Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC
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				Title: <strong>Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>11-01-2017, 05:07:28</strong>
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				Every new game needs an OOC!&nbsp; This is ours.&nbsp; Play&nbsp; nicely, please!&nbsp; Also, in case of a rules question, post it here rather than PMing the GM.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>11-01-2017, 06:43:26</strong>
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				'Ello.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>11-01-2017, 07:12:21</strong>
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				Greetings all
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>11-01-2017, 12:07:01</strong>
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				Salutations!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dilaculo</strong> on <strong>11-01-2017, 15:29:31</strong>
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				Sounding off!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-01-2017, 04:31:08</strong>
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				Okay, so...current status on the Crew.&nbsp; Here are the votes thus cast (but we have not yet heard from Pumpkin Seeds).<br><br>Reiji<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Rep Choice: Professional<br>Preferred Activity: Espionage with a side of sabotage<br>Favorite Contact: Laroze, the bluecoat.&nbsp; Because having the law on your side can be useful.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Dilaculo<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">As for Rep and Contacts... hm. Maybe Savvy or Strange, for the first. We're a hodgepodge group. As for Contact, my silver's on Fitz - collectors have reason to have all sorts of oddities, and might make fencing - or hearing about interesting hauls - a good time.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Crash<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Rep: Daring<br>Preferred Activity: Burglary<br>Favorite Contact: Either Fitz, the collector of Laroze, the bluecoat<br>Updated...I am fine with strange. That often means supernatural in Blades, but it works for us too.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Hexed<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">We've an odd selection of a crew... Mayhap a strange rep? Or a Daring? <br><br>With... burglary as a preferred activity and Fitz the collector for a favored contact?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Idlewyld<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Maybe strange works a little better for a rep as we're all catgirls. I'm on board with Burglary and Fitz, however.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Rep seems to be slanting Strange, maybe Daring.<br>Hunting Ground favored activity is Burglary.<br>And Fitz, dear Fitz, is our current fave contact.&nbsp; &nbsp;Useful guy, Fitz.<br><br>One other thing I've left aside for now because it's sort of a biggie is letting you all choose your various relationships with the other Factions in Doskvol.&nbsp; And there are a lot of them.&nbsp; Rather than spin out a long discussion on the topic, would you prefer to simplify the process with a shorter list, agree on three total adjustments for the Crew, both of the above or risk the bigger picture?<br><br>For the short list, there are about six or seven factions in and around Crows' Foot that make the most 'natural' points of contact for a new gang in the neighborhood.&nbsp; Obviously the Crows, the Red Sashes, and the Lampblacks are on that list, but there are also the Fog Hounds, the Billhooks, the Bluecoats, and the Citizens of Crow's Foot.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-01-2017, 04:43:48</strong>
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				With apologies for the double post...a few questions to think about while we ramp this up!&nbsp; Don't necessarily answer in great detail, or even share everything.&nbsp; (If we plot everything out to twenty decimal places now, we can't play to find out the answers later.)<br><br>Have you ever been locked up? For what crime? Are any of your friends still behind bars?<br><br>Why did you become a scoundrel?<br><br>How did you join this crew? Did another member vouch for you? Were you a founding member?<br><br>What's your vice? What is it, specifically? (what kind of drug, etc.) Why does that thing consume you?<br><br>When was the last time you used your blade? Why?<br><br>Who do you trust the most on the crew? Who do you trust the least? What's that about? Or will we find out in play?<br><br>Has [insert faction here] ever tried to recruit you ? What happened? You, uh, don't secretly work for them, do you?<br><br>Also, we need to come up with a name for the Crew. And that, my little fuzzballs, is entirely up to you.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>12-01-2017, 07:06:03</strong>
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				OK, my post is assuming that the Crew is already assembled and has a history. If that isn't the case, I can edit tomorrow... (I'm planning to expand and embellish a little bit anyway once I get the time...)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>12-01-2017, 16:09:15</strong>
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				Phone is a pain. Thought ya should know.<br><br>I'll do the character stuff when back home.<br><br>As for the crew relationships. The simple/nearby options probably the best considering how new this is.<br><br>Do have questions of my own.&nbsp; <br><br>1) how long ago was the big event that made things so bad?&nbsp; Is the way things are all anyone knows or do people actually remember being there when the shut hit the fan?<br><br>2) I know it's a small crew but is it a new one or a gang trying to reclaim a lost glory?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>12-01-2017, 16:19:21</strong>
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				So I guess what we should figure out first in the IC scene is if we are going to try assassinating the Lamps or are we making a deal with them.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>12-01-2017, 23:44:15</strong>
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				I'm all for assasinate.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 01:54:28</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900107#msg12900107">Quote from: MadPanda on 12-01-2017, 04:43:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Have you ever been locked up? For what crime? Are any of your friends still behind bars?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Ogre has not been locked up. Somehow. Despite all the tavern brawls she's been in. Her older brother however is currently in Ironhook<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900107#msg12900107">Quote from: MadPanda on 12-01-2017, 04:43:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Why did you become a scoundrel?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>For the fun! And it seems to pay better then the warehouses... You can get into some good brawls too. <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900107#msg12900107">Quote from: MadPanda on 12-01-2017, 04:43:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">How did you join this crew? Did another member vouch for you? Were you a founding member?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Honestly unsure for this one. Although a possible in would be Velvet/Elise having the poor luck to be waitressing when Lynthia got into another bar brawl and decided the crew could use some easily motivated muscle. :)<br><br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900107#msg12900107">Quote from: MadPanda on 12-01-2017, 04:43:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">What's your vice? What is it, specifically? (what kind of drug, etc.) Why does that thing consume you?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Alcohol and lots of it. After all not only does it let one forget how bad things are around you it leads to such good parties.<br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900107#msg12900107">Quote from: MadPanda on 12-01-2017, 04:43:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">When was the last time you used your blade? Why?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>A blade is rarely used preferring a stolen police truncheon and metal plated boots. If you mean killing... two months ago a man got to grabby in a bar and when rebuffed he pulled a blade. Several stomps later and he'd draw a weapon on no one else.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900107#msg12900107">Quote from: MadPanda on 12-01-2017, 04:43:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Who do you trust the most on the crew? Who do you trust the least? What's that about? Or will we find out in play?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Don't have much of an idea for here. Although any of the more heavy schemers would be least trusted. As it's far harder to tell just what they're really up to.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900107#msg12900107">Quote from: MadPanda on 12-01-2017, 04:43:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Has [insert faction here] ever tried to recruit you ? What happened? You, uh, don't secretly work for them, do you?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Do the Dockers count!?<br><br><br><br><br><br>Was kinda leery originally of assassinating such a big time boss... then I found out the other group is allied with the dockers. So whack him all ya want!<br><br>Sadly no idea for a crew name at the moment. :(
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 02:27:06</strong>
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				Well no guarantee we succeed on the assassination attempt, but I am thinking Of adding a flashback where Tick Tock planted a couple of explosive devices in the meeting place and is going to set them off when our ladies leave.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 02:57:09</strong>
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				Very true about the no guarantee. Still seems iffy doing it in the middle of his base. :D<br><br>And... how are you gonna put explosives in his office?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 03:12:51</strong>
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				I was thinking more under than in, but I don't have to if you all don't want me too.&nbsp; Seemed like a better idea than attacking him in his office.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 03:20:05</strong>
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				Nah. Was just curious the planned method. :D<br><br>Hmmm. Could be one of those raised offices... you'd be able to get the explosives there then.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 03:44:59</strong>
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				Or there could be sewer tunnels under the building. ;)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 14:03:33</strong>
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				Velvet and Silk..haha.<br><br>Since they have a similar heritage and I had an idea that Silk was also from a merchant family, we might can tie the two together.&nbsp; <br><br>Also, I think Silk would play with our friend there a bit and drain what she can out of him.&nbsp; Probably have those bombs hidden down in the sewers for when he becomes a liability..or an annoyance.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 15:33:30</strong>
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				Pumpkin.&nbsp; I am good with that.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 18:42:30</strong>
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				SEE! This is why ya can't trust those sneaky types. Always trying to play all the angles. :D<br><br><br>That said... it's actually a very good idea to be honest. Play both groups against each other to weaken them while strengthening ourselves till we can deal with at least one of 'em.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dilaculo</strong> on <strong>13-01-2017, 22:11:19</strong>
