There was a bit of a break since then (May!), so such details get forgotten easily (I actually didn't know that I posted that myself, anymore, until now ).

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Thanee

Yea. I understand... and I'm not trying to be a hard ass. Those details do make for some flavor for the GM. Since I try not to kill the players, ( queue evil gm laugh ) I enjoy exploiting those little details a bit for theatrical effect.

I'm glad you do not try to kill the players!!!

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Thanee

One thing I just noticed, shouldn't I get a Reaction roll to Dodge those attacks against the truck, while rigging it?

Reaction plus Control Rig bonus is 7 dice (if Control Rig applies there) plus the -1 threshold modifier from VR, and they probably get some penalties for movement and making the called shots.

Shouldn't be completely non-trivial to hit them, at least.


This turn, I will do a full defense (aka evasive driving), adding Aeryns Vehicle skill to the defense dice pool.

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Thanee

Actually yes. Roll against 4 attacks. REA + Control Rig -2dp

Here you go... lots of 1's there.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2688079/

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Thanee

ouch!!

Holy hell... 2 glitches and a critical glitch..

Yea. The post stands. LOTS of warning sensors..

Yeah, I suppose so.

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Thanee

Ok.. Pass #2. Everyone but Cynic.

Zions unarmed attack on the ganger sticking his hand inside agi7+close combat 3 +1 speacialization in unarmed combat=11dp
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2689006/

Repost here, so it is in the right place.



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Thanee

Hmm... Fuchs hasn't been to dumpshock in 3 weeks. He took his trip in the July/August time frame. I'll start roboting for a while and we'll see if he shows back up.

roger that.

Yeah, sounds good. I guess it's quite certain, that he will show up again.

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Thanee

Zion Attack [1,2,1,5,4,5,2,1,1,2,4] = 2 hits
- Truck movement negated by him being seated.
Ganger Reaction [5] = 1 hit
Resist DV4P: [2,3,6,6,3] = 2 hits -> 2 physical damage

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Initiative R2
Lynx: 11(2) [4,1,2,2,6,5,2,6] = 3 hits
Aeryn: 10(2) [2,2,4,5,4,4,3,3,4] = 1 hit
Gangers: 10(1) [1,2,5,1,6,5,3] = 3 hits
Zion: 9(2) [5,4,2,3,4,4,3,3] = 1 hit
Cynic: 9(1) [4,2,2,5,6,6] = 3 hits

Lynx Shoots ganger [4,2,2,3,3,2,1,1,3,5,6] = 2 hits
Ganger Reaction - no dice left DV7P
Ganger resists [5,6,3,3,5,5,1,1,2] = 4 hits -> 3 boxes physical
Lynx Shoots ganger [2,1,6,3,6,2,3,5,6,1,6] = 5 hits
Ganger Reaction - no dice left DV10P
[6,6,6,1,5,6,5,1,2] = 6 hits -> 4 boxes of physical

Aeryn is up.

Evasive Driving again, while decelerating further.

IIRC I need to spend one action on controlling the vehicle, anyways. Not entirely sure this counts as it.

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Thanee

Ah yes. Forgot that. Thanks.

So, the question remains, whether Evasive Driving counts as that action, or not.

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Thanee

Let me talk through through this. You have to make the test, else you get a penalty. Making the test allows you a standard reaction test against any attack, else there is no reaction test versus attacks and next round all passengers suffer -2dp.
If you also sacrifice your second action to "dodge" you get to roll reaction + driving (in lieu of dodge). Sound fair?

Sure.

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Thanee

sorry for the drop off in posting, I'm back up to speed now.

Welcome back. You would now be up.

I think I'm done with my actions already.

Continue to drive/evade and slow the truck down further, eventually stopping entirely, which we will have to do, anyways.

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Thanee

Yea. Gonna give Cedric a few days to post up his action. (Jazz is a different story. )

I'm thinking a stunball force 5 centered on the gangers to one side of the vehicle. Is there one that is at least 2.5 meters away from the truck?

