[OOC] MnM 3e - In the Shadow of Imperator

[Sakuro]

Keeping track of a shapeshifter isn't easy. If Diego slips away, he can be anyone. Then he could do all kinds of things to circumvent the deal.

How big of a hinderance is Diego staying near Aiden for your ideas? He could create a 200 foot tentacle with an eye on it out of his foot if he wanted to.

That isn't even accounting for John and the things he could potentially put together with a few ingredients.

[kenseido]

Well my plan for John was to give him the route once we get it and have him try to get ahead and sabotage that way.

What rolls do I need to make to guide Diego to sabotage the vehicles. Not immediate calamities but things that would happen after a short while or while the car is doing high speed turns or something?

[Sakuro]

Depends on how elaborate and how subtle you want it to be. If you want a simple clipping of the brake lines, I won't have you roll. That'd be beyond easy for Aiden. But an inspection of the vehicle would uncover the sabotage just as easily. If you want to do something subtle with the internal components of the vehicle, that would be DC 20 Vehicle or Technology for Aiden. Then I'd have Diego make a Stealth roll to set the DC for someone to discover the sabotage when the vehicle is eventually inspected. That would be on top of a Stealth check to avoid getting caught in the act of sabotaging the car.

[mrdent12]

My initial thoughts were to chat up people shewing off their cars with the hoods up and use powers to extend a blade or something to do some delayed damage to the vehicles. When no one was by the cars and the hoods were down, short of Aiden or John knowing something to cut or other thing that generally is a delayed damage to the car my idea went out the window

[Supernaturalist]

You have a shapeshifting spy, a heavy weapons expert with demolition skills, and a vehicle specialist. I'm surprised you aren't going to try to sabotage the cars somehow.

John's concerns about this would be the time available to create some kind of explosive (isn't the race starting fairly soon?) as well as the suspicion it might cause if one of more of the cars exploded. Since there are only 4 cars in the race, the other three teams would be prime suspects if a car suffered an explosion (and things would get really hostile of someone dies).

[kenseido]

Do you want Aiden's checks one at a time?

[mrdent12]

I'll get Diegos post up tonight. Feeling a bit under the weather.

[Sakuro]

The race will start in about ten minutes. Time enough for John to cook up something quick, dirty, and simple. Grab some household cleaning supplies and mix them together type of deal.

There are five cars taking part in the race. Aiden/Anna's and four others.

You may make Aiden's rolls all at once. Same with Diego's. You may play it out or montage sabotaging. Whichever you prefer. Though if someone notices Diego part way through, my narrative response will have an interjection.

[kenseido]

I added the four checks to my last post. Failed the first one by 1. When you need a 3 to pass, you won't fail by much.

Going to let that stand.

[Supernaturalist]

Would John be able to make a roll to throw some kind of primitive explosive together? Want me to make a demolition expertise roll? I doubt John would have a radio detonator available, so I assume it would have to be fire/temperature detonated. The problem is that John is very unclear on what he is supposed to do. There are only 4 cars allowed in the race as I understand it; he can't just pull up and start following the participants. Furthermore, he doesn't know the layout of the course, so that seems to exclude getting ahead of the pack and lying in wait.

[kenseido]

Doesn't John have a commlink with Diego? He could ask for specifics.

[Supernaturalist]

Yes, we do. I suppose John would have to get in the Jeep and start driving in anticipation of the course. Diego could then use the commlink to direct John into the path of the race once it begins. I'm wondering how the racers will know the course if it is not marked.

[kenseido]

They will get the course sent to their GPS.

[mrdent12]

Yup that's the idea. We also have a dead body at our disposal. Diego can give instructions during the race or John can improvise. Your call.

[Supernaturalist]

Ok, I can get a post up for John tomorrow. I'm not sure he'll have time to whip up some explosives, but he should at least be able to be a distraction with the Jeep if he gets the course info.