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				<em>Have you ever been locked up? For what crime? Are any of your friends still behind bars?</em><br>Some brief stints in lockup, though never prison proper. Just an occupational risk for running info, but it's hard to nail a sniffling little kit for anything serious when she's just carrying a parcel of letters. And some of her friends more seriously helpful to the Crows are probably locked up, aye. Occupational hazards can get serious when you're a knife in the dark.<br><br><em>Why did you become a scoundrel?</em><br>Lana's background doesn't really lends itself to credible work, yeah? A life on the streets - and above them - doing what one can to survive... it leaves a mark.<br><br><em>What's your vice? What is it, specifically? (what kind of drug, etc.) Why does that thing consume you?</em><br>Faith. An old, half-buried shrine off in Coalridge. There's an aspect of the hunt to the old faith, of trophies and scores...<br><br><em>When was the last time you used your blade? Why?</em><br>A long while ago... because her guns are just <strong>better</strong>.<br><br><em>Has [insert faction here] ever tried to recruit you ? What happened? You, uh, don't secretly work for them, do you?</em><br>Well, the dear fox did work for the Crows, for a time - in her youth. She ran messages for them, but eventually split off on her own.<br><br>----<br><br>And sure. I'm in for playing them against each other, with veiled words from our more persuasive members.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>14-01-2017, 18:20:38</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12901982#msg12901982">Quote from: Hexed on 13-01-2017, 01:54:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Do the Dockers count!?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Absolutely!<br><br>Is Ogre a Mark III, IV, or V?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>14-01-2017, 20:10:54</strong>
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				Ho boy. Time to peer at the book again. :D<br><br>Mark III?&nbsp; IV? V?<br><br>Must have missed something. <br><br>What're those?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>14-01-2017, 20:25:59</strong>
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				(laugh)&nbsp; There was this board wargame put out by Steve Jackson Games ages and ages ago called Ogre.&nbsp; It was a (successful) attempt to write a tank-on-tank wargame that wasn't essentially a re-do of Battle of the Bulge...that was solved by giving one side just one counter.&nbsp; One very tough counter.&nbsp; A cybertank nicknamed "ogre".&nbsp; There were several variations on this theme...the Mark III was the 'standard' variety, the Mark IV was the 'fast' one, and the Mark V was the 'heavy' one.<br><br>A couple of years ago he kickstarted a re-release of the game.&nbsp; Very pretty.&nbsp; Way too rich for my budget, tho.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>14-01-2017, 21:15:27</strong>
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				Sorry--meant to answer these earlier.&nbsp; Here you go<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900796#msg12900796">Quote from: Hexed on 12-01-2017, 16:09:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">1) how long ago was the big event that made things so bad?&nbsp; Is the way things are all anyone knows or do people actually remember being there when the shut hit the fan?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Well, the Immortal Emperor managed to pull everything back together 847 years ago, so anyone functionally immortal like the vampires might well be old enough to remember the Cataclysm.&nbsp; (Ghosts don't count because it's kind of hard to get sane and coherent answers out of anything that old.)&nbsp; Ditto for demons. But for bog-standard humans?&nbsp; Not likely.&nbsp; So things are the way they are, and while there's tales about how stuff used to be different, you work with what you have.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900796#msg12900796">Quote from: Hexed on 12-01-2017, 16:09:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">2) I know it's a small crew but is it a new one or a gang trying to reclaim a lost glory?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>This is entirely up to the group.&nbsp; I don't get to dictate stuff like that.&nbsp; :-)&nbsp; Says so right in my rules of engagement...<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12902434#msg12902434">Quote from: Crash on 13-01-2017, 03:44:59</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Or there could be sewer tunnels under the building. ;)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>We will know for sure when the full city maps are released, because one set is supposed to have the sewers and lower canals all marked out.&nbsp; heh heh heh.<br><br>(UPDATING AGAIN?)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>14-01-2017, 21:35:34</strong>
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				I prefer the new gang set up myself, since we are all new to the game it kind of makes sense.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>14-01-2017, 22:58:48</strong>
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				It does make more sense that way. :D<br><br>Hmmm. We also need a leader don't we?<br><br>&lt;.&lt;&nbsp; &gt;.&gt;<br><br>NOT IT!<br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12905763#msg12905763">Quote from: MadPanda on 14-01-2017, 21:15:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Sorry--meant to answer these earlier.&nbsp; Here you go<br><br>Well, the Immortal Emperor managed to pull everything back together 847 years ago, so anyone functionally immortal like the vampires might well be old enough to remember the Cataclysm.&nbsp; (Ghosts don't count because it's kind of hard to get sane and coherent answers out of anything that old.)&nbsp; Ditto for demons. But for bog-standard humans?&nbsp; Not likely.&nbsp; So things are the way they are, and while there's tales about how stuff used to be different, you work with what you have.<br><br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The Reconciled: An association of spirits who have not gone feral with the passage of time<br><br>Hah. Found 'em. Think they'd have something to say about your dissing the ghosts. :D<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12905658#msg12905658">Quote from: MadPanda on 14-01-2017, 20:25:59</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">(laugh)&nbsp; There was this board wargame put out by Steve Jackson Games ages and ages ago called Ogre.&nbsp; It was a (successful) attempt to write a tank-on-tank wargame that wasn't essentially a re-do of Battle of the Bulge...that was solved by giving one side just one counter.&nbsp; One very tough counter.&nbsp; A cybertank nicknamed "ogre".&nbsp; There were several variations on this theme...the Mark III was the 'standard' variety, the Mark IV was the 'fast' one, and the Mark V was the 'heavy' one.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Ahhh. Huh I've not heard of that game. Been a while since I bothered with their stuff though so sounds like I missed out.<br>She'd probably count as a Mark III or V. Although calling her "heavy" at a mere 5'2 is a little much. :)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>14-01-2017, 23:00:47</strong>
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				Leader...I nominate Pumpkin's Spider!<br><br>Tock is not a leader at all.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 20:28:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So we're just waiting on Reiji's character.&nbsp; Feel free to post in the story thread even as you're negotiatin' what to do and where to go, folks.&nbsp; :-)<br><br>UPDATE:<br><br>(reads character sheets)&nbsp; (blinks)&nbsp; (re-reads character sheets)<br><br>How many Keels we got on this crew?&nbsp; (pause for massive response of "YO!")&nbsp; I knew it.&nbsp; We're surrounded by Keels.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 21:45:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I noticed that too.&nbsp; Maybe it is a last name we all took. <br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 22:21:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				More likely that it's simply a fairly common family name.&nbsp; There are only so many of those permitted, if I read the setting information correctly.<br><br>Less likely, but equally amusing, you are in fact all related somehow.&nbsp; Very distantly.&nbsp; Just like myself and half of New England, thanks to Benjamin Franklin's highly active libido.<br><br><br>(No actual bragging rights involved.&nbsp; His mom had an older sister who pops up on my mother's side of the family.&nbsp; I've found some surprising cousins that way.&nbsp; ;D )
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 22:45:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry, I had not realized we were moving the conversation over here.&nbsp; I'm still trying to hash out a few things, but depending on some decisions, my character may be the token 'normal' person in the group.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 22:54:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The other thread was the interest check. This is the actual OOC.&nbsp; &nbsp;;D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 22:57:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				MP, just as a reminder, what specific breeds of girls do we have thus far?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 23:02:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I believe we have four Cats and a Fox.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 23:06:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So noted.<br><br>Also, has anyone made the decision about what we're doing with Ol' Bob Hoskins over here?&nbsp; I would actually vote to be here to kill him for the Red Sashes.&nbsp; (Iruvian sword arts WOO!)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 23:21:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Think that was being plotted then the idea of playing both sides popped up.<br><br>So really...<br><br>I have no clue. :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 23:47:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ah.&nbsp; The Ol' Yojimbo Option.&nbsp; (Sorry, Clint, Mifune did it first.)&nbsp; So noted.<br><br>Also, managed it down to these three:<br><br>http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&amp;s=view&amp;id=3483713<br>http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&amp;s=view&amp;id=3506451<br>http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&amp;s=view&amp;id=3310451&nbsp; (She's the reason I asked if we could do regular peoples.)<br><br>Input?<br><br>Also, GM.&nbsp; If I were to happen to pick to be from Iruvia, would that give me a leg up on learning Sword Arts?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 23:50:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12910826#msg12910826">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-01-2017, 23:47:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ah.&nbsp; The Ol' Yojimbo Option.&nbsp; (Sorry, Clint, Mifune did it first.)&nbsp; So noted.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Sorry, Mifune, Dash Hammett did it first.&nbsp; I know Red Harvest when I see it on the silver screen.&nbsp; &nbsp;:P<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12910826#msg12910826">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-01-2017, 23:47:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Also, managed it down to these three:<br><br>http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&amp;s=view&amp;id=3483713<br>http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&amp;s=view&amp;id=3506451<br>http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&amp;s=view&amp;id=3310451&nbsp; (She's the reason I asked if we could do regular peoples.)<br><br>Input?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I like the Bunny.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12910826#msg12910826">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-01-2017, 23:47:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Also, GM.&nbsp; If I were to happen to pick to be from Iruvia, would that give me a leg up on learning Sword Arts?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>This game puts fiction first.&nbsp; Establish it in the fiction, and you can learn it.&nbsp; I suspect that the actual mechanics of doing so are in version 8, which ain't in our grubby ikkle paws yet.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-01-2017, 23:58:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Right.<br><br>Well, to a certain extent, SOME of the mechanics are there.