FINALLY!!!

Dash asked me to play Sophia at the start of the campaign, but I never expected you guys to take so long to make first contact!

Just a heads up so that you dont think Im forcing my way into the game

FYI - The Jammer is on, so all radios are down.

Id prefer if Dash made my assense rolls....I always feel better with 3rd party rolls..that way I dont feel guilty about posting surprisingly good rolls, or tempted to ignore catastrophic failures.

Int: 6 no assence skill.

Accesnsing: 11 09 03 01 01 01 #D:6 TN:8 HR:11 S:2

That'll give you two successes. Without the books at work, I'd say that that would let you know that Rowan is generally alert and feeling somewhat nervous/agressive. But, it's a general form of agressivness, seemingly not directed at you. She's not magically active and has some cyberware but is no way "more machine now than [wo]man." If I screwed the pooch with the results of the roll, I can fix them in about 4 hours when I get off work.

Oh, and welcome in Blitz!

It in no way changes the number of successes, but TN for assensing is 4...for me 6 because of held spells.

2 successes gives the following information:
General state of health
Presence or absense of cyberware
General Emotional state or impression
Class of magical subject
Mundane or Awakened
Recognized aura

Yeah, so the information stays basically the same, then, too. Rowan is healthy and not awakened, too. Which is the only stuff that I didn't right in the first paragraph.

Outside information, just in case anyone wonders, Gio's the guy Rowan used to get jobs from not too long back. And I wonder if Sophia knows that Gio Brady is not Gio Brady

Bradly, not Brady. Thinking back ... I believe that, yes, both Sophia and Gio were aware of the compications of their relationship. If I didn't mention that to you before, Blitz (since we set this up a while ago), then consider it that you know Gio's Family and yours are not exactly bedfellows --- even if you and Gio are

Hey Dash, one thing that I just relised is that you had the guy shoot at my head, but if they could see through my invis, then they would realize that I'm wearing armor on my head too. Form Fitting Full Suit goes over the head, as does my Rapid Transit Helmet, and even though they can't see it, I also have bone lacing.

I'm taking a guess that he has 4 points of cover.

Shoot (Base TN4, +4 Cover, -2 Smartlink): 17 10 08 05 02 02 #D:6 TN:6 HR:17 S:3

I didn't really specify where he was calling the shot -- just that it was bypassing armor ... I guess you could say he was shooting for your face or soemthing -- you're right on the bone lacing, though. Had the shot done any damage, that armor would still apply as far as I usually rule it.

Yup. He has 4 points of cover, but you're still at long range so the TN is 6 not 4. That's okay, because you still had 2 successes and he didn't dodge so he still got hammered.

That was my last action actually, so a new round starts now.

How hard would it be for you to whip up a quick map of the 5th floor real quick with people's locations? I'm just outside the bathrooms, taking cover at that wall.

Rerolling initiative... 31 again

I'm gunna need a description of whats going on around me before I take any more actions.

Fifth Floor Locations

Akuma is the red A, the guards are the red X's, and the N's are for the three nurses on this floor. The guard at the far end of the station is the one you just shot and the on that is just around the upper right hand corner is the one that's sneaking around to flank you.

The one you just shot is probably totally hidden for the moment, and the other guard has partial cover (+2). The nurses are all cowering behind the station trying to stay out of the line of fire, as are the hospital "guests."

Let me know if you need anything more specific.

Thats perfect, I'll make my post now.

Action at Initiative 31

Free Action: Call Shot (Guard's Head)
Simple Action: Shoot (Base TN6, +2 Called Shot, +2 Cover, -2 Smartlink, Final TN8)
Simple Action: Hold

Pistols (+4 Combat Pool): 14 14 10 04 04 04 04 03 01 01 #D:10 TN:8 HR:14 S:3

Dash...please roll my influence for me...Force 5 I believe. all but 2 spell pool should be used for the success test.

No one seems to be doing anything for a moment, Grey. It's Akuma's action again. (Everyone's holding, in other words)

Id like to assence once more, trying to get more of Rowan's emotional state to judge her honesty.

Also, yes....influence on the guard.

I'll use my held simple action to move to the north side of the nurses station. My next phase of actions will depend on what I find there. I'll throw a percetpion check at you just in case you need one.

Perception: 11 08 08 04 01 01

rowan's still invisible right? I know I can see through it since i saw her astrally, but is she invisible to everyone else?

Right.

I'll have a reply for whats going on with the combat in a little bit.

phelious fogg: All you get as a reply over the comm is static. Akuma told you he was turning on his Jammer.

Doh, thats great, I thought you werent taking down the entire hospital for some reason.. shrug

that was my bad -- i relied on the rules for jamming electronics that my old GM used. However, as I've learned the rules for myself, I've found that he used a lot of house rules and then just kept his game consistent to them without really telling us. Good for continuity, bad for learning the rules from him. As Grey pointed out, his jammer is definately covering the whole building.

