So should I make a stealth roll, or are we past that?

If you want to try and do anything, you will need a stealth roll. I could probably ask for a concealment check, but I didn't think you were necessarily looking to hide, just being left alone.

Stealth: Agility 5 - Defaulting 1 - CM 1 = Pool 3
Stealth: 3d6t5 3

What did you do that needed stealth?

I need initiatives from everyone, including O'Conner, though he is technically not involved in anything yet. I have Torley at the bar inside the Dancing Ork, Starlet seated at a table by the wall, Lil Homie on the street outside and O'Conner at the intersection with two well armed soldiers still having not quite made it to his position, but moving towards it. The target is out the back door, but only Torley knows it at the moment.

Torley spends 1 Edge ( I believe he has two points left, so this would leave one) to GO FIRST! Yahhhh!

Initiative 7 dice: 1 hit , but a GLITCH!

Shit.

OK, I'll use the last Edge left to negate the glitch. so 7 + 1 = Initiative of 8.

Initiative
Reaction 8 + Intuition 3 - CM 1 = Pool 10
Initiative: 10d6t5 3
Score: 13

initiative 6
initiative: 4d6t5 1 (-2 from sustaining)

So 7 initiative in total

Darn, Crossbow. Where's Quick Willie when you need him?

EDIT: Sorry, confused about GMs as well as editions.

Gonna have to wait for farothel before Torley gets outside.

Okay, since Starlet decided to just follow Torley out, Necrogigas, what is O'Conner doing? He reaches the roof with no issue and breaks LOS with the soldiers below.

Nobody on the ground has much of a chance to see him, but O'Conner can try from his new vantage point.

I wanted to be out of the bar first before I dropped the spells. That way we can go back if we want to and on a busy street it would be less a problem and most people will not notice.

I figured that was what you would do.

You can consider to have moved out the door, and no one is in sight but Torley.

Torley's disguise would have dropped as soon as he went out of sight of Sammy, as these things sustain only within line of sight. So dropping them is more logical as one is gone anyway.

Ah. Cool. That answers part of it, then. I'll focus on doing what Torley does while you guys deal with the target. No way he's going to do any climbing!

Question: I know he didn't show up as magical, but did I get a good look at the guy's aura?

You didn't get a good look at his aura but you did see a normal aura. You wouldn't see anything he didn't want you to see, other than a normal aura which he can't hide, if you don't penetrate the masking.

Okay that was fun. Had to look thru three different.

Nice idea, btw

Okay, farothel, you are going to want to roll this, in case Karma needs to be used. The spirit has 12 dice to assense with, vs. this guys Int+Magic+Grade, You have to get more successes to find him.

Okay, here goes: spirit search: 12d6t5 5

Perception: 7d6t5 3

Nope, that is not good enough, it was a tough check to begin with.

maps

I am hoping you can be trusted to just scroll down to the third one.

Alright! Headed right for the Area Boys Compound. O'Connor, you go first!

Is the spirit already outside of regular service and inside remote service area already?

I actually have the module from years back. Never ran it, or even read much of it. I haven't looked at it at all since we started, except for the map you just gave us permission to see.

AFB at the moment, what does this mean?

He has to get all the way across the map to get to the Area Boys, right now he hasn't moved.

p. 187, Spirit Range is Magic X 100 meters. Beyond that is Remote Service, which means it will do the last job(s) given, then depart, even if services left (unless bound). No new services can be asked of it once it goes remote.

That's a pretty long range compared to the map scenario.

You haven't moved from the location you were last described as being. Silence is apparently on a rooftop, being watched by a spirit, who is being watched by Starlet, who is waiting with Torley, both of whom are being observed by Bullet Storm from a few buildings away at elevation.

Okay, I have 5 services, so I can use another one to ask the spirit to attack using accident and confusion. That should be able to stop him, or at least delay so we can catch up (and show who he is to the ones not having seen him before).

@crossbow: do I roll the spirit 'attack' or do you want to?

You can.

Alright! That should slow down 'Grasshopper'.

Have we taken a time out?

No, I just needed to add a few things for the spirit and it has been quite busy the last few days. COVID trails take some time.
I've added the spirit actions.

Do the current initiative rolls still stand? How far away is Silence?

No, I expected things to kick off badly when I asked for those. We have been out of that for a bit now, though I am trying to make sure no one gets too much ahead of anyone else.

Hah-Hahhh! So things kicked off well! Bully for us!

Well Con's spotted the target, so we're back in it.

Initiative: 10d6t5 6
Round 1 Score: 16

Is he shooting the guy?

Called shot on his legs, followed by a short wide burst

Is your weapon silenced?

Yes.

Still not a great idea, but feel free.

Why? Is he at risk of dying from fall damage? He's only a story off the ground and facing up right.

Silencer not completely silent? Flash from the barrel? "Aaahhhh! {THUMP}" Any one of these noticed by the King's guards the next street over and they are alerted.

We have the guy entrapped by the spirit. Maybe we could get to him quietly and talk to him about a nice gentle deal, which deal would not be compromised by him being shot by us?

I figure that's where Crossbow is coming from.

Alternatively ... wounded and broken from the fall, maybe he would be more amenable to ... persuasion. I dunno. In this game, I'm the negotiator, so that's where my thinking falls.

No need for initiative yet. If you are shooting, go ahead and roll.

I was thinking of using stunbolt on his ass and then drag him to a secluded location for a 'chat'.