&nbsp; Sword Arts have three levels - Student, Adept and Master.&nbsp; Acquiring the Master level requires that you expend a Veteran playbook advance to learn the special ability associated with it.&nbsp; Student and Adept levels have no mechanics for acquisition, though this only matters for Adept level mechanically, as the only thing that Student lets you do is advance towards Adept, there is no actual ability for it.<br><br>(Would Sword Arts be Finesse or Skirmish?)<br><br>Also, have we decided which Rank I and II factions are getting + and - ticks, and which Rank III the Crew is doing the same towards?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 00:00:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12910861#msg12910861">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-01-2017, 23:58:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">(Would Sword Arts be Finesse or Skirmish?)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes, depending on what you're doing and the other circumstances involved.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12910861#msg12910861">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-01-2017, 23:58:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Also, have we decided which Rank I and II factions are getting + and - ticks, and which Rank III the Crew is doing the same towards?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I mentioned upthread that I'm contemplating a couple of simplifications to speed this along. Still waiting for feedback from the playgroup.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 00:10:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12900067#msg12900067">Quote from: MadPanda on 12-01-2017, 04:31:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">One other thing I've left aside for now because it's sort of a biggie is letting you all choose your various relationships with the other Factions in Doskvol.&nbsp; And there are a lot of them.&nbsp; Rather than spin out a long discussion on the topic, would you prefer to simplify the process with a shorter list, agree on three total adjustments for the Crew, both of the above or risk the bigger picture?<br><br>For the short list, there are about six or seven factions in and around Crows' Foot that make the most 'natural' points of contact for a new gang in the neighborhood.&nbsp; Obviously the Crows, the Red Sashes, and the Lampblacks are on that list, but there are also the Fog Hounds, the Billhooks, the Bluecoats, and the Citizens of Crow's Foot.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>For reference purposes.<br><br>I would personally risk the bigger picture, because I don't think we're going to be staying in the same place forever.&nbsp; (At least, not if we're successful we're not.)<br><br>If we had to go with one of your proposed options, I would go for the 'three total adjustments,' but I have a unique idea to propose.&nbsp; The game puts the fiction first.&nbsp; Normally, each player is allowed a tick for both positive and negative.&nbsp; If players want to declare their positive or negative tick now, that's fine - but if they don't, they can wait to declare their tick and then explain later to the crew or via flashback what they did previously to earn ire or good graces of said group.<br><br>Also, none of those factions are Tier III - all the criminal groups listed there are I or II, and the Bluecoats are Tier IV.&nbsp; Though if you're letting us spend positive or negative ticks with them, I'll not say no to that.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 00:14:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So that's one vote for Big Picture, which is perfectly okay since the full game is due any moment now.&nbsp; ;D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 00:33:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				In that vein, Big Picture votes:&nbsp; (If we end up going that way.)<br><br>Rank I &amp; II Positive Tick: Ink Rakes<br>Rank I &amp; II Negative Tick:&nbsp; The Dimmer Sisters<br><br>Rank III Positive Tick: Inspectors (the Bluecoats may be the guys who haul you in, but these are the guys who decide whether or not to prosecute you)<br>Rank III Negative Tick: The Weeping Lady
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 02:27:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'd mentioned simple picture myself. :D<br><br>Although if going big pic...<br>Vote time. :D<br><br>Positive I/II The Lost. Gotta lend a hand to the guys helping the small folk after all. And they have pretty good stories to tell. <br><br>Negative I/II Cyphers. Who knew it was a bad thing for those roof runners to get dragged into a large brawl by drunken people. Who knew the messenger folk don't like being&nbsp; physically tossed into a mob of drunk people. :D<br><br><br>Rank III Positive<br>Rank III negative <br><br>Ehhh. no clue on the rank III's. :( 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 02:48:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So lost at this point.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 02:52:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12911357#msg12911357">Quote from: Pumpkin Seeds on 17-01-2017, 02:48:14</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So lost at this point.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>There is a big list of the available factions in Doskvol, and part of crew generation is...well, let's just quote the full process.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">8. Assign Faction Status Ticks<br>Each player assigns a positive tick and a negative tick with any Tier 1 or Tier 2 faction (to represent past interactions). Then, as a group, assign one positive and one negative tick at Tier 3. Say why you have good or bad status with these factions.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>So...each player assigns one positive and one negative tick for any Tier 1 or 2 faction.&nbsp; Then, as a whole, you decide one positive and one negative tick for a pair of Tier 3 factions.<br><br>Yes, this takes a bit of discussion.&nbsp; And that's why I was trying to think of ways to simplify it, so that we would not lose people. Since this is your game as much as mine, I prefer to at least get feedback from all concerned before making command decisions or assigning votes.<br><br>Does that help any, PS?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 03:25:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The process itself isn't complicated.&nbsp; What makes it complicated is that there is an ass-long list of factions - 60+ at last count, and those are only the <em>canonical</em> ones.&nbsp; The faction sheet itself has a bunch of blank spaces, presumably for other factions that may emerge in the process, as well as if the GM decides to introduce a few other factions, as well.<br><br>Moreover, not everyone has access to the book, or QS, or whatever you want to call The Document.&nbsp; I understand not wanting to embrace the Big Picture because of that - but I don't feel that those who <em>have</em> access should be hindered by those who <em>don't</em>, and vice versa.&nbsp; That's why my particular proposal is my favored stance - if people want to assign their Tier I &amp; II ticks now, then we're good to go.&nbsp; On the flipside, the Tier III marks need to be assigned as a group.&nbsp; The fortunate thing for us is that there's only a handful of factions that actually HAVE Tier III (around 15 at last count).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 03:33:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Factions list now added to the folder, for reference.<br><br>You probably <span class="bbc_u">do not want</span> to have come to the attention to anything at Tier IV or higher at this point...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>21-01-2017, 19:41:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				What a week!&nbsp; Okay, back on track.&nbsp; Still waiting for one last character profile, and you are free to jump in to the story thread and start yakking away even as we negotiate your first plan out here in OOCland.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Crash</strong> on <strong>21-01-2017, 21:19:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Going to have to back out of this one.&nbsp; Sorry all.&nbsp; Just to many games and to little time.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>21-01-2017, 21:19:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thanks for the college try, Crash.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>22-01-2017, 04:42:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That means we're out a Leech, right?&nbsp; And now we're just down to the 5 of us?&nbsp; (Not that I'm planning on changing playbooks, a crew of Shadows needs a Lurk.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>22-01-2017, 04:49:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That is correct.&nbsp; We're down a Leech and are now a crew of 5.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>23-01-2017, 01:27:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm thinking either the Dockers or the Citizens of one of the Neighborhoods for the positive I/II tick (Elise is the beloved bar wench at the local tavern after all) and definitely the crows for the negative (guess to whom she owes her massive gambling debts...)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>23-01-2017, 04:05:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If we went with Citizens, I know which one I would pick, but I'd like to hear arguments about where and why.<br><br>(Also, MP, if you have a moment, move to YIM.&nbsp; I have a particular question I'd like to resolve, one of those 'last pesky dot' sorts that will help finish the last 5% of my character.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>23-01-2017, 05:29:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				In your own time, Private Hargrave...&nbsp; :P
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>23-01-2017, 05:44:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I don't know if you remember our discussion on my character's Vice, but if it's not one of the standard ones from the book, how would we go about making a purveyor?<br><br>(Alternately, I might have a more standard one, based on a picture I found.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>23-01-2017, 05:46:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Your suggested vice falls under Luxury, as I'm pretty sure I mentioned before.&nbsp; If none of the listed purveyors really strike you as good, make me an offer and we'll work from there.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>23-01-2017, 05:50:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Which neighborhood would we be based in?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>23-01-2017, 05:58:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As per the starting situation, you are in Crow's Foot.<br><br>Reference:&nbsp; QS Setting Summary (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz7zTX6bG0A9OXBZTW54WTBKUVE)<br><br>ETA: I also remembered to put an old map in there!&nbsp; This particular item seems to have dropped off the QS around version 7 for some reason...probably because there was a teensy problem with the maps having all been inverted.&nbsp; The green square is where my first BitD group decided The Drop ought to go.<br><br>Crow's Foot Map<br>&nbsp;(https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz7zTX6bG0A9WGUwWmdXNkY2QzA)<br>(In other news, the go-live date for the official PDF launch is January 30!&nbsp; I'm breathless with anticipation.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>23-01-2017, 06:35:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alright, now that that's done, last I remember, we were talking about pitting the two sides against each other in a war?&nbsp; How are we planning on going about that?<br><br>(Trust me, I'm all for not getting lassoed in and then destroyed, I just would like to know how.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>30-01-2017, 02:38:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Gosh, it's quiet in here! Did we lose everybody?<br><br>Official launch of version 8 is tomorrow, probably while I'm at work.&nbsp; I will post any needed changes and updates for folks as best I can.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>30-01-2017, 02:44:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm still here. I guess I still have to post the answers to those questions though....
