The Mansion II [on hiatus]

[Zain]

So can I do stuff yet or am I under lock and key for the rest of the game?

Up to you and your team, I've given all the information on your situation that is necessary at this point.

[Myrddraal]

Theory: we are in the same mansion as Mansion I and those corpses are the last 'contestants'...

Could it be?

[Beskar]

Clarification, the gun did kill the last hostile.

That being said, it did fail previously...

I was thinking you was going to get Leo to kill it with a pistol whip, having given up on those bullets.

[Golden1Knight]

First blood!

What is our next move? Shall we check the front door? Perhaps establish a base/new barricade in the great hall, or perhaps in the dining room? Also, I like the idea of large groups. Beating creatures to death seems an effective way to clean the area, although there will always be casualties, it may be the only way to defeat them.

[Montmorency]

Any information on the fire in the fireplace, and the documents? What is Khaan's condition? The revolver and ammo need to be examined; what is our bullet count?

We know that it's nighttime right now. Most of us need sleep. We need to divide the rations. Here's what I figure:

The first floor will be crawling with monsters, but if we turn off the lights outside the study, and shut the door to the study, they might just mill around below us without going for the barricade.

It's not clear that all the food was cleaned out yet. Also, we didn't have opportunity to check out most of the 1st floor. There seems to be a basement of some sort, possibly with high-level goodies (but also high-level enemies).

It's not clear what to do outside. Are there other buildings on the premises? We had a pretty easy time taking out those hulks, actually; the only deaths were more like WOG. We might take this round to sleep and eat (with GH, Jarema, and Chox as lookouts). The round after that, we tentatively explore the first floor, this time taking the systematic approach of luring each monster to the top of the stairs, from where the group can knock it back it over the side for a damaging tumble. After that, it should be daytime again and we can consider searching the grounds. I suspect we will find more benefit in securing the entire first floor over time and then going down to the basement to uncover the truth of it all.

[Choxorn]

40 units of food, 13 of us- looks like we have enough to give 3 to everyone and have 1 left over.

[Zain]

Notes:
1. Ammo left, 49, but some of the shots are dead from the revolver chamber.
2. Khaan's condition is fine, no "turn" (yet... Muahaha )
3. You all fled in too much of a rush to stop and check the book by the fireplace.
4. The windows in the sunroom are bulletproof and do not/will not open.
5. You did not obtain all of the food from the pantry.
6. I like the way Myrddraal thinks, just saying

[Ironside]

Eating round and then a sleeping round to get out of 0.

Unless someone got a more natural skill for it, I'll investigate the gun and the rounds after eating. Our doctor should check up khaan, and look how the bite mark looks like. Size and appearance.

Are the monsters the same or very similar to the Mansion 1?

[Myrddraal]

The monsters are similar, yes.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Are khaan and I with the rest of the group or are we still separated considering the previous turn was a "sleep" turn for both of us?

[Zain]

Are khaan and I with the rest of the group or are we still separated considering the previous turn was a "sleep" turn for both of us?

You slept in the Study, default sleep quarters, which is where everybody else is. Yes.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Alright, that makes life a little easier. I'll check on khaan, but realistically that shouldn't take more than a minute or two seeing as how a) we're together and b) with everyone else. After that, barring complications (and after I eat) I can be a warm body somewhere else. Since it looks like this turn isn't going to be much more than a "refresh needs" turn then I guess that leaves lookout duty by default, though I'd be open to other options.

Now, as for food:
40 units
13 living players

equates to 3 food per person with one unit left over. Any volunteers to take the extra portion? Preferably it won't be someone who we plan on getting killed anytime soon so it doesn't go to waste.

Of course, this division will change if people go to sleep this turn, since that's a full-turn action. Maybe just leave the food in reserve for when they wake up and trust that none of us take second helpings?

[El Barto]

Wait, so everyone rushed down and didn't start a fire or creep out to spy, etc. etc.? I thought my orders wouldn't be overridden.

OK, I and a couple others should remain up manning the barricade and starting a fire (Mr. GM, do we suffer from cold?) while the others sleep.

[El Barto]

So can I do stuff yet or am I under lock and key for the rest of the game?

You can always be used as extra material for the barricade or impromptu projectile/battering ram.


OOC: has anyone played the first Mansion game?

[Myrddraal]

OOC post: I didn't play, but I read the entire thing. I can't remember all the details so I've been referring back to it, but a couple of key facts:

- The 'hostiles' were little grey men who transformed in to glowing orange giants when angry.
- IIRC, a lot of the people died in the lobby towards the end of the game (which is why I wondered if we might be in the same mansion)
- At the end of the game, the survivors met the madman who had coordinated the whole thing. He had created some kind of virus/disease that transformed people into these monstors. The survivors escaped out through the front door, only to discover that they had all been pre-infected with the virus by injection.

If we are in the same Mansion, then I expect the door would be open, but the outside world is not likely to be any friendlier than inside the mansion.

