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Shapers of the Apocalypse (Cosmic Horror vs. Player Characters)

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George said:
Hmph, I'd like to have someone with 20 charisma and another with 20 management at home holding down the fort but Blumstein's Obsessive is a real obstacle to him holding that job and I want Schwartzwald going out on the expedition since he didn't win the election, so that leaves Bainsbridge as the competent manager at home, meaning we need to fill a charisma roll and we need to send Corbyn out so I believe one of Jackson, Freeman, and Ulysses needs to stay. Any idea which you'd prefer?
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Bainsbridge is charismatic too, doesn't that count?
 
George said:
It's better than nothing by far, but I'd like to have separate people for each job in case they get tied up.
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Fair, after a bit more thought, we can hold Henry off this one (it's not likely to be that interesting/glorious) and fill the hole in the party with Gary(who actually has all the relevant skills)

[] Expedition Leader
-[] Tyler Freeman (2.1x)
[] Expedition Members
-[]Corbyn James(1x)
-[]Simon Ulysses (1x)
-[] Peter Schwartzwald (1x)
-[] Gary Grant (1x)
-[] Wilhelm Sonnenberg (1x)
 
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racnor said:
Fair, after a bit more thought, we can hold Henry off this one (it's not likely to be that interesting/glorious) and fill the hole in the party with Gary(who actually has all the relevant skills)

[X] Expedition Leader
-[X] Tyler Freeman (2.1x)
[X] Expedition Members
-[X]Simon Ulysses (1x)
-[X] Peter Schwartzwald (1x)
-[X] Gary Grant (1x)
-[X] Wilhelm Sonnenberg (1x)
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you should send Corbyn along to learn
 
I think we should send a large team, I'd be interested to hear the thoughts of people who think a small team is a better idea.
 
racnor said:
we can hold Henry off this one (it's not likely to be that interesting/glorious)
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He seems to really want to go, though, given his vote rating.

Like in principle there'd be little disadvantage to sending everyone. They can still do their jobs next turn just as well and there's the possibility they might help the expedition or level up from it. I'm not saying we should go quite that far, but food for thought. I also would feel a little bit guilty in not sending Blumstein; he did research for this trip.

Peter Simon, though, we could lose. He messed up this year (I'm not saying we keep him in the doghouse forever or anything, he can go on one next year) and having the Treasurer and the President holding down the fort seems like a good spread. Bainsbridge outright doesn't want to go, from what I infer from the vote-weightings, and he's hilariously competent, so leaving him at home is of course a no-brainer.
 
Admiral Skippy said:
He seems to really want to go, though, given his vote rating.

Like in principle there'd be little disadvantage to sending everyone. They can still do their jobs next turn just as well and there's the possibility they might help the expedition or level up from it. I'm not saying we should go quite that far, but food for thought. I also would feel a little bit guilty in not sending Blumstein; he did research for this trip.

Peter, though, we could lose. He messed up this year (I'm not saying we keep him in the doghouse forever or anything, he can go on one next year) and having the Treasurer and the President holding down the fort seems like a good spread. Bainsbridge outright doesn't want to go, from what I infer from the vote-weightings, and he's hilariously competent, so leaving him at home is of course a no-brainer.
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he doesn't want to lead it, he has a normal weighting to just go stretch his legs
I believe you mean Simon not Peter?
 
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George said:
he doesn't want to lead it, he has a normal weighting to just go stretch his legs
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Erm, I'm not sure I understand what you mean here? Apologies if there's been some kind of miscommunication somewhere. Jackson doesn't want to lead the expedition, no, but I don't believe that's what I was saying. He has a vote weighting of 1.9 for going on the expedition, not leading it. He's in fact the only PC to have that rating. That strongly implies to me that whilst he doesn't want to lead the expedition, he'd very much prefer to be out in the field than staying at home. This is in keeping with his characterization as a bit of an old warhorse who is desperate for action.

It also just occurred to me that since he's the one who formed the contact with the local landowner who is helping us out, it'd probably be really prudent to take him along. That might be part of what the 1.9 weighting represents, actually.

George said:
I believe you mean Simon not Peter?
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Yeah, sorry, my mistake! :D
 
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[] Expedition Leader
-[] Tyler Freeman (2.1x)
[] Expedition Members
-[] Henry Jackson (1.9x)
-[] Peter Schwartzwald (1x)
-[] Wilhelm Sonnenberg (1x)
-[] Corbyn James (1x)

Fine, I acquiesce. I'm bringing him on the next expedition for sure though.
 
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racnor said:
While you're here, I don't suppose you could elaborate on the effects of leaders on the team?
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The leaders will form the focus of the expedition, so their personal skills will be of most use. Everyone else assigned can pitch in, but the leader sets the general tone and generally is key to figuring out not just if the expedition succeeds or fails, but how it succeeds or fails.
 
