Give it a roll.

ready and waiting sir!

I'm thinking the SUV would be a good target for some FA, while the rocket guy would be good sniper material. That's if Nova's taken out that spirit like a total boss...

I was going try using Control Thoughts to make the rocket guy fire at his own men with it.

The first option is to provide a tacnet Initiative bonus only
to characters who access tacnet data via a direct neural interface
(DNI), as the information is channeled direct into their brain and
accessed that crucial split second more quickly. This would include
those linked to their commlinks via datajack or trode net, who
have implanted commlinks, or who view the data via cybernetic
image links. It would not include characters who view the tacnet’s
AR data via contacts, glasses, and the like. In game terms, DNIbased
tacnet users receive a +1 Initiative bonus (in addition to
other tacnet bonuses).

oh man that's cool !

I do wonder if they are rolling in using the truck as cover in a tactical way or just walking in weapons slung after a hard shift .. I'm wary of pulling the trigger just yet ..

We'll do this.

I was going try using Control Thoughts to make the rocket guy fire at his own men with it.

As for targetting: I see a bunch of red markings grouped together. Guess the good doctor would say "Apply grenades until symptoms abate."

So... Force 9 Stun Bolt on the earth spirit.

Magic + Spellcasting - 1 (Mentor Spirit) -> 4 hits
Drain Resistance (DV 3P) -> 4 hits (no Drain)

Bye
Thanee

Any net hits scored on the Spellcasting Test increase
the DV by 1 per net hit. Each spell description notes whether
damage is Stun (S) or Physical (P).

<holds hands up together in front of him, fingertips touching>Excellllent!

I totally agree...yet...try to save the rocket launcher, hey? Crispy's got a serious lack of that kind of ordinance

We'll do this.

We'll do this.

Crispy'll still get the bonus. He's got 2 datajacks, one is almost always plugged in to his commlink.

Datalock's the wrong thing to take! You should've taken a cranial bomb, those things are really secure!

Ok, I THINK Crispy has 2 datajacks. Char sheet is at work, I'll have to double check tomorrow. Anywho...

ixnay on the attoo-tay! What happens in Bogota...

Did you factor in (for Drain):

...

SR4 p196

Should be drain of 13 / 2 = 6?

As an optional rule, every net hit applied also increases the Drain DV of the spell by +1. For area e ect spells, the highest net hits used applies to the Drain DV.

No, because that is an optional rule, not the default (it's on p. 204 in the current rulebook, do you still have a pre-Anniversary one?).




Aaaaand... after looking into the old SR4 book, that passage you quoted is about the DAMAGE Value (i.e. the damage Nova's spell does to the spirit), not the DRAIN Value, both abbreviated to DV for added confusion.

Bye
Thanee

I agree that it relates to damage value instead of drain value. So its not +4 to drain, its +4 to damage. But that still translate to an increase in the drain to resist.

I agree that it relates to damage value instead of drain value. So its not +4 to drain, its +4 to damage. But that still translate to an increase in the drain to resist.

Erm, no. That passage has absolutely nothing to do with Drain.

There is a very similar passage in the SR4A book, which is an optional rule (see my post above, it is quoted there).

And, yeah, it is NET hits, so my hits - spirit's hits, which add to the damage (unless the spirit manages to match my hits, which results in fully resisting the spell).

Bye
Thanee

I edited my post above (adding some more explanations) in the meantime.

Really, Dak, look up that example in the book on the same page, you will see, that the Drain is completely unrelated to the net hits in there (3 net hits rolled in the example, Drain DV is F/2+3, which is the base DV for the spell used there).

Bye
Thanee

Yep. Force is always the base for Drain.

Force is also the base for Damage for combat spells.

Thanee, I'm sorry but shouldn't you be a gibbering wreck in the tower now ? excuse my ignorance

Force 9 spell /2 = 5 and +3 is 8P ? and you got 4 hits to resist so 4P taken

can you see why I don't play magic users

As an optional rule, every net hit applied also increases the Drain DV of the spell by +1. For area e ect spells, the highest net hits used applies to the Drain DV.

Thanee, I'm sorry but shouldn't you be a gibbering wreck in the tower now ? excuse my ignorance

Force 9 spell /2 = 5 and +3 is 8P ? and you got 4 hits to resist so 4P taken

can you see why I don't play magic users

If Nova had used the Flamethrower spell from the example, which I refered to... yeah.

But, luckily, Nova used her Stun Bolt (in fact, she does not even know the Flamethrower spell, which, as a sidenote, isn't even usable in astral space ).

Oh, and it is rounded down, so it would "only" be 7P.

The DV for my spell was F/2-1.

Its enough to get eyes on the driver.

Their resist is:
7d6.hits(5) → [5,5,2,4,5,4,5] = (4)

That's either a very strong willed person or they have a mage in the SUV.

That's a fair assessment.

I believe it's Nova's spirit's turn to go.

Either way, that sounds a lot like they are part of this...

Hammer - seeing as I can't see into the magical Faerie plane at the huge thing that's just been given a headache !

Free : << @Camp Jaguar {Hammer} : ALERT: Inbound ground troops @ My Location, Mierda, Are we expecting any overdue returning Teams ? possible [Blue on Blue] out here ! >>

Simple Observe in detail -
PERC 9 + 3 ENHANCE + 2 TACNET
(14d6.hits(5)=2)
<what the Frak are the front gate guys doing ?>

Simple ............

OOCly: Well, we already suspect they have a mage; could be there's some Manipulation going on...

True, but if it is counterspelling that stopped me. Then we know the mage must be inside the SUV rather than at the front gate, because he'd have to be able to see the guy to help with counterspelling.