is all in slow motion, really, because you are still floating.

The scriff vectors are more difficult. One of them seems to stay very active, moving through an angular space of perhaps a forty-five degree cone, that is, up and down, left and right, all around, but always staying to the same side. Since you are also drifting, the direction to that vector seems to change. One is sometimes stationary for long stretches, and then will sweep sharply and abruptly, sometimes one hundred eighty degrees. Rarely it shifts out of plane, but not more than ninety degrees, and when it does it usually remains stationary for an extended time after that. It has also been known to move more slowly in an arc, but again usually in the same plane, not in a cone like the first. The third is perhaps most interesting, because it will move in odd ways, but usually relatively smoothly. It will sometimes make very sharp shifts, but when it does this is almost always in the same plane and to the same degree as the second, and the first will in those instances usually remain considerably closer to constant. The other interesting aspect of the third is that every once in a while it splits, and then there are four, the fourth staying pretty close to the same position relative to you, moving only slightly within that vector, and then ultimately rejoining the other--you think it's the same one, but again you often lose track of these because of falling asleep and awakening again.

--M. J. Young

Mon Feb 15 2010 3:54 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

It's odd about that tether. It's as if you are at the end of a cord, or perhaps more accurately that you yourself are the end of the cord.

Yup, I'm a zygote.

The scriff vectors are more difficult. One of them seems to stay very active, moving through an angular space of perhaps a forty-five degree cone, that is, up and down, left and right, all around, but always staying to the same side.

That's the stuff on the station. It's always up and away.

One is sometimes stationary for long stretches, and then will sweep sharply and abruptly, sometimes one hundred eighty degrees. Rarely it shifts out of plane, but not more than ninety degrees, and when it does it usually remains stationary for an extended time after that. It has also been known to move more slowly in an arc, but again usually in the same plane, not in a cone like the first.

That's my backpack I think. Sounds like Mommy is wearing it for long periods

The other interesting aspect of the third is that every once in a while it splits, and then there are four, the fourth staying pretty close to the same position relative to you, moving only slightly within that vector, and then ultimately rejoining the other

And somebody keeps removing and replacing the magazine in the 9mm carbine. Somebody really close by.

Anything else going on I should know about?

(Doing Therapy)

Mon Feb 15 2010 4:07 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

I said what would happen if I was tumbling, moving, and if the scriff vectors were moving. I did not take into account what would happen if all of that was happening at once. That's why the vectors were all over the place. Now that I'm tethered, I've stopped tumbling, so the vectors stabilized.

(Doing Therapy)

Mon Feb 15 2010 5:44 pm #
M. J. Young
Moderator

Ah-hah!

Yes, now that you are tethered, the movement is a bit more stable. But what happens if the object to which you are tethered is itself moving? That was an additional potential complication before: you adrift inside a tank that was itself turning on multiple axes rather randomly in relation to equipment that was also in motion.

You are definitely receiving nutrients from somewhere, and you can feel your body strengthening, healing, and/or growing in some way.

--M. J. Young

Tue Feb 16 2010 12:44 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Yes, now that you are tethered, the movement is a bit more stable. But what happens if the object to which you are tethered is itself moving? That was an additional potential complication before: you adrift inside a tank that was itself turning on multiple axes rather randomly in relation to equipment that was also in motion.

Like, I don't know, a woman's uterus???? As a fertilized egg, I was spinning out of control, so the vectors were all over the place. Once I got my umbilical cord, everything slowed down.

You are definitely receiving nutrients from somewhere, and you can feel your body strengthening, healing, and/or growing in some way.

Well, let's get on with it!!!

Tue Feb 16 2010 4:40 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator

Time continues; you feel yourself growing, although it is very tiring to do so and you are asleep frequently and awake for very short stretches. Again, you have nothing by which to measure time even when you are awake, and no way to know the lengths of your naps.

--M. J. Young

Wed Feb 17 2010 1:56 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

And there's STILL nothing I can do. MJ, I wouldn't mind at all if you wanted to speed this up a little.

