Your group takes their leave of the temple district and heads north into the ruins, searching for the Cyberpapal agents. A few kilometers into the trip, the familiar look of barricades across the road alerts you to another attempted ambush.

This time, however, a woman in chain mail that appears to have come straight from a Renaissance Faire whistles, and the other leather-clad humans stop before they can engage. She turns to them and announces: "Public drinking holiday today, folks! All work is now canceled so we can drink with our new friends," gesturing toward you.

The other humans cheer and tap a keg of beer for themselves. The woman steps up to your group: "They're addicted to that bitter-herb elf stuff. For you, I have some fine dwarven ale straight from the mainland that I keep for special occasions.

"But where are my manners? I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Jabbelline Agate-Eye, leader of this motley crew. What brings folks like you to our area?"

"Hiya I'm Case Morrow, pleased to metcha!" Case replies to the friendly band of (?)highway robbers.  "As far as what brings us to your neck of the woods, I don't suppose you've seen stranger looking folk than us pass through headin' North lately?  Cyberpriests, look like catholic priests but with metal bits in their skin?  We're trying to hunt them down."

"I know who you mean. We encountered them last night about a click and a half east of here. Cut down four of our band like they were dry twigs. The rest of us decided to vanish. This is a new area for us; we used to hang out further north but just came to this part of the ruins two nights before that." You detect a faint shudder in her body as she says the last part.

Noting her body language Case asks, "So cyberpriests are not too far to the East?  Are they digging up something or holed up in some sort of base?"

Listening carefully to her response, "So what's to the North that made moving your camp here a better choice?"

"We heard cries and grunts nearby and investigated. The place was infested with draugr, Vikings who had been raised from the dead by foul worshippers of the gods of Corruption. It is said that the leader of the Bjanni tribe is the high priest of Corba'al, the god of necromancy and the most influential of the Corrupt gods.

"We made plans that night to move south to avoid these abominations. As we were leaving, we saw large creatures being herded into cages. It was too dark to make out what they were, but I think I saw the beasts had wings. That would make them either baby dragons or larger members of the drake family."

"Sounds like they're gathering some monsters to attack Copenhagen.  That viking zombie riding that wyvern to the North while we were beating on those elves probably comes from there."  Case considers a moment and then asks Jabbelline, "Have you seen any other outsiders besides the cyberpriests?  Egyptians dressed kindof funny?"  Holding up one hand so Revenant doesn't have a line of sight on his movements, Case makes a pointing motion with the other hand towards his not-an-Egyptian-fascist comrade and mouths the words 'Like him'.

"I'm...ummm...Jacob." The bandaged man said. The last thing he wanted was to call himself by his code name and scare people. "Dont...ahhh... need any drinks, thanks anyways." He said, waving off the offered beverages.

When the bandit leader mentioned undead Vikings, he nodded. "Can you show us where the dead viking riding a flying lizard came from?"

Ivan enthusiastically slugged down the offered beer. If anyone of them spoke Russian he was almost genial. Always good to deal with professionals.

Void faded into reality as she was wont to do and smiled at the assembled people, accepting their offer for food and drink as she was always interested in trying something new.

The Dwarven Ale was definitely something new and warranted further exploration so she went back for seconds.

"I'm not old enough for alcohol...back, home?" Johnny says, obviously uncertain and distressed about his uncertainty. "I probably shouldn't drink," he adds. Having put off the need for memory, his distress levels visibly improve.

Jabbelline goes and enters an address 2.8 kilometers north of your current position into the van's trip planner. "That's where you'll find the draugr. As I said, we couldn't identify the beasts, but wyverns would fit in the cages we saw. As for outsiders, that's the extent so far, unless you count the occasional troll who tries to crash our evening celebrations."

Case nods, "Thanks.  We'll have to pay those cyberpriests a visit."

Turning to the others, "Ready to go to the East then?"

In reply to Case Morrow (msg # 12):

Jacob nodded, and cracked his knuckles. "Let's see if we can deal with those undead hornheads and thier pets."

"Those are probably further to the North.  Brother Laplace is our primary mission," Case says flatly, "If we have time and are in good shape after dealing with the cyberpapal agents, I think then we can see about swinging North to try to hurt the Viking undead and wyverns."

Jabbelline puts another location into the planner 1.7 kilometers to the east of your position. "That's where the priests with the needle guns were found. It sounds like you are about ready to head out on your mission, but if you need other locations, let me know."

In reply to Jabbelline Agate-Eye (msg # 15):

"Will do, thanks again!"  Case turns to the others, "Ready to deal with the cyberpriests?"

Void nodded and set down her empty glass. "I am ready." She burped slightly, looked surprised, and looked at the others.

"Is that normal?"

"You'll be fine. There may be a bit of pain, but you'll get over it."

