BrisketJack waves
Eddie says, "HelLo fellow hUmans."
[ggggames] Peri says, "Oooh I should rename myself"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ok, cool. So. We still have a minute, but here's some links for y'all: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FrI9pKP7gUVO7MgpPcHOzFBztI7OAC_NVktaHYZE9tg/edit Does this work? It's got our character sheets and all the other paperwork we'll need"
[ggggames] Jota says, "I don't think Eddie is on the channel."
BrisketJack says, "Eddie, join #ggggames"
BrisketJack says, "and recap for a link"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oh, I saw you say that, but thought it was Peri saying it"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I't sprivate, ugh"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Why did I make it private"
[ggggames] Jota says, "It's private, yeah."
[ggggames] Jota asks, "To keep the riffraff in?"
[ggggames] * BrisketJack has added Eddie to the channel.
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Character sheet looks good."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Coolio, ok here's the other link we'll need: https://playingcards.io/b3a7pr"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "For the complications cards"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Touch nothing!"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "What kind of hat is Eddie wearing?"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "This is an important character-defining feature."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Got it"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Heh"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Or I should say, what is the most stereotypically human hat there is?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Baseball"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Got it. Thanks."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Oh, I almost forgot Bert."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oh yes, I meant to suggest it and then.. forgot"
Bert has arrived.
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "I rebuilt Bert out of tuna tins and electric fans!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Apparently computers need fans"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "He should be on the channel too."
[ggggames] * BrisketJack has added Bert to the channel.
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "And the tuna helps feed the lolcats"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Which gives us the internet!"
[ggggames] Bert says, "Log on."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Typical of me to waste a good gag outside of the transcript :D"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ok! We've got character sheets, which we'll fill out and stuff in a sec. Each character has three "approaches" to how they do things, and actions that go with die rolls."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "We should all have three? options under "Look", so pick the one you like"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "And pick your raccoon's pronouns"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ditto personal goal (it's got a drop down)"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Oh no, all three options for my Look are awesome"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Whoops, I don't have edit access."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oh no"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "One second"
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Try now?"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Works now."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Pick a relationship question, and ask it of another player, and write down the answer and the PC"
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Eddie, why do you look to me for leadership, and is that really a good idea?"
[ggggames] Eddie says (to BrisketJack), "Because you have best ideas for crazy schemes to get into. And no, of course it is not a good idea."
[ggggames] Eddie asks (of Vibrissa), "You saw me get a memorable scar once. What happened?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "oops"
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Oops?"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Perhaps that's the answer to the question."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says (to Eddie), "Umm, I tried to built you an exoskeleton so you could wear a trenchcoat all by yourself and..."
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "Well, it got hit by lightning and now you have like a burn scar?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "Does that make sense?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks (of Brisket), "Jack How did I expand your horizons recently?"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "It does!"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "And, hmm."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I'm asking BrisketJack that question"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "That's how it works right?"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Yup."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "You introduced me to romance novels (inspired because there's ship trash that says "milk crate full of romance novels"), and now I am not only a fighter, but a lover. (Because swashbuckler)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Phrase that however you like"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "That works for me! I am a Renaissance raccoon"
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Now! Look through the House Trash tab and pick one thing you want to steal tonight. How could it improve life in the junkyard?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "My science is arty and my art is sciency"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "ok looking..."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "It doens't have to be on that list, that's just recommendations for play"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "I want a phone. Because all humans have phones."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Any phone will do."
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "I want a kid chemistry set. Because we need to expand the horizons of raccoon science!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Hee. I want flowers to brighten up the junkyard. I know nothing about caring for plants, so I'm picturing just walking out with a handful of picked flowers and wondering why they don't last."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I almost said Magnets because i want Vibrissa to explain how fucking magnets work."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Well if there's a fridge, she will try and explain fridge magnets regardless"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Hehe"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Once we're set with character creation, we can build our ship"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Which is the "Ship" tab"
[ggggames] Eddie | Eddie is an ordinary human being, of course. He's two feet tall and covered in fur, with a striped tail and a mask pattern around his eyes. There's an old burn scar across his back, and he's missing his left ear. And he's wearing a red baseball cap, as humans do. If you try to say otherwise, he'll cut you.
