Numeriel gazed over the edge of the processing plant. The surrounding sump swamps would be easy to monitor while the abandoned buildings and scrap would provide the resources needed for base camp.
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| She should get a solo shot |
"Everybody gather round...., we have some clean up to do before the hunt can begin in earnest. We must be ready for the beast" Numeriel called out. "Dale, Perseus and Kais I need you to clear the surrounding area of any critters that may have taken up residence here and reinforce the buildings where you can."
"Draik I need you to go make sure our presence here is undisturbed, appease the guilds as need be". Numeriel thought for a moment. "Numa, you and I shall go into town to find clues about the beast and begin setting up shop, we need to ensure we have the provisions for the hunt so find us some work"
Prospero Numa was a mysterious figure, their body guards Sir Jonas and Darius never stray far. Though Numeriel could feel that Prospero likely had little need for them, for while Numeriel could not control the Empyrean like many of her kind she could still feel it and Prospero's presence could certainly be felt more than any other mortals.
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Well I played another game of Munda and well the starting roster has changed again. The gang has been split in half and I am going to have to work my income up to hire anyone else. This was meant to be a practice game trying out possible gangs for the campaign.
While having a crew of 4 vs a crew of 13 (A crew of 9 and he played a tactics card to get 4 more scum) did make things hard and while I lost really badly I won't take to much away from it as I rolled so many 1s.
I didn't take the lucky dice tray with me and it seems I left my luck at home with it. Any action I tried to get my leader to take resulted in them rolling a one or a two. Can they shoot nope, they miss. Try again it missed but it strayed into someone else ohh wait 1 to wound. Can you do some parkour... nope one to do a flip. In fact my opponent said ohh that flip would be really cool, just roll again... I rolled a 1 on the encouraged reroll. As such the only lesson I will take from that game is that I need to buy new dice.
We have our 4 starters in Numeriel, Prospero Numa (The Accountant), Sir Jonas and Darius while our other 2 Champs in Perseus and Albertus Draik will need to wait until I have hired Kais and Dale as I need to make sure I have just as many 'ganger' class characters as I do any other type.
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| I got some Armourweave from the Blackmarket |
And then Covid Struck.
I twiddled my thumbs for the first week but thankfully got a good payout on the first week and was able to hire Duckfoot Dale.
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| Goop |
At first the Weather was nice and I wasn't so lethargic so me and Phoenix did some terrain stuff outside, not much was achieved.
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| Paint - Hot Glue - Painted Mixed with PVA = Sump Sea |
For my 2nd week I asked to play the Solo Play mission that GW released when Lockdown happened in the UK. It went a little something like this:
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| What they were going to fight but its to big |
Numeriel had sourced several sightings and reports of the beast around a nearby Power station. This seemed reasonable as it could have been attracted by the heat of the generator. It would certainly present some problem, the only way in and out from their floor was through a single access elevator. She called Dale over, they were going to need the extra man power.
They exited the elevator into what appeared to be the main storage bay, her and Sir Jonas braced to cover while she got Darius and Dale to secure the room. The accountant was still fumbling about in the elevator however, Numeriel went to confront them about staying quiet when the floor of the Elevator imploded and creature leapt ontop of Prospero. It was smaller than Numeriel had hoped for and a sickly grey colour at that. As it pinned down Prospero you could hear forge in its chest building up but there was no stream of molten energy erupting from its jaws only a sulphuric belch. Darius saw his chance and charged in heroically only to be swatted aside instantly collapsing in a nearby pile of empty crates. Thankfully Jonas was ready and unloaded 2 heavy plasma blasts into it. This left a massive open wound on left flanks, blood dripping to the floor. Numeriel saw his chance and aimed for the head but the beast was quick and dove back down into its tunnel, her shot only catching its flicking tail.
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| Tactics |
It wasn't gone though, she could hear it beneath the floor boards, and seeing how easily it wrecked the elevator it could easily come up at any moment. They were in its territory, it had nowhere else to go, it must attack. Numeriel eased her rifle onto her back and drew her power sword comforted by the soft orange glow of the Aeldari relic. Then in a screech she was covered in blood as it burst forth and ripped Dale in two before her eyes. The beast was quick but she was quicker before it could even let go of Dales detached torso she cut its arm off then plunged her blade into its exposed neck.
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| Dead Duckfoot Dale |
It had all happened so fast, but looking at it now Numeriel could tell this wasn't the beast she sought. She had never known any of its kind to be such a sickly grey and clearly it could not even heat itself properly to attack them. Turning away from the sorry sight of Dale she went to check on the others. Prospero had seemingly passed out in the excitement and Darius seemed fine except for a few bruises. Slicing off the head as proof, they set about working their way back up the elevator shaft.
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| Both in and one already out |
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