Fumbles on stealth checks mess stuff up.

Sorry!

In reply to Data Source (msg # 234):

Errrr….how practical would it be to try and decapitate one goon and simultaneously shoot at another? I mean, it’s probably really impractical but it in my head it’s cinematic gold…
This message was last edited by the player at 19:52, Sun 27 Mar 2022.

Well you get two actions, so it’s worth a shot.  It would be rad if it works.

@Kenji has a firing arc to the bottom of the steps.  Just to make sure, are you going with burst fire or fully auto?

Whisper has a firing arc over Kenji’s shoulder at no risk of blowing his head off.  I’m NPCing Whisper through the weekend with Teg’s say so.

@Spartan, if you want you can slide to the other side of the wall and have a clear arc to the bottom as well.  Or you can support the top of the stairs.  Your call.

That was effectively a surprise round for the crew in the stairwell, initiative will be next round.  Nyx and Cypher had the drop so they got to act first but will be rolling initiative this next round as well.

It’s a furball for sure.

Well that post is moot.

Every PC beat every NPC on initiative.  That’s hilarious.

Keys, can you confirm how many baddies are still up in the stairwell? I know the wolver leader, but is there another?

Also, when you get a chance, will you change the author of the last turn post, please? It's silly that I let that sort of thing bother me, but yeah.

Gracias.

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Huh, that’s weird.  Switched the author, don’t remember picking Nyx.

Two guys left in the stairs, goon and Wolverine LT.

I'll try and post something later today.

My schedule for the next few weeks looks a bit like this

I should be able to post sporadically the rest of this week.

Mon 18 April - Sunday 01st May I'll be travelling (work) and am anticipating very very limited opportunities to post other than possibly occasional OOC one liners, so best to assume I won't be posting anywhere on Rpol (or elsewhere for that matter) during that period.

Monday 02 May - Friday 06 May - sporadic posting.

Saturday 07 May - Thursday 26 May travelling again (holiday) but probability of some time to post.

In reply to K.N. Orlova (msg # 242):

Shouldn’t be a problem.  I’ll be posting a bit more sporadically at the end of this month/beginning of next as well.

On the post side, you’ve still got two goons shooting at you.  Sorry if I wasn’t being clear.

In reply to Data Source (msg # 243):

Sorry, I misunderstood, I thought we'd put them all down, albeit not fatally.  I edited my post - I'm afraid it's not my most profound effort but should keep things moving.

I have never seen so many damn 10s come up on attacks rolls in my life.  It was well timed for sure. Kenji pulled a 24 on his autofire check with his SMG.  At a DV 15 with our rule set that put 9 bullets into the guy.  That was that.

Tactical Situation:
The goons outside are down.  The outside is clear.  Should Cipher and Nyx move back into the building they will be assaulted with a general sense of fear that will escalate as they approach the steps.  At which point they will be rolling Resist Torture at DV 15 as well.

Inside the way is currently clear.  It’s up to you which way you want to go but Viceroy is going to to have to be physically dragged to get there.  She’ll help, but…

OOC Note: Martin is no longer affected by the fear effect.  I will also rule that his internal comms are on the near side of his audio firewall so that he can communicate via radio and pick up whatever is transmitted to him.

The die roller was not kind to the PCs that round.  Everyone involved in combat pulled a critical failure at some point during their action sequence.  Booooo.

You guys are still in the fight!

Looking through the rule book, it looks like you can lose humanity from the horrors of life.  This attack, for those who critically failed their rolls, certainly qualifies.  I’m looking at 1d6 per.  That leaves us with this:

Whisper: 3 humanity lost.
Lube: 1 humanity lost.
Cipher: 2 humanity lost.
Viceroy: 6 humanity lost.

I hope Jasper has a good therapist on retainer.

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In reply to S. Fletcher (msg # 249):

Cruz ain't gonna see no headshrinker.  I'm pretty sure I can drink my way to the other side of 1 HC loss.

Are we all cool with that as an effect?  I can be convinced otherwise, just seemed appropriate.  That said, I don’t want to be a jerk face about it.

I think it's cool.

I abstain…

I'll get some sort of post up tomorrow. My brain is way too fried to come up with anything even half decent tonight.

Fuck.  Gonna need to pay for therapy during the next downtime.  That cost me a point of EMP.

And how you gonna pay for that therapy*?  LOOOOOOT!!!

*this was a rhetorical question

Will post tomorrow.

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Lube Loot:

Mostly functional small drone packing a medium SMG.  I’ll get this thing stated up soon (week or so).
Grenade launcher, 6 round capacity, dial a grenade so you can hold different payloads and shoot what you want.
Cybernetic Monofilament whip with bits of flesh, standard quality.
Cybernetic surgical hand, the doctors version of the standard tool hand.
Roughly 1000eb of scavenged cyberware (street value), feel free to describe as you wish.