OK, after Mandala blasted the snakes, he had another IP left. In that IP he will switch the alignment of the matrix that had detect enemies in it to spatial sense (extended). Everybody's an enemy! And I'm trying to figure out a way through these corridors.
Initiative for the woman/man round: 12 dice ==>
4 HITS = 16
Oh dear. This puts him ahead of the two opponents. And stuff has already happened. OK, I guess Mandala was slow for some reason... damn this RL thing that gets in the way of posting on time! Sorry sabs.
Running skill for the crash test, huh? BOD 3 - 1 for defaulting = 2 dice. I will not use Edg or dream manipulation to help this, so Mandala fails since he needs 3 hits. His ItNW will prevent damage to him. Guard will keep him from glitching. Don't know about the couple.
To stay standing, a gymnastic test (3) : AGI 3 -1 defaulting +Edge 8 (not Dream Manipulation, but actual Edge) = 10 (exploding 6s)
==>
3 HITS : standing
To save some time here, since the dagger blow went for Marduk, I won't bother with the dodge, soak, etc.
I won't go past them, as I am stopped anyway and they are right there.
Stunball Force 7: 13 dice ==>
3 HITSso, DV = 7S + net hits out of 3
Spell Drain is 4S, 19 dice ==>
8 HITS no drain
Matrix drain 4S , 10 dice ==>
3 HITS 1 more ED drain, for 2 now
[ Spoiler ]
dream manipulation points 10 +sabs' roll -4
Edge points 7
sabs, do you think using some dream manipulation could work to straighten out these corridors? I also have the spatial sense spell now which might be able to see past whatever illusion/shifting is happening here.
I will do Mandala's second IP after I know what happened to the couple. Options are finish them off, sense the area, manipulate the dream...
I'll be away from computer till Sunday night. I'll check in then.