[SEASON 2] Stalkers RPG General Chat Thread (The Secret Clubhouse!)

[Neo Emolga]

Okay, let me rephrase.
@Neo Emolga

Does the time of day matter on what we find? Will i find something different in the day time than if i search at night? Because if not, I'm gonna go ham on the Diadem building even though i am pretty sure it is booby trapped

It doesn't matter for Search posts. If there's something to be found at a location, you'll find it regardless of what cycle.

The only exception is if your character is in Berserk state. Only then would a search post make it look like nothing was found when really there's something there.

[azura evley]

can someone repair the ruby necklace?

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Wait, if we're taking the brands to Nightlust's hideout, should I still bother interviewing and looking into Nightlust's victim for clues?

Also, since no one seems to have taken the time to click the link right at the start of this thread...

I think it's still worth it. I'm not sure if getting into the hideout will actually reveal who it is or not! They're supposed to be the WORST stalker so they might require more work than the other stalkers to track down!

Someone with Security and some with Repair will need to get Aqua Gear as there is stuff needing done underwater!

can someone repair the ruby necklace?

I will get Aqua Gear this turn (as it's day) and then repair the necklace at night if no one else does it before then :)

The other option is for someone to take Spimmey's Hammer and the necklace to the (13) Good As New Repair Shop and ask him to repair the necklace. (I figure maybe if we spoke to him earlier he wold say he lost his hammer and needs it to do repairs, but should now be able to since we already found it?)

[Neo Emolga]

Just so you guys know...

Lita musters all the courage she has, and decides to take the brands to Pishter Park

When you decide to use a item that still has a trap on it, the trap will hit you even if you have Security. The auto trap-disarm thing only works when you're Searching, not when you're using items with traps on them. Use Item and Use Perk are two separate actions and don't go in together even if you have Security.

Otherwise, a Security person could use a whole slew of trapped items at once and none of them matter (Security would be an extremely overpowered perk then). You would need to disarm each one individually and then use it if you don't want to take the hit.

So for example, let's say this is me:

Neo the Emolga (S: Flying/Electric)

Health: 4/4
Sanity: 4/4
Perk: Security | Learned Abilities: Escort/Protect, Rescue/Escape
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

And I want to bypass this:

{The Evil Crypt: Missing Sin Circle, Missing Malice Circle, Missing Anguish Circle}

And I have these:

[Sin Circle] #Infernal Presence# [Deals 2 Damage to Sanity]
[Malice Circle] #Infernal Presence# [Deals 2 Damage to Sanity]
[Anguish Circle] #Infernal Presence# [Deals 2 Damage to Sanity]

I wasn't the one who found these, so the traps on these were never auto-disarmed. However, if I try to do this:

"Use [Sin Circle], [Malice Circle], and [Anguish Circle] on {The Evil Crypt}."

I'm going to get nailed with 6 damage to Sanity (and I'd go right into Berserk mode) because I'm not using the perk on these trapped items, I'm just plain using them on the Crypt which is a completely different type of action. Now, if I wanted to avoid taking all that Sanity damage, I'd have to do this first:

TURN 1:
Use <Security> on [Sin Circle] #Infernal Presence# [Deals 2 Damage to Sanity] to disarm it."

TURN 2:
Use <Security> on [Malice Circle] #Infernal Presence# [Deals 2 Damage to Sanity] to disarm it."

TURN 3:
Use <Security> on [Anguish Circle] #Infernal Presence# [Deals 2 Damage to Sanity] to disarm it."

And then:

TURN 4:

"Use [Sin Circle], [Malice Circle], and [Anguish Circle] on {The Evil Crypt}."

That would be the only safe way of doing it. Otherwise it would be like using a Perk AND using items in the same action. If this part wasn't too clear in the rules, I'll rephrase it so it's more obvious.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

And of course, instead of anything remotely straightforwards we get another required password. I'm starting to think this game is getting too big for its own good. I do have an alternate idea how to narrow this down, though...