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>30-01-2017, 02:55:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, you're good.&nbsp; You're also on the board (and possibly in a poor tactical position).&nbsp; It's the rest of your lovely little gang that worries me.&nbsp; :P
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>30-01-2017, 03:09:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Also got the e-mail announcing ABitD, so I should be getting that tomorrow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>30-01-2017, 03:17:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yep--those of us with official KS'd copies will have a few more options...but for now, this project should stay simple and quick-starty.&nbsp; Time enough to change things around later-er.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>30-01-2017, 14:38:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, that reminds me, I found another picture a few days ago.&nbsp; I realize I already posted Yonah, but I thought that maybe people could chime in and see if they like this one over the one I used.<br><br>http://68.media.tumblr.com/ea40455fcb8f54628dfdf302c2082c96/tumblr_oiluf8Xup11ripxywo1_1280.png
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>30-01-2017, 16:09:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Huh. I've not been informed. :(&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>Guess I'll check tonight. Given not much of a planner either I'll try getting a post tonight.&nbsp; Time is vanishing fast lately. I'll blame tales of beseria.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dilaculo</strong> on <strong>31-01-2017, 00:31:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm around, I'm around! Just got distracted by college, and the quietness of the thread lulled me into a sense of lethargy with things.<br><br>Also, looking through my copy of the Release, and there are some changes - and more detail here and there. My Electroplasmic Ammo has its own clock that attracts the attention of the Spirit Wardens, now. Eesh. Sharpshooter has also been changed - a Push benefit instead of Potency. Still going to keep it - lets me unleash a suppressing salvo or take impossible shots. Some changes to my Animal Companion, too - a Cohort proper!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>31-01-2017, 02:21:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12944733#msg12944733">Quote from: Hexed on 30-01-2017, 16:09:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Huh. I've not been informed. :(&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>Guess I'll check tonight. Given not much of a planner either I'll try getting a post tonight.&nbsp; Time is vanishing fast lately. I'll blame tales of beseria.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>It is possible I was too subtle.&nbsp; Story thread is here:&nbsp; https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261480.0 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261480.0)<br>Place yourselves on the board, folks. Let's get rolling.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm around, I'm around! Just got distracted by college, and the quietness of the thread lulled me into a sense of lethargy with things.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes, I understand.&nbsp; Work does that to me all the time.&nbsp; Only problem is, if everyone goes to sleep, nothing happens...&nbsp; :P<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Also, looking through my copy of the Release, and there are some changes - and more detail here and there. My Electroplasmic Ammo has its own clock that attracts the attention of the Spirit Wardens, now. Eesh. Sharpshooter has also been changed - a Push benefit instead of Potency. Still going to keep it - lets me unleash a suppressing salvo or take impossible shots. Some changes to my Animal Companion, too - a Cohort proper!</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>That's why I'm hoping to update folks on any changes.<br><br>OH! And here...<br><br>http://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark-downloads/ (http://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark-downloads/)<br><br>To tide you over until the blades website is fully up and running.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>31-01-2017, 02:35:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12945900#msg12945900">Quote from: MadPanda on 31-01-2017, 02:21:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It is possible I was too subtle.&nbsp; Story thread is here:&nbsp; https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261480.0 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261480.0)<br>Place yourselves on the board, folks. Let's get rolling.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Nope! I mean I didn't get an email about the book going actual print and not just early version. :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>31-01-2017, 02:39:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				D'oh!<br>Print is expected in April, I think.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>31-01-2017, 02:53:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yup. FInally got notice about pdf upgrade. They have changed so much. O.O<br><br><br>If silly tab will stop trying to constantly load something I'm working on post now! :D<br><br>And posted. Here's hoping that came out as planned. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>31-01-2017, 05:18:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As promised, we have a few adjustments!<br><br>Elise, no change.<br><br>Ogre, your special ability now reads thusly:<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Not to be Trifled With</strong>: You can push yourself to do one of the following: perform a feat of physical force that verges on the superhuman--engage a small gang on equal footing in close combat.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Lanara, your special ability now reads:<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Sharpshooter</strong>: You can push yourself to do one of the following: make a ranged attack at extreme distance beyond what’s normal for the weapon—unleash a barrage of rapid fire to suppress the enemy.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Talitha, dahlink, I think yours is still pretty much as it was...<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Weaving the Web</strong>: You gain +1d to Consort when you gather information on a target for a score. You get +1d to the engagement roll for that operation.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yonah, yours is a bit odder than it was.<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Infiltrator</strong>: You are not affected by quality or Tier when you bypass security measures.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>...which struck me as a teensy bit unfair to the Lurk before I realized that it means that you <em>don't suffer a lessened effect just because they have Tier V quality locks.</em><br><br>And of course all Factions now have only two stages to their Hold...Weak or Strong.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 18:14:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Moar Updates!&nbsp; As those of us who have our pdf copies of the core book pore over them, we hit a couple of new mechanics that should make part of this setup much, much, much easier.&nbsp; (Lookin' at you, Pumpkin Seeds, 'cause I know the whole faction thing was puzzling you.)<br><br>In short, this is how Faction relations are now handled, and I'm going to do it this way because it's a LOT cleaner.&nbsp; This is provisional and may change according to input.&nbsp; My choices below are derived from the starting situation, your commentary in OOC, and the fact that you've chosen a reputation of "strange" which lends itself to the mysterious and ooky.&nbsp; :-)<br><br>You start at <strong>Tier 0</strong> with <strong>Weak Hold</strong> and <strong>2 Coin</strong>.<br><br><strong>You took your Hunting Ground from The Crows.&nbsp; Choose one:</strong><br>Pay them one Coin for the right to work your turf.<br>Pay them two Coins as a sign of respect and start with +1 Status<br>Keep your money and tick them off--start with -1 Status<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>When you took one upgrade, you had support from a second faction.&nbsp; Given the situation in Crow's Foot, this was probably the Red Sashes (I'm getting the impression you folks don't like the Lampblacks).&nbsp; Choose one:</strong><br>Start with +1 Status at no cost.<br>Pay them a Coin as a sign of respect and start with +2 Status.<br><br><strong>When you took the other upgrade, you hurt a third faction...the Lampblacks.&nbsp; Choose one:</strong><br>Start with -2 Status at no further cost.<br>Assuage your guilty feelings by paying them a Coin and start with -1 Status.<br><br><strong>Finally, your good friend Fitz (and his collection of oddments and peculiarities) has his own relationships.</strong><br><strong>The Reconciled</strong> like the guy.&nbsp; You get <strong>+1</strong> Status with them.<br>He's at odds with the <strong>Dimmer Sisters</strong>.&nbsp; You get <strong>-1</strong> Status with them.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 18:18:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey, Bunnygirl!&nbsp; This needs an answer tout de suite!<br><br>Have the Red Sashes ever tried to recruit you ? What happened? You, uh, don't secretly work for them, do you?&nbsp; I mean, you ARE Iruvian. And apparently learning a sword style...<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Remember I said no private notes to the GM?</div><div class="spoiler_body">Reiji wanted to pick up one of the Iruvian sword styles.&nbsp; I was waiting to see if the rules would expand on the how of it, but they don't.&nbsp; So here's how I'm handling this.&nbsp; First, the Bunny chooses which of the two styles she wants to pursue.&nbsp; Second, this will be her her long-term downtime project clock.&nbsp; Easy peasy.</div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 18:31:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'll get rolling on the Sword style thing, and whether or not I actually work for the Reds, ASAP.&nbsp; I'm still reading over the book to see if I want to change up my selected ability, since while it DOES definitely boost my ability to B&amp;E, the original Infiltrator also included a bonus to gathering info.<br><br>Also, not suffering penalty for Tier or Quality only works when you're going up against bigger guys than yourself - good for when you're starting out, less useful for when you're part of the big scene.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 18:33:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, there were enough changes that a second round of thinking is not a bad idea.<br><br>In the meantime, post in the story thread, please.&nbsp; We still need to get going, and everybody seems to be forgetting to put themselves on the board.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 18:36:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Right.&nbsp; My bad.&nbsp; Technical question to ask, though.&nbsp; Can we go back later to get the hardcover book at cost if we didn't take it the first time around?&nbsp; The KS page said we were supposed to get a code for it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 18:41:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Now THAT'S a private message sort of question!&nbsp; YIM it.&nbsp; YIM it good.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 18:58:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I vote we spend at least one of our coin in order to stay on the good side of the Crows - of course Elise already owes them piles of cash anyway, so it's a little bit selfish on her part...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 19:08:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				GM, as question, what can we get for 1 Coin, again?<br><br>I do actually have mixed feelings over the removal of the Firm Hold level.&nbsp; On the one hand, it helps speed along Tier progression - upgrade Hold, upgrade Tier, repeat until done.&nbsp; At the same time, with the original Weak/Firm/Strong setup, you could take an extra fill-up of Rep to boost up to Strong, and then upgrade tier and constantly be shifting between Firm and Strong Hold as you go up the tiers.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 19:12:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12956231#msg12956231">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 04-02-2017, 19:08:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">GM, as question, what can we get for 1 Coin, again?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>It's an abstract value.&nbsp; When a specific amount comes up as needed, I'll let you know.&nbsp; Suffice to say that 1 Coin is roughly equal to a month's wages for an honest job, that anything more than 4 Coin is awkward to just leave lying around, and that most bribes to the Bluecoats will run you anywhere from 1 Coin to Wanted Level +3 Coin.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12956231#msg12956231">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 04-02-2017, 19:08:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I do actually have mixed feelings over the removal of the Firm Hold level.&nbsp; On the one hand, it helps speed along Tier progression - upgrade Hold, upgrade Tier, repeat until done.&nbsp; At the same time, with the original Weak/Firm/Strong setup, you could take an extra fill-up of Rep to boost up to Strong, and then upgrade tier and constantly be shifting between Firm and Strong Hold as you go up the tiers.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Talk to John Harper, man.&nbsp; We work with what we have.&nbsp; :P&nbsp; And I don't really want to belabor the changes between iterations here.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 19:14:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay.&nbsp; Arbitrary value it is.