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With the current system of "roll on first vote" most people will choose the highest roll, instead of the best option and if all rolls are bad someone will make a write-in just for another chance to roll. Is that intended?
 
@Artemis1992: It's not so much 'intended' as 'inevitable', really. I just don't have the time to collate a roll for every vote and write this and do all my other stuff. If there's an easy, fair way to do it otherwise, please let me know, though.

But people should be thinking carefully about their choices - just because you get Armsy's support, and get your idea through, doesn't mean people will like it.
 
Kadmus said:
@Artemis1992: It's not so much 'intended' as 'inevitable', really. I just don't have the time to collate a roll for every vote and write this and do all my other stuff. If there's an easy, fair way to do it otherwise, please let me know, though.

But people should be thinking carefully about their choices - just because you get Armsy's support, and get your idea through, doesn't mean people will like it.
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Coming from someone with very little experience, maybe take a roll for the vote after the vote tally is called.
 
@SuperiorTentacle: Good suggestion. That's how I'll do it from the next post on.

This is a learning experience, as I've said before, so I'm grateful for all the help people are giving me. :)
 
Kadmus said:
@SuperiorTentacle: Good suggestion. That's how I'll do it from the next post on.

This is a learning experience, as I've said before, so I'm grateful for all the help people are giving me. :)
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Ah, man. I was hoping it was an intended part of the system, as sorta part of our power, the PC having a sorta inherent sense for tactics, and which option is the best choice.

Anyways, going to vote for the third option just to see what the roll is.
[X] Group pressure will achieve more than anything else. Talk to your colleagues, get them on side.

Edit: Man, I have not been good at rolling dice on here.
Trondason threw 1 10-faced dice. Total: 5
5 5
 
[x] Armsmaster's the vital link. Appeal to him to help get this idea pushed through.
Would a max upgraded firebreath be able to burn through endbringer without resistance?
 
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[X] The Director, Emily Piggot, is the one in charge. Go straight to the top.
Nat. 10s are nice. Someone with social-fu is nicer. (Also hint hint from GM.)

Kloudianorici said:
Maybe you could also have the first person do a roll on a site like Random.org or something and PM you the number. That way only you know the result of the roll.
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Biggest problem with this would be that people might end up filling his box with rolls.

Also, if we got dragonbreath from lung, I'm really drooling over what I'm imagining us getting from Oni Lee...
 
[X] Armsmaster's the vital link. Appeal to him to help get this idea pushed through.
 
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    Roll: 10
    Well, you should talk to your immediate boss. That makes sense; he'll know what needs to be done, and if you can convince him, he'll help you make sure it happens.

    He is, inevitably, in his lab. Tinkering. In both senses of the word, in that he has his halberd disassembled on a workbench and is fiddling with it, muttering about heat distributions and stress tolerances. He loses you when he starts using n-th dimensional mathematics with irrational numbers, and appears to have redefined pi as exactly 3.

    Well, if it works for him?

    "Hey, uh, Armsmaster?" Strong opener. Solid.

    "Hmm? What do you want?" He doesn't even look up. You aren't really surprised, although Dragon waves at you from a monitor on the wall. You wave back.

    "Uh, I was thinking it might be good if we used me as bait to draw out Oni Lee so we could put down the ABB for good?"

    He hums under his breath, murmurs something about eighty-seven pointed triangles, and keeps working. "That sounds like a good plan. Do you think your power will manifest the Shaker power if you fight him? It didn't with Lung."

    You think for a moment. "I think it was because I wasn't the one to initiate the fight. He'd already been engaged when I arrived. So it's a- Well, I think it should, if we need it to."

    He nods, and uses what looks like a torture tool to adjust something. "If we can capture him with minimal collateral damage, it will be a major PR victory. Are you prepared for this? He's dangerous, and we know he's got Tinkertech grenades from Bakuda."

    You shrug. "I'm tougher than before, and I picked up a new skill from Lung. I can handle it."

    He grunts. "Fine. Just remember who helped you, Dakka. We'll do it tonight, make a big show of it. I'll get Piggot to sign off on it, we'll use the old trainyard. Lots of derelict space there."

    "You think he'll actually show?"

    "Yes. He's predictable, if nothing else; you're a treat and an enemy, and you captured someone he respects. He'll stop at nothing to try and kill you."

    That thought makes you wince a little, but honestly? Death doesn't hold the weight it used to, any more. Not when it's about you.

    What do you do to prepare for tonight?

    [ ] Write In.
     
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    • [X] requisition the upgrade materials for the electric stuff
    [x] raid the armory for foam grenades, smoke, and flashbangs. eye irritants like pepper spray should interfere with his line-of-sight teleports.
     
    [X] requisition the upgrade materials for all our shit.
    [x] raid the armory for foam grenades, smoke, and flashbangs. eye irritants like pepper spray should interfere with his line-of-sight teleports.
     
    [X] requisition the upgrade materials for all our shit.
    [x] raid the armory for foam grenades, smoke, and flashbangs. eye irritants like pepper spray should interfere with his line-of-sight teleports.
     
    [X] requisition the upgrade materials for all our shit.
    [x] raid the armory for foam grenades, smoke, and flashbangs. eye irritants like pepper spray should interfere with his line-of-sight teleports.
     
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