Admiral Skippy said:
Erm, I'm not sure I understand what you mean here? Apologies if there's been some kind of miscommunication somewhere. Jackson doesn't want to lead the expedition, no, but I don't believe that's what I was saying. He has a vote weighting of 1.9 for going on the expedition, not leading it. He's in fact the only PC to have that rating. That strongly implies to me that whilst he doesn't want to lead the expedition, he'd very much prefer to be out in the field than staying at home. This is in keeping with his characterization as a bit of an old warhorse who is desperate for action.

It also just occurred to me that since he's the one who formed the contact with the local landowner who is helping us out, it'd probably be really prudent to take him along. That might be part of what the 1.9 weighting represents, actually.



Yeah, sorry, my mistake! :D
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I'm speaking of Bainsbridge that you mentioned at the end of your post
 
[X] Expedition Leader
-[X] Tyler Freeman (2.1x)
[X] Expedition Members
-[X] Henry Jackson (1.9x)
-[X] Peter Schwartzwald (1x)
-[X] Wilhelm Sonnenberg (1x)
-[X] Corbyn James (1x)
 
Academia Nut said:
The leaders will form the focus of the expedition, so their personal skills will be of most use. Everyone else assigned can pitch in, but the leader sets the general tone and generally is key to figuring out not just if the expedition succeeds or fails, but how it succeeds or fails.
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On that note, is Tyler's huge modifier derived from his position as VP-O?
 
[X] Expedition Leader
-[X] Tyler Freeman (2.1x)
[X] Expedition Members
-[X] Henry Jackson (1.9x)
-[X] Peter Schwartzwald (1x)
-[X] Wilhelm Sonnenberg (1x)
-[X] Corbyn James (1x)
 
[X] Expedition Leader
-[X] Tyler Freeman (2.1x)
[X] Expedition Members
-[X] Henry Jackson (1.9x)
-[X] Peter Schwartzwald (1x)
-[X] Gary Grant (1x)
-[X] Wilhelm Sonnenberg (1x)
-[X] Corbyn James (1x)

"Harrumph! Oh, very well. We can bring young James along. Some fresh air and sunlight will do him good, and from what I'm told sunlight is the one thing that's not in short supply over there! Har, har, har. Besides, he did indeed do yeoman's work with that unpleasant yacht business, did he not?"
 
[X] Expedition Leader
-[X] Tyler Freeman (2.1x)
[X] Expedition Members
-[X] Henry Jackson (1.9x)
-[X] Peter Schwartzwald (1x)
-[X] Corbyn James (1x)

It strikes me that our dear Henry and Mr. Freeman both bring essentially the same skills to this expedition. Sending them both on future expeditions seems to be rather redundant. I'll acquiesce to Henry's desire to accompany the expedition this time, but we really ought to choose our members more carefully in the future to ensure a broad spectrum of skills. Poor Peter will be handling the research, cartography and the geology all by himself! I'm sure Mr. James will try to help, but I imagine he'll be next to useless beside Peter's expertise. I just hope he's not overworked.

Well, I'll agree to send this group for now, but If another alternative is suggested I'll likely be moving my support to that. And no, I don't mean an alternative that involves sending over half our capable members! Four should be quite enough for this, I think. More people means the supplies will go faster, and the hunting will be more demanding, and all in all the expedition will be shorter, though they might cover more ground in less time, I admit... anyhow, i've said my piece. But to summarize it once more, I feel this configurations is woefully inefficient. I only support it as a favour to Henry, who has done so much for us this year.
 
redzonejoe said:
It strikes me that our dear Henry and Mr. Freeman both bring essentially the same skills to this expedition. Sending them both on future expeditions seems to be rather redundant. I'll acquiesce to Henry's desire to accompany the expedition this time, but we really ought to choose our members more carefully in the future to ensure a broad spectrum of skills. Poor Peter will be handling the research, cartography and the geology all by himself! I'm sure Mr. James will try to help, but I imagine he'll be next to useless beside Peter's expertise. I just hope he's not overworked.

Well, I'll agree to send this group for now, but If another alternative is suggested I'll likely be moving my support to that. And no, I don't mean an alternative that involves sending over half our capable members! Four should be quite enough for this, I think. More people means the supplies will go faster, and the hunting will be more demanding, and all in all the expedition will be shorter, though they might cover more ground in less time, I admit... anyhow, i've said my piece. But to summarize it once more, I feel this configurations is woefully inefficient. I only support it as a favour to Henry, who has done so much for us this year.
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"You suggest that Freedman and Jackson are redundent, then in the next breath fret about lack of supplies? Bah!! Those two together should be more than capable of supporting three more men between them. Besides, I imagine if something does come up, they'll both be very grateful for eachother's presence."

OOC: If we send 1 combat character, we're one bad roll away from being eaten by the native gribblies, and eventually we are going to get that bad roll. Seeing as we have 4 combat/survival characters (Tyler, Henry, Micheal, Gary) I see no reason not to bring two along.
 
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