Enhanced Articulation doesn't actually boost Pistols since it's a Combat skill, not a Physical skill (this gets a lot of people - apparently in SR3 it did).

Correct and it still trips me up occasionally.

Reaction
4d6.hits(5)=3

Soak
4d6.hits(5)=1

Even with Edge I'm still dead.

Initiative Order
Isabela 22/0 IP
Ayo 14/1 IP
Zerone 14/0 IP
Emilio 14/1 IP <<<<
Shen 14/0 IP
Eklipse 13/0 IP
Cypher 12/0 IP
Fat Man 12/0 IP
Nurse 1 9/0 IP
Nurse 2 8/0 IP

Emilio is up!

I admit, should have paid better attention to the capitalization. Thanks Umaro!

Looks like I forgot to add in the +1 for Aiming, since it was just one Simple Action, so thankfully looks like I don't need to re-roll.

Emilio took a simple to stand up, using the table as cover from the door. He then takes a simple to perceive in detail around him.

Perception 5d6 = 3 hits

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Can I get an Initiative roll for everyone please except for Breeze?

Thanks!

Spending a Free to Switch to VR on the last phase. Here's to hoping that doesn't get me killed...

13d6.hits(5)=5
Initiative 18 (5 IPs)

Fat Man's initiative is 10/2 IP (base 9) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3421734/
Shen's initiative is 15/2 IP (base 11) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3421735/

Eklipse's initiative: 9 - wounds 2 + 7d6.hits(5)=3 = 10/2 IP

Initiative:

Initiative(10) (10d6.hits(5)=3) + 10 = 13/3 IP

Okay, and crap, I think I forgot about my sustain spell penalty in the last initiative x_x. I'm really sorry, I'm slowly getting the hang of the rules by playing pbp but I sometimes forget them a few days after learning them. I list them out so everybody can see where I'm getting my numbers, and if you need to yell at me for forgetting something. x_x

Isabela:
Force(7-1)x2 + 3 = 15d6 for 2 hits and a glitch. Init 17/IP 2

Zerone:
React(3) + Int(3) + Incr Ref(2-1) - Sustain(2) = 5d6 for 2 hits. Init 7/IP 2

Okay, and crap, I think I forgot about my sustain spell penalty in the last initiative x_x. I'm really sorry, I'm slowly getting the hang of the rules by playing pbp but I sometimes forget them a few days after learning them. I list them out so everybody can see where I'm getting my numbers, and if you need to yell at me for forgetting something. x_x

Isabela:
Force(7-1)x2 + 3 = 15d6 for 2 hits and a glitch. Init 17/IP 2

Zerone:
React(3) + Int(3) + Incr Ref(2-1) - Sustain(2) = 5d6 for 2 hits. Init 9/IP 2

Emilio's initiative is 10/3 passes.

10d6 for 4 hits. INT 14/3

Actually, you messed up against yourself While Wound penalties actually reduce both your Initiative roll and your Initiative score, they are a special exception: Sustaining penalties reduce your Initiative roll (because they apply to everything but damage resistance and drain resistance), but they don't reduce your final score. So your initiative stat is 7, but you only roll 5 dice (because of the sustaining), however, you add the results of the 5 dice to 7 (because your actual initiative stat is still 7). So you should be 9/2 not 7/2.

Thanks! I saw the word "test" in the sustain penalty part of the book, and figured that affected initiative tests as well. I really appreciate the info. ^_^ Editing my above post.

No, it DOES affect Initiative tests, it just doesn't affect your initiative statistic. That's why you're rolling 5 dice, but adding the hits to a base of 7.

Lol, even in my replies, I get it all muddled. At least I edited the post right, keeping the penalty in the roll but adjusting the Initiative total. Thanks for keeping me honest.

Initiative Order
Cypher 18/5 IP <<<<
Isabela 17/2 IP
Shen 15/2 IP
Emilio 14/3 IP
Ayo 13/2 IP
Breeze 11/2 IP
Eklipse 10/2 IP
Fat Man 10/2 IP
Zerone 9/2 IP
Nurse 1 7/1 IP
Nurse 2 5/1 IP

Cypher is up!

Free Action to detect Active/Passive nodes (populating my cityscape with offices)

Hacking on the fly onto the clinic node.
15d6.hits(5)=3
Edge (presuming Firewall is >3) 12d6.hits(5)=4 - Total 7 hits.

