Play started at around 7:30 and ended a little after 10 pm.
I transcribed, with embellishments, this from five and ½ pages of hand written notes taken during the session. I do not think that I have written 5 pages out long hand (or any hand) in one sitting in more than a decade and a half.
There were a number of jokes about mushrooms and pizza and such (fungus creatures and all). Overall the game stayed on topic and the atmosphere was peaceful and focused. Two players were out tonight.
Also I typed this up in a little over 1 ½ hours immediate after the game. I now need to go back and clean up all the red lines of death (spelling errors) and the few green lines (syntax errors). I did open up the Mass Effect Wiki to get correct name spellings.
Editing and corrections took another hour.
Slicing and Dicing it into blog posts took about 30 min.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Mass Effect Play: Session Conclusion
We disarm the Asari by removing her class II Savant Biotic amp (normally reserved for Biotic Commando's).
We know that Saren, with Matriarch Benezia came to Ferros looking for the Cipher several weeks ago, and that when he left the Geth's mission changed to "Destroy the Cipher". T'Soni recognizes the Asari as Shiala, one of Benezia's older, veteran body guards.
We evac to the ship with the unconscious prisoner along with the colonists of Ferros: For some reason they now wish to leave their Geth infested planet. Bunking will be tight till we can off load them.
Characters will have time to train and use some of the points awarded over the last several sessions.
All characters are now at 136 points.
We know that Saren, with Matriarch Benezia came to Ferros looking for the Cipher several weeks ago, and that when he left the Geth's mission changed to "Destroy the Cipher". T'Soni recognizes the Asari as Shiala, one of Benezia's older, veteran body guards.
We evac to the ship with the unconscious prisoner along with the colonists of Ferros: For some reason they now wish to leave their Geth infested planet. Bunking will be tight till we can off load them.
Characters will have time to train and use some of the points awarded over the last several sessions.
All characters are now at 136 points.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Mass Effect Play: Thorian Part 3
Part 3: Growing Flowers
Traveling on we come to a massive cavern some 300 meters tall and between 50-75 meters wide. For the first time we see species #37: The Thorian in all of its massive glory. The entity is the size of a small cruser and is suspended by innumerable small tendrils and eight large "roots".
A proboscis ejects a green skinned Asari that appears to be of the same composition as the Thorian Creepers but has specific facial features and battle armor. It addresses us "You are not welcome here; go back the way you came."
Shepard, being diplomatic, asks "We are here for the Cipher, once we have it we will leave you in peace. "
"We sense that the air you move only contains lies", The Asari replies "Your kind is only suitable for service or fertilizer, that is you must go back the way you came."
"We know that you are wise and noble being …" starts Shepard.
"…oh no, that made it angry" says T'Soni and uses biotics to throw the asari off the ledge. It hits the far wall and lands in the pit with a splat.
A fusion grenade in hand, Shepard throws at a root. It hits and explodes partially severing it.
Talia takes aim at another root.
Chakwas shoots at a Thorian Creeper.
Garrus shoots at a root.
Kaidan throws a high explosive grenade at the cluster of Thorian Creepers but it flips out of his hand and lands behind the party.
T'Soni has a sense of that there is another presence in the room and moves off from the group to search for it.
A Thorian Creeper hits Shepard but is largely unaffected due to his armor.
Another Thorian Creeper attacks Garrus and also hits.
Talia fires her shotgun at the root she was aiming at and generates an enormous hole in it causing the massive Thorian sages a little to one side.
Chakwas and the Privates take down a Thorian Creeper.
Garrus hits another root with his assault rifle.
Kaidan sight's a root down the barrel of his shotgun.
T'Soni, using clairvoyance senses exactly where the other Asari is located. An oversized pod like the one the Thorian Creeper emerged from.
The Thorian deposits more Thorian Creepers.
A Thorian Creeper comes up to Shepard and deals a massive blow and Shepard folds to the ground.
Another Thorian Creeper confronts Garrus with the first blow largely absorbed by his body armor, but the second one really hurt, yet he stays standing.
A final Thorian Creeper hits Talia.
Chakwas Heals Shepard with MediGel returning him to combat.
Shepard draws his Sonic Blade and attacks a Thorian Creeper while still lying on the ground.
Talia takes aim at a root.
