OOC: Continued from the 14.3 thread.

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Turn order:
Danny Boy: RJ!
Mr. Lurch: AC
The Thing: KC
Jake Lawrence: 10H

Danny tries to stab the not quite dead Lurch in the head but only manages to fan the big fellow with Jake's knife.

OOC:
14:31, Today: Charging Bear rolled 2,2 using 1d8-2,1d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 4,4. Danny - Fighting (-4 Headshot, +2 Joker).
100% miss

It's not that the blade doesn't hit...it's just that the giant doesn't seem to feel the stabs. It does seem somewhat annoyed, though, and backhands the boy, sending him staggering back.

While Jake is watching this, he feels something scramble up his leg, hop up his waist, then grab his throat and squeeze...

((OOC: Lurch stands from Prone and makes an attack against Danny.

19:44, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 6,2 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 6,2. Gooooooooo Awaaaaaaaay. *smash!*.

That's a hit.

19:45, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 3,3 using d10,d4, rerolling max with rolls of 3,3. Damage. 6 damage total, which makes Danny Shaken.

The thing emerge from hiding, scuttles up Jake's back, and attempts to strangle him. It's an Animate Hand (obviously) so it has that monster's Strangulation ability, meaning it needs a simple Raise on a fighting roll to start choking Jake.

19:49, Today: The Stray rolled 4 using 1d10, rerolling max with rolls of 4. it's creepy and it's kooky! That's a Hit against Jake's low Parry, but no raise.

Damage: 19:50, Today: The Stray rolled 3 using 1d8, rerolling max with rolls of 3. Damage. jake isn't terribly hurt.

Jake does, however, need to make another fear check because "OMG Animate Severed hand!"

Attacking it back is going to be tricky because not only is it Small (-2 to hit), it has Improved Dodge (-2 to hit with Shooting and Throwing, +2 Agility Vs. Area effects).

Cards for monsters next round:

Thing: 8C
Mr. Lurch: 3D))

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up next: Jake Lawrence!

"Why the hell is there a hand crawling around?" Jake asks rhetorically, as though he's seen this sort of thing before. The huckster debts the use of arcane forces before just trying to shoot the thing

OOC:
08:47, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 6,2 using 1d8-1,1d6-1, rerolling max with rolls of 7,3. Spirit (-4 Fear +3 Grit).
-4 to hit.. this should be good.
09:08, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 4,7 using 1d8-1,1d6-4, rerolling max with rolls of 5,(6+5)11. Shooting.
That's a hit!
09:08, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 6 using 2d6+1, rerolling max with rolls of 2,3. Damage.
Just not alot of damage

09:10, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the 2 cards: 6D, 8D using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative (Jake, Danny).
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Shooting a gun so near his own head leaves a ringing in Jake's ears, but he's satisfied with the result as the twitching human hand drops off. it's still moving, however...the bullet must only have stunned it.

Danny shouts something, probably a sarcastic response to jake's rhetorical question, but Jake can't hear it at the moment.

((OOC: Nice. 7 is enough to hit the thing's Parry of 7(!) and 6 is just enough to match the thing's Toughness, so it's Shaken.

Also, make a Vigor roll. You just shot a gun near your own head. That bullet is loud. If you succeed, the tinnitus lasts a turn. On a fail, the ringing lasts the rest of the encounter. (treat this as the minor version of the Hard of Hearing hindrance).))

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Turn Order
Danny: 8D
Thing: 8C
Jake: 6D
Mr. Lurch: 3D

Danny Boy manages to clear the cobwebs but not fast enough to do much else.

OOC:
14:24, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 1,7 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,(6+1)7. Unshake (Danny).
14:24, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the single card: 10S using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative.

And Jake's wigor vs dumb...
14:25, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 2,1 using 1d6,1d6. Vigor.
14:25, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 3,3 using 1d6,1d6. Vigor (re-roll w/ white).
14:25, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 4,3 using 1d6,1d6. Once more with feeling!
Only 2 white chips burned... ugh!

((OOC: Actually, remember the new Shaken house rule I added. Danny gets an action at -2 MAP))

OOC: Forgot about that change, so of course Danny Boy will fight on!

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As he catches his breath Danny Boy slashes at the rather large not dead fellow with his borrowed knife.

