Apr 24, 2026 10:26 pm
Reynar lowered his scanner goggles over his eyes as he peered through the kicked up dust.
Rolls
Perception
1 Success, 3 Advantage, 4 Failure, 2 Threat
Total: 3 Failure, 1 Advantage
The Beast of Bacrana
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Apr 25, 2026 5:09 pm
Surprised but frankly pleased by the primitiveness, Matey goes to ring the bell.
Apr 27, 2026 1:41 pm
Deng realize they won't be in time to stop the herd, but at least he'll be able to help those who can't get out in time. He clutches the doctors bag to his chest and moves with purpose along with the crowd.
Apr 30, 2026 8:08 pm
Alighting on the belfry like some sort of mechanical bird, Matey grabbed the leather wrapped mallet and struck the large metal topped cauldron, the low sounding 'gong' causing the citizens below to look up in alarm, shielding their eyes against the glare to see what might be the cause for the alarm and much like the miners before seeing a thick, dusty fog approaching from the horizon.
Joining the crowd, Deng resigned his self to the fact that they would be to late to be of any use deterring the stampede but with doctor's bag in hand hopeful they could at least render medical aide and assistance in clean up.
Peering through the dust, neither Reynar nor Kitichik could spy any obvious signs of foul play, though having moved closer in proximity to the thundering herd, the Gand Jedi earlier discomfort and unease only seemed to increase in intensity.
Joining the crowd, Deng resigned his self to the fact that they would be to late to be of any use deterring the stampede but with doctor's bag in hand hopeful they could at least render medical aide and assistance in clean up.
Peering through the dust, neither Reynar nor Kitichik could spy any obvious signs of foul play, though having moved closer in proximity to the thundering herd, the Gand Jedi earlier discomfort and unease only seemed to increase in intensity.
May 4, 2026 4:38 pm
Matey grumbles to himself as the people just look up with no meaningful response to the alarm. He begins blasting his mechanical voice as loud and menacingly as he can, in between gongs; "DANGER! .... TAKE SHELTER! ... DANGER APPROACHING! ... TAKE COVERRR!"
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Dropping a Coercion check with one(?) Boost for the gong. Setback due to... distance/general ambient noise? Rolls
Coercion
1 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Failure, 3 Threat
Total: 1 Threat
May 4, 2026 10:55 pm
Seuss says:
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@GreyGriffin - Reynar is skilled in Perception, so I would allow for Kier to make the roll for him and Kitichik assist (adding a Boost die).OOC:
I will throw the assist.Rolls
Assistance
1 Success, 1 Advantage
Total: 1 Success, 1 Advantage
May 5, 2026 7:07 pm
Matey's attempts to spur the townsfolk into action by supplementing the warning gong with his mechanically amplified vocoder did not solicit the expected urgent response. Instead the crowd looked up curiously at the commotion, moving towards the bell structure out of practiced routine, sensing the droid's danger if not in total understanding, the steady building vibration and approaching dust cloud however was concerning.
While there were no obvious, physical, signs of a presence urging the herd onward, the banthas certainly seemed motivated by some external force as Kitichik knew from his brief stay on the frontier planet that while the banthas did migrate as one massive, stampeding herd, that it currently was not the season.
While there were no obvious, physical, signs of a presence urging the herd onward, the banthas certainly seemed motivated by some external force as Kitichik knew from his brief stay on the frontier planet that while the banthas did migrate as one massive, stampeding herd, that it currently was not the season.
May 5, 2026 7:40 pm
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I mean... I failed a Coercion check, sure, but I didn't get a despair.If my goal was to get everyone's attention, and/or scare them (into hiding as fast as possible)? Ok, I failed at that. I didn't get everyone's attention, and I didn't succeed in making them move any faster... But doesn't that mean I still got some folks attention, and they may still move toward shelter (albeit unhurriedly)?
Point is. I don't necessarily think it's appropriate that my efforts have had the complete opposite effect/made things worse, just because I failed.
That makes me as a player not want to try to do things, unless my pool is absolutely stacked.
Doesn't seem like that's a desirable outcome from a game play perspective.
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May 6, 2026 12:34 pm
emsquared says:
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I mean... I failed a Coercion check, sure, but I didn't get a despair.If my goal was to get everyone's attention, and/or scare them (into hiding as fast as possible)? Ok, I failed at that. I didn't get everyone's attention, and I didn't succeed in making them move any faster... But doesn't that mean I still got some folks attention, and they may still move toward shelter (albeit unhurriedly)?
Point is. I don't necessarily think it's appropriate that my efforts have had the complete opposite effect/made things worse, just because I failed.
