I'm not thrilled about ice ... when it's falling from the sky ... in May [/soaked]

Hey everyone. I have just walked in the door upon returning from my trip to St. Louis, it was great!

It is almost 11pm (my time) and I have an 8am meeting tomorow morning so I am going to unpack, catch up on lab-related email, and then head to bed.

List of things I will post tomorrow:
-Two weeks worth of karma awards for Moirdryd and Cedric.
-The results of Cedric's 'dumb-luck' roll.
-A post for Knight in his conversation with Cao Jaan.
-A post regarding the current skirmish in Puyallup if the action has come to Virgil by then.

Good night and happy hunting everyone.

-bandit

Shadow- Glad to see your game is up! I'll link you in to the main IC and OOC threads as soon as I can.

Sedna- Recoil is calculated per burst (or given action, to use your terminology) See pg. 110-111 SR3 if necessary. For your convenience, since we rarely actually have the books in front of us while posting, it specifically states:

No control pool for manual gunnery. Combat pool, though, is fair game as long as the rigger is jumped into the vehicle or drone.

Thanks, both. Will edit this post for more commentary when I get a bit more time in a couple of hours ... but I figured I should probably get one post in for my PC this week

Editing:

Huh. BBB is very specific here (p.108):

It's not full-on until you're using sensor enhanced gunnery.

Gee thanks Grendel.

Sentinel, when I ask you to make a surprise check, that means your action freezes until you make it.

Please make it now. The results may well override what you just wrote.

And this is why I save my Combat Pool Dice.

TN to resist:
HK Base: 7M
w/BF mod: 10S

Armor Jacket: 5
FFBA L.3 (halved for layering): 2
Cyber/Bio Additions: 2
Total Ballistic Rating: 9

TN = 10-9 = 1, raised to 2, minimum

Burst 1: Body + 4 CP = 08 08 05 04 04 03 03 02 02 02 01 = 10 successes
Burst 2: Body + 3 CP = 13 09 05 05 05 04 03 03 03 01 = 9 successes

Burst 1 Result: 10 successes – 3 (to negate drone successes) –2 (stage S to M) –2 (stage M to L) –2 (stage L to nothing) = 1 success left over; no damage

Burst 2 Result: 9 successes – 2 (to negate drone successes) –2 (stage S to M) –2 (stage M to L) –2 (stage L to nothing) = 1 success left over; no damage

Initiative?

Karma awards for my players:

Shadowrunner13: 1 pt (Apr. 27th - May 3rd)
Ecclesiastes: 1 pt (Apr. 27th - May 3rd)
Bastard: 1 pt (Apr. 27th - May 3rd)
Bclements: 1 pt (Apr. 27th - May 3rd)
The Eyes: 1 pt (Apr. 27th - May 3rd)
Morgannah: 1 pt (Apr. 27th - May 3rd)

Sedna:
Assuming a TN 4 Andie rolled for his surprise [5,2,1,4,5] for 3 successes.

Okay, peoples. Probably about twenty posts are missing all told, some of them key turning points. I've gotten past the SHIT!!!! reaction, mostly. I'm begging Neuron Basher for help to find what can be found of them. I'll be searching a cache that hopefully hasn't been emptied yet tomorrow. (It's a shared computer, they're quick to empty the caches.) But it might be that they're gone permanently.

If you don't mind, I'm a bit tired just now, and still feeling a bit sick. You guys don't really mind if I wait until tomorrow to re-resolve and re-write a couple of things, just in case posts can't be found?

I'll do this much from memory:

WinterRat: knockback check. You took a lot of ammo. The two women were just clear of missile blast range. An involuntary step back will trip you over Tiffany and Sybersnake, possibly making you fall, certainly making you stumble back within missile blast range. (Power level - 8 ). If you fail completely, you've stumbled all the way back against the car: which means you resist 16D when the missile comes in. Once you're done resolving that, we're into next initiative, please roll it.

Sentinel: you're seriously surprised. From you, I'll need a WL (only) roll (resisting magic without spell pool or sorcery); a BD (only) roll (resisting 9S stun damage, it refers to something I'd written before); and an initiative roll for this round. If you roll less than 10 base (not net), please also roll initiative for the next round.

Frag it!

OOOPs forgot to make that Etiquette roll here goes....

Etiquette; 10, 4, 3

Also, re: Movement and penalties, WinterRat is correct in that movement modifiers apply only to the actions a character takes during his or her phase. (Combat turn is the overall three seconds, initiative pass is the first count starting from highest to lowest, initiative phase is individual count within that particular pass.) So, a character could, conceivably, be running during his phase in the first pass, walking during his phase in the second pass, and standing still during his phase in the third pass. He would suffer the appropriate modifiers to those actions taken during his individual pass, i.e. during his first pass when he was running the two simple/one complex action would suffer +4/+6 as appropriate.

