Round 85 Info

[midpointmods]

ROUNDS 84 & 85

This month, expect a diverse show of skill when our wonderful Players find themselves split on two wildly different tasks! A small ensemble is set on kidnapping the bright and bubbly daughter of the Railroad Tycoon, Tiffany Jamesson, with another crack team rushing to stop them!

Meanwhile, a typical cargo delivery from Bank Town, home of all the gold in the Midpoint Arena, to the Ranch is waylaid by a group of bandits! Who will emerge victorious with the cargo - and their lives - in hand!!

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Current Round Teams

ROUND 85
DRIVERS	BANDITS
Rocket and Groot Taako Yoda Jiro Azuma	Misty Day Sam Wilson Jo Harvelle Sara Lance

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ROUND 85: The Long Haul, Part 8

Location/s: Bank Town to the Ranch

The Drivers' goal is to drive a marked stagecoach from Bank Town to the Ranch, while protecting its cargo. Success will be measured by the amount of cargo remaining upon reaching the destination. Failing to reach the destination will result in team failure.

Starting Jail: Mountain Hole (East-northeast)

Provided Intel:

A map of the Midpoint arena, with two 'safe' routes for a stagecoah to travel between Bank Town and the Ranch, and two farmsteads where changes of horse are available (one on each route).

Free reign of said farmsteads for the purpose of switching horses.

The name of the contact at the Ranch to whom they are delivering, and the due time.

Suggested Supplies (note: you will have to source these yourselves):

Guns and ammunition

Rope

Extra water

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The Bandits' goal is to steal the contents of a marked stagecoach before it reaches its destination. Success will be measured by the amount of cargo in this team's possession at the end of the round. Failing to procure any cargo will result in team failure.

Starting Jail: Dead Man's Doorstep (West-northwest)

Provided Intel:

A map of the Midpoint arena, with two 'safe' routes for a stagecoach to travel between Bank Town and the Ranch.

The name of the contact at the Ranch to whom they are delivering, and the due time.

Suggested Supplies (note: you will have to source these yourselves):

Guns and ammunition

Rope

Extra water

Binoculars (rare)

Comments

get ready for MY bullshit I guess

[shadowsran]

A) Are the means of measurement included in the instructions, IC? Do they know it's about how much they have by round's end, or is it just 'ROB THE STAGECOACH PUNK' on their end?

B) How populated would you say the arena is, beyond things like the roving bison and things like cattle? Would there be any reason to expect wildlife in that area at all similar in intelligence/utility/size to horses? Anybody living out there?

[midpointmods]

A.) Everything on this OOC info page can be considered to be included in the IC briefing, yes :) Also, the game makers are always very clear on what constitutes success and failure, because otherwise people keep trying to make loopholes and such...

B.) There are a few homesteads along each route, and there are all the normal wildlife one would find in a desert or dusty scrub hills. No wild horses, but plenty of lizards, snakes, rabbits, roadrunners, brush birds, and yes bison. (Misty will find that not all of them are capable of being communicated with. Or technically alive. But a lot of them are!)