Piece of Mind: a d20 Modern horror/sci fi campaign [METAGAME]
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The Shaman
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I'm going to need a Bluff check to go with this, Falkus, if you please.Falkus said:
James Heard
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Is it too late to froth at the mouth and go psycho on the cops? Then we'll just get lawyer-guy to tell the jury about your dysfunctional childhood and your addictions to booze and pills. Meanwhile the rest of us can finish checking out the guy's underwear drawer and playing Solitaire on his computer. Take one for the team, want you to do this....for team you must do..../Dark Side
James Heard
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Me either. This is absolutely the fastest response of any police force I've ever ran into in my wide experiences of misspent youth. Frankly I'm wondering how Brandon's going to handle prison life, and whether or not I'm going to have to write up the Oz scenes or if I'll get away with glossing it over with his cellmate smoking cigarettes and tattooing "Rungo's Girl" on his shoulder.
The Shaman
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Remember, the team was at the house for more than an hour (post 126) - the question you might want to be asking yourselves is, how did the police know someone was in the house?James Heard said:
James Heard
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It's still pretty quick IMO, unless we're right up the street from the precinct or this guy is on the city council. Maybe police reaction is faster in the west than in the southeast, but I think a lot of times cops must stop to pick up their laundry and watch their tv shows before they bother getting in a car. And just because a squad car shows up, to get out instead of flashing the lights menacingly and spotlighting the neighborhood?
I'm not complaining, just noting a difference in experiences/expectations. In any case Brandon obviously wasn't running around with a bad crowd like I was when he was younger, the only logical thing for him to do is hide or run. Unless there's one helluva roof vent up here in the attic then, he's up in the dark metaphorically wetting himself.
The Shaman
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Sammamish is a well-to-do suburb of Seattle that caters to high-tech workers and their families. The city contracts for police services with King County SD and the response time is excellent - "Priority 1"* call response time is between 13 and 14 minutes.James Heard said:
There are a couple of wrinkles that you may learn in the near future that will put some of this into context for you.
The police procedural element is as accurate as I can represent it from my own 12-year law enforcement experience, subject to the dynamics of the game - I would never let someone Bluff me as easily as Hawk did the deputy!
*"Priority X" calls are homicides, robberies, and other related felonies and have a response time of about 4 minutes in Sammamish; "Priority 1" calls include break-ins.
James Heard
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I doubt anyone would let themselves be bluffed as easily as the deputy, unless Hawk was sporting a badge or uniform.
How about it Falkus? How about you just tell the nice officers that you're with Homeland Security and they need to get their cars moved in case the hazardous materials guys need to take their spot?
How about it Falkus? How about you just tell the nice officers that you're with Homeland Security and they need to get their cars moved in case the hazardous materials guys need to take their spot?
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