Alouette stops at the sight of the black blur to greet it.

"Howdy-!" *CRASH*

The clank looks up, calculating as the darker shadow of the wagon falls over it...then takes a single step to the side and patters up to the bull.

"Cease!"

[[19:37, Today: Alouette rolled 3,7 using d4,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,(6+1)7. Agility! Don't think I have any penalties at present, but that should do it...
init. 9H also!]]

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"Goddammit!" he yelled instinctively. He had been raised Catholic, so he still felt guilty as soon as the words had left his mouth. It made him remember his mother, a strong woman of Irish stock, and how she had washed his mouth out with a particularly foul soap the first time he'd said as much. An extremely religious woman and a school teacher, she had been a guiding force in their family and the community. Any boy in Blackthorn had had her as a teacher at one point or another, and he was hardly the only one to have felt the rough side of her temper. She's dead now, he thought. And so are you, a part of his mind added wryly.

He didn't have but a heartbeat for guilt though, as he tried to throw himself as best as he could out of the way of danger as the steamwagon tipped over.

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OOC:

Agility:    7 (rolled to avoid Collision damage)
Initiative: 9D

13:36, Today: Adrian Vega drew the single card: 9D using the Deadlands system.
13:36, Today: Adrian Vega rolled 7,2 using d10,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,2. Agility.

20:45, Today: William Pierce rolled 6,2 using d10,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 6,2. Agility.


William braces himself and jumps off the wagon, rolling on the ground and gets up in a low crouch.
His hands dart to his guns, checking if they're still in his holster and belt.

Still there... but not for long. He thinks, as his fingers close around the grips.


20:46, Today: William Pierce drew the single card: 7D using the Deadlands system. Initiative.

The bull glares at Alouette, and the clank can see more circling the area. Fire glows in their eyes, and their hooves strike sparks on the rocks on the ground. The bull Alouete faces raises it's tail, and a snake's rattle rises into the night.

It does not look willing to cease.

((OOC: Evans rolls Agility himself: 18:45, Today: The Amazing Evans rolled 5,1 using d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,1. Agility.

There are five bulls circling the wagon, looking angry and evil and ready to strike.))

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Turn Order:
Alouette: 9H
Jake Lawrence: 9H
Adrian Vega: 9D
Devil's Herd: 8S
William Pierce: 7D
Evans: 3H

Alouette flaps at the animal like an annoyed butler. "Shoo! Go on, get out of here! Shoo!"

[[Go go gadget 'passively in the way'...intimidate?
08:54, Today: Alouette rolled 3,2 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,2. shoo! Yeah...
init. 5D]]

Jake popped his head out of the overturned buggy and wasn't pleased with the site he saw. His instincts took over and he summoned from within himself a trio of mystical cards which he sent flying at the beasts.

OOC: PP 7/10
17:38, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 1,5,2,4 using 1d10,1d10,1d10,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,5,2,4. Spellcasting (Bolt 3x2d6).
YIKES! Burning a red chip to re-roll that
17:38, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 5,4,2,3 using 1d10,1d10,1d10,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,4,2,3. Spellcasting (Bolt 3x2d6) - Red reroll.
That I like... skipping dealing with the devil and just burning power points.
So 2 hit for 2d6 each.
17:42, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 6,8 using 2d6,2d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,5,4,4. Damage.
I'll drop both those on the same big nasty bull and pray
17:43, Today: Jake Lawrence drew the single card: 8S using a deck of 54 cards. Initiative .

Sitting where he was, Adrian fortunately had been able to throw himself out of the vehicle when things started to go south and didn't land too badly. He raised up his gun on the bull, and smiled slightly when he saw those cards flying at it.

He didn't pull the trigger on his gun, though, and what came out of it wasn't bullets. The trigger he pulled was in his mind, reaching out and dealing with one of those nasty sons of bitches that let him do what he felt he needed to do. Three bullets made of a ghostly white light streaked out of that gun at that nasty bull.