[ggggames] Eddie says, "I feel that Vibrissa probably built the ship and should decide what technology it uses."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I think that makes sense yeah"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "1. How does the ship float? Hot air �� Hydrogen or helium �� Swamp gas �� Dozens of helicopter blades �� Mechanical wings �� @#%$! magnets �� Tesla coils �� Cavorite �� Dark energy �� The fifth element (sorry that pasted oddly)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Fine with me"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I'm going with fucking fridge magnets. That is how we fly."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yesss"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Just thousands of fridge magnets of all shapes and colors"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Our ship has a bunch of liabilities and two strengths: we could be fast, quiet, sturdily armored, tightly fastened together, manueverable, or well-armed"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "I absolutely vote for well-armed."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Or also sleek and stealthy, that wasn't on the list, but is in the keeper, so..."
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Well-armed, ok, And... I like tightly fastened togetheR?"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Sounds good."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Well-armed, I imagine like darts from the arcade and pool cue ball cannons"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Your ship is made of many things, most of which you�ll discover in"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Among other weaponry"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Meh, trying to copy-paste"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "The ship includes: a wrecked car, a home appliance, and a carnival ride"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "All of which come with their own characteristics"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I vote school bus"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Sure"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Works for me."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Vacuum cleaner! It's our tractor beam"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "For capturing enemy raccoon vessels"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "I was htinking vacuum too. Although I was imagining a Roomba as a ship's pet."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "I have no idea what those three carnival rides are."
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Is the Graviton the one that spins and pins you to the wall with centrifugal force?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Octopus reaches out with long arms, Gravitron ejects a raccoon or trash, and a zipper scoops things up into the ship"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Graviton sounds zaniest, so I'd lean that way."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Gravitroooon"
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Our ship is called the DumpsterFire, and what does it look like, given all those things we've picked?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "It could be as big or small or whateve as we want, don't feel limited"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "We can also just play it by ear"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "It's bristling with Nerf."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Modified Nerf weapons to make them actually, and unexpectedly, dangerous."
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "How much school bus is in it? Is it an entire bus? Or maybe just the face of it and a bunch of bench seats? Or...?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I think the school bus is just the landing gear for emergencies"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Cool. Let's talk briefly about how play will work with cards and rolls and such, and then we can pick a destination home and get on with it."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "and then it's an ungodly huge thing on top"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "The school bus lets us find a useful piece of trash, so consider how that might work"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Headlights!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Anyway. Card, rolls, listening."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "At https://playingcards.io/b3a7pr we've got complication cards for each scene. Basically if you roll poorly, you have the option--once per scene--to play a card from your hand. BUT, the more cards on the table, the more trouble we can end up in later."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "You can mouse over a card to read it better"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Play as many cards as possible. Got it."
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Should we click 'Enter'?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "And as far as play goes, on your turn, tell us what you'd like to accomplish and which of your approaches (i.e. mine are cunning, deft, and stylish) you want to you."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oh, yes"
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Then you'd roll, and compare the result of a d12 to your action list. If I rolled a 7, for example, and said I was going to use deft, then my action is helpful. If I had said something else that doesn't match that row, it's an unhelpful action. For unhelpful actions, you need to a) mark a problem on the problem track (possibly multiple, depending on what cards are in play), or b) playing a card, once per scene, which lets you somehow turn your action into a helpful one. But now whatever the card says is part of the world. Does that make sense?"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "If we're rolling for what we do, what are we declaring ahead of time before the roll? (About accomplishing.)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "If we were on the neighborhood map at, let's say.. the supermarket, you might say you want to investigate the area, and you want to do so with YOLO, so then you roll, and it tells you *how* you do that"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Would it be somehing like 'I want to woo the stuffed raccoon plush. YOLO.' and then I roll and get 'Put your head through something' and end up accidentally wearing the plush as a hat after disembowelling it?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Sure. I'll get to what the possible actions full under"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Wherby action I mean "things to accomplish""
