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X - High Lonesome.

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Tamsin River
player, 194 posts
Flower Power
P4 T5 W0 F0 W0 R3 B2 L0
Sun 8 Mar 2020
at 18:32
  • msg #19

X - High Lonesome

09:27, Today: Tamsin River drew the single card: 8H using the Deadlands system.
Kansas Kate
player, 441 posts
Hot words and cold slabs
P6 T9 W0 F0 W1 R5 B1 L#
Sun 8 Mar 2020
at 23:29
  • msg #20

X - High Lonesome


18:28, Today: Kansas Kate drew the single card: AD using a deck of 54 cards.  next.

18:28, Today: Kansas Kate drew the single card: 2C using a deck of 54 cards.

lol it's a good thing you said that
Marshal
GM, 679 posts
W3 R1 B0
Tue 10 Mar 2020
at 03:25
  • msg #21

X - High Lonesome

21:24, Today: Marshal, on behalf of Dr. Ezekiel Q. Wayland, drew the single card: BJ! using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.

21:25, Today: Marshal, on behalf of Bryan Lee, drew the single card: 5C using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.

21:30, Today: Marshal drew the single card: 8H using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative - Bushwhackers.

21:51, Today: Marshal drew the single card: 9C using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative - Allies.

Initiative Order

BJ! - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
AD - Kansas Kate
KC - Albert Cooper
10C - Jacinta Castillo
9C - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, Shabbakasha)
8H - Tamsin River
8H - Bushwhackers
5C - Bryan Lee

Please note that both figures in the woods are effectively in medium cover, so shooting rolls will incur a -2 penalty.

Dr. Wayland is going to hold his action.

Kansas Kate, it’s your turn.
Kansas Kate
player, 443 posts
Hot words and cold slabs
P6 T9 W0 F0 W1 R6 B1 L#
Tue 10 Mar 2020
at 23:50
  • msg #22

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Kansas Kate did draw her rifle as proffered, but at the last minute another idea came across her.

"Get out here ya yellow bellied limpdicked whoreson a'fore ah write mah damn name in yer saggy ass wit' this Winchester.  Ya don't fool no one.  Come out now an' we might not cut yer nards off.  Ah will not ask twixt."

18:49, Today: Kansas Kate rolled 22,9 using d8+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of (8+8+4)20,(6+1)7.  Intimidation Test Of Will.

18:49, Today: Kansas Kate drew the single card: 3S using the Deadlands system.
Marshal
GM, 681 posts
W3 R1 B0
Thu 12 Mar 2020
at 01:14
  • msg #23

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Both of the crouching figures stir as Kansas Kate's words shatter the relative quiet. At her challenge, each of them seems to press further back into the cover of the trees, seemingly rattled by the outlaw's fearlessness.

20:07, Today: Marshal rolled 4,2,3,3 using 1d8,1d6,1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,2,3,3.  Bushwhackers - Spirit.

Neither ambusher is able to win the Test of Wills. Kansas Kate's success entitles her to a +2 bonus on her next combat action against either of the crouching figures. In addition, both of the would be bushwhackers are shaken.

Initiative Order

BJ! - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland - Holding
AD - Kansas Kate
KC - Albert Cooper
10C - Jacinta Castillo
9C - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, Shabbakasha)
8H - Tamsin River
8H - Bushwhackers
5C - Bryan Lee

Mr. Cooper, you have the floor.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:50, Fri 13 Mar 2020.
Albert Cooper
player, 397 posts
Gun Wizzerd
P5 T6 W0 F0 W2 R3 B3 L0
Thu 12 Mar 2020
at 05:43
  • msg #24

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Albert pointed his gun toward one of the Bushwhackers but otherwise waited to see if they would obey Katie's command.

OOC: Albert will hold.
Marshal
GM, 682 posts
W3 R1 B0
Fri 13 Mar 2020
at 01:02
  • msg #25

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”Tu pendejos need to turn around. Go back the way you came,” the figure on left calls down, the voice that of a woman, ”Last chance. You push on, there’s no coming back.”