Also, we were clearly put here. Probably by the same person. Probably with a distinct purpose (the first round of contestants were, it appears, being put through a trial by fire so that the strongest could be selected to go and infect the world).

[Greyblades]

I'll take an eating phase and with my turn I'll search the library for a book on firearms, see if we can find something that can weed out the duds in our remaining bullets or find out what's wrong with the gun.

[Myrddraal]

@Zain. Can we eat and sleep in one phase, or is sleeping strictly 100% of all activity for a sleeping phase?

[Beskar]

It is a full 4 hours sleep, cannot do both.

[El Barto]

So, following on what Myrddraal said, we have actually seen a non-irritated little grey man. We should find out how/why they transform into the orange things.

Then… a distinct purpose or a different purpose? Our GM is, apparently, a bit of a sadist. we might get a ‘rocks fall, everyone dies’ out of him yet.

[Myrddraal]

OOC: From memory, it didn't really seem possible to stop them transforming. The slightest threat would cause a transformation.

IIRC, early in the first game I think the team did encounter 'hostiles' in their 'passive' form for very brief periods.

That all said, the (three?) orange giants we encountered downstairs were already in their aggressive form, and I'm guessing that after a gun-shot there won't be too many grey men left in the house.

[El Barto]

If they can transform into the orange monstrosities we should be able to transform them back. Where's our science guy?

[Zain]

18 hours until showtime, roughly 25 posts... discussion is lacking this turn but I suppose the need to eat and sleep have robbed us of true material this turn...

[GeneralHankerchief]

Speaking of which, any objections to my "three food per person, if you're sleeping it gets held over until awake" proposal? Keep the leftover unit in reserve for now.

[Myrddraal]

Seems fair enough. We all started with equal food and we're all equally hungry...

OOC I'm still not sure I fully understand the eating mechanics, do we explicitly need to chose when you eat, or do we automatically consume of unit of food per round.

I presume our rested friends will keep watch. Whilst the rest of us sleep.

I think the watchers should keep watch at the top of the rotunda. It is a naturally defendable position that we should try to keep hold of.

I'd like to try heat on the blank books again. If the sun rises leave one in the sun room. If not, put one near the embers of the fire in the sitting room.

I'm tr

[Zain]

OOC I'm still not sure I fully understand the eating mechanics, do we explicitly need to chose when you eat, or do we automatically consume of unit of food per round.

I see the confusion and will amend the Stats & Storyline Q&A.

The Food stat is a countdown to "starvation", in which obtaining food units delays that countdown or even adds to it.

Eating orders are not necessary, as that action of "depletion" per turn is automatic and acts as eating 1 unit per turn.

edit:
Q:A amended, apologies for that confusion.

[Golden1Knight]

To keep watch over the stairs sounds like a good idea, but how is the dumbwaiter? The creatures could use this route to catch us off guard?

[Ironside]

To keep watch over the stairs sounds like a good idea, but how is the dumbwaiter? The creatures could use this route to catch us off guard?

We could jam the lowering mechanism, like creating a loop on the lowering rope and get a chair leg into the loop.

What can we do this round? Preparation for sleeping seems safest as triggering something bad, while most need to sleep next round is a bad combo.
I'm going to check to be certain, but having this as a sleeping round would cause starvation, correct Zain? The auto-eating makes things a bit different.

I'll check the gun and cartridges, El Barto checks for books on the topic.
See if we can get the invisible ink visible.
Jam the dumbwaiter. I say in a non-permanent way for now.
Possibly reinforcing out barricade for the staircase.
Search non-fully searched rooms: The Library and the Sitting Room.
Our doctor checks up on 'khaan and determines in more detail what bit him. If there's nothing weird with 'khaan, I'll suggest that we release him.
Stair watch of course.

Anything else?

[Zain]

What can we do this round? Preparation for sleeping seems safest as triggering something bad, while most need to sleep next round is a bad combo.
I'm going to check to be certain, but having this as a sleeping round would cause starvation, correct Zain? The auto-eating makes things a bit different.

No you cannot starve if you have food.

Basically, eating would take, what, 5 minutes if you're in a hurry?

All non-automatic actions are disabled during sleep rounds, since eating is automatic, eating will commence briefly prior to sleep.

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Man... I don't remember the previous game's players being so intelligent and asking detailed questions, they just seemed to go with the flow

[Montmorency]

I don't think the 7-foot beasts are getting into the dumbwaiter, let alone using it to surprise us. Just have the watchers raise it back to the second floor.

Jarema, Choxorn, and GH should be the watchers. Khaan can stay awake and talk to GH, as well as help watch the rotunda. GH, besides talking to Khaan, can keep the fire and continue searching the rotunda.

I don't recommend anyone else stay awake, as everyone besides the three named needs sleep.

[Winston Hughes]

All of us bar three (one who's been bitten) asleep at the same time? Forgive me a moment's paranoia, but isn't that asking for trouble?