[D20 CoC] Mountains of Madness - Chap 4: Departure; Recruiting Alternate Players

[Drowned Hero]

George Barrow Scientist

tone, "Do you know how to use that pistola, signore?"

'No idea Mister, but maybe someone else can use it, strange things are happening onaboard lately...' with that George runs towards the noise thats left after the explotion

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Øyvind watches the priest looking at the panel seeming quite unsure on how to use it. 'Father please if your not sure how do do this let me try' 'i have some skill in operation this kind of machinery'

Operate Heavy Machinery +2 (1d20+2=3) - Ouch

Puzzled, Father Rucker back off to let Øyvind handle the levers.

 

[Job]

[sblock=ooc]Operate heavy machinery can't be used untrained and Father Rucker don't have any ranks in this skill. [/sblock]Father Rucker looks puzzled at the levers and pedals
Green is probably the "Go" button, and Red is the "stop". I wonder what are the black and grey.
Father Rucker thinks to himself
One of the pedals is probably the gas and the other is the break, the levers are to maneuver the tankards. I hope I'll not drop them.
Father Rucker press the green button, the right pedal and begins to pull the levers.

The winch engine roared to life when the priest pressed the green button, then he relaxed and thought to himself, "So far, so good...", but when he pulled a lever, the overhead crane began rapidly dropping the sling of barrels downwards. Father Rucker immediately released the lever but the machinery continued its movement for a split second longer, banging one edge of the sling against the deck rail, severely tilting the load and nearly dislodging one barrel into the fiery water below.

Øyvind watches the priest looking at the panel seeming quite unsure on how to use it. 'Father please if your not sure how do do this let me try' 'i have some skill in operation this kind of machinery'

Operate Heavy Machinery +2 (1d20+2=3) - Ouch

Puzzled, Father Rucker backed off to let Øyvind handle the levers.

Øyvind jumped up into the winch control cabin, scanned the set of levers, pedals, and buttons, then confidently depressed a pedal with his foot while moving the right lever upwards...

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

Glancing towards the burning shed, you see a flash of dark red. It's a man in long underwear moving amidst the smoke and flames, who picks up one of the unconscious men from the pier and throws him over his shoulder, but then a billowing cloud of smoke envelopes them, blocking your line of sight.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

Commander Starkweather reaches the fire station and furiously unfurls the hose onto the deck, all the while yelling at stevedores to assist; most ignored him and continued on their way towards the exit gangway and safety. Starkweather twisted open the valve and immediately grabbed the large brass nozzle, but as the highly pressurized water began flowing through the hose, it shoved him across the deck and to his knees, releasing a spray against the side of the main aftercastle and not towards the fire. It was obvious to everyone watching that he couldn't control the powerful water jet by himself.

"Help me here!" he beckoned to Martin and Vittorio and George, as the hose threatened to whip out of his grasp and snake wildly across the deck.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

Øyvind jumped up into the winch control cabin, scanned the set of levers, pedals, and buttons, then confidently depressed a pedal with his foot while moving the right lever upwards...

...and watched as the sling of barrel lurched upwards and slingshotted towards the burning railcar and shed on the pier.

[sblock]DH, please make another operate heavy machinery roll to correct the winch's movement[/sblock]
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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

Martin, Vittorio, and George ... gaze into the hellish red and yellow glow of the fire from the second level of the main aftercastle...

..."Help me here!" James Starkweater beckoned to Martin and Vittorio and George, as the hose threatened to whip out of his grasp and snake wildly across the deck.

Vittorio runs down the ramp towards James Starkweather, into the chaos, all the while muttering something in Italian.

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Job (the tortured one)

 

[Job]

"CAST OFF! CAST OFF!" snaps First Officer Turlow at the crewmembers remaining on deck and the men begin releasing the lines holding the U.S.S. Gabrielle to the pier. Turlow then leaps for the gangplank leading towards the bridge.

You recognize First Officer Turlow from earlier that day

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Job. (the tortured one).

 

[Drowned Hero]

Operate Heavy Machinery +2 (1d20+2=8)

 

[Morpheus]

"Help me here!" he beckoned to Martin and Vittorio and George, as the hose threatened to whip out of his grasp and snake wildly across the deck.


Job (the tortured one).

Martin grabs the hose and braces himself against the railing. OOC: Do I need to make a Strength check?

 

[Job]

Øyvind jumped up into the winch control cabin, scanned the set of levers, pedals, and buttons, then confidently depressed a pedal with his foot while moving the right lever upwards...

