Caretaker felt somewhat out of place in the Needle. It's not that the technology was foreign. He was versed enough in matrix searches and its general usage. It was that the trid industry delivered soulless content. There was life, death, sex, violence in the trids but it was served like a cold pudding ready to consume without real nutrition to the soul. Shadow of what real life, death and sex.
Still the 'making of' was interesting, and he could feel that the actress and the troll directing the show put their heart into it, and he was enjoying the show.
The fans intrusion broken that feeling, but they also brought in much needed emotions into this soulless biz. He didn't had to assense them to feel their love and joy, the almost sexual arouse of being so close to their star and the shock of being denied to touch her, hold her, feel her. The violence that erupted was natural, with so much emotion it had to vent that way.
Ghede taught that accumulated emotion had to be let loose. It's only natural, if you can't release it in passion, you'll need to release it in physical exertion. So let them fight and tire themselves. Calling forth the Lua's power he stepped forward casting the spell.
complex action: cast Net spell at force 5 -> Spellcasting(5) + Magic(5) + Edge(3) -> 13d6.hitsopen(5,6)=4 + Power focus(3) -> 3d6.hitsopen(5,6)=0 4 hits in total
Drain Value -> F/2+3 -> 5
Drain resist -> 9d6.hits(5)=2 3S damage taken
Mob members resist individually with Strength + counterspelling, each net hit from the spellcasting reduce their Agility by 1. If Agility is reduced to 0, he is bound and unable to move his limbs. If they have on average agility of 3, and strength of 3, they should be all bound hapless. With one or two lucking out to be able to move at vastly reduced agility - individual memebrs not a mob anymore.
The targets may still defend and dodge against attacks, but suffers a dice pool modifier equal to the caster’s net hits. The target can attempt to break free of the bindings by making an Opposed Test, pitting Strength + Body against the spell’s Force x 2 (10).
When your movement are limited by the invisible ropes, one does not have to shout to attract attention. It's enough to be black bald dwarf with a white tattooed skull wearing a suit. It's enough to say in a voice practiced during countless prayers, in a voice intoned to carry over voodoo ceremonies dances, singing and drums: "Don't move my friends."
free action - speak
Charisma(5) + Leadership(3) -> 8d6.hits(5)=2