&nbsp; Probably going to deal with the personal question on the table before I answer this one.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 19:23:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				One other thing, folks!<br><br>As the dice have not&nbsp; hit the table, should you have a copy of the rules at your disposal and you decide you want to change something like, say, your current action dots, go right ahead...so long as you maintain the dots you got from your playbook, it's all good.&nbsp; <br><br>As soon as someone makes form-fillable PDFs for the new official character and crew sheets, I will be updating what's in the Koneko House Blend folder as well.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 19:32:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alright.&nbsp; Made my initial post for Yonah.&nbsp; Still trying to decide if I should give her a nick or if I should continue the joke.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 19:48:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Dilaculo, Pumpin Seeds, you two are up!<br><br>Somebody will have to respond verbally to Bazzer, please...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 20:12:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Was planning on the more plotting ones to answer Bazzer. :)<br><br>If it's votes for the startup... 1 coin to the crows to keep from pissing them off. And no coins to the rest. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 23:55:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I will.&nbsp; Just doing a stent of work.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 00:11:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				OK!&nbsp; No worries.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dilaculo</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 20:26:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The fox is in the henhouse, and they welcomed her inside~.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 20:29:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				yaaaay!&nbsp; Now we just have to let your Spider chip in, and ol' Bazzer can respond to that question...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 20:32:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Question to the GM.<br><br>When I pick Little Bunny's sword art, is she automatically a student, or what?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 20:36:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				To quote page 234:<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">When you achieve the rank of student in an Iruvian sword art, you receive permission to study the fundamentals of your chosen style.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Since her background has established the likelihood of this knowledge, she's a Student.&nbsp; <em>Someone else</em> would have to make this their long-term project for downtime or at the very least establish a teacher in the fiction.<br><br>Bunny's project is adding the Adept level competency to her repertoire.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 20:41:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Right.<br><br>Falling Star or Rising Moon...the RS practice the former, but you do get a pretty sweet ability for it, though that would raise the chance that Yonah has thrown in with them on this one.<br><br><br>EDIT: MP, something of notice on the Falling Star special.&nbsp; It notes that the sash is like an overlong scarf weighted at the tips, and can be used as climbing gear or to help break a fall.&nbsp; Would that make it part of load, then?&nbsp; Or is that effectively <em>one of these pieces of gear</em>?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 21:48:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Good question.&nbsp; Cross my palm with Coin, o supplicant, and I shall contemplate an answer at leisure.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 22:19:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So what would Silk be rolling to convince our friend here that her and her crew are at his disposal for his rise to power and would her Web ability come into play as she researched him and his likes?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 22:25:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12959186#msg12959186">Quote from: MadPanda on 05-02-2017, 21:48:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Good question.&nbsp; Cross my palm with Coin, o supplicant, and I shall contemplate an answer at leisure.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I would, were I not a broke little Bunny with naught much to her person...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 22:28:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				An excellent question!&nbsp; So you're trying to persuade ol' Bazzer that you are on his side in this (whether or not it is true).&nbsp; This is probably either a <em>Consort</em> or <em>Sway</em> action, and the main difference between them is whether or not you care about the feelings of the target.&nbsp; Either might work here, depending on how Silk feels about the&nbsp; man (he <em>is</em> charming, after all, if ruthless).<br><br><strong>Web</strong> might come into play if you are currently running a score against ol' Bazzie and are playing nice with intent to betray if not murder him.&nbsp; But we have not yet established for sure whether you guys just don't like the Lampblacks or if you're secretly gunning for them because reasons.&nbsp; :-)<br><br>Does that help?<br><br><br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 22:32:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12959306#msg12959306">Quote from: MadPanda on 05-02-2017, 22:28:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br>playing nice with intent to betray if not murder him.&nbsp; <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Are we playing Blades in the Dark?<br><br>And is he potentially standing in our way of fortunate and glory?<br><br>(Or maybe he just got on the wrong end of an Iruvian Bunny.&nbsp; <strong>Look at the bones!</strong>)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 22:36:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh she is looking to betray him.&nbsp; Silk is not here to be second to anyone.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>05-02-2017, 22:40:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Are we playing Blades in the Dark?<br><br>And is he potentially standing in our way of fortunate and glory?<br><br>(Or maybe he just got on the wrong end of an Iruvian Bunny.&nbsp; Look at the bones!)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Well, in the Bunny's case, she has motive.&nbsp; And I do get the general impression that you lot don't like him very much to begin with...but there are also are a LOT of people between you and Tier VI, just sayin'...<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh she is looking to betray him.&nbsp; Silk is not here to be second to anyone.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Okay!&nbsp; And she doesn't care about keeping friendly in the future, so this is almost certainly going to fall under Sway.&nbsp; However, if all you're going to do at the moment is smile and agree with him that he can count on your support (while lying through your teeth, of course), then no roll is needed just yet.<br><br>Edit-to-clarify: if you are hoping to use your agreement as leverage to get him to do something other than offer you the job that he's got in mind, then we can roll!&nbsp; :-)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>06-02-2017, 00:19:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You are right in that I don't like Baz, however, to a certain extent it's not his fault.&nbsp; My initial dislike of him was that throughout the QS scenario to get people rolling, he was the one in the unenviable position of forcing the initial crew to take a side in an oncoming gang war.&nbsp; It could have just as easily been Mylera in his place, in which case she would have earned my ire, for forcing a bunch of newbies to take sides when the best thing to do is simply stand back and let the war happen while they try and survive.<br><br>It's like in <em>Fistful of Dollars</em> - Eastwood isn't interested in the war between the Rojos and the Baxters, at least not initially.&nbsp; He just wants to go about his business.&nbsp; Same deal here.<br><br>Over time, and in my own fiction, Baz has taken on a bit of a life of his own, and thus...<br><br>Another question, however.&nbsp; The <em>Strange</em> reputation has a lot of elements of the spooky and supernatural...and we lack a Whisper or even Attune.&nbsp; Do we want to reconsider?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>06-02-2017, 01:24:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Funny you should mention that, because if it isn't Bazzer, it's Mylera or Lyssa doing the offering!&nbsp; (That's how the QS was written, at any rate.)&nbsp; Besides, at this level the usual term for a neutral faction is Dee Owe Ayy.<br><br>Just because you don't have any dots in Attune doesn't mean you can't Attune.&nbsp; It just means that without pushing yourself or taking a Devil's Bargain, you're rolling two dice and taking the worse result.<br><br>Also, I mentioned something about secondary characters in case the first one overindulges, yeah?&nbsp; You just don't have a Whisper at this very moment.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>11-02-2017, 19:40:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				There's your sales pitch, ladies!&nbsp; Bazzer wants you to steal the Red Sashes's treasury.&nbsp; Or at least most of it.&nbsp; ;D<br><br>Prying you away from their good graces while maybe picking up a little extra silver is worth having to pretend he's not still really annoyed with you cute little playthings, I suppose.&nbsp; &nbsp; XD<br><br>If you would like to decide that you're here to assassinate his arse on behalf of the Sashes, now's the time!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>11-02-2017, 20:02:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alright.&nbsp; Are we going to kill him now and make a run for it, or a causal stroll out of here for it?&nbsp; Or are we going to see if we can practice our Man With No Name tendencies?<br><br>MP, if I wanted Yonah to do that, would that be Prowl?&nbsp; It'd be acting from surprise.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>11-02-2017, 20:48:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, first we have to establish if that's what the crew as a whole intends to do!&nbsp; If you decide to accept the job instead...killing the client outright is kind of bad for your rep, innit?<br><br>IF that's how this is gonna go down, then you decide on what type of plan you came up with before all this started and provide the necessarily detail.&nbsp; Then the Engagement roll tells us how close to the plan the situation comes.<br><br>THEN we worry about individual action rolls, possibly including flashbacks.<br><br>UPDATE: and no, I don't think it would be Prowl.&nbsp; Surprise attack?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; But you aren't behind him or in a position to sneak up.&nbsp; He knows you're there.&nbsp; His gang knows you're there.&nbsp; And this being Bazzer, <em>who knows you don't like him to begin with</em>?&nbsp; It possibly isn't that much of a surprise if you try something so direct.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>11-02-2017, 23:33:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Silk is still more about playing factions against each other.&nbsp; Obviously killing one off would be to her dislike, at least initially.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 00:17:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				(nods)&nbsp; So noted!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 01:18:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Velvet's never been averse to helping herself, I mean, um, her team, to a little extra cash. There is that bad blood between her and Baz though
