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Title: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario [finished]
Post by: inca1980 on <10-14-11/1854:29>: Cast:

Brick -- Troll Street Sam with penchant for distruction yet highly professional.
Zach -- Siberian Ork Physical Adept who follows the totem of the Cat.
Firewall -- Elf Technomancer with a knack for explosives.
Thunderhead -- German dwarven Mystic adept beast handler!

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@Brick:

Dustin flips out when you tell him what happened on the run but he really doesn't have any other option but to accept what happened. He takes his money back, thanks you and bids you good day, his primary concern now being to find another way to get out of the jam he's in.

[OOC: Drop his loyalty rating by 1 if you have him as a contact.]

@Zach:

You catch wind of a smuggling job that would take you into Salish-Shidhe country. These are usually quite straight forward point A to point B type jobs and the pay is usually quite decent. Your experience as a smuggler should also make you and your team a prime candidate for the job. To inquire about the job you're given an address in Renton that comes up in a Matrix search as a car mechanic's garage.

@Tolan:

Jobs have been pretty dry lately and you'd like to lay off the Seattle streets for a little while since Mitsuhama's boys are a little hot on your trail right now. You see a shadow-listing for a good old fashion smuggling job into Salish-Shidhe country and a trip out of the plex in order to lay low seems worth the occasional dead-zones you might encounter. You'll miss the hum of the plex but its best to not take any risks and go make yourself scarce. You're given an address in Renton about where to inquire.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <10-15-11/0315:37>: @B: Hoi chummer. Cat grow tired a bit from rat-soup menu. What about a BBQ? CU6PM.

With this, Zach will just change the course and push the throttle to get there on time.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <10-16-11/1015:05>: Brick receives the message. After 2 weeks of hunkering down, The itch to get out is starting to bother him."Gracie's downtown at 1800.", He leaves a note for his daughter telling her that he's going out, and too finish her homework. He'll be back later, with a surprise.

Brick suit's up with his armor under his long coat clipping his Karmabit to his waist band, then will pack the panther into the Rover along with his ingram X. do a GPS search for parking near gracie's before heading out to meet Zach.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-22-11/2057:30>: @Zach:

[OOC: Roll an Edge + Intuition (3) test.]

As the Space Needle approaches you notice that you've now entered the Downtown SINner zone because an ARO alerts you and asks you to broadcast your SIN and GPS coordinates.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <10-23-11/0349:08>: Quote from: ooc
INT(4)+EDGE(1) (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3233336/)
So far for good beginning :)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-24-11/0956:07>: @Zach:

You ignore the AR alert to broadcast your SIN since you know very well that the only SIN you have is tagged as a wanted criminal and you just keep driving. Within only minutes a KE patrol drone is hovering next to your bike and then makes its way right in front of you and hovers down the street keeping only about 2 meters with your face. It blares out on loudspeaker mode:

<<Citizen, please submit to retinal scan. Merely peer at the red AR target or look at me directly.>>

You find it comical how the drone refers to itself as me. Nice touch KE.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <10-24-11/1653:53>: Shit. First I need to know if there is some area with really bad signal - some energy plant, ironworks, even large warehouse complex built wit use of metal, scrapyard, sewers or underground entrance.
Where am I:
Logic(3)+Navigation(4)+Mapsoft(5) (12d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3235268/)
Where I need to get:
Intuition(4)+Smuggling routes-Seattle(5) (9d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3235275/)
How much time I have and how should I get a bit more:
Intuition(4)+Security procedures(2) (6d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3235279/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-24-11/2240:21>: @Zach:

With the help of an AR layout from your map-soft laid out on the wind-shield of your bike you can see that there's a power plant about a mile south of you getting close to Seatac airport....you're not sure what the Wifi signal is like down there but it's your best bet. From your knowledge of security procedures you estimate that you might have about 1 minute to evade the drone before it gathers other drones and calls in patrol cars or even air patrol. The drone is most definitely armed even though you can't see any visible weapons right now. You don't have a license for your bike either so there are no plates which is a good thing at this moment but a bad thing if you get caught.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-28-11/2148:53>: @Zach:
[OOC: Drone tries to detect you: Pilot 4 + Radar Sensor 6 + Urban Environment -1 (2)= (9d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3242990/). Drone Initiative: Response 4 + Pilot 4 = (8d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3243003/). Drone Vehicle Test: Response 4 + Maneuver 4 + Speed advantage + 2 = (8d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3243006/). Roll your init and vehicle test.]

As soon as you break away to evade the drone it takes off after you. It's radar sensors seem to have caught your signal and the chameleon coating isn't gonna do much good.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Socinus on <10-29-11/0304:05>: Alright.
[OOC: First off, rolling starting nuyen. [url=(3d6 x 50 for Low Lifestyle= 6,1,3, = 10 x 50 = 500 Nuyen (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3243230/)]

Lacking a personal mode of vehicular transit, I'll take a taxi to about six blocks away from the address. Once I'm on my feet, make my way slowly up the street, keeping an eye out for anything fishy.

[OOC: Perception Test- Intuition (4) -2 for defaulting = 3,4 no hits (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3243232/)]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <10-29-11/0913:21>: Vehicle test:
RE(7)+Bike(6)+AR(1)+Handling(2)-OnRoad(2) (14d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3243371/)

RE(7)+INI(4) (11d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3243365/)
Init 14

Attempt to jamming on fly to disrupt drone`s Command if any:
Signal(3)+Electronic Warfare(2) (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3243374/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-29-11/1004:41>: @Zach:

Drone -----<<medium>>-----Zach
[OOC: You go first. You won the vehicle test so you can change the Engagement range. I'll assume you're going from Short to Medium. For your first complex action you attempt to jam on the fly. Drone: Signal = (4d6.hits(5)=2). You don't score any net hits so it doesn't work for this complex action. Remember you have to spend at least one Complex Action per combat turn controlling your vehicle and you can choose to do a special Maneuver from the list on pg. 170 SR4A. Also remember that if you're successful with jamming on the fly your comm can't be used for anything else during that period and your Signal for jamming drops of by 1 for every 5 meters so you can only jam til about 15 meters. The drone's at about 20 m right now.]

You try and generate static with your comm and spit it into the channels that the drone might be using but you can't seem to be hitting the right frequencies. You pop the clutch and your bike shoots forward putting a little bit more distance between you and the drone which is flying after you.

It keeps on chasing you but doesn't seem to be taking offensive measures yet.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-29-11/2058:33>: @Firewall:

The taxi drops you off a block away from the Renton address you have for the job. God you love the city. You wince at the thought of being without the constant hum of spam bouncing off your mental filters....the buzz of Wifi massaging the back of your neck. But 15,000¥ ain't chump change and your lenders don't fuck around. With Mitsuhama so hot on your trail it's either stay in town and get geeked, or rough it in the country side with deadzone headache and make a little money while your at it.

You look around a little paranoid and then make your way down the block. The address is an old dirty car and drone shop that's very typical for this part of Renton. The side door is open and you walk in. Making sure to duck under hoses and lifts you make your way in and see a dwarf with black hair and dark skin wearing goggles and welding something with a laser. When he sees you he turns it off and pulls up his goggles.

"What do you want?"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <10-30-11/1306:20>: OK. Id rathes stop playing with electronics and spend 2 IP trying to Maneuver to gain some advantage:

RE(7)+Bike(6)+AR(1)+Handling(2)-OnRoad(2)
(14d6.hits(5)=5,
14d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3244599/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Socinus on <10-30-11/1319:34>: "You posted an ad looking for...movers?"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-30-11/1458:11>: @Zach:

[OOC: If you're not going to do anything else this CT and just want to move forward to the next CT here's the drone's 2nd CT Vehicle test: Response 4 + Maneuver 4 + Speed advantage 2 = (10d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3244646/).]

@Firewall:

The dwarf looks you up and down sizing you up. Then suddenly without warning he start cracking up hysterically.

"I might as well take the package myself and hand it over to the authorities with a cute little bow and a card attached to it....hahahahaha"

His laugh slowly dies into a chuckle and he wipes tears from his eyes with his forearm.

"Good one Mr. Elf, good one..... well, enlighten me. What is it exactly that you do?"

He chuckles some more and then tries to compose himself.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <10-30-11/2304:40>: It's been a shitty week. I've hit a dead end and lost the trail of my quarry, and now I have to spend some time regrouping. Some additional funds would be helpful if I plan to stay on the good side of the landlord next month.

[OOC: rolling initial money: (Middle Lifestyle starting nuyen (4d6=14) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3244776/) +3 for remaining initial funds) * 100 = 1700 nuyen]

Thunderhead walked into the talisman shop in Renton where he had befriended the owner, a middle-aged male dwarf named Hatcher. He was known to have skills in locating hard to find magical reagents, and it was rumored that he could help develop new spells and rituals. He was also known to be someone who was in constant need of goods and services for barter and trade, and Thunderhead thought he'd see if there was any quick work to be had.

"Hello, chummer Hatcher. I'm still interested in having you develop that spell we talked about. I'm again short on currency, but this time I finally have time to perform some of those 'services' you mentioned the last time we spoke."

[OOC: edited Hatcher's description from female troll to male dwarf to reflect GM's subsequent post.. unless it's a REALLY ugly bearded female troll]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Socinus on <10-31-11/0229:35>: "Never mind what I do, I charge extra for a game of 20 Questions. You have something you want moved from A to B and here I am. If you think I look like a cop, then perfect; the scumbags will avoid me and the police will ignore me."

Christ, what kind of fumes has this guy been huffing that he thinks I look like a cop?
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-31-11/1722:16>: @Thunderhead:

Hatcher greats you in a friendly but business-like manner and scratches his braided beard and thinks a little about your request before responding. When he talks his tattooed face creases and gives him the wizened look of someone well beyond his years.

"I would love to help out a client who's short on cred, but researching a spell is a pretty time consuming endeavor. I'll tell you what... I'm constructing a spell focus right now that just needs one last reagent and I'm fresh out. Now this stuff is hard to come by on the market and your best bet is going out and getting it yourself. I was going to go this weekend out to the woodlands out east, but if you could save me the dangers and the hassles of the trip.....I'll try and get that spell you're looking for up and running. The stuff I need is called Beixaflor. It's a flower from an awakened plant. It grows very sporadically out east in the wilderness if a mana pool forms for long enough. If you can get it to me in usable condition, we'll call it a fair trade."

@Firewall:

The Amerindian looking dwarf stops chuckling altogether.

"It ain't cuz you look like a cop Mr. Elf....it's cuz if you're planning on moving what I need moved, you're gonna need a few helpers. From the way you walked in that door, it don't look like you got a posse to back you up yet.....and from the way you're scoping out the 'ware in this garage you're probably someone who covers matrix and tech support. You're gonna need muscle, mojo and then someone who knows routes. But don't sweat it Mr. Elf, I ain't tellin' ya t'get lost."

He stands up and puts his tools down, walks over to a desk and opens up a paper note-book. ....this guy really does seem old school.

"I'll tell you what....If I can't find a full team that already works well together, then I'll give you a ring and we'll see if we can't fit you in somewhere. So just so you know what you're getting into. I need this package moved across the border into NAN territory. The first part should be a piece of cake and that is driving close to the border. The other half is the real hastle....you're gonna have to foot it a few miles over the border in the goddamn woods until you reach the pickup zone. You up for that?"

@Brick:

Zach's running late....that ain't typical for the ork....
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <10-31-11/1733:17>: Vehicle test:
RE(7)+Bike(6)+AR(1)+Handling(2)-OnRoad(2)+Maneuver(3) (17d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3246484/)

Init:
RE(7)+INI(4) (11d6.hits(5)=7) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3246485/)

OOC: Can you believe it...
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-31-11/1810:37>: @Zach:

CT2, IP1
Drone ----------------------<<long>>------------------------------Zach

[OOC: You won the test so you now change the engagement range to "Long." Now you can take a break away action. That means make another Vehicle Test with a theshold of 2. If you're not going to do anything else for your 2 other IP's this turn, then just roll your next CT's Vehicle Test. ]

You start weaving in and of traffic and before you know it you've put even more distance with the drone who is still fast in pursuit.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <10-31-11/1931:03>: Brick walks by Graicie's again still not seeing the ork's bike in the lot. Something is wrong here. He was supposed to be here by now... Brick pulls up a private AR window and places an audio only call to Zach.

(OOC: if Zach answers the call Brick will ask him, "What's going on? Why aren't you here yet?")
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Socinus on <10-31-11/1932:24>: "Yes, I'm a little more...technically minded but I know how to make a bang when it's necessary. NAN territory doesnt bother me enough to make me say no, but I have to ask the most important question before I agree; what are you offering for this?"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <10-31-11/1937:41>: @Firewall:

"For a 4 man team I'm offering 20,000 nuyen. I've also got some great prices on some good vehicles if you're ever looking to buy."
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <10-31-11/1956:11>: Only thing what Brick gets is "not available at the moment" screensaver....

Break away:
1.IP
RE(7)+Bike(6)+AR(1)+Handling(2)-OnRoad(2) (14d6.hits(5)=7) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3246713/)(critical success)

Vehicle test for next CT
RE(7)+Bike(6)+AR(1)+Handling(2)-OnRoad(2) (14d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3246716/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Socinus on <10-31-11/2249:51>: "Alright, you've got Matrix support. I'll...think about the vehicle, I'm probably going to need one soon.

What can you tell me about the package? Is it heavy, explosive, delicate, magical.....?"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-01-11/0915:45>: Hmm, I seem to remember reading something about that particular plant...

[OOC: Botany (2) + Logic (2) (4d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3246770/)]

"Yes, I am familiar with that plant. You have a deal." Thunderhead holds the dwarf's gaze for a moment longer to seal the contract.

Thunderhead walked out of the small store and onto the streets of Renton. He could feel Max's presence at his side, even though the huge Fenrir Wolf was invisible due to the spell he'd cast before they left their apartment. His sustaining focus, a wrought iron bead woven into his beard, felt slightly warm to the touch as it powered the illusion. As he walked down the street, people would immediately give them a wide berth, without even knowing that Max was there. It seemed that the wolf's innate Fear power worked even through the invisibility spell.

Overhead, Shoryuken floated on thermal updrafts from the city, looking for food and keeping an eye on Thunderhead and Max. The Merlin Hawk would prove invaluable in his search for the Beixaflor, as it had the ability to cast a huge breadth of Detection spells.

Thunderhead got into an automated cab, with Max bounding in behind him. The cab settled to the ground with a creak as the 150-kg animal jumped into the vehicle. Thunderhead instructed the cab to head east towards the border and settled back in the cab's uncomfortable seat.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-04-11/2053:31>: @Zach:

You kick the clutch on your bike and twist the gas one last time and you take off down a side alley which loses the drone completely. You make it back outside the downtown SIN zone and breath a sigh of relief. You wonder if there are any smuggling routes that could be safer. Maybe just a call to Brick would be easier.

