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« Reply #480 on: <10-07-14/1953:29> »
@rednblack: Did you do anything to restrain the guy in the back of the rover, or is he gonna immediately attack, what with being seemingly captured and surrounded by enemies?

Updated IC to show Ace using bootlaces.  Should I make a roll for that?  Lark's heads are easy to set, but laces aren't the best medium for knot work.  Also, not exactly sure what to roll, Survival maybe?
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« Reply #481 on: <10-07-14/2021:22> »
Going to cast Mana Bind @ F5 on the prisoner. Does he get a roll to resist while he's KO'd?

Magic 6 + Spellcasting 6 - 1 Wound Modifier - 2 Sustaining Penalty

Spellcasting: 0 hits, ha
Soaking 3 Drain: 7 hits ← found all my hits

Second try:

Spellcasting: 3 hits
Soak 3 Drain: 4 hits, no drain

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« Reply #482 on: <10-07-14/2218:42> »
Per Ace's request, using the cyberwear scanner in the mask to examine the prisoner, looking especially for cyberweapons. Also assensing him. I forgot to subtract dice for the sustaining modifier of my Detect Enemies spell but that doesn't affect any hits if we're dropping the dice at the end of the roll.

Ryo, you probably told me once, but what is the purpose of a sensor rating when it is a Single Sensor? I know a sensor array can be used with Electronic Warfare (with Rating as the Limit), but what's the point of a Rating for a single sensor?

Perception: 2 hits
Assensing: 3 hits

Sensor rating is still the limit on the test, so you roll Perception + Intuition [Sensor].

Your scan doesn't pick up any additional weapons, and it doesn't look like he has any cyberware to be worried about, just some reaction enhancers and muscle augmentation.

@rednblack: Did you do anything to restrain the guy in the back of the rover, or is he gonna immediately attack, what with being seemingly captured and surrounded by enemies?

Updated IC to show Ace using bootlaces.  Should I make a roll for that?  Lark's heads are easy to set, but laces aren't the best medium for knot work.  Also, not exactly sure what to roll, Survival maybe?

Nah, no roll necessary.

Going to cast Mana Bind @ F5 on the prisoner. Does he get a roll to resist while he's KO'd?

Magic 6 + Spellcasting 6 - 1 Wound Modifier - 2 Sustaining Penalty

Spellcasting: 0 hits, ha
Soaking 3 Drain: 7 hits ← found all my hits

Second try:

Spellcasting: 3 hits
Soak 3 Drain: 4 hits, no drain

He rolls to resist, but he has buckets of wound mods. Your spell succeeds.

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« Reply #483 on: <10-08-14/1345:41> »
You remember you have the Control Thoughts spell and the Mindnet, Extended spell.
Control Thoughts could be ... trouble. That's a handy one to have in one's bag of tricks. I'll keep that in my pocket for now.


However, I have a plan involving MindNet when he's awake and attentive.
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« Reply #484 on: <10-08-14/1358:16> »
MindNet requires voluntary participants, if you were thinking of using it to scrub his brain. I don't think it can be used in the same way as Mind Probe. Or maybe your plan was to link us all together to swap notes on the situation.

I will be traveling in California from this afternoon until Sunday. I should have internet access the whole time but I might not be posting lengthy treatises. My default course of action will be to maintain the Mana Bind and Detect Enemies spells to assist the interrogation and our continued existence, respectively. I also had another preparation I was working on ages ago (before the helicopter appeared) which I will eventually resume and finish once my sustaining modifiers are lower, i.e. once we ditch the prisoner and I can drop Mana Bind.

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« Reply #485 on: <10-08-14/1409:07> »
MindNet requires voluntary participants, if you were thinking of using it to scrub his brain. I don't think it can be used in the same way as Mind Probe. Or maybe your plan was to link us all together to swap notes on the situation.
I'm aware of that, though I should probably get clarification - does the target necessarily know if they have successfully resisted a mind affecting spell? I don't need it to work, I just need him to believe that it has.
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« Reply #486 on: <10-09-14/1119:13> »
@Ryo, Ace is going to Perception check on the unconscious man.  I'm specifically looking for anything I might be able to leverage against him: a slight band of pale skin where his wedding ring would usually go, how expensive his haircut looks, approximate age and if he's had any plastic surgery, that kinda thing.  Since we should just be getting rolling around this time, I'm also updating the IC to show Ace checking the man's commlink.  I'm curious if it's only for work use, or if he has any personal contacts on it.

