(9:02:25 PM) You have just entered room "Shadows of the 6th World."
(9:02:27 PM) Umbrafer has entered the room.
(9:02:31 PM) CirclMastr has entered the room.
Thematrian1 (9:02:36 PM): when we left our heroes, something was falling from the sky?
MilesMk1 (9:02:43 PM): Hey, everyone.
Umbrafer (9:02:59 PM): We left them slightly afterwards.
Umbrafer (9:03:23 PM): It had dropped from the sky, everyone had ran for cover, and then nothing had apparently happened.
CirclMastr (9:03:26 PM): And you still won't say what it was
(9:03:40 PM) EverGuard4 has entered the room.
Umbrafer (9:03:59 PM): Nope
MilesMk1 (9:05:58 PM): The rigger is still outside... He can try to nudge it, or something. ;-)
Umbrafer (9:06:33 PM): If he can find it. It was small.
*OnlineHost* (9:06:38 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 1 4 6 5
*OnlineHost* (9:06:41 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
*OnlineHost* (9:06:44 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (9:06:47 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
EverGuard4 (9:06:51 PM): (21?)
Thematrian1 (9:06:57 PM): (woo)
Umbrafer (9:07:03 PM): (Wow. Impressive.)
Umbrafer (9:07:19 PM): You pick up a faint electronic signature from the area, but you can't pinpoint it.
MilesMk1 (9:10:18 PM): #Ok, so what was all the yelling about?#
(9:11:06 PM) CirclMastr has left the room.
Thematrian1 (9:12:06 PM): #Any news?#
Umbrafer (9:13:00 PM): (Someone try inviting Dave? AIM's being irksome)
(9:13:20 PM) CirclMastr has entered the room.
CirclMastr (9:13:29 PM): (Yayness)
MilesMk1 (9:13:42 PM): #Well, there's nothing going on here, what happened with you guys? What was the problem?#
MilesMk1 (9:14:21 PM): *Moves into cover so that he can cover the stairs leading up, just on general principle*
Thematrian1 (9:15:04 PM): (Let's see...I've got City tied up. Does this place spawn Hearth spirits?)
Umbrafer (9:15:26 PM): (Heh. Not a chance, at least not the lower floors)
Thematrian1 (9:15:57 PM): (Didn't think so. So if I want another invisible friend, I have to go outside.)
CirclMastr (9:16:09 PM): (Or upstairs)
Umbrafer (9:16:31 PM): (Or make do with a Watcher)
Thematrian1 (9:16:33 PM): (We were having some troubles with that)
Thematrian1 (9:16:53 PM): (They're no good at technical stuff; I wanted something to sic on my enemies)
Umbrafer (9:17:14 PM): (They can attack enemies just fine. It's actually doing something that they have trouble with.)
Thematrian1 (9:17:33 PM): (Frown. I promised myself I wouldn't abuse friends-in-melee too badly)
CirclMastr (9:17:48 PM): (Watcher Attack Pack is the only justification for their existence)
Umbrafer (9:17:56 PM): (Hardly.)
Umbrafer (9:18:31 PM): (And remember the Rule of Reciprocity)
Umbrafer (9:18:39 PM): (Watcher Attack Packs spawn Watcher Attack Packs)
CirclMastr (9:18:40 PM): (Yeah)
CirclMastr (9:18:50 PM): (Fortunately MacLeod isn't Awakened ;D )
Thematrian1 (9:19:02 PM): (Not around here they don't; this place is nightmarish for summoning)
Thematrian1 (9:19:14 PM): #Glitch, can we reach the upper floor?#
Umbrafer (9:19:35 PM): (More like watchers go free-willed and toxic around here)
Thematrian1 (9:20:00 PM): (Nightmarish, like I said)
MilesMk1 (9:20:20 PM): #If you can handle a short climb... Or if you want me to try to disarm that ultrasound alarm, but I'm not making any guarantees there...#
CirclMastr (9:20:42 PM): *whispers* "Gem, what's the plan?"
Thematrian1 (9:21:12 PM): ::also whispering:: "I think we climb. Something's happened to the rigger."
Thematrian1 (9:21:19 PM): ::gesture to the stairwell::
MilesMk1 (9:21:22 PM): (GM, do I think it's within my skills to spoof the US sensor and disarm it? I have an emitter/detector.)
EverGuard4 (9:21:45 PM): (am I privvy to the conversation?)
Umbrafer (9:21:54 PM): (If you've got comm gear, presumably)
Thematrian1 (9:21:55 PM): (You hear stuff in #'s)
Umbrafer (9:23:05 PM): To spoof the detector would be quite difficult. Possibly beyond your skill. If you could reach it, disarming it would probably be less than difficult, but you can't tell offhand.
MilesMk1 (9:25:05 PM): So I might be able to do it, but I'd have to move really slowly, right?
MilesMk1 (9:25:22 PM): (To get extra successes on the stealth test to help me out...)
Umbrafer (9:25:44 PM): It detects objects rather than movement. You'd pretty much have to find a noncovered way or take an insane risk with the emitter.
Umbrafer (9:26:12 PM): Then again, it depends on the system they're using.
CirclMastr (9:26:18 PM): (Just shoot it)
Umbrafer (9:26:35 PM): If they've got critters wandering around, it may be set to ignore certain sizes of critter. Then again, it may not.
CirclMastr (9:27:08 PM): (Or you could shoot it)
MilesMk1 (9:27:48 PM): (Ah... I thought it detected movement, I was going by the stuff on p. 293 in the BBB)
Umbrafer (9:28:50 PM): (Hm. I assume it'd detect objects, because it can, but I'll double-check. In the meantime, plot amongst yourselves.)
CirclMastr (9:29:16 PM): (I'm still wondering why you can't just shoot the thing)
Thematrian1 (9:29:51 PM): I gesture to the elevator shaft. "MacLeod, you can reach the second floor through there. I doubt that I can."
CirclMastr (9:30:17 PM): "If I can, I could help you up, couldn't I?"