In addition to clarification above, I will clarify the scene: The single ganger on the left hit his brakes and dropped out of sight. The remaining motorcycles on the left hit his brakes and is dropping back past the end of the trailer. The gangers on the right dropped back to the rear of the truck where the fifth wheel is (the trailer connects to the truck via the fifth wheel). Several have already jumped onto the truck/are jumping onto the truck (their success has not been completely evaluated). If he leans way forward into the cab, kinda on/over/around Lynx, he can use the rear view mirror out Zion's window to target some of the gangers. Those gangers are 2-3m from Zion.

NOTE: Since area effect channels magic into all users in the area, I will allow you to center the spell beyond the gangers so as not to include your team. There is a wrinkle with how many you can see unless you stick your head out the window though.

Crap, if I can't see them then I can't hurt them directly. More summoning I guess.

Air elemental this time, Force 3.

Summoning Roll:
3 successes for me
Linkhttp://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2707031/
1 glitch for spirit opposed test
Linkhttp://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2707031/

3 services owed.

drain test(DV2 minimum)
3 successes
Linkhttp://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2707035/

@Cedric
A glitch is where 50% or more of the dice come up as 1's. What type of spirit is that?

@Thanee
Aeryn's action is not yet locked into dodging. She does note that the rig is slowing without any valid reason from the instrument panel.

For my action this pass i will take full defense if possible looking out for any threats aimed toward Zion or Lynx from the bikers.

Yep, I've seen that. But as I said, I want to stop the truck, anyways. Dunno, what else I could do in the moment, except getting out and taking a look to see what they are doing back there.

So, Aeryn will use her action then to come to a halt, in order to prevent further damage done by trying to stop the truck. We cannot outdrive them, anyways, we have to outfight them.

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Thanee

Just wanted to make sure you realized that there did not appear to be an explanation.

I will actually take this as your drive action for the turn, given you a held action. Though with the turn expiring I guess we'll move on.

Lynx: Pistols(5) + Spec:Semi-Auto(2) + AGL(6) + SG(2) +Movement(-2) + Moving Vehicle (-3) + Cover(-2) = [3,5,6,6,5,3,4,4] = 4 hits
Ganger: REA 0/Surprised
Ganger: Resist 9P (AP -1) [2,1,4,4,4,1,3,2,4] = 0 hits


Initiative R3
Aeryn [12(2)] [3,6,1,3,3,5,4,1,5] = 3 hits
Zion [11(2)] [5,5,6,3,1,3,1,1] = 3 hits
Gangers [10(1)] [3,5,2,6,4,1,6] = 3 hits
Lynx [9(2)] [4,3,1,1,3,4,1,6] = 1 hit
Cynic [9(1)] [5,5,1,3,5,1] = 3 hits
Spirit [7(3)] [5,1,2,2,3,3] = 1 hit

Zion is up.

Yes, I'm aware of that. But I don't see how I can change it without first finding out more about it, which does require to stop the truck first.



Moving on is fine.

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Thanee

hehehhe.. I think you'll be surprised when you see.

Gangers
AGL(4) + Pistols (3) + Moving Vehicle(-3) + Driving(-2) [2,3] = 0 hits
AGL(4) + Pistols (3) + Moving Vehicle(-3) + Driving(-2) [6,6] = 2 hits

Lynx
REA(5) + Good Cover(+4) + Prone(-2) [3,6,6,2,2,6,1] = 3 hits; Miss
Pistols(5) + Spec:Semi-Auto(2) + AGL(6) + SG(2) +Moving Vehicle (-3) + Cover(-2) [5,4,6,6,5,3,4,1,3,6] = 5 hits
Pistols(5) + Spec:Semi-Auto(2) + AGL(6) + SG(2) +Moving Vehicle (-3) + Cover(-2) + Switch Targets (-1) [3,6,1,4,1,5,5,3,1,6] = 3 hits

Gangers
REA(3) + Moving Vehicle(3) + Driving(-2) [3,4,2,4] = 0 hits
Resist 10P (AP-1) [3,4,3,1,5,1,3,5,4] = 2 hits; 8P + Knockdown

REA(3) + Moving Vehicle(3) + Driving(-2) [2,4,2,5] = 1 hits
Resist 8P (AP-1) [3,5,1,4,1,5,1,6,5] = 4 hits; 4P

Cynic - You are up again.

