I am in Disney forvthe week. Surprisingly poor internet here

If someone could roll the Dodge for me that would be great. Aborting to full defense.

Well, the internet they allow you is poor. Their own is extraterrestrial and surveilling.


OK: Full defense 18 dice vs. two shots, in case that glitched shot with one hit is usable:

7 hits for the first and 4 hits for the second

So Smiley should easily dodge both shots.

EDIT: Hmmm. That second roll, if needed , is a glitch. So, it would be a 4 hit dodge with a glitch vs. a 1 hit shot with a glitch. Sorry, Crossbow! Maybe ... the thug's gun bounces back into his hand?

RE-EDIT: RTFM, buddy. The second roll is not a glitch. So, I don't need to be sorry, Crossbow. It's the Canadian in me. Every once in a while I just have to say that word, otherwise I start to shake and sweat.

That is not a glitch, not even close. You need to roll half the number of dice in the whole dice pool as 1's, which would be nine 1's here. All good!

Bye
Thanee

Oh, yeah, yeah. "Half of the dice pool", not "as many 1s as hits". God, I'm getting old. I'll fix my earlier post.

Just in case it isn't clear from my last post, Kathy's not acting, but rather keeping her energies in reserve pending new developments.

Hey! I think we're done with Combat Round #1!

No worries. We're waiting on Mulcarn. He has to do defense rolls for the guys the second drone shot and actions for the two the first one shot.

Sorry for my absence guys and gals. Holidays aren't over yet and I'm still in retail hell. Ill have a post up soon I promise.

I'm keeping our IC and OOC posts off the bottom of the list.

I hope all have survived the festive season so far. Only one more night of debauchery to go!

I'm still here, still checking in.

It's either that, or chase the neighbours with an axe, but that gets you talked about.

Wonder if I could buy a couple of skulls to stick on posts by my gate?

Happy New Year!

Bye
Thanee

As a combat vet, last night sucked, but I survived.

Dodge: 2#6d6t5 5 2
Damage Resistance: 4d6t5 0

Goon 1 dodged the drone shot. Goon 2 got hit and took 8P boxes. (What's with the Drones all doing 8 points of damage?)

In summary, 3 thugs are, 3 are knocked down with 8P between, and 2 are still standing.

@Thanee - Your turn is next

@Sleep - The Doberman gets to act after Selina does something.

Already posted.

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?s=&a...t&p=1348549

Selina just waits and sees for the time being.

Bye
Thanee

The doberman is on the last command of protecting the body of IC Princess, so not doing anything while their attention is on Smiley.

I already posed holding back Can Opener's action, so I think we're ready for the next round.

Initiative Table
Round 2

Willie is at 18.

Smiley is at 14.

IC Princess is at 14.

Roto-drone 1 is at 10.

Humanis Goons are all at 9. (2 total)

Roto-drone 2 is at 8.

Selina is at 8.

Doberman is at 7.

Wounded Goons are at 7. (3 total)

C.O. is at 6.

Willie's turn.

Willie spent a a clip on three bursts last round, and ejected the clip with a free action. This round he uses a simple action to load a clip, and another to aim at the first standing goon, and fires. Then he fires at the second goon standing. Rolls are in the IC post.

Dodge: 2#5d6t5 4 3

Goon 1 has to soak 16P and Goon 2 has to soak 17P.

Damage Resistance: 2#7d6t5 2 1

Doesn't matter both are dead.

So we have the guys knocked on their hoops by the drones left to deal with?

That's right.

Someone with more forbearance than Willie might suggest that we leave those two alive to carry a message. Not that it would change the minds of such people.

Yeah, all that will do is for them to hate metas even more.

Bye
Thanee

Well, if Smiley doesn't finish them off, the drones will.

Also, the message will reach other Humanis chapters. They will have been in touch with others, who will notice, eventually.

Bye
Thanee

A shame I'm only a subpar GM. With you guys being roughly over halfway done with this mission I'm having to go back and edit some of the things and events in the upcoming one to make it less of a cakewalk.

You did say this was a shakedown cruise, meant to help us gel. That's what we're doing, only really quickly.

Nice touch with the kid crying for mercy. Let's see how our crew reacts to that!

Have at 'em. I am running for the vehicle with, what are now, supplies for the after party.

Drone 1 is doing another aim, aim, shoot, aim, aim, shoot pattern.

No Mercy... = 3 hits, so 7-9 damage.
Only Zuul... = 2 hits, so 7 or 8 damage.

Dodge: 2#3d6t5 2 1

So that's 8 and 7 damage. No point in rolling their soak since they don't have enough Body or Armor to make it matter.

And that's 2 more dead with one left still alive.

Willie's been thinking.

1) Of all the objectives on our list, the only one that really matters to him is the encounter at the Ork Underground entrance. He's been building a knowledge base of these entrances (skill level 4) and sees this as a useful database for things like escape routes, sources of info or gear, etc. His thinking will continue as we move on to the next encounter. The fact that the guards are Orks is of little consequence to him. Willie is a consummate equal opportunity kind of guy: all people are meat.

