XII - A Heart of Thorns
Hat tip to the Marshal for clarifying the positions of the characters and what I can and cannot do before I even asked lol. First though, 6 damage is enough to be Shaken as Kansas Kate is the proverbial glass cannon, so let's see if she sheds the Shaken naturally. This will be difficult...
12:30, Today: Kansas Kate rolled 1,2 using d8-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 3,4. Spirit.
Predictable, but not the end of the world. Spending a Red as a White to slough off the Shaken effect. And Quick Draw the sixgun!
And just like that, Kansas Kate saw her chance. Battered and bloody as she was, the mutual antics of the Fancy Man and the erstwhile outlaw had put a dangerous opponent on the edge, and he had committed a grave error. The question was, could she make him pay for it.
She had to reach deep into a reserve that was already running low, but it had to be now or never. With a surprisingly agile lunge, she faded to one side, and then came up in perfect duelist form.
The staccato rhythm of the shots made her ears ring, and the smell of the black powder smoke wafted throughout.
Right, so the good news is, last round's trick cancels out Double Kay's wound penalties, meaning this is just the usual Fanning the Hammer roll and not a statistical impossibility lol.
12:36, Today: Kansas Kate rolled 6,4,0,20,5,0,-1 using d12-2,d12-2,d12-2,d12-2,d12-2,d12-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 8,6,2,(12+10)22,7,2,1. Fan the Hammer!
Huh, an interesting result that. I'm going to gamble here and see if I cannot turn that 6 into an 8.
12:37, Today: Kansas Kate rolled 2 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2. Blue.
Got it.
2 Hits with a Raise, 2 Regular Hits
12:39, Today: Kansas Kate rolled 9,5,8,18 using 2d6+1,2d6+1,3d6+1,3d6+1, rerolling max with rolls of 4,4,1,3,2,4,1,(6+3)9,5,3. Damage Roll of Truth!
Right, so (edit, had them in wrong order initially)
8 damage
9 damage
18 damage
5 damage - does nothing
12:42, Today: Kansas Kate drew the single card: 6C using the Deadlands system.
Our great initiative luck continues!
Though the pistol was as hot as a coal by this point, she had dropped the empty metal casings onto the floor before Chambers even registered if he'd been hit or not. The reloads actually had smears of her own blood on them, which might have amused her in another time and place.
Speeeeeed Looooooad, lol that was a lot of cheeps in 2 rounds
This message was last edited by the player at 18:48, Tue 23 Feb 2021.