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Cool."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "It varies by scene, but in scene 1, we'd be flying the ship to a house. On your turn, you can a) try to pilot the ship into a new location, b) snag some trash, or c) deal with unforseen consequences (this is basically just for roleplay purposes). There's an optional rule that lets you d) fix problems from the problem track."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "We basically spend two turns per map space, and if we fail two rolls to move the ship, it moves randomly."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Scene two is getting into the house, so possible things to do would be like anchoring the ship/not crashing into the house and finding a way in (or dealing with unforseen consequences)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Scene 3 is the house, and then scene 4 is returning to the junkyard"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Is the 'Neighborhoods' tab the map?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yup"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "D. Fire is our ship"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "let me tell you a blurb about each kind of house, and we can probably dive in, and ask me all the questions when you need to."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Sounds good"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Cool."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "A bungalow house is cluttered, creaky and squeaky; A ranch house is fragile with clear lines of sight; a 1980s house is well-lit, and everythign is locked down and sealed; and the McMansion features sophisticated security and is a "smart" home basically"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "We only visit one"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Ooh, fragile..."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "There are maps on the House Sheet tab"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "(I'll remove the extra stuff once we end up somewhere)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "And try to make things bigger"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "I think I would lean toward either the ranch house, because I like a fragile building that could possibly turn into more trash depending on how things go, or the McMansion, because lots of fancy and shiny things to steal."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "As a side note, when you play a complication card, it's clever to play cards with tags that are already checked on the problem track or which are already on played cards. Keeps things from snowballing into disaster :)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "I'm into the McMansion. Vibrissa, thoughts?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "McMansion would be more advanced security. I can achieve my goal of testing my Secret Invention"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "So secret not even I know what it'll do"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ha"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Sounds good."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "If the last problem on the house track is checked, the raccoons have to leave the house. If the last problem on the ship track is checked it explodes and the raccoons lose everything."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Tragedyyyy"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Nooo!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Oh the hubrisketJack"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ok! If you haven't already, take three cards from Scene 1 deck"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "You have to drag and drop btw"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I got caught out"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Does it matter whether or not we keep them secret?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Not really"
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "From each other, or from yourself?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Either way, not really"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Each other."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ok, I'm going to grab more coffee, and then I think we can start"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Awesome"
BrisketJack says, "So!"
[Setting the zoned flag.]
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I'm open to anyone getting things kicked off, this is the hard part, haha."
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "How do we kick things off? Are we just roleplaying freely, or is there a mechanic we should be using?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Freely, yeah. We can be on the ship or getting on or whatever, and start making our way towards the house"
BrisketJack says, "I feel like hitting up one of those fancy houses tonight."
BrisketJack asks, "Everyone on board?"
Vibrissa exclaims, "Oh! Oh yes! Then I can test... the Ultracoonic Trashinator, mark 1!"
Eddie says, "Fine bY me. I'll gEt the crew toGether."
Vibrissa rubs her paws, like in the gif she saw on the internet.
Eddie vanishes for a moment, then comes back toting several full-sized human mannequins on his back.
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Technically the rules are "after your turn, pick someone to go", we could also just have a marching order"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "So we're not shouting over each other"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "How about the order on the Characters tab?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ok"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "We could use the order you put our-- yeah, that"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Leader, brains, muscle."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Logical order of operations."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Flow of information from raccoon brain to brain"
BrisketJack is gonna get our trip kicked off, by going to the electrical substation, in a stylish manner.
BrisketJack rolls 1 12-sided die: 2 | 2
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "That's convenient. "Inspire other raccoons or conspiciously lead the way""
BrisketJack says, "Ok, crew. Let's get this show on the road! We're gonna steal some awesome trash tonight, and woe to anyone who gets in our way!"
BrisketJack pilots the ship into the next location with no issues.
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "With style!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "And romance."
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "Ok it's my turn right?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yup"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "We should aim for two turns (minimum) per location, so feel free to steal things or anything else instead of moving on"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, ""this scene is a chance to describe the ship""
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, ""and how it moves""
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oh, the ship trash tab is stuff you could conceivably find on our ship already, or use it as guidance for something to steal from a location, or however you want to do it"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "OK!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "I will YOLO and use a bungee cord to launch myself like a catapult to go explore the surroundings and retrieve intel on neighboring areas?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "150 m is a good radius."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Feet, not metres."