Traveling to the location marked leads you to a ruined Catholic cathedral. There is something odd about it; perhaps a find test is in order to figure it out.

Case looks increasingly tense as he approaches the ruined Cathedral, but whether his change in mood is from the possibility of ambush or something else the normally talkative young man is silent on the matter.

OOC
01:45, Today: Case Morrow rolled 14 using 1d20.  find. (11)

Case looks at the name on the church: "Oradour-sur-Glane". That's an awfully French name for a Danish cathedral. He is beginning to suspect an illusion.

A shout from Ivan causes Case to jump back away from the cathedral in time to avoid being peppered by needles from ten high tech pistols. They seem to have been fired through the cathedral's walls, and the outlines of police officers in powered armor can be seen "inside".

OOC: The cathedral is a "hard light" illusion. What is behind it is an actual ruined building which they are using as cover and concealment. When doing ranged attacks against them, you can choose to take a -4 concealment penalty or attack normally but grant them the benefit of increasing their armor value to +6 (from the +4) their "Armor of God" provides.

Ivan has played Alertness to avoid giving the church police surprise.

Title:	Alertness
Description	You notice an otherwise unseen item, clue or event, or play from your hand at the start of an ambush to prevent the heroes from being surprised.

Card for Round 1

Title:	Spellbound!	Dramatic Skill Resolution	A, B
Standard:	H Flurry/V -	Dramatic:
Approved Action:	Trick	Additional?:	Anyone may use a magic skill as an Interaction attack vs. target's Trick

Each player gets one turn (in whatever order you want) and then each gets a second turn before the church police can react. One is clearly a sergeant with 3 Possibilities, a reality value of 9, and a Wound Limit of 3.

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Case seems almost relieved for being shot at through the illusionary cathedral.  He sends a bolt of fire towards the cyberpapist leader and then, with a look of horror on his face, point to the sky behind the church police and shouts, "Wyvern!" as he moves for cover.

OOC
multi--- trick and pyrokinesis on sergeant


17:09, Today: Case Morrow rolled 13 using 1d20.  pyro & trick on sergeant.

9 trick (make sergeant vulnerable)

15 pyro (+1 bd)

17:11, Today: Case Morrow rolled 3 using 1d6.  damage.

for 17

Willpower to pool
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In reply to Church Police (msg # 20):

Jacob decides his Webbly would not be useful in this situation, but instead uses his lasso and snags one the armored foes. Then he uses his great strength to drag his target out of cover and into the open air.

Ooc:
17:37, Today: Jacob Amer (Revenant) rolled 15 using 1d20.  Lasso. I dont care to do damage, but instead just to pull my target out into the open. A lasso allows someone to grapple at a 10m range. He can keep his armor bonus, and with my roll I beat his defense by 3. It will only do 1 shock of damage, but I would rather just remove him from cover and let another PC deal with him.)

Playing Second Chance into pool.

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Thanks to Case's distraction on the leader about wyverns, the sergeant falls victim to Jacob's lasso. With his mobility restrained, he is dragged out from behind cover.
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GM, is there any cover here or are we caught in the street?

There are a number of abandoned cars here that can provide cover on your side if you want to attack from range.

"Ambush close!" Ivan shouted, moving forward into the cover provided by an abandoned car. It wasn't exactly good rubble, but it was better than nothing and his rifle came up... then paused as the Sergeant was dragged out of cover. Grinning a shark's grin, Ivan put a pulse into the helpless man's head. 'Ppt'.

15:59, Today: Ivan Borovich (Headshot) rolled 15 using 1d20.  Attack.
15+2+2-4=15=17 vs 5=10 overs.
16:11, Today: Ivan Borovich (Headshot) rolled 4 using 1d6.  bonus die.
13:09, Today: Ivan Borovich (Headshot) rolled 6 using 1d6.  Extra bonus die.
13:09, Today: Ivan Borovich (Headshot) rolled 4 using 1d6.  bonus bonus.
Damage 14+4+5+4=27
I leave results to you.
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The sergeant is caught unaware and goes down to Ivan's well-placed rifle attack.

Void ran back and forth between two cars to try drawing one of the officers out of cover to shoot at her, but he maintains his discipline.

Idea card put into pool.
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Looking at two other cyberpapacy goons, Case sends a burst of fire their direction.

OOC
Flurry

02:39, Today: Case Morrow rolled 13 using 1d20.  pyro multi attack (-2).

15...so +1 BD


02:41, Today: Case Morrow rolled 1 using 1d6.  bd.

so 15

Have dragged one foe from cover, Jacob decides to try again. Snagging another cyberpapcy thug, this time restraining him before pulling him forth.

ooc:

Does 2 shock, restrains target, and pulls him from cover.

Putting adrenaline in the pool.

10:20, Today: Jacob Amer (Revenant) rolled 2 using 1d6, rerolling max.  Bonus damage.