@Brick:

Zach's really late....you wonder what is going on.

@Firewall:

The dwarf looks at you. Then he looks both ways as if making sure no one is around and then lowers his voice and whisper to you.

"Real coffee beans. None of this soy crap...not even some of that gene-manipulated stuff you can buy at Evo-licious Community Food stores downtown. Some chieftain in the boonies apparently is quite the connoisseur. He's paying a hell of a lot for it. You're gonna need to carry about 500 kilos of this stuff. So hopefully we can assemble the right team."

@Thermo:

Almost as if reading your mind, Smiley your fixer calls you up.

"Hey Thunder....I spotted an add floating around the VPN's about a smuggling job. If you're interested here's the address."
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Socinus on <11-05-11/0025:09>: Firewall blinks a little, expecting something a little more...illegal.

Is this guy serious? Whatever, money is money. At least we'll stay awake during the journey. Didn't expect my first job to be...moving coffee, even if it is the real stuff.

"Alright, do we have a truck to move it with or should I get working on that?"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-05-11/0853:11>: @Firewall:

"I'll take you right up to the border, and then you're gonna have to hike it about 10km to the drop off. You can rest up and then hike back and i'll be at the border waiting for ya."
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-05-11/1034:42>: Thunderhead hears his commlink doohickey make a soft beep from his satchel. It takes him a few seconds to think of what the beep even came from. He fishes it out and gingerly pushes the flashing button on the screen, listening to the message.

Hmm, a smuggling job might be just what I need to get some fred back into my account. With any luck I can get the flower for Hatcher at the same time. In any case I might make enough nuyen to pay him for the new spell in nuyen instead of favors.

He pushes the "reply" button, half expecting the commlink to shoot sparks in his face, but no such bad luck.

"THANK YOU FOR THE TIP, FRIEND" he half bellows into the device's microphone.

Jeezus these insipid devices make me feel like an old man.

He tells the automatic cab to drive to the new address, sits back, and waits to see where he gets dropped off, peering through the windows to attempt to see if this is a set-up or a trap.

After all, in the shadows, you never know.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-05-11/1046:03>: @Thunderhead:

It doesn't look like a trap to you, so you climb out and the address is a mechanics shop embedded in a whole block of grimey-grey little store-fronts which form the first floor of a 3-4 story tall apartment complex. Service pipes and electronic wiring buses cover most of everything around here and the occasional drone whizzes over-head. Not too much traffic around though. The door in the garage is half-way open and you hear talking inside.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <11-05-11/1100:45>: @B: Sorry I was playing tag with autorities, so no calls. Id better get some fake SIN for this opportunities, Im getting tired odf this shit...in Siberia, noone asks you about your name, but here, it is 5 times a day outruning cop drones etc. Seems we got to move somewhere else, cops are on duty today...meet me in Renton, Ill tell you more and johnson is also there. [Coordinates follows]

INT(4)+Smuggling routes(5) (9d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3252955/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-05-11/1239:47>: @Max (Fenrir Wolf):

(whispering) "Stay close and stay quiet, don't attack anything unless I tell you to."

[OOC: Animal Handling (1) + Int (5) + Animal Empathy (2) + Animal Empathy Adept (4) = 12 (12d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3253049/) ]

Thunderhead checks the astral for any signs of magical activity in the area. If he finds nothing unexpected, he will walk to the half-open door of the garage and knock loudly.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-05-11/1252:41>: @Thunderhead:

[OOC: Dwarf: Will (5d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3253074/). Firewall: Will (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3253077/).]
As soon as you knock you hear a gruff voice ask you to come in. When you enter you see an Amerindian dwarf with goggles draped around his neck talking to an elf in a hoodie with cargo pants and a backpack. They both look at you and the dwarf asks:

"I suppose you're here for a job too, am I right? That giant fraggin dog better be house broken or i'm gonna have to put it down. And if that bird takes a crap on some of the new bodies i'm workin' on, you're payin for it chummer."

You think to yourself that this dwarf must be one stubborn chummer.

@Firewall:

You see the dwarf with beads in his beard and a whole medieval thing going on enter the garage. You scratch your head for a moment because You don't understand what the Amerindian dwarf means by dog. You don't see anything.......it does smell kind of funny around the dwarf though.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Socinus on <11-05-11/1341:45>: Man, I'm gonna end up working with the circus here.

"That aint' mine, I have no idea who...or...what that is.

What...uhh...what...kind of terrain are we talking about hoofing it over?"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-05-11/1727:07>: @Firewall & Thunder:

The dwarf responds to Firewall: "Foothills of the rockies, heavily wooded and crawling with life which makes aerial surveillance real hard. It's also the only sure way through the border without getting checked. Aside from the tribal foot patrols that do reconnaissance, the only thing you gotta watch out for is the wild-life, but with enough fire and mojo power that's not too much of a problem. As long as someone knows the outdoors, it should be a cakewalk all the way to the drop-off."
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-05-11/1911:54>: @Zach & Brick:

The door of the garage is almost too small for Brick to get through but he ducks and slides in and nearly hits his head on a car which is up on a hydraulic lift. Sichr comes in after him. The dwarf looks at you both and sizes you up.

@Everyone:

The dwarf chuckes:

"Well would y'look at that!"

He looks over at Firestorm.

"Let's see.......you my friend say you're pretty slick with the wifi. The dwarf definitely slings mojo. That big ol' troll over there definitely looks like your muscle and from the look of his eye-implants he's good with the trigger. Then his buddy the ork over there looks like quite the survivor. I've seen 'em all. So it looks like you got your team Mr. Elf! So what do you say gang, move my package for me for 20k?"

He briefs you all on what he already told Firestorm and Thunderhead. Then asks if you have any more questions.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-05-11/2023:10>: Thunderhead quietly surveys the group, feeling confident that it looks like a pretty solid team.

Hopefully someone else tries to negotiate, as 20k is great money for a milk run, but isn't nearly enough if things go seriously sideways. Every time I try to negotiate and things get heated, Max gets all agitated and activates his Fear power. Then things go to drek in a big hurry. Best to keep quiet.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <11-06-11/0854:46>: Zach looks around to see the company...well..since he didnt expect anything, he is nor disapointed nor pleased. He looks down on dwarf:
Anything we need to know about the package? Would it be traced by any means? Radio, radiation or magic emissions? Is it living? Makes it noise...or at least it is able to produce sound? Is it visualy appealing? Is it tought or fragile? Sensitive to elements, temperature and electricity?
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Socinus on <11-06-11/1117:39>: Apparently its..coffee. Not the soy stuff either. I'm not terribly clear on why this has to be smuggled but for 20 thousand, I'm less inclined to ask questions.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <11-06-11/1235:12>: Half a ton, you say...well, we better get ourselves a mule or two...wait...
Zach looks his company over one more time...
Dwarf, pointy ear, himself and Brick...
If we are supposed to move this cargo on foot, that would be multiple ways across or inside NAN territory. Shit...this aint gonna be some rosegarden walk...
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <11-06-11/2005:28>: Brick's eyes narrow as he assesses the room. "I'll consider doing plenty of things for 20k but that kind of nature walk is low for the amount of trouble it's gonna be on our part." negotiation roll: Charisma 2 - 1 defaulting +2 street cred =3dp (3d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3254608/) "You've got Plenty of of machines in here. If you've got a spare walker drone that can help pack that load in it'll take most of the load off us, which will help us keep it protected and stay mobile. Throw that in and you'll have a deal."

(OOC:Judge intentions on the Johnson (5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3254069/) / Visual perception of the other two men in the shop. Visual perception of the two other men in the room. (8d6.hits(5)=2, Firewall 8d6.hits(5)=3) Thunderhead (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3254070/) What can I tell about our new associates?)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-08-11/0814:51>: "Ok, i'll throw in a modified walker drone. Just be aware that if something happens to it, you're gonna have to pay for it. We got a deal"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-08-11/1401:38>: You take a look at a simple AR map that automatically shows you the path. It's tough terrain, and definitely in the middle of nowhere. The dwarf briefs you on the details of carrying the contraband. You each will have a backpack that can be used to carry the loot, however each person with a backpack will be encumbered and have a -1 to agility & reaction. This is in the case that you can no longer carry it on the drone for whatever reason. The package needs to get out tomorrow night for it to arrive in a timely fashion. He'll leave Seattle and eventually take Hwy 503 and you will get off at the drop-off point. He'll come back 2 days later and pick you up at the same time.

He says he'll have the drone fixed up and ready for you when you meet at the garage tomorrow at 1700 hours.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-08-11/1640:01>: "Anything else we should be aware of? Anyone know about this shipment that might try to intercept us for some reason?"

[OOC: Rolling to see if Thunderhead knows anything about the smuggling routes in this area: Smuggling Routes (2) + Int (5) (7d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3257032/)]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-09-11/1012:18>: @Thermo:

From your knowledge of smuggling routes you agree with the dwarf that the route he's proposing is definitely the most secure. The main dangers are encountering tribal foot patrols and then the para-wild life. The tribal patrols are very well trained fighters and outdoorsman. They should not be underestimated.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <11-09-11/1958:32>: When the meeting is over Brick will confer with Zach about anything the ork might need him to bring along for the trip. Then return the the Rover and head home. and follow his usual plan of things.

(OOC: Tell the daughter he's got work that I'll take him out of town/overnight contact Anita if she needs anything, set out basic drills for her to practice while he's gone and for after she's done her school work. Brick will pack his Panther AC with 5 clips of AC rounds (95 rounds), Ingram smartgunX with 80 stick and shock/80 Exex/80 APDS ammo, his Combat Axe, Karmabit and shock glove.) Other gear to be brought:
Backpack, Trama patch, stim patch rating 6, Medkit rating 6, Flashbangs (bought 2 60¥) x4, (bought 2 for 60¥) Smoke Grenade x4, Rations x8 bought for 40¥ (It doesn't specify how much you get per "rations" p.53 Arsenal, so I'm just counting it as a single meal per.), survival kit, smart canteens and his Armorers toolkit. Brick will also pack his HK XM 30 for zach to use while we're on our nature walk per his request, (@zach you'll have to get your own ammo for the rifle and grenades for the underbarrel launcher, also you break it/ lose it, you buy it.)

(OOC: That should round out all the gear Brick will be bringing.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <11-11-11/1156:24>: Using the number Brick gave him, and his recomendation, Zach is going to have a call with Bricks armorer.
"Good afternoon, miss. Im a friend of your friend Brick and we were discussing our ongoing trip to wilderness recently, talking about some automatic long range defense, maybe AK or something better? Id like to ask you what`s on the list now, I cannot be too choosy because I need my gear in 24 hours. 2K is as much as I have ready for this."
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-14-11/1743:15>: @Zach:

Anita offers you an AK-97 that is a little worse for the ware. It might jam occasionally but it's dirt cheap. It's yours for 200 nuyen.

@Everyone:

It's now the next day and you have 2 hours until you meet the dwarf at the garage.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Socinus on <11-16-11/0158:17>: Firewall packs his things up and heads out. The bomb is not armed and he makes a mental note to arm it once they arrive at the pickup point.

I'd better let the others know they should stay out of my pack.

He shows up half an hour early, doing a few walk by runs and checking the garage out again to see if anything looks amiss.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-16-11/0834:20>: Thunderhead packs up his new outdoor survival gear, tucks Nova into his pack, and heads out towards the garage with Max and Shoryuken. He brings 5 magazines regular ammo, 3 magazines EX-EX ammo, and 2 magazines silver ammo. The rest of the ammo gets tucked back into the ammo box that he keeps under the loose floorboards in the closet.

Let's rock.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-18-11/1028:24>: By 17:00 everyone has arrived at the garage and is not saying much to each other but just packing gear up, tightening up straps, checking weapons, double checking their lists. The Amerind dwarf is putting the finishing touches on a dull-tannish NeoNet Paddy drone with it's wheel system completely swapped out with spider-walker legs. When he's done he takes off his work apron and goggles and you find him to be in an unusually good mood.

"By the way, they call me Beartooth. So it looks like we're all ready to go, so let's pack up the truck gentelmen."

He gets the drone to lurch up off it's chasis a little clumsily, but as the new autosofts kick in it seems to get used to its new legs. It climbs into the back of Beartooth's GMC stepvan and the rest of you pile in just as the sun is beginning to go down.

After an 90 minutes through block after block of the concrete jungle that is the Seattle metro-plex, you reach the edge of UCAS territory. At the checkpoint Beartooth flashes a few AR documents and along with a little cred slotted to the Salish-Shidhe guards, you finally are smoothly cruising on Hwy 530. The thick dense awakened forest often times blocks out the moonless night sky completely as it canopies overhead and after only 30 minutes Beartooth pulls over to the side of the road and looks both ways down the highway checking if the coast is clear.

"Hear's the drop-off gentlemen. Let's do this quick."

He opens his driver-side door and steps out after turning off the head-lights and plunging you into darkness which only your metatype vision can penetrate. The four backpacks full of contraband are all bundled together and strapped to the drone. He shoots Firewall a passkey for admin access. As soon as everyone is out with their gear he waves to you all and as soon as his headlights are flooding the road again he takes off back the way you came leaving you alone at the border of what could loosely be described as Cascade tribal territory.

There is still decent wifi coming off the Grid Guide RFID's mixed in with the highway pavement. Your comm's GPS systems show you which direction to start off in and you plunge into the forest which stands like a dark green wall at the side of the road. While weaving through trees and bushes after about 100m away from the highway wifi begins to drop off and Zach engages his GPS system which reads signals directly from geo-stationary coordinate satellites. You push on.

[OOC: You are in the thick of forest. Let me know if there's anything special you wanna do, otherwise i'll continue in my next post. Low-light vision eliminates visibility modifiers, Thermographic brings it down to -2 for visibility. Long range visibility will be modified by foliage effects which I will determine on a case-by-case basis.]

@Firewall:

As soon as you feel the wifi start to ebb you look back longingly at the highway and you feel your head start to split with a migraine as the warm buzz of the matrix's eternal shower of data-packets begins to fade and your brain feels cold and exposed to the chilly mountain air.