Wed Feb 17 2010 2:33 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

For some reason (And I hope it's just paranoia) I keep thinking you're planning to bring me back as a girl because of everything I said about gender discrimination. If that is what you're thinking, I can tell you right now it's almost as bad an idea as sending me to Pearl Harbor was. I'll go along with whatever it is, even if I do come back as a girl, just don't say I didn't warn you.

Wed Feb 17 2010 5:56 pm #
JohnA1nut
Member

Three

As proof of my paranoia, I am now convinced that you're going to verse me out because of what I just said up there. I just believe it would be a monumentally bad idea to bring me back as a girl, and under the First Amendment, I have the right to express that belief. I'll play the world, no matter how I come back, I'm just expressing my opinion about an idea that you may or may not have.

(Doing Therapy)

Wed Feb 17 2010 7:39 pm #
M. J. Young
Moderator

It seems a very long time, with many periods of sleep, before something is different. You are abruptly flooded with brilliant light, completely unfocused but very bright; at the same time, there is sound, muffled but constant, machines pumping liquids slowly and powerfully, and distant muffled voices. You cannot tell direction; it could be everywhere.

Despite the light and sound, you fall asleep again--which again you realize only because you re-awaken to the light and sound. This happens several times, and then the light fades and is gone, and you fall asleep and awaken many times, and then the light returns, and the cycle of sleep and wakefulness continues, with the light present for many times.

--M. J. Young

Fri Feb 19 2010 3:07 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

So I just developed eyes and ears. Cool.

Do I ever hear voices or language which would give me any clue to where and when I am? Listen for that. Try to hear and understand what the voices are saying. What are the scriff vectors doing? Machines pumping liquid, is that affecting me, or is it just something I'm hearing? Does it have any rhythm, like a heartbeat, or is it just completely random?

Fri Feb 19 2010 3:55 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator

Concerning the voices, the primary one--primary because it is nearest and most frequent--is a somewhat low female voice. The others seem to be farther, and harder to identify--at least, if there are any others that are consistent, you haven't connected them.

As to language, I'm afraid that between the muffling of whatever divides you from it and the constant noise of the pumping what you're getting is somewhere closer to the teacher voice in Peanuts animated specials, "wah-wu-wu-waaah-woo-waa-wah" sort of thing. However, you do notice in your listening that it sometimes has a faster patter and other times a slower one, and that generally when the primary voice speaks in the faster patter the other voices respond in that same patter, while when it speaks in the slower patter they speak more slowly. It occurs to you that this might mean that the prime speaker is bilingual, and is switching between languages according to what the others around her speak.

To the noise, there is a relatively slow "thu-THUMP" in the background that might be a heart, but there are a lot of other noises, rhythmic whooshes, seemingly at the same pace as the supposed heart but out of sync with it. There are other noises, gurglings, squeals, rumbles, but these seem to be random. The presumed heartbeat--well, you can't say it doesn't move, because sometimes it's up and sometimes it's down and sometimes it's to one side or another, and sometimes it even seems to be drifting around you; but it's always in the same direction as the prime voice, and you still have some sensation of drifting, so it's entirely possible that it is you, not it, that moves.

--M. J. Young

Sun Feb 21 2010 12:29 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

1@2 Intensify Senses P5@1 by shifting sensory resources in the brain

Intensify hearing until I can hear the speaking. New use? And since it seems I have all the time in the world, keep rolling until I get it. Once it's on, consider it on in practice mode constantly.

You said it might be two languages. I took 2 years of French in high school, and I might be able to understand some of that. Other than that and English, I wouldn't know any other languages.

Sun Feb 21 2010 1:03 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator

Wow, you must be in the only part of America where people don't hear strangers jabbering in Spanish very often. But I accept your point. I couldn't tell Spanish from Portuguese despite having heard both fairly often over the decades.

It takes you numerous tries to get the skill working, but when you finally do you manage to pick up the primary voice speaking English with someone, apparently buying food at something like a hamburger stand.

You fall asleep before you learn more.

Over the course of time, you manage to listen maybe a third of the time that you are awake, but most of what you hear is routine--travel directions, food orders, hotel or motel stops.