But seeing as he has done some studying in the past, and hopes to get more info tonight, here is a street knowledge roll for what he might know about this site: where exactly, what the surroundings are like, how many usually there, is there a boss inside, and if so, who? That sort of thing. I'll toss in a memory roll too (!) if you might want it, Mulcarn, though of course he will have the database stored in his commlink. I'm writing this now, Mulcarn, to give you time to figure out how to deal with this request, and maybe how to use it. Whatever Willie knows he will be happy to share with the crew. Hey, you guys are family (for tonight), not meat.

Street Knowledge: INT 5 + Ork Underground 4 = 9 dice: 3 hits

Memory: LOG 3 + WIL 4 = 7 dice: 3 hits

2) We have something very valuable to the Ork Underground. Info. A) Tonight is a power struggle for leadership of the Ancients. Whoever wins, tonight the Ancients' attention is more likely to be focused inwards than watching the streets. Good night for a run. And B) The Ancients are bothered by the O. U. competition. There may be trouble soon, especially if the young Turk Belial takes over.

A clever negotiator could turn this into a trade for what we seek, and maybe a mild favour. Willie will also be willing to fork over some or all of his new credstick, Crossbow, if that will help negotiations.

EDIT: Wow. My one cat is draped across my computer desk, and tracking the cursor wherever I move it. Endless fun!

Bad news, Thanee. This week has been market by blood, death and vengeance for me in real life. Can Opener's actually pretty mellow compared to me.


(OK, livestock, not human, but I still defend mine.)

Don't know your situation, but condolences. If it helps, new life comes here as a new puppy joins our family. I'll try to radiate some of those feelings across the continent to you.

Drones have no concept of mercy, only following commands. So...

POP! Goes the weasel = 3 hits, 7-9 damage.

Will roll second shot if he somehow manages to avoid that.

I am still thinking we can just do a quick one on this. Smiley can just run his mouth long enough to get close, put hands on one, get the badge and bounce.

But if the group wants to run it different, I will bow to the majority.

Belial said, "some badges". I wouldn't want to be out 3000 nuyen and a win because we only brought one.

It's all good. It wasn't a breeding flock of sheep anyway, and when I finally track them down I'll have new coyote hides to send to the tanner.

This is why I wrote Redneck Runs; it's my reality (within the limits of possibility).

One of my favourite PCs here in Dumpshock was Stogie, an angry farmer/shepherd out to get the corps that drove him off the land, and his trusty border collie Jake. He might have done well in Redneck Runs!

I hope you get your flock back soon, as much of it as you can.

Thanks. I still have a couple of score left, and they're the breeders and keepers. Hope your puppy doesn't destroy too many slippers.

Okay, then Smiley will need some backup. Volunteers?

Still think, Fiona should be able to get those badges pretty easily with her Influence power.

Bye
Thanee

I like it, Thanee! Charming Smiley and drop dead gorgeous Fiona walk up to the guards. Smiley does the talking while Fiona does the oogah-boogah, and we're outta there in less than a minute.

Then, later. Willie can go back and curry favour with the Underground by telling them who the new boss of the Ancients is ('Cause we're gonna win, right?) and how tonight might be a free ride. Others who want to could come along to keep Willie from sticking his mouth in someone's foot.

You have my vote, Thanee and Crossbow.

My thinking was to send Fiona in her cat form, invisible, concealed, and she can even "pick up" the badges with Psychokinesis. She then influences badge-bearers to put those badges down (to clean them or whatever seems somewhat reasonable), picks them up and gets out. And they are none the wiser as to what happened.

Bye
Thanee

Well sure. The first two encounters have been mostly bullets, and the last one will be mostly Matrix, with maybe a Powerbolt to open things up if the electronics resist, so let's get some fancy mojo going on this one. Willie will stay in the background in case bullets become necessary.

The truck won't resist. I have full admin privilege. The last run is done, just waiting on my command. We'll just have to maybe protect it from the other team.

Does that admin privilege allow you to prevent the truck from signalling it has been redirected? If so, we could bring it to us, partway, anyway, without alerting Stuffer Shack, and preclude the possibility of a showdown with the other team (if they can't find it, they can't fight for it).

So, it seems gun bunny and hacker have had strong influence on the night. And our glib lover-boy has tripled our pay. Go ahead, mages, show us what you can do. Light up the night! Or ... darken it.

Speaking of the other team, does it look like they're headed for the Spikes based on my drone tracking them, or does it look like they're after another target? I haven't seen them take out any targets yet, have I?

As for the truck, I should be able to do everything I want with it, within reason, including deleting the accounts of any StufferShack spiders that may be working security. For now, I'm just establishing my hold and covering my tracks. I'll also be hacking the comms of the rival team as soon as I hear back from Mulcarn on the rest of the stats. Still, a threshold of 10 for admin access isn't the worst it could be.