Initiative Order

BJ! - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland - Holding
AD - Kansas Kate
KC - Albert Cooper - Holding
10C - Jacinta Castillo
9C - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, Shabbakasha)
8H - Tamsin River
8H - Bushwhackers
5C - Bryan Lee

Señorita Castillo, your turn.
Jacinta Castillo
player, 264 posts
Half-breed Scout
P4 T5 W0 F0 W4 R1 B6 L0
Fri 13 Mar 2020
at 06:48
  • msg #26

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"Aye!  You don't call them pendejos!  Only I can call them pendejos!"  Jacinta yelled back in a voice that sounded eerily similar to the bushwacker.  Aiming through the trees, she squinted and squeezed off a shot.



OOC:  Not sure what sort of cover they're in, so tweak accordingly if needed.

Shooting: 11
Damage: 11 (w/ Raise)


23:34, Today: Jacinta Castillo rolled 4,11 using d8+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 2,(6+3)9.  Shooting.
23:41, Today: Jacinta Castillo rolled 11 using 2d8+1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,3,1.  Damage w/ Raise.
Marshal
GM, 683 posts
W3 R1 B0
Sun 15 Mar 2020
at 03:04
  • msg #27

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Castillo sees the woman she targeted stagger out of her hiding place, plainly hurt by the scout’s well placed shot. She curses in Spanish as she falls against the trunk of one of the pines, sliding down into a crouch.

As the bushwhacker was already shaken, Castillo’s shot inflicts 2 wounds.

The NPC allies will hold their actions in deference to the PCs.

Initiative Order

BJ! - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland - Holding
AD - Kansas Kate
KC - Albert Cooper - Holding
10C - Jacinta Castillo
9C - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, Shabbakasha) - Holding
8H - Tamsin River
8H - Bushwhackers
5C - Bryan Lee

Your turn, Miss River.
Tamsin River
player, 196 posts
Flower Power
P4 T5 W0 F0 W1 R3 B2 L0
Sun 15 Mar 2020
at 23:42
  • msg #28

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Tamsin doesn’t draw her gun. “We aren’t intending to kill them, yes?” she says, taking a look around.

Tamsin will hold.
Albert Cooper
player, 398 posts
Gun Wizzerd
P5 T6 W0 F0 W2 R3 B3 L0
Mon 16 Mar 2020
at 00:19
  • msg #29

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Albert squeezed off a shot toward the other of the hidden targets, but the coverage from the bushes may have been too much. He offered instruction in support of Kate. "You heard the lady. Out with yer hands up. Yer pardner ain't gonna be much help no more."

OOC: 3 to hit. Only way that hits is if there is no cover penalty and Marksmanship comes into play. If both of those are the case, let me know. Otherwise it's a straight up miss.

2D for the next round.

17:17, Today: Albert Cooper drew the single card: 2D using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.

17:15, Today: Albert Cooper rolled 1,3 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,3.  Shooting.
Marshal
GM, 684 posts
W2 R3 B1
Tue 17 Mar 2020
at 02:47
  • msg #30

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20:41, Today: Marshal rolled 2,2 using 1d8-2,1d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 4,4.  Spirit - Bushwhacker 1.

20:41, Today: Marshal rolled 5,2 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,2.  Spirit - Bushwhacker 2.

The second bushwhacker's Spirit roll enables him to lose the shaken condition.

The first bushwhacker failed her roll. She'll attempt to soak her recent wounds.

20:47, Today: Marshal rolled 2,-1 using 1d6-2,1d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 4,1.  Soak Roll - Bushwhacker.

She doesn't. So I'll throw a white chip in to undo her shaken condition.

Cooper's shot slices through the foliage, prompting the figure on the right to duck. As best the gunslinger can tell, the bullet misses the mark.