MilesMk1 (9:30:23 PM): (Because I enjoy the idea of making you climb. :-))
MilesMk1 (9:30:58 PM): #I could lower a line, but I don't know how much that'll help...#
Thematrian1 (9:31:01 PM): "You could dangle a rope for me, but I don't know if even that would be enough."
Thematrian1 (9:31:17 PM): "Once upon a time, every pirate knew how to climb a rope. I feel like I'm betraying my heritage."
CirclMastr (9:31:45 PM): "I don't see why you can't reach if I can..."
Umbrafer (9:33:26 PM): (Whoop! I'd forgotten how useful ultrasound emitter/detectors can be. Yeah, you can have a go, but it's not without risk)
Thematrian1 (9:33:49 PM): "It's not just a reach, there's actual grabbing and pulling involved."
Umbrafer (9:33:49 PM): (I thought you were going to try to spoof it on the fly with an ultrasound sight or something)
CirclMastr (9:34:23 PM): "You're taller than I am..."
MilesMk1 (9:35:28 PM): (Sorry for the confusion...)
Thematrian1 (9:35:40 PM): I go and look up the elevator shaft. Can I just pull myself up?
MilesMk1 (9:36:03 PM): #I thought about it, and I might be able to deal with the alarm... But like anyting, there's a risk involved. Up to you guys, you're the ones who'll have the hardest time if they come down here...#
Umbrafer (9:36:48 PM): The shaft doesn't look easy, but you can try.
Thematrian1 (9:37:36 PM): Ah. So it's not just a matter of reaching up the shaft and reaching the next floor?
Umbrafer (9:38:52 PM): No, it's a tall first story. We're talking ~14 or 15 feet of shaft before the floor of the second floor. IIRC Glitch here did some fancy athletics involving the remains of the cable and a wall.
Thematrian1 (9:39:04 PM): yoiks
Thematrian1 (9:39:21 PM): #Glitch, please disable the ultrasound sensor. There's no other way I can join you.#
Thematrian1 (9:39:27 PM): (What's our friendly rigger's name?)
Umbrafer (9:39:56 PM): Maybe only 12, but too many for the uninitiated.
Umbrafer (9:40:16 PM): I forget his street name offhand, let me check...
MilesMk1 (9:41:03 PM): All right, gonna give this a try...
Umbrafer (9:41:06 PM): "Captain Bowditch"
Thematrian1 (9:41:24 PM): #Captain Bowditch, are you there?#
MilesMk1 (9:41:57 PM): I'm gonna move slowly enough to lower the TN of my stealth test by 2... So I guess around 1m/3 seconds.
EverGuard4 (9:41:59 PM): #Sorry... I have um... personal problems...#
Umbrafer (9:42:14 PM): Heh
EverGuard4 (9:42:21 PM): *mutters something to self over intercom*
Umbrafer (9:42:23 PM): What's the rating on your emitter/detector?
EverGuard4 (9:42:28 PM): #Oops... what do you need?#
MilesMk1 (9:42:44 PM): Four... best I could get at chargen.
MilesMk1 (9:42:54 PM): But stealth should give me some extra dice, hopefully.
Umbrafer (9:43:12 PM): Indeed
MilesMk1 (9:43:53 PM): #Hopes and prayers would be good right now.#
EverGuard4 (9:44:12 PM): #I know a couple of those.#
Thematrian1 (9:44:21 PM): ::whispered:: "Goddesses of the sea, protect him..."
CirclMastr (9:44:39 PM): ::whispers:: "Wait, what's he doing?"
Thematrian1 (9:45:01 PM): "Disabling the ultrasound detector, we hope."
CirclMastr (9:45:28 PM): "Yeah, that would be good"
Umbrafer (9:47:07 PM): Glitch braces himself.
Umbrafer (9:49:32 PM): Incidentally, the Stealth test goes at the original TN, though the TN for your opposed test is two lower because of your speed.
MilesMk1 (9:49:54 PM): Ah.
Thematrian1 (9:50:24 PM): #Captain, Captain, that round thing that landed just outside the door...did it do anything?#
MilesMk1 (9:50:32 PM): This suspense is doing wonders for my blood pressure. ;-)
EverGuard4 (9:50:44 PM): (can I go for sensors again?)
Umbrafer (9:51:03 PM): (On what?)
EverGuard4 (9:51:15 PM): On something round outside a door?
Umbrafer (9:51:15 PM): (The round thing again? You can try)
*OnlineHost* (9:51:21 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 3 2 5 1
Thematrian1 (9:51:23 PM): (Can't you just walk up to it and look at it?)
*OnlineHost* (9:51:24 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
EverGuard4 (9:51:35 PM): (o right... I suppose I could)
EverGuard4 (9:51:45 PM): I
EverGuard4 (9:51:55 PM): 'll tromp towards it (with the 'form)
Umbrafer (9:52:11 PM): (Only if he can find it. Again, it dropped amongst a fair amount of rubble. If it hadn't, he'd have seen it by now through the van sensors)
MilesMk1 (9:52:29 PM): (Anthroform)
MilesMk1 (9:52:33 PM): (I think.)
Umbrafer (9:52:38 PM): (Both, probably)
MilesMk1 (9:52:51 PM): (Ah, he has a van, too? My bad.)
MilesMk1 (9:53:08 PM): (Duh. Makes sense...)
EverGuard4 (9:54:00 PM): (SUV, technically--and yes, it matters)
Thematrian1 (9:54:10 PM): (?)
CirclMastr (9:54:14 PM): (Polluter!)
MilesMk1 (9:54:27 PM): (I have on too...)
MilesMk1 (9:54:45 PM): (Thank god, I won't have to drag my car on runs anymore. ;-))
CirclMastr (9:54:47 PM): (See above)
Umbrafer (9:56:11 PM): (Hey, they're carpooling!)
CirclMastr (9:56:17 PM): (Someday MacLeod will do something this run. Besides hit on Gem.)
