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Is B, followed by A but with shotguns, an option we can take?

It's implied that the engineers have shotgun backup, and the muscle has screwdriver backup. But the tunnel is kinda... small... and who you pick to lead the initial charge matters.

This is not a matter of "how well can you shoot". I am well aware that evil minions couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. This is a question of "look where you're going, 二百五".

It's the same idea. Evil minions must get minced by the simplest of traps in order to keep the plot moving. Also, it's dark and small and cramped and the traps are just holes in the wall at best, you can't really see them.

Plus, is there a reason you wrote "205" in Chinese?

If there is no catch, can we still have the necklace so? That could make our political minions more attached for the cause, while we can still put propaganda and (try to, it never works) blame the rebels for the bombing "They even don't even know how to use bombs safely to make their own troops secure, they *cough* killed our negotiators"

Well, no catch if you picked the necklace. It was supposed to be one of three things you could pick.

I have to admit, I didn't really think that one out, cause both the tunnel and crystal are fairly important to the plot. Let's just say that if you picked the necklace, you'd have gotten -1 on both the tunnel and crystal for wasting time on useless trinkets; that option is gone now.

By the way, I'm going to -2 political for sufficiently dumb propaganda.

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In other news, it seems B is leading.


Moving forward, the engineers rapidly identify the traps, a series of metal bars in the walls that swing down to kill or maim anyone underneath. With calm expertise, they find and jam the mechanism then step aside for an exchange of fire between the security detail with shotguns following behind, and the four remaining rebels hiding behind the trap and waiting for an opportunity to ambush.

Said exchange does not go well. Our forces appear unable to hit the broad side of a barn, even at this distance, and most of our shots go nowhere. The rebels, armed with pistols and knives, rapidly pick off around half our security force in the close quarters, but eventually are driven off by the sheer volume of fire.

After they run off into the darkness, a thorough inspection is made of the area and our first force is found battered but mostly unharmed, caged in a corner by an earlier trap.

Your forces begin searching the tunnel they ran down. It branches. To the left is a draft and the sound of rushing water, while to the right is the sound of many feet.

Direction of search:
A: The left
B: The right
C: Give up
D: Split (-4 to all combat, you explore both)

I also assume you want to analyze the green crystalline material... results for that next turn.

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We are a overlord. Morality is a subject matter. If the governor did his job well his wife would have not gone boom. I have played games as a villain protigantist. So morals is not big to me.


B. Gotta check tunnels.

I do not deny that that is true, but let me point out two things. First, the governor was mid-level unnecessary mook in an evil empire about to be attacked by a ragtag group of rebels - his job was basically to get himself blown up. There's nothing he could have done. Secondly, had you refused to blow them up (B) they would have evacuated assuming you would, leaving you with everything they had.

Just saying.

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The overwhelming sentiment seems to be B.


Your soldiers are sent in. They pass the first few bends.

There is a squelch.

Then silence.

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There wasn't any screaming, so they might still be alive.

Send more?

A: Send more soldiers, better armored this time.
B: Send engineers, told to find and disabled anti-infantry traps.
C: Ignore the whole thing, seal it up, and leave.

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We can analyze the shards after we explore the tunnel.

Well...

...for a -1, you can. Read the note...

I'll take first suggestion with 2 votes because this game has a grand total of 4 active players right now. Paxie, start making up your mind.

Accepting votes as "Don't blow them up yet." You know when you see these sort of traps in fiction the rebels always realize at the last minute? I think that deserves a roll.


The talks appear to be going well. After the requisite threats and dogma have been given from both sides, the rebels agree to release a few prisoners as a display of faith.

However, around halfway through, the four rebel leaders watching the negotiations withdraw to a corner to consult. They glance at the negotiators' vests, then appear to be heading to an escape route.

It looks like they've found out.

One of the negotiators manages to communicate this in slightly worried tones. You now have the option to blow up the rebel held mansion.

Do you do it?
A: Yes
B: No
C: Reveal the existence of the bombs and attempt to get them to stand down under a mutual-destruction logic.
D: Some other thing I haven't listed.

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I'm also kinda curious about comparing  average dice rolls. If I wasn't on my phone I'd work it out.

And there's really no reason to lie on this either. I wonder if standard deviation will also be interesting? Kasgyrite engineers have some reputation for being either ridiculously good or ridiculously bad (erring on the side of good, if I may say so myself).

I suggest that we send out some negotiations and try and figure out why they wanted to kill the governor, for PR's sake, however those same individuals will be strapped with remotely detonatable explosives so that if we can't get them to stand down then we can at least get rid of a few of them with the element of surprise, it will also let us eliminate anyone supposedly from our side that tries to collide with them.
If that fails, then we can starve them out and shoot any that don't surrender immediately.

The reason they want to capture (not kill) the governor is obvious. They're in a monarchy, the monarch pissed them off. Nevertheless, your plan will be added to the question post.