Hi there. Sorry about my own absences, and all the best with real-life weirdness.

A very redfaced Louis pants and bursts through the doors into the fresh air. He takes a deep breath and collapses in Angus' car with Shift.

"Thanks, Angus." he goes. ""I wonder how those guys knew I was there."

Ok, I think I'm disoriented. Where is everyone with respect to each other and the tower?

Shit, Louis curses under his breath. Then, out loud, "Ok. Tell my code I love it."

Then he clambers up out of the car, grabs hold of the cable, and begins to use muscles which haven't seen the light of day in 12 years.

Rolled a 1 on a 1d6 for Athletics. Obviously.

Louis frowns. "Shit, what just happened? I thought I was in there, with the goons?"

"Uh," Louis goes, "No promises.

He pronounces another dimly-remembered spell, pointing at the door. The words sound vaguely like Macbeth.

Confuse. Rolled a 3 on a 1d6.

Ok. Great.

tibbius wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:01 pm You're in the hall. Louis yanked the door shut behind you. What do you do?

I yanked the door shut behind me? Which door?

"Jesus Christ." Louis goes, pulling himself back together. "You notified the others, right?"

Thanks! I study mathematical climate science. So a weird blend of physics, computer science, statistics, and ordinary/partial/stochastic differential equations to understand tropical convection.

Louis stands up, waves his hands, and says something dimly-remembered and dubiously-pronounced.

Casting Rupture, aiming it at their internal organs. 4 on a 1d6.

I just started my PhD! My schedule is a scramble to campus, a scramble around it, a scramble back from campus, a quick occasional post to one of my discord games, and a scramble around the kitchen, repeat.

But I'd love to see this thing through! Post incoming.

I'm going to cast a spell - am I tied up?

I think I get lost trying to translate my style from the tabletop to the forum. It works great with a dozen people around a big table throwing dice all at once. I can rule on the fly, call for random rolls, and keep it rolling. Somehow it falls flat in pbp. I haven't been satisfied at all. Despite ...

Louis, bleary and shaky by now from the interrogation, studiously avoids looking at Shift. "... so my boss, Timothy Leary, has been tightening the screws at work... he said i had better go through this list of prospective clients and addresses or else... The person across the hall is client 03...

Louis, bleary and shaky by now from the interrogation, studiously avoids looking at Shift. "... so my boss, Timothy Leary, has been tightening the screws at work... he said i had better go through this list of prospective clients and addresses or else... The person across the hall is client 035...

I will also continue to be sporadic until my new glasses come in in a few days.

I assume Shift has contacted the other two about the situation, right?

Does he have an immediate plan? I assume he could pull the breakers, turn off the lights, turn on the alarms, something like that?

"I am a marketer for AFCOM," Louis goes, and starts talking slowly and carefully, buying time, carefully not looking at the android.

Improvise, 1d6, rolled a 3.

No, the math is super-simple OTB: for every 1 or 2 you roll, subtract 1; for every 5-6, add 1; 3-4 do nothing. Add your skill and attribute bonus (this varies game-by-game; FUDGE is a kind of game-design toolkit and lets the GM write their own skill- and attribute-lists); and compare against a diffi...