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "Does that work?"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Are we free to decide on any kind of activities we want, or are there guidelines?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I think that might be too specific? Since you don't know how you'll role."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "OK"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Hmmm."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "The guidelines for scene 1 are move the ship towards the house, steal trash, and deal with "unforseen consequences""
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Maybe "explore the surroundings" with a goal of seeing which way is safest or more lucrative or whatever to go next?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "And if you can fit the bungee cord thing into your roll, that's cool"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "OK I'll go with that! Exploring new frontiers is all part of raccoonic artyscience"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I'll be Cunning for this then."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "To find the best options muhahaha"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yiss. Roll a d12"
Vibrissa rolls 1 12-sided die: 9 | 9
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "So!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "That's a YOLO, so unhelplful"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "So I bash on something in an unhelpful way?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Thinking"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Nine doesn't match cunning, so... yup. You can play a complication card if you like, or mark the first trouble on the ship track (and work it in the narrative)"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "That would be 'Straining'?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yup"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I will play a complication card for now! Fog blankets the neighborhood and makes it hard for me to identify the best way forward."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Wait no"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Hmmmm"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Sorry there's multiple things for me to put together for this bit of rp"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "No worries"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "If a complication card also matches an entry on the ship troubles list, does it check off that item automatically?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "OK, I had rigged up a magic 8-ball to a satellite dish, but it wasn't working despite plugging in the magnetocoonic drive, so then I tried and bashed on the dish and the racket summoned a murder of crows"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Which are harassing us now"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Where's Jacob when you need him?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Complication cards only mark off problems when a problem is marked off separately."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "So if we mark a problem later, we'd also mark helm"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "I see!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "The crows persist then."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "and affect future complications"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "logical"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "cumulative property of catastrophe!"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "And now it's my turn?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Cool! So we've got some crows following and harrassing us. Eddie, do you want to try to leave this location, take some "trash" from the location, or somehow deal with the crows? (or something else entirely)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ya"
Eddie will fight the crows! Aggressively!
BrisketJack oh dear.
Eddie rolls 1 12-sided die: 7 | 7
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "That's a fail, I believe! And I can play a card to not check off something on the track yet?"
Eddie jumps into the gunner's seat! "Git ouTta here you dAnged kervids!
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "If I play a card, does it mean I turn it into a success (and deal with the crows), or does it just mean that there are now two cards on the table?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yes to both. Tell us how you reach your breaking point in an aggressive way and how it helps us. But also something else is happening."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I dont trust ;, but I should give it a try so I stop using the wrong channel"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "pro tip: if you've got a card with a helm on it, that'd be great ;)"
Eddie grabs anything he can to load into the catapult -- a blender, a sharpened ballpoint pen, a handful of rivets. Wait, rivets? Weren't those supposed to be holdnig the ship together? Doesn't matter! SCATTERSHOT!
[ggggames] Eddie plays 'There's just nothing holding these two parts of the ship together.'
(From BrisketJack) CAW!
[ggggames] Eddie asks (of Jack), "Oh, so I don't undo the crows?"
(From BrisketJack) CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW....
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "That card won't go away, no"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Oh, dang. Then I would have played a different one."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "But we've dealt with it, if you say we have"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Back"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "But the helm thing will come up later"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "In that case, can I retcon it slightly?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "sure"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "(The crows could be laying in wait further along, unbewknownst to us)"
Eddie, instead of rivets, fired all of our lubricant at them! A spray of FLAMING OIL! Shame there's nothing to keep the helm turning smoothly now, but that's a small price to pay!
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "The actual complication card text is just RP flavor, not mechanics. The tag that checks off problems later is the real issue."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Swapped the card for 'A piston or rudder is seizing up'."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "OK, and I think that ends my turn."
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Woo!"
BrisketJack says, "Let's get away from the rest of those crows! Right into possum land! Muahahhaha. (rolling on cunning)"
BrisketJack rolls 1 12-sided die: 1 | 1
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, ""use trash in an impressive way""
[ggggames] Eddie says, "So I see that a nat 1 is good in this game, and a max roll is not."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ya"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I have too many options"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "thinking"
BrisketJack wraps herself up in this patchy old mink stole. "If we get caught out by the possums, I am not, I repeat NOT Brisket Jack, the raccoon. We haven't seen her, we haven't heard of her, got it?"
BrisketJack pilots the ship slowly into the possum woods....