It's convenient to think of movement (running, walking, standing still) as a difference in modifiers rather than a distance, since distance is determined based on the total number of passes during a combat turn.

Also, I might hesitate to say that any character in a combat situation is 'motionless'. Even those that are technically standing still could still be shifting in position, turning to perceive the battlefield, etc. I'd only apply the motionless target modifier to those characters who are attempting not to move: aiming, hiding, etc.

Sedna- I didn't even get hurt, so I assumed a minimum of 1 success would assure I do not get knocked back/down, since at a Light wound I would need 2 successes not to get knocked down, and 1 success to make sure I am not knocked back, so I reduced it to 1/0.

Body test, TN of half power (5): 13 11 05 04 03 02 01 = 3 successes, nothing happens, I successfully stand and take it.

Anyway, it's moot I guess when looking at the Body test, just my thinking on the matter.

WinterRat-
You can obviously ignore most of the PM I just sent!

I have the missing posts! Just give me half an hour or so to get them up. Oh, and anything not in what I post now -- and I think there are one or two -- is permanently awol. Still, it's much better than we had.

Scrapheap: use or ignore, as you see fit. (I honestly can't remember if any of yours were among them.)

Edit: went fully through the file: there's still more than one or two missing posts that I remember reading. Sorry. Any specific major post that I've got to try to find? There's still one last chance, but it's not a good one.

Sedna-
All of mine were present, so no worries.

Good work!

Sedna- I'm good also

Scrapheap- I know what Megan said before and what they're saying now. It is intentional, just fyi, you can make of it what you will. It was not an error on my part, just so you know.

Already posted this above, here you go again so you don't have to hunt for it, you've done enough hunting for one day:

SR13- My reply to you was also lost in the void it seems.

Grendel, Shadow, SR13- You only post in a run related thread anything that is directly or indirectly related to the run itself. Everything else continues as normal in the main IC thread. Therefore, Grendel and Shadow will coordinate with each other to determine the point at which you ‘cross the line’ into run-related material, and will tell you the appropriate time to begin posting in the run thread.

IIRC, Shadow posted that it was determined between him and Grendel when you arrive at the florist shop, you will be in the run related material, and at that point, would begin posting in that run thread. Am I correct on this Shadow?

If anyone has any further questions, please ask and feel free to refer to Salvation for an example of how this works. Hope that helps clear things up for everyone!

That's correct. Once Tenmou reaches the florist's shop, we'll shift over to the new run thread.

From Sedna (initial reaction to WinterRat's roll):

Holy ****!
If the server cooperates, I'll just quickly get that missile written up within the next hour, and then, yes, initiative.

Sentinel:
(Thanks for sending your roll via e-mail -- useful, that!)
Editing out the rolls made here -- as the later post noted, they weren't complete.
You're seriously surprised. Ditto writing up the post within the next hour. (Just got pulled away.)


From Slipshade:

Man it feels good to be able to post again.


From Shadow:

I'm not sure this is the right OOC thread... so many LitS threads....
The IC and OOC for A Short Victorius War, is up. I belive at the moment just Shadowrunner 13 is in the game. But that may change as it evolves.
@ SR13 and Grendel, please feel free to continue your dialogue, just do it in the new thread.
Bear with me, this is a new way of starting a game for me, thanks


From Shadowrunner13:

Aroo? Are you talking about the job that Zeyda is roping me into currently, or something down the way?
So, finish my dialogue with my fixer and any interim posts in the LitS: IC thread and then switch over to the other thread?


From WinterRat1:

SR13- You only switch to the run related thread when dealing with matters that directly or indirectly involve the run. Shadow, in conjunction with Grendel, will let you know when you have arrived at that point. So for the time being, continue to post in the LITS IC main thread until you are informed by one or both of them to do otherwise.

Shadow- Just fyi, work with Grendel to determine between the two of you at what point SR13 is now directly or indirectly involved with your run, and thus should begin posting in the run thread. As Salvation shows, players can, and will, jump back and forth between the run and main threads as the subject matter dictates.
Grendel- Same as Shadow, just work with him to decide when SR13 has ‘crossed the line’ into run related territory and should post in the run related thread.

Hope that helps clarify for everyone?


From Shadow

Roger thanks for the clarification, boy it gets confusing!

Fyi --

I'm a bit slower than I'd expected. Originally I'd just searched for everything after the last post showing: but now I've discovered that there's skips. For example, in this thread, posts vanished -- then Sentinel's post stayed -- and then more posts vanished. So I'm making sure I've got every IC post I can get.

But if your OOC post isn't here, it's no longer existing in any format.

