Ok Trace is casting a force 6 mana bolt on the little bugger.

He is going to cast it at 6M and hope the damage stages up... Hope.


Spell Dice (6)

08 07 05 05 03 02

Now I am going to add 2 dice from my astral combat pool to assist in the casting,

Astral Combat Pool (2)

09 02

Now this leaves me with a drain of 6M....

Willpower 6 (I cant quite remember what I use to resist drain...)

14 13 11 03 03 02

It looks like three successes, I am going to use the remaining Astral Combat pool to resist.

14 09 08 05 01 01

If I am doing this right, then I think the result will be 6 total successes on the spell, and 6 successes on the resist drain.

Hey Blitz, you still alive out there?

Im back...what a hellish week. This week we should be getting back to normal, though for the first couple of days work is going to be hectic so there might not be much in the way of posts from me during business hours.

Ok..Shadow..just so you know, I need you to decide pool allocations before you roll. Im not sure if you did or not, but the way you posted it looks like you didn't. If you did, not worries.

Also...you drained this spell, but be careful since you are casting from astral and that means the drain is physical instead of stun.

Yeah, after I decided how to split my pool and I started rolling, I was all, oh drek. I could die... It's amazing how hard it is to hit a tn of 6, regardless of the number of dice.

Ignore this post.

You know... you don't have to cast spells at them, you can just engage them in Astral Combat, which would be much easier.

And why was your drain 6M? Shouldn't it have been 3M?

The drain code in the book is DL M. Damage level, M.

Yes we could I suppose, but what if it got away? Then we would be hosed. We have to kill it in one shot, or one pass, otherwise ti would run to it's master.

You always divide the spell's force in half before applying the drain code modifiers. Magic just got easier for you.

Doh! See now I am all looking like a dork well first time playing a mage and all.

Hehe... ignore the post then and we will continue with our pre planned plan.

FYI...you drained the spell...Im assuming the drop of blood is just flavor text?

Also...you can continue forward...I would just flavor text the rest, but if you are casting from the astral, Id like to see all the rolls necessary.

No problem, yeah the blood was just flavor.

Trace is casting Mana bolt (6L) again.

Sorcery 6 dice, no astral pool.

05 04 04 05 05 01

Drain resistance: 3L, no astral pool

01 05 05 02 01 03

No drain!

Trace is casting Mana bolt (6L) again.

Sorcery 6 dice, no astral pool.

10 09 04 02 04 11

Drain resistance: 3L, no astral pool

08 03 08 04 08 04

No drain!

You're lucky I was at work for the first one and wasn't thinking clearly when I posted...that other should have only taken an S...but anywho...

You'd only stage that up to 6S and it looks like he took some damage, but not enough to knock him out.

unarmed astral combat using my sorcery skill [6]..

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total damage 7s

Ill need to check the book, but I dont think that's right...I believe it's a willpower or charisma test...and I don't think the damage is S unless you are already counting staging...please stand by until I can look it up.

I think since the TN was 4 she counted successes and included the staging (hence the total). According to my printing damage is Charisma M.

That makes more sense...

creche...what is your charisma..is it lower or higher than your sorcery?

:: BUMP ::

Are we waiting for anything?

Ok...then you need to roll one more die, Creche....

Sorry, we lost our DSL for a couple of days unexpectedly, it will be back up after the weekend.

Extra die roll:

3

This combat has been going on for 12 days, any chance you can speed it up so the rest of us can play again?

I think it is just bad timing, Blitz has had a rough couple of weeks at work, and Creche lost her internet connection temporarily. It happens. There are two watcher left, assuming Blitz is on and availible tomorow we should be able to mow them down.

Yes, because of the user conference at work, my posting has become a bit slower.

Also, I will no longer be able to make posts while Im at work. I will post regularily every evening from now forward. Pardon the delays.

Actually, of you could both post your rolls for the next two watchers, I can make one single post to catch everyone up.

Bumped the main thread back up with flavor text from inside the vehicle. Sorry to hear you can't post from work anymore hun.

Trace is casting Mana bolt (6M) #1 is toward the next Watcher, number two is (you guessed it) the second watcher.

#1 Sorcery 6 dice, 2 Astral Pool.

08 08 07 04 04 04 02 01

#2 Sorcery 6 dice, 2 Astral pool.

10 09 05 05 04 04 03 01



#1 Drain resistance: 3m, 4 astral pool

08 05 05 05 04 04 03 03 03 01

#2 Drain resistance: 3m, 4 astral pool

09 05 05 03 03 02 01 01 01 01

You rolled exactly the same thing for each Drain test?

I am sure I have no idea what you are talking about

I must have not fully hit the 'C' on the CNTRL-C.

Yeah, I figured as much.

I just need one attack roll (charisma) from creche for the final watcher...

Oh...and you took a light physical wound on that last casting...sucky roll!

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I'm going to go ahead and call a force 4 city spirit and ask it to conceal Sully and Wraith.

I'll use a karma point to reroll failures as necessary.

Stealth (sp. sneaking) 7 plus one from enhanced articulation.

16 05 05 04 03 02 02 01 (add +12 from the ruthenium and force of the spirit)

Perpection

11 05 02 02 02 (general) plus

12 08 08 08 07 (sound based) plus

14 12 09 07 07 07 (scent based)

Keeping a look out while Wraith deals with his part.

Stealth (6+1 for Enhanced Articulation) (Skill Apptitude: Stealth)

11 10 07 05 05 04 01 (+12 for Ruthenium, +4 from Spirit)

Perception (Perceptive Edge) 11 05 05 03 03 02
Hearing 05 04 04 02 01

Working on the door...

Security Devices/Systems (complimentary skill): 07 05 03 02 01 (+1 die to roll)
Electronics B/R (-2 TN for Microscopic Vision): 09 05 05 04 03
Electronics: 08 07 04 04 03 02 01

The spirit conceals you up to the rating of your essence. I belive what that mean's is it adds your essence to the tn to spot you.

No, its add its essence to the TN to spot you. Force 4 Spirit = +4 to notice you.

Ah, cool.

Ok...I was speaking to Buddha-man and I really like the idea he uses to dole out karma. Since we all invest a significant amount of time to keeping these games running, I will be doling out karma at the rate of 1 per week as well as exceptional moments. The award will be given each friday.

All training rules still apply, but to date everyone but Ember will receive 9 Karma since they began on Jan 30.

Ember has 7, having started on the 17th of Feb.

Whoa, let me get this straight?


Buddha's a man?

Yep, why the excitement?

being an actual woman myself, I am vastly amused on a regular basis by men trying to portray women. And I can often tell who is.

... you had me fooled.

and evidently Shadow as well.

no, no.. it's a good revelation
glad someone out there can roleplay.

@ Blitz,

I am going to go off the assumption that you still want us doing our own rolls.

Casting: Increased Reflexes +2 (2) + 4 Spell Pool dice. TN: 6

15 05 04 04 02 02

I think all I needed was one success. (I hope)

Drain is F/2 +1 (+1 wnd lvl) = 3D

Total Dice: Willpower (6) +2 Spell Pool and I will be using karma to reroll if needed.

05 04 03 02 02 02 01 01

Looks like I will be needing tha karma pool point.

16 10 05 04 03

*Phew*

Net result I belive is that my Initiative is now 3 dice. I am sustaining the spell (luckily I have focused concentration) so all my actions following will be at a +1.

I spend some of my time IRL pretending to be an artist.
Here's a little doodle of Trace.