AS ABOVE (game thread)

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Aug 6, 2025 8:28 am
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Any staff nearby? I get the feeling if there is, one of Salem and Lycaon could use Authority/Connection to distract them and Setup for the other to lift the key off them. With that said...@TheHumbug would Abstracting a belt that is being worn remove its ability to hold someone's pants up? Or would it, like a door, lose only its ability to unbuckle and otherwise remain in place? @Lcythas would you like to make Erasmus' sheet visible for our reference? It's okay if you decide not to.
Aug 6, 2025 9:02 am
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As per the exact wording of the ability. Any abstracted item cannot be used for its intended purpose. When abstracting an item, just think about its purpose in an abstract sense. Whatever that is, it cannot do that.

As long as you’re in any part of the hospital that is accessible by most staff and/or patients, assume that there are probably people around.
Aug 6, 2025 9:05 am
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So with that said,I assume the plan will be either to steal a key or breach a door. Or one of you crawl through a vent and unlock the door from the inside,because Bonham may not fit. Maybe Orion can do it if we go with that plan?
Aug 6, 2025 10:45 am
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Orion could do so, yeah. He's invisible, and Hunting Spirit would let him fly among other things. It'd just cost a psyche burst for the privilege. What difficulty and benefits would Orion under Hunting Spirit get, GM? Beyond the usual +1D for tracking-related stuff. I don't know how to make a sheet visible?
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Aug 6, 2025 12:11 pm
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@Lcythas on your character's page,click the book so that it's red
https://i.imgur.com/6NI5aXw.png
Aug 6, 2025 4:37 pm
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With that said,I think Erasmus is a good candidate to just try picking the lock,with 2 in Covert. But the Orion in vent plan is good too.
Aug 6, 2025 4:58 pm
Lcythas says:
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Orion could do so, yeah. He's invisible, and Hunting Spirit would let him fly among other things. It'd just cost a psyche burst for the privilege. What difficulty and benefits would Orion under Hunting Spirit get, GM? Beyond the usual +1D for tracking-related stuff. I don't know how to make a sheet visible?
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The listed benefits around flying, being able to leave at extreme range, being able to see through its eyes, etc. Those all serve to make certain impossible rolls possible, or hard/risky rolls not so.
Aug 6, 2025 4:58 pm
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I'd like to save possible Psyche Bursts for combat, so could anyone help set-up Erasmus picking the lock? Maybe some tinkering with the lock, or some distractions?
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Aug 6, 2025 5:15 pm
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I think either Salem or Lycaon could take a turn to talk if they want,since Bonham already did some face-ing
Aug 6, 2025 6:08 pm
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We have some established pull with the receptionist, right? I'd like to ask them for a key, or how we might get access. Fits with the investigation story.
Aug 6, 2025 6:12 pm
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Alright,if neither of you want to do it then in a bit I'll have Bonham talk to one of the staff and request unlocking the morgue, citing the receptionist.
Aug 6, 2025 6:15 pm
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I'm cool with giving a try, but I bow in deference to your 2 negotiation.
Aug 6, 2025 6:57 pm
"..." Bonham responds to the ensuing situation with what can only be described as a deep emission of discontent. Ah, it's almost enough to make one long for the days when an obstacle like this was dealt with using a breaching charge and a subsequent...vigorous registering of complaints with whoever was on the other side of the door.

Thankfully, they (the collective they) had managed to make a fairly good impression so far. As they take a short detour into the sickly basement corridors lit with faltering fluorescence, they flag down a passing member of staff with a wiggle of their finger. "'Scuse me, think you could let us into the morgue for a moment? We're from SETH division, we've gotten a temporary clearance to investigate due to the incident of two nights ago. You can check in with the receptionist on duty, he'll fill you in. It won't take long, we just need to go over the recent...departures and make sure nothing and no one's been disturbed. I understand things have been unnerving, specially since one of the patients in the psychiatric ward lost her child..."

And that was the benefit of intel gathering and using one's words. If nothing else, it saved a bullet or two.
Aug 6, 2025 6:58 pm
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I love Bonham's personality
Aug 6, 2025 7:01 pm
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Routine authority check, plus 1 from black suit, no risk or hard. Alternatively negotiation, leaning into the lie, but making it risky.
Aug 6, 2025 7:08 pm
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"If a dice pool is 0 dice, you instead roll 2d6 and
pick the lowest result instead. Dice pools can’t
go below 0 for any reason." So is that (2d6 pick lowest)+1d6 from black suit,or just 1d6? Because Bonham's Authority is 0.
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Aug 6, 2025 7:17 pm
Nellancholy says:
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"If a dice pool is 0 dice, you instead roll 2d6 and
pick the lowest result instead. Dice pools can’t
go below 0 for any reason." So is that (2d6 pick lowest)+1d6 from black suit,or just 1d6? Because Bonham's Authority is 0.
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Maybe Lyacon should handle this one?
Aug 6, 2025 7:18 pm
Nellancholy says:
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"If a dice pool is 0 dice, you instead roll 2d6 and
pick the lowest result instead. Dice pools can’t
go below 0 for any reason." So is that (2d6 pick lowest)+1d6 from black suit,or just 1d6? Because Bonham's Authority is 0.
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The dice pool is the total dice at the end of everything - which is 1.
Aug 6, 2025 7:19 pm
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Well,Bonham's already there,so...50/50 instead of taking the risk of further consequences.

Rolls

Rolling Authority+Black Suit - (1d6)

(6) = 6

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