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OOC:
Cost: 0 PP (Deal with the Devil success)
Spellcasting: 14, 29, and 10.
Damage: 10, 8, 10 (assumes raises)

16:30, Today: Adrian Vega rolled 10,8,10 using 3d6,3d6,3d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,2,5,5,2,1,1,5,4. Damage + Raise.
16:24, Today: Adrian Vega rolled 14,2,29,10 using d8,d8,d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of (8+6)14,2,(8+8+8+5)29,(6+4)10. Spellcasting - Bolt (3x2d6).
16:17, Today: Adrian Vega drew the 10 cards: AC, 3H, 3S, 10C, 9D, 10H, RJ!, KS, 8H, 6S using the Deadlands system. Deal with the Devil (3PP).

12:13, Today: Adrian Vega drew the single card: 2S using the Deadlands system.

Next Round: 2S

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The bull does not shoo. It also doesn't seem to feel either of the magical explosive cards Jake hurls into it's hide.

Adrian reaches out with his mind, dueling with one of his nasty Friends On The Other Side. The power rolls through him as the ghostly white light streaked towards the bull.

The bull lowed at Alouette, and charged. The huge horns of the beast ram into the clank, but the automaton's sturdy body withstands the blow.

The other bulls charge. Adrian narrowly avoids one of the bulls trampling him back to death.

Inside the steam wagon, Jake ducks just as a pair of horns rip through the panel of the wall protecting him from outside. The other bulls smash into the wagon, ripping wood from brass and sending pieces of it scattered over the plain.

The assault leaves everyone within tossed about, but otherwise unharmed...but there's an odd whistling coming from the boiler.

Evans goes pale. "Out! Everyone out now! Get as far away as you can!"

((OOC: 22:26, Today: Bane Cow rolled 5 using 1d4, rerolling max with rolls of (4+1)5. Th cow is not startled by Alouette's sudden appearance and mechanical weirdness.

The cows have a Toughness of 12, so they aren't feeling any of those bolts.

Adrian, I spy a Joker in your hand, and since the only way you could get Jacks or Better on your pull is by using it, that means it's Backfire Time!

You get your bolts, but you also take 3d6 damage from the manitou frying your system.

22:30, Today: The Stray rolled 15 using 3d6. Damage. That's a Shaken and a wound for you unless you soak. Nevermind, I missed the second pair.

You rolled some impressive damage, but, again, the bull has a Toughness of 12, so none of the hits penetrate.

There are a total of 5 bulls. The nearest one, the one that's been taking all these attacks, tries to gore Alouette.

22:37, Today: Bane Cow rolled 7 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of (6+1)7. Fighting! Hit.

Damage: 6. Alouette gets lucky and the thing can't get through it's armor.

Another bull charges Jake, who is inside the steam wagon. The wagon provides +3 armor to those still inside it. The Bull gets +4 to damage because of it's charge.

22:40, Today: Bane Cow rolled 1 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1. Fighting! Miss on Jake. I roll damage to see what it does to the steam wagon.

Damage (vs. wagon): 16, which is 1 wound against the Steam Wagon.

Adrian is the target of an attack as well. As he stated he was thrown clear, he doesn't benefit from the wagon's armor.

22:44, Today: Bane Cow rolled 2 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2. Fighting! Miss. Adrian is safe.

The remaining 2 bulls charge at the wagon itself, attempting to tear it to bits. The Wagon isn't currently moving, so it counts as an inanimate object and thus has a Parry of 2.It has a Toughness of 10 (3)

Damage 1: 18
Damage 2: 34 (!)

The steam carriage is totally wrecked. The steam boiler begins to whsitle, signaling that it's about to blow...

Card for next turn: 8D))
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William rises from the ground, drawing the ghostly pistol, which already shrieks in anticipation.
He runs away from the wagon and fires a shot at the closest devilish bull.


Alright... first, running.
10:44, Today: William Pierce rolled 4 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4.

Multiaction! Drawing Pistol (canceled due to Quickdraw edge)
Multiaction! Shooting at Bull (-2)
And since I'm feeling cocky, I'l ladd a headshot (-4) on top of that.

Yes! a hit! Even if it cost me 4 red chips to make the shot....
Total result of 4

10:47, Today: William Pierce rolled 2 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2. red chip 4, on top.
10:46, Today: William Pierce rolled 2,-1 using d10-6,d6-6, rerolling max with rolls of 8,5. red chip 3.
10:46, Today: William Pierce rolled -4,1 using d10-6,d6-6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,(6+1)7. redchip 2.
10:46, Today: William Pierce rolled -5,-3 using d10-6,d6-6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,3. red chip re-roll.
10:46, Today: William Pierce rolled 0,-2 using d10-6,d6-6, rerolling max with rolls of 6,4. Shooting.