Garrus throws a high explosive grenade at the cluster of Thorian Creepers, and the blast knocks 2 of them off the ledge.
Kaidan hits a root with his shotgun, but it is largely ineffective.
T'Soni, using her sonic blade deftly cuts the Asari free of the pod. However, while pre-occupied with this a Thorian Creeper snuck up on her causes her some pain, though she remains able to fight.
Thorian Creeper attacks Sheppard twice, but by parrying the second attack manages to dismember it. The other hit is not sufficient to penetrate his armor.
Garrus is hit and hurt by a Thorian Creeper, and he falls to the ground.
The Thorian deposits a new Thorian Creeper.
Shepard jumps to his feat slices into a Thorian Creeper and drops it.
Talia shots a root with her shotgun and it breaks.
Chakwas maneuvers over to Garrus and restores him back to consciousness.
Kaidan severs one of the last, close by (in shotgun range) roots. Four roots remain, and the Thorian is listing badly.
T'Soni shots the Thorian Creeper that savaged her.
The Privates remove two more Thorian Creepers, so the Thorian deposits 5 more.
Shepard switches to his assault rifle and aims at a root.
Talia aims at the same root.
Garrus, from the ground aims at another root.
Kaidan uses a biotic push to knock all the Thorian Creepers into the abyss.
T'Soni drags the Asari into the group; it is quickly determined that she is the original of the green skinned "clone" that we saw earlier.
The Thorian deposits a second example of the Asari Clone along with four more Thorian Creepers before the party.
Shepard shoots and damages a root.
Talia hits the same root, leaving it connected by a thread.
Chakwas, using psionic healing determines that the Asari is being mentally dominated by a greater mind (presumably the Thorian). Reducing her state of awareness level might disable the clone, so she drugs the Asari.
Garrus shoot s another root and damages it.
Kaidan throws a grenade at the Asari but misses and it lands upon another Thorian Creeper. The explosion hurts them but doesn't knock any of them into the pit.
T'Soni knocks all of the Thorian Creepers into the pit leaving only the Asari Clone.
The Clone pushes everyone into the wall with such extreme force that Shepard and Talia are down and dying (bleeding), and T'Soni is unconscious.
Chakwas treats the dying Shepard and is extremely effective; he is nearly at full health.
Garrus breaks the damaged root and the Thorian is hanging by a thread. The Clone slumps to her knees.
T'Soni states that now is the time for diplomacy, but Kaidan disagrees saying "It has three roots left" as he severs one more.
The Thorian, with a groan, has its remaining roots ripped from the walls and falls into the abyss.
The Clone's body slumps into a pile and starts flowering.
Kaidan says "I didn't know that the Thorian made the flowers grow?"
Traveling on we come to a massive cavern some 300 meters tall and between 50-75 meters wide. For the first time we see species #37: The Thorian in all of its massive glory. The entity is the size of a small cruser and is suspended by innumerable small tendrils and eight large "roots".
A proboscis ejects a green skinned Asari that appears to be of the same composition as the Thorian Creepers but has specific facial features and battle armor. It addresses us "You are not welcome here; go back the way you came."
Shepard, being diplomatic, asks "We are here for the Cipher, once we have it we will leave you in peace. "
"We sense that the air you move only contains lies", The Asari replies "Your kind is only suitable for service or fertilizer, that is you must go back the way you came."
"We know that you are wise and noble being …" starts Shepard.
"…oh no, that made it angry" says T'Soni and uses biotics to throw the asari off the ledge. It hits the far wall and lands in the pit with a splat.
A fusion grenade in hand, Shepard throws at a root. It hits and explodes partially severing it.
Talia takes aim at another root.
Chakwas shoots at a Thorian Creeper.
Garrus shoots at a root.
Kaidan throws a high explosive grenade at the cluster of Thorian Creepers but it flips out of his hand and lands behind the party.
T'Soni has a sense of that there is another presence in the room and moves off from the group to search for it.
A Thorian Creeper hits Shepard but is largely unaffected due to his armor.
Another Thorian Creeper attacks Garrus and also hits.
Talia fires her shotgun at the root she was aiming at and generates an enormous hole in it causing the massive Thorian sages a little to one side.
Chakwas and the Privates take down a Thorian Creeper.
Garrus hits another root with his assault rifle.
Kaidan sight's a root down the barrel of his shotgun.