OOC:
12:07, Today: Charging Bear rolled 5,-1 using 1d8-2,1d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 7,1. DannyBoy - Fighting .
Not sure if a 5 hits, but I'll roll damage just in case
12:11, Today: Charging Bear rolled 5,1 using 1d6,1d4, rerolling max with rolls of 5,1. Damage.
Grand total of 6 damage... yay?

((OOC: His Parry is 6, so that does not hit. Wouldn't hurt him much even if it had, thoguh...6 is nowhere near his Toughness.))

Danny's stabs don't even seem to annoy the giant.

Jake, however, has a more pressing problem as the scuttling hand starts crawling toward him again...

((OOC: 09:25, Today: The Stray rolled 2 using 1d10, rerolling max with rolls of 2. The Thing lives! But he doesn't unshake, so the crawling is just narrative convenience.

Card for next round: JS))

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up next: Jake!

Jake looks at the hand with disgust. "Get off me you rejected science experiment!" He raises his free hand and a trio of cards appear which he flings at the abomination.

OOC: Let's just bolt this thing... one 3d6 both coming right up!
12:39, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 25,1 using 1d10-4,1d6-4, rerolling max with rolls of (10+10+9)29,5. SpellCasting (3d6 Bolt).
I think that's a hit w/ a raise... maybe... possibly.
12:39, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 12 using 4d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,3,1,4. Damage.

12:41, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the single card: 10H using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative.
PP 8/10

The ghostly bolt rips through the animate hand, tearing a hole right though the palm. It twitches for a few moments, then lies still.

The giant doesn't seem to notice or care. He's still trying to swat the Irishman, who has enough sense to duck.

((OOC: 10:05, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 4,1 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,1. swing batter batter. No hitter.

Card: 9H. Both Danny and Jake have higher.))

Jake unleashes more arcane might, this time a trio of cards each finding their mark on Mr. Lurch, unfortunately on of them explodes alittle sooner than Jake had anticipated, and the huckster is momentarily blinded!

OOC:
12:38, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 8,6,1,8 using 1d10,1d10,1d10,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 8,6,1,(6+2)8. SpellCasting (3x2d6 Bolts).
The 1 will shake but still 3 successes, 2 with raises isn't bad.
12:39, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 6,9,11 using 3d6,3d6,2d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,2,2,4,3,2,4,(6+1)7. Damage.
So a nada, shaken and shaken (aka wound)
12:41, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the single card: 4D using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative.


PP: 5/10

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Danny Boy once again tries held a hand but Jake's dagger apparently isn't made for fighting with.

OOC:
12:51, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 8,4 using 1d8,1d6. Fighting.
Hit
12:51, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 3,2 using 1d6,1d4. Damage.
Not even a scratch
12:52, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the single card: 8D using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative.

The giant stagger back, his foot blown to bloody chunks by the explosive cards. But amazingly, he's still standing!

"Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww." he complains, then rears back and punches Jake full on in the face. The huckster feels the bones grind at the stike...and then the giant swings again, this time a hammer blow to the chest, and Jake could swear he feels the ribs cracking...

((OOC: He takes a Wound, which, given he's at three wounds, would normally make him Incapacitated.

However, since he's an amalgam of sewn-together corpses, this simply means that one of his stolen parts fails.

10:19, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 10 using 2d6. my what fell off? Leg. He now has the Lame hindrance. His pace is now 4, and his running die is a d4.

Om his turn, he rolls to recover from Shaken: 10:28, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 5,5 using d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,5. unshake. That gives him an action with an MAP (he doesn't suffer any wound penalties because he is, in fact, undead)

He takes a swing at Jake: 10:30, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 7,-1 using d8-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of (8+1)9,1. Lurch Smash! Hit.

Damage: 10:31, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 5,2 using d10,d4, rerolling max with rolls of 5,2. Damage. That's a total of 7, leaving Jake Shaken. Since he was Shaken already, that becomes a Wound unless you soak.

Card for next round: KC Ack! Higher than BOTH your characters!

He gets to go again!

Swing at Jake: 10:36, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 7,5 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,5. Lurch Smash!  Another hit.

