Poor little baby seal. <looks around for his club>

Heh, you have only yourself to blame. I'm busy working on a character for your game

Actually, I might put up another tonight sometime. We'll see.

Should I go ahead and roll up the conjuring and astral perception tests so you can resolve it all at one time?

That'd be a good idea, yes.

Where are we setting up camp? Near the boat, near the mine, somewhere else?

The main camp should be at the mine. Perhaps we should leave one person to guard the boat...

Agreed. My vote's on Skeeter so he can go fishing.

Okay, fun time.

People in the van... umm... just try not to sing any Beetles songs.

Oops, I left out her Great Form bonuses. +1 Armor and +1 Body. I was going to describe her as a wood nymph that I coax out of hiding so she could have some fun, just in case you get all descriptive on it.

Sorry about stealing Red Tom from you guys. I'm sure you can handle a little bear all on your own.

If you need any Negotiations rolls or anything, TKG, just let me know. Also, was this before or after the summoning?

Perception roll: 14 08 02 02

Throwing roll: 17 07 05 05 05 04

It's initiative down at the boat, by the way.

Ok, some rolls for Raven. When the oppurtuntiy presents itself, and if in fact these guys turn out to be anything mroe than mildly threatining, here is what she will do.

She will quick draw her Five-seveN and put a three round burst of ExEx in to the one she has the best shot at. If both are equal then the closest one. At the same time (No doubt adding to her modifier) she will tumble to the right off the bike and atttempt to find some cover in the trees.

Oh sure, leave me to die. Thanks alot, woman!

Forgot initiative... in case it is needed.

Feh, I'll go ahead and make some rolls, too, just in case Captain Testosterone over there goes kamikaze and I have to/get the chance to drop a solid clout on the guy she doesn't shoot.


Edit: Oops, put in the wrong base Damage Code for the spell. And I totally left out my elemental bonus dice. Oh well. Let's just say he has two Spell Pool dice left, 'k?

Edit: Also threw in a Negotiations roll.

Bah,

Charisma test to act scarred and stuff

07 05 04 04 02 02

Well, if everyone else gets to make rolls, I'll make a few too.

Btw, though we didn't really get a chance at the time, Paris grabbed the camo netting in addition to the gear it was under at the equipment area, assuming it fits.

Skeeter is going to attempt to quick draw a tomohawk and throw it. How far away is this critter? May need to start running.

Initiative:9 +3D6: 06 04 02= 21

Initiative: 11+3D6 = 02,02,10 = 25
Quickdraw test: 01,03,03,05,05,07,09,14
Pistols test: 2,4,5,5,5,7,10 plus 3 combat pool: 4,5,9

misfit.. maaan.. you so blew it.
rule no 1. .. never insult the GM's NPCs!
he'll geek ya just to teach you a lesson..

Okay, I'm not using surprise for either encounter since both sides have had a chance to assess the other (that, and I don't want to instant-kill Belfast who still didn't beat the guards on the test... they had delayed actions to shoot you guys if you tried anything).

The guard shooting Bel hit with 6 successes. He was shooting at TN 4 (Short range, +2 TN for being in cover, -2 TN for smartlink). Go ahead and dodge if you like.

The damage is 9S base. Go ahead and resist and then let me know which goon you're magicing (if you still are).

Raven's TN was 7, by the way (base 4 + 4 for cover + 2 for walking on difficult ground - 2 for smartlink - 1 for stationary target), and he dodged/soaked enough to bring the damage down to S.

The bear will have to wait till I get home this afternoon because I need something from a book I don't have with me

Oh, umm... Tom will be here at the end of the round.

Cover and how it works.

I'm using the cover rules from CC (p98) because effectively using cover makes it more difficult to hit your target. You can generally choose the level of cover (provided you're behind something) you are in at the start of any initiative pass (default is the middle +4 with a +2 penalty to shooting) and the cover modifier remains until your next action.

Note that if you're not in cover at the start of the pass, you won't get a cover modifier till the start of the next pass. This is because movement is spread out over the course of the phase and doesn't happen instantly. I'll allow an exception to this if cover is very close by as compared to your movement rate (half or less of your move per phase). To do so, you also need to take a penalty to your attack rolls for the round.