The figure returns fire, the shot slamming into Buckshot Roberts' shoulder.

20:50, Today: Marshal rolled 7,1 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,1.  Shooting - Bushwhacker.

20:54, Today: Marshal rolled 13,3 using 3d6+1,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,4,3,3.  Damage (Loaded for Bear).

Total Damage: 16

That will leave Roberts shaken with 2 wounds.

20:57, Today: Andrew Roberts rolled 2,3 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,3.  Riding.

Robert grunts in pain as he tumbles out of the saddle, his mount wheeling around and charging back down the trail, galloping south.

From the other side of the path comes the crack of a rifle, as the second of the figures fires at the riders.

21:01, Today: Marshal rolled 5,3 using 1d8-2,1d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 7,5.  Shooting - Bushwhacker.

21:03, Today: Marshal rolled 22 using 2d8, rerolling max with rolls of (8+7)15,7.  Damage.

The shot strikes Bauer's mount in the side of the head, just left of the horse's eye. It topples onto one side, dead before it reaches the stony earth.

21:05, Today: Lena Bauer rolled 1,1 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,1.  Riding.

Bauer is taken completely off guard by the attack and is thrown to the edge of the woods, landing hard on her side.

Bauer takes on level of Fatigue and is Shaken.

21:08, Today: Marshal drew the single card: 9S using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative - Bushwhackers.
Dr. Ezekiel Q. Wayland
player, 119 posts
Have Science.Will Travel.
P4 T5/7 W0 F0 W1 R4 B1 L0
Tue 17 Mar 2020
at 02:47
  • msg #31

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As threats were being exchanged, Dr. Wayland had drawn his voltaic emitter from the holster on his saddle. The weapon whined to life just as Roberts fell from his mount. The bounty hunter fired in the direction of Roberts' attacker, the scent of ozone overtaking the trail as blue energy tore into the forest.

21:10, Today: Marshal, on behalf of Dr. Ezekiel Q. Wayland, rolled 8,7 using 1d8+2,1d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 6,5.  Shooting.

With the -2 modifier for the bushwhacker's cover, that's a hit (no raise).

21:20, Today: Marshal, on behalf of Dr. Ezekiel Q. Wayland, rolled 10 using 2d10, rerolling max with rolls of 6,4.  Damage.

Total Damage: 10

That will leave the bushwhacker shaken with 1 wound.

Pieces of charred wood sail into the air as the weapon discharges with the sound of a thunderclap, the blast shattering the foliage the gunman was using for cover. As the air begins to clear, all of the riders immediately recognize their attacker. It is, impossibly, Albert Cooper.

21:25, Today: Marshal, on behalf of Dr. Ezekiel Q. Wayland, drew the single card: JS using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.
Bryan Lee
player, 405 posts
Texas Ranger (20/20 PP)
P7 T6 W0 F0 W0 R4 B1 L1
Tue 17 Mar 2020
at 02:47
  • msg #32

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Lee swings down from the saddle. Moving swiftly, he clears the gathered riders and charges up the slope toward Cooper's doppleganger.

The dismount and move up the slope will consume Lee's action. He will be able to attack on the next round.

21:28, Today: Marshal, on behalf of Bryan Lee, drew the single card: 5H using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.
Aileen Kearney
NPC, 54 posts
Tue 17 Mar 2020
at 02:47
  • msg #33

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Roving Wolf dismounts, rushing over to render aid to the wounded Roberts.

Kearney, her pistol in hand, takes aim as soon as she can sight the posse's attacker through the swirl of debris created by Wayland's invention. Her face registers shock as she recognizes Cooper's face, her shot going wide to the right.

21:32, Today: Aileen Kearney rolled 3,1 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,1.  Shooting.

21:35, Today: Marshal drew the single card: 9D using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative - Allies.
Marshal
GM, 685 posts
W0 R3 B1
Tue 17 Mar 2020
at 02:47
  • msg #34

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21:39, Today: Marshal, on behalf of Jacinta Castillo, drew the single card: QH using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.