Damage: 10:36, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 16,1 using d10,d4, rerolling max with rolls of (10+6)16,1. Damage. 17! Ow. That's 3 wounds. Unless jake soaks the first attack, he'll be Incapacitated.

Card for the round after: KC again!))

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Danny's up next!

OOC: I'll burn a red chip to get rid of the first shaken.
I'll use a Blue to soak
14:51, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 3,4 using 1d6,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,4. Soak Roll.
that'll soak 1 out of 3, blue chip for a +d6
14:51, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 1 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1. Blue Chip.
Wow... that was crap-tastic. I'll try using my last blue to reroll the Soak and hope for something good.
14:55, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 5,1 using 1d6,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,1. Soak Roll x2.
Well that's a 6... so 2 wounds for Jake

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Danny Boy swings for the fences but can't seem to make a dent in the big man's flesh.
OOC:
14:58, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 8,7 using 1d8+3,1d6+3, rerolling max with rolls of 5,4. Fighting (+1 GangUp, +2 Wild).
14:58, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 3,3 using 1d6+2,1d4, rerolling max with rolls of 1,3. Damage.
14:59, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the single card: 9H using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative.

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Jake can't seem to get the stars out of his eyes from the big brute's punch.
OOC:
15:00, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 3,0 using 1d8-2,1d6-2. Unshake (-2 WP).
fail!
15:01, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the single card: 7C using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative.
I'm going to die!

PP: 5/10

OOC: When you spend a chip for a reroll, you reroll all the spent on the soak...even chips spent to increase the total.

You get to reroll that blue and add it to your final total.

OOC: Fair enough
07:37, Today: Charging Bear rolled 2 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2. Blue Chip.
7 total... close but not enough to clear up a second wound.

((OOC: Well that sucks. Sorry, man.))

"He's tougher than army hardtack." Danny grunts. "I'm thinkin' we should've left him alone...Hey! I have an idea! Hit him with the lamp! Set him on fire again!"

Hearing that, the giant looks at the glowing lamp in Jake's hand. "Nooooooooooo," he moans, and slams his fist hard into Jake's temple.

((OOC: Mr. Lurch is single-minded. he's going to continue pounding on Jake.

05:46, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 1,11 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,(6+5)11. Lurch Smash! Why does the dice roller hate you so? That's a hit and raise.

05:47, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 7,3,2 using d10,d6,d4, rerolling max with rolls of 7,3,2. Damage. total of 12. That's 1 wound for Jake.

Card for next round: 4S))

Danny Boy tries again to help Jake by stabbing at the monstrous man with the wee dagger.
OOC:
08:59, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 7,12 using 1d8+1,1d6+1, rerolling max with rolls of 6,(6+5)11. Fighting.
Hit w/ raise!
09:00, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 2,15,4 using 1d6,1d4,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,(4+4+4+3)15,4. Damage.
21 damage!

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"Good idea" Jake attempts to say but the blood and teeth in his mouth make it sound rather disgusting. Aiming for the center of the three Lurch's Jake swings the lamp but doesn't connect.
OOC:
Unshake
08:57, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 4,1 using 1d8-3,1d6-3, rerolling max with rolls of 7,4. Unshake (-3WP).
Yes!
-2 MAP, -3 Wounds and a d4 fighting, good times!
08:58, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 1,2 using 1d4-5,1d6-5, rerolling max with rolls of (4+2)6,(6+1)7. Fighting.
Swing and a miss
09:02, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the 2 cards: JC, AC using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative - Jake, Danny.

((OOC: Both you and Danny get to go before MR. Lurch. It's actually a Touch Attack to hit him with the lamp (+2 to fighting). If you want to toss the lamp to Danny and let him try, while you do something else with your action, I'll allow it as a free action.))

Jake throws the lamp to Danny. "You see if you can hit one of 'em... aim for the middle one!" he says in a slur. He takes a few steps away from the big fisted man.

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Danny is having a bad day...
OOC:
12:59, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 3,3 using 1d8+2,1d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 1,1. Fighting (+2 touch).
fail! with a snake eyes roll to boot

13:00, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the 2 cards: 10S, 8D using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative (Jake, Danny).