T'Soni, using clairvoyance senses exactly where the other Asari is located. An oversized pod like the one the Thorian Creeper emerged from.
The Thorian deposits more Thorian Creepers.
A Thorian Creeper comes up to Shepard and deals a massive blow and Shepard folds to the ground.
Another Thorian Creeper confronts Garrus with the first blow largely absorbed by his body armor, but the second one really hurt, yet he stays standing.
A final Thorian Creeper hits Talia.
Chakwas Heals Shepard with MediGel returning him to combat.
Shepard draws his Sonic Blade and attacks a Thorian Creeper while still lying on the ground.
Talia takes aim at a root.
Garrus throws a high explosive grenade at the cluster of Thorian Creepers, and the blast knocks 2 of them off the ledge.
Kaidan hits a root with his shotgun, but it is largely ineffective.
T'Soni, using her sonic blade deftly cuts the Asari free of the pod. However, while pre-occupied with this a Thorian Creeper snuck up on her causes her some pain, though she remains able to fight.
Thorian Creeper attacks Sheppard twice, but by parrying the second attack manages to dismember it. The other hit is not sufficient to penetrate his armor.
Garrus is hit and hurt by a Thorian Creeper, and he falls to the ground.
The Thorian deposits a new Thorian Creeper.
Shepard jumps to his feat slices into a Thorian Creeper and drops it.
Talia shots a root with her shotgun and it breaks.
Chakwas maneuvers over to Garrus and restores him back to consciousness.
Kaidan severs one of the last, close by (in shotgun range) roots. Four roots remain, and the Thorian is listing badly.
T'Soni shots the Thorian Creeper that savaged her.
The Privates remove two more Thorian Creepers, so the Thorian deposits 5 more.
Shepard switches to his assault rifle and aims at a root.
Talia aims at the same root.
Garrus, from the ground aims at another root.
Kaidan uses a biotic push to knock all the Thorian Creepers into the abyss.
T'Soni drags the Asari into the group; it is quickly determined that she is the original of the green skinned "clone" that we saw earlier.
The Thorian deposits a second example of the Asari Clone along with four more Thorian Creepers before the party.
Shepard shoots and damages a root.
Talia hits the same root, leaving it connected by a thread.
Chakwas, using psionic healing determines that the Asari is being mentally dominated by a greater mind (presumably the Thorian). Reducing her state of awareness level might disable the clone, so she drugs the Asari.
Garrus shoot s another root and damages it.
Kaidan throws a grenade at the Asari but misses and it lands upon another Thorian Creeper. The explosion hurts them but doesn't knock any of them into the pit.
T'Soni knocks all of the Thorian Creepers into the pit leaving only the Asari Clone.
The Clone pushes everyone into the wall with such extreme force that Shepard and Talia are down and dying (bleeding), and T'Soni is unconscious.
Chakwas treats the dying Shepard and is extremely effective; he is nearly at full health.
Garrus breaks the damaged root and the Thorian is hanging by a thread. The Clone slumps to her knees.
T'Soni states that now is the time for diplomacy, but Kaidan disagrees saying "It has three roots left" as he severs one more.
The Thorian, with a groan, has its remaining roots ripped from the walls and falls into the abyss.
The Clone's body slumps into a pile and starts flowering.
Kaidan says "I didn't know that the Thorian made the flowers grow?"
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Mass Effect Play: Thorian Part 2
Part 2: Battle in the Dark
We continue down the tunnel and come to a large, open area where 4 Thorian Creepers drop down upon us and another battle ensues.
The Thorian Creepers hit Talia severely, Garrus lightly, Kaidan painfully and Dr T'Soni so badly that she collapses and is dying.
Talia apply MediGel to T'Soni and brings her back to awareness.
Kaidan tries to throw two of the Thorian Creepers back, away from himself and Dr T'Soni but is unsuccessful.
T'Soni applies MediGel to herself and is largely restored.
Thorian Creepers attack Talia viciously and leave her down and dying; Kaidan so horribly that he is also knocked out, but is not dying. One Thorian Creeper attempts to maul Garrius but Garrius reverses the move and drops the Thorian Creeper to the ground and places his boot upon the creatures "neck".
Shepard blasts the Thorian Creeper on Kaidan and blows it away.
