OOC: Last Laugh, Bring snacks for free karma Options

[Glyph]

Caitlin's biggest flaw as a face is that she doesn't have that utter ruthlessness. :)

At this point, she is sympathetic to the Johnson, and feels that the pay being offered is fair, and that he is not trying to screw them over. If he had offered them only 10K as an initial offer, or tried to weasel out of giving them any of it in advance, then she would be unloading with both barrels. But another factor is that this is their first big run, and even more than the pay, she wants to leave a good impression on the client, so that word will spread about their team.

I can give you a negotiation roll later if I need to, but right now her main concern will be logistical questions - the pay is sufficient, but she expects more than the usual amount of assistance from the Johnson. They are going into hostile territory where humans are not very welcome, and stand out. So she expects maps, passwords, and the like for the Ork Underground as a matter of course, and if there are any people he is still on relatively cordial terms with down there, then that would be even better.

[Digital Heroin]

Warden's not a negotiator, as the IC post indicates. But damn is he thinking right now, he's thinking this isn't good, that it's going to end up bloody. Hell, he's hoping he hasn't been seen as too much of a bigot on the trid in the past, if anyone even remembers him.

[scoundrel]

Glyph - Will do. I'm just making options available. :)

[scoundrel]

I think this is the part where you hear the echo of a large drop of water dripping down from a stalactite in a lonely cavern.

[gobogen]

It seems to me that every weekend the level of activity on the forums goes down significantly and goes back up on Monday. It should be the same this time too.. :S

[scoundrel]

Hmm, that reminds me. Everyone can add +1 karma on to their sheets, since you guys have all more or less been posting consistently this week.

[Slacker]

So, is it about time for us to break up for the night? Is there anymore we need to discuss or can we get this moving along? I've said all I need to now.

[scoundrel]

Ah, GM Fast Forward Button™, how I love thee.

Edit: Argh, almost forgot again. 1 point of end-of-week karma for everyone. Woot!

[Slacker]

Uh...this is a rather stupid question, but I hope Slacker keeps his equipment stashed someplace other than in his apartment, like the trunk of his car?

Now that I think of it, that is kind of something I should have specified in my background, but too late now.

Either place it would be vulnerable. The only reason I brought it up is that Slacker likes explosives. The 50kg, that's over 100 lbs. (I really should have paid attention to it being in kilograms, hehe), he had of it might be adversly effected by the apartment burning down.

At the very least, Slacker may have to run from the Star if it didn't go off and they found it.

Not sure if you are wanting us to roll our tests and post results or not, but here is a roll I made using the srdice roller that is part of NSRCG:

Perception Test to see any more details:

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11, 09, 05, 04, 02, 02, 01

[scoundrel]

Wait a second...you have explosives?

All I see on your sheet are armor and weapons. Which is pretty strange, come to think of it.

[gobogen]

Winchy tries his best to scare them away and talk them out of this useless fight.

Intimidation (physical): 1, 3, 9

I'm kindda glad they didn't insult him in any way cause I think Winchy wouldn't have been able not to jump up at their throats. :grinbig:

[scoundrel]

Intimidation failed. Looks like it's time for Initiative. :)

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Winchy: 23
Ganger 1: 11 <- Has a knife
Ganger 2: 13 <- Has a chain
Ganger 3: 6 <- Has a club
Ganger 4: 6 <- Also has a knife

It seems that the bigshot who was talking to you is letting his pack do all the work. He's not attacking you at this moment.

[Slacker]

[gobogen]

I'm not sure how you want to handle this but here's what my character will try to do:

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I'm guessing that my reaction and initiative will easily have me act first and even before they actually make a move towards him. The best way to solve a part of the problem is for him to jump on one of the guys and move out of the circle. He'll have a much easier time fighting them if they're all in front of him.

Basically, if rolls permit, he will push away strongly/punch out the guy holding a club and at the same time turn back to face the others. He expects to take them by surprise in this way by acting as quickly as possible (also a way to frighten them).

I'm gueessing the relevant rolls here. Ask for more if you need them, and take what you need.

Initiative: 9 + 5 + 5 + 2 = 21
Unarmed Combat(Fists) + 2 Combat Pool Dice : 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 8
Athletics (to move out of there quickly and dodging blows if they are coming quickly enough) : 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 9

Power of attack with fists is 13M Stun.
He has +1 Reach to reduce their combat skill.

While were at it. Did he recognize the gang before ??
Gang ID: 2, 4

Edit: If he is somewhat successful, he'll try to scare them off again. I'd post it IC of course. For now, I'll let you resolve this the way you like before posting more though.

[scoundrel]

Resolution:

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Attack roll, Winchy: 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 8
TN: 7 (Base 4, -1 for Reach, +4 for Friends in Melee bonus)
Success: 1
Counterattack roll: 04 02 02
TN: 4
Success: 1
Damage resistance roll: 05 04 04
Damage to Ganger 3: Moderate stun

Attack roll, Ganger 1: 4 01
TN: 4
Success: 1
Counterattack roll: 05 03 03 03 02 01 01
TN: 7
Success: 0
Damage resistance roll: 11 05 04 04 04 04 04 03 03 03 03 02 02 01
Damage to Winchy: 0

Attack roll, Ganger 2: 11 05 02
TN: 4
Success: 2
Counterattack roll: 07 05 05 02 02 01 01
TN: 7
Success: 1
Damage resistance roll: 11 07 05 04 04 04 04 03 03 02 02 02 01 01
Damage to Winchy: 0