Thematrian1 (9:57:25 PM): (You can hit on enemies. It's what you're here for)
CirclMastr (9:57:44 PM): (So far I've not had the chance)
MilesMk1 (9:58:55 PM): So, what's happening to me, Shroedinger's dwarf?
Umbrafer (9:59:59 PM): Absolutely nothing, unless I missed a roll somewhere up there
Umbrafer (10:00:12 PM): I'm letting you do your stealth roll
MilesMk1 (10:00:29 PM): Ah... I was waiting for you to tell me when to roll, I thought you were handling something else.
MilesMk1 (10:00:36 PM): Well then,
*OnlineHost* (10:00:40 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 3 2 2 6 2
*OnlineHost* (10:00:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
CirclMastr (10:00:57 PM): (6's are nice)
MilesMk1 (10:00:59 PM): (not that it matters)
MilesMk1 (10:01:09 PM): (The re-roll, I mean)
*OnlineHost* (10:01:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 6 6 5 2 5 4 3 6 5 5 3 1 6 5
*OnlineHost* (10:01:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 6 6 4
*OnlineHost* (10:01:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
*OnlineHost* (10:01:44 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
*OnlineHost* (10:01:51 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 6 1 2 5 2 6 6 2 5 4 3 4
*OnlineHost* (10:02:04 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 5 3 1
Umbrafer (10:03:35 PM): Give another shot at Stealth
CirclMastr (10:03:43 PM): (brb, dinner)
*OnlineHost* (10:03:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 1 4 5 3
Umbrafer (10:03:56 PM): Mmkay.
*OnlineHost* (10:03:57 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (10:04:13 PM): It doesn't make any sound as you move out into its field of view.
Umbrafer (10:04:33 PM): The bugger is sitting there on the wall, looking as self-satisfied as an expressionless piece of security equipment can look.
Umbrafer (10:04:41 PM): (Any unusual sound, that is)
MilesMk1 (10:05:29 PM): Does it look if I get close enough to the wall it's mounted on, I'll be out of its FOV?
MilesMk1 (10:06:07 PM): (look as if...)
(10:06:16 PM) Vernjonal has left the room.
(10:06:35 PM) Umbrafer has left the room.
MilesMk1 (10:06:38 PM): My typose scared him off...
Thematrian1 (10:06:52 PM): ::console::
MilesMk1 (10:11:10 PM): Hmm... He's gone longer than usual.
Thematrian1 (10:11:23 PM): yeah...
MilesMk1 (10:11:38 PM): But it's happened before. I'm not giving up hope just yet.
Thematrian1 (10:11:56 PM): yeah. Then again, it costs me basically nothing to stick around.
MilesMk1 (10:12:17 PM): Not in the middle of spoofing an ultrasound detector. ;-)
EverGuard4 (10:13:16 PM): um... sleep is claiming me (again) someone say night to J on my behalf
EverGuard4 (10:13:22 PM): pax, all
Thematrian1 (10:13:25 PM): will do. Try not to die
(10:13:27 PM) EverGuard4 has left the room.
MilesMk1 (10:19:19 PM): Dum-de-dum...
Thematrian1 (10:19:29 PM): this is rather worrisome
MilesMk1 (10:19:42 PM): He'll be back. I will it to be so.
Thematrian1 (10:20:11 PM): wow
MilesMk1 (10:20:14 PM): Mind over matter!
Thematrian1 (10:20:15 PM): I'm impressed
CirclMastr (10:20:16 PM): (Back)
(10:20:36 PM) Umbrafer has entered the room.
Umbrafer (10:20:44 PM): That was singularly bizarre.
Umbrafer (10:20:46 PM): Adam took off?
Thematrian1 (10:20:50 PM): I'll say
Thematrian1 (10:20:56 PM): MilesMk1 (10:19:42 PM): He'll be back. I will it to be so.
Thematrian1 (10:21:01 PM): sixty second turnaround
(10:21:02 PM) Vernjonal has entered the room.
Umbrafer (10:21:05 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (10:21:18 PM): The long and the short of it, the phone line died briefly.
Umbrafer (10:21:38 PM): I initially assumed it to be the DSL connection, so I dragged out a cable and hooked it up for dialup
Umbrafer (10:21:54 PM): At which point I discovered that the only phone service we'd had all week was the DSL connection, oddly enough
Umbrafer (10:22:01 PM): Which resurrected itself a few seconds ago.
Umbrafer (10:22:33 PM): Yet more evidence that computers work on sometimes, maybe, and if I feel like it more than they work on yes and no.
Umbrafer (10:22:39 PM): Well, electronics
Thematrian1 (10:22:42 PM): woo!
Thematrian1 (10:22:51 PM): anyway, ultrasound detector!
Umbrafer (10:22:59 PM): What were you doing with it?
Thematrian1 (10:23:22 PM): me, nothing. Glitch was turning it off
Thematrian1 (10:23:37 PM): (Gem wants off the frggin' floor)
MilesMk1 (10:23:48 PM): If it looks like I can move up to the wall it's on to get out of its FOV, I'll do that first. If not, just take the most direct route, and disable the fucker.
Umbrafer (10:24:49 PM): It's mounted in a corner, directly beneath may or may not be out of view.
MilesMk1 (10:25:30 PM): Well, it looks like my best bet, so I'll try to get beneath it before messing with it.
Umbrafer (10:26:15 PM): You sneak like the sneakiest mouse.
Umbrafer (10:26:41 PM): If you're trying to remain hidden from things other than the ultrasound detector, roll it, though you haven't seen anything like that around.
*OnlineHost* (10:26:49 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 4 2 4
*OnlineHost* (10:26:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 6
*OnlineHost* (10:26:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 6
*OnlineHost* (10:27:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (10:27:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (10:27:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (10:27:12 PM): Will you look at all them sixes?
MilesMk1 (10:27:19 PM): 32... 40.
*OnlineHost* (10:27:39 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 4 2 1 2 3 4 2 3 1 1 2 1
CirclMastr (10:27:40 PM): I've been bested ;_;
MilesMk1 (10:27:40 PM): Damn, one six away from the SotSW record.