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 01:27:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A scoundrel's life is full of tough choices, innit?&nbsp; (/Ursula the Sea Witch)<br><br>Part of what I like about this game is that whichever path you take through the decision tree matters...so even if every path through the decision tree is an exercise in Morton's Fork, it still makes a difference.&nbsp; &nbsp;:-)&nbsp; Besides, you're not just scoundrels, you're <em>badass</em> scoundrels.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 04:19:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So we're not going with the plan to kill Baz now?&nbsp; How many others are we waiting to chime in?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 05:17:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				At the moment we have what I believe comes down to one yes, one no, and one sorta-maybe...which might be a no.&nbsp; And there are five of you.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 05:35:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If the group wants to pit him off against the Reds so that we can be in the good graces of the Crows when both groups annihilate each other, then I'm fine with that.&nbsp; Being an Iruvian, though, means that I will NEVER like this guy.&nbsp; So there is that.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 05:42:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, I wasn't expecting you to <em>like</em> him.&nbsp; Imma look at Bazzer through crosshairs, just like every other NPC in the setting...<br><br>Knowing whether or not you (as a Crew) are committed to his elimination is just kind of important, y'know?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 19:05:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Not liking him and not wanting on his bad side yet are two different things. :D<br><br>While the fight might be interesting it's my opinion that we're not nearly strong enough to blatently kill him at the moment. Biting our tongues and being sorta rude maybe but not outright killing him.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 19:13:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12975232#msg12975232">Quote from: Hexed on 12-02-2017, 19:05:09</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Not liking him and not wanting on his bad side yet are two different things. :D</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Just so!<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg12975232#msg12975232">Quote from: Hexed on 12-02-2017, 19:05:09</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">While the fight might be interesting it's my opinion that we're not nearly strong enough to blatently kill him at the moment. Biting our tongues and being sorta rude maybe but not outright killing him.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>One yes, two no, one maybesorta no.&nbsp; Sounds like the assassination is not the plan.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 20:50:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Fair enough.&nbsp; If it's not enough for us to kill him and escape at the moment, then it's not enough.&nbsp; We have other means by which we can be rid of him...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 20:51:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Instead, you have a whole 'nother job...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 21:03:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				GM.&nbsp; Lore question.<br><br>The Red Sashes practice Falling Star arts.&nbsp; Do Iruvian sword academies allow practitioners of other styles in their own midst?&nbsp; IE, would they have bothered to try and recruit Yonah if she was a Rising Moon user?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 21:32:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				This is a question for which there is no answer in canon.&nbsp; (holds out palm to be crossed with silver, smiles wickedly)&nbsp; We can always play to find out, neh?&nbsp; It could very easily go either way!&nbsp; Do they embrace you as a fellow Iruvian and turn a blind eye to your using the 'wrong' style?&nbsp; Or are they still mad about that time with the guy and the thing eight hundred years ago that started a major blood feud?<br><br>Personally, I would prefer to leave this ambiguous for the moment so that we can explore the possibility of old Iruvian customs in later depth (as, say, a Complication from a score or a failed Consort or Sway action or something).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 22:17:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So noted.<br><br>GM, question to the table.&nbsp; Game staff has ruled that a Falling Star sash is an item, but with zero load.&nbsp; The text regarding the sash says that you may use it 'as climbing gear,' but would the sash by itself be able to fully replace climbing gear?&nbsp; &nbsp;According to the equipment list in the book, climbing gear consists of rope, grappling hooks, chalk dust, hammer &amp; pitons, a harness...I could see the sash replacing the rope (obviously) and the grappling hooks (the weighted tips), but the rest of the gear?&nbsp; I will note I have submitted this question to game staff, as well, so an official response might be forthcoming, but in the meantime...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 22:21:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It may be used as part of the climbing gear, and <em>depending on the circumstances established in the fiction</em>, in lieu of 'normal' climbing gear.&nbsp; That is, for some climbing jobs that would only need a rope and a hook, you're golden.&nbsp; For something needing the rest of it?&nbsp; You better have the hammer, pitons, et cetera.<br><br>Fiction first.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 22:23:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alright.&nbsp; So if I just want to just climb up a drainpipe, the sash will be fine on its own.&nbsp; Rappelling down the side of a building to come in through the second story?&nbsp; Not so much.<br><br>EDIT: Frag it.&nbsp; My pragmatism has won out.&nbsp; GM, Yonah's an Initiate/Student of Falling Star.&nbsp; Maybe if I was playing another book, but having the sash is just too damn useful to ignore.<br><br>EDIT 2: GM, other thing.&nbsp; There are people who go to the Red Sash Academy but aren't part of the gang, right?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 22:24:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Exactly so.<br><br>Edit in regards to update question #2...you do realize the school is their headquarters, right?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 22:52:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm aware, yeah.&nbsp; But...ugh, I hate having to draw lines like this.&nbsp; Not everyone that goes in and out of that school is a Blade.&nbsp; Definitely the higher-ups, for sure, but can't there just be some Iruvians or nobles who just want to learn a damn sword style and not get mixed up in this crap?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 23:01:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Please stop trying to get me to fill in all the blanks in this setting before they actually come up in the course of play...and <em>play to find out</em>.<br><br>You're thieves.&nbsp; This is a grim setting, even if I'm imposing a bit of colorful whimsy on top of it.&nbsp; You will occasionally cross lines and hurt people who weren't your intended target.<br><br><br><br>EDITED: for clarity of intended point.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 23:09:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Then whatever questions are left will have to go unanswered for the time being.<br><br>Am I a Falling Star user?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; Did Mylera try and recruit me when she found out?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; Everything else is dust and wind.<br><br>Also, can we get the rest of the people in here?&nbsp; This is starting to sound like an echo chamber.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>12-02-2017, 23:33:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				pfft. What would I know about fancy sword swinging? I know the swordies work with the dockers so their good in my books but I also know we're currently in the middle of a very large amount of foes. Unless the tinkering one's planted LOTS of explosives I really don't think we'd survive starting anything right now.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dilaculo</strong> on <strong>13-02-2017, 14:32:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Lenore would've gone for the job to kill 'im, but right up in his face, with bravos around, probably isn't best. A quieter insertion later, perhaps. Doesn't stop her from being ready to throw down, though, or keeping an escape in mind should things go south. Potentially pissing off the Sashes is a decision of its own, but one we can think about and plan more around... and how we can use it to put the Lampblacks in the crosshairs, if we want to go down that route.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>17-02-2017, 02:28:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm going to go ahead and vote that the lure of sweet sweet cash trumps survival this time around.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2017, 02:38:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If we want to pretend we're on the Lampblacks' side, that's fine by Yonah, but she's going to tell you that a rogue never forgets when they've been wronged.&nbsp; And we've wronged the Lampblacks especially; we might make nice with them now, but all it'll take is one thing and we'll be back on their shit-list.&nbsp; OTOH, a friend is a friend unless you majorly backstab them.&nbsp; IE, we're in good with the Reds now, we should stay that way and make sure that the Lampblacks get wiped off the map.&nbsp; (Who takes over their territory and whatnot is a secondary matter.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>18-02-2017, 17:11:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				From Silk's prospective she intends to keep the Reds close but the Lampblacks closed as they are her enemies.&nbsp; She has no illusions about them being friends but I think she would envision this being a bleeding them dry before killing them tactic.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>23-02-2017, 05:30:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sooooo...that's a "no thanks" to Bazzer's job I'm hearing, right?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>23-02-2017, 10:46:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Is that the consensus...to turn it down and kill him?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>23-02-2017, 14:46:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Or is it turn down this particular job and go do something else?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>23-02-2017, 19:13:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I've been hearing that it's not a good idea to try and kill him here and now, since he'll be expecting something, and we're probably also surrounded by his men - so unless the assassination plan involves some sort of big distraction, I don't think we're in a position to do it.<br><br>As for the job...<em>Yonah</em> would say turn it down, but that would be anticipated; there's options for us if we do decide to take it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-03-2017, 18:58:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, so you're turning down the job, and someone will hopefully tell Bazzer this so that we can move the story thread forward a bit.&nbsp; :-)<br><br><em>Soooooo</em>...what next?&nbsp; Are you going to pursue an opportunity around your hunting grounds (that is, add one of the many territorial claims to your holding)?&nbsp; That's a score!&nbsp; Are you going to poke around and wait for opportunity to come knocking (ie have another NPC show up with a job)?&nbsp; I have a couple more on file.&nbsp; Wait like good little law abiding citizens for the other shoe to drop?&nbsp; (Shame on me for even suggesting such a passive approach!)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>04-03-2017, 19:02:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Did we get a consensus?&nbsp; I know that I said I would turn it down, but I'm not so sure about the rest.<br><br>As for <em>if we are</em> turning it down, I would be up for adding a claim to the crew's list, since that has potential benefits for the group.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-03-2017, 19:08:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				In the absence of other players chiming in, that's what it looks like to your ever-lovin' GM.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>05-03-2017, 01:24:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				OK - so we turn him down but do the whole coquette act so he thinks we're just playing hard to get, and while we're waiting, we work to pick up a territory. I can go with that.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>05-03-2017, 01:45:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I should probably make sure everybody knows what I'm talking about when I reference picking up a claim, huh?&nbsp; :P<br><br>Okay, first of all, here's our lovely little band of naughty catgirls, minus certain details because we haven't thought of a name yet.<br>https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz7zTX6bG0A9UEhWY29CREhvR0k (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz7zTX6bG0A9UEhWY29CREhvR0k)<br><br>What we're looking at for purposes of this discussion is that bunch of squares on the left side of the page, all centered on your <strong>Lair</strong>.&nbsp; The easiest ones to seize are (going clockwise, starting at the box to the right of your Lair) Turf, Covert Drops, Informants, and Luxury Fence.&nbsp; All of these currently belong to someone else so in order to claim one of them, you basically have to run a Score to seize it.&nbsp; This is handled like any other score, and if you succeed you add the claim to your map.<br><br>You can also just try to seize a claim on the map that isn't immediately connected to your Lair, but it's going to be correspondingly tougher to take (and hold!).<br><br>Clear as mud?<br><br>And this is why it isn't all that big a deal that you aren't interested in Bazzer's score!&nbsp; There's <em>plenty</em> to do in Crow's Foot.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>05-03-2017, 18:03:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				clear as mud and twice as clean. :D<br><br>Personally I'd say we should head for informants or turf. With a higher concern for informants. Extra info should be nice and that opens up an infirmary. Which would probably be very useful to a starting group.<br><br><br>Leaving him thinking he just needs a richer recruitment tactic is best as we very much don't want to rock the boat that much with the bigger fish. Least not till we've nibbled on 'em and grown ourselves.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>18-03-2017, 18:57:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Is someone going to answer Baz?<br><br>Or is this project dead?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>19-03-2017, 00:28:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Let me think for a bit and see what I can come up with.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>19-03-2017, 00:31:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				OK<br>I expected slow.&nbsp; Slow is okay.&nbsp; This?&nbsp; is worrying.<br><br>UPDATE: Thanks, Idle.&nbsp; You gave me just enough to move this ahead.&nbsp; And now Bazzer thinks you've taken the job!&nbsp; So you've got time to do other things before you have to worry about him again.<br><br>There is now a running clock.&nbsp; Occasionally one segment at a time will 'fill'.&nbsp; Guess what happens if it fills all the way up and you haven't done the job?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>29-03-2017, 06:10:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, gang, I <em>really</em> need you to start chiming in so that we can figure out what our lovely crew will do next!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>29-03-2017, 07:39:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm kind of waiting on the four people who haven't responded yet.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>29-03-2017, 12:07:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Same here. :(<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>29-03-2017, 14:50:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Unfortunately, while I have heard from one of them, the other two did not answer my PM.&nbsp; So I will say go for it and we will work with what we have.&nbsp; I appreciate that you are both being courteous and giving them a chance to chip in, but at this point please just move.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>30-03-2017, 02:16:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				BTW - Did we ever agree on a crew name?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>30-03-2017, 02:44:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Nope.&nbsp; You are still in my notes as quote our lovely crew unquote.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>30-03-2017, 02:52:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Why don't we just call it that? The Lovely Crew