--M. J. Young

Mon Feb 22 2010 12:52 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Wow, you must be in the only part of America where people don't hear strangers jabbering in Spanish very often. But I accept your point. I couldn't tell Spanish from Portuguese despite having heard both fairly often over the decades.

"I say any bloke what ain't got enough sense to speak absolutely poifect English oughta be de-exported da hell outta here."
Archie Bunker

I meant that I can't understand any other languages.

Over the course of time, you manage to listen maybe a third of the time that you are awake, but most of what you hear is routine--travel directions, food orders, hotel or motel stops.

Routine to mom, nothing is routine to a verser. Give me details. And since it's now on all the time, I should hear things which would tell me what's going on. What am I hearing?

Anything which would indicate even the type of world I'm in. A hamburger stand, that would denote at least 1950s earth, or some such. What can I tell about where and when I am?

How do bod skills work? I've got 2@1 boxing, will I still have that? Yeah, 2 years old with professional boxing ability. The Terror of the Preschool....

Mon Feb 22 2010 1:08 am #
M. J. Young
Moderator

And since it's now on all the time, I should hear things which would tell me what's going on.

There seems to be some misunderstanding. I wrote, as you quoted,

you manage to listen maybe a third of the time that you are awake
, and also, which you did not quote,

It occurs to you that this might mean that the prime speaker is bilingual, and is switching between languages according to what the others around her speak.
It is the nature of practice that you are going through the motions, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but it doesn't matter whether it works or not, what matters is that you're going through the right motions. Given that your chance of success is in the thirty percent range and that your mother will be speaking two different languages rather randomly, you're really only getting information about a sixth of the time.

But you are getting information.

She is ordering a lot of Mexican food--tachos, nachos, burritos, beans and rice, that sort of thing. Unfortunately, she is talking more and more in that language you don't know, and you rarely hear any English at all.

Concerning bod skills, they are with the body, so you do not have them. What you do have is examples of them based on your mental recollection of them, so you can retrain this body to do them--as soon as this body develops the basic attributes and functions needed to perform those skills. So your 2@4 boxing skill is going to take a while to recover, but you'll have a solid start toward it with your remembered experience.

If it were not so, then you'd be walking the day you were born, and that would make no sense whatsoever.

--M. J. Young

Tue Feb 23 2010 11:53 pm #
JohnA1nut
Member

So your 2@4 boxing skill is going to take a while to recover, but you'll have a solid start toward it with your remembered experience.

2@1 actually, but if you want to bounce it up to 2@4 I won't complain....

Keep listening. I guess that means you keep rolling to see what I'm hearing.

Wed Feb 24 2010 12:07 am #
JohnA1nut
Member

Two

You said that The Architect knew about The Zygote Experience. Isn't it within the realm of possibility that he told us about it? I know it was never mentioned in game, but it could have been mentioned just in the idle chatter whilst sitting around the hotel room. Could you perhaps roll a GE roll on whether or not he told us about it? I'm just curious.

Wed Feb 24 2010 10:25 pm #
M. J. Young
Moderator

Bzzzt. He's only ever known of at most two times it happened, of hundreds of versing events told in tales. The one he knows because it's the explanation of Mother; the other only because it was incidentally referenced in that explanation ("Oh, yeah, it happened once to him, too"). He wasn't telling you lots of tales of the exploits of other versers; he barely told you much of his own. Do you remember him talking about fighting vampires, or teaching Dar Koni, or building Umak Tek, or teaching Henry, or learning from Raiden, or studying with Merlin, or visiting Camelot? He had hundreds of his own stories to tell; he barely told any of them. He certainly didn't tell you about two guys who once were born as someone else, if you didn't happen to bring up something that would relate to that.

Lately nearly everything she says is in that unintelligible language. She seems to be surrounded by people who speak that.

However, you awaken one day and discover that you can move--that is, you feel the presence of arms and legs, and you can shift them about somewhat. It feels more than ever as if you are in a tank of some sort, floating or swimming in a fluid that seems perfectly matched to your own buoyancy.

--M. J. Young

Thu Feb 25 2010 1:06 am #

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