[OOC: roll a composure test (2) and if you don't make it take a -1 to all your actions]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <11-19-11/1347:10>: Brick turns his commlink to Private as his Panther sends him system checks. Smartlink: online, commlink status: Private, Change fire selection: Semi Automatic, All systems functioning. He opens an open channel for the team only. (@team) Everyone fan out. We don't won't know where we'll take contact from so until we take it so we should move in a diamond formation about 5-6 meters apart if not more. It'll let us shift 75% of our fire power to any side that we get hit from and allow us clean lines of fire to return fire without worrying if our friends are in the way. (OOC: Unless anyone has a better idea.) Brick hands Zach the HK-XM30. Zach go be our cat, take point and call out any "rats" you see. Thunderhead pick a flank, take your companions and back Zach up please, also if we need a flanking element, your companions would be the best suited for it. Firewall, since you have the drone would you like to take the rear? I can go anywhere. Brick pauses to allow the team to move into formation. So we're all on the same page, we should do whatever possible to avoid contact with any possible patrols, which means we don't engage unless necessary. If we must engage it is with overwhelming force. We all know the priority targets, geek the mage, the heavy weapons, and medics first-second-third. Remember out here they have re-enforcements and if we don't kill them all and/or then get away asap, we'll be in a world of pain. If you encounter a scout moving alone, and you can't avoid him seeing you, kill him quickly and quietly. If there is critter issue, thunderhead will handle it, or we'll put it down as quiet as possible. If you suspect anything hostile, report it. If we encounter a patrol and they don't see us, we all halt and get low, wait for them to pass and then another 5-10 minutes before moving on. we will stop to rest every hour and a half for 10 minutes so we can have a snack/chow and water. If we need to hunker down to sleep, we'll need a secure location to do so. Now if there aren't any questions, lets move out. Visual perception / hearing perception (8d6.hits(5),10d6.hits(5)=[1, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 5, 3], [2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 3, 5, 1, 1, 1]) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3270556/) (2/1) hits respectively. /Infiltration roll (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3270557/)

(OOC: Before we step off into the night Everyone should keep in mind we're trying to be sneaky should roll an infiltration test, and if we're being watchful for threats, Perception tests (visual/hearing/etc.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-21-11/1247:41>: Current Time -- 20:00. Distance covered: 0 km

[OOC: Tracking 3 + Intuition 3 = (6d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3272823/), i'll use the lowest infiltration roll as the infiltration roll for the team. Everyone roll though when i ask for a roll.]

As you start moving away from the highway you notice the terrain is manageable but definitely isn't something that can be navigated with any speed. You seem to be averaging about 1km/hr with all the climbing and shuffling down inclines with the drone and all. After only about half a kilometer you notice Firewall doesn't look well at all. He's sweating bullets and is having a hard time containing his occasional groans. Without a word he falls to his knees and clutches his head.

"I can't take this....the silence is gonna make me go mad!"

Just as quickly he rises to his feet and takes off into the night booking at full speed in the general direction of the highway.....but Sichr is the one with the GPS so there's no way he could know for sure. It happens so quickly none of you have a chance to respond and within only a minute or two his bio-PAN has dropped off the list of your team's nodes.

Without much left to do other than look at each other and shrug, you decide to press forward. Brick looks at his PAN and notices that luckily the elf was wise enough to give all the team members user access to the drone. This includes basic controls and access to it's rather antiquated sensor array.

After a kilometer of pressing further into the dense forest, over foothills, through gulleys, around rock formations, the whole time trying to leave as little a trail as possible and spreading out in a manner described by Brick with Zach scouting up ahead; you hear a bone chilling howl ring out through the night. The howl is answered by other howls. The team freezes in place for about a minute holding it's position and just listening but you don't hear any movement so eventually you keep on moving, extra quiet this time.

Current Time -- 21:00. Distance covered: 1km

[OOC: Someone give me a Para-Critter knowledge skill roll or default on one if you don't have it. You can also give me an audio perception test to try and narrow down the location from which the howls came. Also give me another round of infiltration rolls everyone.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <11-21-11/1353:55>: After the howls subside Brick Tries to get a better fix on where they came from, hearing perception (10d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3272904/) and what might have made the the howls to begin with, logic defaulting for para critter knowledge. (3d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3272906/) then asks over subvocal comms, (@team) Anyone know what made that noise or have a good fix on where it came from? He then makes sure his Axe and his Ingram X are within easy reach. (@team) Lets keep it tight and keep moving, hopefully it's just a warning. But lets be ready for anything.

Infiltration roll:Infiltration (7d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3272907/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-21-11/1529:16>: [OOC: Paracritter identification: Academic Knowledge: Paracritters (3) +Logic (2) (5d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3272964/), no glitch - any chance I get a bonus since I have a wolf mentor spirit?]

[OOC: Hearing perception: Hearing: Perception(1)+Int(5) (6d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3272971/)]

[OOC: Did my Merlin Hawk make it up in the air ok? I posted on the OOC thread about this]

[OOC: infiltration test: Infiltration(1)+Agility(5) (6d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3272966/), no glitch]

Thunderhead takes his .45 Automatic out of its holster, screws the silencer into the barrel, and slides in a magazine of regular ammo. He chambers the first round.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <11-22-11/1517:52>: Zach takes the riffle from Brick, loads it, locks and looks towards te forrest.
Its been a while, I got used to the city. OK. Ill do whatever I can. Follow me and stay low.
He allows Sylvia, small dragonfly drone, left by wagner, to fly freely, commanding her to stay 3 meters in front of him, sneaky and perceptive.
Then he lowers his commlinks signal almost down to zero:
I would prefer radio silence. We need to stay close enought to see each other, radio down, they are sure as hell looking for something like that. If you have soudn filter, we may tune it for our voices...it wont overhelm you, but allow you to hear each other clearly even when whispering. When separated, dug in and stay on the place, don`t run away, it wont help. We go in nice a easy, in and out, as always, do we, Brick...
With sarcastic grin still on his face, Zach turns to Thunderhead:
If any of your pets assess dual, good, if not, you better check it out from time to time, those Amerinds are almost as cunning as we Siberrians..that means paracrits and watchers in the air.

Zach turns back to forrest, takes in deeply, enjoying the nature all around.
At least we dont die on concrete.

Then he moves forward, fulfilling his role as the point.

Perception audio/visual: INT(4)+PERC(4)+A/V Enhancement(3) (11d6.hits(5)=1, 11d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3274114/)

Infiltration: Agi(4)+Infil(3)+Imp.Abi(2)+Cat(2) (11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3274115/)

Smuggling routes knowledge: INT(4)+Smuggling routes(3) (7d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3274118/)

Navigation: LO(3)+Navigation(2)+Mapsoft(5) (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3274122/)

First hour passed annd Zach was almost content with both, progress and behaviour of the companions. This was about to change. All of sudden, distracted technomancer gives it up and began to run away, screaming in madness. Zach almost can imagine his feelings, he was in places with mana background so hight that he feel like mundane a few times before. For a second he things about shotting the man down...well, noisy bait is a good bait.

Zach is also actively looking for tracks of humans and animals:
INT(4)+Tracking(2) (11d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3274141/)

Another kilometer...and the nature finally challenges the team...

Perception(Audio) INT(4)+PERC(4)+Enhancer(3)+Spatial recognizer(2) (13d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3274132/)
This sounds like:
Parazoology: LO(3)+Parazoology(2) (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3274134/)

Agi(4)+Infil(3)+Imp.Abi(2)+Cat(2) (11d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3274137/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-25-11/1114:28>: Current Time -- 21:00. Distance covered: 1 km

@Thunderbeard:

You can tell that the howl definitely comes from something paranormal, but you're pretty unfamiliar with the specifics of the north-american wilderness. You can tell the howl's are coming from about half a mile north of you.

Your Merlin is soaring over-head and even though your mental image through it's eyes is a bit blurry you can make out the details of the canopy of the forest below it. As you try to scan the field of view of the Merlin you suddenly feel your foot catch something hard and whatever it was that you hit gives way. You take your focus away form the mental image in your mind coming from the bird and look down to see a rock tumbling down the side of a small ravine and you flinch as the echo reverberates through the night. The sound cuts the howling short and once everything settles you hear only silence.

[OOC: You're sustaining a spell, so this gives you a -2 to all your other tests and that means your infiltration roll was a critical glitch!]

@Zach:

Before hearing the ridiculously loud crash of the rocks that Thunder caused, you could already tell that those howls are most likely coming from Barghests. Packs of them are quite frequent in these parts. You don't know enough about their behavior though to give you any more details other than what probably made that howl.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-25-11/1213:10>: Thunderhead's already prodigious eyebrows furrow until they threaten to touch in the middle. "BLAST", he grumbles under his breath.

He freezes, waiting for the sounds to subside before focusing on the Merlin Hawk's senses once again. He switches from normal vision to astral, trying to see any dual natured beings that might be racing towards their position.

[OOC: did Thunder see any areas of the forest that appeared to give a break in the trees where we might be able to fight more effectively? Specifically looking for an area where the sight lines open up so we don't have the critters right on top of us.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-29-11/0918:46>: @Thunderhead:

The infinite beauty of the forest when viewed through astral space is breathtaking with it's dance of colors, lights, and feelings but the downside to that is that it is far far too astrally bright to really see much of anything under the canopy with your Merlin.

[OOC: Agility 5 + Infiltration 3 (8d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281415/). Everone give me perception tests (the higher of audio/visual/scent), if you get 6 hits or more add a +3 to your suprise roll. Thunder roll for your pets too. Everyone then give me a surprise roll with or without said bonus (that's just your initiative DP). Then after that roll initiative as normal.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <11-29-11/1704:07>: After hearing the howling and the avalanche, Zach stops and falls back, taking his point in deffensive triangle around the cargo. Long arm he got from Brick would be of no use in this terrain, or against animals, so he holsters it on side of his backpack, taking SMG and the Claw to his hand. Activates his Chameleon suite, hiding in cover.
Agi(4)+Infil(3)+Imp.Abi(2)+Cat(2) (11d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281795/)
"Barghests. Some kind of great dogs. Hunters. Will be here in a few moments so get ready. I hope your fuckin` circus can take care of itself, dwarf.
INT(4)+PERC(4)+A/V Enhancement(3) (11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281785/)
Surprise test:
INIT(11)+Combat sense(2) (13d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281789/)
Initiative:
INIT(11) (11d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281790/)=13
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <11-29-11/1804:14>: Brick slings his Panther and pulls his combat axe and Ingram SMG, Then crouches against a tree attempting to conceal himself with both weapons ready to go.Infiltration roll (agl 5 skill 2) (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281816/) (@team subvocal) "Keep it together, defend yourselves As necessary, make sure you don't hit the drone and keep it safe unless you want to pack this crap the whole way up."
Hearing perception
(10d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281806/)
surprise roll
(12d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281817/)
Normal initiative
(9d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281822/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-29-11/1839:06>: Thunderhead drops the link to his Merlin Hawk and readies his .45 Automatic pistol. He crouching low in a shooters stance, he tells Max not to attack with the command "Sperre".

@team (subvocal): "I can control them, buy me time"

(OOC: Thunderhead's first IP will be spent casting Control Pack once they are visible)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-29-11/1909:12>: OOC:

[Nova (Blackberry Cat)

Perception:
Nova: Perception: Perception(4)+Int(6) (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281435/)
Surprise:
Nova: Surprise Test: Init(11) (11d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281438/)
Initiative:
Nova: Initiative: Init(11) (11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281440/) Total Initiative: 15

Shoryuken (Merlin Hawk)

Perception:
Shoryuken: Perception: Perception(4)+Int(6) (10d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281441/)
Surprise:
Shoryuken: Surprise Test: Init(9) (9d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281442/)
Initiative:
Shoryuken: Initiative: Init(9) (9d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281443/) Total Initiative: 12

Max (Fenrir Wolf)

Perception: Hearing
Max: Perception: Hearing: Perception(3)+Int(5)+Enhanced Senses:Hearing(+2) (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281449/)
Surprise:
Max: Surprise Test: Init(9) (9d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281451/)
Initiative:
Max: Initiative: Init(9) (9d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281452/) Total Initiative: 11

Thunderhead

Perception:
Thunderhead: Perception: Perception(1)+Int(5) (6d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281459/), no glitch
Surprise:
Thunderhead: Surprise Test: Init(7) (7d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281462/)
Initiative:
Thunderhead: Initiative: Init(7) (7d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3281464/) Total Initiative: (minus 2 for sustaining spell) = 6]

edited to reflect GM ruling on Nova's combat sense and Thunderhead's spell sustaining
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <11-30-11/1553:11>: [OOC: Dragon fly perception: Sensor 4 + Clearsight 3 = (7d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3282829/). Surprise: Init 9 + 3 = (12d6.hits(5)=5, 12d6.hits(5)=2, 12d6.hits(5)=2, 12d6.hits(5)=2, 12d6.hits(5)=4, 12d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3282828/). Barghest Group Init: (9d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3282895/).]

[OOC: You can NOT act against or in reaction to anyone friend or foe who has a surprise score higher than yours.]

Surprise: Brick(3), Zach(4), Thunder(1), Max(3), Nova(3), Shoryuken(5), Barg1(5), Barg2(2), Barg3(2), Barg4(2), Barg5(4), Barg6(4)

IP1, CT1: Barg(1,2,3,4,5,6)-15, Nova-15, Brick-13, Zach-13, Max-12, Shoryuken-11, Thunder-6
Edge: Brick-3/3, Zach-1/1, Thunder-2/2, Barg-4/4

[OOC: the Barghests go first. B6's Paralyzing Howl: Cha 3 + Magic 4 (7d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3282926/). Everyone resist with Willpower, net hits are subtracted from your Reaction attribute and if it's reduced to zero then you're paralized and reaction comes back at 1/minutes (20 CT's). B1 Attacks to subdue Brick, B5 Attacks to subdue Zach.

B1's attack on Brick: Ag 5 + Unarmed 3 + Charge 2 = (10d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3282938/). You didn't get defense roll but he rolled no hits so it misses.
B5's attack on Zach: Ag 5 + Unarmed 3 + Charge 2 = (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3282939/). Zach gets defense roll since Surprise scores are the same. Barghest Strength is 5, so if Str + net hits exceeds your body you're immobilized.

Now it's the teams turn and you can post in any order since i'm sure none of you mind if a teammate goes first. If so then we'll retcon it. Make sure to narrate the result of the barghest attack.]

(http://shadowhelix.de/images/thumb/b/bb/Barghest.jpg/200px-Barghest.jpg)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X3lNYc1hcaE/TCAukQmjLHI/AAAAAAAAAr8/Qb_A0p0KF9Q/s1600/The-Viperwolf-avatar-2009-film-9573872-600-335.jpg)

Suddenly without warning it happens. Darting at lightning fast speed you see the smooth, agile, muscled forms of 6 canine like beasts whose eyes and teeth glow a slight green from bio-luminescent bacteria. You have almost no time to react. One of them stops right in the middle of the spread out formation of the team and howls into the night sending shivers down your spine that you know can't be natural. Brick get's caught unaware from the back as a Barghest jumps on him but slides off as it's bite clamps down on one of his horns and slides off. Another Barghest dives at Zach, seemingly completely oblivious to his glassy form due to his chameleon suit.

