Yeah, I hate the toned-down ammo rules. Last I checked, guns are fucking dangerous, and explosive ammunition doesn't leave many people shooting back.

I like it because it brings Ex-Ex in line with APDS. Before it was hands-down better. And combat is really deadly in SR anyway.

That's quite alright man! I almost never bother to check the rule to be honest I'm in this for the writing part, not the numbers and stats part, so it's good to know someone knows how to do things

I'm going out of town for a Wedding until Sunday tomorrow, so I probably won't be able to post that much. Just a general FYI.

-DrZaius

Defense (Ranged)
Reaction 5
Dice Pool: 5
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2617997/
5,3,3,6,2: 2 hits

Damage Resistance (Ballistic)
Body: 5, Armored Jacket: 8, SecureTech Armor: +2, Toughness: +1, Bone Density Augmentation +2
Dicepool: 18
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2618005/
4,1,2,5,3,5,2,6,4,2,4,6,3,6,6,5,1,1: 7 hits

As for his actions, Dexter will shoot back at the target shooting at him

Free Action: Aim

Weapon Used
Cavalier Deputy (6/8 cy (5 EX EX, 1 Tracker))
AP -2 (Base -1, Ex Ex -1)
DV 6 (Base 5, Ex Ex +1)

Simple Action: Fire Weapon (SA)
Agility (right arm): 9
Pistols: 4
+2 for smartlink
+1 Aim
Dicepool: 16
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2618020/
1,1,6,1,4,4,6,2,2,5,2,5,2,4,5,3: 5 hits

Simple Action: Fire Weapon (SA)
Agility (right arm): 9
Pistols: 4
+2 for smartlink
Recoil cancelled by cyberarm gyromount
Dicepool: 15
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2618021/
6,1,3,5,2,4,3,1,4,3,5,6,6,3,5: 6 hits

Cavalier Deputy (4/8 cy (3EX EX, 1 Tracker))

OK, so I go first - here's my turn:

Free Action - Observe in Detail (Multi-tasking) trying to work out if there are others close by
Intuition 4 + Perception 2 + Visual Specialization 2 = 8 dice
8d6.hits(5) → [3,5,2,3,2,4,3,6] = (2)

Simple Action - Quick Draw my pistol
Reaction 5 + Pistols 4 + Light Pistols Specialization 2 = 11 dice
11d6.hits(5) → [1,5,3,5,1,1,3,1,4,4,1] = (2)
Using Edge to reroll failures
9d6.hits(5) → [2,5,2,3,6,2,6,6,1] = (4)
Firing the pistol in the same action
Agility 6 + Pistols 4 + Light Pistols Specialization 2 + Smartlink 2 + Edge 3= 17 dice
17d6.hits(5) → [1,5,5,6,6,2,5,2,5,5,6,5,6,6,4,2,5] = (12)
Rerolling 6s
5d6.hits(5) → [6,3,6,4,5] = (3)
Rule of Six
2d6.hits(5) → [4,1] = (0)
15 hits in toto... My dice are on fire today!

I was going to shoot this dude twice, but something tells me he doesn't need another... but without knowing the results of the Observe in Detail, I don't know if there's another target. If there's someone else I squeeze off a burst in their direction, and if there's not, I shoot this same dude again, I guess. Just drop whatever penalties from range or whatever off the end, I guess.

Simple Action - Fire my pistol again
Agility 6 + Pistols 4 + Light Pistols Specialization 2 + Smartlink 2 = 11 dice (Burst fire recoil only counts as single shot by weapon special rule, 1 point recoil comp)
11d6.hits(5) → [2,1,3,2,6,5,6,2,3,5,6] = (5)

Yeah, that's a pretty brutal Action Phase.

WOW! Invisible Castle must really love you, I've never gotten 12 hits in one roll ever not even with a dice-pool of 28. That guy's so dead.

Hell, I was stoked when I got 5 hits off 8 dice. =P

Well, the quick-draw roll was below average, but 12 of 17 is more than double the expected average, so I'm really happy with that roll. Looks like you're a lot better off just letting El Mono run away...

Haha, what? And give up the opportunity for you to kill one of their boys and really generate some animosity? In your dreams!

Sure going to suck to be El Mono when Chaske drives away since a certain ork didn't use any actions to get on the bike




I guess I'll just delay my action to the next pass and wait for Quickdraw McGraw to get on.

I statted these guys out to be tough hombres and you all are just MURDERING them. These updates are going to be brutal.

Since you're going to be out of town I won't include an update for Stephen with the rest, since I'm about to put another break in the action to push the timeline forward. That way when you get back it'll be about time for everyone to start a new "chapter" or scene, so to speak.

Yeah, Stephen is going to try and get to his bike, and then find someplace to lay low. Can a mage heal physical damage from drain, or do I need to take it easy a few days?

I'm pretty sure a magician can't magically heal himself if the damage was caused by Drain. I can't remember if the healing test is Body or Body x 2. In any case his wounds aren't too terrible. Since I'm going to push the timeline into the next day, give me a Healing test (if you can find the rules in the book for what to roll that would be awesome, since I can't look right now.) That'll determine how well he healed up.

I'm pretty sure you can use a medpack, though.

You can... rules-wise, though alot of the damage he suffered (at least in terms of how I described it) was internal damage. So mechanically, yeah, I'd allow it, even if it doensn't make too much sense.

Pfft... You don't have enough actions to go to the bike, get on the bike, start the bike, and drive away before I get another pass anyway. Besides, for all I knew, the bike was too far away to get to in one turn of movement, since I'm pretty sure we came in through the front, and we're now out back.