10:17, Today: Jacob Amer (Revenant) rolled 19 using 1d20.  Lasso another target to pull them from cover.

Having charged in to little effect, Johnny steps back a step and performs a blade kata, making himself harder to hit.

12:23, Today: Johnny Ichii rolled 3 using 1d20.  Active Defense
+1 to his defenses.

With the sergeant down, Ivan put pulses into three of the remaining goons, hoping to break their morale.

(Not an intimidate)

09:21, Today: Ivan Borovich (Headshot) rolled 9 using 1d20.  Exp.
09:21, Today: Ivan Borovich (Headshot) rolled 20 using 1d20.  Poss.
09:21, Today: Ivan Borovich (Headshot) rolled 4 using 1d20.  Attack.

15+10+4(burst)-4(head)-4(extra targets)=21
Good hits, I leave the results to you.

Ivan's superior rifle skills combine with the weapon's rapid rate of fire, causing three soldiers to fall before the onslaught.

11:56, Today: Gamemaster, on behalf of Ivan Borovich (Headshot), rolled 3,4,4 using d6,d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3,4,4.  bonus dice vs. church police.
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Void knew that reality was a heavy burden on people, but when she tried to make the church policeman who was out in the open feel it, it came back to bite her.


21:00, Today: Gamemaster, on behalf of Void, rolled 1 using 1d20, rerolling max.  Weight of Reality vs. open church policeman.
Disconnected. Reconnect card to pool, will decide later whether to use it.

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Note: Johnny has Opponent Fails and Monologue pooled

The church policeman dragged out by Jacob's whip calls for a friend to come out and try to distract Johnny to give him enough time to free himself. However, the other officer is tricked by the illusion and stumbles over an invisible dead turtle.

The remaining four fire at separate targets. Case and Void appear to be solidly hit (this may change with soaking) and Jacob gets grazed, but Ivan uses the cover of the cars to dodge the fire.

21:47, Today: Church Police rolled 1 using 1d20, rerolling max.  2 Riot sticks vs. Johnny.
Failure. No malfunction as sticks don't jam. No disconnection as hologram projects sufficient Cyberpapal reality.

21:45, Today: Church Police rolled 16 using 1d20, rerolling max.  GodMeeter vs. Void.
Fire Combat 10 + 3 bonus = 13. Standard vs. Dodge 9 Damage 15 vs. TOU 6 1 Wound 2 Shock

21:45, Today: Church Police rolled 13 using 1d20, rerolling max.  GodMeeter vs. Jacob.
Fire Combat 11 + 1 bonus = 11. Standard vs. Dodge 10. Damage 15 vs. TOU 17 1 Shock

21:44, Today: Church Police rolled 3 using 1d20, rerolling max.  GodMeeter vs. Ivan (cover).
Fire Combat 10 - 6 bonus = 4. Miss vs. Dodge 15.

21:42, Today: Church Police rolled 14 using 1d20, rerolling max.  GodMeeter vs. Case
Fire Combat 10 + 1 bonus = 8 Standard vs. Dodge 8. Damage 15 vs. TOU 9 1 Wound 2 Shock

Case (0/3 Wounds 0/13 Shock, 1 Wound 2 Shock soakable)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Willpower
Description	Add +3 to the total of a single Charisma, Mind or Spirit test, or a skill test based on such attribute.
	You may play this card after learning the result level of the test but before applying its effect.

Title:	Seize Initiative
Description	Play at the beginning of the round to either keep the current Drama card for another round,
	or to flip a new Drama card after the card for this round is revealed.

Ivan (0/3 Wounds 2/7 Shock)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Coup de Grace
Description	Play to add 1 Bonus Die to your successful attack's damage.
	You may play this card after seeing the results of other Bonus Dice earned (including other Coup de Grace cards).

Title:	Leadership
Description	Play to place two cards from your hand and/or Action Pool into other character's Action Pools. (You may place them in the same Action Pool or different ones.)
	Immediately refill your hand. (Cards in your Action Pool are not counted.)

Jacob (0/3 Wounds 1/8 Shock) Regeneration active
Cards in Pool

Title:	Second Chance
Description	Immediately reattempt a failed test. The new result replaces that failure.
	This can be played after a Mishap, preventing that effect.

Title:	Adrenaline
Description	Add +3 to the total of a single Dexterity or Strength test, or a skill test based on such attribute.
	You may play this card after learning the result level of the test but before applying its effect.

Johnny (0/3 Wounds/8 Shock)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Opponent Fails
Description	Play after an opponent has succeeded at a test targeting you.
	The effect on you is nullified. If this was a contest, reverse the results.

Title:	Monologue
Description	Sacrifice your entire turn to make a stirring speech.
	Cancel the status on either the Hero or Villain conflict line.