Garrus disarticulates the pinned Thorian Creeper with his shotgun.
T'Soni applies MediGel to Talia so that she is no longer dying.
The Last 2 Thorian Creepers go after Garrus, who shudders from the blows but remains conscious.
Shepard and Garrus focus fire on one Thorian Creeper but it remains mobile.
T'Soni applies more MediGel to Talia, though better she is still not up.
One Thorian Creeper hits Shepard but he is still up and fighting. The other Thorian Creeper just misses Garrus, twice.
Shepard fires his shotgun at one and it disassembles itself.
Garrus aims at his Thorian Creeper.
T'Soni levitates the last Thorian Creeper so that it cannot attack while the remaining fighters blast it into pieces.
At this point Dr Chakwas and Private First Class Marucho and Rodain are called in for support and assistance before proceeding further. Everyone is restored to full health. Ammo is switched out.
We continue down the tunnel and come to a large, open area where 4 Thorian Creepers drop down upon us and another battle ensues.
The Thorian Creepers hit Talia severely, Garrus lightly, Kaidan painfully and Dr T'Soni so badly that she collapses and is dying.
Talia apply MediGel to T'Soni and brings her back to awareness.
Kaidan tries to throw two of the Thorian Creepers back, away from himself and Dr T'Soni but is unsuccessful.
T'Soni applies MediGel to herself and is largely restored.
Thorian Creepers attack Talia viciously and leave her down and dying; Kaidan so horribly that he is also knocked out, but is not dying. One Thorian Creeper attempts to maul Garrius but Garrius reverses the move and drops the Thorian Creeper to the ground and places his boot upon the creatures "neck".
Shepard blasts the Thorian Creeper on Kaidan and blows it away.
Garrus disarticulates the pinned Thorian Creeper with his shotgun.
T'Soni applies MediGel to Talia so that she is no longer dying.
The Last 2 Thorian Creepers go after Garrus, who shudders from the blows but remains conscious.
Shepard and Garrus focus fire on one Thorian Creeper but it remains mobile.
T'Soni applies more MediGel to Talia, though better she is still not up.
One Thorian Creeper hits Shepard but he is still up and fighting. The other Thorian Creeper just misses Garrus, twice.
Shepard fires his shotgun at one and it disassembles itself.
Garrus aims at his Thorian Creeper.
T'Soni levitates the last Thorian Creeper so that it cannot attack while the remaining fighters blast it into pieces.
At this point Dr Chakwas and Private First Class Marucho and Rodain are called in for support and assistance before proceeding further. Everyone is restored to full health. Ammo is switched out.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Mass Effect Play: Thorian Part 1
Part 1: Into the Darkness
After some SCIENCE we crafted knock-out gas grenades to render the inhabitants of Zhu's hope helpless. We lift up the crashed ship to expose a narrow stair way down into the darkness.
The marching order is: Shepard, Garrus, Kaidan, T'Soni, and Talia. (The remainder of the crew stayed behind to secure the exit.)
As we make our way down the tunnel Garrus notices a large pod on the wall. Just as he taps Shepard on the shoulder the pod unfolds into a lithe three fingered featureless humanoid that starts moving toward the party.
Shepard, "Greeting we come in peace".
Dr. T'Soni makes a concerned expression, "There is danger here", she says as she draws her pistol.
Shepard pulls his sonic blade and stabs the creature, making a solid blow, but not phasing the creature in anyway.
Garrus shoots at the creature with his assault rifle and also hits.
Kaidan attempts to throw the creature but it squirms in his biotic grasp and only pushes it back two meters.
T'Soni aims.
The Creature, to later be name a "Thorian Creeper", hits Shepard with its claws but fails to penetrate his armor.
Talia fires at the creature but misses.
Garrus aims with the assault rifle.
Kaidan focuses pyrokinesis upon the creatures torso and raises it's temperature by 800 degrees, to no effect other than it is now glowing red hot.
T'Soni shoots with her shot gun and blows the Thorian Creeper into little flaming pieces. She then analyzes the remains and determines that the creature is an undifferentiated fungal mass: There are no organs, no bones or structures of any kind. It is presumed that something else, something external is animating this thing. Its body structure is most similar to a turian or a quarian.
After combat analysis also showed that shotguns were the most effective weapon against this creature so everyone arms themselves appropriately.
