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

[Tiredronin]

augh...

can I order Talos to start aiming at the back of this guy's head? a few rounds of that should give him a good chance of at least wounding him....

as for words:

it seems like we'll need commands and descriptions:

rain - suppressing fire (this was from the paintball days) - "i need rain accross that ramp into the parking garage" - yeah we need some sort of fixed orientation system - should we make it relative to the speaker? ("targets are at 12 and 3 o clock") or to the listener ("Dragon, bogey on your 6") or perhaps we just specify.

Black - magical threat
how about we use a yellow-orange-red spectrum to assess relative threat level/priority targets (magic is still black and almost always top priority)
i.e. goon guy with an SMG= yellow
huge hulking street sam-that-dragon-had-to-shoot-several-times-in-the-head-to-take-down = red
or blimp-of-doom = red
orange can be something in between... ...

maybe this is getting cumbersome... just voicing my thoughts.

[banditf50]

Ok, here is Virgil's astral perception roll at least. I'll add any additional needed posts later today.

perception: 10 08 05 05 03 02
aura reading: 15 05 03 02

I might have one success in there overall, perhaps enough to say if this guy is awakened or not. With a roll like that Virgil isn't likely to gather any additional information.

[Shadow]

Virgil

[ Spoiler ]

He is awakened.

[Shadowrunner13]

I am willing to take point as (if nothing else) a distraction and find out what our somatic friend wants.

I'm even willing to go out "unarmed" (perhaps with Tenmou's Wakazashi strapped to himself somewhere), but you guys will definitely need to cover my back...nursing my wounds puts me at a severe disadvantage if this gets violent. :)

Do we go ahead and try to disarm another bad situation through dialogue?

SR13

[banditf50]

Ok guys, here is what I think:

Tenmou should humor this guy and speak with him, preferably without obvious weaponry. Dragon can cover him visably as a warning. At the same time Talos will cover the monk from the sky in relative stealth. Virgil will toss all the spell defense dice that he can onto Tenmou and Dragon, though I bet this guy is a physad and not likely to throw a powerbolt.

He might have legitamate intel for us, and I think this plan leaves us covered pretty well.

[WinterRat1]

Works for me. Go for it SR13. Write me as moving to cover this guy while you talk to him

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Shadow

[ Spoiler ]

Perception check:
01, 02, 04, 05, 15

Reaction check:
02, 02, 03, 03, 04, 05, 05, 11, 20

Unarmed combat: (5+1 enhanced art.)
01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 05
01, 02, 05, 05, 08, 10
01, 02, 03, 05, 05, 08

no combat pool used as uncertain if made the surprise test. Per prior post have Guardian in hand.

Sorry about the premature IC post folks, I'll correct it once this stuff is done.

[WinterRat1]

Given the latest IC post Shadow put up, I'm definitely leaning towards the 'shoot first, kill 'em all, and let God sort it out later' school of thought.

[Shadow]

Still waiting on SR13 to be brave and bold.

Cedric

[ Spoiler ]

Your initiative, hes 2 meters in front of you in your living room, his back is to the main window

[Shadow]

I was almost hoping you would blow him away Winter, that way the missile launching could continue!

I know its a funny thing, but honestly, I came up with that little scene outside the bar before I ever read or heard about the Blimp of doom. The blimp was far more creative than my idea though. I had been itching to shoot someone with a missile launcher :)

[WinterRat1]

Hey, I may be ridiculously paranoid right now, but I’m not stupid. I’ll save my bullets (and grenades, and melee attacks, and other assorted nasty items) for those who deserve it.

And as for this…

[grendel]

[Cedric Rolfsson]

I hope all of you people are having a nice pleasant chat down there, just wait a few minutes and I'm sure someone will be by to serve tea and biscuits!!

Initiative roll:

02, 03, 04, 06, 06, + 9 Reaction = 30 :D

Oh, he is sooo dead, he's really dead, he's really really dead!

Thank oh most generous GM for that positioning, I've been wanting to do something Woo-ish for awhile now. I thought about shooting him in the head but I'm going for an unarmed attack with the deliberate intentions of kicking his ass right through the window behind him. :lick: This ought to be fun.

Unarmed 5 +1 enhanced art. + 4 combat pool:

01, 02, 04, 05, 05, 05, 05, 05, 08, 21

[WinterRat1]

[Shadow]

Its a conspiracy within a conspiracy! Post coming soon.

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Ohhhh JOY!!!

Thank oh benevolent GM for allowing me to do that! Yes, I know that such an action is likely to attract attention, I know I'm going to have to replace that window, and I know that I've lost the opportunity to question the prisoner but that FREAKING ROCKED!!!!!!

Okay, I'm better now.

Am I free to have Erebus grab his stuff now or do I have any other cybered ninjas in hiding?

[Shadow]

No other cyber Ninjas hiding... that you see.

[WinterRat1]

What is with the people in this game? Does everyone hate cars or something? It seems like every other page someone's car is getting wrecked (thankfully, not ours this time). Just had to ask. :D

And Shadow, you forgot the long, "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" *splat*

Or were you saving that for a more dramatic 'kicking bad guy through window' moment? :)

[Shadow]

Well if you look closely he was dead before he went thgouh the window. A spectacular failure to get even one success on his Unarmed combat roll.

[Cedric Rolfsson]

But I get serious cool points for kicking a guy through a third floor window onto the one car in this crappy neighborhood with a working car alarm. :)

[bclements]

[Tiredronin]

wow.. today was one of those posting days eh?

: P good grief, stay away from your computer a few hours and cyber ninjas get kicked through windows, conspiracies within conspiracies get revealed (or at least talked about)... : P

Nicly done Cedric, though apparently it was a 5 story drop, which means you should have had the time to draw and fire... more "John Woo" points : P

[Tiredronin]

Hey let me know if its ok that Icarus saw Erebus I can edit the post.

Otherwise, Talos is still aiming at the monk, (can drones aim with the same effect?) otherwise.. sensor lock. though I suppose the point will be moot soon, useful exercise in sensor enhanced gunnery

Sensor test: (complex action)

sensors rating 5
TN: signature (6 for human sized life form)
direct LOS: -2
urban setting: +1

TN 5 - unless im missing any terrain modifiers:

11, 11, 07, 05, 03

only one success needed for sensor lock.

and Daedalus is in icarus, ready to give Talos the order to fire (gave the order to Talos to sensor lock then fire but hold action the actual shot till Daedalus gives the word - free action. GMs, does this work assuming enough time had passed for 2 complex actions?)

And daedalus is freed up to watch the streets, especially now that we seem to have made another big commotion...

[Shadowrunner13]

In my latest post, the Japanese (keep in mind, I am using a translator program and don't actually speak the language...just trying to be as authentic in character as possible... :) ) translates to:

Arigatau = Thank You
Zenkou-san = respectifully addressing a "straight A student"

SR13

[Shadow]

I goth the Arigato, wondered what the Zen was. Cool. I like the authenticity.

You were fine with your drones Tired. Never fear, I'll let you know if you step out a line. *waves his big 2x4*