Initiative Order

Tamsin River - Holding from Previous Round
QH - Jacinta Castillo
JS - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland
9S - Bushwhackers
9D - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha)
5H - Bryan Lee
3S - Kansas Kate
2D - Albert Cooper

Miss River, you can act at any point you choose to.

Senorita Castillo, it's your turn.
Jacinta Castillo
player, 265 posts
Half-breed Scout
P4 T5 W0 F0 W4 R1 B6 L0
Tue 17 Mar 2020
at 08:11
  • msg #35

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Jacinta racked another round in her rifle, still aiming for the same target.  As chaos erupted about her, she squeezed the trigger and sent another bullet flying with a loud crack.


Shooting: 8
Damage: 11 (w/ Raise)

Initiative: BJ!

01:06, Today: Jacinta Castillo rolled 8,5 using d8+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 6,3.  Shooting.
01:07, Today: Jacinta Castillo rolled 11 using 2d8+1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,1,5.  Damage w/ Raise.
01:09, Today: Jacinta Castillo drew the single card: BJ! using the Deadlands system.  Initiative.
Marshal
GM, 686 posts
W0 R3 B1
Wed 18 Mar 2020
at 00:54
  • msg #36

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The female shooter stands an instant after Castillo fires, her rifle tumbling to the ground as she clutches her throat, her vain struggle to find breath audible even in the wake of gun's report. She stumbles backwards, slumping against the trunk of a pine, growing completely still within a matter of moments.

The female bushwhacker dies.

As Lee is rushing up the hill, Dr. Wayland is going to hold his action, not wanting to unleash a torrent of lightning in his ally's direction.

Likewise, the allies will hold.

The figure wearing Albert Cooper's form scowls as he spies the Ranger approaching, snapping off a shot at the lawman. The bullet whistles past Lee's ear, thudding into one of the trees behind him. An instant after the impact, ice envelops the pine's trunk, coating even the low hanging branches in clear crystal.

19:41, Today: Marshal rolled 1,3 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,3.  Shooting - Bushwhacker.

19:51, Today: Marshal drew the single card: 4S using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative - Bushwhacker.

Initiative Order

Tamsin River - Holding from Previous Round
QH - Jacinta Castillo
JS - Dr. Ezekiel Wayland - Holding
9S - Bushwhackers
9D - Allies (Bauer, Kearney, Roberts, and Shabbakasha)- Holding
5H - Bryan Lee
3S - Kansas Kate
2D - Albert Cooper

Your turn, Ranger Lee.
Bryan Lee
player, 407 posts
Texas Ranger (20/20 PP)
P7 T6 W0 F0 W1 R5 B1 L1
Wed 18 Mar 2020
at 02:40
  • msg #37

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Bryan surged up the hill towards Coop's doppleganger. The dead giveaway was that the man didn't seem nearly as capable as Coop with that gun of his. He flew into an attack, nearly breathless but relentlessly focused and filled with calm despite the flurry of motion that he became upon his arrival there.

His fist cracked into the man's face once, then into his ribcage and once into his gut, pulling back and seeing if he was ready for more.

OOC:

TLDR: Bryan takes his standard series of attacks.
Attacks: 17, 13, 13
Damage 1: 22 (17 if no raise)
Damage 2: 19 (18 if no raise)
Damage 3: 12 (9 if no raise)
Initiative: 9D

Being a little rusty, I didn't check the record each die box. I had assumed the three were raises. If the guy has a Parry of 10+, they won't be, so if it works for you, we can just subtract d6 from each of those damage values (rolled below) which would take them down to 17, 18, 9.

