Down in the Gutter: OOC, The Nuts and Bolts of Staying Alive Options

[WinterRat1]

Rob - Prior to any Observe in Detail Actions, this is what you can immediately see pre-fight:

[WinterRat1]

[WinterRat1]

OK, I think that covered everything. If I missed someone, please let me know. Otherwise, the combat scenarios will be moved forward tomorrow, as well as Voorhees and Mister Juan's IC post part II.

[Fresno Bob]

Roger that, looking forward to the rest tomorrow.

[Abbandon]

I as just looking for clarification. I've read Shade's journal and know what has been going on in kingsgate its just hard to find a reason to want to gather for in game reasons. Legion my be still around and gathering troops but right now Fool has no idea of that.

Winter [Shade answers, "South on 132nd Ave then west on 124th St. ] 132nd is the horozontal street and 124th is the vertical shouldnt he be going west on 132 and south on 124th ??

[WinterRat1]

[Vegas]

[WinterRat1]

All who were expecting something from me - Sorry for the delay, I passed out on my couch last night at about 7pm and didn't wake up until this morning. I'll work on getting replies up throughout the day.

[Mister Juan]

I'm back in the game! Catching up as fast as I can.

[WinterRat1]

Perfect timing Mister Juan!

Mister Juan and Voorhees - IC post is up and you're both free to post.

Note that if you want to provide any insight on my last couple of posts from your character's POV (especially you Mister Juan) feel free to revisit some of what I already wrote and insert your own characters' views/perceptions/feelings of those events.

Just make sure you use time/date stamps to clearly identify the time period you're writing about.

[Fresno Bob]

Psst, Winterrat.

It's Halo, not Vegas, haha.

[WinterRat1]

Dang it! Oops, will edit.

[WinterRat1]

Grack, Thumper, Doc, Legion

Combat Turn 3

[ Spoiler ]

Combat Turn 3

Initiative Pass 1

9a - Grack
Free: Leave free action available for Intercept attack on anyone attempting to run away from or within 1 meter of me
Simple 1:
Simple 2:
Complex: Melee attack – 5 hits vs. Dwarf’s 2 nits = 3 net hits
Movement: Walking – 10 meters in direction of anyone running away IF dwarf is already down
Note 1: Reach 2 bonus = [1,6] – 1 bonus hit
Note 2: Always just roll your reach as a positive modifier unless you specifically would like to request it as a negative modifier to opponent (assuming you have the net reach)

9b – Troll
Free: Scream ‘Black Plague Forever!’
Simple 1:
Simple 2:
Complex: Melee attack – 5 hits vs. Doc’s 1 hits = 4 net hits, 1S to Doc
Movement: None
Note 1: Stupid @#$%$!!%& 9 hits on Impact Soak! What is up with that?!?!

8a – Legion
Free:
Simple 1:
Simple 2:
Complex: Melee attack – 7 hits vs. Elf’s 3 hits = 4 net hits
Movement: Walking towards elf to remain in melee combat range
Note 1: Receive ‘Opponent Prone’ modifier = [3,5,5] – 2 bonus hits
Note 2: I calculate the Katana’s base damage to be (STR of 4/2+3)P = 5P, -1AP. Where does the other 2P come from? The only thing I saw that could potentially apply was Critical Strike, and that only works with Unarmed attacks.

8b – Thumper
Free: Yell at knocked down ork to intimidate.
Simple 1: Continuing to yell at knocked down ork to intimidate "Stay the fuck down or I'll fucking kill you" 4 hits vs. 0 Ork’s hits (chooses not to resist) = 4 net hits
Simple 2: Toss brick at nearest standing ganger (Troll) = 2 hits vs. Troll’s 0 hits = 2 net hits
Complex:
Movement: None
Note 1: ‘Characters outnumber the subject’ modifier = [2,5] – 1 bonus hit
Note 2: Troll chose not to attempt to dodge and just take the hit to avoid being distracted from Doc.

7a – Doc
Free: "Bad move, asshole."
Simple 1:
Simple 2:
Complex: Melee attack – 2 hits vs. Troll’s 4 hits = 0 net hits
Movement: Walking, keeping the troll in range if he moves away

6 – Ork 1
Free: Remains on the ground and drops weapon
Simple 1:
Simple 2:
Complex:
Movement: None

Initiative Pass 2

8a – Legion
Free:
Simple 1:
Simple 2:
Complex: Melee attack – 4 hits vs. Troll’s 1 hit = 3 net hits.
Movement: None – already in combat. See Note.
Note 1: I moved Legion to attack the troll since the elf was already obviously dead from your previous attack. I couldn’t see Legion simply standing back and doing nothing, especially since Doc looks much worse off than the troll. Plus, you’ve already got the one you want alive.
Note 2: Friend in Melee bonus (Doc) = [2] – 0 bonus hits
Note 3: Troll glitches, causing him to stumble from Legion’s assault. -1 to his next defense.


8b – Thumper
Free: Stream of profanity
Simple 1:
Simple 2:
Complex: Melee attack – 1 hit vs. Troll’s 2 hit = 0 net hits.
Movement: Running – Charging nearest standing ganger
Note 1: Troll is last Black Plaguer standing.