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>30-03-2017, 02:57:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				And I see you're going with both jobs.&nbsp; Heh heh heh.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>30-03-2017, 04:11:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It might work.&nbsp; I'm sure Mylera would be willing to give up part of her treasury if it means decapitating the Lampblacks.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>30-03-2017, 05:03:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Better hope you can actually convince them it's for a good cause. They just may want that part of the treasury back instead. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>30-03-2017, 15:18:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry for the silence.&nbsp; Going to be coming back.&nbsp; Gotta catch up on OOC chatter to see what we're doing!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>31-03-2017, 00:49:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That being said, do you guys want me to wait for Yonah and Silk to post, or should I go ahead and reply to Ogre?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>31-03-2017, 01:00:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Go for it. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>01-04-2017, 18:28:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, while all this is going on...<br><br>Last I heard, you were okay with taking on a quickie score to establish a claim, yes?&nbsp; (As it turns out, the claim maps have changed!&nbsp; I will update the gang sheet when I can, but it'll be a sloppy handwritten scan unless someone's done form fillable.)&nbsp; Your options are now Loyal Fence, Turf, Covert Drops, or Informants.<br><br>Hexed is leaning toward Turf or Informants.&nbsp; How about the rest of you?&nbsp; Input is a goodness...<br><br>+ + +<br><br>And it is now established that you HAVE accepted the Red Sashes' job to kill ol' Bazzer, but have yet to act on it!&nbsp; A second Clock is now started with one segment ticked.&nbsp; <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Clock 2</div><div class="spoiler_body">Myrlena's Patience (1/4)</div></div><br>+ + +<br><br>So...Fitz.&nbsp; How do you know the guy?<br><br>+ + +<br><br>And where is your headquarters?&nbsp; Obviously, since you are Tier 0, this isn't going to be a luxury penthouse suite or anything.&nbsp; But what is it?&nbsp; It's hidden, it's got living quarters in, and
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>02-04-2017, 02:24:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'd say go with Turf for expansion as well. As for where, I'd assume it would be close to the docks, near the bar where Elise works.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>03-04-2017, 07:39:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I say Turf.<br><br>But being new to the rules I kind of want to know how are these ideas we're discussing going to translate into rule actions.&nbsp; So far as I can tell we are looking to do a scam on two parties here by stealing from the Red Sashes and also killing Brazo.&nbsp; <br><br>So kinda...where to do we start rule wise?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>06-04-2017, 04:46:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, hopefully I will be able to answer this without losing you in the details.&nbsp; The summary sheets I posted admitted don't do much to help fill in the gaps.<br><br>Right now, we are in the part of the game flow called "free play" where the characters interact, have scenes, shoot the bull, what have you.&nbsp; Maybe the rules come into it as needed, but usually not.<br><br>This changes when you decide on the target of your next <strong>score</strong> and the type of <strong>plan</strong> you want to use to accomplish the goal involved.&nbsp; Each of the six types of plan requires a player-supplied detail, and then we use something called the <strong>engagement roll</strong> to see how well things are going when your brave little scoundrels hit the first unforeseen complication.&nbsp; (We don't roleplay out the hours of actual planning, nor do we need to go through the entire build-up.&nbsp; In good cinematic fashion, we cut to the exciting part of the story!)<br><br>After the engagement roll, you get to take <strong>actions</strong> and use <strong>flashbacks</strong> to overcome the things standing between you and a successful score.&nbsp; Sometimes you take <strong>consequences</strong>, of which injuries are one easily identified type, and sometimes you will be able to <strong>resist</strong> these fully, trading some of your <strong>stress pool</strong> for being able to carry on regardless...but whatever happens, things fail forward all the time!&nbsp; There is no such thing as a 'whiff' in this game.<br><br>Note that they are called 'actions', not skills.&nbsp; You're professional badass criminals.&nbsp; You know what you're doing.&nbsp; You are awesome, even when you fail...and you will often skirt the edge of failure, because that lets you showcase how badass you really are.&nbsp; When bad stuff happens, you can suck it up, take a couple of stress points, and keep rolling along.&nbsp; When unforeseen problems arise, you get to flashback to show how you thought of this and came prepared.&nbsp; And because you choose your Load but don't define what you're carrying until you need it...you will almost always have just what you need at least once.<br><br>After the score, win, lose, or break-even, you go into Downtime where the gang (hopefully) divides the spoils, deals with Heat and Entanglements, takes their downtime actions...and thus goes back into free play for a while until they find a new Score to pursue.<br><br>Does that make sense?<br><br>Now, as for our Lovely Crew...<br><br>1.&nbsp; Bazzer thinks they have accepted his proposed job, albeit reluctantly.&nbsp; That's good.&nbsp; You've bought yourself a little time where he's concerned, but the Lampblacks really don't like you (-2 Status) so any excuse to fuck you up will do.<br><br>2.&nbsp; You have (apparently) accepted a job from Myrlena of the Red Sashes, specifically to kill ol' Bazzer...but have wisely decided that whacking him in his own headquarters with a lot of Lampblacks standing around wasn't a good idea.&nbsp; You probably want to take some downtime actions to prepare for the killing run, whenever that happens.&nbsp; Just as long as the Sashes don't run out of patience or assume that you've changed sides.<br><br>3.&nbsp; Taking a quick side score to seize some Turf is a good thing in two ways.&nbsp; First, the more Turf you hold, the fewer points of Rep you need to rise in Tier.&nbsp; Second, now anyone coming after you has to go after something other than your Lair, which right now is your only holding.&nbsp; If this is what you want to do, I will happily establish a target for you!<br><br>4.&nbsp; And if all else fails, I have a few ideas on tap that I can offer.<br><br>So basically, I'm trying to steer you to figuring out what your next score will be so we can set it up and get those rules a-working away.&nbsp; :D&nbsp; But!&nbsp; This is a sandbox sort of thing and I don't have a plan that you can derail, so you get to choose which way you'll go.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>09-04-2017, 19:54:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Am I the only one in here?&nbsp; &gt;:(
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>09-04-2017, 20:00:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm here - but I was the last one to post.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>09-04-2017, 20:11:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				In the story thread, true, you are.&nbsp; <em>It gets way too quiet over here in OOC, too</em>...and that's the part that gets me worried.&nbsp; Especially since this is where we do all the out-of-character negotiations and setup for your next score.<br><br>I've posted questions that need answers.&nbsp; I'll repeat them if I have to.<br><br>The OOC should be hopping like mad.&nbsp; Ideas should be bouncing around in here.&nbsp; You should be talking to each other (if not necessarily to me).<br><br>This is a sandbox.&nbsp; Player input is vital.<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>09-04-2017, 20:41:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We should be probably considering either Turf to get the Rep level down faster, or Informants so we can do better on scores.&nbsp; Coin isn't what worries me right now, it's the fact that we're between a three-way faction war and we've made the decision to try and play both sides against the middle rather than side with the people who are staying out of it until Phase 1 is over.<br><br>Also, Rep is going to be the only thing that determines how well you do in prison, and people WILL end up in prison eventually, you can count on it.&nbsp; (Personally, I'm for whatever gets our Crew XP up fastest, since we're going to want a few of the Veteran Abilities on our side.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>09-04-2017, 20:48:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, sounds like Turf is the next score of choice.<br><br>Establishing a Target now...since your HQ (still undefined!) is on the north end of the district, this will probably be something paying up the ladder to the Billhooks, if not the Crows.<br><br>ETA<br><br><strong>Target One</strong><br><br>There's a lovely stretch a bit north of the Drop held by another low-tier gang like yourselves.&nbsp; You've probably bumped elbows with them already...and with Roric dead and Lyssa throwing her weight around, they're probably thinking of finding a more solid patron.&nbsp; Be a shame if someone else encouraged them to find another bit of turf, wouldn't it?<br><br>They do a bit of hawking out of their headquarters, a ratty old warehouse that's almost in the canal.&nbsp; Maybe half a dozen of them in total, but who knows how many will actually show up for a fight?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>09-04-2017, 23:54:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				sorry&nbsp; about that. Thought I indicated this, but I didn't - I'm definitely for scoring some turf first.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>10-04-2017, 00:23:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You were fine, Idle.&nbsp; :-) 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>11-04-2017, 02:27:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Bleh. Sorry MadPanda. Coulda sworn I'd answered those questions. Guess I was more outta it then I thought. :(<br><br><br>As for knowing Fitz... He's a collector. Possibly of strange things? the book makes that really ambiguous.&nbsp; Given the Lovelies know him he's probably just starting his collection. Picking up small pieces here and there... Sounds almost like someone with money picking up a new hobby and going to the thrift stores instead of the fancy places.<br><br><br><br>Honestly for headquarters I'd almost think some sort of abandoned warehouse. Or other storage room. Bit of "rubble" and lots of dirt and presto chango it's an old warehouse no one can enter. Unless old bombshelters are actually a thing in the city?<br><br><br>Can't say as for the rest, silly sneaky folks they are. But the target sounds right up Ogre's alley. Get a few to slip around and catch them from behind while the rest meet them up front. Of course that all depends on what the small gang has available to it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>11-04-2017, 02:27:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Target sounds fun. Let's go for it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>15-04-2017, 00:54:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The actual planning ones be very quiet?<br><br>Any idea beyond... CHAAAARGE! on how to handle the turf seeking? Bash in the doors and hope for the best? Spy and see just what they have?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>15-04-2017, 04:09:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Fighting is something we can do, but I don't think it's our strength at the moment.&nbsp; I think we should check what capabilities we've got and plan accordingly.<br><br>Also, Turf is fine.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>15-04-2017, 21:07:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg13125439#msg13125439">Quote from: Hexed on 15-04-2017, 00:54:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The actual planning ones be very quiet?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes, they are...although this is a game where everybody steals and everybody plans&nbsp; :P&nbsp; Or should.