Actually I described you guys going out the back, around the side of the building, and making it back to the front, which is where I thought the bike was parked.

Here be Smiley's memory(right?) test:
6d6.hits(5) → [1,3,6,5,5,5] = (4)

Smiley more or less thinks to himself, "Hey, didn't that elf have a bunch of pieces of a commlink on him?"

Getaway (with ork in tow): Reaction 3 + Pilot Groundcraft 1 + Edge 3 - 2 Handling (5d6.hits(5)=0)
Critical Glitch

Uh oh...

Bwa ha ha. Are you serious? This is awesome.

Edit: I'll be nice and remind you that you can downgrade critical glitches to glitches with Edge. Remember it IS going to refresh after this Combat.

Oh wait, you used Edge ON the test... Nevermind!

Think you're going to need some jumper cables there, pal.

Just imagining the two getting on the bike and Chaske dramatically yelling "Time to get the fuck outta Dodge!", only for the bike to skip ahead a foot before stalling out.

Serious? Uh, no..not at all. Funny joke, eh? I actually got over 9000 hits...*whistles nonchalantly*

Lamhslea: Give me a Reaction+Body roll. This is a special roll for something I have in mind that's going to happen. We'll see if you make the test or not.

Reaction + Body: 3 Reaction + 5 Body (8d6.hits(5)=2)
2 hits

And depending on what happens I might want to use my last point of Edge to reroll the failures.

Ok, you're right. I guess I forgot. Looks like we all forgot, though, that we were already on the bike: "Right as they mounted the bike to make yet another escape, a form leaped off of one of the buildings across the road, sailing into an arc and then landing hard on the pavement about ten meters ahead of them." Although, in the wake of a critical glitch, that could easily be about to change.

Edit: posts crossing in the ether...

Reaction + Body? Sounds interesting. Hope the threshold wasn't higher than 2.

Also, I had this cool mental image of Mono picking up the assault rifle, emptying the mag behind them as they peel out, and then tossing it in the gutter (more or less), but I doubt that's how this ends. Oh well. Some other time, maybe. Blind, untrained suppressive fire may be kind of crappy, but it's cinematic as Hell, I think.

Oh man, Smiley's latest plan is just so fucking crazy, it might just be fucking crazy. Not to mention stupid.

Oh, shit dude. I think you might be right. This might just tip the fuckin' crazy scales. I can't wait to see how this pans out...

Well it has pretty much has zero chance of working right for a number of reasons. But you know what? That's okay. Because Smiley has a backup plan!

DO IT. Add some Edge in for good measure. And maybe hold onto the gun, the way this game has been going I think we may need it

See, the threshold was, indeed, 2. And you got 2 hits..!

...except you're also tweaking off of Bliss and that increases all your thresholds by 1. So you needed 3, actually.

So you can use Edge if you'd like or just accept your failure.

With the latest developments you may just yet get to do that. Stay tuned!

I thought he came down from that awhile ago? Right now he's on Snuff....which I should probably look up...


Huh, +1 Reaction and Pain Resistance 1.

Is there an errata that makes it -1 Reaction? Something about that doesn't make too much sense.

Didn't we do a Body roll to see how long the effects last? Can't quite find it right now.

@Rastus
Charisma+Con OR Charisma+Intimidation, with a +6 on whichever one you choose.

Can we assume Smiley is too far away for his tailored pheromones to work?

Erm... yeah, he's too far away.

I'm positive it was only 1 hour, but I can't seem to find it either...which is weird.

Alright, then we'll go with 1 hour since neither of us can figure out what's up. Threshold is 2. I'll post a response for you.

Alright, IT'S SWINDLING TIME!!!!11
Charisma 3 + Con(Fast Talk) 3(+2) + Situational 6 = 14 dice
14d6.hits(5) → [5,1,6,3,4,6,2,5,6,4,2,5,3,1] = (6)

If the specialization doesn't count for this one, feel free to take off two dice wherever.

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry954534

Found it! I think I got my numbers wrong though. I got 0 hits on the test, but I'm curious now if duration is rolled for unless otherwise stated. Because if it's just flat body then it was 1 hour, but if it's rolled for then he's going to be high for 6 hours.

I may have gotten mixed up. It might be flat Body. If that's the case, then yeah, 1 hour. So it's all good.

Edit: If you had failed the Reaction+Body test you would have been pinned underneath the bike and not been able to assist in the scene.

The bike has a motorcycle gyro to always keep it upright. Will that help any in trying to pick it up?

Forgot about that. Yeah, when it's on its side the gyro doesn't do much to help it, but a gyro will help keep it upright and it'll definitely help you lift it. +2 to the test, and that applies to El Mono if he decides to help orient the bike as well.

@Rastus
You win one Con roll and you just get obscene with it, don't you?

@Rystefn
Yeah, I bollocksed up on the bit you quoted above. There's alot to keep track of here. I made a small edit to say you guys were about to get on the bike but hadn't quite gotten there yet. That way things are internally consistant and lead up to what's going on now.

Dude, I got six hits. Last time that happened I did a carflip in order to jump over a police barricade. Should I spend edge to reroll failures?

You motherfucker.

Aw don't worry, Invisible Castle is probably saving all the crit glitches for when I get into combat again.

Time for another intimidation roll:
Charisma 4 + Intimidation 2 + Threatening with a weapon 2 = 8 Dice
8d6.hits(5) → [6,5,5,6,6,6,6,6] = (8) 8 Hits Holy Cow! I don't believe what I'm seeing! Apparently Invisible Castle wanted to prove my whining about never getting a great roll wrong.

From now on I dub Sam: The Ballcutter. The slightest mention of his name frightens people all around the world. Lemme see that guard tremble! :D