Uh so with 3 successes on the knockback test, am I or am I not good as far as standing still and taking it without staggering back, tripping over the girls, and fallin back into the missile blast?

In case you can't tell, if I'm not good, I will spend karma to ensure I don't get knocked back into the missile blast I just spent X time getting everyone outof.

Not needed. We're good

I still need initiative from you for this round.

Mine: 16
Virgil's: 11

Everyone: I know for a fact there were IC posts in the big thread after the one I just posted and before the evening ones. I'd seen them. However, after checking through all the May 03 entries, mine was the last one I was able to find and the only one in source code that wasn't already up. I'm out of options. There aren't any more posts I can find. I'm sorry.

Whoops, sorry.

Initiative: 21

Sedna: Here are the rolls you asked for the effects of the spell against Andie. I assume he can't use any spell defence dice since he is surprised.

WL roll [2, 2, 6+3, 6+3, 4, 4].
BD roll [2, 6+5, 6+3].
Init roll [6+5].
2nd Init roll [3].

Forgot to give you your TN for the WL roll -- it was 8.

His roll:

The drain doesn't even stagger him.

But you gain another success from Solomon, to completely negate the effect.
You stage the physical S stun down to M.

Sedna- should I be posting in response to the latest events in the Dragon/Virgil storyline, is there something OOC that needs to happen, or are you posting next? Just a bit unclear what's up next. Thanks SO much for all your work recovering all these posts!

Sorry, yes:

WinterRat: Dragon goes "first". (You'll see what I mean, later.)

Sentinel: you lost your first action due to surprise, but your roll gave you two passes, so you are free to act on initiative 1 (which is now).

Hello hello.

I was hoping I wouldn't have to roll this...

Initiative: 25

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT!!! As soon as that drone got kamikazied from the sky I knew Ronin was in. That is just the kind of stunt he'd pull, especially on a blimp drone. It's about time you got here, but I think given your entrance I can forgive the delay.

Just fyi: Daedalus is still the only one who knows about that "small flicker of movement".

Oops. DNI error. Editing out second post.

So who's up to post next then?

That would be you

I know Daedalus' initiative is higher, but the existing post covers it. We'll pick up at Dragon's initiative.

Sedna- Basically Dragon is going to use movement to get over there, and a free action to bark a few words. Hopefully this doesn't qualify as an action and he can still hold his action for this Pass? That's what I want to do, hold action until something comes up to respond to, otherwise he's just going to cover them and keep alert for any other threats, and hold himself in responsiveness to respond to those threats.

Initiative rolls were:
Daedalus: 25
Dragon: 21
Mine (#1): 16
Virgil's: 11
Sybersnake's: 9
Tiffany's: 8

And Father Bremen comes in last.

You can hold one simple action if you need it, WinterRat.
bandit: Virgil's up next.

ronin: because of the extensive background work I'm blurring your first initiative pass post-missile, so if you want to say anything IC at any point, go for it. The only limit is that this doesn't apply to anything non-speaking or perceiving. For those, you'll have to wait until your initiative comes up.

Sedna,

Virgil will use his action to summon a force 5 city spirit and move towards the face of the building closest to him. I think that would be the clinic-side of the street. The main goal is just to move towards some semblence of cover, but the summoning is his priority.

conjuring (6): 08 05 03 02 01 01
That might only be one success depending on what modifiers you are applying.

drain (WL 6): 10 10 09 05 05 01
Man. . . I would really like to flip these two rolls. But the Gods of the dice have spoken.

I now have two final exams to prepare for and then take, so I will not be able to post again until late Friday afternoon. I give you premission to run Virgil if the action moves fast enough.

Unless the situation changes dramatically he would have the spirit conceal as many of his companions as possible. On his next action he will likely send his two watchers that are on standby out to recon the area.

Good Luck everyone!

Just the standard Puyallup modifier -- you're clear of all injury/stun modifiers. But yes, that's enough to take it down to a single success.

Good luck on those exams

On their initiative, Sybersnake and Tiffany are joined by Father Bremen -- and suddenly getting to cover is a whole lot easier.

First pass completed. That sends it back to you, ronin.

*sigh* and I was doing so well not popping my other nick into this thread. I really need a delete post button

Don't worry Cedric, I have not fogotten Erebus, just all of LiTS is taking a back-seat until I am done with finals tomorrow afternoon. However due the results of your 'dumb-luck' test I need you to provide me with one further roll. Then tonight when I am back with my books I will have an outcome for you.

-Please roll your reaction, and remeber that you are currently riding so please make it a natural reaction roll. Thanks.

WinterRat1 - Let me know if I find anything and how long my search takes.

Reaction Roll for Erebus:

Reaction: w/out augmentation 5 dice

2, 3, 4, 6, 6 = 21

I LIKE that Irony Games dice roller!