Stealth Rating 5

Reality Filter Opposed Test (vs System + Response of Node)
12d6.hits(5)=4

Current Payload

Analyze 5 + Firwall 5 (Stealth 5) to see if the system notices you
10d6.hits(5)=2

System 5 + Response 4
9d6.hits(5)=4

Initiative Order
Cypher 18/5 IP
Isabela 17/2 IP <<<<
Shen 15/2 IP
Emilio 14/3 IP
Ayo 13/2 IP
Breeze 11/2 IP
Eklipse 10/2 IP
Fat Man 10/2 IP
Zerone 9/2 IP
Nurse 1 7/1 IP
Nurse 2 5/1 IP

Isabela is up!

Can I have Isabela open a door, or does Zerone have to give an order to do it?

If you last command to the spirit would cover that like search out the area and subdue any you find would cover it. Otherwise you would need to command the spirit to do it though I wouldn't have it cost a service - that seems a bit much to me.

Yeah, I just told her to dispense divine judgment. I guess I'll have to have her delay until Zerone goes? I have to command her with a simple action, right?

Depending on her nature, she could also shift to the Astral and search the building for goons with guns, then rematerialize and commence with the justice giving.

That is true, I may end up going with that. Thanks!

Ok, so complex action to dematerialize and a free action to fly into the room where we thought Emilio was. I figured it would be better to have the fire spirit announce me rather than have Zerone open the door and get socked in the face by a very frightened Emilio.

Initiative Order
Cypher 18/5 IP
Isabela 17/2 IP
Shen 15/2 IP <<<<
Emilio 14/3 IP
Ayo 13/2 IP
Breeze 11/2 IP
Eklipse 10/2 IP
Fat Man 10/2 IP
Zerone 9/2 IP
Nurse 1 7/1 IP
Nurse 2 5/1 IP

Shen is up!

The shen is making a Subdue on the elf. http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3433320/ 3 hits. The Shen's strength is 6.

Thanks for the post UmaroVI.

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Nurse
3d6.hits(5)=2

She is grappled!

Initiative Order
Cypher 18/5 IP
Isabela 17/2 IP
Shen 15/2 IP
Emilio 14/3 IP <<<<
Ayo 13/2 IP
Breeze 11/2 IP
Eklipse 10/2 IP
Fat Man 10/2 IP
Zerone 9/2 IP
Nurse 1 7/1 IP
Nurse 2 5/1 IP

Emilio is up!

Emilio delays.

OK just let me know when you want to go or if you want to interrupt someone.

Initiative Order
Cypher 18/5 IP
Isabela 17/2 IP
Shen 15/2 IP
Emilio 14/3 IP
Ayo 13/2 IP <<<<
Breeze 11/2 IP
Eklipse 10/2 IP
Fat Man 10/2 IP
Zerone 9/2 IP
Nurse 1 7/1 IP
Nurse 2 5/1 IP

Ayo is up!

I know nobody's expecting this, but...I'm going to shoot that last, unengaged nurse XD

Free action to call a shot, Simple Action to aim:
Agility(7) + Pistols( + + Reflex Recorder(1) + Smartgun Link(2) + + TacNet(2) + Aim(1) - Impact Armor(0) (21d6.hits(5)=

8 hits, DV 7, AP +5 (but no armor), and I think you mentioned something about Fat Man providing 2 points of cover for the nurse ;D

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Dodge + Reaction burning his next action for defense
6d6.hits(5)=2

Edge
4d6.hits(5)=2

Total 4 hits

Soak
4d6.hits(5)=1

Well even with the Edge that still puts him at 10 boxes sooooo down he goes.

Initiative Order
Cypher 18/5 IP
Isabela 17/2 IP
Shen 15/2 IP
Emilio 14/3 IP
Ayo 13/2 IP
Breeze 11/2 IP <<<<
Eklipse 10/2 IP
Fat Man 10/2 IP
Zerone 9/2 IP
Nurse 1 7/1 IP

Breeze is up!

Not sure what kind of "Action" is required for opening the door, but I want to do it slowly and quietly as to not arouse attention, I'm assuming I'll need a Stealth roll of some kind...

Intuition + Stealth
9d6 = 2 hits

If I can, I'd like to Observe in Detail...
Intuition + Perception
8d6 = 3 hits

I need Perception rolls for people in the hall by the rooms with Emilio and Breeze are in which I think is Isabela, Zerone and Eklipse. When I have rolls I will post the results of Breeze's Perception and Stealth roll vs. the Perceptions of the group in the hall area.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

You all here? Give me your Perceptions please.