So I have successfully summoned the air elemental?

If so I'm going ot have the air elemental and order it to attack the gangers who are attempting to do bad things to me. Call it Ganger 2.

Good idea with the reference.

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Thanee

Lynx
Agility(6) + Gymnastics(3) + Synthcardium(2) [1,6,6,6,1,5,5,3,1,2,4] = 5 hits

Zion can now take his held action on pass #2, ending R3 of combat. (if he can put his tongue back in his mouth)

Initiative R4: 04:25:12-14

[14] Aeryn: [6,3,5,3,5,5,3,5,3] = 5 hits
[12] Zion: [5,4,5,2,3,6,2,6] = 4 hits
[10] Gangers: [5,3,2,6,5,1,3] = 3 hits
[10] Lynx: [1,6,3,6,4,1,2,2] = 2 hits
[ 9 ] Cynic's Spirit: [5,3,4,6,4,6] = 3 hits
[ 8 ] Cynic: [6,4,3,1,6,1] = 2 hits

That would mean Aeryn & Zion are up. Declare actions/make posts.

Is the truck stopped by now?

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Thanee

Well... I can't seem to find the rules on stopping. So given the unexplained effect slowing the vehicle, yes. It is stopped.

So Aeryn is up.

Right. Sorry!

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Thanee

Ok Zion - Post an action and then the next post of fun starts!!

I'm not sure I like the sound of that...

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Thanee

Just an FYI: Remember that 1 pass is about 1 second.

Gangers shooting at Lynx
AGL(4) + Pistols(3) : [5,6,1,2,6,2,5] = (4)
AGL(4) + Pistols(3) : [6,2,2,4,5,2,3] = (2)
AGL(4) + Pistols(3) : [6,4,4,4,5,4,2] = (2)
AGL(4) + Pistols(3) : [1,5,3,1,2,6,5] = (3)

Lynx shooting gangers. 1 shot each
Pistols(5) + Spec:Semi-Auto(2) + AGL(6) + SG(2) [5,4,6,6,2,1,5,4,6,5,1,2,1,6,6] = (
Pistols(5) + Spec:Semi-Auto(2) + AGL(6) + SG(2) + Switch Targets(-1) [3,1,3,5,2,6,3,1,6,1,1,4,2,5] = (4)

Lynx REA
REA(5) [1,2,5,5,3] = (2)
REA(5) -1 [3,1,2,2] = (0)
REA(5) -2 [4,2,6] = (1)
REA(5) -3 [1,6] = (1)

Gangers REA
REA(3) [1,5,2] = (1)
REA(3) [6,3,6] = (2)

Lynx Soaks Damage
DV7 : BDY(4) + FormFit(4) + Jumpsuit(6) [4,5,3,6,4,1,5,4,4,4,2,6,1,5] = (5); DMG: 2
DV7 :BDY(4) + FormFit(4) + Jumpsuit(6) [5,2,3,2,5,3,2,3,1,1,6,1,6,6] = (5); Dmg: 2
DV6 : BDY(4) + FormFit(4) + Jumpsuit(6) [1,6,1,1,6,2,3,5,3,1,1,2,5,6] = (5); Dmg: 1
DV7 : BDY(4) + FormFit(4) + Jumpsuit(6) [2,1,3,3,4,2,5,3,3,3,5,5,2,2] = (3); Dmg: 4
Total Damage Taken = 9 boxes physical

Gangers Soak Damage
DV12 : BDY(3) + Vest(6) [3,2,5,3,2,1,5,4,3] = (2); Dmg: 10
DV7 : BDY(3) + Vest(6) [1,1,2,2,2,3,2,3,4] = (0); Dmg: 7