Void (0/3 Wounds 6/11 Shock, 1 Wound 2 Shock soakable)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Idea
Description	Gain a clue or insight indicating the next course of action your character should take,
	or play to change the Approved Action line of the Drama Card to "Any".

Title:	Reconnect
Description	Immediately reconnect without a test.

Enemy status
6 church police officers remain. Two are engaged with Johnny in Melee; the other 4 are in cover

Card for Round 2

They Hesitate!	Dramatic Skill Resolution: A, D
Standard: H -/V Fatigued
Approved: Trick	Special: -

Heroes who want to soak can do so, then you get to act.

Case stumbles attempting to act like he's more wounded than he is as he tries to tempt one of the cops under cover to move in for the kill.  They clearly aren't buying it.

OOC
13:44, Today: Case Morrow rolled 3 using 1d20.  Trick 1.

13:35, Today: Case Morrow rolled 8 using 1d20.  soak.
making a 14 so at least he soaked;-)

Hero to pool

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Jacob shrugs off the attack, and charges into cover the Church police are using. He takes a swing at one of them, but is off balance.

OOC-Moving in to bypass cover so I am in melee with one or more of the CP. Trying to hit one, missed.

Putting Flurry into the pool.

Regen 1 shock
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Johnny gets more flash than substance in his attack on the two CP he is engaged with.

22:48, Today: Johnny Ichii rolled 7 using 1d20, rerolling max with rolls of 7.  AoA Headshots on both engaged w/unflinching 2.

MW 12 -2 die -2 MT -4 CS +4 AoA =8 vs 9

Pooling Supporter
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Ivan wasn't about to fire into melee, but he picked off the remaining three unengaged Papists with his signature headshots.

09:14, Today: Ivan Borovich (Headshot) rolled 19 using 1d20.  Attack.
Tot 21, easy hits and kills.

It took extraordinary effort to first reconnect (Reconnect card used) but also to find that sliver of reality where the shot did not cause bloodshed, but Void found it in the nick of time. Still, she decided to scream as though it had hit home, distracting the attacker that was not held by Jacob's whip and triggering what little was left of his conscience.



16:18, Today: Gamemaster, on behalf of Void, rolled 4 using 1d20, rerolling max.  Soak damage.
16:18, Today: Gamemaster, on behalf of Void, rolled 15 using 1d20, rerolling max.  Possibility.
13 reality + 6 bonus = 19. Soaked all damage.

16:20, Today: Gamemaster, on behalf of Void, rolled 24 using 1d20, rerolling max.  Trick Church Police Officer.
11 Trick + 8 bonus = 19. Outstanding vs. trick value 9 Very Stymied and enemy breaks morale.

Connection card pooled.

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The fact that they not only failed to ambush you but also are dropping like flies has an impact on the ones still standing. One of them holds his hand up and pushes a button near his throat, causing his voice to amplify as though being blast through loudspeakers.

"Hold your fire! It is clear you are not elves. If you will agree not to give us to them, we will cooperate!"

Case looks to the others and then yells to the church cops, "No we're not elves!  If you surrender we won't turn you over to the elves!  Come out with your hands up!"

The remaining church police officers comply with Case's request. They do not give any hints of treachery or trickery.

In reply to Church Police (msg # 44):

Despite that, Jacob makes sure to disarm them in case they have any hidden weapons. At the end of the day, these people served the high lords. They where helping the enemy conquer and kill countless innocents. A quick death would be too good for them, but Jacob was no torturer. Besides, it did not actually work for getting info. He did make sure they where restrained however, using his lengths of rope.

Each officer carries a gun that fires needle-like projectiles, a riot stick, and a crucifix that appears to be made from circuitry. They are wearing an advanced form of body armor that covers their full body, lighter than Kevlar but just as effective in stopping projectiles. The group is able to remove this equipment from the officers without objection.

Additionally, a machine is found projecting the image of the French cathedral onto the original building. This can be disabled with a simple switch. Inside the building, ten backpacks of gear and rations are piled in a corner.

Case looks to the cyberpapacy cops and asks, "Where is Laplace and are you working with the Nile Empire?  What are your orders?"

"Our orders are to assist Brother Laplace as he directs in retrieval of previously unknown technology. His efforts attracted the attention of Pharaoh Mobius, who dispatched an archaeological team.

"Brother Laplace found a report saying that, with the arrival of Aysle, a previously locked ancient technology had emerged in Sweden, at a place called Lake Armsvartnir. Trouble is, no Core Earth map shows Lake Armsvartnir. So Brother Laplace took the majority of the Techquisition forces with him to Sweden to search for this lake. We were left behind to hamper efforts to chase him, either from Delphi Council agents like you or from Nile Empire forces."

