it looks like that 18 fight has karma noted in the die roller, just not the post.

Hmm..must've missed that. Ok, I'll update it such that it inflicts damage. It's still a Fighting roll, though; if Frank meant for a Grapple check we can revise but as that particular Queensguard missed anyway it may be moot.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 72):

Clarifying that action is the Billy, then Aviva, in the Hiveblazers scene. Frank's reaction post wasn't taken on her initiative. If you already knew that, no rush!

just to clarify the thing you described, there's what looks like part of the parasite with a band around the middle, do you just mean the middle of the length we can see or like lengthwise down the middle of the thing?

also the end of a bolt sticking out the end, is the back end of a bolt the threads or the head?

Good questions! Sorry I wasn't clear enough.

1) It's a band of metal around the part you can see, like a ring around a finger.

2) The part facing you is the head of the bolt. The threaded end cannot be seen, as it is inside the parasite. If we're using the image of a ring around a finger again, imagine someone screwed a bolt into your finger through the ring and you'll have a good picture of what I'm trying to describe.
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"Reshoulder the tendril" is the perfect overlap between a Beck and Mars Volta lyric.

I hate trying to reshoulder my tendril in public, but tighter pants chafe.

Wierd, I think you meant to post this in the game channel ;)

In reply to Yardbird (msg # 76):

I immediately went to hardcore vocals metal, or Explosions in the Sky

In reply to Penelope Franklin (msg # 79):

Sorry for the slow updates this week, troops. Been single dadding it, but Laura's back tonight! So...ready to get the ball rolling again soon :)

I’ve been moving house all week, so I don’t even mind.

Let me know from an initiative perspective where Frank slots in based on the purposefully readied action.

Frank's action triggers now. I was going to put it before the disposition/initiative but you can plow into him first and I'll wait on that.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 83):

Gotta bash while the bashin' is good!

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 83):

Me: Better use a bit of Karma, don't want any more unintended bomb detonations

The dice roller: Your reward for your prudence was its lack of necessity. Come child, bathe in his blood.

I held back because I didn't want this guy to die and I wasn't sure how much of a beating he could take, but if it turns out that "any" is the kind of beating that puts him down I'll be mostly disappointed in his posturing, really.

An exasperated Billy turns to lecture Frank and just ends up ranting about the stupid bluff. We have become the odd couple.

The mole people in this game have run largely unchecked thus far so I'm very cool with it.

My mind was racing while i was deciding whether to shoot him or keep talking and even after I did I was trying to think of possible reactions to whatever he did and one thing that kept dragging me away from the idea of sending aviva and/or frank back to the team with the collar was “Roger fucking hates these guys” so I didn’t want to assume everything would just go okay on the surface if I tried to play “who suffers radiation poisoning first” with this guy after throwing you a hot lead.

Well, also system-wise people don't really stop fighting until you absolutely smack them down, and even then the rules seem to always allow an out in the form of "he recovered later from his beating"

While true, the red result on most attacks literally poses a “kill” result, so an unimportant NPC rolling poorly could just have his head knocked clean off.

In reply to Billy Laser Fist (msg # 91):

Terrible shame, that

In reply to Yardbird (msg # 92):

Our gm was clear I did not decapitate him. Believe me I asked

In reply to Penelope Franklin (msg # 93):

His head is still attached to his body.  It's contents somewhere down his throat, but all still one piece.

Red results can be nasty, but fortunately fisticuffs results in perhaps the most mild result: a stun check. Other columns might have Kill or Slam results, which aren't always a good thing (I think you probably slammed Olsen quite a few more times than you'd have preferred).

In this case, your target must save vs Stun. On a green result, which is what he got, you lose your next action. So...dogpile o'clock, I suppose.

Almost feel bad for him!