(http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy5/Inca1980/UB6-forest2.jpg)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <11-30-11/1646:44>: [OOC: Roll to resist Paralyzing Howl Resist Paralyzing Howl: Wil(6) (6d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3283064/)]
[OOC: Shit.]
[OOC: Can I use edge to re-roll failures?]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <11-30-11/1748:59>: WILL(3) (3d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3283111/) (RE-3=4)
Defense:
RE(4)+Knives(6)+Combat Sense(2)+Claw(2) (14d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3283112/)
Counterstrike
AG(4)+Knives(6)+Counterstrike(2)+Claw(2)+Net(2) (16d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3283113/) DV=3+net
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-01-11/0948:32>: [Edge roll: edge roll to resist Paralyzing Howl Wil(6)-Prev Hits(1) (5d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3283809/)]

Thunderhead is standing wide-eyed, frozen stiff.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-01-11/1017:10>: @Zach:

[OOC: B5: Reaction 6 + Unarmed 3 = (9d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3283820/). That's 3 net hits, so it needs to soak 6P. B5: Body (7d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3283823/). It takes 6P.]

The massive Barghest leaps up to land down on you maw first, but you jam your claw into the bottom of it's mouth and move out of the way as it lands on it's feet in the place you used to be standing. You feel warm wet fluorescent blood on your hands and the dog-like beast whimpers.

@Thunder:

With your vast experience in the wildernesses of Europe you should have known better then to have let yourself listen to that bone-chilling howel, but it's too late now and you feel it's energy coursing and taking over your muscles and before you can react it has paralyzed you completely while standing in place.

[OOC: you can still cast LOS spells, but i'll say with a -1 penalty to spell casting skill. I'll say you're facing due east and have a 60 degree cone of vision. You can speak also if you succeed in a Composure: Charisma + Will (3) test. Because of your surprise roll though you can't attack or react to anyone this IP.]

@Brick:

[OOC: it's your turn and remember you can only attack and react to those with surprise score less than or equal to yours. This means that Brick doesn't know who or what tried to hit him, it all happened so fast, but he would have seen Bargs 2,3 & 4.]

Surprise: Brick(3), Zach(4), Thunder(1), Max(3), Nova(3), Shoryuken(5), Barg1(5), Barg2(2), Barg3(2), Barg4(2), Barg5(4), Barg6(4)

IP1, CT1: Barg(~~1,2,3,4,6~~)-15, Nova-15, ~~Barg5-13~~, Brick-13, ~~Zach-13~~, Max-12, Shoryuken-11, ~~Thunder-6~~
Edge: Brick-3/3, Zach-1/1, Thunder-1/2, Barg-4/4
Wound: B5{6P|-2}, Thunder{Paralyzed}
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <12-03-11/0209:18>: Brick tenses himself for combat just as the howl goes up. (3d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3286230/) (-2 reaction for a new base of 3) As the howl's supernatural power creeps into his mind he focuses on the grips of his weapons willing himself to not freeze, just as a shadow speeds past on his left, he see's the other hounds come into view. His Instincts to drive them off or at least deter them from attacking kick in just in time. He raises his Ingram X, aims, and opens fire with a long, wide, burst (with Exex rounds +1DV-1AP) at the hound in the center. (B2.) (8d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3286321/) (incoming damage 6P+2 net hits -1AP -5 to Reaction NOTE: This weapon is Silenced and anything listening out there would face a -4 to perceive it.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-03-11/1014:20>: Summon Beast (F5): Summoning(5)+Magic(3)+Spirit Affinity(2)+Wolf Mentor(2)+Frozen(-1) (11d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3286620/)
Beast Resist Summoning: Force(5) (5d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3286623/) net hits: 5 services
Drain Resist: Minimum Summoning DV(2): Wil(6)+Int(5) (11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3286625/) no drain

Thunderhead can feel all his muscles cramping at once from the blasted beast's howl. The effect is excruciating, as though he was turned into a tight-grained piece of wood. Though he didn't know what exactly he was facing, he knew that he could call to Morrigan for support. He relaxed, allowing images to flash into his mind, images of the Terrible Queen herself sitting on her cold, dark throne. She was surrounded by giant black wolves, slavering and growling. She smiled at Thunderhead with the slightest hint of amusement and pointed at one of the larger wolves, who leapt forward and materialized from the metaplanes into the physical one. It was even bigger than Max, and as it curled back its lips one could see that its teeth were literally dripping with a black saliva that smoked and hissed in the night air [OOC: optional power Venom]. In his vision, Thunderhead fell to his knees and planted one side of his face on the stone floor at Morrigan's feet, reverently prostrate at her mercy.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-05-11/1039:01>: @Brick:
[OOC: B2's defense: (1d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289160/). B2's Body: (7d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289162/). It soaks 1P and takes 7P. That's heavy damage. B2's Edge (1): (4d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289166/). Avoids heavy damage consequences. Get's knocked prone though. I'm putting the Ingram is his good hand, which means the axe is in his off hand giving it a -2 for not being ambidextrous.]

Even though Brick felt one of those things clamp on to his horn and then slide off, it moved so quick he decides to stay focused on threats he can see clearly. With his Ingram in one hand and his combat axe in the other he fires a wide burst over at the incoming Barghests. The rounds leave the chamber quietly but on contact they explode sending popping sounds into the night which echo through the valley. One of those pops erupts in a splatter of fluorescent blood and one of the beasts gets thrown on to it's haunches as it yelps in pain. The explosive rounds, though loud, were scary enough so that it quickly gets up and takes off into the forest to go lick its wounds

IP2, CT1: Barg(1,3,4,6)-15, Nova-15, Barg5-13, Brick-13, Zach-13, Max-12, Shoryuken-11, Thunder-6
Edge: Brick-3/3, Zach-1/1, Thunder-1/2, Barg-4/4
Wound: B5{6P|-2}, Thunder{Paralyzed}

@Thunder:
[OOC: In order to summon in reaction to the attack as you did, you would have to delay your action until 2nd IP, so now during IP2 the spirit appears astrally and spends a complex action materializing and since it only has 2 IP's, it will roll init and be ready for combat in CT2.]

@Everyone:
[OOC: B1 attacks Brick. B1's Agility 5 + Unarmed 3: (8d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289190/). B3 also charges Brick. B3's Agility 5 + Unarmed 3 + Charge 2: (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289192/). B5 attacks Zach again: B5's Agility 5 + Unarmed 3 + wound -2: (6d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289226/). Total miss. B4 Charges Zach: B4's Agility 5 + Unarmed 3 + Charge 2: (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289212/). B6 charges Max the wolf: B6's Agility 5 + Unarmed 3 + Charge 2: (10d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289216/). I'll let you you roll for your Wolf Thunder. Everyone roll defenses and then act and narrate it all to me. Base damage is 6P.]

(http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy5/Inca1980/UB6-forest3.jpg)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-05-11/1609:01>: Facing two oponents, Zach rather defenses himself. One of barghests jumped, well Zach moved out of the line even before the Barghest can try to catch him, Other one was more sucessfull, and Zach had to use his Claw again to parry Barghests stinking MAW.
Full defense:
2xRE(8)+Knives(6)+Combat Sense(2)+Claw(2) (18d6.hits(5)=7) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289524/)
As the caremic knife clinks against beasts fang, Zach didnt hesitate and provided the second Barghest with siberian veterinary care:
AG(4)+Knives(6)+Counterstrike(1)+Claw(2)+Net(3) (16d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289538/)
DV: 3+Net(5)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-05-11/1902:30>: Max resist paralyzing howl: Wil(5) (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289736/) [Max's rea goes from 4 to 2]

[OOC: The following rolls were totally botched by your's truly (used the wrong number of dice, compounded by other slap-forehead mistakes) and therefore after talking with Inca we decided to use the raw dice rolls to settle this combat round for Max. Hence no Invisible Castle reference unless you want to go on and see the mess I made, the numbers are all in there :) ]

[Max's defense roll: Rea(2)+Unarmed Combat(4) = (4,2,3,5,3,2) = 1 success]
[Max uses 1 point of Edge to re-roll failures: (3,6,5,5,6) = 4 successes (5 total)]

Max manages to blunt the attacking barghest's charge at the last moment, causing the slavering jaws to slide harmlessly off Max's thick coat and making the beast stumble as it is deflected away from Max's frozen pack-mate, Thunderhead. Max quickly lunges forward with his huge jaws and tries to bite the barghest on its neck while it is off-balance.

Max attack B6: Agi(5)+Unarmed Combat(4)+Previously Defended(-1) (8d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289564/) [OOC: This is one of the rolls that got messed up, the last die was subtracted when it should have been included]
Extra die for Max's attack (mistakenly subtracted) (1d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289754/)

[OOC: So Max's attack hits with 2 successes, unless defended. Base damage is 6P plus net hits]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <12-05-11/2314:07>: As the second barghest charges in Brick drops the ingram from his right hand so that it's wolf hook sling brings it back to his body and brings the axe up to parry as jaws snap at him.(8d6.hits(5), 7d6.hits(5)=[5, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 6](2), [1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4, 2](0)) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290079/) (OOC: Parried the first attack, using edge on the 2nd to reroll misses.(7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290085/) that's 7P incoming, but it doesn't beat my armor rating so it's 7S, rolling to soak, body 8 + impact armor 9= 17dp (17d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290089/) that's 1S.)

Brick gets the axe up just in time to catch B1's jaws with the handle and pushes it back while turning the handle 90 degrees to throw it off balance. As he does he turns his body to face B3 as it comes in, knocking it's snout away from his hand, just to land on his forearm. Brick feels the strength behind the jaws as they bite down and knows he was lucky he deflected the bite just in time. As he shakes B3 off his fore arm he raises his axe high and swings at B3. Agility 5 + Weapon skill 3=8dp (8d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290121/) (OOC: Edge again to avoid glitching! >:( edge reroll for the attack 7dp (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290125/) that's 3 net hits.)

Initiative for next CT Reaction + intuition -2 =7 (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290138/) 9.

{Status: No damage 1 Stun damage, no Wound penalty,Edge 1/3}
Ammo counter Panther: 19 rounds left in clip, IngramX: 34 rounds left in clip, Current weapon: Combat Axe (both hands)

(**OOC: Inca don't forget to deduct the 1 edge B2 used from the Barghest's edge pool.**)
Quote from: inca1980 on <12-05-11/1039:01>
@Brick:
[OOC: B2's defense: (1d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289160/). B2's Body: (7d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289162/). It soaks 1P and takes 7P. That's heavy damage. B2's Edge (1): (4d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289166/). Avoids heavy damage consequences.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-06-11/0104:14>: @Brick:
[OOC: That Edge roll for B2 wasn't a use of Edge, it was just the attribute roll for heavy damage...see augmentation. Speaking of Edge though, you can only use Edge once per roll though, so you're last use of Edge isn't gonna work since you negated a glitch on the roll with it so keep your last point of Edge. For the attack, you need to add your reach in there, which is +2 for axe and +1 for troll...so you have 3 more dice. I'll roll them for you to save time. Brick's Reach: (3d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290162/).]

[OOC: It can't really block the attack, so can't use unarmed to defend. B3's defense against Brick's swing: Reaction 6 = (9d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290161/). That should be 6 dice, knocking off 3 we get zero hits. Incoming damage is 9P. B3's Body (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290165/). So B3 takes 7P. Doing Edge (not using Edge pool) attribute roll for heavy damage. Edge (1) (4d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290167/). Avoids heavy damage.]

You swing your axe and slice right into the Barghest that just attacked you's thick hide and slice it right through it's haunches causing fluorescent blood to splatter everywhere. The beast screeches as it flies to the ground but seems to be determined to bring you down.

@Thunder:
[OOC: B6's defense: Reaction 6 + Unarmed 3 = (9d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290169/). Blocked.]

The Barghest charges and everyone except Thunderhead can see only the Barghest as it starts to gnash its teeth and engage in an intense dog-fight with the invisible wolf. You see that the black drooling wolf that has been sent to aid you has now almost fully materialized and is awaiting your orders.

@Zach:
[OOC: you're the only one with a 3rd IP, so you used you 2nd IP to go Full Defense, so your attack comes on the 3rd and final IP. B4's defense: Reaction 6 + Unarmed 3 = (9d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290172/). That's 7P incoming. B4's defense: Reaction 6 + Unarmed 3 = (9d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290172/). It takes 4P.

The other Barghest which just attacked you is putting up a good fight but you manage to flip out of the way of one of its lunges and in mid air plant your blade into its side causing it to yelp.

@Everyone:
[OOC: Barghest's Init roll: (9d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290181/). Spirit Init: (12d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290182/). Everyone who hasn't rolled init please do so. Thunder, you can reroll init for your pets if you want or keep the same scores for them just to save bookkeeping. ]

IP1, CT2: Spirit-15, B1-12, B6-12, B4-11, B3-10, B5-10, Brick-9, ...
Edge: Brick-1/3, Zach-1/1, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Barg-4/4
Wound: B3{7P|-2, prone}, B4{4P|-1}, B5{6P|-2}, Thunder{Paralyzed}, Brick{1S}
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-06-11/0248:44>: RE(4)+INT(4) (8d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290258/)=10
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-06-11/0904:29>: [OOC: Still in CT1]
Nova the Blackberry Cat has her head poked out of Thunderhead's pack, terrified after witnessing the pack of canines that seem intent on ripping them all to shreds. She hears the barghest's howl and tries to resist the paralyzing effects:

Nova (Blackberry Cat) resist Howl: Wil(5) (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290417/)
[OOC: Nova's Rea goes from 5 to 3]

Nova senses that this combat could be dangerous for her furry little self and casts innate spell Combat Sense (F4)

Nova (Blackberry Cat) casts Combat Sense(F4): Spellcasting(3)+Magic(4) (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290422/) [+2 to defend against ranged and melee attacks]
Nova (Blackberry Cat) Drain Resist: Wil(5)+Int(6) (11d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290424/) [DV=4, Drain fully resisted]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-06-11/0912:42>: [OOC: Keep the same initiative for the pets for the sake of bookkeeping]

Thunderhead Initiative: Rea(0)+Int(5) (5d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290430/) Total Init=9
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-06-11/1414:09>: IP1, CT2: Spirit-15, B1-12, B6-12, B4-11, B3-10, B5-10, Zach-10, Brick-9, Thunder-9
Edge: Brick-1/3, Zach-1/1, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Barg-4/4
Wound: B3{7P|-2, prone}, B4{4P|-1}, B5{6P|-2}, Thunder{Paralyzed}, Brick{1S}

@Brick:
[OOC: B1 Attack's Brick again. B1's attack: Agility 5 + Unarmed 3 (8d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290599/). B3 will use it's fear power on Brick. B3's Fear: Will 3 + Magic 4 + Wound -2 = (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290603/). Resist with Willpower.]