"I don't think they're lying," Case says, "And I don't think it'd be a good idea to drag them to the North while we look for the wyverns.  Let's get back to the mayor to turn these guys over and report about that assassination plot."

The American shrugs and looks at the church cops, "Unless you fellas are willing to shoot up some undead Vikings and earn a parole?"

Case looks to the others to see if they're game.

In reply to Case Morrow (msg # 49):

"They are servants of a high lord." Jacob growled, glaring at the men. "Who knows how many innocent people they handed over to the enemy?"

"Moot point if these guys would rather be taken prisoners, or if it's a no go for any of you," Case shrugs, "But the undead Vikings are more of an immediate threat and these fellas still have to get back to France if we cut them loose to be anymore use to their High Lord because their mission is done here.  Not sure if they were transformed or not but there's going to be a lot of people who are just foot soldiers like these guys.  If they were raiders...yeah...I'd agree no parole for them."

"But I figure to go check out those wyverns we have to get these cops onboard while we're here or we just get back to the mayor's and deal with that problem.  Don't think we'll have time to go to the mayor's and come back."
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Void stood back and faded away as she tends to do when not directly involved or interacted with. She looked down at the damage done to her black cloak and moved her hands over it to repair what had been done. She wasn't sure why they had been attacked or what to do next so she watched and listened, waiting for something to happen that she could understand.

The officer who had his conscience pricked nods at the suggestion to take out the undead. "I understand the skepticism you have about someone who has just fired on you. It is an integral part of life in our world, as even the toaster listens to our every word. But aything we can do to rid the world of undead spawns of Satan is a service to our Lord. We would be willing to assist if you can overcome that distrust for a few minutes."

OOC: As combat is over, all Destiny Cards are back in the hand. The scene is not yet over, so no hand reset.
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Ivan shrugged. "Just grunt" was his contribution. "Let them fight. Although, why we fight wyvern and undead? Not mission, yes?"

"We also told the mayor we'd lend a hand to help out Copenhagen," Case supplies, "Undead vikings on wyverns probably would be a problem for them to handle and they aren't too far out of our way..."

Ivan grunted. "Shrug. We have SA-4, yes?"

"SA-4?" Case puzzles it out a moment and then guesses given the context, "You mean a rocket to shoot down a flying fantasy creature?"

The young man shrugs, "I don't know if the Copenhagen has any of those or even if they'll work properly against something made of flesh and bone.  We can't predict how they'll be used or where they'll attack.  But we have a some info of where they are now.  If we can take them out now, on the ground, we can remove them from the enemy before they can kill any of Copenhagen's defenders latter."

Ivan glanced down at his rifle, mentally comparing the size of its rounds to that of the huge creature that had passed over them. Probably not going to work. He would see about scoring an RPG or at least an RKG, whatever the others decided to do.

Ivan shrugged. "If say so. Stop at Legation along way, da?"

In reply to Ivan Borovich (Headshot) (msg # 58):

"You mean back to where the mayor is?" Case looks a little puzzled...

"Nyet. Russian Legation. Get big bad boom."

A few things to consider:

1. The Russian delegation here would be at an embassy. While it's technically Russian territory and can legally have whatever the Russian government puts there, protocol suggests only having whatever armaments are needed to defend the compound. Of course, Russia is known for "bending protocol" as needed, but bear in mind that anything sneaked in is likely small to avoid detection.

2. You are still on good terms with the Danish Army, so maybe Major Nielsen could get something powerful for you.

3. Regardless of how you want to go about it, remember there's an assassination attempt on the mayor tonight, so time is a concern.

In reply to Ivan Borovich (Headshot) (msg # 60):

"Oooh, I understand now," Case nods as he checks his phone for the time, "Though I don't think we have the time to stop buy to see if we can get some extra firepower, try to track down the wyverns, and then make it back in time to help protect the mayor."

He looks to Ivan and the others, "We can bend reality.  That's a bigger advantage than a few rockets.  If you don't think we can kill undead and a giant flying lizard or two without them, then we should probably see if we can get some for latter (since we might see them tonight anyway) but return to protect the mayor.  But either way I'd like to get moving now."

"So still good going to the North with the church cops to try to kill some undead vikings and wyverns?"

"Hokay"

The church police, still bound, are shoved into the back of the van. The location marked by the bandit leader for the wyverns pops up on the GPS and you head there.

A few hundred meters from the destination, the wind shifts and brings an unpleasant surprise: Rotting, charred meat, soiled straw, and something reminiscent of corpse flowers assail your noses even through the closed windows of the van. You know it's going to be worse when you actually exit.

Everyone somehow manages to get out of the van without losing the contents of their stomachs. The camp and the cages you were told about are now empty.

OOC: People can investigate the campground using any of the following skills: evidence analysis, tracking, or faith. People using the same skill can instead use combined action for whichever one has the better value.

