OOC: A Short Victorius War, A Living in the Shadows game Options

[WinterRat1]

I just want you to know if you fail and end up flat on your face, somewhere in this world, I will be laughing at you. ;)

Bandit- Do you really have to encourage this?

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Am I rolling Quickness default? What does that do to the target number.

I want everyone to understand I don't normally engage in jackassery while playing but felt that Shadow deserved his tribute and Dragon blew up the car I was planning on jumping on/sliding over/flipping off of. :)

P.S. Bandit, I have now used the word "jackassery" in a sentence and made it viable in context. Try that on for size. :D

[bclements]

Defaulting will add 4 to the TN, and you won't be able to use karma to re-roll since you're defaulting to an attribute. Final TN will be 10, minus any mods/Daredevil edge you have, and you'll need 3 successes.

That being said, if you're dead set on doing a Jonny Knoxville impersonation, it is possible. And the TN can adjust if you decide to change manevuers.

[WinterRat1]

You know, I'm gonna be really pissed if I have to do all the work around here and kill this guy too after he wacks you for attempting to one-up Johnny Knoxville's jackassery level.

[Tiredronin]

I did note that I was keeping and eye on the goon so Daedalus should be privy to the action :D

[Cedric Rolfsson]

10, crap! Even with 10 dice plus a combat pool of 9 I doubt I'll get 3 10s on one roll.

Okay, bag the jackassery, I'll just step around the corner and shoot the fucker.

BC, I appreciate the help on figuring out the appropriate jackassery rolls, and trust me, I'll find a way of increasing my Woo-ism level eventually.

[bclements]

You wouldn't be able to use combat pool either (no pools when defaulting to an attribute).

Write up your actions and give me some rolls. Are you going to be running around the corner and popping him?

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Stepping around the corner, fully into the alley way but keeping the left shoulder forward and the gun at his right hip so anyone can't grab it.

Pistols: 6 +1 enhanced articulation

01, 01, 01, 02, 04, 05, 10

01, 01, 02, 02, 04, 10, 09

[bclements]

TN Breakdown:

Base 4 + 2 (Low-Light) + 2 (Attacker Walking; uneven ground with lots of litter) - 2 (Smartlink)= TN of 5 (+1 on the Second shot for recoil)

One success on the first, Two on the second shot.

Shooting 7M Stun from the gels (reduce power number by 2 for gels, adjusted to 4M with 3 Impact armor):

Body roll for the first shot: 8, 4, 1, 11; Goon2 takes a Light stun (2 boxes)

Body roll for the second shot (4 +2 Combat Pool): 4, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4; Takes another Light stun (Now at 4 boxes total, for Moderate stun penalties).

Goon2 is up now. Rolling Unarmed Combat (5) + Combat Pool (2) vs (TN is 4+2 stun mods)=6: 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5. And the guy completely wiffs on the kick.

EDIT: Edited for Gel rounds and recoil.

[bclements]

Bandit: Virgil is up on 3, due to some recent shotgun blasts :)

[Cedric Rolfsson]

What is the target number for a called shot in Unarmed Combat to plant one of my combat boots squarely in this yahoo's jewels? We need someone from the opposition team who isn't is scattered in small bloody pieces across the landscape for questioning.

Uh-hum,(Erebus taps Dragon and Virgil on the respective shoulders) watch carefully the process involved in "capturing" a person. Please note the lack of shotguns, grenades, or brain-melting spells. I'm willing to bet my guy will be much easier to interrogate than the ones you've been "capturing". :)

[bclements]

I'd guess the normal Called Shot modifiers would apply. Book's at home, I'll give you an answer in about 45 minutes or so.

[banditf50]

Cedric: You have highlighted one of the numerous reasons why the next spell that Virgil learns will be "stunbolt". Though an enemy mage would probably not be the safest of hostages . . . so I don't feel so bad about wasting him.

Here's to hoping that Erebus can take this guy alive.

[WinterRat1]

Whoa whoa whoa. At what point did we say we were trying to capture these guys? I thought the plan was 'waste them as quickly and efficiently as possible before they do it unto us'. Someone should've told me that we were trying to capture them. :D

And besides, they shot a missile at us. That's the third one in the last TWO DAYS. Not even the last week, the last TWO DAYS. My 'tolerance for less than lethal methods' meter is pretty freaking low right now.

[bclements]

For a melee Called Shot, you'd add +4 to the target number. You'll need one more success than the defender to pull it off, and both of you have low light mods. Your final TN would be 9, his 7 (4+2 stun mods + 1 low light that's applied by half for melee). If you both don't hit it, then you both miss each other.

On the plus side, you'll be doing STR Serious damage if you connect (one mean Rochambeau), knocking him out. On the minus side, he could hit you.

[Cedric Rolfsson]

[WinterRat1]

Hmm...that's a really good one Cedric. Aheh...guess I got a little bloodthirsty there, didn't I? I guess having a shotgun in your hands will do that to you...good job Cedric! :D

[bclements]

Having 3 missiles shot at you in two days will do a number on one's temper :D

[WinterRat1]

Yeah they made me pretty not picky in a hurry. :)

[Sedna]

Wow. Just ... wow :spin:

Oh, just fyi: Juliette's (not yet ex-)car is one of these old, solid, beat-up models that isn't even worth parts on re-sale, is too old to have a transponder, and it doesn't have a car alarm. Why bother? A car alarm, in this case, would only signal that there's something here worth stealing.

Since it "only" got hit by some plywood, add that to all the other anonymous dents -- although granted, this one is a bit deeper and possibly more damaging than most, and odds are good it shattered whichever window it encountered. (All cars are automatically made with safety glass, so it wouldn't even have shattered out, just spidered right in its place.)

So at least this is one car you won't have to actually replace -- at least not yet.

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Are we waiting for me? If so I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was up yet. If its my turn:

Erebus will engage in a primative form of sign language; based primarily upon broad gestures with the hands and feet, he will attempt to communicate to the Goon how surprised and hurt he was by the unprovoked missile attack recently made against his person, and Erebus' desire to continue the conversation in a more private setting to determine the underlying causes for Mr. Goon's recent expression of his pent up hostilities.

Called shot kick-to-groin: Unarmed Combat + Enhanced Articulation: 6 dice + 6 combat pool dice = 12

01, 01, 02, 02, 03, 04, 04, 05, 05, 09, 10, 13

Hopefully Erebus's attempts at sign language communications, Rochambeau dialect, were successful. :D

[bclements]

...then allow me to retort (actually, just waiting on bandit right now).

Goon2's UC score: 7,7,1,9,4

A tie, but you (and the Rochambeau) win. Give me your Strength attribute so that this guy can roll to soak a Serious stun.

[WinterRat1]

Uh, I hate to say this (I always seem to end up screwing my teammates) but ties in melee go to the defender, not the attacker, in which case Goon 2 would win.

[bclements]

Per the BBB on P. 122 under Resolving Melee Combat says, under the compare success step, that "A tie goes in favor of the attacker". I'm reading that to be a tie in the number of successes on the test.

[Cedric Rolfsson]

(smacks WinterRat1 in the back of the head) Oh sure, you're not the one about to get his ass kicked.

Okay, in case of a tie what happens? We just continue on to the next round right? I don't get beat down into a bloody whimpering pile of broken flesh right? All this is dependent upon Bandit not being there this round to HELP ME!!

WinterRat1, the rules is the rules, no hard feelings and if I can't win straight up then so be it. (I'll cheat better next time!)

Edit: Strength 6 (Erebus flexes his bulging vat grown muscles.)