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "This can only end well."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Hehe"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "(Also if I keep vanishing, that's because Muschlient is buggy today)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "No worries. Your turn, though"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Alright, so we're in the possum woods and I know you don't want to be caught out there, so I'll boost the magnetocoonics and speed up the ship! Thanks to how Inventively designed this ship is (I'll describe it too)"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "The details will depend on the roll"
Vibrissa rolls 1 12-sided die: 11 | 11
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Oh this is fun"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Unfortunately, not good for us. But fun."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "So you've already played a complication card this scene"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Oho."
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Does each of us only have one chance to play a card per scene?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "So we'll have to check that first problem on the ship track as well as ones to match any cards in play"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ya"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "In order to speed us up, I will reveal that a feature of our ship is not what it seems and is in fact an experimental feature"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Unfortunately, as it is experimental and previous not revealed, I didn't get to test it"
Vibrissa was too excited to surprise her friends with the hidden feature, she didn't properly test it!
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Hehehe. So we are "straining", and the "ship is noisy or gets caught - describe what happens""
Vibrissa exclaims, "So!"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Oh, it would be terrible if we got caught with this mysterious leader who is definitely not BrisketJack here on board."
Vibrissa exclaims, "The helm has been a booster fan this whole time, and starts spinning!"
Vibrissa says, "Unfortunately I did not decouple it from the steering mechanism, so not only do we lose control, we are also spinning."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Yay."
Vibrissa says, "And get caught"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "That's my turn"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Caught in something, like trees, power lines, or smashing intoa building"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Not like, captured"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "(yet)"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Trees then"
Vibrissa says, "aaaaaaaaa didn't think this throoooooo"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "I would like to steal something. Specifically, some possums. I would like to shanghai a gang of possums."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "YES"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Because YOLO."
Eddie rolls 1 12-sided die: 1 | 1
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Woo!"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "(Thinking about narration.)"
(From Eddie) The ship is twisting in the tree branches, creating a terrible noise, and all the possums come running to see what the ruckus is!
Eddie, still in the gunner's seat, loads a harpoon into the launcher! SHWOOOMP! Three possums, all somehow caught by the same giant suction cup, are hauled back onto the ship!
Eddie says (to Possums), "AlrIght welcome aboard. You can giVe your detAils to HR and colLect your ID cards aftEr getting your photoS taken."
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "End of turn!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "hehee"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Is there a place where we should be recording what stuff we've stolen so far?"
BrisketJack says, "Good thinking, Eddie! More minions to steal things for us! Now, if I could deftly get us out of this tree, we can move on."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yes! One second"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "There's a "stolen trash" section on the ship tab"
BrisketJack rolls 1 12-sided die: 4 | 4
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Ah, hiding at the bottom."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Aw yiss. "Use the ship's car, home appliance, or carnival ride in a flashy way""
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "To get out of this damn tree"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I realize vacuum cleaners don't work this way, but..."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "We're flying with fridge magnets, go crazy"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "They definitely do."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Whatever you're about to say, that's definitely how they work."
BrisketJack turns the vacuum cleaner on at full power and aims it towards the side of the particularly heavy-looking dumpster outside the supermarket, pulling us against the tree until we pop free and zoom into the next location.
(From BrisketJack) Thunk.
BrisketJack asks, "Well. That's better, innit?"
(From BrisketJack) THe ship shakes a bit, oops
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ohhhh"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "one second"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I did say there was an optional "fix problems" that I described earlier, so if we're out of the tree, I think we can "fix that problem""
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I'm going to say we're still in possum woods though"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Does that mean we uncheck the Helm problem?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yes!"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Woo!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "So it's my turn then?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yup"
Vibrissa exclaims, "My grandiosonic design soariferates once more! To the refibrecalibrator!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "I will try and fix the rivets?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "With an Inventive approach (yes, again)"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "Does that work?"
Vibrissa rolls 1 12-sided die: 1 | 1
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I rolled well"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Cool"
Vibrissa manipulates the tricky mechanism that links our fridge-magnet-lines gravitron, using it to briefly pull our rivets back into place
Vibrissa says, "Our rivets are now held with MAGNETS"
Vibrissa exclaims, "So many magnets!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "That's my turn I think"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Eddieeee!"
Eddie will try to fly us out of the woods! Strongily!
Eddie rolls 1 12-sided die: 6 | 6
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Yes!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Wreck it Eddie"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Smash all obstacles in our path!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Lay waste to the possums"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "So, we're already free of the trees. But with a vacuum pointed at the dumpster."
