[Tecumseh]

Sam resists the spell and Ace's command. Maybe Ace's voice breaks into a shrill pre-puberty cry.

@Zweiblumen
Roll Nanite Volume, which is 10 dice for Doc. Hits can be used to boost Physical attributes. You can choose which attributes and to what degree. If you get 4 hits you can put them all in Agility or split between Agility and Reaction, or whatever you like.

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@Malevolence Roll initiative for the beast spirit and choose a couple optional powers.
@Malevolence IC post for the summoning
@Zweiblumen IC post for Doc's actions

Then we're back to the top of the order, so action will be to Sam.

[Zweiblumen]

nanites to the rescue! (10): 10d6t5 7
Wow!
4 points into Reaction and 3 into Agi.

Guessing that's a simple action?  So doing that first, then hiding.  That also gives me a second IP this CT right?
3 more dice for hiding from agility boost (3): 3d6t5 0
And *still* 0 hits on the hide   AI not want Doc to hide!

[Malevolence]

Guard and Natural Weapon.


I'll get an IC up in a few hours (around 3 Pacific) as I have to cram for a certification exam starting at noon.

[rednblack]

Good luck on the exam, Mal!  Good thoughts your way from this corner of the matrix.

[Zweiblumen]

good luck mal!

[Poindexter]

Ok, just to be clear, bear has not appeared and spoken any angry words to Sam yet, AND he is still berserk, correct? If so, Sam will try and bite Chino again.

Tear a chunk from Chino (Agi 2 + Unarmed 3): 5d6t5 3

Man, do I roll amazing when I hardly have any dice, I'll tellya what!

[Tecumseh]

Bear has appeared on the astral, next to Ohanzee. Whether or not Sam can see him is an open question. I would say "probably not" because Sam has zeroed in on Chino and Ohanzee is backpedaling toward safety, which probably takes him out of LOS.

@rednblack Dodge for Chino, +1 due to Sam's negative bite Reach. Then actions for Chino and Ace. Not to metagame too much (or maybe just a little), a Rally roll could help Ohanzee get an IP so that he could give Bear instructions.

Next
Sam 12
Chino 11
Ace 5
Katsina 5
Doc 4
Ohanzee 0

[rednblack]

Ok, so Ace's Charge Attack is triggered when Sam tries to take a second bite out of Chino.  I have: AGI (9) + Unarmed (Shock Hand) (6) + Charge (2) + Touch Only (2) - Delayed Action (1) = 18

Delayed Charge Attack against Sam: 18d6t5 6

Base damage is 9S(e) -5 AP

To resist damage from the Corrosive Secretions, Ace has the following roll, subtracting AP 1 for Sam's Magic Rating:

Soak v Troll goo: 12d6t5 4

Next, we have Chino's Defense Test.

Defense Test: 11d6t5 2

Probably a good idea to Edge that:

Edge Re-roll: 9d6t5 4

That's more like it.  On Chino's IP, he will use Astral Combat and try to smack Sam a good on his dual-natured hoop.

Astral Combat: 10d6t5 3

Meh.  Statistically average; I'll let it stand.

Ace will indeed Rally to see if he can give Ohanzee one more pass.

Leadership (Rally): 7d6t5 0

Ya know what, we're still another day or so easy from heading out.  Ace is going to use Edge to re-roll too.

Edge Re-roll: 7d6t5 4

There we go.  Ohanzee acts on 2 now.

[Malevolence]

IC up.


Bear's Initiative (astral): 3d6+14 23


Also, I passed. It wasn't a big deal, to be honest, just the entry level Brocade networking test. They were paying for me to take it, so I figured "why not?" But I wanted to put a couple of hours of refresher in before taking it since I'm not as up as I could be on their products and capabilities.

[Tecumseh]

@Poindexter Dodge 6 hits from Ace, +1 to dodge for Sam's additional Reach. Soak as needed. Sam may also be subject to secondary effects (-1 to actions, -5 to Initiative), which in theory should have applied to Sam's IP2 action since Ace was acting on a delayed action from IP1. If applicable, we might roll to subtract hits from Sam's attack roll to see if Chino needs to Edge his dodge or not.

