Sorry for the delay, RL is a bitch and such. Will post in the morning, but what would I need to roll to teleport in to the vault, grab a few bags of valuables, stick them in my shadow, and teleport back out to my spot? I'm assuming that's 2 turns, one for each teleport?

 

You're looking at a sprint roll (Athletics) covering 6 zones. That's a standard action so it would take up your full go. Taking the stuff can just be fluffed, though you might want to make a Burglary Assessment/Declaration to spot particularly noteworthy goods. The first is an action, the second a supplemental action. Then sprint back out again and you're golden.

All told robbing the vault is a 2/3 turn process, depending on whether you want to make an assessment while inside or not.

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Just to note, no using the time table when we're in to using Initiative. There's just not enough time.

 

If half a minute throws me off to the point I'll be arriving later that Wisp (ie, he can tunnel in faster than I can teleport), then let me know. I'd like to be there first. Incidentally, can I concentrate and talk at the same time?

Edit: Ahh. Noted. Will fix.

Edit 2: Okay, I think I've got it now. Is hiding using stealth a full action, or supplemental?

 

You can concentrate and talk, but since you don't have the Administrator Shard it's like trying to read and hold a separate conversation at the same time. Difficulty for things will be adjusted to take that into account.

If you want to arrive before Wisp, just fluff it in your post. Whoever gets in first has the narrative right of way, so feel free to add things. If it doesn't require a roll and is within your abilities/character, you can do it.

Hiding is a full action.

 

So yeah, lost the post I made last night which is kinda annoying since it should have posted, but instead DLP ate it. Just to clarify, just what exactly was Typhon rolling for? You mentioned an Athletics roll, but then he tagged the alcove and I wasn't really sure how that would apply to it so I wasn't sure if it was meant to be some sort of stealth thing.

 

It was a Sprint roll, but it was "sprinting" through teleportation through the shadows, so I reasoned that it wouldn't be too much of a stretch that being surrounded by darkness and given a place where I had no worries of being discovered, interrupted, or otherwise distracted in any way would be helpful for making the reasonably long jump.

 

So what you're saying is that you're just standing in the vault not hiding at all?

 

Pretty much. Aek said hiding and teleporting were both full actions, so I'm standing in the shadows in a solid black skinsuit, but I haven't actively hidden. It might take a small alertness check, at Aek's discretion, but... yeah. I'm lookimg around at the stuff, and waiting on company. If you drag, I'll grab cash and scamper.

 

So in my defense, I tried pretty hard to think of a way to justify Wisp not assuming that Shade wasn't working for the casino, or hell, that he wasn't just some random taking advantage of their heist. But well, with you just sitting in the vault not bothering the hide, it kiiiiiiiiiiiiinda looks bad for you.

 

It's okay. I had thought you might talk, since you seemed on the chatty side earlier, but this is okay. As a secondary point, I should be able to spot you (with a successful awareness check, of course) and open conversation with you, right? That was essentially the idea of being there first and waiting on company, that I'd engage you when you came in.

Finally, I'd think (hope, maybe) that it would take more than one turn's time to tunnel, spot me, go back, and scratch a message on the wall. I'm assuming you'll have to wait for some of that, especially if you listen to me for a minute.

 

I kinda have a passive stealth thing so you would need to beat that to notice me and since you've already used your action, all you'll get is an alertness roll which at best would just let you know that something is strange. And as for why I didn't talk to you, like I said, I have no IC reason to think you're anything apart from casino security.

 

Alertness checks can spot you as you if the person rolling is actively aware of a parahuman being around. The info he'd get is variabl but useful. We don't want to cripple the main danger sensing skill, after all.

Also, post incoming after work.

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EBWOP: An alertness check wouldn't go amiss.

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@Typhon: We're using rolz.org as our dicebot. Room name is WormLondon. Etiquette is to say what you're rolling for in the room before rolling (there's a guide to it at the right side of the room). We're using Fudge dice as well, which uses the command 4u1+X where X is your skill.

I'm willing to take that last roll on faith if Mishie is.

IC post incoming.

 

Apologies. I've been using invisible castle with Worm London as the room name from the first post of this thread; I didn't even consider doing it using rollz. Learn to reading comprehend, I guess. Will use rollz for now on.

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Here's the link to that roll, with the explanation included.
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4530837/

 

And then I IMMEDIATELY blew our cover. On a related note, can I make a Capes check to see if I recognize these guys before I basically flee the scene?

 

Well considering all you've been doing is waiting and hiding, you could take time on it and say that you've spent the pas t few hours getting settled in. Or you could just stop getting caught D:.

 

This isn't the kind of situation that lends itself to taking time.

EDIT: I've been trying to think up a decent general rule for when taking time is applicable and when it's not. The best I've come up with is basically: You may take time on a roll if the situation allows for such and if there are no NPCs interacting with you.

What do you think?

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If either of them is a cape, you wouldn't know it due to their not being in costume. Unless you count police uniforms as acceptable cape wear these days.

 

So, what're we waiting on here? A stealth roll?

 

Well I was kinda waiting for Aek to say what your Alertness roll actually gave you, since it does seem a bit odd that you not only figured out who was around you, but also what my power is despite the fact that I've gone out of my way to hide it, and you also figured out how I entered the vault. That and you also figured out what I told Dynamo and Fissure despite the fact that I didn't say anything and instead left a marking on the wall.

 

Oh. I was assuming that Capes isn't such a static thing that I can only apply it to people wearing a cape and spandex, as opposed to the fact that I don't see a lot of baseline humans who are "nearer seven feet tall than six and built like a wall." and would likely either know at least a few capes who match the rough description, or be able to roll to see if I remember.

 

Oh, I wasn't drawing all of that from that one alertness roll! I knew at least a little about the crew anyway, and I've been watching the area for quite some time with my shadow powers. I honestly assumed that I heard your plan at the beginning, but even if I didn't I'd know that Fissure was making the tunnel (because I'd be able to see it with shadow sight, same as Fissure sensed me in the vault) and presumably that he had senses (although I'll edit that out if that's secret knowledge, Ashan, I'm just claiming I looked into you guys), I'd have seen you shift and probably a small tunnel spontaneously appear (this assuming that my awareness against your passive stealth wasn't rolled the moment you shifted through shadow sight, which should've let me track you or at least definitely notice the tunnel), and you have a tinker and there was a grenade of knockout gas that hit the guards, so I assumed that much would be obvious.

And I really wouldn't have needed to hear the plan you scratched on the wall (although to be fair I should've been able to see it). Just to be nervous when you didn't materialize when you broke through (or when my alertness check sensed something in the room with me, in the most limited possible definition of an alertness check), and to have a desire to not be gassed and caught without a chance to explain.

The "invisible gaseous parahuman" part was a reach on my part, remembering you keep that hidden, so I edited it out. Sorry about that.