Damage: 3d6+1 for ghost gun, +4 for headshot.

Total of 14. Even after the re-roll due to No Mercy. Un-be-fucking-lievably.

10:48, Today: William Pierce rolled 14 using 3d6+5, rerolling max with rolls of 3,2,4. Blue chip to re-roll damage.
10:48, Today: William Pierce rolled 14 using 3d6+5, rerolling max with rolls of 4,4,1. Pistol damage.

Good thing that William is quick.

10:50, Today: William Pierce drew the single card: JS using the Deadlands system. Initiative.
10:50, Today: William Pierce drew the single card: 3H using the Deadlands system. Initiative.

Evans grabs his devices and bolts from the cabin as well, taking a shot at one of the bulls as he does do.

William's shot flattens against the bull, who bellows in rage. Evans' shot actually punctures the tough hide of another of the monsters, and it collapses, bleeding.

((OOC: You DO realize you just set William up to get gored, right?

Evans scoops up his flamethrower and his gyromounted pistol and runs as well. He fires a 3d6 Bolt at one of the cows (not the same one William targeted)

09:56, Today: The Amazing Evans rolled 1 using 1d6 with rolls of 1. Running die.

09:58, Today: The Amazing Evans rolled 1,-1 using d6-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 3,1. Shooting! Spending one of Evans' white chips...

10:01, Today: The Amazing Evans rolled 0,18 using d6-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 2,(6+6+6+2)20. white chip. hit with raise.

10:02, Today: The Amazing Evans rolled 18 using 4d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,2,(6+5)11,4. Damage (with Raise). That's enough to drop a bull.

I'm not spending any chips on the bulls, because this is just a warm-up encounter, so the bull drops.

Card: 4C))

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Turn Order:
Exploding boiler: QC
William Pierce: JH
Jake Lawrence: 8S
Devil Bulls: 8D
Alouette: 5D
John Smith: 3H
Adrian Vega:2S

I need Adrian to draw so I know if he can escape from the area of the soon-to-explode boiler or not.
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OOC:
Drew 2S
12:13, Today: Adrian Vega drew the single card: 2S using the Deadlands system.

((OOC: The boiler explodes. William and Evans are both far enough outside the Large Burst Template that they're safe. Everyone else is going to need to work for it.

Adrian, you're Prone, so you have Cover against the blast. Jake, you're also Prone, but you're right next to the thing, so the cover is moot.

Alouette, Adrian, and Jake can make Agility Checks at -2 to move/roll away from the area of the explosion. The bulls, not being able to recognize the danger, don't get a roll to avoid the explosion.))

The clank is pushed backwards by the impact of the bull. "Cease-!" it insists, but then the threads of lightning crackle over its brass hands with a building roar of static. It grips the bull's horns and throws the near-ton of bovine muscle over one-handed, lenses bright as it looks back towards the cracking wagon frame...


[[19:13, Today: Alouette rolled -1,-1 using d4-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 1,1. Agility.
19:14, Today: Alouette rolled 2 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2. red chippit -> 1 spent that before realising milady wouldn't much care, but there you go...]]

((OOC: Still need those Agility (-2) checks from Adrian and Jake))

John's head had cracked against the side of the carriage wall, leaving him in a bit of a daze for a moment. When he noticed the danger of the boiler his eyes widen and adrenaline kicks in, his old ally, and he promptly kicked off the carriage and flipped back over a nearby boulder, shielding himself from the blast in it's lee. Still a bit dazed, he blinked as he thought he saw Allouette physically throw one of the horned things. "If it's not one thing..." He murmured, as he began to gather his chi.

John Smith drew the single card: 3H using the Deadlands system.
John Smith rolled 3,0 using d10-2,d6-2. Agility Check.
John Smith rolled 0,8 using d10-2,d6-2, rerolling max. Spending Benny.
John is now at 5 White bennies.
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Hearing the sounds of something bad, Jake went about getting the heck out of the wagon ...

