As I indicated in the OCC notes at the end of the first combat round, Peter and Guy Guy are knocked down and were unable to attack for the rest of the round.

When a character is knocked down, they are at -4 to their actions until they can get up. All attacks against them are rolled normally, but they have a -4 to defend while down.

At the start of the next round, the good guys will have Initiative.

That means the start of next round would be a good time to attack Peter and Guy Guy since they will be at -4 to defend.

You don't have to of course.  If you prefer to go on full defense and not attack anyone, that is fine.  Whatever you think works for your character.

Advice for White Hats (In other words, everybody here but Esperanza):

Strength in numbers is good.  When two or more characters team-up against a vamp, you get the multiple attacker bonus to both your attacks and defense.

When you make your rolls, do not add a multiple attacker bonus.  We don't know for certain what the bonus is until everybody posts their move.  I'll take care of adding it when I resolve the round.

Which is what I did when Edward, Brittany, and Billy went after Vinnie 3 against 1.

End of speech.

You may now post your combat moves for next round.
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Edward drops his now empty crossbow and pulls out a wooden stake from his shoulder bag.  He has a bag full of wooden stakes.  If he can just dust the vampire in front of him, he can get a stake to Esperanza.

"You children need to go home now! Hopie and I will handle this!" Edward shouts as he plunges the wooden stake towards Vinnie's heart.



Edward Hudson rolled 5 using 1d10+3.  Wooden stake to the heart.
Edward Hudson rolled 11 using 1d10+6.  Defense.

Since Hopie had managed to put a couple of them on the ground, Tori went to help her to make sure they stayed there. Remembering her instructor's mystical advice for when all else fails, 'kickem inna fork', she put the boot into Guy Guy.

08:33, Today: Tori Hart rolled 15 using 1d10+7.  Kick Guy Guy.
*Edit* Overlooked the -1 for the Kick, so that's only a 14.
08:34, Today: Tori Hart rolled 13 using 1d10+7.  Defense.
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"I think the 'children' had better stick around. You'd be screwed without us."
Brittany said making air quotes at the word 'children' as she straightened her right leg and kicked high aiming for Vinnie's jaw.



Brittany Foster rolled 12 using 1d10+4.  Kick Vinnie.
Brittany Foster rolled 10 using 1d10+9.  Defense.

"I CAN'T leave until you do!  Mr. Hudson said to run."  Liam tried in vain to reason with Tori.  She moved in and attacked anyway.

"What are you doing?!?!"  This wasn't how the girl reacted in the movies.  He had no choice but to move up next to her and try to protect her even though he as woefully equipped to do so.  He wrapped the sport coat around his right arm to help.

Liam Roeker rolled 21 using 1d10+11.  Full Defense protect Tori.
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Seeing what Tori was doing, Hopie chose to ignore Mr Hudson for now, especially as Brittany seemed to have everything in hand.  She rushed over to Peter and launched a mighty kick, seeking to prevent him from rising.  Whether that was successful or not, she tried again but she couldn't bring herself to go for full offence, she still maintained some attempt at defence.
22:33, Today: Esperanza Glass rolled 20 using 1d10+10.  Kick Dex+Kungfu-1 = +10 Damage Str*2+1=11 (-2 to hit on second kick).
22:34, Today: Esperanza Glass rolled 15 using 1d10+11.  Defence.

"I'd never kick a Guy when he's down,"  Billy quipped.  He then stepped up to help Tori in her assault and took a swing at Guy Guy.  "Might punch him, though."

21:41, Today: Billy Thomson rolled 14 using 1d10+4.  Defense dex + kung fu.
21:40, Today: Billy Thomson rolled 13 using 1d10+4.  Punch Guy Guy (dex + kung fu).

Round 2 resovled.

You can all post your combat move at will for next round.

Edward has a bag full of wooden stakes.  Once Vinnie is dusted, he will give one to Hopie and anyone else who wants one.

Keep the punches and kicks coming at the vamps.  Weapons will be on the way soon!

Tori's eyes widened as Guy Guy effortlessly got to his feet after her kick and came after her. Then Liam stepped in the way.

"Liam! Get back!"

She stepped forward and tried to kick Guy Guy again.

20:06, Today: Tori Hart rolled 11 using 1d10+7.  Defense.
20:06, Today: Tori Hart rolled 15 using 1d10+6.  Kick Guy Guy again.

Hopie is used to working together as a community.  She is not Zorro and so she calls out instructions.  "Billy and Liam, stay with Tori and fight together.  Old Man, concentrate and help Brittany fight your guy." She grinned as she met Peter's eyes, "Me, I'm nobody.  All the girls in my village are like me."

With that she tried a sweep kick, trying to kick Peter's feet out from underneath him and followed up with a more conventional kick.  While she hopes to see Peter fall, she is not stupid enough to ignore the need to defend herself against whatever may come her way.

16:11, Today: Esperanza Glass rolled 15 using 1d10+10.  Sweep kick (only does 5 damage but gives a chance to knock him over) (-2 to second kick which does 11 if it hits).
16:12, Today: Esperanza Glass rolled 18 using 1d10+11.  Defence.

MOVED cause I put this in the wrong place.

Billy smirked.  "As if either of these two were going to do anything else?"

He turned his attention back Guy Guy. "How's it going going, Guy Guy?  Been a while while since you've you've been beat beat on instead of the other way around around?"


18:16, Today: Billy Thomson rolled 12 using 1d10+4.  Defense.
18:16, Today: Billy Thomson rolled 6 using 1d10+4.  Attack Guy again.