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21:31, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 12 using d8+d4+2+d6, rerolling max.  Damage 3 (STR+d4+2+Raise).
21:31, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 19 using d8+d4+2+d6, rerolling max.  Damage 2 (STR+d4+2+Raise).
21:31, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 22 using d8+d4+2+d6, rerolling max.  Damage (STR+d4+2+Raise).
21:29, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 13,9 using d10+4,d6+4, rerolling max.  Frenzy (Wild Attack, Unarmed Defender).
21:29, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 13,5 using d10+4,d6+4, rerolling max.  Wing Chun (Wild Attack, Unarmed Defender).
21:29, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 17,12 using d10+4,d6+4, rerolling max.  Fighting (Wild Attack, Unarmed Defender).
21:41, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 5,1,3 using d6,d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,1,3.
21:43, Today: Bryan Lee drew the single card: 9D using the Deadlands system.

This message was last edited by the player at 02:44, Wed 18 Mar 2020.
Marshal
GM, 687 posts
W0 R3 B1
Wed 18 Mar 2020
at 17:58
  • msg #38

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The three blows strike in rapid succession, almost defying any of those watching to perceive them. The crack of breaking bones accompanies the second punch, while the third sends a spray of blood from the doppelgänger’s mouth. The gun sliding out of his hand, the mirror image of Cooper drops to the pine needle carpeted ground, as still as a stone.

OOC: Combat over.
Lena Bauer
NPC, 85 posts
Wed 18 Mar 2020
at 17:58
  • msg #39

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Bauer retrieves her hat, but does not bother to put in on. Walking on her knees, she approaches her fallen horse, pain etched on her face. Putting a hand on the animal’s flank, she whispers, ”I’m so sorry, Blackjack.”
Shabbakasha
NPC, 32 posts
Roving Wolf
Wed 18 Mar 2020
at 17:58
  • msg #40

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Andrew Roberts grips his wounded shoulder, his jaw clenched tightly. From where he kneels beside the injured man, Shabbakasha looks back at the group of riders. ”Miss Winter, could you help him?” he asks, “The wound is a serious one.”
Bryan Lee
player, 408 posts
Texas Ranger (20/20 PP)
P7 T6 W0 F0 W1 R5 B1 L1
Wed 18 Mar 2020
at 19:16
  • msg #41

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Lee leaned down and took the fallen man's gun as the tree enveloped in ice that the bullet had hit instead of him came into view, and he very nearly shuddered.

"Fella couldn't shoot for shit, Coop," he said.

Lee patted him down to see if he had anything else useful on his person, but didn't seem to find anything. He studied the man's face, wondering how he had done such a great impression of Cooper, and wondered whether this was sort of the enchantment that might fade. He looked at the gun as well to see if there was something special about it.


OOC:


14:11, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 4,3 using d6,d6, rerolling max.  Knowledge:Occult.
14:11, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 2,1 using d6,d6, rerolling max.  Notice.
Albert Cooper
player, 400 posts
Gun Wizzerd
P5 T6 W0 F0 W2 R3 B4 L0
Thu 19 Mar 2020
at 23:13
  • msg #42

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Albert shook his head at Bryan's commentary. "That's how ya knew it weren't really me, right?" That and the fact that the doppleganger was shooting at the posse. But hey, also that he was a much poorer shot than Albert usually was.

That the 'ganger seemed to have the ability to create magic bullets was surprising and disturbing. But hopefully they wouldn't see any more of these sorts of things. "Though if ya had any reason ta need ta take out some frustrations with ol' Coop, well, that should be satisfied, eh, General?"
This message was last edited by the player at 00:51, Fri 20 Mar 2020.
Kansas Kate
player, 445 posts
Hot words and cold slabs
P6 T9 W0 F0 W2 R6 B1 L#
Fri 20 Mar 2020
at 01:13
  • msg #43

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Kansas Kate just shook her head.  This place was messing with them and it would continue to mess with them.  It was the kind of thing that made her very angry, just come out and get your killing done and be done with it one way or the other, that was her way.

She just grunted.  Realizing they'd lost a horse, she was even more pissed off.  She walked close enough to make sure the poor beast was actually dead.
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