That makes me as a player not want to try to do things, unless my pool is absolutely stacked.
Doesn't seem like that's a desirable outcome from a game play perspective.
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Whoops!! My most sincerest apologies. For some reason I registered the roll as (3) Threat and not (1) Threat. Perhaps work is not the best place to post always :facepalm:I have edited my post to reflect a more accurate interpretation. The crowd is now moving towards Matey, not hurried, but clearly concerned with his warnings if a bit unsure of the danger.
Again. My apologies.
Seuss
May 11, 2026 11:42 pm
Matey, not wanting to risk any miscommunication between the biologicals and his robotic ways, will just continue periodically ringing the bell. Interspersed with pauses at intervals to let the sound of the approaching stampede be heard, and hoping that they will make the connection on their own soon enough to save themselves.
May 23, 2026 2:52 am
The goggles did nothing to shed light on the current situation. He didn't have any firm plan to proceed, just a dangerous half baked plan his brain started to pull together.
"Well that was a big fat bust. Do you have any ideas?" He looked expectantly at the Jedi
"Well that was a big fat bust. Do you have any ideas?" He looked expectantly at the Jedi
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May 31, 2026 7:11 pm
"This Gand can think of one other thing, but that idea is very dangerous and ... " He paused for a second. Only the driver could hear the hiss of his mask. Had he just mistimed his breath, or was he hesitating? " ... not very good."
He glanced over at the rampaging creatures. "If this twi'lek would have this Gand make the attempt, the speeder would need to be very... very close to the leading bantha."
He glanced over at the rampaging creatures. "If this twi'lek would have this Gand make the attempt, the speeder would need to be very... very close to the leading bantha."
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Jun 24, 2026 6:40 am
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So, the plan was to try and Force Lift the leader of the stampede and try and redirect it, but I'd want to be engaged to minimize the number of pips I need to do the lift... ...we still live?Jun 24, 2026 12:47 pm
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Since you are driving in a straight line ahead of the stamped Reynar would need to make a Simple (-) Piloting check with (2) Setback BB dice for difficult 'terrain' (being within the unpredictable crowd of banthas). Failure would not necessarily mean a crash and you die but more likely system strain and/or increased difficulty to exit the stampede and any actions Kitichik may want to perform.However Kitichik I believe is only able to Move up to Silhouette 2 and Banthas are 3.
Really good thought though!
EDIT: I feel like there is a way to allow for above and beyond Force use but currently am unable to find it in any of my sourcebooks ... @emsquared - Do you recall anything of that nature?
Jun 24, 2026 2:25 pm
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I could be wrong but my recollection is that there's guidance more for using the Basic version of a Power that you don't have yet, I think. And I think it's something like, if you don't have a Force Power yet but intend to buy it soon, the GM can allow you to flip a Destiny Point for a one time use.
I don't necessarily see why a similar principle couldn't be applied to an one time Power upgrade when it was really important to the Force user tho.
Jun 24, 2026 7:32 pm
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I too thought I had read that somewhere but was unable to find it (granted I'm at work so it was a cursory glance through the sourcebooks) but as it seems to be confirmed by another I feel somewhat validated in my thinking.@GreyGriffin - if you want to flip a Destiny for a one time Power upgrade I would allow.
Jun 25, 2026 2:47 am
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If I had to guess, I would say it might be in the "Unlimited Power" source book.Jun 25, 2026 5:04 am
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Dang, are they actually S3? I thought S3 was like, house-sized megabeasts. I'll put the Destiny in to make the attempt, though.The Bantha was a bundle of... itself. Muscle, sinew, even its rudimentary mind and personality, it was all a whorl in the force. A ripple in the fabric of the universe. Thought made manifest. And like a thought, it could be changed. Its place in the universe was as ephemeral as its thoughts.
At least in theory...
Three exoskeletal claws splayed, held steady even as the speeder bounced, and he reached across the gap with the force.
Anyone sensitive to it often described synesthesia. Most humans claimed to hear it, a dull roar, like a roaring vein heard through clenched jaw and plugged ears. He felt it, as if the air had grown thick around him, a whorl of dense wind directed by thought, and saw, visible in his peripheral vision as a faint heat mirage.
And with his will he tried to turn the beast, away into the rocks, away from the town and its inhabitants, to where its anger and frustration could be spent, and the knots of its primitive emotions could untangle themselves harmlessly...
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2 Black Force Points
Jun 25, 2026 1:48 pm
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You have to say whether you want to use the dark pips.Requires another Destiny(or does it Seuss since he already flipped one in the action?) and 2 Strain and 2 Conflict. But if you do, maybe you'll save the day?
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