MilesMk1 (10:27:49 PM): Didn't you have a 37?
*OnlineHost* (10:28:02 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 3 2 3 1 6 6 4 4 6 6 2 4 6 6
MilesMk1 (10:28:05 PM): Mine was only a 32 before the Ruthenium mod.
CirclMastr (10:28:06 PM): You just said you had 40
*OnlineHost* (10:28:06 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 3 3 5
CirclMastr (10:28:10 PM): Oh
CirclMastr (10:28:13 PM): My record stands!
Umbrafer (10:28:32 PM): Glitch temporarily fades from this plane of existence.
Umbrafer (10:29:48 PM): Actions?
Thematrian1 (10:29:57 PM): disablishiousness?
Umbrafer (10:30:10 PM): More accurately, rolls?
MilesMk1 (10:30:14 PM): If I'm under it, I'll try to disable / bypass it.
*OnlineHost* (10:30:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 2 6 4 2
*OnlineHost* (10:30:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (10:30:48 PM): Pfft.
MilesMk1 (10:30:50 PM): 7
MilesMk1 (10:30:57 PM): But I have a -3 TN mod.
Umbrafer (10:31:19 PM): So you do. Though this is just for cracking the case. Unless you're just going to smash it.
MilesMk1 (10:31:27 PM): Ah... No.
MilesMk1 (10:31:32 PM): Case cracked, then?
*OnlineHost* (10:32:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 6 5
*OnlineHost* (10:32:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
Umbrafer (10:32:40 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (10:33:40 PM): Going to disarm it, then? (Preferably without setting off any monitoring circuits)
*OnlineHost* (10:33:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 4 1 4 5
MilesMk1 (10:33:54 PM): Nooooo.....
CirclMastr (10:33:58 PM): (Karma)
MilesMk1 (10:34:06 PM): Well, I should still be ok....
Thematrian1 (10:34:07 PM): (Starts with K, ends with arma)
MilesMk1 (10:34:12 PM): Maybe....
MilesMk1 (10:34:38 PM): Oh, what the hell, Karma.
MilesMk1 (10:34:43 PM): How many dice do I roll?
Umbrafer (10:35:22 PM): Hm. Roll 'em all, and I'll subtract out any that were originally successes.
Umbrafer (10:35:32 PM): (If any)
*OnlineHost* (10:35:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 3 6 5 4 3
*OnlineHost* (10:35:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (10:35:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (10:35:54 PM): Better.
Umbrafer (10:36:22 PM): Your detector stops detecting emissions.
MilesMk1 (10:36:49 PM): Excellent.
MilesMk1 (10:37:17 PM): #Got it. Let me check the 2nd floor for any acivity, and then you can come up.#
Umbrafer (10:37:22 PM): What're the folks downstairs doing, other than ordering a pizza?
CirclMastr (10:37:30 PM): (Making out)
MilesMk1 (10:37:58 PM): *Heads back to the 2nd floor, and makes sure no one snuck down while I was busy, listens for any unusual noises...*
Umbrafer (10:38:39 PM): You see another ultrasound emitter on the wall, but your detector does not ping.
Thematrian1 (10:39:52 PM): #Are we clear?#
MilesMk1 (10:39:58 PM): Did I just take down the whole system, or is it just off?
Umbrafer (10:40:28 PM): Under normal circumstances, disabling a detector like that would not take down a system unless they were wired like old-fashioned christmas lights.
Umbrafer (10:40:33 PM): Wiring that bad is extremely rare.
MilesMk1 (10:41:05 PM): Right... Do I remember if this one was on before, when I was up here? I hadn't detected anything when I came out of the elevator, right?
Umbrafer (10:41:20 PM): Did you come to the entryway? You did, IIRC
MilesMk1 (10:41:27 PM): Yeah.
Umbrafer (10:41:27 PM): (The entry to the stairwell area, that is)
Umbrafer (10:41:39 PM): Then yes, you remember detecting ultrasound pings.
CirclMastr (10:42:11 PM): (We're screwed)
Thematrian1 (10:42:20 PM): #Glitch?#
MilesMk1 (10:42:45 PM): #Shit... Hold on, something doesn't feel right. The second emitter, the one between 2nd and 3rd is also off, and it was working before. Either they have really bad wiring, or someone is trying to fuck with us.#
Umbrafer (10:43:20 PM): Is Gem still astrally perceiving?
Thematrian1 (10:43:22 PM): #Let's charge. They surely know we're here#
Thematrian1 (10:43:24 PM): yes
Thematrian1 (10:43:28 PM): same as before
Umbrafer (10:43:31 PM): Perception.
*OnlineHost* (10:43:49 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 5 1 1
*OnlineHost* (10:43:53 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (10:43:56 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (10:43:59 PM): All of us?
Umbrafer (10:44:02 PM): Nope
Umbrafer (10:44:55 PM): You see something blur past through the hallway. A fraction of a second later a piece of something astral pokes through a wall, and then vanishes again.
MilesMk1 (10:45:53 PM): #All right... But give me a chance to move up to 3rd floor via the elevatoir shaft. We might be able to surprise the cocky bastards that way.#
Thematrian1 (10:46:09 PM): #They've got us, something astral.#
MilesMk1 (10:46:41 PM): #All right... I'm moving.#
Thematrian1 (10:46:49 PM): #Charge or flee, now.$
MilesMk1 (10:47:05 PM): #I'm heading up via the shaft.#
CirclMastr (10:47:11 PM): ::whispers:: "What's going on?"
MilesMk1 (10:47:15 PM): *Does so, watching out for the laser net.*
Thematrian1 (10:47:24 PM): I tell him.
Thematrian1 (10:47:47 PM): "Follow, I think they spotted us."
CirclMastr (10:47:59 PM): "Okay. Follow where?"
Thematrian1 (10:48:07 PM): ::heads up the stairs::
Umbrafer (10:48:11 PM): The net is still faintly visible in the dustfalls.
