Okay, maybe not a fireball, per se, but definitely combat magic.

Okay, maybe not a fireball, per se, but definitely combat magic.

GM did a boo-boo. Those bangers are double tapping burst fire, that means a -3 ON TOP OF the -2 for the first burst, not instead of. So all of the second bursts get dodged, you are only dealing with 1 hit, for 8P.

Unless and until Torley and Starlet check the van, which takes some more fire from the other Area Boys, O'Conner is the only one left with actions.

Starlet has 2 IP this combat from the improved reflexes spell. So I'm waiting on faro to take their 2nd IP before I take Con's 3rd and 4th IP.

She said she was staying close to the buildings, so she wouldn't be able to interact with the Area Boys until she is able to move again anyway.

But I should be able to move, right? Can I get to the van (and take cover behind it)?

You will need to take another full turn's movement to go to the van, and you will be exposed to fire doing so. Alternatively, you can stay under cover and get to where you can see behind the van, but that is also a full turn's movement. That also applies to Torley. Your entire movement this turn was catching up to O'Conner.

Torley takes his next single IP to get to behind the car, choosing Full Defence to avoid perforations.

Game mechanics question:

A) Can a short phrase be spoken while ducking for cover as per above?

B) if A is true, then can the short phrase be a Command via Torley's adept power?

A) Can you? Sure. Will it be heard in all the gunfire and chaos? Almost certainly not.

B) I have trouble with the idea that the Complex Action of using his power would be viable under these circumstances.

Is Lil' Homie actually ahead of O'Connor in the initiative order, or is that GM caveat to smoothing out pbp?

It was me forgetting about him.

OK.

A grateful nod to you, Crossbow, for not killing off Torley because of my hasty, ill-worded post above regarding his action. I'll be more careful in future.

No worries, you simply couldn't cover the distance onto the map and behind the car. It had very little to do Torley and more to do with giving Bullet Storm some kind of "reward" for getting so far ahead.

Since Torley and Starlet are both going for the car on Full Defense, I will need the rolls from you. Full Defense is Dodge+Dodge+Reaction.

Torley Full defence: REA 2 + Dodge 4 + Dodge 4 = 10 dice : 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 6, 6, 2, 4, 2

Do I need to roll full defense if I'm invisible? I just used this trick because I don't have dodge, so I hope not.

Invisible won't help if they are doing 'spray and pray'. Roll the defense.

ok, spending edge on this
defense: 5d6t5 2
reroll the one 6 (I must have messed up the code as it didn't do it automatically)
reroll edge: 1d6t5 0
2 hits

I'll be on holiday from tomorrow until next saturday. I'll normally have internet access (the hotel should have Wifi), but I might be slower to respond

Torley was already in Full Defense when he got stuck by the Stick-and-Shock, so you keep that Edge. The Body-Willpower roll was a test you needed 3 successes to beat. You did not, so will be doing the Kicking Chicken for the next 3 Combat turns. You will still see the white blur while your pupils are rolled up in their sockets, so you can order it to stop if so so choose.

Alright, I was just totally confused. So, what did actually happen to him?

Torley has multiple initiative passes now?

No, no. That's why I said "at his next chance." All moot anyway, because he is curled.up in a ball. I think. Or something.

Which will be sometime after O'Conner drives off the Area Boys. Torley got hit with Stick-and-Shock ammo. Taser in a bullet.

Maybe don't skip ahead to the next round while the current one is still being resolved.

True that.

I could be a combat professional, or I could be Torley. I'll try Torley-ness a little less.

Sammy ran towards the van. What's there? And probably more important: who's there? Or did they ran off (and if so, can I see them)?

Torley is there doing the Kicking Chicken, that is all you can see. The person who shot at you is gone.

Waiting for action from Starlet before lighting up Bullet Storm. You reached the van in the last round, so you have your first pass available.

Torley twitches.

I'll try to post tonight, but I'm on holiday, so it's a bit tricky.

We know.



No worries.

Actually, you have zero hits, because you have zero dice to roll. It is well over 20 meters across the intersection, that is a -3 dice for range, and even if you were closer, O'Conner's hot smoke affects you just like the Boys, so that's another -2. you can't even spend Edge and get a die to roll to hit.

Necrogigas, you can finish out your actions, which can EASILY include finding some real cover.

Actually, you have zero hits, because you have zero dice to roll. It is well over 20 meters across the intersection, that is a -3 dice for range, and even if you were closer, O'Conner's hot smoke affects you just like the Boys, so that's another -2. you can't even spend Edge and get a die to roll to hit.

Necrogigas, you can finish out Bullet Storm's actions, which can EASILY include finding some real cover.

Its either add to my defense with Dodge or take cover and impart, at maximum, -6 to enemy dice pools while suffering negatives to my own attacks. I'm better off with Dodge than cover. I think this is the first time Con's taken more than 2 or 3 damage in a firefight since we began on the mountainside.

Give me a warning, please, when Torley is able to come out of his shock.

You are starting to recover once the shooting is done, you roll over and see Starlet standing over you with her pistol out, scanning for targets.

All the Area Boys have on them are knives, spare magazines (some of which have some ammo), a few naira and some garbage tech.

I'm not sure if there is something in the van, but if they left in a hurry, there might. Also are we continuing on foot or do we still have the motercycles?

The van was nothing but cover, if there was anything of value in it, two minutes of sustained gunfire has made it not so.

Your vehicles are a minute away, but some of the vehicles in the immediate vicinity are still running, their drivers having run away on foot when the shooting started.

What's everyone else's dice pool for driving? With the CM and Default penalties O'Connor's down to a four.

How's everyone holding up? Con has 9S and a -3 CM. His stun track is 10, so he's one box away from knockout.

I don't think the others are hurt at all.

You folks need to speak up and let me know what you intend.

Check it out how? Plastic explosives or an MRE would look identical on the astral.

If it blows up when you move it, it doesn't matter what it looks like.

This.

When the GM tries to make you feel dumb for being cautious, you just know that it's a trap.

How much clearance does this section of road have? Are we going to have to abandon the car to stay a safe distance away from the bomb?

It is moving right now.

Or the GM likes to mess with his players, KNOWING that some of them are HYPER paranoid.



Roll your explosives knowledge. Don't have any? Best bet, you are too close if you can see it.

On the subject of using a spirit as a Mine Detector Mk. 1-Delta-10-Tango, I present the following passage from Street Magic, p90:

"One common anecdotal reference that underscores this conundrum are spirits conjured by magicians who have previously mistreated or disrespected other spirits. In numerous reported cases, new spirits summoned by these magicians were aware of these previous exchanges and responded accordingly—though admittedly there are no documented cases of spirits being able to cite specifics such as names, places, or words used."


-ON THE INTELLECT OF SPIRITS, THE NATURE OF SPIRITS:Foreword on Practical Conjuration –
Prof. Leonard Montenegro

Go ahead, farothel, make that argument about spirits and the swinging satchel so Torley cane take one more shot at Thrill Seeker!