...and watched as the sling of barrel lurched upwards and slingshotted towards the burning railcar and shed on the pier.
[sblock=Instructions from the Keeper]DH, please make another operate heavy machinery roll to correct the winch's movement [/sblock]

[sblock=Øyvind's attempt to slow the movement of the winch's payload]Operate Heavy Machinery +2 (1d20+2=8)[/sblock]

Øyvind attempted to ease the sling of barrels to a stop but, being somewhat unfamiliar with the controls, he overcorrected the movement of the crane, reversing it back too quickly and sending the sling arcing skyward, watching aghast as a number of barrels of fuel tumbled off the pallette and down towards the burning shed.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

Martin grabs the hose and braces himself against the railing. OOC: Do I need to make a Strength check?

Martin jumped onto hose, hoping to bring it under control, which was thrashing like an anaconda in its death throes. The nozzle flipped nose-down, spraying the deck with a blast of water and propelling the hose upwards--along with James Starkweather, who hung on with a look of grim determination.

[sblock=Instructions from the Keeper]Morpheus, yes, please make both a strength and dexterity check.[/sblock]

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Drowned Hero]

George Barrow Scientist

Watching Martin running to help with a hose, George idled for just some secs knowing he wasn't the physical type of person, as he got out of his first shock watching how barrels of explosive liquid wabling over fire and getting surprised by the fires roar and heat, George runs to help with the hose.

On his way he bumped into Øyvinds gramophone and the artifact starts playing a wicked tune.

Tune

[sblock]should i roll some dices?[/sblock]

 

[Taokanf]

A thin scream just outside the door shook Camille herself out of the rather pleasant daydream of slapping some sense into Starkweather. Swearing to herself softly, she hurled herself out on deck and into a scene straight out the Catholic bible. She gaped, momentarily taken aback by the sheer scale of the blaze, but the distraction was only temporary and within moments she had moved down the stairs and onto the main deck, searching for where she would be of most use.

Her eyes widened in horror as they landed on Øyvind's bungling attempts to use the winch. "Merde!" He'll break it at this rate!

The open bum flap on her pajamas flapped in the breeze, giving a lovely view of her behind as she elbowed her way through the chaotic mess toward the winch, stumbling in her haste and shouting, "Make way! Make way, damn you!"

 

[Job]

...George runs to help with the hose...
[sblock]should i roll some dices?[/sblock]

[sblock=Keeper's Instructions]Please make 2 rolls, the first for Strength and the second for Dexterity. Will your string of bad rolls continue? [/sblock]

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Job (the tortured one.)

 

[Drowned Hero]

George Barrow Scientist

Str and Dex (1d20=14, 1d20=10)

 

[Morpheus]

Martin rolls the dice and...Str and Dex Checks (Str 4+0=4 and Dex 5+3=8)...Egads!

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Father Rucker

Unable to help with the crane, Father Rucker picks up the hose from the back to help holding the "menacing anaconda".

 

[jdeleski]

Martin jumped onto hose, hoping to bring it under control, which was thrashing like an anaconda in its death throes. [sblock=Martin's Results]Martin rolls the dice and...Str and Dex Checks (Str 4+0=4 and Dex 5+3=8)...Egads![/sblock]The nozzle flipped nose-down, spraying the deck with a blast of water and propelling the hose upwards--along with James Starkweather, who hung on with a look of grim determination.

Fortunately for James Starkweather, the additional weight of Martin LeBlanc restrained the hose from gaining much altitude, but it veered to the right, driving itself and it's riders along the wet decking until they collided roughly with the metal wall of the aftercastle. Martin hit his head and saw brilliant white flecks swimming in front of him, but held onto the hose. James Starkweather was kneeling and wrestling with his prey, but had obviously had the wind knocked out of him as he wheezed and gulped for air.

...George runs to help with the hose...[sblock=George's Results]Str and Dex (1d20=14, 1d20=10)[/sblock]

Goorge began grappling with the middle section of the hose and managed to dramatically reduce the hose's whipping motion, enough so that Martin and Starkweather were able to stand up, dripping and shaking.

"Good... ...good work, Martin!" gasped the Commander as he began aiming the nozzle towards the pier, "Now that...". *cough* *cough* "now that we've watered down... ...the deck,..." *wheeze* "...perhaps we can... ...we can put out that damned fire!"

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

"Good... ...good work, Martin!" gasped the Commander as he began aiming the nozzle towards the pier, "Now that...". *cough* *cough* "now that we've watered down... ...the deck,..." *wheeze* "...perhaps we can... ...we can put out that damned fire!"

[sblock=James Starkweather's attempt to aim the hose]James's d20 strength roll = 9
James's d20 dexterity roll = 5 [/sblock][OOC - Gentlemen, please make another set of strength and dexterity rolls to assist the Commander]

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Job (the tortured one).