Danny fumbles the catch...as first it seems like he's got it, and he takes a swing--then the lamp slips out of his grip, and crashes to the floor. The giant is too busy stepping away from the flaming oil to tag Jake as he scrambles out of arm's length, but now he has a new target.

The punch sends Danny staggering. "Damnú ort!" he shouts. "I think we should be runnin' now!"

((OOC: What's a good critical failure for that? Hmm...I know! Danny drops the lamp!

Mr. Lurch opts not to take his free attack against Jake moves out of Melee reach.

He does, however, opt to try and turn Danny into Yankee Paste.

10:15, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 4,11 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,(6+5)11. Lurch Smash! Ow. Another hit and Raise. Not even Itza-chu gets this lucky, and he has a much better Fighting than Lurch does.

Damage: Mr. Lurch rolled 6,1,2. Total of 9 Damage, which would be a Shaken and 1 Wound for Danny. Remember that Danny has 3 fate chips, though, so he could soak this.

Card for next round: BJ! holy hell, the dice roller hates you.

Resolve Danny's soak (if any) and I'll move on to the next round...which Mr. Lurch starts.))

OOC: Did Danny's 21 damage last round not do much to ole Lurch?

soak!
13:39, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 2,3 using 1d6,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,3. Soak Roll.
Oh no..
13:39, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 1,3 using 1d6,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,3. Soak Rollx2.
egads! Dice Roller officially hates me

Danny's stabbing has undone some of the stitching holding the giant together, but he's still solid enough to give the boy another bone-rattling slap.

((OOC: That's a wound for Danny, then.

I missed the damage! It wasn't in the normal OOC colored font, so it slipped past my eyes...bold it next time, would you? That's another wound, so he loses another body part.

I roll on the Injury table: 6. That's a wound in the guts. I roll the d6 again...Broken. Lurch loses a level of Agility, putting him ad d6 Agility along with his missing foot. Still doesn't slow him down much.

He takes another swing at Danny: 10:54, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 7,7 using d8+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 5,5. Lurch Smash! Another hit, thanks to the Joker bonus.

10:55, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 4,3 using d10,d4+2, rerolling max with rolls of 4,1. Damage. That's a Shaken for Danny, which results in Another Wound unless he soaks.

Card for next round: 5D))

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You're up!

Jake looks about for something that might be of help, a talisman or such that might stop the massive undead creature from slaying him and Danny Boy.
OOC: Or not
14:06, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 1,-1 using 1d8-3,1d6-3, rerolling max with rolls of 4,2. Notice (-3 WP).

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Danny's eyes go cross thanks to that punch.
OOC: Burning Danny's last benny to try to get rid of the 'initial' shaken, so Danny is just shaken again.
Uhshake?
14:06, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 0,3 using 1d8-1,1d6-1, rerolling max with rolls of 1,4. Unshake (-1 WP).
Fail!

14:08, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the 2 cards: 9S, JS using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative (Jake, Danny).

OOC: Since I got next.

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Finally learing the cobwebs, Danny decides to run for it
OOC:
14:08, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 1,5 using 1d8-1,1d6-1. Unshake (-1 WP).
yay!
14:09, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 0 using 1d6-1. Running.
Wow....

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Jake follows after him.
OOC:
14:09, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the single card: 7H using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative (Jake, Danny).

14:09, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the single card: 9C using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative.

The giant lurches after the pair, but Danny's able to get through the heavy stone door without much trouble.

Jake, on the other hand, is just slow enough that Lurch is able to catch up.

"Neeeeeeeed Paaaaaaaaaaarts." He groans, his fingers catching the huckster's collar.

((OOC: Mr. Lurch attempts to Grab Jake on his Action.

11:17, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 3,1 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,1. Grapple! Make an opposed Fighting check for me, please.))

OOC:
14:23, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 2,1 using 1d4-3,1d6-3, rerolling max with rolls of (4+1)5,4. Fighting (-3 WP).

That's a fail.

((OOC: Mr. Lurch's card is: 4D. So you get to go before he does.))

Jake tries to slip free of the crushing grasp of Mr Lurch. "No parts here!"

OOC: I think agility lets you get out of a grapple
14:33, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 4,4 using 1d8-3,1d6-3, rerolling max with rolls of 7,(6+1)7. Agility (-3 WP).