IC post being written now. I like the current format of the Combat Chart, I saw nothing I'd change, add, or subtract this time around. As always, any suggestions please let me know.

And of course, double check your characters to ensure I did everything correctly.

[Unarmed]

I think that I needed the 9 hits on my impact soak to make up for the fact that it's looking like I won't actually get to hit anyone this entire combat. =P

[WinterRat1]

IC post is up, go ahead and start posting your IC posts in response.

In Hot Pursuit combat will be handled next, and I'll put up the Combat Turn Chart for Turn 4 later tonight.

EDIT: Unarmed - If it helps, I've been rolling terribly for everyone EXCEPT the troll. ;)

[adamu]

Winter

You gave me an extra 2 dice (and 1 hit) for reach, but I had already included (and labeled) it in my initial roll. So I think I really did just get the five hits, without the bonus hit.
Seems like the filthy halfer is PROBABLY dead anyway, but just didn't want to win on a mistake.

AH - now I see what happened - I included and labeled the reach bonus on my Complex action attack and got five hits.
But you apparently used my second attack roll, the one I made in case of a chance for an intercept attack, in which I didn't include reach since I didn't know who it would be against. And that ended up with five hits, so it is the same for the poor furball either way.
Sorry about the confusion.

You didn't give us a deadline on the next combat turn. Does that mean we are just going to assume that, with all four of us on his ass, the troll is going to die soon and it's not worth a bunch of dice rolling? If so, fine by me. Just wanted to make sure.

IC post coming soon.

Also, I will be offline for the next three days as I transition to a real computer, so do what you must to keep things going, and I'll be back after the weekend.

This post has been edited by adamu: Jul 13 2007, 02:46 AM

[WinterRat1]

Sushi Shack Showdown People

Resolution Phase Deadline: Friday, July 13, 2007, 23:59:59 US Central Time

Combat Turn 4 Action Phase Deadline is Saturday, July 14, 2007, 23:59:59 US Central Time. Have your IC post up by this time as well.

There is a short Resolution Deadline because I don't think Unarmed is going to use an Edge to negate 1 Stun damage for Doc.

Also, I'm starting my new job on Monday, July 16. I will be flying out to Maryland for job training from Mon-Thurs next week, and I don't know if I'll have computer access while I'm there.

Since you guys should easily finish off the troll next turn, I want to try and get everything finished up Sunday so I can free you guys to post IC while I'm gone if possible. Hence the short turnaround for the Action Phase.

However, since it DOES matter how this fight ends (namely, if the troll can damage any of you prior to being finished off) I want to go through the rolls to see what happens.

Adamu - Yeah, you figured out what happened, and it worked out the same either way. See my above comment regarding Combat Turn 4. Also note the earlier quote from my previous post:

[WinterRat1]

In Hot Pursuit People

Combat Turn 1

[ Spoiler ]

Combat Turn 1

Initiative Pass 1

11 (Edge) - Bockscar
Free: Shrimp around the corner to get out of their line of fire.
Simple 1: Take aim at the first target.
Simple 2: Fire long burst at first target – 2 hits vs. Human 1’s 2 hits = 0 net hits.
Complex:
Movement:
Note 1: Shrimping around the corner is why you get the wondrous penalty for firing behind cover.
Note 2: You are less than 50 meters away. Hence you receive the +1 from your Take Aim action = [1] – 0 bonus hits
Note 3: For future reference, include your recoil compensation modifiers both positive and negative, since you can definitely calculate this for yourself. In this case, recoil compensation canceled out your recoil modifier.
Note 4: You did not specify Narrow or Wide burst. I presumed Narrow, since you specified your emphasis was on killing your target.
Note 5: If I’m not mistaken, your 6 Physical boxes of Damage mean your Wound Modifier should have been -2, not -1. I did not detect High Pain Tolerance or anything of that nature. It didn’t matter for this action, but please check this.

14a – Human 1
Free:
Simple 1: Take Aim on Bockscar
Simple 2: Fire long wide burst at Bockscar – N/A. See Note 1.
Complex:
Movement: Walking – Moving towards cover behind the corner of the building diagonally opposite from Bockscar.
Note 1: I gave you full cover (blind fire) for moving back around the corner at the end of your turn. Consequently, he was unable to hit you.

14b – Human 2
Free:
Simple 1:
Simple 2:
Complex: Suppression Fire covering the entire alley (which is less than 10 meters wide) – 3 hits
Movement: Walking – Moving towards cover behind the corner of the building on the same side of the alley as Bockscar.

12 – Nevada
Free: Shout vulgar and tauntingly at the Raiders.
Simple 1: Canceled – See note
Simple 2:
Complex:
Movement: None
Note 1: I drew the conclusion Nevada would not stick her head out into the alley to Observe In Detail, as doing so would subject her to defending against the Suppression Fire, which I assumed you did not want to risk. If my assumption was incorrect, please correct me during the Resolution Phase and we will adjust accordingly.

