Final Fantasy C

[BDEYE]

((All right folks. Post some updated links to your characters and we'll be ready to rock. Mine's a comin'.))

[S.K.U.M.M.]

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=59348


By the way, I changed the names of my arnis sticks to "Batons of Filipino Thunder."

I'm all over this game.

[souldoubt]

I'm having trouble picking feats, what with all the ones that require Fortitude saves being apparently useless (way to go with the saving throws, D20 Modern), but I will post a link when I get things figured out.

[MoxexPenNama]

My internet's been down, but I'm thinking tomorrow I'll truck over to Books-A-Million and update Hunter.

[BDEYE]

And here's B-Train:

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=61212

[MoxexPenNama]

The Espers we had, as I recall, were as follows:

Odin: Kills all non-boss monsters in the encounter.
Huitzilopochtli: Allows the player to cast a fireball as a wizard of the same level.
Kali: Allows the player to make four attacks as a full-round action.
T-Mac: Either cures all status ailments or changes the elemental alignment of one character's weapons for the duration of the encounter.
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Either heals the party 3d20 points of damage through careful application of mind-expanding substances or machine-guns the enemy for 3d20 points of damage.

[BDEYE]

Sounds about right to me.

[MoxexPenNama]

Internet still down. I can't bring my books with me to work to update Hunter. But I haven't forgotten.

[souldoubt]

Sorry I haven't finished updating my character either. I guess I'm kind of annoyed by the way the saving throw DCs against certain attacks from Blood and Fists are handled -- they're unnecessarily complex and frankly unbalanced.

I move that we rule all save DCs associated with attacks you make should be equal to 10 + half your level + the relevant ability modifier. This best matches the way saves vs. spells work, which really the only things that saving throws were specifically designed to counter; it's also the way that similar save DCs are calculated in Iron Heroes, if that helps give it credence.

[BDEYE]

Fine with me.

[souldoubt]

Okay, I think I'm done, folks. http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=59401

Let me know if anything looks wonky.

[BDEYE]

Okey doke, waiting on Hunter. No rush, just saying.

[MoxexPenNama]

Here's Hunter:

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=59972

[BDEYE]

All right, please excuse my terrible memory, but last we saw our heroes the top floor of the building had turned into an airship and launched into the sky, we'd found one of the crystals and were hoping to set off in search of the other ones... right?

[S.K.U.M.M.]

Why, indeed it was, students.

[MoxexPenNama]

Actually, we hadn't found any of the crystals yet. Squaresoft HQ was just the preliminary dungeon. Now we go off looking for crystals, presumably, unless you want to do something really radical, like reveal that the crystals have already been stolen by Square execs but there are four more attuned to different elements, or have us travel back in time. Right now, we're flying somewhere unidentified on a Squaresoft airship, having just beaten the white dragon Cryomorphax, whom the Three-Balled Oni was certain would defeat us. The ship can go wherever you see fit, BDEYE.

[S.K.U.M.M.]

Mr. Graham attempted to roll an Intelligence Check to determine the course of the adventure and rolled a critical failure.

Man, it just doesn't work as well in text form.

[MoxexPenNama]

Speaking of that guy, I saw a copy of The Book of Erotic Fantasy and it's even lamer than we were previously lead to expect. There are magic penile rings and orgasm-causing fey swarms, for God's sake. The art is like nerd softcore, pictures of models with cat skin and faerie wings photoshopped onto them.

[BDEYE]

Photoshopped, you say? What a charming misconception. Oh, to be young and innocent again...

All right, let's start getting IC. If everybody could just post real quick what their chars are doing. Like so:

Brendan sulks silently in a corner of the airship, keeping his own council... for now.

[S.K.U.M.M.]

Brian spends an hour Meditating, reading Behavioral Science textbooks, practicing Tumbling, Improving his Initiative, and learning how to Dodge Uncannily.

"Man, I feel so much more Experienced now. Almost as if I have gained some distinct new Skills, Feats and Talents as a result of our adventure."

Brian looks around for some sort of control panel, using an Untrained Int check
(d20+2)[20](22)
or a Computer Use check (d20+2)[16](18)
whatever is more appropriate.

[MoxexPenNama]

Hunter shadowboxes in victory over the body of Cryomorphax. As Brian speaks, he turns.
"I know what you mean," he says. "All of a sudden I feel like I've not only learned the sweet science, but that I've matured and grown as a human being who is now more and more capable of living an adult, independent life. F--k! I forgot to improve my skills!"
He begins scribbling furiously on a new short story, tumbling around epileptically as he does so.

[BDEYE]

Brian notices a discolored portion of the wall. In his genius, the thought crosses his mind that this might be worth investigating. Or walking straight into at full speed.

[MoxexPenNama]

"Brian," says Hunter. "What do you see?"

[S.K.U.M.M.]

"Check this out, guys," I say, pointing to the area on the wall. I Search the area on the wall, taking 20 to do so.

Search: Take 20 = 25

[souldoubt]

Alex spends time tying himself up and escaping from the bonds while he tumbles around practicing punches. "Hey, guys! I think I just figured out how to combine a debilitating Heart Punch with a weakening Body Blow! Sweet!"

When he's done he joins the others in inspecting the unusual wall. He reaches a hand out to touch it.

[BDEYE]

Alex's hand passes through the discolored area. The space on the other side is warm. Brian hears strange voices coming through the wall. They seem to be moaning- in pain or in pleasure, there is no way to be sure.

Brendan ceases his brooding. "I have a plan," he says, seriously. "We should charge through into the hidden room and kill anything that looks suspicious."

Planning check:(1d20+9)[16]

[souldoubt]

Alex nods, equally serious. "Good plan. Let's go." He takes up a ready-to-charge position in front of the masked passage.

[S.K.U.M.M.]

"A plan as well-thought out and devastating as the Spartan's last stand at Thermopylae, Brendan," Brian says. He charges into the room at full speed, his two Batons of Filipino Thunder over his heads.

Initiative:

(d20+7)[18](25)

[BDEYE]

The air around you fades away in a pixelated blur. When you can see again, you are standing in a large, darkened chamber lit only with black candles. In the center of the room, suspended in the air with an elaborate harness, is a fat man in goggles and a red and blue jumpsuit. He is surrounded by a group of several upset but aroused looking women wrapped in latex, holding an assortment of whips, clamps and paddles.

"Hi!" he says. "I'm Cid! The mechanic! Nobody can get an airship working better then me!"

He is whipped, and winces.

"I'd like to point out that this is in no way consensual," he whispers.

((Anybody else attacking? Initiative for the B- (1d20+1)[14]))

[S.K.U.M.M.]

Yes, I am attacking too. I suppose all of us should roll initiative.