Eddie turns the Big Crank! The one that adds extra power to the vacuum. VROOOOOFFF! The Dumpster Fire goes flying across the map, toward the supermarket, at breakneck speed! There are no brakes! There is a dumpster! There *was* a dumpster! There was also a wall! Past tense is fun!
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Brisket!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "yay"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Hm"
BrisketJack says, "Edddddie! I was gonna loot that dumpster. That sole dumpster that this mid-sized supermarket had. And you destroyed it!"
BrisketJack chatters her teeth in annoyance.
BrisketJack is gonna, uh...
BrisketJack looks around. She glares at the possums for no particular reason.
BrisketJack says, "Don't touch that!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Stalling while I think, haha"
BrisketJack sees some daisies growing where the dumpster was. Oooh. I want those.
BrisketJack says, "With style"
BrisketJack rolls 1 12-sided die: 10 | 10
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Nope"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oooh. I'm playing this card. Though it means we're gonna get some noise if we mark a problem, hehehe."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, ""air traffic control is contacting you""
BrisketJack uses the vacuum to suck up some flowers, but as soon as she's done, we get a radio notification.
[ggggames] Eddie says, "We've got a radio? Oooh."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Unless they're using semaphore, I suppose"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "No, no, radio is great. I'm just impressed."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Anyway, that's me. I got my flowers, assumign I can get them back to the junkyard in one piece :P"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Hey my tech is advanced! It's ahead of daylight saving time!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "And some other times as well"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Woo, flowers"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oh, I rolled a 10. Right."
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Photosynthesizator tech!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I got my flowers, and we're floating distractedly into the next spot."
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Which is... strip mall or designer mall?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Pick one"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Designer mall"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Works for me."
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "V's turn?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "yeah"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "oh right!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I want to steal something"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "In a cunning way"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I need it to make my secret invention even better before I test it"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "So I'll be... cunning about it!"
Vibrissa rolls 1 12-sided die: 2 | 2
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Woo! I use one of the three ship thingies to do that"
Vibrissa points the school bus headlights down at the upscale mall, and scans for a useful addition to the Secret Invention
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "(looking through ship trash)"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "What would make sense to find in an upscale mall"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "A big-screen TV?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Sold!"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "(Stolen.)"
Vibrissa retrieves a big screen TV with the vacuum cleaner once found, and gets to work on integrating it into the Mystery Invention (which she hides under a tarp on the deck of the skyship
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "My turn done!"
[ggggames] Eddie will try to steal heavy things! Because he is Strong!
Eddie rolls 1 12-sided die: 8 | 8
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Ooh. I could eject something. Or, hmm."
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Are we checking a problem?"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Apparently! I've already spent a card, so I can't do that again, right?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Right"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "And are playing cards and checking problems the only ways to deal with failure?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yup"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Do I pick between 2, 3 and 4? Or just take the next one in line?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I just checked 1"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Because it got unchecked earlier"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Oh, OK."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Thanks to me :)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "You try to steal something and instead yeet something out of the ship? :)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I think that's how you use yeet, haha"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I am an old"
Eddie sees a security guard carrying a big flashlight. It looks perfect for hitting people with.
Eddie says, "Hey, CaPtain Bri-- uh. I mean BrAsket JIck. Can you take a lOok insiDe the GraviTron? It's making a funNy noise."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "oh no"
BrisketJack says, "Sure thing!"
BrisketJack says, "Hey, my magic eight ball! I was looking for that."
Eddie points the Gravitron at the security guard and fires it up! WHOONG WHOONG WHOON PTUI! RACCOON TO THE FACE!
BrisketJack ahhhhhhhhhh
BrisketJack snarls at the security guard
Eddie is so deeply entertained by the resulting carnage that he doesn't even remember to bother stealing the flashlight.
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "And conveniently, that leads to BrisketJack's turn!"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "(Whose name he did *not* reveal in front of the possums.)"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "haha I did not see that coming"
BrisketJack makes a grab for the security guard's keys in the resulting chaos.
BrisketJack says, "(cunning)"
BrisketJack rolls 1 12-sided die: 11 | 11
BrisketJack makes a futile grab for them, while the ship slams into the side of the mall, without someone at the heom.