Shadow, Raven can pick on cover now if you like. She's close enough, I think. It'll just mean a M wound for her target instead of an S. Also, did she mean to fire two bursts? You only rolled out one.

The first guard used his simple action for something else, so he was only shooting Bel once, in any case.

No, the guy Raven shot took an S. Belfast is the one looking at the 9S. Sorry about that, I shifted subjects in mid sentence... I did use "he" though.

Exactly how big is the underwater van? Not in terms of CF or anything, just, well, how big does it look?

Yeah, the 'he' confused me. Sorry.

Hey, I am going to go ahead and post my next action, and you just play it out when your ready.

Ack, dey's shootin'! Dey's shootin!" <panicked dance on the back of the bike> Say goodbye Karma Pool...

Well, Raven's getting shot at, so hang on a few minutes.

Raven is hit with two successes on the first shot and two from the second. Both are 9S.

His TN was 6 (Base 4 - 2 smartlink, + 3 wound penalties +1 for camo). Also, I've forgotten to use the camo modifiers of the suits the guys are wearing against you. They'll be in effect next pass.

Addendum: Make sure to remind me of stuff like this when we get into combat. The big one is going to be ammo type. If you don't say what you're firing, I'm assuming it's normal ammo.

Does Camo apply when targeting on the astral? Since I was casting a spell I didn't apply the TN penalty for performing a mundane action, but you did say the area was weird (was I supposed to get a PM about that?). Either way, I'm still relying on it as my eyes. Rolls for my next upcoming action are coming soon.

Magic's a funky thing that way. If you're actively percieving, it dosen't. If you're not percieving it does. Auras extend past clothing and all.

Don't know what I meant about the area being weird, but it's hard to see too far on the astral because of all of the plant life. Really your vision range is the same on both...

Astral perception will be important in a couple of passes, though.

Assuming I get the action in...

*grumble grumble* I am going to dodge. Was saving that for my full auto glory.



So I think I am good to go, assuming no modifiers. I should take no damage.

Free and clear.

Initiative order is now:

Raven
Belfast
Goon with stun damage (who shot at Belfast)
Goon with bloody holes in him (who shot at Raven)

So you guys can go ahead and roll up actions.

Ok, now for the full auto glory. I am shooting at the least injured party.

Err, I'm assuming the stunned fellow was knocked down based on your description, right?

(And if we're up against someone who can snare at least 8 successes against a TN of 9 with impact armor only, we're up against something major, Shadow. <hits him upside the head with his hat> Just another fine mess you've gotten me into.)

I would like to point out that I said Raven didn't do anything unless they acted hostile. Since she did do something they must have been acting hostile, ergo it is not my fault.

Shadow, TN is 12 (base 4, - 2 for SL, +2 for Raven's cover, +3 recoil, +4 cover, +1 camo). The one Belfast hit did go down, he's just not out. I'd let you reroll it knowing that, but there's not much point. The dodge TN is 10 and he's nto got much CP left.

Results in the IC.

Perception checks would be good at this point.

I have to run out of the house for about 30 minutes. Feel free to NPC me if you need to in that time.

Perceptin check with Awareness as a complimentry.

Let me rephrase that, auditory perception checks

Ya punk. But doesn't the astral include hearing? <ducks>

<chanting> fight, Fight, FIGHT!

tisoz, melee combat time. The bear is really, really fast, by the way.

What's the assessment on that spirit? (Figure I can use the last roll I made since you wanted a Hearing Test instead.) And most importantly, does it appear hostile or just out for a stroll?

@ TKG,

I only meant to fire one, I figured with built up recoil a second shot would be a waist of ammo. Raven is going to drop her thermal vis. on and take a gander at where the Rednecks were (or more accuratly, poachers/tree-huggers/terrorists)

If she can see him, she is going to pop off two single shots at him.



Oh, and she will take 2 points of cover if it means getting a better shot off. If it doesn't then 4.