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I think we should check what capabilities we've got and plan accordingly.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>To recap, here are your options.&nbsp; Choose one.&nbsp; Provide the necessary detail.&nbsp; And then it's off to the races with an engagement roll!<br><br>Assault--Do violence to the target. Detail: The point of attack.<br>Deception--Lure, trick, or manipulate. Detail: The method of deception.<br>Stealth--Trespass unseen. Detail: The point of infiltration.<br>Occult--Engage a supernatural power. Detail: The arcane method.<br>Social--Negotiate, bargain, or persuade. Detail: The social connection.<br>Transport--Carry cargo or people through danger. Detail: The route &amp; means.<br><br>Once, that is, someone actually posts in the story thread to establish where you're going and what you're doing and to whom...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>15-04-2017, 22:20:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				My first guess is that our specialties would be deception or stealth.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>16-04-2017, 19:57:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We should probably come up with a name for these mooks as well.<br><br>Okay, I have Hexed's answers...do you want to accept what has been established, or does someone else have something to add?&nbsp; ;D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>16-04-2017, 20:06:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg13127514#msg13127514">Quote from: MadPanda on 15-04-2017, 21:07:56</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes, they are...although this is a game where everybody steals and everybody plans&nbsp; :P&nbsp; Or should.<br><br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Oh I'll agree about that. But I'm more likely to break in the door and just thump everyone over the head. Seriously I've yet to find a sneaky game where I can actually pull stealth off. Unless... "Welp everyone's dead. Guess I wasn't seen at all."&nbsp; actually counts for stealth. :D<br><br><br>And hey. They do hawking out of their headquarters. Can't just call 'em The Hawkers? :)<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>16-04-2017, 20:09:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				This isn't a sneaky game.&nbsp; It's a scoundrel game.&nbsp; Shadows tend to be sneaky-sneaky rather than kick-the-door-down (that'd be Breakers) but there's no reason you can't try both!&nbsp; ;D&nbsp; Sort of like...your usual approach in Grand Theft Auto may be to go as low key as possible because Wanted Level 6 is a pain in the ass, but sometimes you just gotta steal an F-16 and strafe the Governor's motorcade as he crosses a bridge...<br><br>Hawkers is a gang type, but what's a little truth in advertising between scoundrels?&nbsp; ;D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>17-04-2017, 04:05:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Bad time to admit I trip wanted lvl 6's in those games just to loot the guns and rides huh? :D<br><br><br>Point taken though. Still hoping one of the others can toss in a better plan then cause a fuss while others slip in behind 'em. :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>28-04-2017, 04:58:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, somebody better post in the story thread before I decide that we're done.&nbsp; &gt;:(&nbsp; It's been a damn month!&nbsp; More frequent posting would be very much appreciated.<br><br>Seriously, guys...I can't move your butts forward until someone mentions the target.&nbsp; Fiction first, yeah?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>28-04-2017, 05:31:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Guys, this is not a game where the GM tells you what's up and the players react.&nbsp; This is a game where <em>we</em> have a lot more narrative control than your usual pack of D&amp;D murder hobos.&nbsp; I will say that I'm not turning into the Yonah Show with guest stars Some Other Dudes and a Chick, so if you want this game to go on, <em>find a time</em> to dedicate to it.&nbsp; And then let the GM know.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>28-04-2017, 05:32:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				When I feel like I have to light a fire under people to get things to happen, it's a very bad sign...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>28-04-2017, 07:01:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alright so..for instance with the territory we want to claim...do I just go ahead and post my character walking around the streets talking to people in order to accomplish a survey roll?&nbsp; From what I'm reading and gathering, we aren't really supposed to be planning all that much.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>28-04-2017, 07:11:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Double post..sorry.<br><br>Alright I have Silk working up for a survey roll if anyone wants to assist.&nbsp; If I'm doing it wrong just let me know.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>28-04-2017, 07:23:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Point taken. It's a little late tonight, but I'll try and get Elise into the action tomorrow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>28-04-2017, 15:23:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Choose your plan.&nbsp; Provide the detail.&nbsp; Then we cut to the engagement roll.<br><br>Do NOT just jump to the action.<br><br>I gave you the list of plans upthread.&nbsp; Idle voted for deception or stealth.<br><br>( In this case, PS has done a good job of setting up an action, so I won't kick too hard...but we really need to follow the proper flow of play.)<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>30-04-2017, 03:43:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				OK, so you want us to wait on posting until we reach consensus on which method we want to take, right?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>30-04-2017, 05:08:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That needs to be hammered out as soon as possible, yes, so that we can get to the actual score.<br><br>ETA: in this case, I needed someone to post something in the story thread so that we could move on, but that is not the only thing we need done!&nbsp; You guys should be talking to each other in here <em>a lot</em>.&nbsp; Even if you hold off posting in the story thread, you should be discussing things in here.&nbsp; Asking questions (of me and each other).&nbsp; Checking plans.&nbsp; Figuring out what you want the crew to do next.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pumpkin Seeds</strong> on <strong>30-04-2017, 11:29:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Think Stealth, Deception and Assault are going to be our top 3 here.&nbsp; Honestly I am kind of thinking well timed Assault.&nbsp; Send a message.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>30-04-2017, 19:20:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, so...<br><br>We have one vote for Stealth or Deception.&nbsp; And one vote for Assault, Stealth, or Deception.&nbsp; It's down to Hexed and Reiji to figure out which way this can go.<br><br>Don't forget the required detail, please.&nbsp; That tells me the when and wherefore for the Engagement Roll.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>04-05-2017, 06:53:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Given what I remember about our Action distributions, I think that Assault or Stealth will work...though, MP?&nbsp; How in the world do you take a holding by Stealth?&nbsp; Assault, duh.&nbsp; Deception, I get it.&nbsp; But Stealth?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>04-05-2017, 06:54:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261478.msg13175128#msg13175128">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 04-05-2017, 06:53:03</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Given what I remember about our Action distributions, I think that Assault or Stealth will work...though, MP?&nbsp; How in the world do you take a holding by Stealth?&nbsp; Assault, duh.&nbsp; Deception, I get it.&nbsp; But Stealth?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>My guess would be that you take it while no one's really paying attention and as we all know, possession is 9/10 of the law.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>04-05-2017, 14:49:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Exactly.&nbsp; You sneak in.&nbsp; This may not be as much fun as Assault...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>08-05-2017, 00:36:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Where's Hexed?&nbsp; We need his vote to settle this.&nbsp; Although, if we end up with a tie, we'll need to settled this by a count of action dots in the relevant ones.<br><br>I have an idea plotted for Stealth, if we decide to go that way.&nbsp; Entry point is the detail needed, right?&nbsp; And the holding is on the north side of the district?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>08-05-2017, 00:49:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That would be correct: for a stealth plan, the needed detail is the point of intrusion.&nbsp; And yes, this is on the north side of Crow's Foot.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>13-05-2017, 16:41:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; Meep!&nbsp; I didnt' see this thread 'til now.&nbsp; Is there still space for me?&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>13-05-2017, 18:06:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				For you? I could make room.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>13-05-2017, 18:12:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Has anyone heard from Hexed?&nbsp; I know we want a consensus, but this game is going to die otherwise.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>13-05-2017, 18:44:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Not a peep.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Hexed</strong> on <strong>14-05-2017, 03:01:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Blah. Holy crap activity.<br><br>Sorry been outta things trying to setup family stuff.<br><br><br>Ogre would vote assault. Beat the crap out of them and send them to the curb.<br><br><br>If you could push the need for stealth, there are TWO bigger gangs somewhat keeping an eye out for us as they have jobs we are supposed to be doing then you could talk her into a sneak in job.<br><br>But yeah. Break in the door and kick them when they're down.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>14-05-2017, 03:34:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				One vote for Stealth or Deception<br>One vote for Assault, Stealth, or Deception<br>One vote for Assault or Stealth<br>And one vote for Assault.<br><br>Guess what.&nbsp; You're tied for Assault and/or Stealth at (technically) three votes apiece.&nbsp; Consensus.&nbsp; We do not has it...unless someone (lookin' at you, Reiji) decides to clearly go one way or the other.&nbsp; Or Muse joins us.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:09:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aaaand I'm hearing crickets...&nbsp; :-(
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:11:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				*sigh*&nbsp; Because it appears that I'm the only person with a plan on the brain at the moment...<br><br>Our Stealth plan, MP, would be to infiltrate the turf, which has been confirmed on the north side of the district, by using an opening from the location into the canal itself.&nbsp; Marines nothing, these rogues will show them how it's done.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:14:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I can run with that, we can hope that Muse jumps in with a character and a tie-breaking vote (I'm talkin' to him now), or we can just call this one because I keep seeing these month-long gaps and have to light fires to get responses.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:17:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Forget month gap.&nbsp; A week and games like this one don't last.&nbsp; And as I have said, I'm not turning this into The Yonah Show with costars Some Other Catgirls.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:18:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Muse might be hopping in here to shake things loose.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muse</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:21:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp; Begging your pardon, my good friends.&nbsp; I got all turned around and showed up in here aplying for the wrong game.&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp; With an awesome group like this I'd love to stay, but I'm fairly full.&nbsp; Please forgive me, but unless a lot of stuff changes in my number of groups fast, I'll have to bow out.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:22:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay.&nbsp; I'm done.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:37:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Do I play Queen now or later, GM?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MadPanda</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:39:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Game's done.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>21-05-2017, 23:44:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Copy that.&nbsp; Playing from Queen's <em>The Game</em> now, rolling track 8.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Blades in the Dark: Koneko House Blend OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Idlewyld</strong> on <strong>22-05-2017, 00:12:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm sorry to see it go but I fully understand - this had a lot of potential but we never really managed to get the momentum needed. See y'all round the boards.
			</dd>
		</dl>
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