Case hops out of the van and immediately regrets it as his stomach decides after the jostling that it was the perfect moment to vacate its contents.  As he just about finishes up heaving, Case spots the usual number of human skulls but its the freshly burnt and cracked open femurs that starts up his technicolor yawn again.

Eventually he has nothing more to give as he straightens up trying to wipe his mouth.

OOC
21:42, Today: Case Morrow rolled 2 using 1d20.  faith. ....for a 5.

Ivan yawned elaborately. They had missed the party. "Not here. We go now, da?"

A muffled cry comes from behind you. You turn around to see the Church Police officers getting dragged out of the van and devoured by a pack of five emaciated wolves made out of pure darkness. After mauling the officers into unconsciousness, the wolves look in the group's direction with hunger in their eyes and hatred in their souls.

Card for Round 1

Title:	Sharp Tongues!	Dramatic Skill Resolution	A, B, C
Standard:	H -/V Inspiration	Dramatic:
Approved Action:	Taunt	Additional?:	The taunt skill may be used to defend against melee weapons or unarmed combat this round.

Have at it.

Void's stomach turned uncomfortably when the door opened and she caught the smell of death and decay. "That is very unpleasant," she said as she stepped out of the vehicle with the others.

"Now what?" she asked before they heard the cry from the police officers and saw the wolves staring at them. "Oh...that's not good."

Case picks up a gnawed bone or other bit of detritus and throws it past the wolves, "Go Fetch!"

OOC

20:42, Today: Case Morrow rolled 12 using 1d20.  Trick 2 targets.

8

Make 2 wolves vulnerable
Willpower to pool.

Ivan didn't know wolves from much. People he knew but fighting wolves was for Zeks in the Gulag. Well, for sure they weren't wearing body armor and he put a pulse into each of them, rolling smoothly from left to right across the pack.

Jacob pulled his Webby Pistol from the inside of his coat, blasting one of the strange animals.



Ooc:
Shooting Webby
07:32, Today: Jacob Amer (Revenant) rolled 3 using 1d6.  Damage.

07:29, Today: Jacob Amer (Revenant) rolled 19 using 1d20.

Puts too tough into pool.

1 wound, two shock.
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Void didn't care for the look of the creatures attacking them nor did she like the smell and general atmosphere of this place so the sooner they were on the way the better. As such she decided to go on the offence and attack one of the wolves. She concentrated on one and let the full weight of existence fall on the creature.


18:13, Today: Void rolled 8 using 1d20, rerolling max.  Weight of Reality.

Summary so far
Case distracts two wolves with a bone thrown past them.

Ivan fires, catching one of the distracted wolves in the blast as well as two others. The tricked one is wounded but still up. One of the other ones is vaporized, while the third is just grazed (2 shock).

Jacob blasts the other distracted wolf and tags it with a wound.

Void puts the weight of reality on the last wolf, fatiguing it and causing it to slow down.

Johnny can still act, and anyone who has not put a Destiny Card into the pool can do so.

Seize Initiative added to pool.

Johnny charges up to a distracted wolf, taking advantage of that moment to unleash a furious blade. The blade hits, but not as hard as expected. He steeled himself for the inevitable retaliation, but has the training to keep from giving them the same opening he just took against the one.


20:05, Today: Gamemaster, on behalf of Johnny Ichii, rolled 2 using 1d6, rerolling max.  Bonus die vs. wolf. –
Damage 12 + 2 = 14. Standard success (2 Shock).

20:20, Sat 13 Aug: Gamemaster, on behalf of Johnny Ichii, rolled 9 using 1d20, rerolling max.  AoA vs. vulnerable wounded wolf. –
12 melee +2 Vulnerable +4 All-out Attack -1 bonus = 17. Good result vs. 12 unarmed. Spending 2 shock to avoid Very Vulnerable.

Opponent Fails pooled.

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The wolves see an opportunity to swarm Johnny, not realizing how talented he is at melee. They expect to maul him as they mauled the church police, but instead get a small advantage as Johnny's blade fends off most of their bites.

22:18, Today: Darkness Wolves rolled 8 using 1d20, rerolling max.  Pack attack on Johnny (+3 bonus).
Unarmed 12 + 3 combined action - 2 bonus = 13. Standard success vs. melee 12.

Damage 13 base + 3 pack tactics (adds combined action bonus to damage as well as hit total) = 16. 2 Shock vs. Armor 12.

Hero Summary
Case (0/3 Wounds 0/13 Shock)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Willpower
Description	Add +3 to the total of a single Charisma, Mind or Spirit test, or a skill test based on such attribute.
	You may play this card after learning the result level of the test but before applying its effect.

Ivan (0/3 Wounds 0/7 Shock)
Cards in Pool
(UNDECLARED)

Jacob (0/3 Wounds 0/8 Shock) Regeneration active
Cards in Pool

Title:	Too Tough
Description	Play when soaking damage. You automatically get an Outstanding result, taking no damage.

