Applied Modifiers: Social Situation - BBB pg 122
With respect to the Character, NPC is :
Suspicious -1
Character's Desired Result is
- Harmful to NPC -3

+4 Sinn's Street Cred
-5 Sinn's Notoriety
= -1 dice


" had this dream, but it wasnt a dream. It was real, an...astral quest if you will. I was standing at the crossroads with Papa Legba and someone else. This spirit called "The Advessary". Well, long story short, Legba gave me some advice and we parted, then The Advessary told me that I no longer was a practitioner of Voodoo"

Additional -2 because Voodoo is a religion and a way of life. Legba identifies with St Peter. The whole "cross roads" situation is usually identified with the devil aka "the Advesary". Basically you just told him that you chose the devil over St. Peter. Even though Jules is a "Bad Guy", he's a "Religious Bad Guy."

Social situations are handled as opposed test. In this case, reducing hostility, by net successes. Julius would currently be considered "Hostile", which, for Sinn, is a "Bad Thing". So the purpose of the test is to reduce his hostility. He rolls his Perception+Charisma+Street Cred

Perception 4 (Specialized Visual which is irrelevant) =4
Charisma 6 (Built up since it's his tradition's Drain Attribute) =6
Street Cred (Julius has been around for quite a while) =6
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16 Dice for "resisting" etiquette
6,5,6,2,2,3,3,2,4,6,4,1,6,6,3,3 = 6 successes

Julius is Hostile

Julius
Magic Rating 10
Spellcasting 5 (S) combat spells
Counterspelling 5 (S)combat spells
Initiate Grade 5
- Shielding Metamagic
-Absortion Metamagic
-Channeling Metamagic
-Centering Metamagic
- Invoking Metamagic
-Sympathetic Linking Metamagic
----------------------------
25 dice for spell defense


Counter spell + Magic +Iintiate Grade(Absortion) to defend
Successes - 2,2,3,3,2,3,3,5,6,6,5,5,5,6,2,5,2,4,4,2,6,6,5,5,6 = 13
13 successes for defense

Absorbs the mana bolt.
Pg 59 Street Magic - "...each hit on the characters spell reistance test allows her to absorb one force point as one poitn of temporary "mana charge" (up to the spell's force). ... Each point of mana charge may be used to reduce the Drain DV from casting a spell by one, at which point it is used up..."

Absorbs the spell, casts his Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt Force 16 Overcasting, using Absortion to reduce Drain DV
- Spell casting test -
Spellcasting 5 (S - combat spells) +2 = 7
Magic Attribute 10 =10
Combat Spell Foci ( tattoos) 5 =5
------------------------------------------------
=22 Dice - Going to use Edge to reroll failures
5,5,5,4,1,3,5,6,5,4,4,3,3,1,4,6,3,3,4,1,1,2 = 7 net
Edge Reroll of 22-7 =15 Dice
6,1,1,4,5,5,4,2,3,5,2,4,2,2,6 = 5 success
= 12 net Successes with Lightning Bolt

Counterspelling Indirect Combat Spells
pg 195 - Indirect Combat Spells are treated like Ranged combat attacks; the caster makes a Magic+ Spellcasting success test versus the Target's Reaction. If the Spell hits, the the target resists with Body + half Impact armor(With coutnerspelling if available), with each net hit reducing the damage value.

Sinn - Roll to resist the spell -
Reaction 5 first to reduce successes

Remaing successes, resist DV with
- Counterspelling Magic arrtibute = 7
- Skill Group Sorcery = 5
- Body Attribute = 5
-Half Impact armor Lined Coat 6/4 = 2
------------------------------------------------
=19 Dice for Damage Resistance


Not this round, but on another round, you can use Reflection for defense
You may also use Reflection Metamagic for spell defense.Not that when using Reflection, you are effectively taking a full defense action. If you have already used your action for the round, you cannot use reflection. It is a full round action.
pg 61 Street magic

In which case you add your Initiate Grade (6) to the second (Resistance) test (making it 25 Dice).

If you achieve more hits than the spell caster, it reflects it back at half the original force. Net hits above the original spellcasting test become the net hits for the reflected spell, which is resisted normally.

[b]Drain Resistance for Julius
Willpower 6
Charisma 6
Centering 5
- Drain Value of Force 16 Lightning Bolt (F/2+3=11-7 Abosrtion =4)
17 dice - 5 Net Successes

Lucky shoots a meaningful look to Bennett