BrisketJack says, "helm"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "checking problem #2 and #3 (noise)"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I'm starting to think we might not make it to the McMansion, guys"
(From BrisketJack) The collision sets off an alarm, oops.
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "So I'm on the ground, we just crashed into a building, and the Neighborhood Watch is after us."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Excellent."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "In the form of drones, apparently"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, ""When you mark Problem 3,"
BrisketJack says, "Noise," a swarm of quadcopter drones piloted by nosy neighbors"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oop"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, ""Noise," a swarm of quadcopter drones piloted by nosy neighbors finds you and closes to attack, and humans in golf carts coordi- nate from the streets below. The drones and carts are equipped variously with mounted guns, grappling hooks, search lights, and a surprisingly loud bullhorn. If you mark "Noise" in Scene 1, you have to lose the drones before you can safely move on to Scene 2 and invade a house in peace. Don't worry-- -they'll find you again in Scene 4""
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Amazing"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "That's my turn, and I'll brb. Do continue without me."
Vibrissa exclaims, "You have to admire human ingenuity! Even if they're being very bad right now!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I will never not read brb as birb"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "No, they're drones, not birbs."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "hah"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "I would like to devise a Cunning stratagem for losing the drones on our tail!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "back"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "I would like to devise a Cunning stratagem for losing the drones on our tail!"
Vibrissa rolls 1 12-sided die: 8 | 8
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "And I will do that by harnessing a force raccoons were not meant to meddle with!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "This seems like the time to use my Secret Invention"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "Does that make sense?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "wait no"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "that was an Inventive and I went for Cunning"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "so I fail"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Whatever you do, it's gonna make a piece of ship break off"
[ggggames] BrisketJack D
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Haha"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "\:D"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oh come on"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "Do I fail as well as make piece of ship break off?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Sorry I keep forgetting"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Yes, because that's our next problem"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, ""Rivets: A piece of the ship falls out: Name it or roll on the Ship Trash list. Describe what happens.""
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Right so:"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I guess 'falls out' doesn't mean 'break off'"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "So we need to deal with the drones and retrieve the Captain before getting to the house, but we don't need to deal with the damage to the ship in order to reach scene 2, right?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Right"
BrisketJack shouts from the ground, still scuffling with this security guard who just won't go away, "Use the possums!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "Are possums a force raccoons were not meant to meddle with?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Oh my, maybe"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Oooh."
Vibrissa will cunningly try to harness the power of possums by launching them at the neighborhood watch! But the possums are even more cunning and have swallowed our canister of helium to glide away!
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I've ticked that off the ship trash"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "We no longer have helium"
Vibrissa says, "Nooooo I was going to use that"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Good thing we've got MAGNETS!"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "My turn?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Yes!"
Eddie will try to Agressively deal with the drones.
Eddie rolls 1 12-sided die: 6 | 6
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Oh yeah."
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Are we all OK with cartoonish death?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I am"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Sure"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Only if the eyes bug out"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I demand it"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "hehehe"
Eddie trains the big guns on the helium-filled possums, floating through the swarm of drones.
Eddie asks, "TraItors! TurncOats! How DaRE you abAndOn us?!?"
Eddie fires a flaming dart at the largest possum! It pierces the helium cannister inside it! For a moment, the possum begins to inflate, its eye bugging out cartoonishly, and then the pressure is released and it EXPLODES! Scattering the drones in all directions!
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Brisket!"
BrisketJack cheers!
BrisketJack needs to get back on this ship, and she will do it stylishly.
Vibrissa says, "Maybe we *can* harness possum power after all"
BrisketJack rolls 1 12-sided die: 2 | 2
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I'm having Chrome issues"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "One second"
[ggggames] Vibrissa asks, "When on Chrome, do as the Chromans do?"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Be it ever so fumble, there is no place like Chrome."
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "WTF. What is my #2 action?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "On the spreadsheet"
[ggggames] Eddie | Inspire other raccoons or conspicuously lead the way
[ggggames] Eddie says, "(Cunning, Deft, Stylish)"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Thanks. I can't lick on anything in chrome even after killing and restarting it"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Gross."
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "*click"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Less gross."
BrisketJack scampers to the security guard's head, makes a quick "all for one and one for all" mini-speech,and launches herself towards the ship, landing inside it. Tada.