Cosm Card

Johnny (0/3 Wounds 2/8 Shock taken +2 shock soakable)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Opponent Fails
Description	Play after an opponent has succeeded at a test targeting you.
	The effect on you is nullified. If this was a contest, reverse the results.

Void (0/3 Wounds 0/11 Shock)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Seize Initiative
Description	Play at the beginning of the round to either keep the current Drama card for another round,
	or to flip a new Drama card after the card for this round is revealed.

Enemy status
One wolf defeated. Two wolves each are nursing one Wound. 8 Shock delivered to wolves.

Card for Round 2

Title:	Favorable Ground!	Dramatic Skill Resolution	B, C
Standard:	H -/V -	Dramatic:
Approved Action:	Attack/Maneuver	Additional?:	Heroes may fire missile weapons at twice normal range and ignore 2 points of range penalties while doing so.

Heroes may act.

Jacob put away the Webby and instead got his lasso out. After a few whirling circles in the air with the rope, he snags one of the wolves and pulls it away from Johnny, tightening the grip with his amazing strength!

OOC:
10:25, Today: Jacob Amer (Revenant) rolled 17 using 1d20.  All out attack.

Total=18.

10:33, Today: Jacob Amer (Revenant) rolled 5 using 1d6, rerolling max.  Damage for good result.

That is a good result, does 1 wound and 2 shock to the wolf and the animal is restrained.

Putting Adrenaline in the pool.

Johnny spins around and slices into one of the wolves, dropping it. He lets his momentum carry him away from the others leaving himself wide open should they follow.

MW 12 +6 roll +4 AoA=22 vs 12, Outstanding
Damage 12 +12=24 vs 11 2w4s

Remaining VV, trusting the Opponent Fails to protect me.
Awaiting draw to decide on pool

23:53, Today: Johnny Ichii rolled 19 using 1d20.  AoA .
23:57, Today: Johnny Ichii rolled 13 using 2d6, rerolling max with rolls of (6+5)11,2.  BD.
(12)

Case send a burst of fire at one of the wolves Ivan had blasted, burning it.

OOC

12:42, Today: Case Morrow rolled 4 using 1d6.  spending willpower card to get +1 (17 pyro) +1 BD.

12:37, Today: Case Morrow rolled 11 using 1d20.  pyrokinesis 1 target.

Seize Initiative into pool

OOC:

Reminder that grappling effects do not deal bonus dice on a Good or better result. Instead, they impose conditions on the target (Restrained and possibly Stymied).

Jacob has one wolf (wounded) in his lasso. It is Flat-Footed, making the creature Very Vulnerable to attacks while Restrained.

Johnny chops another wolf in half.

Case attacks a third wolf, wounding it.


This message was last edited by the GM at 04:16, Fri 19 Aug 2022.

In reply to Gamemaster (msg # 80):

OOC-But it does my base strength in damage, right? Which would be 2 shock I think.

OOC:

That's correct. 2 Shock, but not enough for a Wound.

Things were getting a little close for firearms, but Ivan carefully shot the wolf going for him.

The combined hail of gunfire and surgical strikes from Johnny up close down another wolf.

With the one wolf downed by shock, Void turned the weight of reality onto the next one.

23:26, Today: Gamemaster, on behalf of Void, rolled 9 using 1d20, rerolling max.  Weight of Reality vs. wolf.
Reality 13 - 1 bonus = 12. Standard success vs. wolf's Spirit 11. Wolf is fatigued and slowed.

The wolves again go for the bait of Johnny exposing what appears to be a major weakness, but can only capitalize for shock damage.

22:06, Today: Darkness Wolves rolled 14 using 1d20, rerolling max.  Pack attack on Johnny (VV +1 bonus)
12 Melee + 4 (Very Vulnerable) + 1 Combined action + 1 bonus = 18. Good result vs. melee 12.

22:12, Today: Darkness Wolves rolled 1 using 1d6, rerolling max
Damage base 13 + 1 pack tactics + 1 bonus die = 15. 2 shock.

Case (0/3 Wounds 0/13 Shock)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Willpower
Description	Add +3 to the total of a single Charisma, Mind or Spirit test, or a skill test based on such attribute.
	You may play this card after learning the result level of the test but before applying its effect.

Title:	Seize Initiative
Description	Play at the beginning of the round to either keep the current Drama card for another round,
	or to flip a new Drama card after the card for this round is revealed.

Ivan (0/3 Wounds 0/7 Shock)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Setback
Description	Trigger a Villain Setback as though it appeared on the conflict line.

Title:	Action
Description	Add +3 to the total of your test.
	You may play this card after learning the result level of the test but before applying its effect.

