Orbiting Kettle
orbitingkettle.bsky.social
Orbiting Kettle
@orbitingkettle.bsky.social
Lurking ditch-goblin ogling the fine people passing by.
If you are a boss, then you have a bard. It's union mandated.
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
That looks delightful.

Damn, now I'll have to go to the store the next city over and get something good too.

I had to abandon my old haunt when I moved, and I still miss it. Best cigar store I've been to in years, made the best espresso in the city too, and now going there is just impractical.
December 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I usually prefer Romeo y Julietta to Partacas, with the exception of Lusitania which is awesome, although quite the time investment. Nicaraguan I had some good ones and some, well, let's say I hope they were ruined while stored. Dominicans are quite a solid choice for my taste, too.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Dominicans are quite nice too. And not as much drama queens as cubanos.

My shameful vice are Toscanos, some of the most anti-social cigars around that aren't trash. Not something you bring to a party with people you like, though.
December 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Partacas Lusitania rarely disappoints.
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Sounds like something gorgonzola would say.
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I should have waited before posting. Which is kind of a widely applicable nugget of wisdom, now that I think about it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Money does vanish, though. It just vanishes in overvalued, exotic financial products or in the margins of hyper speed trading.
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It is incredible how being slightly less abusive towards you customers than other big companies catapults you directly in the "they are my friend and love me" category.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Kept thinking about it.

Each week->

Fully supplied: removes one condition per location
Mostly supplied: removes one condition on two locations
Partially supplied: removes a single condition
Barely supplied: conditions don't worsen
Empty medical facility: amputation or a new condition
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Sounds like a noxious glass cannon. I can imagine the fury over something dealing out damage from over-there-no-further-away.

Maybe similar to the frail artillery exoskeleton I used to harass my players with using a well-armored spotter locking-on on them.
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Hey, there's going to be a reason to have players suffer over the decision of saving a colony or raiding a supply depot to get the antibiotics and save their loved ones from gangrene.
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Statuses can be location dependent. You have no ho on a location, but stati accumulating. Arm gets burned, then broken, then a third status. Once the third status lands you lose the part.
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
You can also decrease the quality of medical care during the campaign when the overall situation gets worse and worse.
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Pilot got burns from overheating the reactor, bends from breaking the life support, broken bones for removing safeties and accelerating/decelerating too much.

Possibilities are endless, but I think statuses would be better than a damage sheet.
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Your frame, and, for certain stuff, even yourself. Gotta lay in a hospital bed and be covered in bandages at a certain point.
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I would also say that good mechsploitation requires skills and moves fueled by HP. Which would transfer to more XP, which would encourage "to give it all".
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🥁

It's Traveller.

I have no idea who the target audience is supposed to be.
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM