Kansas Kate debated a couple of options, but they seemed too complicated.  She opted to just shoot the damn thing.  Or try to.  This wasn't quite her usual style but she was all about what was effective not what was customary.  She drew a bead, and remembered to slow her breathing (and immediately felt silly, but technically she did still breathe when she had to talk...).

So let's do that thing again with a headshot, should be -4 for that, then +2 for its size for a cumulative -2.

21:24, Today: Kansas Kate rolled 17,3 using d12-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of (12+7)19,5.  Shooting.

Hit with a Raise by any standard!

I count 18 damage - 21:26, Today: Kansas Kate rolled 14,4 using 2d8+4,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,7,4.  Rifle with Called Shot, Raise.

Oh and as a reminder, this weapon has AP2 which could be very relevant here!

21:28, Today: Kansas Kate drew the single card: QH using the Deadlands system.

On the right side of the monstrous spider’s head, Kate’s shot blasts away a large piece of the creature’s protective carapace, opening a sizable, weeping wound that spills green fluid over two of the arachnid’s unblinking eyes.

The spider is shaken.

Initiative Order

AC - Tamsin River - Holding
JS - Bryan Lee
JC - Albert Cooper
10S - Kansas Kate
7C - Jacinta Castillo
6D - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
5C - Terrantula
3S - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha)

The floor is yours, Señorita Castillo.

The huge terrantula has a Parry of 8 and a Toughness of 16. It possesses 4 points of armor. Due to its size, posse members add a +4 bonus to attack rolls against it.

Seeing the creature bleed spurred Jacinta into taking another shot.  She racked one of Albert's magic bullets into the chamber, took careful aim, and fired.  Rifleshot cracked against the mountainside as her bullet sped toward the monstrous thing.




OOC:  Using the regular LFB bullet Al gave her.

Shooting: 10 (6+4 size)
Damage: 25 (LFB + raise)
Initiative: 10C

14:56, Today: Jacinta Castillo rolled 3,6 using d8+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 1,4.  Shooting.
14:59, Today: Jacinta Castillo rolled 10 using 2d8, rerolling max with rolls of 4,6.  Damage (AP2).
15:02, Today: Jacinta Castillo rolled 15 using 1d8+1d6, rerolling max with rolls of (8+4)12,3.  Damage (LFB + Raise).
15:03, Today: Jacinta Castillo drew the single card: 10C using the Deadlands system.  Initiative.

The scout’s rifle shot finds the same weak spot that Kate’s prior gunfire exposed. The impact of the rifle round sends more fragments of carapace flying and causes the eye just below it to sag grotesquely forward, its lens growing dull and gray. The green liquid that is the arachnid’s blood splashes across its face, streams of it pouring from its open fangs. It stomps the ground in obvious pain, sending dirt flying into the air and loose branches tumbling from the nearby trees.

The shot leaves the spider shaken with 2 wounds. It will attempt to soak.

13:47, Today: Terrantulas rolled 7,1 using 1d12,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,1.  Vigor - Soak Roll.

That’s sufficient to soak one wound, but not both.

The spider remains shaken with one wound.

Initiative Order

AC - Tamsin River - Holding
JS - Bryan Lee
JC - Albert Cooper
10S - Kansas Kate
7C - Jacinta Castillo
6D - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
5C - Terrantula
3S - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha)

It’s your turn, Dr. Wayland.

The huge terrantula has a Parry of 8 and a Toughness of 16. It possesses 4 points of armor. Due to its size, posse members add a +4 bonus to attack rolls against it.

Dr. Wayland's eyes widened at the sight of the gigantic spider, as he declared, almost happily, "Amazing!"  Amazing or not, he did seem to join in the general concensus that the beast needed to be shot.  He thumbed the hammer of his pistol and lined up a quick shot...  The gun cracked and the round sped downrange right between a set of the thing's eyes.  Upon impact, it flared a brilliant burst of blinding light!

Pistol Shot - Flash Round - 11 to Hit, 10 Damage (Which does nothing).  Flash Effect - Spider makes an Agility Roll or is blinded for 1d6 rounds.

Next Round - KD

01:45, Today: Dr. Ezekiel Q. Wayland drew the single card: KD using a deck of 54 cards.  Draw!
01:45, Today: Dr. Ezekiel Q. Wayland rolled 6,4 using 2d4,d6, rerolling max with rolls of (4+1)5,1,4.  Damage with Raise.
01:44, Today: Dr. Ezekiel Q. Wayland rolled 11,7 using d8+4,d6+4, rerolling max with rolls of 7,3.  Flash Round!

05:42, Today: Tamsin River rolled 3,1 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,1.  Fear test
*Forgot to put in +2 for Brave trait, so results are actually 5, 3.

02:55, Today: Tamsin River rolled 9,1 using d6,d6, rerolling max (((6+3)9,1)). Entangle.

05:52, Today: Tamsin River drew the single card: AH using a deck of 54 cards.


Everyone keeps saying that what she and Ada Winter do is like magic. Over and over and over again. Everyone. And with the way their days have been going...

Too much thinking, not enough doing.

Tamsin figures she should try and see if she can do anything else. Perhaps now is not the best time, but if it works...

”I have no idea what I’m doing but I really need it to work right now, so please work, please work, please work, please work, please work...”

12:36, Today: Terrantulas rolled 2,4 using 1d12-1,1d6-1, rerolling max with rolls of 3,5.  Agility.

Dr. Wayland’s round briefly lights up the dead forest like daytime. The massive spider, apparently perceiving the attack, lowers its head, causing the shot to detonate on its back, avoiding the blinding burst of illumination.

12:47, Today: Terrantulas rolled 2,0 using 1d12-1,1d6-1, rerolling max with rolls of 3,1.  Agility.

Roots erupt from the dark earth, life still lingering beneath the blanket of dead soil. Greedily, they wrap themselves around the spider’s limbs, trapping them in their tight grasp. One root, wide and ancient, throws itself over the arachnid’s midsection, trying to pull the massive creature to the ground.

OOC: As River’s Tribal Medicine roll succeeded with a raise, the spider is fully entangled, which prevents it from taking any actions that rely upon Strength or Agility. Since it is the creature’s turn, it is entitled to a roll to break free of its bonds, using Strength or Agility. It will use Strength.

13:01, Today: Terrantulas rolled 11,11 using 1d12+7,1d6+7, rerolling max with rolls of 4,4.  Strength.

A terrible struggle ensues, the enormous creature wrestling mightily with its bonds, the battle shaking the nearby trees and sending tremors through the forest, dead branches and pieces of bark, along with a spray of dark earth, peppering the posse. The fight appears to require all of the arachnid’s considerable strength, but it is able to free its legs, then its body, from the grasping roots, a sharp squeal emerging from it as it wrestles free.

OOC: The spider is able to free itself, but the act of doing so effectively requires all of its effort for the turn, robbing it of the ability to attack any of those nearby.

13:08, Today: Terrantulas drew the single card: 3H using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.

13:24, Today: Andrew Roberts rolled 7,1 using 1d10,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,1.  Spirit - Fear Test.

Roberts wheels his mount away from the struggling spider, then takes aim with his rifle. The shot tears a clump of fur from the monstrous creature’s back, but does little else.

13:15, Today: Andrew Roberts rolled 5,8 using 1d10+4,1d6+4, rerolling max with rolls of 1,4.  Shooting.

13:15, Today: Andrew Roberts rolled 5,9 using 2d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,3,(6+3)9.  Damage.

13:26, Today: Aileen Kearney rolled 4,2 using 1d8-2,1d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 6,4.  Spirit - Fear Test.

13:26, Today: Aileen Kearney rolled 2,3 using 1d8-2,1d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 4,5.  Spirit - Shaken.

Although Kearney’s face registers determination, her still bleeding wounds cause her to struggle to bring her rifle to bear on the arachnid, the quaking earth compounding her difficulties.

OOC: Kearney is able to pass the Fear Test, but remains Shaken.

13:27, Today: Lena Bauer rolled 1,5 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,5.  Spirit - Fear Test.

Bauer takes careful aim with her Peacemaker, squeezing off a shot as the spider tears free of its bonds.

13:17, Today: Lena Bauer rolled 5,1 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,1.  Shooting - Called Shot.

13:19, Today: Lena Bauer rolled 11 using 2d6+5, rerolling max with rolls of 1,5.  Damage.

The bullet blasts away more of the black carapace that protects the spider’s head, but appears to cause it little injury.

13:28, Today: Shabbakasha rolled 4,16 using 1d10+2,1d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 2,(6+6+2)14.  Spirit - Fear Test.

Shabbakasha, noticing Kearney struggling, urges his horse close to hers. Putting his hand on her shoulder, he speaks a few words, his tone authoritative. [Language unknown: ”Ti onatce o inpobe ostoce sala houoerromtha al mient.””]

Power points used: 3

13:21, Today: Shabbakasha rolled 19,3 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of (8+8+3)19,3.  Tribal Medicine - Healing.

Roving Wolf’s use of Healing rids Kearney of her two wounds. Her recovery also allows her to shed her shaken condition.

16:39, Today: Marshal drew the single card: JS using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative - Allies.

Initiative Order

AH - Tamsin River
KS - Albert Cooper
KD - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
QH - Kansas Kate
JS - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha)
10D - Bryan Lee
10C - Jacinta Castillo
3H - Terrantula

Ms. River, it’s your turn.

OOC: I’ll let Tamsin hold her action until later in the round.

Initiative Order

AH - Tamsin River - Holding
KS - Albert Cooper
KD - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
QH - Kansas Kate
JS - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha)
10D - Bryan Lee
10C - Jacinta Castillo
3H - Terrantula

Your turn, Mr. Cooper.

Albert lined up another shot, exhaling a moment before he pulled the trigger.

His aim was true, but so was the creature's carapace. Albert looked for signs that the bullet punched through and swore softly at the apparent lack of success.

OOC: Hit with a raise, but garbage roll on the damage. 15 total damage (AP1), even with LFB. Albert is now out of magic bullets.

5H next round.


17:18, Today: Albert Cooper drew the single card: 5H using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.

17:17, Today: Albert Cooper rolled 8,2,5 using 2d6+3,d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,2,2,5.  Damage.

17:17, Today: Albert Cooper rolled 8,10 using d8+6,d6+6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,4.  Shooting (w/size and marksman, LFB!).

The tough exterior of the spider manages to hold firm against Cooper’s skillful shot, the arachnid losing several chips of carapace, but apparently suffering no further injuries.

Initiative Order

AH - Tamsin River - Holding
KS - Albert Cooper
KD - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
QH - Kansas Kate
JS - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha)
10D - Bryan Lee
10C - Jacinta Castillo
3H - Terrantula

Back to you, Dr. Wayland.

Dr. Wayland sighed at the ineffectiveness of his pistol, yet again.  With a roll of his eyes, he re-holstered the piece and went for something with a bit more firepower.  He set about loosing the ties holding his lightning gun at the back of his saddle, muttering coldly as he did so.  As though giant, nigh-unkillable spiders, were just sooooooo annoying....

Put away pistol and start to retrieve the LIghtning Gun.  However long GM feels it would take to unsling the beast....

Next Init Card - JC

01:48, Today: Dr. Ezekiel Q. Wayland drew the single card: JC using a deck of 54 cards.  Next Card.

OOC: Dr. Wayland, I’ll say that you’ll have that monster ready to fire on your next turn.

Initiative Order

AH - Tamsin River - Holding
KS - Albert Cooper
KD - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
QH - Kansas Kate
JS - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha)
10D - Bryan Lee
10C - Jacinta Castillo
3H - Terrantula

Kansas Kate, you’re up.

Well, it seemed they had unwittingly found a way that sort of worked.  It wasn't like Kate of Kansas fame was going to suddenly grow fancy magic powers at any rate.

She took a breath, held it for an instant and snapped off a shot with the repeater.  She just hoped they could find a way to put a bullet in the right spot before the Ranger gave out.

+4 size, -4 yet another Called Shot to the noggin of this critter

18:43, Today: Kansas Kate rolled 4,4 using d12,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,4.  pew pew.

Well it hit, that's something!

18:43, Today: Kansas Kate rolled 26 using 2d8+4, rerolling max with rolls of 7,(8+7)15.  Damage Roll.

There we go, that's really something.  Okay, since this is an AP 2 weapon, it will ignore 2 points of the creature's Armor (i.e. part of its total toughness).  That works out to be particularly significant in this case!

18:45, Today: Kansas Kate drew the single card: JD using the Deadlands system.

Kate’s carefully aimed shot lances between two of the arachnid’s eyes, the impact destroying both of them and opening a large wound in the center of the enormous spider’s head. It lets out another shriek, this one far louder, as green fluid splashes from the terrible injury. Swaying momentarily, the creature leans against a pair of trees, uprooting both of them and sending them crashing into the dense forest.

OOC: Kate’s shot leaves the spider shaken and inflicts two wounds.

That leaves the beast shaken with a total of three wounds.

Initiative Order

AH - Tamsin River - Holding
KS - Albert Cooper
KD - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
QH - Kansas Kate
JS - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha) - Holding
10D - Bryan Lee
10C - Jacinta Castillo
3H - Terrantula

For the moment, I’m going to have the friendly NPCs hold their actions in deference to the Player Characters.

So, Ranger Lee, the floor is yours.

A blur of movement, Bryan continued to strike at every exposed surface of this thing, moving around its leg in a hope that he could strike it from unexpected quarters each time, hoping to find a sufficiently brittle part in its chitinous armor to strike, and though his blows landed each time and once he heard something of a crack, it seemed they were for naught. At least he hoped he could prove a useful distraction while someone plugged its dome with a bullet, hopefully before it chomped him in half.

OOC:

Paid 2 PP to extend Quickness another round. Basically, between Fighting, Wing Chun, Frenzy, and Quickness, I took six attacks. I hit six times. It would take at least a couple of good aces to even Shake let alone wound the thing, and I didn't get 'em.

So Ranger Lee will need Jacinta and the allies to save his bacon.

I hope they can take this sucker down, but if not, Initiative: QC

Although the blows do no discernible harm, the wounded spider shifts about unsteadily, its limbs spearing the earth as it tries to locate the creature that is swarming and harassing it. As the arachnid struggles to track Lee’s movements, the other members of the posse can see that the prior injuries to the creature’s eyes have taken their toll, limiting its vision.

Initiative Order

AH - Tamsin River - Holding
KS - Albert Cooper
KD - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
QH - Kansas Kate
JS - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha) - Holding
10D - Bryan Lee
10C - Jacinta Castillo
3H - Terrantula

You’re next, Señorita Castillo.

Jacinta took aim once again.  While her shot hit true, it lacked enough power to penetrate the creature's hide.


OOC: No help from Jacinta.  :(

Shooting: 8 (4 + 4 size)
Damage: 7
Initiative: 8C


00:21, Today: Jacinta Castillo rolled 4,4 using d8+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 2,2.  Shooting.
00:25, Today: Jacinta Castillo rolled 7 using 2d8+1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,2,3.  Damage w/ Raise.
00:26, Today: Jacinta Castillo drew the single card: 8C using the Deadlands system.

Reaching over, Kearney grabs the rope from Bauer’s saddle. Handing the deputy the end, she shouts, ”Tie it on your saddle horn! Get ready to pull!”

Urging her horse forward, Kearney twirls the lasso over her head, then makes a throw.

09:30, Today: Aileen Kearney rolled 2,4 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,4.  Throwing.

With the modifiers (+4 for Size, -2 for Called Shot - Limb, that’s a total of 6.

The loop snags one of the spider’s upraised legs. Bauer immediately urges her mount to pull. Securing a length of the rope to her own saddle, Kearney prompts her horse to join the effort.

09:33, Today: Lena Bauer rolled 15 using 1d12, rerolling max with rolls of (12+3)15.  Horse - Strength.

09:31, Today: Aileen Kearney rolled 8 using 1d12, rerolling max with rolls of 8.  Horse - Strength.

Kearney’s assist gives a +2 boost to Bauer’s roll, bringing the effective total to 17.

09:36, Today: Terrantulas rolled 13 using 1d12+7, rerolling max with rolls of 6.  Strength - Grapple.

The two riders have the spider’s limb trapped, effectively keeping the creature off balance and in place, for the moment.

Seeing Lee engaging the spider at close range, Roberts swings down from his saddle. Grasping one of the amulets around his neck, he whispers a few words, his form suddenly shifting to that of a wolf.

Power Points Used: 3

Shape Change to wolf.

The gray canine charges down the slope, snapping at one of the spider’s legs.

10:30, Today: Andrew Roberts rolled 6,13 using 1d6-2,1d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of (6+2)8,(6+6+3)15.  Fighting.

10:31, Today: Andrew Roberts rolled 4,7,4 using 1d6,1d4,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,(4+3)7,4.  Damage.

The wolf is able to catch one of the spider’s limbs in its jaws, but its teeth are unable to pierce the arachnid’s carapace.

OOC: Ranger Lee, as long as Roberts remains engaged with the Terrentula, you’re entitled to a +1 Gang Up bonus.

Roving Wolf rides several paces forward, drawing closer to the massive arachnid. Raising his coup stick over his head, he shouts at the creature in his native tongue. [Language unknown: ”At dayprende nireno chess! Eve oerhastha ni!”]

Power Points Expended: 2

Cast Boost/Lower Trait

10:45, Today: Shabbakasha rolled 6,4 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 6,4.  Tribal Medicine.

10:45, Today: Terrantulas rolled 6,4 using 1d10,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 6,4.  Spirit.

What are the odds? However, factoring in the -3 penalty for the spider’s wounds will enable Shabbakasha to win the opposed roll.

The spider’s Spirit is reduced to 1d8.

10:50, Today: Marshal drew the single card: 6D using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative - Allies.