Jacob (0/3 Wounds 0/8 Shock) Regeneration active
Cards in Pool

Title:	Too Tough
Description	Play when soaking damage. You automatically get an Outstanding result, taking no damage.

Cosm Card

Title:	Adrenaline
Description	Add +3 to the total of a single Dexterity or Strength test, or a skill test based on such attribute.
	You may play this card after learning the result level of the test but before applying its effect.

Johnny (0/3 Wounds 4/8 Shock taken +2 shock soakable)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Opponent Fails
Description	Play after an opponent has succeeded at a test targeting you.
	The effect on you is nullified. If this was a contest, reverse the results.

Title:	Seize Initiative
Description	Play at the beginning of the round to either keep the current Drama card for another round,
	or to flip a new Drama card after the card for this round is revealed.

Void (0/3 Wounds 0/11 Shock)
Cards in Pool

Title:	Seize Initiative
Description	Play at the beginning of the round to either keep the current Drama card for another round,
	or to flip a new Drama card after the card for this round is revealed.

Title:	Willpower
Description	Add +3 to the total of a single Charisma, Mind or Spirit test, or a skill test based on such attribute.
	You may play this card after learning the result level of the test but before applying its effect.

Enemy status
Three woles defeated. Two wolves remain, one healthy, the other nursing one Wound. 2 shock and speed reduction delivered to fresh wolf.

Card for Round 3

Title:	Big Problems!	Dramatic Skill Resolution	A, B
Standard:	V -/H Confused	Dramatic:
Approved Action:	Defend/Intimidate	Additional?:	This round, Intimidate becomes based on Strength instead of Spirit

Players can declare active defense, but it looks like the wolves want Johnny for some reason. Seize Initiative can be played to change the card, but if kept, no cards allowed this round.

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Playing Seize Initiative.

New Drama Card

Over the Top!	Dramatic Skill Resolution: A, D
Standard: H Up/V -
Approved: Intimidate/Taunt	Special: -

Don't forget your Up; if your first d20 is not a 1, you get to add another one to the roll.

Jacob recovers his rope, preparing for another throw.

OOC-Active defense

Putting Action card into the pool

Declaring: if there is another round, I play SI to keep this Card

Johnny feels his luck spike and spins into action, slicing into two of the wolves. He lets his momentum carry him out of the melee giving others a clear shot, again trusting in luck and his armor to keep him safe.


MW 12 +6 roll +4 AoA -2 Multi-Target = 20: Good
Damge 12 +6 | +2
1 Wound 2 Shock on first, 2 Shock on second

05:10, Today: Johnny Ichii rolled 8 using 1d20.  up.
05:10, Today: Johnny Ichii rolled 11 using 1d20.  Swipe at 2 AoA .

05:18, Today: Johnny Ichii rolled 2 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2.  BD Second.

05:17, Today: Johnny Ichii rolled 1 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1.  forgot roll agains BD first.
05:16, Today: Johnny Ichii rolled 6 using 1d6.  BD first

pooling Coup de Grace
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Case's eyes glow before a flame jumps between him and a darkness wolf, avoiding hitting Johnny as he springs away.

OOC
14:11, Today: Case Morrow rolled 9 using 2d6.  bd.
23 forgot to record each die but 2 wounds, 4 shock is enough anyway

14:10, Today: Case Morrow rolled 18 using 1d20.  pyro up.

14:09, Today: Case Morrow rolled 4 using 1d20.  pyro fresh wolf.

Well played Case. I think all the wolves are down, yes?

Yes, that does it for wolves. What do you want to do from here?

"Well obviously we're too late, let's get back to City Hall and save the mayor," Case says as he heads for their ride.

"Enemy have travel time too" Ivan noted, heading for the van. Stopping at the Cyberpapists, he collected a couple of their pistols. Brass was always on them for 'examples of high-tech', so one for the KGB and one for GRU.

This ends the scene. Upon reaching City Hall, the security detail informs you that Mayor Madsden has been relocated to Amalienborg Palace, where three Danish Army squads are stationed. Hand resets take place now, and the action will pick up at the palace.

In reply to Gamemaster (msg # 96):

No discard.  It's been a while, our pool is five for now right?

Yes, the pool is five.

OOC: If the hand size is back to 5, I will offer up this card to whoever wants it before I discard it.

Title: Precision
Description
-Play to ignore the Friendly Fire rule for one test, or prevent an ally who would normally be included in an area of effect from being affected.

OOC: We have Jacob offering a card for trade, Johnny needs to discard one card, and then people need to decide if they're fine with their hand or trade one card in for a random replacement.

In reply to Jacob Amer (Revenant) (msg # 99):

I can see a use for Case with Precision but I think I'll hold the Rally for now.  As before, no discard.

Good.

It doesn't look like the trade is happening, so I'm closing this thread and setting up for the next scene.