"You can't beat a vampire by punching it!"  Liam remarked back at Tori.  She didn't get it and she certainly wasn't listening to him.  Maybe when the first person went down it might sink in exactly what these things were.

He didn't have time to wonder if Esperanza was a demon or whatever else he said.  He was more worried about being the knight in shining armor sans the shining armor.  He really wasn't so concerned with getting beat up.  He was used to it and it would be better than Tori getting hurt.

(Full Defense to protect Tori 13)

Brittany rolled her eyes as Edward totally missed his attack.  She was doing all the work here.

She aims a punch as Vinnie's mid-section.




Brittany Foster rolled 9 using 1d10+5.  Punch Vinnie.
Brittany Foster rolled 10 using 1d10+9.  Defense.

Edward gave up on telling the four teenagers to leave.  They obviously weren't listening to him.

"Time to end this farce." Edward put all he had into plunging the stake into Vinnie's heart.

The group had been lucky so far, but if they wanted to survive this night, he needed to dust this vampire and get a wooden stake into the Slayer's hand.




Edward Hudson rolled 18 using 1d10+13.  Stake to the heart with DP.
Edward Hudson rolled 9 using 1d10+6.  Defense.

I just took care of Brittany and Edward's combat moves.

I see everybody has posted their moves.  Will get this round resolved tomorrow.

With Vinnie now dusted, the watcher charged over to the Slayer who was engaging the Russian vampire.

Edward grabbed Hopie's wrist then shoved a wooden stake into her hand.

Then he pointed at Peter's heart.

"Wooden stake to his heart!  Do it! Now!"







Edwards "attack" is putting the stake into Hopie's hand.  No roll required.
Edward Hudson rolled 12 using 1d10+6.  Defense.

Hopie- you now have a wooden stake.

I just posted Edward's combat post for round 4 and his attack move was to give you a wooden stake.

"Well look what I have here", said Hopie, smiling into Peter's eyes.  She tried doing exactly what the old man said, sticking a stake in the heart.  If she failed, there'd be no point in trying again so this time, she made sure her defence was good, just in case.

14:46, Today: Esperanza Glass rolled 28 using 1d10+21.  Stake through the heart with DP. - 3 for through the heart- Total score 25
14:46, Today: Esperanza Glass rolled 18 using 1d10+11.  Defence (two defences if needed)
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Hopie - I made a correction on your attack move.  You forgot the -3 through the heart penalty, so that brings your total to 25 for the stake to the heart move.

Still move than enough to do the job.  This will be Peter's last round.

"What the **** was that?" Brittany shouted as Vinnie burst into dust.

Brittany had never seen a real vampire until tonight, so she most definitely had never seen one turn to dust before. She managed to keep her mind focused on the fight.

Hopie and the old guy seemed to have the Russian covered. Brittany opted to join in on the Get Guy Guy party that was happening a few yards away.

Brittany ran towards  Guy Guy, aiming a kick at his mid-section.





Brittany Foster rolled 6 using 1d10+4.  Kick Guy Guy.
Brittany Foster rolled 10 using 1d10+9.  Defense.

Billy laughed.  "I'd rather tell a bad joke than be a bad joke.  Have you ever taken a moment just to think about your name?  Let alone the rest of your existence?"

With no further ado, he let another punch fly, and brought his hands up to guard with the consummate skill of... an average highschooler.

12:45, Today: Billy Thomson rolled 5 using 1d10+4.  Defense dex + kung fu.
12:45, Today: Billy Thomson rolled 14 using 1d10+4.  Punch Guy Guy (dex + kung fu).

Tori gaped when Vinnie turned into dust. But she'd have time to be shocked later; right now, she had Guy Guy getting in her face again. She again stepped in front of Liam, and - since Guy Guy might be expecting another kick - put all her feelings into a cathartic punch.

18:20, Today: Tori Hart rolled 12 using 1d10+7.  Defense.
18:20, Today: Tori Hart rolled 12 using 1d10+7.  Punch Guy Guy.
Consistent :)

Liam had no idea why he was still here.  Tori didn’t grasp the danger.  Even Billy was in the mix.  A vampire was in his face spewing familiar taunts.  Yet he still did his best to try and protect her.  Maybe he should see a shrink…

(Carry on protecting his imaginary date.  Full Defense 15)

Fight scene about to happen.  That vamp really didn't like the picture Billy took.

Time for refresher course on combat.

Whenever we are in combat, all combat moves go here.  A combat post will normally include what are attempting to do, a copy and paste of your offense and defense rolls, and any snappy lines you have.

Then when it's time to resolve the round, I'll post the combat results in the main episode thread with modifications to indicate success or failure.

Please remember to post what you are attempting, not what you are doing since you don't known if you succeed or fail until the round is resolved.

For example; "Player 1 throws a punch towards the vampire's face." would be correct NOT "Player 1 hits the vampire in the face" since we don't know if he hit or not until the round is resolved.

Don't forget to add all relevant details in the dice rolls such as if spending a drama point, and appropriate modifiers such as the -3 through the heart penalty if trying to stake a vampire through the heart.

You may want to read some of your old combat posts for reference.

More reminders:

This is a d10 game.  Don't forget to change the dice roller to d10.  It seems to default to d20 most of the time.

Each character gets one offense move and one defense move per round, so you should have two rolls.

Remember Defense is Dexterity plus Kung Fu or Acrobatics or Getting Medieval plus d10.

Use whichever of the 3 skills is your highest.

For example:

Liam's defense roll would be Dexterity plus Getting Medieval plus d10 since his Getting Medieval skill is higher than his Kung Fu or Acrobatics.

And so on.

You may post your combat moves now.  Any questions, just ask.