There's a {riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!} as the collar of Jake's shirt tears free, and he's loose!

((OOC: It's an oppose roll vs. the higher of this Strength or Agility. His strength's a d10. Good luck.

11:41, Today: Mr. Lurch rolled 1,2 using d10,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,2. opposed strength check. Your luck is finally turning! Danny gets to go.))

Danny exits quickly, stage right!

The burned giant stands there stupidly, looking at the torn shirt collar.

((OOC: Run, Jake, run!))

Jake also exits, stage right.

Danny slams the heavy stone door of the lodge shut.

It's quiet now. Very quiet. One would expect the giant to come running or throwing itself at the door, but there's nothing.

The boy looks over at Jake. "Ye look bloody awful." he says.

"Thanks, you look lovely too." Jake retorts shortly after which he spits blood onto the already damp earth.

"Yes, but I'll be healin' up pretty quick. Just gotta get somethin' meaty to eat." He replies. "Still...makes you wonder, doesn't it, just what they're hidin' in there to have such a monstrous guard about, eh?"

"Makes me wonder a lot of things Danny, a lot of things." Jake leans against the building, his body not wanting to hold itself up. "Presently, how to get around the big goon and wishing Doc Frost was hwre."

"You have any dynamite stashed away? A little boom-boom might do the trick." He says. "Who's this D. frost?"

"I'm slap out of TNT, got to be a slicker way. Let's see if this place has a back door. Doc Frost is my boss." Jake says as he tries to head around the building.

"Well, alright, but if we run into another horror from beyond, we run instead of tryin' to play paddy-cake. Deal?"

((OOC: make a notice check for me. You can also roll for Danny, if you like))

OOC:
07:45, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 0,0 using 1d8-3,1d6-3, rerolling max with rolls of 3,3. Notice (-3 WP).
07:46, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 1,2 using 1d6,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,2. Notice - Danny.
We are a pair of blind fools apparently.

The back of the building doesn't have any obvious entrances...there's no back door, and no windows to speak of. If there are any hidden entrances, they don't reveal themselves as Danny and Jake search.

"Maybe we should get the angel machine here." Danny says. "She can find things. She's good at that."

She?

((OOC: You could try another round of Notice checks, too...there's nothing stopping you from making more checks. However, each check takes ten minutes, cutting further and further into The Golden Hour. You've already spent 10 minutes searching about since you were wounded.))

"Yeah... sure kid..." Jake says then he coughs. It has a nasty sound and an even worse taste to it. He looks at the spit in his hand blood making the spit slicker than it should've been. "Let's go see the clank."

The pair limp along the roads, heading back past the barricades. It seems like most folk are already huddled and hidden...the streets are deserted and there's no lights on anywhere.

As the pair heads toward the Grand Bull Saloon (Danny mentioned he'd seen Evans taking the clank that way earlier), they spot a commotion. Someone is running, popping off shots into the darkness.

"To arms! To arms! Monsters at the Grand Bull!" he shouts, though he's still some distance away.

((OOC: Danny and Jake are currently near the Undertaker's place on the Grand Bull map))

"Can't anything go quietly around here, for just a few minutes." Jake groans as he looks towards the call to arms.

"I don't think that's possible." Danny mutters beside him. "This town's a little patch of Perdition, it is!"

As Jake looks, a great number of...somethings fly out of the Grand Bull's doors. They could be black-winged birds, or bats, or tiny devil imps for all he can tell...but his mind races back to the glimpse of the Hunting Grounds he had, and the crows everywhere...

((OOC: Make a Fear check (+ Grit, - 4 Fear level, - wounds) for me, please.

The swarm is at Long range for Bolt.))

OOC:
15:13, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 3,0 using 1d8-4,1d6-4, rerolling max with rolls of 7,4. Fear (-4 Fear Lvl, -3 WP, +3 Grit).
Well that's a fail.
15:15, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 15 using 1d20, rerolling max with rolls of 15. Fright .
Hmm... that's a phobia I think

Or I burn a benny an reroll/+d6 it...mmm

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((OOC: Why is it that Phobia seems to be this group's most common Failed Guts Check result? Seriously. It's frickin' odd!

Think we should make it official and give Jake a Minor Phobia to small birds?))

