[X] My Assistant

[ludomastro]

Yes, I am assuming that you have all your gear.

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Ask away on the questions. Also, if you wanted to go elsewhere first, please let me know.

[Redjack]

Added the details to switching vehicles. Time for Book to find out if anything is goofy in the area.

[Redjack]

Book will buy the hits for a 2 hour watcher summons and drain.

[Redjack]

Tank: Pilot Aircraft(4) + Reaction(5) + Jumped in Hot Sim(2) = [5,5,5,6,2,5,5,3,3,1,4] = 6 hits

[ludomastro]

This felt like a good time for a Fast Forward Post™.

[Redjack]

Yes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Redjack]

Intuition(4) + Assensing(1) + Aura Reading(2); [3,1,6,2,6,2,2] = 2 hits

At least I know the spirit type, even if I don't know the force.

[ludomastro]

Roll initiative. Yes, our mage is surprised.

[Redjack]

Book Astral Initiative: [5,5,2,2,3,4,6,4] = 3 hits + 8 = Initiative 11
Tank VR Initiative: [1,4,3,1,4,5,4] = 1 hit + 7 = Initiative 8

Book stun bolts (F9) spirit: [4,3,4,5,1,1,3,1,5] = 2 hits;
- Edge: [1,3,4,2,4,3,1] = 0 hits
- Resist Drain: [4,6,3,4,5,2,1,4,1,4] = 2 hits; 1 box physical

Tank shoots a short, narrow burst: [2,5,3,6,4,1,1,4,6,1,1,4] = 3 hits
Damage: 6S +2 (narrow burst) +3 (hits) = 11S [resisted with body + 1/2 impact]

Tank holds his second simple action.

[ludomastro]

I am on may way to a meeting so I'll get back to this ASAP. What type of ammo is our friend using on the mage?

[Redjack]

The stick-n-shock

[ludomastro]

I HATE SHOPPING. My wife decided that we all needed to go buy a printer. So, please forgive me the delay. Did I mention that I hate shopping?

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First our spirit:

The force 6 spirit (hey, I rolled a die for force) rolls his initiative and gets 6 hits + 3 = 9. You get to go first.

Now it rolls its willpower (aka force on astral) and gets 4 successes so he doesn't take any damage.

Since Book only has 1 IP, I hope that our mage calls off the nice kitty. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Now, our mage:
He has a body willpower (stun damage) of 4 with an impact rating of 3 on his jacket. Rolling his 6 dice he gets 3 successes. He takes 8 boxes of stun and that leaves him 2 boxes. He isn't looking too good.

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Side Note:
I love having an index in the BBB. I am GMing a Star Wars game on-line and the book has no index. The pages don't even cross reference. The tables aren't named! I love Star Wars but the old West End Games book was definitely first gen stuff.

[Redjack]

I bought a Brother laser printer several years ago. I gave up on the color printers, they are a scam. The FTC should investigate them over the ink in them. We go through a toner cartridge every 3-5 months, but we print a crazy amount.. We go through three several cases of paper every year.

And yes, I hate to go shopping with the whole family as well..
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Book
F9 Stunbolt: [6,3,3,3,3,5,3,1,4] = 2 hits
Resist DV3 Drain: [1,5,2,1,3,5,6,2,4,3] = 3 hits; No Drain

Tank
1) Short, narrow burst [2,5,5,4,5,4,3,5,2,6,3,6] = 6 hits
I just realized that gunnery is a complex action, not a simple one (even a short burst) so this second shot will be his next available shot.
2) Short, narrow burst [1,6,3,3,4,6,1,4,3,4,2,4] = 2 hits

I have just recently really dived into the rules dealing with combating spirits. That was eye opening.

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Several of the newer Catalyst books are without index. That is REALLY frustrating me..

[ludomastro]

@Tank

I am assuming that you are not switching out ammo?

6S + 2 (narrow burst) + 6 (hits) = 14S > 12 (spirit armor = 2xF). You hit.

Spirit rolls 8 (Body) + 12 (armor = Fx2) = 20 = 7 hits.

14-7=7S out of 11.


@Book

Stunbolt with 3 successes. Spirit rolls Willpower (6) = 2 hits. Book gets one net success = 10S.

Spirit is disrupted.

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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif) NO INDEX??!?? What are they thinking?

[Redjack]

Assense the shaman: [2,5,2,5,3,5,6] = 4 hits
Buys hits for summon/drain for a 2 hour watcher.

I posted assuming that the mage is unconscious. If not, Tank will take the third shot (2 hits - previous OOC post) to try and down him.

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Yea. I got Augmentation at GenCon. No index. That was a bummer. They were fighting a deadline. I hope there is at least an updated PDF made available with indexes.

[ludomastro]

He's out. Subject's astral signature has been committed to memory. He has 5.5 Essense and all the ware is situated at his eyes. His Magic is 6. Let me know if there is anything else that you would like to know.

[Redjack]

Nope that's good. Bag him and tag him. Place a second watcher spirit on him in case we missed something and someone kicks up astral tracking. Should take some considerable time, even with material link to track him. By then, we'll be done with him...

[ludomastro]

Done and done.

[Redjack]

FYI: Tomorrow it will have been one year ago that you started Southern Comfort.

[ludomastro]

That's just ... just ... sad really.

[Redjack]

Book
Cast Physical Mask (F5) on Tank. [5,4,5,1,3,5,3,5,2,2] = 4 hits
Resist DV3 Drain: [2,5,2,3,1,1,2,6,2,5] = 3 hits

Physical Invisibility (F5) on himself: [5,2,6,2,4,2,1,4] = 2 hits
Resist DV3 Drain: [3,6,3,6,5,1,1,2,6,2] = 4 hits

Physical Invisibility (F5) on himself: [2,4,3,1,1,6,5,3] = 2 hits
Resist DV3 Drain: [2,1,4,2,3,1,5,6,4,1] = 2 hits; 1 box drain

Physical Invisibility (F5) on himself: [1,1,2,6,2,5,1,3] = 2 hits
Resist DV3 Drain: [6,1,5,2,6,2,3,4,2,5] = 4 hits

Physical Invisibility (F5) on himself: [3,1,6,3,3,2,2,1] = 1 hits
Resist DV3 Drain: [1,3,4,1,6,5,1,2,5,1] = 3 hits

Physical Invisibility (F5) on himself: [4,4,6,3,6,6,4,4] = 3 hits
Resist DV3 Drain: [4,6,6,5,5,2,4,2,2,5] = 5 hits

Current status: -1P, -1M

[Redjack]

Is the security guard inside or outside the museum?

[ludomastro]

Outside.

[Redjack]

I'd like to make perception tests for Book [ Intuition(4) + Perception(2) + Visual Specialization(2) + Actively Looking(3) + Sustaining 2 spells(-4)] and Tank [ Intuition(4) + Perception(3) + Vision Enhancement(3) + Actively Looking(3) ].
I did not roll them, because I figured you would want to roll them in secret so as to keep my degree of success a secret.

They will be looking for cameras, hidden security, anything out of the ordinary...

[Redjack]

Just in case you missed it, you're up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)