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Woo"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Whereby "launched", I mean the security guard got upset and threw me"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Ha"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Ah, he was inspired!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "BRB, gonna reboot my laptop. (I won't drop from the MUD)"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "Good luck!"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Vibrissa's turn? I think we're clear to proceed to the next location!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "More better"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "yes and yes"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Time to YOLO at maximum speed! The magic 8-ball says Outlook Good, I trust it :D"
Vibrissa rolls 1 12-sided die: 12 | 12
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Ooops"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "I make things worse!"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Muahaha."
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "So a big piece of the ship falls out?"
Vibrissa redirects all power to an engine (scavenged from a car), which then takes off without us.
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Ya"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Yay."
Vibrissa says, "Noooo stayyyyy"
Eddie will try to catch up to the engine, using Strong!
Eddie rolls 1 12-sided die: 4 | 4
[ggggames] Eddie says, "Uh oh."
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Did you fail? Did we just explode?"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Apparently!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Hehehehe"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Does that mean the game is over, or just that we have to somehow continue without a ship?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa exclaims, "We didn't even make it to the McMansion!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "The game is over, and we skip to scene 5, let me see"
Eddie grabs the engine as it takes off! And he also holds onto the side of the Dumpster Fire!
Eddie exclaims, "Do not leAve us! You are iMporTant!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "awwww"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Scene five is: your ship blew up, you lost everything, your score is 0"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Well."
Eddie is strong and can easily hold the two together! But the engine is also strong! ANd the ship is not! It is torn fully in two by the receeding force of machinery!
Vibrissa says, "The hubrissssss"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Do we do anything in scene five, aside from roleplay our defeat?"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Just RP, yeah. We don't have an "ill-gotten gains" to enjoy"
Eddie moves into the shopping mall. This is his home now.
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "It's even got a fountain to wash your food"
Eddie claims an old pay phone as his own. He has a phone, just like he wanted! And no one dares go near it, because he will cut you if you do. But that's kind of OK, because who uses pay phones these days anyway?
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims (at Brisket), "Yay! I am pretending this is a victory for Eddie!"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "He is now here in the mall with all the Other Humans, just like him."
BrisketJack flies through the air, eventually landing on the roof of the Wa1-Marget.
BrisketJack says, "At least there are no possums..."
BrisketJack develops a coffee habit from the coffee shop in the big box store.
Vibrissa did not get the chemistry set she was looking for, so will move into the chemical plant and become a supervillainess with an army of mutant helium possums. She cackles: "The power of the possum in the palm of my paw!!!!!"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Woo!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Woo indeed"
[ggggames] BrisketJack asks, "Hee. So that's scene 1 of Raccoon Sky Pirates. Fun?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Super fun"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Yes!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "Good"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Are we expected to lose so quickly?"
[ggggames] Eddie asks, "Or were we just really good at losing?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Would be fun to try again some other time :)"
[ggggames] Eddie exclaims, "Also, I would be up for playing again and trying to see if we can actually see some of the other scenes. Timing!"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "I think we're good at losing, and taking our time at locations."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Haha"
[ggggames] BrisketJack says, "No idea what my availability is like, but maybe!"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Maybe indeed"
[ggggames] Eddie says, "I'm busy next Saturday (the 7th), but free the one after that (the 14th), then busy again (21), then free again (28th)."
[ggggames] Eddie says, "(See http://slingergame.wikidot.com/schedule)"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "14th or 28th are both good for me"
[ggggames] Eddie says (to Brisket), "Also, thanks! As we said, this was indeed fun."
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "It was awesome, thank you for introducing us to this"
[ggggames] genericgeekgirl says, "Yay"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I want to figure out how to run this for friends and family now :)"
[ggggames] genericgeekgirl asks, "Would you run in person or online, do you think?"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Hmm, either I guess"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Would need the cards/print it out but doable"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "in theory"
[ggggames] genericgeekgirl says, "Offline you've got the print-outs and the rules booklet that I shared, and you can use regular playing cards, there's a conversion table"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "Oh cool"
[ggggames] Vibrissa says, "I'll look at that"
[ggggames] genericgeekgirl says, "Online, there should be a link in the PDF for the online playing cards, and I can get you a copy of the original spreadhsheet (which is also linked, but no longer online?!?)"