Anybody in the circle can ask questions and you can still talk to the people outside the circle as well. Sorry about that not being clear.

FYI - Chapter 1 is being closed this afternoon - all members of the group gain 5 more exp. Chapter 2 will start soon.

... Chapter 2 is set to begin as soon as I hear back from Marion and Mia regarding the PMs I sent them...

Chapter 2 is up, enjoy!

Also I wanted to direct you toward THIS once more as you may find the ability quite useful moving forward (and indeed prior).

hey all, just wanna remind you folks to vote on the poll if you haven;t before tomorrow noon

Well since there was a tie among the votes Marion and Daphne will split the +2 exp bonus to +1 each ...

Actually, I forgot to vote, and I was gonna vote Daphne.

So she should get it. If I hadn't been a goof, she woulda.

Aww... that's ok! I voted for you, so I'm happy my 'candidate' won.

I gotta admit, I'm kinda embarrassed now my dream is out there. Ben didn't even put up a fight (then again, Ben didn't even know he was lucid dreaming. He didn't even know the dream would do anything outside the dream...)

Warning! Rules content below!

Doing Research

Any PC can do research so long as they can either read the languages in the books they are using or speak the language of the contacts they use. Research in it pure form uses the Investigation skill cross matched to intelligence. Bonuses will be applied for appropriate contacts, allies, skills (rating 3+), and the like. A roll will be made for each increment of time spent researching with a difficulty equal to the Cipher rating of the target person or information.

When a PC wants to research something please tell me (either via, PM, table talk post, or preferably an OOC note in your post). Tell me how long (in hours or days as appropriate) you will research the target and what, if any, special contacts you feel you can apply to the task and wish to do so with. Remember that contacts will want something in return and that allies will likely ask for a favor in return someday. Lastly players may spend an inspiration to add their Reflective Facet Score to the effort as automatic Successes.

Additional Researchers
Having people to run and get books, pre-read materials, and the like can often help significantly when researching. For each additional person you may add 1 Die to your pool, a further dice can be added if that person has Investigation 3+ and/or Intelligence 3+. You can benefit from a maximum number of research assistants equal to your Reflective Facet +1 (minimum 1 even if you have a Reflective score of 0)

I'll decide what the interval is and the Cipher rating and make the required rolls. Successes will be cumulative toward the total information gathered. Information will be sent to the player or players via PM (most of the time) or in a direct post.

I'm sorry for my absence the last two days. I had some rough RL-Issues which kept me from posting or even check the forums. I'm catching up with you folks tomorrow - sorry for the delay!

Postings been slow are you folks done with the scene?

I'm just biding time until research scene, honestly. I think I've done all I need in this scene.

Ditto.

Did Catori just ask for a spanking?

... on a side note, I need to know how much time you folks are putting into your searches. If you are going after more than one thing (like Janos and Mia appear to be) please tell me how you split the time. The more specific you are the more I can be.

Thanks

poke ...

I guess I'll forge ahead to the evening. Assume that for general knowledge on Rasputin you can pretty much learn anything appropriate from HERE

Beyond that I'm still not clear on what the others were planning to do so I'll try and wing it as appropriate, expect something no later than Friday

PMs going out shortly.

I had this as the breakdown:
- Mia, Arch, Janos - Rasptuin info
- Marion, Catori, Daphne - Heart of Darkness
- Ben - deciphering the box

Hey guys,

I'm trolling for feedback. Posting has been slow, and at this stage I've been looking for you folks to direct your PCs forward but that seems to have stalled out. I was wondering if there was something you were expecting from me that you didn't get or if this is merely a product of busy lives? I can't improve the game without your feedback so please don't feel shy.

I'll update to New York soon, if not today then Friday (I'm out tomorrow)

jameson

I'm good to go with you moving us forward to New York.

I'm good with New York too.

Part of the reason I've slowed down a little is mostly because with everyone in the one place, I haven't wanted to be constantly posting, and I've been trying to let everyone have their say before I start posting.

Also, to be honest, the last couple of scenes have basically been exposition, and once the information is out there, well, there's not a lot left for the scene to do, and the scene previous had a bunch of stuff which left this scene a little more subdued. I'm quite ready to head out to New York and go out and do stuff, personally.

ok then, I figured you all would be discussing more or creating a plan but that's fine.

open scene, if you want to skip straight away to the next day just tell me who is doing what and I'll update. Otherwise have fun with X-mas