MilesMk1 (10:48:40 PM): Are any of the doors to the 3rd floor open? Do I have to go through the net to get to them?
CirclMastr (10:48:53 PM): ::follows Gem::
Umbrafer (10:49:25 PM): Hm. It's been a while, so I need to resynchronize my memory of what happened with yours.
MilesMk1 (10:49:31 PM): If I'd have to slow down for a long time due to the net, I get the hell out and use the stairs.
Umbrafer (10:49:49 PM): You climbed up to which floor initially, again? (I think I remember, but I want to be sure)
MilesMk1 (10:49:56 PM): Come to think of it, if it looked like the net blocked the passage, and would have to be bypassed, I'm not going to try.
MilesMk1 (10:49:59 PM): 2nd.
Umbrafer (10:50:05 PM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (10:50:37 PM): And then did you proceed higher, or am I imagining things? I know you climbed up to the highest floor you could get to without passing through the net.
MilesMk1 (10:50:51 PM): 2nd is as far as I got.
MilesMk1 (10:51:11 PM): I was going to mess with the net, but then the "round object" fell, and things got tense downstairs.
Umbrafer (10:51:29 PM): (Sorry again, I need to take better notes) *Nods* So you're probably going to decide on another way, as it looks fairly tight as far as you can tell.
MilesMk1 (10:52:01 PM): All right... I'm going to move up the stairs very carefully, so I can warn the other two, using corners for cover.
MilesMk1 (10:52:09 PM): Gun drawn.
MilesMk1 (10:52:21 PM): (Silence Browning UP)
Umbrafer (10:52:37 PM): You do so.Perception.
Thematrian1 (10:52:45 PM): all?
Umbrafer (10:53:02 PM): Nope, just Glitch unless the others are near him.
CirclMastr (10:53:10 PM): Dunno where we are
*OnlineHost* (10:53:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 5 2 2 5
Thematrian1 (10:53:20 PM): I'm hanging back
Umbrafer (10:53:20 PM): You're down in the first floor unless you move.
Thematrian1 (10:53:29 PM): he followed me up the stairs
MilesMk1 (10:53:49 PM): Thank god for perception modifying cyberware.
Umbrafer (10:54:06 PM): You hear faint popping.
Umbrafer (10:54:26 PM): Accompanied by a constant low hissing sound.
MilesMk1 (10:54:56 PM): #Quiet popping, and something hissing up ahead... Moving up to investigate.#
Thematrian1 (10:55:04 PM): I pass that on to Circl
MilesMk1 (10:55:48 PM): *Keeps going, still huggin the walls / peeking from behind corners / crawling up the steps to keep a low profile. I wish I could walk on walls...*
Umbrafer (10:56:14 PM): You sneak up into a darkened hallway with the doors ripped off of their hinges. At the far end, all of the doors are piled together with other miscellany to form a makeshift barricade.
Umbrafer (10:56:26 PM): Perception again.
*OnlineHost* (10:57:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 2 5 2
MilesMk1 (10:57:04 PM): Damn.
Umbrafer (10:57:37 PM): Even with your immense mods, you don't see anything but the ork lounging beyond the barricades with a cheap-looking assault rifle.
MilesMk1 (10:58:11 PM): Ganger-looking?
Umbrafer (10:58:33 PM): More or less. Street-punkish.
MilesMk1 (10:58:35 PM): #Got one ork with an AR behind a makeshit barricade... Moving for a closer look.#
Umbrafer (10:59:03 PM): The hissing and popping sound like they're coming from around the corner past the barricade.
MilesMk1 (10:59:36 PM): *Moves up, looking for tripwires and so on, to get closer and take a covered position in one of the doorways - say, 1/4 of the distance between me and the ork, if possible. Gun aimed at his head.#
Thematrian1 (10:59:38 PM): I pass that on.
MilesMk1 (10:59:39 PM): *
Umbrafer (10:59:51 PM): Roll it.
Umbrafer (10:59:54 PM): Get a 6.
MilesMk1 (10:59:55 PM): #The sounds are coming from behind the barricade as well...#
MilesMk1 (11:00:04 PM): Stealth?
Umbrafer (11:00:10 PM): Perception.
*OnlineHost* (11:00:15 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 6 6 6 2
Thematrian1 (11:00:18 PM): ooh
Thematrian1 (11:00:18 PM): six
*OnlineHost* (11:00:21 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 5 1 5
Umbrafer (11:00:22 PM): Four of them work just as well.
Umbrafer (11:00:47 PM): You notice a crude tripwire that runs up the wall and near the ceiling to a set of washers and a tin can or two.
MilesMk1 (11:01:26 PM): Does it run across the floor as well?
Umbrafer (11:01:32 PM): Yes
MilesMk1 (11:01:35 PM): Duh...
Umbrafer (11:01:41 PM): That's where it goes after that part.
MilesMk1 (11:01:46 PM): How far from the stairs?
MilesMk1 (11:02:03 PM): (And did I notice anything else interesting?)
Thematrian1 (11:02:35 PM): (Ultrasonic detectors, trapwires attached to tin cans. Hello to schizophrenic defense contracts)
Umbrafer (11:02:49 PM): About a third of the way between stairs and ork. Other than that, and that the ganger's definitely got an AK-97, nothing.
MilesMk1 (11:03:55 PM): (And astral watchers...)
MilesMk1 (11:04:25 PM): #Tripwire on the 3rd floor, about <# of meters> from the stairs.#
Thematrian1 (11:04:32 PM): I pass that on.
MilesMk1 (11:04:48 PM): *Moves up closer, to get cover in a doorway.*
Umbrafer (11:05:28 PM): You do so with ease. The rooms mostly have misc. trash in them. One has a large metal barrel.
MilesMk1 (11:06:19 PM): *tries to get a look at the barrel*
Umbrafer (11:06:55 PM): It has the remains of a bunch of burnt stuff in it. It smells funny, somewhat herbish. Roll perception.