Perception Check: Unconscious Man: 7d6t5 3
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« Reply #487 on: <10-09-14/2043:03> »
I would say a target would be aware if they resisted a mind effecting spell, especially if they are aware magic is being cast at them at all.

The man is wearing solid black Full Body Armor, with no markings or logos or anything to suggest any corporate affiliation. I assume at some point you take off his helmet, which would reveal a man of amerindian descent who appears to be in his late 20s, with black hair in a military style buzz cut and a clean shaven face. Doesn't look like he's had any kind of work done, and he's got a scar on his right eyebrow where the hair doesn't grow anymore. He looks like a typical military or security man, clean cut and no nonsense.

Taking off his gloves in search of a wedding band, or marks to suggest he wears one, you find nothing of the sort. You note that his fingernails are trimmed and his palms are well calloused. He has a burn mark on his right hand that looks like an old wound of some kind. You can tell he's not the type of person who's been pampered his whole life, and doesn't seem like the corp born type.

As you go through his comm, looking for personal information, or anything of note, you become increasingly convinced that his SIN is fake, as the sparse data and total lack of personal info becomes more and more suspicious.

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« Reply #488 on: <10-09-14/2112:39> »

Well, I'm posting this with the change to use Control Thoughts instead of MindNet in order to make him think I have cast some truth detecting mojo on him. If this is completely impossible to pull of, then I'll just go straight Con without the magic.

Control Thoughts Force 3 [Magic 6 + Spellcasting 5 + Power Focus 2 - Wounds 2]: 11d6t5 2


No centering on the drain resist as I don't think a low murmur is loud enough to count for centering, but it doesn't matter anyway:


Resist Drain [WIL 6 + CHA 6]: 12d6t5 4


And the Con test to finish it off:


Con [CHA 6 + Con 5 - Wounds 2]: 9d6t5 3


Not sure if I can add any circumstance bonuses to that, but 3 should be good.


ETA: And welcome back, Ryo. We missed you. All good, I hope.
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« Reply #489 on: <10-09-14/2152:12> »
It occurs to me that that should actually be an Intimidate check. Would you allow me to use Con at a penalty, or do I have to default Intimidate? Cause that will pretty much throw out my entire course of action unless I can count on huge circumstance bonuses (+2 Outnumbered, +2 Obvious Magic, +? Control Thoughts, -6 Defaulting and no Con).
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« Reply #490 on: <10-09-14/2246:52> »
@ purvue, if Ohanzee accepts Ace's direction in this instance -- not in general -- Ace can maybe get you Leadership bonus. If we have to go Intimidate we can also try a teamwork test with the big troll and the zappy fingered human who thought it would be a good idea to bring him back wherever to begin with.
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« Reply #491 on: <10-10-14/0002:35> »
That's not a bad plan, though it might work better the other way around since the leader in a teamwork test has to actually have the skill (bonus die are limited to no more than the leader's skill), which I don't. However, I have Leadership (like you), so I can apply that instead (for an average of 3-4 hits).


Also, it occurs to me that he may have a cyanide pill/tooth compartment or cortex bomb in order to prevent just this sort of scenario. So, our decker should be running interference for the cortex bomb in order to block the remote detonation signal, and I will be watching him closely (held action) to use control thoughts to command him to spit out the pill if he chooses to go for it.
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« Reply #492 on: <10-10-14/1702:25> »
I'm def fine with that, but I'm curious how you would see Ohanzee directing Ace, when Ohanzee will be the one directly communicating with the prisoner.  Maybe a good cop/bad cop with the bad cop being some irate screaming man who can't even speak a civilized tongue?  I'm open to suggestions. 
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« Reply #493 on: <10-10-14/1716:08> »
Con works for tricking him into believing you cast Detect Truth on him, but you would need intimidation to try and convince him to talk, yes. You could use Con, Negotiation or Etiquette instead, but you'd have to dramatically change your approach for the different social skill to be appropriate.

And he resisted your Control Thoughts and didn't fall for your Con.

So by my count there's supposed to be 6 of you, but this is kind of becoming the Ace and Ohanzee show. What's Chino up to? How about Sam? Crumpled have any say on the matter?

I believe Ravensoracle is having personal matters to attend to still, and Poindexter is still drained. Not sure what happened to Novocrane though. Everything still good with you?
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« Reply #494 on: <10-10-14/1829:07> »
Honestly, I figured this was a longshot to begin with. Since the opening volley didn't pan out, I'm for ditching the guy and making our way to the next spot.
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