First off, Philter is a girl. This is 100% true. I doubt Philter is playing crossdresser by disguising themselves as Nairek. It would be extremely unlikely, though possible. Second off, Philter has some Green Thumb abilities but may not be a Grass-type. I, personally, do not believe that any of what we have found totally neutralizes another Grass type. Third, whoever it is must have severe frustration about their current position in multiple ways, mostly manifesting as precieved uselessness to a crippling degree. We've already met someone fitting all of those: The Garbador who mourned Krum's death, who's name I forget. She is a seriously big target, one of our primary suspects actually.

We need to ask Elton the Grotle about the Wing Cuffs, and we need to ask Mac the Glameow about the information we've gathered on Philter for a psychological profile: After all, he deals in Criminal Justice and should have probably been one of the people we asked from the beginning like Pormalu. I'm sure that he may be able to help us narrow down suspects more narrowly.

EDIT: OK, so, on the one hand, that's really unfortunate. I'm going to presume it won't make us outright miss things on the search, unless Neo has been hiding stuff from us in regards to Sanity (and to be perfectly frank, I think he's tried to make abundantly clear as possible whenever this kind of thing starts sucking). Lita won't hit 0 Sanity (and indeed this is probably one of the few times she'll take SAN damage period as that perk basically makes her otherwise immune) so I guess that's OK, but...

[EmeraldSky]

I'm probably going to sit this next cycle out to recover, depending on the damage done.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Darn another password :( I thought we were finally getting somewhere!



Looks like we maybe do need security people to start disarming the items at some point soon? If we leave it until the end when we actually wanna do the ritual or whatever, we're gonna need to wait out heaps of turns for them all to be disarmed. D:

[VeloJello]

Dissecting the scribblings Zeal found...

a lack of friends, an fruitless job, no family, and the constant reminder of the host's day-by-day depression and self-loathing

Here's everyone I think I can rule out, from just that:
Nairek, Mustle, Pormalu, Sequentia (all married; married!=no family); Cinci (Aunt Clementine), Gung (has a child), Wador (brother killed by Stalker), Torqueal (IIRC, the Roggenrola is his son), Pasco (has sister)
Fern, Mindu, Sharley, Rabukan, Lora, Brenne (job satisfaction); all kids (wouldn't have jobs)
Dominique (had Rusco before he died), Giphlin (friends with Poko), Vivanctus ("many good friends"), Latime (friends with Charli)
Kure (c'mon now)


Any ideas on how we can track down that password? I'd rather not target Finichi without confirmation. She's very aggressive toward alleged fellow Stalker Extol, which doesn't clear her, but unless the Stalkers can work against each other, or she's giving us worthless leads, she's unlikely.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Some random thoughts on EMBALM the stalker
-Has wings (wing cuffs)
-Hideout in electrical substation
-Suspects on dry cleaning receipt with wings = Rabuken, Queloon,
-Bodies are embalmed for burial???
-There is a black rose funeral home
-There is a stalker with black rose sigil (Altamar hotel hideout, Northwind school had the key)
-Black roses were found outside Innocuous Investigations where Queloon works
-Lora of I.I. and the Gothitelle of the funeral home are really close... could Queloon be jealous?

I'm not sure if the password is something we're supposed to be able to figure out, or something we have to FIND somewhere. I can't think of any other leads we might have... Just keep searching I guess! We also need a 5 letter password for Oblivion.

[sammy0295]

Kure (c'mon now)

in the end it turns out Kure is Nightlust

Any ideas on how we can track down that password?

I am admittedly, not caught up with any of the current cycle, so usually I'd reserve opinions until I am, but I did glance at this post, and my first instinct was the numbers on [Torn Note Half 1/2]. This is really just a hunch, especially until we find the other half, but if there are two more numbers on that half, those are what I'd suggest using. The message for the puzzle was apparently "Use the number you see", too.