*OnlineHost* (11:07:09 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 3 5 3 4
MilesMk1 (11:07:27 PM): (I almost took the gas spectrophotometer...)
Umbrafer (11:07:48 PM): You notice on the barren there are some smudged chalk drawings, some of which project off onto the floor. It looks like they were sloppily and incompletely erased.
MilesMk1 (11:08:49 PM): #Found a room someone's been summoning things in... Burnt herbs and chalk smudges... Moving on.#
MilesMk1 (11:09:09 PM): *Tries to see if there's anything of interest behind the ork, now that he's closer*
Umbrafer (11:09:24 PM): How much closer are you getting?
MilesMk1 (11:10:20 PM): Let's say, 1/2 the distance between him and the stairs, or as close as possible to that while I can still have a doorway to use for cover.
Umbrafer (11:10:41 PM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (11:11:00 PM): You can get about two and a half meters away, any closer and you're going to start passing through the barrier.
Umbrafer (11:11:38 PM): Which isn't solid, it's got two sections which cover 2/3 of the hallway each, alternating sides. Looks like it's designed to be walked through.
MilesMk1 (11:12:16 PM): I'll get up close, but won't pass through the barrier. Will take a look at it, and what's behind the ork, though.
MilesMk1 (11:12:29 PM): Aiming at his head all along, BTW.
Umbrafer (11:12:58 PM): Around the corner you can hear shifting and see faint firelight. The popping has stopped, though the hissing continues.
Thematrian1 (11:13:24 PM): ::figures out what the popping and hissing is::
CirclMastr (11:14:27 PM): ::wonders when he gets to go home::
Thematrian1 (11:14:44 PM): #Glitch, is the second floor clear?#
MilesMk1 (11:14:53 PM): #Got close to the barricade... There's fire and some movement around a corner, but all I see so far is the Ork. Do I take him now, or wait for you folks?#
MilesMk1 (11:15:13 PM): #It was close as far as I could tell - unless they turned that ultrasound detector back on.#
MilesMk1 (11:15:22 PM): ...
MilesMk1 (11:15:29 PM): ...it was clear...
Thematrian1 (11:15:42 PM): #Go for it, MacLeod and I will follow.#
Thematrian1 (11:15:51 PM): "MacLeod, he's about to hit the ork."
CirclMastr (11:16:39 PM): "Okay"
Thematrian1 (11:16:59 PM): "Once it's done we can follow." ::I describe the trip wire again::
MilesMk1 (11:17:39 PM): *Takes out the Ork, from one of the doorways*
MilesMk1 (11:18:19 PM): (Taking a moment to aim to offset the called shot modifier)
Umbrafer (11:18:21 PM): Roll it, don't botch.
*OnlineHost* (11:18:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 3 5 5 1 4 6 3
Umbrafer (11:18:33 PM): Ok, if it's called it has to be better than don't botch, but not much.
Umbrafer (11:18:46 PM): And that does it.
*OnlineHost* (11:18:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 3 1 6 5
*OnlineHost* (11:18:54 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (11:18:58 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (11:19:02 PM): Ooh, one success.
Umbrafer (11:19:28 PM): He slumps over in his seat, a vacant expression on his face. The wall behind is now rather wet.
Umbrafer (11:19:39 PM): There is a fair amount of swearing from around the corner.
Thematrian1 (11:20:24 PM): Assuming we hear the shot or the swearing, I enter.
MilesMk1 (11:20:32 PM): (Silence gun)
Umbrafer (11:20:33 PM): Roll it
*OnlineHost* (11:20:39 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 3 2 3
Thematrian1 (11:20:43 PM): or not
MilesMk1 (11:20:44 PM): (Silenced)
MilesMk1 (11:21:01 PM): #Got him. His friends are not happy...#
Umbrafer (11:21:11 PM): MacLeod?
MilesMk1 (11:21:12 PM): #I knew I should have brought grenades...#
*OnlineHost* (11:21:25 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 1 3 6
*OnlineHost* (11:21:26 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:21:59 PM): You hear a silenced gunshot from above.
Umbrafer (11:22:25 PM): More accurately, you hear something that sounds like a book being dropped, but you can figure it out.
CirclMastr (11:22:25 PM): "Gunshot"
Thematrian1 (11:22:30 PM): "Let's go."
Thematrian1 (11:22:42 PM): ::enter, evading the tripwire since we know where it is::
CirclMastr (11:22:43 PM): ::goes::
MilesMk1 (11:22:46 PM): If I have the time... *Picks up a piece of debris off the ground, ands tosses it past the dead ork, to see if I can spook any of them into doing something stupid - I say "Execute!" as I do it.*
Umbrafer (11:23:24 PM): How big a piece?
MilesMk1 (11:23:42 PM): The closest in size of a flashbang I can find. ;-)
MilesMk1 (11:23:48 PM): ... to a flashbang...
Umbrafer (11:23:50 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (11:24:02 PM): You toss it. There's some movement, but you can't hear exactly what is going on.
MilesMk1 (11:24:39 PM): In that case, *starts to move forward, using the barricade for cover*
MilesMk1 (11:25:04 PM): (I can't believe I forgot grenades........)
MilesMk1 (11:25:25 PM): (Just didn't seem like the stealthy thing to do, I guess.)
Umbrafer (11:25:28 PM): You hear a whispered argument and the sound of rounds being chambered. Meanwhile, the others arrive behind you.
MilesMk1 (11:26:02 PM): #They're arguing about something, but just locked and loaded#
CirclMastr (11:26:25 PM): *gets between them and Gem*
Thematrian1 (11:26:31 PM): ::appreciates it::
Umbrafer (11:26:46 PM): Perception for Gem
*OnlineHost* (11:26:57 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 3 5 2 2
MilesMk1 (11:27:30 PM): *Tries to use his spatial recognizer to put a bullet through the wall where I think they're standing.*
Umbrafer (11:27:30 PM): Gem notices that the astral in the room with the barrel is, while still pretty messed up, a fair bit cleaner than the surrounding area.