The first Barghest keeps trying to bite you and get a grip and you notice that the one that you just cut hard starts staring at you. You feel like you can't look away from it's eyes as it starts to growl and it's gaze is completely focused on you. You feel a terror start to rise inside you and you fight to hold it together.

@Sichr:
[OOC: B4's Attack: Agility 5 + Unarmed 3 + Wound -1 = (7d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290605/). B5 uses fear power. B5's Fear: Will 3 + Magic 4 + Wound -2 = (5d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290607/). Doesn't work.]

You are in the same situation with Brick and the Barghest that you wounded worst starts staring at you and growling. You also fight to keep it together.

@Thunderhead:
[OOC: B6 uses fear power against Max. B6's Fear: Will 3 + Magic 4 = (7d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290610/). Resist by rolling only Max's Will. Counterspelling doesn't apply.]

Max and the Barghest break apart after tangling with each other and start to stare each other down and both begin to growl at each other.

@Everyone:
[OOC: Now it's your turn.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-06-11/1503:52>: RE(4)+Knives(6)+Comb at Sense(2)+Claw(2) (14d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290634/)
With the slight move, Zach avoids attacking puppy, while staring back on his mate:
MA(5)+Att.Boost(1) (6d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290636/) :-[
and staring with his three eyes...no wait...its not the third eye but a SMG barrel:
AG(4)+SMG(6)+Smart(2) (12d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290638/)
Long burst: DV5+4=9 + nethits(3)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-06-11/1515:53>: Max resist Fear: Wil(5) (5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290633/) Max, you are such a big baby.

Thunderhead sends a mental command to the spirit wolf sent by his Queen: "BROTHER WOLF, DEFEND THE PACK! ATTACK THE BARGHESTS!!"

[OOC: Nova is holding her action, if Thunderhead is attacked (with her in the pack) she will cast a frightening illusion to try to scare the attacker]

[OOC: Shoryuken is circling overhead, GM's choice if the Merlin Hawk feels the situation is threatening enough to get involved by summoning a spirit to help]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <12-06-11/1851:55>: Brick moves to parry (11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290878/) B1 and again manages to deflect a full bite as it's maw clamps down on his covered forearm, (17d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290881/). The parry must have set him up better than he thought as the Barghest's teeth find only a plate of armor to bite on. Brick twists his arm free pushing B1 away. He steps back to face B3 expecting it to come at him and instead makes the mistake of meeting its eyes... Willpower roll (3d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3290863/)(OOC: glitch'd.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-09-11/2110:16>: [OOC: ok i wrote a whole long reply and then it got somehow lost in this stupid browser so i'll just summarize...it was much more complete.]

@Zach:
[OOC: B5: Reaction 6 + Wound -2 = (4d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3294970/). Critical Glitch.]

The Barghest who is staring at you growling eats a whole volley of rounds from you HK and it's head blows up as well as a limb gets torn off as it falls into a bloody heap of dog flesh.

@Brick:
[OOC: your glitch will make it so that you run and also get lost. Team will have to spend time reconnecting with you.]

You've never felt a terror like this but all you can do is whip around and hall-ass with the only thought in your mind being putting as much distance as possible between you and that god forsaken thing even though you don't hear it coming behind you. The brush whips you i the face and you run without direction, your screams reverberating through the night.

@Thermo:
[OOC: Beast Spirit: Agility 6 + Unarmed 5 = (11d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3294976/). B6: Reaction = (6d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3294978/). 5+1 = 6P incoming. url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3294981/]B6: Damage Soak: Body = (7d6.hits(5)=0)[/url]. Takes 6P. B6: Toxin Resistance Test: Body (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3294985/). Will take 4P at the end of CT3.]

Max takes off running into the forest.

Just before the Barghest can take off after him, the massive wolf with glowing violet eyes which give off a violet arcane haze jumps on it. It sinks it's canines into its neck and the poisonous saliva seeps into the wound and works its magic.

IP1, CT2: Spirit-15, B1-12, B6-12, B4-11, B3-10, Zach-10, Brick-9, Thunder-9
Edge: Brick-1/3, Zach-1/1, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Barg-4/4
Wound: B6{6P|-2, Venom 4P end of CT3}, B3{7P|-2, prone}, B4{4P|-1}, B5{6P|-2}, Thunder{Paralyzed}, Brick{1S}

[OOC: doing a composure test for the Barghests. Barghests: Cha 3 + Will 3 + Wound -2 (3) = (4d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3295003/). They fail it.]

@Zach & Thermo:

The Barghests that were attacking Brick and Zach all run off into the night whimpering, the hunting pack decimated beyond repair. With some of its best hunters lost their young will most likely not survive the coming winter.

The one Barghest left lays dead in the mouth of Thermo's spirit. It brings the corpse to Thermo's feet and then lays down next to it and begins chewing the thing apart.

After a few minutes Thermo feels his body tingle back into motion, the pins and needles excruciating but at least he can start to move again. You both look at each other and start regroup. There is no sign of Brick and not even his screams can be heard any more. His node isn't appearing even though he should still be within signal range....most likely due to terrain interference. He'll probably have to be tracked by more traditional methods.

Thermo hopes Max will somehow find his way back to him.

[OOC: It will require a Tracking + Intuition (8, 30 min) extended test. Combat is over. You could do another separate one if you wanna look for Max. ]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-10-11/2109:20>: @Zach: "We need Max to track Brick. We wait here."

@Wolf spirit (telepathic): "Brother wolf, seek out your pack-mate Max the Fenrir Wolf and lead him back to me."

Thunderhead briefly closes his eyes, and his Queen sees his need. She sends a hummingbird spirit to send a message to the terrified Brick.

[OOC: Summoning watcher spirit Summoning(5)+Magic(3)+Spirit Affinity(2)+Mentor Spirit(2) (12d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3296086/) ]

drain resist: Wil(6)+Int(5) (11d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3296087/)

[OOC: Not at my home PC right now, don't remember how drain works for watcher spirits, Inca can you roll whatever is needed to move things along?]

Thunderhead telepathically tells the watcher spirit to find Brick (sends him mental picture) and give him the message that Thunder is sending a pack-mate to retreive him. If Brick has a reply the watcher spirit is instructed to bring it back to Thunderhead.

Thunderhead sits down on the mossy ground and rests, trying to shrug off any final effects of the battle and the subsequent summoning.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-13-11/0811:49>: [OOC: I'm sending the beast spirit back out to find Brick and bring him back to us here. Summoning the watcher spirit took a little more out of Thunderhead than expected (no drain resist hits!), so he's going to continue to sit and relax for a while longer to recover from stun damage. Watcher spirit is limited to 6 hours (6S drain - 0 hits on drain resist = 6S damage)]

@Spirit Beast (telepathically): "Wolf-brother, seek out our pack-mate Brick. He is lost and needs to be led back to the rest of the pack. We will wait here for your return."

Max is sitting on the ground next to Thunderhead, who is cross-legged with his eyes closed while he purges his body of negative energy. Max is alert and is actively on guard, looking, listening, and smelling for any signs of trouble.

Shoryuken lands on Thunder's shoulder with a flutter of wings and a sharp "clink" sound as his talons grab into the chainmail coif. Once the bird has had a few minutes to rest and clean itself, Thunderhead instructs it to perform its new trick, "Finden Blume". The hawk launches back into the air, circling overhead and searching for the magical flower.

Nova is curled up in Thunderhead's pack, sleeping happily. She is still maintaining her Combat Sense spell and has been instructed to alert Thunder if she expects an ambush.

Heal stun damage: Bod(4)+Wil(6) extended test (1 hour) (10d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299276/)
Heal stun damage: Bod(4)+Wil(6) extended test (1 hour) (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299292/)

[OOC: Stun damage is gone within two hours]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-13-11/0824:31>: Fuck! we are sitting ducks here with bloody Salish or Crows patrols all around.
Zach looks arond the battlefield with a disgusted look and his face.
Could you at least cleanse this place? I dont want to leave unnecessary signatures on bodies.
After first hour of waiting, he is getting a bit nervous. He stands up and walks to the place Brick disapears into the woods.
It would be faster if I trace him down traditional way.
Reloading fired rounds to the clip, routine check of the perimetter with his senses focused at maximum. He don`t want to think about the possibility that Brick is dead and they will have to continue without him.
Look, Thunder. We need to take the possibility of man-down situation into consideration. We cannot wait forever, we had a work to do. Even Brick would hardly be that far your sprits cannot find him. How long would we wait?
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-13-11/0907:21>: "You are correct, we need to be quiet to avoid further detection. We don't know what or who might be out there. That is why we need to rest, recover strength, and get our team back together."

After the first hour, Thunder is feeling much more refreshed, just a bit longer and he'll be back at full strength.

"The spirits I sent out are still searching for him. They will report to me when they locate him, alive or not. We need to have patience. We will know if he is alive soon enough. And as for tracking him down the traditional way, you can go if you wish. You'll be taking this infernal machine with you, or leaving it with me, either of which is a terrible option."

Thunder does, however, think that cleansing the site is a good idea. After feeling refreshed, he switches to astral perception and quietly walks the area, being as slow and careful as possible. He eliminates all the signatures that were left behind on both the bodies and on the ground and trees.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-13-11/1015:13>: Eeeh crap..if we are going to rest and recover strenghts every hour we are going to spend month on this journey. But If your mojo is able to find him even if he is dead, Ill wait for confirmation. I dont want to left him here. Its just...its not the Bricks way to behave like this. Some fuckin barghest mojo must be in play. At least we drive those beasts away, otherwise they wil chase him in pack and kill him when he is extinguished.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <12-13-11/1251:24>: Brick's tracking rolls:
#1 (5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299497/)
#2 (5d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299498/)
#3 (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299499/)
#4 (5d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299500/)
(....go to hell Invisible castle. >:()

Brick comes out of the fear after about 6 seconds, his head foggy all he remembers is the barghest that he almost killed starring into his eyes before the compulsion to just get the fuck out over ran everything in his memory. He takes a knee, to access his surroundings and to check himself, all of his weapons are still on him reporting via his smartlink, he feels the Axe's weight in his right hand. Listening to the night he struggles to hear anything beyond the natural sounds of the forest, some sign that either a barghest followed him or a team mate took off after him. Hearing nothing Brick searches for signs of his boot's imprints upon the earth, with the way he took off into the night he wouldn't have had the sense the be stealthy so he must have left some kind of trail... After a a minute passes he's started on retrasing his steps back to the team. He make's slow progress the over encompassing darkness hindering him but he keeps moving. As he goes his HUD tells him how long he's been at it... "Over an Hour has gone by. It'll be a miracle if they haven't left the site of the fight..." Just then a purple glow comes into view. Brick recognizes it as the wolf spirit Thunder summoned to defend himself. "Are you here for the stray?" He asks. The purple wolf Stare's at Brick before turning around and trotting back into the woods. Brick knowing better than to refuse this small kindness jogs after the wolf, gun and axe in hand just in case all he finds are more of those damned hounds.

After a few more minutes Brick emerges from the darkness with the wolf spirit in the lead, his Ingram X and his Axe both in hand. As he see's Thunder and Zach he lowers his weapons slightly. (@team subvocal): "Well frag all! I didn't expect you guys to still be here... Thanks for waiting. Those fucking things did something to me and I don't know what happened but I came out of it a ways away. What did I miss?"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-13-11/1258:13>: Nothing. Puppies are gone, natives didn`t showed up, place is clear, Thunder is rested and strenghts are restored. You all right now? So we can move on, there will be christmass soon.
Zach stands up, ready to go, if Brick is.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-13-11/1504:00>: Thunderhead has had a chance to rest and is done wandering around the area wiping the astral signatures clean. The Barghests have a sick, desperate aura to their bodies, even in death. They are truly disgusting beasts. Max is on guard duty, Nova is sleeping with Combat Sense active, and Shoryuken is circling the area looking for the magical flower using his Detection spells.

Thunderhead orders the Watcher Spirit back from its search. When it returns, it buzzes around Brick excitedly, like a dog waiting for a treat for some trick it thinks it did. Thunder says "Good! you found him! nice job" for the whole team to hear. The hummingbird twitters in delight.

He telepathically tells the hummingbird "Watch over the group for any astral disturbances, alert me to anything hostile"

"It seems that we're ready to continue"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-13-11/1521:03>: Perception audio/visual: INT(4)+PERC(4)+A/V Enhancement(3) (11d6.hits(5)=4, 11d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299803/)

Infiltration: Agi(4)+Infil(3)+Imp.Abi(2)+Cat(2) (11d6.hits(5)=2~~, 11d6.hits(5)=5)~~ (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299805/)

Navigation: LO(3)+Navigation(2)+Mapsoft(5) (10d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299809/)

INT(4)+Tracking(2) (6d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3299811/)

Zach activates his Chamleon again, and with the riffle in his hand he takes his place at the point. Dragonfly 3 meters ahead, he waits for the Brick`s signal to go, and then he moves forward. He feels a bit distant from the situation. Long forgotten memories of and old Sibberian smuggler began to wake up in the wilderness, shaking off urban mask he wored for such a long time. This was the place he belongs. Not exactly homeground, but he fells good outside the metroplex, away from all those crowds of wageslaves and addicts he met every single day. In the city, he was just another piece in the game of rich and powerfull, no matter how hard he tried to avoid it. But here, in wilderness...even death would be pure and beautifull, purposefull.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-14-11/0234:48>: Current Time -- 23:00. Distance covered: 1km

Once everyone has regrouped the whole ordeal put you out about 2 hours. After checking the pack mule drone and its cargo and seeing that it's ok, you begin to trek again through the forest. You hear the occasional owl, even what seems like a bobcat but for the next 2km you don't encounter anything dangerous.

