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Timberwolfd

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How evil will Rob be?
« on: November 25, 2017, 01:33:53 PM »
So, we are heading to the Capellan Confederation for this contract. My PC has both an enemy and a contact on Ziliang (Federated Suns planet at the point of a salient into the CC, next to St. Ives.). Several other PCs have enemies, quirks, and/or in for life traits that will come into play.

This leads to the titular question of how evil Rob will be?
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deadlyfire2345

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Re: How evil will Rob be?
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2017, 01:36:14 PM »
It is up to the RNG gods of MegaMek is it not? I mean the HTML dice on here hate me for upgrades so far so our chances seem good.
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Re: How evil will Rob be?
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2017, 02:35:35 PM »
So the question is do enemies do more than reduce your acquisition rolls?  Perhaps, but unlikely.

Thankfully, my loyalty is to the Liao family, and not the chancellor.  So while their are a lot of liao, not many of them are important enough to rank of the succession charts.  But we will see about the issue.
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Re: How evil will Rob be?
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2017, 04:23:05 PM »
Quote from: agustaaquila on November 25, 2017, 02:35:35 PM
So the question is do enemies do more than reduce your acquisition rolls?  Perhaps, but unlikely.

Thankfully, my loyalty is to the Liao family, and not the chancellor.  So while their are a lot of liao, not many of them are important enough to rank of the succession charts.  But we will see about the issue.
You aren't involved with the Thuggee, right?  RIGHT?!
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Re: How evil will Rob be?
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2017, 04:39:24 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D whistles innocently   ;D ;D ;D

No, while my rpg group does have a "mike betrays the party phase" I'm not thuggee
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Re: How evil will Rob be?
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2017, 05:01:05 PM »
ummmmm..... what? we went from talking about Rob to a betrayal by Mike. Did I miss something?
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Re: How evil will Rob be?
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2017, 05:14:58 PM »
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Re: How evil will Rob be?
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2017, 05:59:40 PM »
Quote from: Timberwolfd on November 25, 2017, 01:33:53 PM
This leads to the titular question of how evil Rob will be?

It's not a question of "how" evil.  A GM is never too evil, nor not evil enough.  A GM is precisely as evil as he means to.

But hey, maybe y'all will get lucky and nobody will notice you're all in Capellan space.  It's been known to happen.  Big universe, and all that.

Also, no, AtB has nothing to do with this sort of thing.  Title, Noble, In For Life... those are all aspects which a computerized GM can't possibly account for.  This is one reason why the effects of these Traits all say, simply, "See GM".


Quote from: deadlyfire2345 on November 25, 2017, 05:01:05 PM
ummmmm..... what? we went from talking about Rob to a betrayal by Mike. Did I miss something?

Yes, you did.  However, it is something where you must have played a tabletop RPG with Mike in the party before you can truly comprehend it.
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Re: How evil will Rob be?
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2017, 07:20:42 PM »
I am just waiting to find out he's a Thuggee and the bastard that hooked Kali Liao into the cult...
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Re: How evil will Rob be?
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2017, 03:58:46 PM »
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Yes, you did.  However, it is something where you must have played a tabletop RPG with Mike in the party before you can truly comprehend it.

Patently not true, I'm pretty certain Mike has had a "Mike betrays the party" phase in every Battletech campaign. And if he skipped one, it wasn't for lack of trying.
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