Thematrian1 (11:27:58 PM): Are there any windows?
Umbrafer (11:28:13 PM): Go for it, just keep in mind that the bullet's going to have a lot less force when it gets through the wall (if you don't hit a stud)
*OnlineHost* (11:28:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 4 1 3 1 3 2 4 1 4 6
Umbrafer (11:28:25 PM): Yep, mostly boarded.
*OnlineHost* (11:28:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (11:28:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (11:28:36 PM): Heh.
Umbrafer (11:28:42 PM): One success. Not bad.
*OnlineHost* (11:28:47 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 1 6
*OnlineHost* (11:28:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:29:27 PM): You hear a cry of surprise and pain.
Umbrafer (11:29:33 PM): What are you doing?
MilesMk1 (11:29:44 PM): *does it again, with his remaining action ;-)*
Thematrian1 (11:29:46 PM): I head for one of the unboarded windows, if I can
*OnlineHost* (11:30:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 3 2 1 5 4 6 2 1 2 1
*OnlineHost* (11:30:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (11:30:15 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:30:19 PM): In the room with the barrel? It'll take some prising.
*OnlineHost* (11:30:31 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 1 6
*OnlineHost* (11:30:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
Umbrafer (11:30:43 PM): Less pain, but no significantly less surprise.
Umbrafer (11:30:49 PM): *not*
Umbrafer (11:30:52 PM): Er
Umbrafer (11:31:01 PM): You get the idea.
MilesMk1 (11:31:04 PM): yep.
Thematrian1 (11:31:38 PM): Gar. I'm trying to get into the Sky domain...any way I can do it without busting open the windows?
MilesMk1 (11:31:41 PM): *If he has the time before they do anything, reloads his gun with a clip of EX*
CirclMastr (11:31:42 PM): *draws katana out of what appears to be 5th-dimensional space under coat*
Umbrafer (11:32:01 PM): Depends. Not really, in that room. There are others you can get halfway out the window of, which ought to do it.
Thematrian1 (11:33:39 PM): I will go there, then, if I have time
Umbrafer (11:33:51 PM): Meanwhile, someone on the far side of the wall starts hosing it down with AR fire.
Umbrafer (11:34:14 PM): Everyone in the room (Blake) roll Dodge vs. suppressive fire.
MilesMk1 (11:34:22 PM): Glitch?
*OnlineHost* (11:34:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 4 2 6 2 2
Umbrafer (11:34:32 PM): Er
Umbrafer (11:34:33 PM): Yes
Umbrafer (11:34:34 PM): Sorry
MilesMk1 (11:34:58 PM): *Moves into a doorway as soon as possible*
Umbrafer (11:35:11 PM): Falling aseelp here. Four successes, that's enough for right now.
MilesMk1 (11:35:26 PM): (If this was Blake, there'd have been a crater where they're standing right about now ;-))
Umbrafer (11:35:33 PM): (It's true.)
Umbrafer (11:35:41 PM): You faintly smell melted butter.
MilesMk1 (11:36:16 PM): #Melted butter...?# *dodges for a doorway*
Umbrafer (11:36:31 PM): The sounds of the rattling assault rifle start getting further away.
Thematrian1 (11:36:43 PM): #?# ::sticks her head out the window::
Umbrafer (11:36:54 PM): Which way are you looking?
CirclMastr (11:36:57 PM): (How do you suvocally communicate a '?' ?)
MilesMk1 (11:37:07 PM): #It's what I smelled...#
Umbrafer (11:37:07 PM): (Mad skillz.)
Thematrian1 (11:37:48 PM): Er...out? All around, but my focus is on the sky.
MilesMk1 (11:38:06 PM): *Waits for the rifle fire to stop*
Umbrafer (11:38:51 PM): You look upwards. There's someone perched on the roof above you.
CirclMastr (11:38:59 PM): (I lost track of where I am)
Thematrian1 (11:39:00 PM): "Spirits of the air, hear my voice and...!"
Umbrafer (11:39:10 PM): MacLeod is in the hallway.
Umbrafer (11:39:26 PM): A few seconds later, the automatic gunfire halts.
CirclMastr (11:39:34 PM): (Where's Glitch?)
Thematrian1 (11:39:36 PM): ::pulls her head back in::
MilesMk1 (11:40:00 PM): (Well, judging by the holes appearing in the wall from our side, somewhere close to you)
MilesMk1 (11:40:24 PM): "I'm moving in, MacLeod."
CirclMastr (11:40:44 PM): "Want me with you?"
MilesMk1 (11:40:55 PM): *Moves to the door the shots came from, careful not to get shot by someone laying in wait.*
MilesMk1 (11:41:17 PM): "Sure. Moving up to the doorway for now... I'll tell you if it's clear."
Thematrian1 (11:41:43 PM): ::peeks out the window again, looking up at the guy, ready to dart if there's any weaponry or such::
Umbrafer (11:41:57 PM): The shots came from around the corner where the voices (and pained sounds) came from
Umbrafer (11:42:09 PM): The guy is now directly above you. You see him grin faintly in the darkness.
Thematrian1 (11:42:27 PM): How far above?
Umbrafer (11:43:09 PM): Decently above you, as you've got an entire floor between you and the rooftop.
MilesMk1 (11:43:24 PM): (He needs to get a taste of cyber-ninja...)
Thematrian1 (11:43:40 PM): I Assense him, if I can
Umbrafer (11:44:09 PM): You can. Are you just taking a quick peek, or keeping your head stuck out to look at him?
CirclMastr (11:44:14 PM): (We're finally getting to fighting and I'm STILL not doing shit)
Thematrian1 (11:44:16 PM): Out
Umbrafer (11:44:25 PM): Roll it.
*OnlineHost* (11:45:00 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 6 1 2 1
*OnlineHost* (11:45:04 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (11:45:16 PM): ::takes a bus to Frown Town::
Umbrafer (11:45:39 PM): "That'll be •500,000 for the ticket, ma'am"
Thematrian1 (11:46:05 PM): well, it's probably two successes
Umbrafer (11:46:21 PM): General wellbeing seems to be good, emotions running high, no apparent cyberware or magic.