OOC: Nah, I'll burn a white to reroll.

15:24, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled -2,0 using 1d8-4,1d6-4, rerolling max with rolls of 2,4. Fear (-4 Fear Lvl, -3 WP, +3 Grit).

and fail. Guess small bird (or raven/crow) phobia it is.

"Now there's something ye don't see every day." Danny remarks. Apprently he's not away of the EVIL THAT IS THE DEMON CROWS! He must know! He must told!

Jake's eyes grow to the size of small sauces, "Devil birds! How have you followed me here!" the man cries in a voice higher than his own. He levels his pistol on the murder and takes a half step back. "Be gone! Trouble me not here! Not in the real world! Go back to the hunting grounds where you belong!"

Danny looks at Jake, alarmed. "Are ye crazy? why are ye shoutin'? You'll bring the whole bloody town on us!"

He doesn't need to worry about the town...the flock seems to have taken notice of all the shouting, and is beginning to fly Jake's way...

Some of the Dust Adders who've taken sniping positions on various rooftops look around, confused, seeking targets...but all they see are birds. THEY KNOW NOT THE EVIL OF THE DEMON CROWS!

((OOC: Though since they're quite far, it'll take them a while.))

"The town will be the least of our worries if those infernal crows get to us." Jake looks about for a flame or something that might aid him versus the murder coming his way. His eyes and general motions are jerky and almost crazed.

Jake's close to the Undertaker's shop. The Undertaker's not around anymore, but some embalming fluid might be there...that stuff tends to be quite flammable.

The huckster's eyes dance deviously as he spices the Undertaker's 'store'. "I think I have a solution to this devilry." Jake makes a mad dash - or as best as he can - towards the Undertaker's.

"Er...right." Danny says, looking at the building. "I'll...I'll just be waitin' outside, then."

The undertaker's shop is a complete mess. Several windows have been busted out, and there's glass everywhere. The place reeks of death and formaldehyde. There's a body on the slab, one that's been dead for a few hours. There's an open coffin near the back door...and something''s moving near it.

"Crows must have ransacked the place... knowing I'd come here. Villainous creatures that they are." Jake says as he surveys the Undertaker's.

His eyes shift to the movement in the back, "Did they leave a brother behind." Moving quietly as a man who's feels like he just went 12 rounds with the heavy weight champ can, Jake levels his gun on the movement.

OOC:
13:24, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled -3,-2 using 1d4-5,1d6-5, rerolling max with rolls of 2,3. Stealth (Untrained, -3wp).

As he moves closer, he stumbles over the discarded coffin lid. The noise startles the creature, a dog, who raises his bloody muzzle out of the coffin and runs out the back door.

"Great, dogs eating the dead." Jake says as he sees what the canine was doing. "Now, back to business." The huckster glances about for where the Undertaker might have stored his more flammable cocktails.

((OOC: Make a Smarts check or a Notice roll...whichever you feel better with.))

Jake's having issues with keeping things straight as he searches the office first.

OOC:
d10 vs d8...
13:51, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled -2,0 using 1d10-3,1d6-3, rerolling max with rolls of 1,3. Smarts (-3 WP).

The smell of formaldehyde seems to be a factor, or maybe it's the fact that he was punched half to heck by a giant, stitched-together corpse not fifteen minutes ago...

Wait. Formaldehyde. On the ground. Smashed bottles...something wrecked this place good. Maybe he could lure the crows in here, light a match, and set the fumes on fire...or maybe there's some spare supplies somewhere.

The question is, does he have the time for another, more thorough search? Those things were flying pretty quickly...

His head reeling, Jake isn't sure what to do, "wait, I need to see the clank!" Jake half stumbles, half run towards the door desperately in need of fresh air.

Danny's still there, waiting. "Did ye find what you were lookin' for?" he asks. He points back to the Grand Bull. "The crows vanished. Saw 'em just up and disappear. Freaky thing, really."

It's true. The crows seem to be gone, though Jake knows they're just hiding, waiting to strike...

But there's no sign of them. Just a pair of men with guns, heading for the Grand Bull...and the clank, stepping out of the swinging doors of the same.

((OOC: You can start posting on the Long Ride To Hell thread now.))