Current Time -- 12:00 AM. Distance covered: 4km

[OOC: Brick and Thermo roll infil. Hearing the pack mule drone is gonna be just a perception for test because it can't infiltrate. We'll say Perception (3) test for other things in the forest to hear it if they're closeby. ]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <12-14-11/0326:46>: Infiltration roll:
Infiltration test (7d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3300558/)
Perception rolls:
Visual:8d6.hits(5)=1 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3300559/)
Hearing:10d6.hits(5)=4 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3300560/)

(OOC: After the Incident with the Hounds Brick holsters his axe but keeps his Ingram out and Changes clips to APDS)

{Status: No damage 2 Stun damage, no Wound penalty,Edge 1/3}
Ammo counter: Panther: 19 rounds left in clip, IngramX: 40 Apds rounds left in clip, Current weapon: Ingram X (right hand)
(total ingram ammo count: 76Exex remaining/80apds/80 stick and shock)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-14-11/0712:49>: Thunderhead Infiltration: Agi(5)+Infiltration(1) (6d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3300656/)
Thunderhead Perception: Int(5)+Perception(1) (6d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3300659/)

Max Infiltration: Agi(5)+Infiltration(2) (7d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3300660/)
Max Perception (enh. Low-light vision, enh. hearing, enh. smell): Int(5)+Perception(3)+Enhanced Sense(2) (10d6.hits(5)=2, 10d6.hits(5)=2, 10d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3300662/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-18-11/1849:43>: [OOC: Tracking 3 + Intuition 3 = (6d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3306328/). Nothing picks up your trail. You avoided this encounter.]

Current Time -- 03:00 AM. Distance covered: 7km

You all hear several different sounds come from the forest, some of the loud, some of them close-by, but the next few miles seem rather uneventful. You've now traversed 7km. You only have about 3 km left to go and then you'll cross the river and be pretty much at your destination.

[OOC: Everone. make another infiltration test. Make a visual perception test with a -6 to it...and make a separate audio perception test. Whoever has the skill also make a tracking test if you want.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <12-19-11/1118:00>: Infiltration test:(7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3306935/)
Perception
Visual:(2d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3306936/)
Hearing:(10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3306938/)
Tracking test:(5d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3306939/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-19-11/1310:51>: Thunderhead infiltration: Agi(5)+Infiltration(1) (6d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3307105/)
(with -6 to visual Thunderhead has zero dice for visual perception)
Thunderhead hearing perception: Int(5)+Perception(1) (6d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3307110/)

Max Infiltration: Agi(5)+Infiltration(2) (7d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3307118/)
Max visual perception: Int(5)+Perception(3)+Enhanced Senses(2)+modifier(-6) (4d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3307124/)
Max hearing perception: Int(5)+Perception(3)+Enhanced Senses(2) (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3307126/)
Max Tracking: Int(5)+Tracking(3) (8d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3307129/) +glitch
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-20-11/1250:00>: Current Time -- 03:00 AM. Distance covered: 7km

Brick is the first to hear a sniffling sound from not far off. His cyber-eyes scan the surrounding and his vision enhancements clean out the image and attempt to pattern recognize through the brush. Then he sees it:

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YTLzyoxG5vs/TcD5BsivWwI/AAAAAAAAJIY/LCVEOvWIu0Q/Little%252520Girl%252520In%252520The%252520Dark%252520Forest%252520-%252520Mystery%2525202%252520-%252520Magical%252520Pictures.jpg)

The little girl looks over towards all of you and seems to notice.

"Please help...."

you hear her articulate between sniffles.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-20-11/1334:59>: Visual(5) (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3308397/)
Audio (11d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3308398/)
Infil (11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3308401/)
INT(4)+Tracking(2) (6d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3308402/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-20-11/1626:25>: Thunderhead's eyes unfocus slightly as he concentrates on the scene in front of him, switching his vision from thermographic to astral. He scans the area, focusing on the girl but also looking for anything else that seems out of place in the forest. He also assenses the girl's aura, trying to determine intent and whether or not she is what she seems.

Thunderhead: Perception: Int(5)+Perception(1) (6d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3308542/) no glitch
Thunderhead: Assensing: Magic(3)+Assensing(1) (4d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3308543/) no glitch

Thunderhead sends a telepathic message to his spirit wolf companion: "Be wary, pack-brother. In what state is the aura of the creature before us?"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-24-11/1839:51>: @Thermo:

You open up your senses to the astral plane and look at the little girl. The astral brightness of the forest makes it difficult to see details about her aura. Once you ask your wolf companion spirit a question, it looks intently at the little girl.

[OOC: That's 1 service, so out of 5 services you have 2 left. Spirit: Intuition 5 + Assensing 5 = (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3312580/).]

The wolf spirit speaks to you through the mental link you have with it and in your mind you hear a growling animal-like voice:

"Can you not see that It is scared and wary!? Should I tear it apart pack brother? Let me rip it apart limb from limb and use her intestines to floss my teeth!!"

@Sichr:

[OOC: roll a visual perception test with a -3 for distraction]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-24-11/1909:02>: INT(4)+Perc(4)+Enh(3)-Distraction(3) (8d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3312590/)

Quote from: OOC
Quote from: Thermo on <12-20-11/1626:25>
Thunderhead: Assensing: Magic(3)+Assensing(1) (4d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3308543/) no glitch[/i]
Assensing is Intuition linked
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-25-11/0042:07>: Quote from: inca1980 on <12-24-11/1839:51>
The wolf spirit speaks to you through the mental link you have with it and in your mind you hear a growling animal-like voice:

"Can you not see that It is scared and wary!? Should I tear it apart pack brother? Let me rip it apart limb from limb and use her intestines to floss my teeth!!"

"No, pack-brother, not yet. We do not prey on the defenseless for sport, that is not the way of the true hunter."

Thunderhead closes his eyes and casts a spell, still believing that something about this seems wrong to him.

Thunderhead: Increase Reflexes (Self): Magic (3)+Spellcasting(5)+Power Focus(2) (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3312718/) +2 IP, +2 Init, Drain=5(s)
Thunderhead: Drain Resist: Int(5)+Wil(6) (11d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3312719/) Resisted all drain

He asks the girl to tell him why she is out here in the woods. His hand, hidden under his thick beard, closes over the butt of his pistol in the shoulder holster.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <12-25-11/0931:17>: When Brick see's the little lost girl his mind races, Visions of his daughter when he first found her spin through his mind. Composure roll(5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3313003/) But he Steels himself against his first reaction. and sends two text only messages to the team. <@the team>: Thunder stand down and let me handle this, If she's a threat she'll have to contend with me. Instead send your friends out to see if they can find anyone who's following or watching her, we need to be ready if she's bait for something worse. Zach, I don't think she's a threat but you know what to do if she attacks, flank my left and cover me. Brick lets go of the Ingram smartgun and holster's his axe, then gets down on his knee and ask's the little girl in his best soothing father voice, "What's happened little one? What's your name, and what are you doing out here by yourself?"
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-27-11/1049:12>: @Brick:

The little girl looks up at you shyly. "I can't tell you what happened.....I.....I have to show you..."

She stretches out her little hand for you to take it.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <12-27-11/1114:38>: Thunderhead is continuing to watch the events between Brick and the little girl transpire, and he is watching the astral plane in order to alert the team to any sudden changes. He has one hand on his pistol (in the shoulder holster under his beard) and the other hand is on his Power Focus bead.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <12-27-11/1242:55>: Brick's brow furrows. "Ok little one, show me what's wrong." Be ready for anything guys... Brick's first feelings of suspicion deepen as he takes the little girl's hand. (OOC:With his left hand, with his right He'll grip the Ingram smartgun and be prepared to fire.) Judge intentions of the little girl(5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314660/)

Perception tests for along the way/when we get there:
smell 5 (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314661/)
Visual (8d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314662/)
Hearing (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314663/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <12-27-11/1446:33>: As others are fully concentrated on situation with the girl, Zach expects this whole situation to be the trap. he commands the Dragonfly to run around the place, looking for anything wrong...threats, traces, even corpses, and looks around himself, his chameleon coating activated, using usltrasound in adition to his common senses:
Perception: Audio/Video (11d6.hits(5)=4, 11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314756/)
Initiative
INT(4)+RE(7) (11d6.hits(5)=8, ~~11d6.hits(5)=4~~) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314757/) = 19
Magic(5)+Attribute boost(1) AG/STR (6d6.hits(5)=1, 6d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314758/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <12-27-11/2002:41>: @Sichr:

You scan the area with the dragonfly and the sensors and ultrasound and don't pick up anything.....ANYTHING at all. When you see Brick through the mini-drone you see him down on one knee but no one at all near him....no little girl, nothing.

@Sichr&Thermo:
From your point of view Brick's hulking form seems to be covering up LOS to the girl.
[OOC: careful not to metagame in this next bit here, neither of you see any of what is to follow in the narration that is directed at Brick.]

@Brick:

When you reach for her hand, your hand passes right through her and doesn't touch anything. You suddenly feel a chill run down your spine as you feel that something is not at all right about this. You look her dead in the eye and feel her gaze piercing as she moves closer and closer! You hear a voice in your head:
"No....let me SHOW YOU!!!!"

(http://content.ytmnd.com/content/e/6/a/e6a31614127fe0b3f1f11d92ea07a3f7.jpg)

[OOC: Roll Intuition + Willpower.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <01-02-12/1421:59>: Brick's eyes go wide as he feels the spirit attempting to take him.

(OOC:Resisting...(9d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314814/)6 re-roll (1d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314816/) Three hits total. logic test to try and understand what to do about this... logic 4 - 1 defaulting =3 (3d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314829/)I have no idea what this thing is and I'm warning everyone.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-02-12/2006:32>: @Brick:

You fight at the push on your soul that you feel and you tense every muscle in your body. Suddenly you feel the force give way and depart from your mind. You open your eyes and don't see anything in front of you. You have heard of souls of the deceased remaining in this realm and haunting the places of their death. The way they interact with the world is through medium conduits into this world. She must have tried to use your own body as a medium into the physical world.

@Thermo & Zach:

You see Brick turn around and alert you all to the danger and what he thinks is going on

[OOC: Both of you roll Intuition + Willpower.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-03-12/0335:05>: (http://rolz.org/embed?1049873) (http://rolz.org/info?1049873)
Watching Brick with a bit of suspicion, as drones and sensor check prove strange nature of the encounter...
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-03-12/2356:32>: Thunderhead Int(5)+Wil(6) (11d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3316263/)

Thunderhead is still watching the whole situation closely, as something doesn't seem right, but he doesn't know what. His right hand is still on his gun and the other hand is on his power focus.

Max: Perception (Smell): Int(5)+Perception(3)+Enhanced Senses(2) (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3316288/)

Max is watching the whole situation, sniffing the air but oddly not getting any scent from the little girl. Something is wrong here.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-04-12/1249:53>: You all stand there looking at each other while your eyes still dart occasionally into the forest. Everything falls so quiet you can even hear the little flapping of your dragonflys polymer wings. It seems that there is no longer anything nearby. Suddenly Thermo and Brick see Zach's eyes roll up until only the whites are visible, he twitches and convulses while foam starts to pool around his tusks. Just as suddenly he shudders one more time and remains motionless. His eyes open and instantly Brick sees that this isn't his fellow runner....this is someone else entirely. An arcane mist rises off his form and he speaks. The voice is no longer the gravelly russian you're used to but rather the timbre of a 7 year old girl.

"I want to play!!!"

[OOC: Roll initiative. Zach, await a PM by me.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-04-12/1257:49>: ~~INT(4)+RE(7) (11d6.hits(5)=8~~, 11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314757/)=15

Quote from: ooc
Oh no, but I want to play!!! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-06-12/1223:14>: Int(5)+Rea(2)+Increased Reflexes(+2) (9d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3319253/) Thunderhead's Initiative = 13
Max: Initiative: Int(5)+Rea(4) (9d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3319254/) Max's Initiative = 13
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <01-06-12/1251:41>: (OOC:Initiative roll (9d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3319261/) Brick's initiative = 15)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-06-12/1336:25>: Zachs INIT
INI (12d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3319303/) = 18
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-09-12/1912:08>: IP1, CT1: Zach(possesed)--18, Brick--15, Thunder--13, Max--13
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-5/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2

Suddenly out of the blue for no apparent reason at all the drone which is lifted a few feet off the ground by its legs just plunkers down as one of them gives way. The sacks of coffee fall over and hit the ground, thank ghost without ripping open.

[OOC: Brick's turn, then Thunder.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <01-12-12/2303:32>: Brick's smartlink ejects the clip in his ingram as his right hand snaps Stick and shock rounds into place. The ingram fires a short wide burst at zach.
Agil 5+ automatics 3=8dp (8d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3328392/)

(OCC: Free action eject clip smart linked, simple insert new clip stick and shock, Fire short wide burst. Thermo's up, sorry for taking so long to post, lots of things seem to keep getting in the way these days....)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-13-12/2102:28>: Thunderhead, continuing to watch the scene in front of him from the astral plane, begins to focus his attention on Zach's aura. He begins to hammer at the spirit, just like he would with an iron ingot in his blacksmith forge. He swings his mental hammer, slamming it into the form, watching as the mystic tendrils began to weaken. He knows that he only needs to break the chain at one link in order to free Zach.

Thunderhead: Banishing: Magic(3)+Banishing(1) (4d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3329312/)

Max is going to hold his action until the next IP
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-14-12/1552:21>: RE(12)+Gymnastics(3)+Combat Sense(2)-Wide(2) (15d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3329888/)

Does it mean attack connects? Since SnS still can make some damage-electricity...
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-15-12/1859:53>: @Possesed Zach:
[OOC: remember that your attribute + spirits attribute is capped by your augmented max which is 9 for reaction. So knocking 3 dice off of your test you still get 4 hits and you dodge the shot.]
You dodge all the rounds but then feel something tugging at your very soul. The bad man with the beard seems to be pulling you out of your new play thing and you don't like it one bit!

@Brick:
Zach eeriely zips back and forth moving with a speed far faster than you've ever seen the ork travel at before. Your volley of Stick'n'Shock rounds all miss him and thud agains the trees behind him creating bluish sparks agains the trunks which eventually die out.
[OOC: Possessed Zach went on full dodge so it's Brick's turn again and then Thermo's.]
IP2, CT1: Zach(possesed)--18, Brick--15, Thunder--13, Max--13
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-5/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <01-16-12/1342:43>: OOC: Brick Continues to fire at zach's possessed body with SnS. I also I F'd up my last shot by not including the smartlink dice, but I'll forget about it cause I just now noticed.

Brick moves to take cover as his smartlink continues to track Zach's maneuvers. He aim's leading the dodging ork and fires again. agil5 + auto3 + SmartLink2=10+ taking aim1=11. Long wide burst at Zach. (11d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3332434/)
(OOC:Free action (move to available cover, simple action: Aim, simple action: shoot, long burst wide, Bullets left in clip: 31. That's 5 net hits at -5 to dodge.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-17-12/2004:40>: Thunderhead continues to hammer away at the spirit, trying to weaken its will enough that Zach can cast it away and free himself

Thunderhead: Banishing: Magic(3)+Banishing(1) (4d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3334324/)

Max continues to growl menacingly, ready to protect Thunderhead if the spirit-infested teammate were to attack.