OOC: Sorry!
08:28, Today: Jake Lawrence rolled 5,2 using 1D8-2,1D6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 7,4. Agility (-2 GM mod).
woot!

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OOC:
Sorry for the delay, folks. I've gone ahead and rolled my Agility, and spent both a White and a Red chip to try and improve the result (chips spent already deducted from my tag line).

Agility: 5

20:25, Today: Adrian Vega rolled 2 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2. Red.
20:23, Today: Adrian Vega rolled 3,1 using d10-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 5,3. White Chip.
20:22, Today: Adrian Vega rolled 0,1 using d10-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 2,3. Agility Check.

The boiler erupts, shooting off into the night with a mighty roar.

The bulls bellow as the blast rips through them. One of them is torn apart by shrapnel from the exploding wagon--the rest either tumble from the force of the blast or from the scalding steam. All of them collapse, thankfully...most moo piteously in the quiet that follows.

"My wagon..." Evans gawks for a moment, then looks around the crater left behind by the blast. "Are you all right? Everybody, can you hear me?"

((OOC: 12:14, Today: The Stray rolled 21 using 3d10, rerolling max with rolls of 6,6,9. Kaboom!

Alouette, you're the only one who needs to make a Soak roll against that...everyone else managed to escape. You're looking at a Shaken and 3 wounds.

Each of the bulls is facing 2 wounds. I'm not spending chips on them this time around, so they all fall Incapacitated. After rolling aftermath, if find that only 2 of the cows are actually dead...the rest are out of action but severely injured.

Combat over))

"Critical tilt error...ground not found," says a voice presumably attached to the brass feet sticking out of the crater.

[[22:38, Today: Alouette rolled 4,1 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,1. soak attempt.
22:39, Today: Alouette rolled 4 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4. red chippit. -> 8 -> 1 wound shaken, I think. Put it down to fritzy restraints after the Hawk took over for a second there.]]

Pierce walks up to the wounded bulls and pulls the silver-plated pistol from his belt.
Holstering his eerie gun, he uses Jenny's gun to put a bullet into each of the writhing animals, then carefully reloads.

"Your wagon was very helpful, Marshal."

Brushing debris off himself, Jake looked around at the carnage caused by the explosion. His eyes fell on the automaton, "Evans ... you'd better see to Alouette." his voice sounded slightly raw.

"Aww, hell," he said, picking himself up from the damn ground. He had escaped unscathed for the most part, but he had still been thrown a bit by the force of the blast even if he had been far enough to avoid direct harm. His ears were ringing, and he spoke a little louder than he intended, not really having heard himself the first time.

"Well, that's one way to kill a buncha devil bulls. I think Alouette might need a fixer-upper though, Marshal."

The bulls take ore than three bullets apiece to fully put down, even with the spectral power of the Ghost Gun, but eventually they lie still.

"Fix?" Evans says, heading over to the crater and the ruins of the wagon. "With what? All my tools were in the wagon, and are now spread over this field. In the dark. After an explosion that could probably be heard from the ranch..." He looks over the tilted automaton. "Are...are you alright, Alouette? Need any major repairs?"

((OOC: Evans attempts a Repair roll to determine how badly damaged Alouette actually is.

20:05, Today: The Amazing Evans rolled 3,4 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,4. Repair!

How many wounds does that put everyone's favorite clank at?))

"Howdy, Ambrose!" Alouette chirps, apparently unsure how to right itself. "Where did  down go?"

[[just the one, I think, (which it can ignore with Nerves o' Steel) if the handwave many moons ago applied to it as well. Heal's still knocked out, though.]]

Evans checks Alouette over, helping the clank right itself. "I think I can patch the worst of the damage moderately quickly, if the rest of you could kindly fetch my tools from the surrounding debris," he says, "but there's a damaged module that I can't even begin to start tinkering with, not with the kind of time we have."

((OOC: Evans needs 10 minutes to fix the wound (and yes, the handwave applied to Alouette as well) but at least 1d6 hours to fix the Healing breakage. Of course, he'd be taking a penalty without tools. GUys, if you want to help him collect stuff from the ruins of the wagon, roll Notice.))