@Poindexter Dodge 3 hits from Chino with Intuition+Logic, both at -1 due to Berserk. The Berserk lasts until the end of CT 1. Undodged hits equal boxes of Stun.

@rednblack Ace probably doesn't need his who turn to Rally Ohanzee. He probably has some actions still available if Ace wanted to do something else too.

Next
Bear 13 (held)
Sam 12 (pending electrocution)
Chino 11
Ace 5
Katsina 5
Doc 4
Ohanzee 2

[rednblack]

@Tec, Leadership actions are Complex Actions.  I'm going to save a Free in case Ace really needs it. 

[Poindexter]

Ok, so Ace's Charge Attack is triggered when Sam tries to take a second bite out of Chino.  I have: AGI (9) + Unarmed (Shock Hand) (6) + Charge (2) + Touch Only (2) - Delayed Action (1) = 18

Delayed Charge Attack against Sam: 18d6t5 6

Base damage is 9S(e) -5 AP

Defense Roll (Rea 9 + Int 2): 11d6t5 3

So, 12S, -5AP

Soak 12S (Body 10 + Jacket 12 + Bone Lace 3 + Troll armor 2 - AP 5): 22d6t5 7

Sam eats 5 of it.

EDIT:! Whoa! Sam aint wearin his jacket at the moment, so lets take 12 dice off that, eh?

whoops: 12d6t5 9

HAhahahHHAAhHAhAhA! That's more hits than I rolled!
Hey Tec, you wanna just say I soaked nothin or... what? That would put Sam down for the count, unless berserk keeps ya going with a full stun bar.

Astral Combat: 10d6t5 3

Defense roll (Log 3 + Int 2): 5d6t5 1

so, two more boxes of stun, putting Sam at 6P and 7S. (EDIT: Maybe)

[Tecumseh]

Man, 9 hits. We have to do something with that. The 9 hits were all sequential too. Let's save them for Sam's next roll with his armored jacket.

I've been assuming that Sam had his jacket on. It has Chemical Protection to protect it from Sam's acid, and Sam still needs it to not freeze to death. so I don't know why he would have it off. Katsina's sewing project is more for Sam's pants, shoes, gloves, etc.

That said, Sam also gets +3 to roll for Body from Titanium Bone Lacing (not just the +3 Armor). So let's roll those:

Titanium Body Boost: 3d6t5 3 hits

Net result, Sam soaks 8 of the 12 from Ace. Adding 4 boxes of Stun, he is at 4S + 6P.

I actually misspoke about the damage from the astral attack. Base damage is Chino's Charisma, which is 3. Also, it's unclear whether there's a soak roll or not. It seems unbalanced to not have a soak roll, so let's use straight Willpower to soak. The Armor spell or Mystic Armor would apply if available, but neither are applicable here.

@Poindexter Roll Willpower (-1 for Berserk) to soak 5S from Chino.

Katsina will take a cue and try to astrally bop Sam as well, since the mana bind is only slowing him down. She'll spend a Free Action to drop the ineffectual Control Emotions spell.

Willpower 6 + Astral Combat 3 + Specialization 2 + Sword Focus 2 - 2 Wounds - 2 sustaining: 9d6t5 3 hits

@Poindexter Roll Intuition+Logic (-1 for each from Berserk) to dodge 3 hits. If necessary, soak 9S+net hits. Getting smacked with the claymore hurts!

Next
Doc 4
Ohanzee 2
IC from Poindexter
IC from Rednblack
IC from Tec for Katsina

[Poindexter]

...so I don't know why he would have it off.

I assumed it was taken off for the medical proceedures done to him, and he hadn't had the chance to put it back on yet, but it's not a big deal. I'll go either way.

[Zweiblumen]

Is Sam dropping?  And I'm guessing Doc skill check time!  Can Doc think of any close combat type actions he could take to subdue Sam?  And would the nanites let him go non-lethal?