After some SCIENCE we crafted knock-out gas grenades to render the inhabitants of Zhu's hope helpless. We lift up the crashed ship to expose a narrow stair way down into the darkness.
The marching order is: Shepard, Garrus, Kaidan, T'Soni, and Talia. (The remainder of the crew stayed behind to secure the exit.)
As we make our way down the tunnel Garrus notices a large pod on the wall. Just as he taps Shepard on the shoulder the pod unfolds into a lithe three fingered featureless humanoid that starts moving toward the party.
Shepard, "Greeting we come in peace".
Dr. T'Soni makes a concerned expression, "There is danger here", she says as she draws her pistol.
Shepard pulls his sonic blade and stabs the creature, making a solid blow, but not phasing the creature in anyway.
Garrus shoots at the creature with his assault rifle and also hits.
Kaidan attempts to throw the creature but it squirms in his biotic grasp and only pushes it back two meters.
T'Soni aims.
The Creature, to later be name a "Thorian Creeper", hits Shepard with its claws but fails to penetrate his armor.
Talia fires at the creature but misses.
Garrus aims with the assault rifle.
Kaidan focuses pyrokinesis upon the creatures torso and raises it's temperature by 800 degrees, to no effect other than it is now glowing red hot.
T'Soni shoots with her shot gun and blows the Thorian Creeper into little flaming pieces. She then analyzes the remains and determines that the creature is an undifferentiated fungal mass: There are no organs, no bones or structures of any kind. It is presumed that something else, something external is animating this thing. Its body structure is most similar to a turian or a quarian.
After combat analysis also showed that shotguns were the most effective weapon against this creature so everyone arms themselves appropriately.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Mass Effect Play: Previously on Feros
Note: I will be generating a more detailed back story at a later time.
Previously: The team had discovered that ExoGeni was up to no good: they had discovered Life form #35 and found that its spores had a psychoactive effect on intelligent life. Management decided to use the inhabitants of Zhu's Hope as test subjects to see the effects of the spores. Net result: even though the planet is overrun with Geth, none of the inhabitants wish to leave. From a krogain that Wrex knew (and managed to flip to our side), we discovered that Species #37 was known as the Thorian and that Saren was searching the planet for "The Cipher". We do know that Saren has departed the planet, leavingthe Geth behind to destroy "The Cipher" and all witnesses.
Previously: The team had discovered that ExoGeni was up to no good: they had discovered Life form #35 and found that its spores had a psychoactive effect on intelligent life. Management decided to use the inhabitants of Zhu's Hope as test subjects to see the effects of the spores. Net result: even though the planet is overrun with Geth, none of the inhabitants wish to leave. From a krogain that Wrex knew (and managed to flip to our side), we discovered that Species #37 was known as the Thorian and that Saren was searching the planet for "The Cipher". We do know that Saren has departed the planet, leavingthe Geth behind to destroy "The Cipher" and all witnesses.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Mass Effect Play: Rule Changes
In the 3E GURPS Mass Effect Game that we play every other week our GM made the following rule Changes:
Rule Changes: All pistols and assault rifles now only roll for one shot; if there is no aim and the shot just hits then it is a "Grazing Shot". Accuracy of the weapon now dictates the damage multiplier. Critical hits are now only on a 3 or 4 though the better you make the shot the higher the multiplier. No bonus for HUD or laser targeting (essentially, they are a wash when making a snapshot.)
No called Shots.
The change was instituted to speed up combat (Assault Rifles with 3 shots takes a long time to resolve).
This should have no effect on the Sniper, even though he won't be making "Critical Hits" as often, He will still be making kills (as he will almost always hit with a 10 or better getting a massive multiplier).
Rule Changes: All pistols and assault rifles now only roll for one shot; if there is no aim and the shot just hits then it is a "Grazing Shot". Accuracy of the weapon now dictates the damage multiplier. Critical hits are now only on a 3 or 4 though the better you make the shot the higher the multiplier. No bonus for HUD or laser targeting (essentially, they are a wash when making a snapshot.)
No called Shots.
The change was instituted to speed up combat (Assault Rifles with 3 shots takes a long time to resolve).
This should have no effect on the Sniper, even though he won't be making "Critical Hits" as often, He will still be making kills (as he will almost always hit with a 10 or better getting a massive multiplier).
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