[OOC: holding action]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-19-12/1344:54>: re (9d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3336605/)
Brick got 2 nethits
Body(4+5=9)+Willpower(3) (12d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3336606/) (+4 nonconductivity, well it doesnt matter, thresshold was met, no electricity effect)
DMG resist: Body(4+5=9)+Imp.Armor/2(5)+NonConductivity(4) (18d6.hits(5)=9) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3339803/)
(Zach has only 2 IPs in this form, so Im done if anyone else got something to say, say it or roll INIT)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-21-12/1857:05>: Thunderhead, his will getting more and more stressed, keeps hammering away at the chains binding Zach to the malevolent spirit.

Thunderhead: Banishing: Magic(3)+Banishing(1) (4d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3339404/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <01-21-12/2321:16>: Init roll (9d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3339669/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-22-12/0328:00>: Magic(5)+Banishing Resistance(5) (10d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3339806/)

INT(4)+RE(9) (13d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3339804/)=19

That ugly, bad horned thing is tryiing to hurt little girls feelings. Crashing her new toy. There is just a few things worse in the whole Universe than angry little girls. And this one is not any different, only haunting this place for more than 50 years made her naturaly selfish nature a bit more dangrous to her surroundings.
On the other side, it is quite funny to watch Zachs face getting tennacious expression, his eyes go narrow, as he, in completely childish gesture, puts his foot down, points his finger at Brick, seeking protection at the most reliable source:
Doggie! Bad man! Bite!
Magic(5)+Charisma(5) (10d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3339810/)
(Compulsion: Max)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-22-12/0856:17>: initiative: Rea(2)+Int(4)+Increased Reflexes(2) (8d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3339945/) initiative = 12
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-22-12/1244:38>: Max: Resist Compulsion: Wil(5)+Cha(2) (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3340092/)

Max starts to turn towards Brick, then snaps his attention back to the spirit infested Zach. You are not my master.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-22-12/1553:56>: IP1, CT2: Zach(possesed)--19, Thunder--12, Brick--10
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-4/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2
[OOC: nice job guys playing it out, keep it up! Zach's turn. For free spirits banishing reduces Edge. Once it goes to zero spirit is banished.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-22-12/1751:16>: Thunderhead speaks telepathically to his pack-mate Spirit Wolf: "Attack the infested one! The spirit threatens the entire pack! Do not permanently harm him, as the vessel is still our pack-mate! GO!!!"

[OOC: The spirit is instructed to attack Zach using non-lethal (stun) methods.]

Max plants his paws firmly on the ground, and growls menacingly at the spirit. He does not attack, instead keeping close to Thunderhead to protect him if necessary.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-22-12/2332:46>: [OOC: Max's Init: (9d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3340903/). Score of 15. Wolf Spirit's init = (12d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3340900/). INit score of 16. Wolf Spirit: Ag 6 + Unarmed 5 + Charge 2 = (13d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3340893/). Base damage is 5P. Against this attack Zach doesn't get the spirit armor, just his normal armor.]

The massive black mystic wolf breaks into a sprint and pounces at Zach. You can already tell that it's going in for a kill and doesn't know any other way.

IP1, CT2: Zach(possesed)--19, Wolf Spirit -- 16, Max -- 15, Thunder--12, Brick--10
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-4/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Wolf Spirit-5/5
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <01-23-12/0107:56>: Brick fires again at Zach's possessed form. Wide Long Burst Agil5+Auto3+SL2=10 (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3340965/) Then he duck's back behind cover.

(OOC: another wide burst so -5 to reaction, incoming 9S. Action breakdown, Simple to shoot, Free to enter cover, Simple Held for now. Ammo remaining:25)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-23-12/1310:10>: Instead of hurting the bad troll, doggie seems to try to hurt little girl. Such an insult. Such a frustration. Time to show those bad people that young ladies can behave themselves in the wood. This IS NOT SOME LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD FAIRY TALE. THIS IS MY PLAYGROUND...

Zachs body began to spin, roll and jump around to avoid both wolf attack and those buzzing and sparkling bees flying around:

Wolf: RE(9)+Dodge(5)+Gymnastics(3) (17d6.hits(5)=9) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3341458/)

Brick:
RE(9)+Dodge(5)+Gymnastics(3)-Previous def(1) (16d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3341459/) (srry I forgot to remove -5 but it doesnt matter, no hit in those)

Damage resistance:
7(s)
Body(4+6=10)+Armor(5)+Nonconductivity(4) (19d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3341462/)
Reroll misses(-1 Edge) (17d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3341465/)
1(s)
Electricity resistance:
Body(4+6=10)+Willpower(5) (15d6.hits(5)=7) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3341467/)

Now you made her angry:
Using Edge to buy one more IP for this CT
-1 edge

Magic(5)+Willpower(5) (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3341474/)
Psychokinesis: Strenght3, Agility 3
Agility(3)+Edge(5) (-1 Edge) (8d6.hitsopen(5,6)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3341484/)
Quote from: OOC
IDN if thats enought, Ill write what was my plan...
Zach stretches his hand towards Brick, and then like pulls the fist back...with barely hearable "Clink" the safety of one of Bricks flashbang grenades jumps out, leaving the grenade live and ticking...

-3Edge, 2 points left

She have 2 free actions left...one from Full defense and one another from this Psychokinetic attempt, she will use them to fall in cover from Brick...not prone...behind the trees
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <01-23-12/1329:22>: Brick will use his held action to pull and throw the armed flashbang at Zach. Throwing flashbang at Zach Agil5 thwnwpns1(grndes3)=8dp (8d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3341516/)

(OOC: Inca I will let you roll scatter etc.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-24-12/1301:39>: [OOC: Scatter for aerodynamic grenade: (2d6=7) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3342736/). -1 penalty on throw doesn't change anything. That's 3 hits, and it's -2m/hit so it's 1m away from Zach who is 9m from Brick. direction: (1d6=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3342740/). So grenade ends up 10m from Brick and 1m from Zach. 6m from Max and 8m from Thunder. Grenade (little orange dot) goes off next IP. Doesn't Thunder have a third IP? Well if so act and everyone roll initiative.]

Brick swats at the grenade as fast as he can and tosses it back hoping he's outside the blast radius. The grenade is subscribed to his PAN and registers to be 11m away...now just to not get blinded by the flash. [OOC: make a Reaction + Intuition (3) roll to look away. If you fail you get -4 for 1 CT, -2 with glarecomp.]

(http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy5/Inca1980/UB6-forest_possessedfight.jpg)
IP3, CT2: Zach(possesed)--19, Wolf Spirit -- 16, Max -- 15, Thunder--12, Brick--10
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-1/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Wolf Spirit-5/5
Wounds: Zach{1S}
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-24-12/1423:58>: Thunderhead curses softly, wishing that his vicious spirit wolf was able to understand concepts of "mercy" and "temperance". Ah well, his Dark Queen sent the pack-mate to kill and maim, not coddle.

Thunderhead instantly severs the shimmering link binding the spirit wolf to this world, giving a respectful "WOOF" as the spirit returns to the metaplanes.

Time seems to slow down as Thunderhead finds himself once again before his Dark Queen. Merciless and cold, she is unaccustomed to providing "humane" solutions to human problems. She smiles as the answer comes to her.

A lumbering brown bear appears from behind a tree, its shimmering fur sticking up in strange directions. It appears to have just been awakened from its hibernation. Its breath is so strong that there are actually tendrils of smoke coming from its mouth. It sleepily looks over at Zach, and yawns. The plume of its breath smells terribly, terribly bad.

[OOC: Thunderhead summons a force 5 beast spirit with Noxious Breath]

Summoning(5)+Magic(3)+Spirit Affinity(2)+Mentor Spirit(2)+Power Focus(2)-Sustaining(2) (12d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3343141/)

Spirit Resist: Force(5) (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3343160/) Thunderhead gets 2 services

Drain Resist: Wil(6)+Int(5) (11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3343143/) Drain resisted completely

Thunderhead contacts the sleepy bear using telepathy: "Mama bear! your den-mate is threatened by a bad spirit and needs your help! Show the spirit your strength! use your breath to blow the spirit out of this world."
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <01-26-12/2324:19>: (OOC:Brick's Initiative (9d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3345537/))
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-27-12/0731:54>: Init: Agi(5)+Rea(2)+Increased Reflexes(2) (9d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3345948/) Thunderhead Init=11
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-28-12/1714:03>: RE(9)+INT(5) (14d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3348113/)=19
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-28-12/1959:59>: [OOC: Max's Init (9d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3348292/). Bear Spirit's Init (12d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3348294/). Zach's turn and then everyone act in turn accordingly.]
IP1, CT3: Zach(possesed)--19, Bear Spirit--16, Max--13, Brick--12, Thunder--11
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-1/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Wolf Spirit-5/5
Wounds: Zach{1S}
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-29-12/0453:41>: Quote from: inca1980 on <01-28-12/1959:59>
[OOC: Max's Init (9d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3348292/). Bear Spirit's Init (12d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3348294/). Zach's turn and then everyone act in turn accordingly.]
IP1, CT3: Zach(possesed)--19, Bear Spirit--16, Max--13, Brick--12, Thunder--11
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-1/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Wolf Spirit-5/5
Wounds: Zach{1S}

I need to know how to solve that grenade :O[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-29-12/1707:18>: Finally the flashbang which Brick tossed back at Zach goes off catching Zach, Max and Thermo in it's blast.

[OOC: Resist 6S with -3 AP. Now it's Zach's turn.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-29-12/1726:30>: Resist Flashbang: Bod(4)+Impact Armor(9)+AP(-3) (10d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3349538/)

Resist Flashbang (Max): Bod(7) (7d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3349544/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <01-31-12/1433:13>: (OOC:Rolled for Brick Reaction 5+ perception 2=7dp looking for 3 hits (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3352470/))
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <01-31-12/1548:13>: Body(4+5=9)+Armor(7) (16d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3352576/)
+1S
RE(9)+Perc(5) (14d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3352585/)

Zachs face changes into grotesque grimace as he starts to sound high pitch scream. Bad Bear that is here to hurt her must go away.goAWAY.GOAWAYGOAWAYGOAWAYGOAWAYGOAWAYGOOOOOOOO

FearOnBear:
Forcex2(10) (10d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3352592/)

(fuuuuuuuuu >:()
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <01-31-12/1714:25>: IP1, CT3: Zach(possesed)--19, Bear Spirit--16, Max--13, Brick--12, Thunder--11
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-1/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Wolf Spirit-5/5
Wounds: Zach{1S}, Thunder{1S}, Max{5S, -1 wound}

[OOC: Bear resist fear: Will (5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3352730/)]

The spirit of the Bear bares it's teeth and toxic fumes seep out from in between them. It looks unafraid of Zach as the possessed ork shouts at it.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <01-31-12/2046:40>: resist flashbang: Rea(2)+Increased Reflexes(2)+Perception(1) (5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3353061/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <02-01-12/0032:33>: Brick watches as the flashbang goes off, focusing on Zach's possessed body and fires again. long wide burst Agil5+Auto3+SL2=10-2 glare. (8d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3353363/) "Thunder, keep it up!"

(OOC: simple action: shoot, long burst wide, Free action Speaking, Simple held action. Bullets left in clip: 19. That's 3 net hits at -5 to dodge.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <02-01-12/0747:20>: Thunderhead contacts the sleepy bear using telepathy: "Mama bear! your den-mate is threatened by a bad spirit and needs your help! Show the spirit your strength! use your breath to blow the spirit out of this world."
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <02-03-12/1511:12>: @Zach:
The massive bear rises on it's hind legs and growls up into the air. The minute it crashes down again it belches out a stream of greenish toxic fumes which shoot straight towards Zach.

[OOC: First defend against Brick's attack and then the Bear Spirit's. Noxious Breath attack: Exotic Ranged 5 + Agility 6 = (11d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3358855/). Defend as a normal ranged attack. If it hits then treat as an inhalation toxin Power: 5, Effects: Stun, nausea.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <02-07-12/1404:09>: RE(9) (9d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3365010/)
Body(9)+Respirator(4) (13d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3365014/)
no effect.

Bricks attack:
RE(9)-previous defense(1) (8d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3365064/)
GM: Does it connect? Its S`n`S.

2nd IP:
The big, bad and ugly and his buzzing bees begin to be annoying, but this Bear looks really dangerous and it is so close. Maybe if the little, bad and ugly falls down, Bear would run away and chances will improve for girl to protect her playground. And it would be only just, if those two give her a hand against each other.
Not me, shoot him! looking at troll, she points at the dwarf.
Magic(5)+Cahrisma(5) (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3365086/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <02-07-12/1518:32>: The blast of fumes which erupted from the maw of the mystic bear slam into Zach but he looks unaffected. Brick's burst also goes wide as if Zach could see each of the rounds in slow motion and delicately weave around them!

IP2, CT3: Zach(possesed)--19, Bear Spirit--16, Max--13, Brick--12, Thunder--11
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-1/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Wolf Spirit-5/5
Wounds: Zach{1S}, Thunder{1S}, Max{5S, -1 wound}

[OOC: 2nd IP, Zach's turn again.]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <02-12-12/0933:17>: Quote from: Sichr on <02-07-12/1404:09>
2nd IP:
The big, bad and ugly and his buzzing bees begin to be annoying, but this Bear looks really dangerous and it is so close. Maybe if the little, bad and ugly falls down, Bear would run away and chances will improve for girl to protect her playground. And it would be only just, if those two give her a hand against each other.
Not me, shoot him! looking at troll, she points at the dwarf.
Magic(5)+Cahrisma(5) (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3365086/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <02-15-12/1450:18>: Resisting Compulsion. will3+ Cha2=5dp (5d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3376397/)

Brick yells as he turns and shoots at Thunderhead. Thunder! GET DOWN!
Agil5+Auto3+SL2=10-2 glare=8 (8d6.hits(5)=3, 8d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3376404/)
(OOC: these are single shots.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <02-20-12/2000:26>: Thunder hears Brick's yell just in time to realize what's happening. This goddamn spirit is going to wear us down to nothing if we don't do something about it.

If we end up harming Zach at least I'll have a shot at healing him.

Thunder tries to dodge the shots, knowing full well that while they're shock rounds and therefore are nonlethal they could certainly cause his mana to get depleted in a big hurry. Fortunately, there's a big tree in between him and Brick, which should certainly help the situation!

Roll to Dodge: Reaction(2)+Good Cover(4) (6d6.hits(5)=1, 6d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3384013/)

One of the rounds slams into Thunder's arm, catching him on the metal chainmail coat. The chainmail offers no protection, fortunately his full-body form-fitting armor will help at least some.

Damage Resist: Body(4)+Form Fit Body Armor/2(1)+Nonconductivity(3) (8d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3384021/)

Shock Resist: Body(4)+Wil(6)Form Fit Body Armor/2(1)+Nonconductivity(3) (14d6.hits(5)=7) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3384037/)

Thunderhead shrugs off some of the shock, but get quite a nasty jolt nonetheless. Things aren't looking good right now.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <02-20-12/2024:16>: IP2, CT3: Zach(possesed)--19, Bear Spirit--16, Max--13, Brick--12, Thunder--11
Edge: Brick-0/3, Zach-1/5, Thunder-1/2, Max-1/2, Wolf Spirit-5/5
Wounds: Zach{1S}, Thunder{1S, 5S, prone, -2 wound}, Max{5S, -1 wound}
[OOC: Thunder got knocked prone. Take Simple Action to roll a Body + Will (2) to get back up if you want to. Thunder's Turn. Brick has a free action left.]

The jolt from the stick and shot round hitting him squarely in the chest rocks the dwarf and drops him to the ground. He winces in pain as he props himself up with his arms trying to keep his focus on the possessed body of Zach.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <02-20-12/2239:11>: Thunderhead gets up with a wince, feeling the pain shoot through his back as he gets back on his feet.
Stand up: Bod(4)+Wil(6) (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3384289/)

He telepathically commands the bear to attack Zach with all its might.
[OOC: the bear does stun damage by default]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <02-22-12/1548:15>: [OOC: Bear Spirit: Agility 6 + Unarmed 5 + Charge 2 = (13d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3386517/).]

The massive steaming bear charges at Zach with a bellowing growl.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <03-01-12/1339:15>: Brick is used to Zachs response for such attacks...with the knife. In the heat of situation and general confusion he is hardly surprised that this time some kind of spirit-fu takes place...one more reason to believe that Zach is not in his best condition...as if that is not apparent otherwise...

RE(9)+Unarmed(5) (14d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3397325/) :o

well it seems that once again, he slipps away unharmed.

Init:
RE(9)+Int(5) (14d6.hits(5)=8) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3397329/) = 22 :o
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <03-01-12/1951:49>: Thermo's Banishing 1 + Magic 3 + Power focus 2 = (6d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3400023/)

Thunderhead narrows his eyes again, willing his mighty smith's hammer to smash the chains that bind Zach to the invading spirit. While the spirit is distracted battling the mighty bear, it may be easier to free Zach from the spirit.

SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! The mental hammer strikes true, causing the mystic bonds to shimmer and vibrate.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <03-05-12/0701:02>: Initiative:

Agi(5)+Rea(2)+Increased Reflexes(2) (9d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3402618/)

Thunderhead Initiative = 13
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <03-05-12/1141:42>: Brick's initiative
init roll (9d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3402858/)=14
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <03-13-12/1839:05>: [OOC: Force (5d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3414146/)]. That's a glitch. Since the ghost has 1 Edge left she's now been banished.]

As soon as Thermo rebukes the possessor of Zach with all his might, his wizened dwarven face snarling with the strain, silence suddenly seize the forest and the bear stands down. Zach stands perfectly motionless his eyes closed and his head bowed. Beside him stands the little girl you saw before, sniffling with tears running down her cheeks. She looks at Brick and Thermo with a wide eyes and a sad face. She lets go of Zach's hand and turns to walk off into the mist which envelopes her until she disappears from view.

As soon as she's gone from sight Zach falls to his knees clutching his head.

@Zach:
You suddenly wake up and your head is banging. The first thing you see is a massive stinking bear huffing and puffing a noxious mist into the crips night air. Behind them Brick aiming his Ingram at you and Thermo slowly picking himself up off the ground next to his pet wolf staring at you intently. You have no idea what happened. The last thing you remember was a little girl. As soon as you think of her images and scenes start flashing through your mind.
NAN soldiers rummaging through the cottage
Gun fire...daddy's bloodied hand reaching out to you
You run and run
A POP in the night and you fall to your knees...your pajamas soiled and stained

You shake your head to throw off the horrible fear these images give you.

@Thermo:

You see Zach's aura has returned to normal and is only a little shooken up.

@Everyone:
Current Time -- 03:10 AM. Distance covered: 7km

Everything remains calm and only the occasional groan from the mystic bear changing position as he sits and licks his paws interrupts the stillness of the night.

You check the pack-mule drone and the leg that gave way seems to be missing a screw or two and doesn't work as you give it commands to rise. The coffee sacks remain strewn around it.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <03-15-12/0638:49>: For last few seconds, Zach felt like a golden fish in aquarium, watching the deformed picture of the world throught thick and dirty glass. Imprissoned in his own body...he experiences pure madness and despair, like being bounded in hell with no chance to get away...

As the spirit leaves his body and the cage and chains binding his soul slowly fade away, he fell to his kneee, drolling and almost crying....

Jo...Job tvoyu mať !!!...Oh god notnononono not any more...

his tone changed from cursing almost to begging, as pictures of childrens demise run through his mind.

He dropped heavily on his hands, resting against the cursed soil of this place, breathing deeply, slowly looking around...

Are you guys OK? Hope I didnt made too much damage...
than his eyes meet the crashed walker drone at the center of the clearing
Oh shit...Brick? I can do a few things about hardware, well IDN if this is in my competencies. Even my tools may not be fully propper for this work. Can we handle this?
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <03-15-12/1113:44>: Brick assesses Zach as he shakes off the effects of the spirit. "Do what you can, or get ready to pack this shit up and hump it out. Regardless we need to get moving and be out of here ASAP theres no telling what other Frakking Drek is prowling out here. Thunder, come'er, I'll heal do what I can to get you back up and running." Brick props himself up keeping the Ingram in hand and scanning the area around them. All other forms of perception. (5d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3416738/), Visual perception (8d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3416736/), Hearing percepion (10d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3416737/)

(OOC:Once Brick Determines that the area is clear he's going to do what he can to fix up Thunder. If he Determines NOT, then hel'll call contact and engage if appropriate.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <03-15-12/1241:26>: Ehh crap...
Logic(3)+Hardware(2)+Supperior tools(1)-Character is working from memory(2)-Bad working conditions(3) (1d6.hits(5)=1, 1d6.hits(5)=1, 1d6.hits(5)=0, 1d6.hits(5)=1, 1d6.hits(5)=0, 1d6.hits(5)=0, 1d6.hits(5)=1, 1d6.hits(5)=0, 1d6.hits(5)=0, 1d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3416813/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <03-16-12/0212:13>: Zach takes a shot at trying to fix up the leg. It looks like you need a screw but you can't find the one that was there before. Mechanical parts ain't really your thing. Looks like the load is gonna have to get huffed the rest of the way.

@Brick:
You don't hear or see anything other than the occasional bat or other small critter.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <03-16-12/0706:00>: Thunderhead sits down on a fallen log, grunting under his breath as his bruised ribs and aching back give him hell. The electric shock rattled him to the point that his teeth still felt all coppery. Goddamn technology. Used to be that when a dwarf got shot he died, he shrugged it off, or he recovered. Not the indignity of being knocked off his feel by a flying battery.

Max comes over to sit by his master. The big dog, still invisible to most viewers, makes an indent on the soft ground as he sits down heavily. He did good; he didn't attack their pack-mate, even though every instinct in him said that he should have.

Thunder says: "We need to rest for a bit before we pack this stuff out. Max can carry two bags if you guys can get the harness made up. Make sure it's quick-release so I can release him if we get into trouble."

With that, Thunder closes his eyes and begins to meditate, sitting cross legged on the log. He drops his Increased Reflexes spell and allows himself to heal. 3 hours should be enough time to get back to full health.

Overhead, Shoryuken circles protectively, looking out for trouble and also casting his Detect Flower spell to try and find the elusive awakened flower Thunderhead needs to bargain the new spell out of his talismonger.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <03-20-12/0710:34>: Fuck! Seems Ill be unable to put this piece of junk back to work!. What the hell happened to it? I cannot even figure out what is wrong.

Zach stands next to lying drone, irritated expression on his face. He seem thought, well even a stone could crack under sufficient pressure.
God dammit...
we better move out of this place. I gues I can carry a bag or two. So lets move when everyone`s ready.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <03-20-12/1107:12>: Current time -- 3:40 AM. 7km/10km advanced
@Brick:
After about 30 min. of resting your ear enhancements pick up a rustling sound about 100m to the west.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <03-20-12/1151:08>: Brick Immediately turns toward the noise and grabs his satchels of cargo. *subvocalized*"Movement, not far from us. We need to leave and find cover NOW."
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <03-21-12/1713:16>: Possitive. Ill leave scout here, in case that is some patrol, I bet they wont let us just continue if they find this wreck. Thunder, clean up by yourself and lets move on.

Zach takes as much bags as he is able to carry for a longer walk, checks his SMG and takes the point, leading the team further.

Navigation: LO(3)+Navigation(2)+Mapsoft(5) (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3425454/)

Perception audio/visual: INT(4)+PERC(4)+A/V Enhancement(3) (11d6.hits(5)=5, 11d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3425458/)

Infiltration: Agi(4)+Infil(3)+Imp.Abi(2)+Cat(2) (11d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3425462/) :P
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <03-25-12/2241:33>: Thunderhead picks up the remaining bags, his back cracking audibly as he stands upright. Fortunately, dwarves are tough little buggers, and he's nowhere near down for the count. He follows Zach and Brick, Max following at his heels. He's ready to send the bear spirit out to squash whatever might be coming out of the woods if need be.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <03-26-12/0058:01>: The sound from far off doesn't seem to happen again but it seems that waiting around here isn't a good idea with all the critters roaming the forrest.

The team starts trudging forward at a much slower pace from having to carry the payload. Finally about an hour later climb down a steep hillside and you arrive at a creek nestled in a tight mountain valley which is almost the size of a river...about 20m across. The sun hasn't come up yet and you are all relying on lowlight to see. Your destination is only 1 mile north.

[OOC: Everyone roll an audio perception test]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <03-26-12/1118:12>: audio perception test. (10d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3433439/) Brick's heart rate is throbbing in his ears from hauling all the weight of the cargo, with the destination so close, the lack of rest on this nature walk, and the stress of fighting that spirit, Brick isn't as on the ball as he should be....

(OOC: Brick changed to his second fresh SNS magazine, and the Ingram X is still in his right hand. his left hand is supporting a carrying strap to help ease the load but can be easily changed to something else if need be.)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <03-26-12/1259:43>: Shit. the last thing Id love to don is to swim across the river. Should I use the grapple gun, or we try something else? Thunder, can you help us somehow?

Perception audio/visual: INT(4)+PERC(4)+A/V Enhancement(3) (11d6.hits(5)=4, 11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3433548/)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <03-30-12/2041:30>: Current time -- 4:40 AM

Everything seems calm and all you hear is the soft churning of the river flowing eastward.
[OOC: what would you guys like to do?]
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Thermo on <04-08-12/1411:39>: Drek, the sun's going to come up any minute. Thunderhead decides to risk it and dismisses his spirit bear, calling on his Dark Queen to send a beast who can fly. He closes his eyes and focuses, and in his mind he is laying at the Dark Queen's feet. She nods approvingly at him and waves her hand in the air. A huge Roc appears, ready to do his bidding. He thanks his Queen for her mercy and opens his eyes.

Summon Force 5 Roc Spirit, optional power: Guard: Summoning(5)+Magic(3)+Spirit Affinity(2)+Mentor Spirit(2)+Injury Modifier(-2) (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3455982/)

Force 5 animal spirit summoning resist: (5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3455989/) = 1 Service

Drain Resist: Wil(6)+Int(5) (11d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3455993/) = 3S DV

Thunderhead swoons on his feet and announces that he's likely going to vomit soon if he didn't get some rest. Between the battle and the summoning he was nearly wiped out.
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Teyl_Iliar on <04-13-12/1456:51>: Brick examines the team and the river, "It looks like the Storm is really wiped out and without him we have no back up if something takes a dump in the river. Lets get away from the water and secure ourselves a hide. There we can set up defenses and plan our crossing."

(OOC: since Thunder isn't in any shape to help us and we're some what beat up this will give us time to plan and rest. Any rolls you want me to make?)
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: Sichr on <04-25-12/0957:21>: Oh hell this would only slow us down. Lets try something else. Im not going to make this few kilometers a week trip...

ZAch pulls out his grapple gun from the backpack and places one grapple across the river. Climbing there and then back a few times, he sets quite firm rope "bridge" over the river. One by one he began to pull those cofee bags across the river, using his climbing gear to bind those bags firmly for the transport. As the end comes Thunder and Brick as the rear guard. Bot having too much time to pack the whole thing, Zach pulls out his catalyst stick.

So...whaddya think. Should I break the path? Or should I levae it be for further use?
Title: Re: Urban Brawl -- 6th scenario
Post by: inca1980 on <05-09-12/1708:05>: You manage to cross the turbulent river using the rope system and after about another half a kilometer you come to an encampment. Man with obvious tribal markings and armor greet you with assault rifles but as soon as you ID yourselves they let you in. They take you into the main tent where you finally drop the heavy load your carrying and breathe a sigh of relief. A human native man who seems to be high ranking in the military greets you and takes out a combat knife to cut a small slit in one of the bags. He kneels and catches a few of the coffee beans spilling out and lifts them to his nose. After breathing in a big waft of the scent he smiles deeply and broadly and stands back up.

"Perfect. Council bickering has had shipments of this stuff tied up in customs for months and I wasn't about to go another morning without my favorite brew. From the bottom of my heart I thank you and your employer. Now that you no longer have any contraband I'm sure your trip back will be much quicker."

You bid farewell to the military man and leave the encampment. Travelling under broad daylight is much easier and feels far safer. Thunderhead's hawk even finds one specimen of the Beixaflor flower and alerts him. He carefully picks it and puts it away in a special glass jar. Only twice do you need to duck down and wait out some border patrols but eventually you make it back to the highway where the Johnson dropped you off. You find him there lying in the flatbed of his truck pulled over by the side of the road toking on who knows what from a massive pipe. As soon as he sees you he smiles and sits up. The first thing he hands you before saying anything is a certified credstick with 20,000 nuyen on it.

"Good job people....hey, weren't there 4 of you? ........I see...well I hope the elf finds his way home eventually."

You explain to him that you have no idea where the fourth member of team went once he totally freaked out and had a breakdown but waiting for him was futile. You all drive off and head back home to seattle....