Eklipse:
Int 4 + Per 3 + Enhanced Per 2 + Video/Audio enh 3 + Keen hearing 1 - wounds 2 = 11d6.hits(5)=3
- same result for seeing/hearing even if you knock off last die for keen ears.

Lol, oops, another thing that slipped my mind.

Isabela is in the room with Emilio, so I don't know if she can see/hear the door. I'll post Zerone's roll for right now.

Perception:
Int(3) + Per(2) + Vis/Audio Enh(3) + TacNet(2) - Sustain(2) = 8d6 for 2 hits.

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Hamagen could you please post a description of your character here for people - thanks!

Everyone Else can you all post descriptions as well for Hamagen?

I posted the results of the Stealth vs Perception rolls.

Initiative Order
Cypher 18/5 IP
Isabela 17/2 IP
Shen 15/2 IP
Emilio 14/3 IP
Ayo 13/2 IP
Breeze 11/2 IP
Eklipse 10/2 IP <<<<
Fat Man 10/2 IP
Zerone 9/2 IP
Nurse 1 7/1 IP

Eklipse is up!

Cypher is a sallow-skinned Ork with an obvious data jack embedded on his forearm. Average height and build, with black hair that is a few weeks past needing a haircut. He has a sunken faced look from recent malnutrition that hasn't taken a permanent toll on his body yet.

At the moment, he's wearing an urban explorer jumpsuit with helmet, small backpack, and has a Predator in a shoulder holster.

Fat Man is a short, barrel-shaped, long-armed Asian man of indeterminate age. He has thick pale-blonde-white hair, beard, and mustache, except for some black patches around his upper cheeks. He's currently wearing a neo-Victorian-esque outfit, and carrying a riot shield in one hand and a staff in the other.

Breeze is currently in scrubs, but there are obvious tattoos going up and down both his arms of various random images (guns, knives, anarchy symbol, punk rock band names) and even though the scrubs are covering them up, some portion of the art can be seen on his chest, for the more perceptive of the bunch you can see various piercings, in his nose, lip and ears (though currently the earnings aren't there due to being in the clinic).


He has a buzz cut hair which is fading from what ever color it once had and is of medium size and build.

Ayo is of medium height, with a slender, human build. He's currently covered head to toe in a black, form-fitting material, and his figure probably flickers in and out of view in the clinics light.

Eklipse has the tall, slim frame characteristic to most elves. His dark blue fur marks him as a night one, although this is currently concealed beneath a suit of form-fitting armor and a hitech biker helm. Grenades and spare clips are hooked to the integrated webbing in his armor and the pommel of a katana over his left shoulder marks him as right-handed. His right hand holds a silenced submachine gun and he would appear rather menacing if he wasn't currently leaning against the wall with his outstretched left hand to keep himself steady.

Think Nightcrawler without the tail and funky hands and feet.

Zerone is a skinny male elf with longish brown hair, pale skin, blue eyes, and a friendly, non-threatening face. Think Father Abel from Trinity Blood. He's dressed in what looks a little like a priest's black coat or Neo's outfit in The Matrix Reloaded over form-fitting body armor.

Holding action on Breeze!

Gotcha!

Initiative Order
Cypher 18/5 IP
Isabela 17/2 IP
Shen 15/2 IP
Emilio 14/3 IP
Ayo 13/2 IP
Breeze 11/2 IP
Eklipse 10/2 IP
Fat Man 10/2 IP <<<<
Zerone 9/2 IP
Nurse 1 7/1 IP

Fat Man is up!

Eklipse, that is German you are speaking right?

If so, attempting to understand what you said...
Logic (5) + German (1) = 2 hits

Base books suggests that with 2 hits I can understand "complex subjects" so I probably understood you, if I googled the translation correctly you said "Hands up!"

I will reply in German with...
Logic (5) + German (1) = 1 hit (according to base book "Basic Conversation")

I'm assuming since talking is a Free Action I can do that when it isn't my turn? I'll wait on posting in the IC forum, till I get a confirmation. Once I get the confirmation I'll put what my reply was.

You can indeed talk as a free action on someone else's turn. Post away!

Correct and Google got the translation right. It's also about the only German I know from old war movies and comic books!

Fat Man is just going to move to the east area and stay alert.