Author Topic: Shadows over Bogenhafen RPG (out of character thread) (Read 735390 times)

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9726 on:** April 06, 2014, 09:39:53 AM »

Quote from: Karl Voss of Averland on April 05, 2014, 06:54:17 PM

Bum rush the guy or reload crossbow?

It takes a full round to reload, then another to fire. Meanwhile Max will have lost the fight.

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #9727 on:** April 06, 2014, 09:55:17 AM »

Ok Heinrich and Klaus will go covert up if we are discovered ....well I still know where we have to be.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9728 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:34:26 AM »

Klaus, the steward lives in the palace. In the room the others searched.

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #9729 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:46:14 AM »

Yes....that sort of makes sense......

So stalking him around in the palace will be kind of obsolete.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9730 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:52:11 AM »

Sure, but he's presumably going to that meeting later.

[Hint] What about the person in the Chancellor's office [name given in one of the posts in the thread] who signed the order to hire him as steward? Why did they hire an outsider rather than promote the next most senior servant?

Max would have said this, had he been there!

Karl Voss of Averland · « **Reply #9731 on:** April 06, 2014, 09:49:35 PM »

Yeesh, these servants all ate their breakfasts. These guys have a lot of wounds!

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9732 on:** April 06, 2014, 09:54:24 PM »

I don't know which trainer this guy went to, but he has 13 wounds! That takes some achieving.

They aren't really servants of course, but are highly-skilled henchmen.

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #9733 on:** April 06, 2014, 09:55:35 PM »

Good thing we split up then

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9734 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:00:18 PM »

Yes, keep most of the fighters away from the boss fight! ha ha.

Karl Voss of Averland · « **Reply #9735 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:08:28 PM »

This always seems to happen. We wander into boss fights without realizing they're boss fights.

13 wounds? Great googly boogly!

Quote from: rufus sparkfire on April 06, 2014, 09:54:24 PM

They aren't really servants of course, but are highly-skilled henchmen.

Also apparently Taliban suicide bombers!

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9736 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:14:30 PM »

Well, he was hoping to get away before it went off. But he fell over.

You could try to put out the fuse!

Also, one of the evidence boxes broke open and spilled stuff on the floor. Also also, Max is stunned.

Karl Voss of Averland · « **Reply #9737 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:17:56 PM »

Oh, I can pull the fuse out? I read it as the fuse lit and it burned into the wagon.

Ninja edit- yanking the fuse out instead. Dex check? Intelligence?

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9738 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:21:19 PM »

Um, I'm not sure actually. Obviously it has a bit of a delay on it, but if you could easily snuff it out it wouldn't be very useful.

Hmmm.

I think probably you can't. You'd need to pour some water in or something.

Karl Voss of Averland · « **Reply #9739 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:24:27 PM »

Oh. Then. Well. Umm.

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #9740 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:28:43 PM »

Heroic pee scene ...in 3....2...1...

Karl Voss of Averland · « **Reply #9741 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:29:36 PM »

Quote from: Fandir Nightshade on April 06, 2014, 10:28:43 PM

Heroic pee scene ...in 3....2...1...

My equipment says I have a waterskin. Should I pour that? Is it the type of fuse I can yank out?

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9742 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:38:12 PM »

I've re-read the description in the book, and I think the fuse disappears inside the wagon right after the point where it's lit. So there wouldn't be anything to get hold of.

And it's anyway quite a short fuse... even if it occurred to him at once to get out a water-skin and pour it in (is he carrying a flask of water around
the city with him?), it might be too late.

I'll think about this tomorrow!

Cannonofdoom · « **Reply #9743 on:** April 07, 2014, 02:37:41 AM »

Water almost never puts out fuses anyway, if they're made right. Too much magnesium.

Cutting it is the most effective way of disarming a fuze.

Speaking as someone who built bombs and handled fuzes for the Air Force. Not an expert or anything.

Karl Voss of Averland · « **Reply #9744 on:** April 07, 2014, 03:25:56 AM »

Weren't most medieval/post-medieval fuses made of saturated hemp/cotton rope. Matchlock fuses were highly susceptible to water. Rufus seemed to describe a wheel-lock type device used to spark a fuse, so i'm assuming roughly that era of technology.

If it was a modern visco fuse, I think water wouldn't do much.

If I blow up in a ball of fire, I'm coming back to haunt you guys as Captain Auerswalder: Winter Soldier.

Cannonofdoom · « **Reply #9745 on:** April 07, 2014, 04:06:53 AM »

Quote from: Karl Voss of Averland on April 07, 2014, 03:25:56 AM

Weren't most medieval/post-medieval fuses made of saturated hemp/cotton rope. Matchlock fuses were highly susceptible to water. Rufus seemed to describe a wheel-lock type device used to spark a fuse, so i'm assuming roughly that era of technology.

If it was a modern visco fuse, I think water wouldn't do much.

If I blow up in a ball of fire, I'm coming back to haunt you guys as Captain Auerswalder: Winter Soldier.

Matchlocks used match cord, which would probably not be used for this purpose. Most likely they'd be using cannon fuse, or black match, which burns quicker. The main difference is the coating of the cord. Potassium Nitrate for the former to keep it burning for long periods of time, Black Powder and glue for the latter. Your point is valid though. My initial thought was far too modern for the purposes of this context.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9746 on:** April 07, 2014, 10:36:44 AM »

Oh no, technical details!

I think I'll do this:

Admund can make an I test to react quickly enough. If he passes, he can then make a Dex test to grab the fuse before it burns into the wagon. I hope that's fair.

If he fails those, he had better run!

Mogsam · « **Reply #9747 on:** April 07, 2014, 11:48:44 AM »

Is it considered bad form to ignore the boxes and run?

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9748 on:** April 07, 2014, 01:28:06 PM »

Collecting the evidence isn't as important as avoiding exploding.

I hope Ulrun helps Max up before running away!

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #9749 on:** April 07, 2014, 01:37:01 PM »

People at the palace: I can't update unless your characters take some sort of action!

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Author Topic: Shadows over Bogenhafen RPG (out of character thread) (Read 735390 times)