some mood music
The ground shakes, and two of the bandits go flying at Damballa's might. They're hurled back into the wall, and lay there, stunned. One of them was still standing, and took a swing as Black Jack as he passed, but the loa were still with him and the attack missed. Black Jack winds up near the broken window.
Outside, Maddox shakes glass out of his duster and stands. The fight seemed to still be ongoing. he looked around the street and saw some soldiers.
"Hey!" He shouts.
"Hey you there! We got trouble by yir!"
The soldiers look at each other in askance, then run up to the bounty hunter.
"What's the fuss?" one says.
"It's a bushwacking, it is." Maddox pants.
"Dozen of 'em. We need to stop them, before they kill everyone!" he pulls his pistol.
"Well? Come on, then! You wanted Deadwood so badly...you're the law now. DO something!"
A small, glowing green card, the Ace of Spades, twirls through the air...and then explodes into a ball of brilliant green energy.
{{BOOM!}}
The jade fire washes over Wilder, Black Jack, Bullock, and Zek, as well as some of the bandits caught in the edge.
Wilder feels the fire burning not only his body, but his soul...
Black Jack is able to use the table and the protection of the loa to escape the worst of the blast...
Bullock's jacket catches fire as the flames wash over him, but he strips the burning coat off before he can suffer any true harm...
The spiritual energy in the green flames kicks Zek like a mule, sending him staggering...
The explosion seems to have cleared Nat Love's mind.
"You goddamn sons of whores!" He shouts, pulling a scattergun from beneath the bar. He sights along the barrel, and lets loose at two of the men in black.
{{BLAM! BLAM!}}
The shot rips through the bandits. One of them vanishes into greasy black smoke. The other stumbles, injured but still standing. He looks up to face the burning rage in the cowboy's eyes.
"I am gonna end you, you yellow-bellied cowards! Ain't no one comes into my place and kills my people and gets away with it!"
((OOC: I have a ton of NPCs to get through, but let's see how the magic Black Jack called up does.
The Men in Black make Strength checks at -2 to avoid being blasted. There are 3 of them that get caught in the template.
12:55, Today: Men In Black rolled 3,5,2 using d8-2,d8-2,d8-2, rerolling max with rolls of 5,7,4. Strength. Since this is just a normal check for them, one of them makes it. The other two go flying back into the wall, and are Prone and Shaken.
The one that made his roll tries to attack Black Jack as he moves.
12:59, Today: Men In Black rolled -1 using 1d8-4, rerolling max with rolls of 3. Fighting! Flat miss.
Maddox: Maddox, outside, attempts to Unshake.
13:01, Today: Maddox rolled 5,5 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,5. Unshake.
That's a success, so he gets an Action at -2. He uses it to call for the Cavalry.
Card: 10C
Nicodemus Whately: Nic attempts to toss a blast big enough to affect multiple targets and deal a bunch of damage. He will Deal with the Devil for enough power to pull this off. He needs at least a Straight in order to do this. If successful, he will catch Wilder, Black Jack, Zek, and Bullock in the Large Burst Template, as well as two of his own goons.
13:12, Today: Nicodemus Whateley drew the 14 cards: 7C, 5H, 10S, QC, JD, 8S, 4H, JC, 10D, AS, QD, 2C, 9H, 7H using the Deadlands system. Deal with the Devil. Straight, which is a success on the Deal.
13:18, Today: Nicodemus Whateley rolled 6,2 using d12+1,d6+1, rerolling max with rolls of 5,1. Spellcasting. Success.
Damage for Black Jack: 7. You have 4 Armor against this thanks to your Deflection power, so it doesn't even scratch you.
Damage for Zek: 8. That will make you Shaken. Before you ask, this is magic damage, so being ghosted wouldn't help against it. And besides, you were solid to punch a dude, and you can only switch between states once per round.
Damage for Wilder: 22. Of course. Because the die roller hates you. That's another 4 wounds and Incapacitation unless you soak.
Damage for Bullock: 18. Well, at least Wilder isn't the only one the die roller hates. That's 3 wounds and Shaken for Bullock unless he soaks.
Bullock attempts to soak: 13:30, Today: Seth Bullock rolled 1,16 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,(6+6+4)16. Soak! Wow.
Damage for Men in Black: 8, which makes the 3 MiBs Shaken.
Damage for the Townsfolk: 14, which drops the poor bystander.
Nic then walks calmly over to the bar and takes a drink.
Card: AD
Nat Love: Nat Love needs to unshake.
13:37, Today: Nat Love rolled 11,2 using d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of (6+5)11,2. Unshake. He does, with a raise. He gets an action with no penalty.
He draws his scattergun from behind the bar and unloads both barrels at the nearest MIBs. He has Marksman, which cancels out the MAP. He gets a further +2 for using buckshot, which is canceled out by the Autofire penalty for using both barrels. It's a straight roll for him.
13:41, Today: Nat Love rolled 10,7,9 using d8,d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of (8+2)10,7,(6+3)9. Shooting! Two hits with Raises.
Damage 1: 10. Shaken
Damage 2: 15. 1 Wound and Shaken, which takes it down.
Card: 3D
The Townsfolk left use their action diving under tables or otherwise running for cover.))
Turn Order:
Nicodemus Whateley: AD
Seth Bullock: KH
Han Lee: KC
Men in Black: KC
Ezekiel Starkweather: JS
Maddox: 10C
James Lonefeather: 7D
Black Jack: 6H
James Wilder: 4H (Needs to soak 3 wounds!)
Nat Love: 3D
Townsfolk: last
Wilder, resolve your damage, and then I'll move on to Nic's next action.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:32, Wed 18 Feb 2015.