7 – Badmarsh
Free:
Simple 1: Canceled – See note
Simple 2:
Complex:
Movement: None
Note 1: I drew the conclusion Badmarsh would not stick his head out into the alley to Observe In Detail via Astral Perception, as doing so would subject him to defending against the Suppression Fire, which I assumed you did not want to risk. If my assumption was incorrect, please correct me during the Resolution Phase and we will adjust accordingly.

Initiative Pass 2

14a – Human 1
Free:
Simple 1: Take Aim on Bockscar
Simple 2: Fire long wide burst at Bockscar – N/A. See Note 1.
Complex:
Movement: None – already behind cover
Note 1: I gave you full cover (blind fire) for moving back around the corner at the end of your turn. Consequently, he was unable to hit you.

14b – Human 2
Free:
Simple 1: Take Aim at Corner where Bockscar is hiding
Simple 2: Take Aim at Corner where Bockscar is hiding
Complex:
Movement: None – already behind cover

11 – Bockscar
Free: Say to the group "Sprint across the street! Cover me from the other side! GO!"
Simple 1: Standing up arms length away from the corner, pressed against the wall
Simple 2: Pulling the gas grenade he readied earlier from his pocket with his shot up arm, still holding the pistol grip of the rifle in his good arm.
Complex:
Movement: None

Cover modifiers and the timing thereof came up during this turn. I allowed Bockscar to have full cover (and thus blind fire modifiers to attackers) because he was already positioned and ready to scramble back behind cover, did so during his action, and stayed there for the remainder of the Combat Turn.

However, be warned that if you think you can use the following sequence of actions:

Free Action: Move out from behind cover
Simple Action 1: Fire Weapon
Simple Action 2: Fire Weapon
Movement: Move back behind cover

Thus thinking you will receive Full Cover Modifiers for all turns but yours during an Initiative Pass, I warn you that you will be sorely mistaken.

Since a Combat Turn is 3 seconds, thus making each IP approximately 0.75 seconds in total, there is no feasible way you can move from cover, fire, and move back in the span of less than 0.75 seconds (the time your action within the Initiative Pass would take) all while receiving the full benefit from cover for the entire pass. I will rule on a case-to-case basis and use my best judgment, but I warn everyone now not to test me.

I don't think we'll need a Resolution Deadline, so I'm going to jump to the next Action Phase Deadline.

Combat Turn 2 Action Phase Deadline is Saturday, July 14, 2007, 23:59:59 US Central Time. Have your IC post up by this time as well.

Same rationale as above, I will try to resolve Combat Turn 2 before I leave on business, but I cannot make any promises. As always, I will do my best.

[Unarmed]

The combat template thing, while being extremely handy, creates some interesting combat dilemmas that wouldn't normally come up. Because I got a critical glitch on my melee block roll, I kind of want to retroactively spend a point of edge to go first this round and ensure that I hit the troll and hopefully kill him before he ever hits me. I can't really do that, and there is the possibility that he won't hit me anyways because legion, thumper, and I will take him out before he ever even hits me.

It's a whole new ballgame, really. =)

[rob]

WinterRat:

1. Resolution phase thingy: DAMNIT! Can I spend a point of edge to reroll the failures on the attack roll, or should I have declared that before the defender made his roll?

2. Numerical clarification: The -1 wound modifier was for the high pain tolerance 3 granted by the kamikaze.

3. Cover stuff: Fully agree with you regarding the lameness of whack-a-mole strategies. I assume the -4 penalty for firing at targets in cover still applies to both mine, my colleagues, and the nefarious enemies (and the lame -1 for firing OUT of cover...)

4. I'm gonna assume that I saw them running to my right, but not into cover (since I shrimped out of the way). Fairly obvious they're using automatic weapons. What else did I notice about them? Did I notice that they're fast? Did I notice whether they're using SMGs, machine pistols, assault rifles?

cheers!

[WinterRat1]

Rob

[WinterRat1]

General Announcement

I'm starting my new job on Monday, and they're sending me out to Maryland for training the same day. I will be gone from Mon, July 16 to Thurs, July 19. I am uncertain what, if any, internet access I will have while I'm gone, so I may not be able to even check the threads until Friday, July 20.

Also, my weekends (as people have probably noticed) are traditionally low-response from me, since they tend to be quite packed. So if you don't hear from me for about the next week or so, I haven't disappeared, I'm simply away on business and will get back to you all as soon as I can upon my return.

[Vegas]

WinterRat1

Are we waiting on you to do the all encompassing "resolution" post IC for us before we put up our IC pov's or can we slap them up and edit (if necessary) later? I'm just a touch confused.

[rob]

WR

Box's actions are up. Is it okay if I amend the last thing he shouted, at the end of his last initiative pass, in the IC post? Given the amount of fire he's receiving, he'd try and tell them to wait till he covers them.

rob

[WinterRat1]

In Hot Pursuit

Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry, I completely forgot the all encompassing 'resolution' IC post for Combat Turn 1. That is my bad. I will do my absolute best to get it done before I leave tomorrow.

Rob - Go ahead and amend the last thing he shouted when you write your IC post, for the reasons you mentioned. Wait until my 'resolution' post is up before posting IC.