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Re: RECRUITING!!! Dinosaurs of the Haunted Swamp « Reply #17 on May 31, 2012, 12:44pm »
On the other hand, if you forgo the barded dinosaurs, you will never get a chance to hear the satisfying *crunch* of a steel-clad brontosaurus head-butting Cthulhu in the shin...
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Re: RECRUITING!!! Dinosaurs of the Haunted Swamp « Reply #18 on May 31, 2012, 1:04pm »
Colour me very confused at this point, I think we need an updated dino list?
Big Mama (9HD): Not subject to replacement, but not claimed by a PC yet Big Daddy (9HD): Gunnery Spuds (2HD): Breath (although I'm not against switching, perhaps to Big Mama or Princess, depending on other PC choices) Psionic Velociraptor (2HD): Fated Giganotosaurus (9HD): Shade ? ? ?: Minion (we have not heard from Minion for a few days)
So after Minion chooses, that leaves one more dino to add, either an existing dino or a newly generated one, for a total of 7 dinos.
**We need a min 18HD to transport the head. We have 3x 9HD so far (Big Mama, Big Daddy, and Giganotosaurus) so we should be OK on that count.
Other dinos (not yet chosen) Little Brother (barded) Junior (barded) Princess **I think we definitely need Princess along with us** Croc
You might want to start discussing the first day's hike and where to camp the first night. The area you'll be hiking through on your first day is well-traveled and known to be relatively safe in the daytime. After the first sunset, all bets are off. Looking at the map I see several terrain types within a day's march to choose for potential campsites: marsh, forest, sand, or dunes... Then there is the decision whether to split the party and send a scouting party ahead...
Where are we landing on the map? Or that partially what we need to decide?
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Re: RECRUITING!!! Dinosaurs of the Haunted Swamp « Reply #20 on May 31, 2012, 1:21pm »
kipper your list appears to be correct. On the one hand, it would be nice to swap a couple of the redundant brontos for scout/skirmish raptors. On the other hand, the awesomeness of barding in Chainmail cannot be overstated; heavy horse are pure engines of melee destruction, approximately twice as deadly as medium horse.
If we don't hear from migellito soon, I think it's safe to assume he will be on board the mothership with his sub-minions gathered secretively around him, deep in study of the Accursed Tome.
Where are we landing on the map? Or that partially what we need to decide?
Your journey begins with a refreshing swim from Fall River Dinosaur Paddock to the mainland.
Thanks, got it now ! I think we'll need to finalise our dino selection first, it may vary a lot depending on our movement rate (6" if we take any barded dinos vs 9" if we have none)
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Re: RECRUITING!!! Dinosaurs of the Haunted Swamp « Reply #23 on May 31, 2012, 1:31pm »
You may also keep the dino but leave the barding at home.
For some reason, whenever I think of dinosaurs, I think of the scene in Jurassic Park where the T-Rex is chasing the jeep and the rear-view mirror says "objects in the mirror are closer than they appear."
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Re: RECRUITING!!! Dinosaurs of the Haunted Swamp « Reply #24 on May 31, 2012, 1:37pm »
OK then, assuming Minion takes Big Mama, we have the following lineup confirmed
Big Mama (9HD): Minion Big Daddy (9HD): Gunnery Giganotosaurus, unnnamed (9HD): Shade Spuds (2HD): Breath Psionic veliciraptor, unnamed (2HD): Fated
So we have two large brontos, two scouts, and one large melee beast (Gigantosaurus).
As I stated above, so long as at least two of the brontos and giganoto survive, we will be able to quarry/transport the head.
Any suggestions as to what we should bring for the final two dinos? Barded melee dinos? More scouts (maybe a flying scout)? Princess with her healing ability? (I could switch Breath to Princess if we think one scout is good enough, ie Fated). Something else? I think the reduced speed from Barded dinos will only be an impediment for the trip over, on the way back we'll be slowed down by the head in any case???... Plus they would be big enough to pull the head if we loose more of our big dinos than anticipated... If we have many barded dinos anyway, we could bard up the giganotosaurus as well??
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Re: RECRUITING!!! Dinosaurs of the Haunted Swamp « Reply #25 on May 31, 2012, 1:46pm »
I think at the moment I'm leaning towards switching Breath to Princess (then we'd only have one scout), and adding two barded melee beasts (little brother and junior). But I'm not set on it or anything.
I think at the moment I'm leaning towards switching Breath to Princess (then we'd only have one scout), and adding two barded melee beasts (little brother and junior). But I'm not set on it or anything.
Breath of New Moon rides into battle on her pink fungoid brontosaurus steed--I like the mental image. Are you prepared to play the role of party "cleric" and dispense healing as needed?
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Re: Episode 16: Dinosaurs of the Haunted Swamp « Reply #29 on Jun 1, 2012, 10:54am »
Please complete your shopping and load-out over the weekend and prepare for Monday departure. WotE has requested that I NPC Gunnery while he's finishing Delving Deeper, and I'm confident Migellito will return soon and be OK with whatever final dinosaur line-up we all select.
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