Fast Talk roll by Sophia to get the nurse to back off:
Negotiations (Fast Talk): 05 05 03 02 02 01 #D:6 TN:3 HR:5 S:3

That'll do. I put some words in your mouth, Blitz, but it seemed easier than rollplaying the entire conversation. Let me know if you'd rather I not do that for yoru character in the future.

Action at Initiative 21

Free Action: Call shot (head)
Simple Action: Fire (not sure of TN this time, but I'll use 6 for now)
Simple Action: Move

Pistols (+2 combat pool): 17 10 05 05 03 03 02 01 #D:8 TN:6 HR:17 S:2

Rowan and Sophia, how long does it take them to do what they are doing? I'm on my 3rd combat round right now, meaning not even 9 seconds have passed. I just wanted to know, because Akuma plans on catching up with them when he finishes with the guards.

Well..the only change is that I am no longer sustaining two spells so I would be more liberal with my use of Influence. I would DEFINATELY use influence to convince him not to call down to Security.

Hey Blitz, nice move with the nurse, sneaky thinkin', just how I like it.

Hey all, I'm back and mostly caught up with what's going on.

Hey Blitz, good to have you on the team.

So with the jammer running, can I still talk to the group, or are we all flying solo for the time being? On the cameras, noticing the three heading towards the elevator, I would do my thing to make sure they had exclusive use of the elevator. Is our SUV parked near one of the ground floor entrances? If so, is that going to be the next stop of the elevator...ground floor? Another if so, what's the lobby looking like through the cameras, any more suits/star?

that is good use of influence -- didn't even think of that myself but had a different solution in mind if I had been playing (bane of the GM). As for the timelines, I think that you will probably be able to mop up all of the issues on the fifth floor at about the same time that Rowan and Sophia are leaving the fourth. This is assuming that at about the same time you ran up to the fifth floor (encompasing a few more seconds than combat would actually have represented) Rown left room 408 and began talking to Sophia. With some time lost in that conversation to getting the wheel chair and maneuvering Gio into it, the same time is used up by Akuma in watching for the guards and everyone hesitating on the fifth floor as actions are held. Not totally within the rules of Shadowrun for that to be the case, but it works out, dammit

Yes, Elfie, with the jammer up, you are basically flying solo. You can be watching things through the cameras that you know about (fifth floor hallway, fourth floor hallway, room 508, and room 422) but those in the car are out of communication until the jammer is turned off.

One more piece of business: the power cord for my laptop was broken and the battery life on it was used up. So, until I get power back to my laptop, I'll be checking the boards only on the mornings and a little bit in the afternoons while i'm at work. So, if my posting frequency decreases for a few days, that's why.

Influence Roll resulted in 7 successes (forgot to save it) and the drain roll had 6, so you really influenced him and you suffered no drain.

I'm not sure what my target numbers are gunna be, so I'll just throw some rolls your way.

Phase 11

Free Action: Call Shot (head)
Simple Action: Shoot
Simple Action: Shoot

Pistols (+2 combat pool): 17 14 11 07 05 05 04 01
Pistols: 11 04 04 02 01 01

Phase 1

Free Action: Call Shot (head)
Simple Action: Shoot
Simple Action: Shoot (this shot is my 15th, meaning my clip is now empty)

Pistols (+3 combat pool): 10 10 07 03 03 03 01 01 01
Pistols: 05 05 04 04 02 01

One thing to keep in mind...

If those shots take the guards down, then Akuma will turn the Jammer off.

For all purposes, the last shot that Akuma pulls roughly coincides with Rowan and Sophia entering the elevator. This is just so that the storyline is still roughly happening at the same time. I think if we actually added it all up, Akuma spent less time than Rowan and Sophia, but doing it this way makes things easier.

Mojo's still holding his spells. That's about all he can do for a while, I'm afraid.

Good news is that we're coming back to the car, so things should get more interesting for you shortly.

I'll toss in an Athletics (Climbing) test, just in case

Athletics: 11 05 04 04 01 #D:5 TN:4 HR:11 S:4

Good news: got a new power cord for my laptop so I can now connect to the internet from home again (whee!). Therefore, I'll be able to post more frequently.

Blitz: Did you take Gio with you when you ran up to the guard?

Heh, I'd like to hope that she didn't leave him in the elevator to fend for himself!

Technically Rowan is there, but he's invisible, so it'll look a little weird if the wheelchair begins moving across the room on its own!

Exactly.

(and I'll assume you ment she's, not he's)

I would have pushed him out and parked him to the side before walking 3-4 steps over to the guard, placing myself inbetween her and gio

btw, if Sophia is perceiving astrally, she'd notice another invisible person waiting just outside the door. Unlike Rowan, this one has almost no essense left to speak of. He has cyber installed all over this body (dermal sheath + bone lacing + lots of other goodies).

You're probably not quite there yet, but it's such that you'd probably arrive as Sophia is talking to the guard. /me splits hairs.

Thats how I was working it actually. I assume Akuma got there and overheard what was going on, then got ready for action, just in case.

FYI...that was Influence will all spell pool going to the test not drain.

Talk about your critical moments!!