Attack roll, Ganger 3: 07 05 03
TN: 6
Success: 1
Counterattack roll: 16 07 07 05 04 03 02
TN: 7
Success: 3
Damage resistance roll: 08 04 03 01
Damage to Ganger 3: Serious stun

Attack roll, Ganger 4: 05 04 03
TN: 4
Success: 2
Counterattack roll: 08 05 05 04 03 02 02
TN: 7
Success: 1
Damage resistance roll: 13 09 07 07 05 05 04 03 03 02 02 02 01 01
Damage to Winchy: 0

First combat phase has ended. Winchy has two actions left, gangers 1 and 2 have one action left, ganger 3 is sporting 9 boxes of stun damage, failed his Willpower roll, and is out of the fight, ganger 4 has no actions left. Winchy is still at full health. Gotta love that 13 body.

From what you can tell, these guys are just delinquents stirring up trouble on the street, and don't belong to any of the larger gangs in the area.

Relevant house rules:

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#1 - The Friends in Melee modifier works like Reach - you can either choose to inflict a +4 TN penalty on your opponent or a -4 TN reduction on yourself.
#2 - If you want to purchase a manuever that is not taught by your martial art, it costs 6 karma to do so. Hint: Whirling is a very useful manuever. ;)

[gobogen]

He actually has a Body of 14 against those blows if you count the dermal plating from being troll (which I saw you did). And don't forget he has 1 of impact armor from the bone lacing. Also, he receives 1 bonus die to his unarmed attacks due to his bioware and that gives him 8 dice when using his fighting specialization (plus combat pool). I'm remainding you just in case.... ;)

BTW, I really don't know anything about martial arts and that set of rules. I guess I have brawling... what does that give me? Anything useful for this fight?

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First I'm wondering if he was able to sort of dodge out of the circle of gangers in order to maybe have an exit route if need be. He might not be able to have done that but I'd just like to know.

Ok for his next actions now:

As a free action he'll say something like: "One down. Whose next? You still don't believe me?" and he will keep on saying stuff like that while fighting to scare them off or something. If they move back, he'll make it obvious that he's letting them go.

Now I guess he'll use 1 Combat pool Die for each counter attack and for his own attack against whoever is closer between ganger 1 and 2 (leaving him with 2 Combat Pool Dice still in bank for this round).

If they are still fighting and don't surrender to him in some way; assuming also that the leader isn't trying to shoot at him or anything like that (he'll make sure to act last on the last pass to avoid that); Winchy will knock out the other ganger (1 or 2), using his remaining combat pool dice.

I'm letting you roll since you're doing so many anyways :P

[scoundrel]

Oops, forgot about your bioware bonus. It wouldn't have made a difference in any of the tests anyway, so meh. For future reference, and this is to everyone, let me know all applicable modifiers when you make a roll.

Resolution, 2nd combat phase:

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Attack roll, Winchy:
09 07 05 04 03 03 02 02
#D:8 TN:6 H#:9 S:2
Counterattack roll, Ganger 1:
02 02
#D:2 TN:4 H#:2 S:0
Damage to Ganger 1: Serious stun

Attack roll, Ganger 1: 01 01 (Rule of One'D)
#D:2 TN:6 H#:1 S:0
Counterattack roll, Winchy:
05 05 04 04 02 01 01 01 01
#D:9 TN:6 H#:5 S:0
Outcome: Ganger 1 trips and stabs himself in the groin for Moderate physical damage

Ganger 1 drops, and the rest of them run away when they realize that two of their friends had been waxed in less than 3 seconds. Combat over.

Brawling doesn't give you anything useful unless you spend karma to purchase maneuvers.

You can write the fight if you want, and if you don't, I'll do it tomorrow.

[gobogen]

I'd like to post the fight but I'm going to bed now. I'll do it during the day tomorrow. We're lucky this was resolved so quickly becaues we were both online :)

I hope that happens everytime there is a fight...

[Slacker]

From the way the officer is acting it sounds like just routine that he is wanting Slacker to come down to the station for questioning. Especially since he seems to be assuming that I will follow him without any trouble. If there is anything Slacker sees that might say otherwise, please speak up.

Police Procedures (KNO) test:

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15 (well that was lucky, I didn't think I even had a chance at success with a skill of 1)

By the way, any particular reason why there isn't a detective on site to do the questioning?

[gobogen]

Winchy is going home to his spot in Downtown.

[scoundrel]

Slacker:

As far as you can tell, it's nothing more than a routine questioning. Although if you had kept your gear in your apartment, it would be a whole different story.

You managed to slip in that clarification post before I could take advantage of the fact that you didn't specify where you kept your stash. *snaps fingers*

[Slacker]

Figured as much, just wondering.

[Slacker]

That's awesome. I like your gm'ing style. Never actually had a gm use my background that soon in a campaign. I wasn't even think about my background when I saw the "P".

I'll post IC when I get to work. Just wanted to go ahead and say that.

[scoundrel]

Well, I hope you didn't think I was going to let you get away with that Hunted flaw for free. ;)

Is anyone else waiting on me? None of you seem to be doing anything that requires GM intervention, but let me know if you are.

[gobogen]

I wasn't sure if everything was over with people having seen what happened and everything... But it seems you won't be 'meaner' than that for now ;)

I'll post tomorrow for what Winchy does on a short term. For the rest, what do we wanna do for now guys? We have some planning to do...