Thematrian1 (11:46:34 PM): ...neither?
Umbrafer (11:46:51 PM): Not that you can see
Thematrian1 (11:47:27 PM): #There's somebody on the roof. He hasn't tried to kill me yet."
Thematrian1 (11:47:30 PM): er
Thematrian1 (11:47:34 PM): s/"/#
MilesMk1 (11:47:41 PM): (And then he gets shot by the rigger, right? :p)
CirclMastr (11:47:53 PM): "So should I go kick some ass yet, or what?"
Umbrafer (11:47:53 PM): Nope, you're on the wrong side of the building for that..
Umbrafer (11:48:13 PM): MacLeod is not on the wrong side of the building to kick ass, however.
MilesMk1 (11:48:24 PM): "MacLeod, there's someone on the roof... Go for it, I'm going to go say hi to this mysterious figure."
Umbrafer (11:48:54 PM): The guy on the roof jams something into it, and starts swinging down towards the window Gem is poking out of.
Thematrian1 (11:48:59 PM): ::Pulls a Watcher out of space::
Thematrian1 (11:49:04 PM): eek!
CirclMastr (11:49:08 PM): "Alright. If I get shot, have Gem carry me out, okay? I don't want to wake up here in the morning"
Thematrian1 (11:49:10 PM): abort
*OnlineHost* (11:49:13 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 2 5 3 2 5 1 2 5 1 5 1 4
*OnlineHost* (11:49:16 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (11:49:19 PM): Aborted.
MilesMk1 (11:49:29 PM): *Heads toward where he thinks Gem is*
Thematrian1 (11:49:31 PM): Scrambles away, draws her pistol.
MilesMk1 (11:49:55 PM): "Got it. We'll get you out. The ork dropped and AK, if you want to try to use it to flush some of those jokers out."
Thematrian1 (11:50:44 PM): ::covers the window::
MilesMk1 (11:50:59 PM): #What room is he over?#
Thematrian1 (11:51:14 PM): #::gives a location::#
Umbrafer (11:51:22 PM): Incidentally, does STR+2 M sound fair for machete damage?
MilesMk1 (11:51:39 PM): Uh... Sure, I guess...
Thematrian1 (11:51:54 PM): I think STR-3 L stun sounds closer, but you're the GM.
MilesMk1 (11:51:59 PM): *Zooms to where Gem is.*
Umbrafer (11:52:01 PM): Eh?
Umbrafer (11:52:05 PM): For a machete?
MilesMk1 (11:52:18 PM): (He thinks the guy coming down has one.)
Thematrian1 (11:52:20 PM): (I was making a funny, on the assumption that we're about to meet Machete Men)
Umbrafer (11:52:23 PM): Ah
CirclMastr (11:52:25 PM): *heads around the corner, sword in hands*
Umbrafer (11:52:25 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (11:53:06 PM): You see something go past the window quickly.
Umbrafer (11:53:16 PM): Reaction test if you're going to try to fire at it.
MilesMk1 (11:53:27 PM): Just Gem, or did I make it there?
Umbrafer (11:53:37 PM): Just Gem. You make it there in another second or so.
Thematrian1 (11:53:39 PM): I'm not, though I'd like to run it through my eyecam in freeze-frame and see if that helps me identify it.
CirclMastr (11:53:50 PM): *desperately trying to join combat in some fashion*
Umbrafer (11:55:01 PM): No eyemods for light?
Umbrafer (11:55:06 PM): *lighting conditions?
Thematrian1 (11:55:21 PM): None
Umbrafer (11:55:29 PM): It's a large, dark blur.
Thematrian1 (11:55:34 PM): balls
Umbrafer (11:55:36 PM): Shortly thereafter you hear a thud from below.
Thematrian1 (11:55:52 PM): "Something flew past the window"
MilesMk1 (11:55:54 PM): Do I hear it?
Thematrian1 (11:55:58 PM): "And hit the ground"
*OnlineHost* (11:55:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 4 3 5
Umbrafer (11:56:03 PM): Yep, you heard it
Umbrafer (11:56:10 PM): Where's MacLeod?
CirclMastr (11:56:20 PM): I charged around the corner a page or two ago
Thematrian1 (11:56:22 PM): Heading into Gangerland, I think
MilesMk1 (11:56:24 PM): *Heads for the window, ready to shoot*
CirclMastr (11:56:36 PM): And now I'm looking up my next character
Umbrafer (11:56:51 PM): *Nods* You round the corner on two people, one bleeding profusely and the other desperately trying to jam a new magazine into an assault rifle.
CirclMastr (11:57:06 PM): *cuts down the nonbleeding one*
Umbrafer (11:57:10 PM): The unwounded one has the wounded one slung over his shoulder.
MilesMk1 (11:57:25 PM): (Not bad for blindfire...)
Umbrafer (11:57:31 PM): Roll it. Your adjusted TN is probably negative.
*OnlineHost* (11:57:53 PM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 2 1 2 3 2 3
CirclMastr (11:58:00 PM): (It'd better be because that sucked)
MilesMk1 (11:58:02 PM): Just as well.
Umbrafer (11:58:05 PM): It's a good thing that it was.
*OnlineHost* (11:58:09 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 3 1 1
*OnlineHost* (11:58:12 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (11:58:27 PM): You remove his stomach and diaphragm.
CirclMastr (11:58:29 PM): (Still, something big D damage)
Umbrafer (11:58:36 PM): Well
Umbrafer (11:58:43 PM): Ok, for formalities I'll roll a body test
*OnlineHost* (11:58:47 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 5 2 2
CirclMastr (11:58:48 PM): (9... 13D damage)
Umbrafer (11:58:57 PM): Yeah, you remove his stomach and diaphragm.
Thematrian1 (11:59:14 PM): ::conjures a watcher::
Thematrian1 (11:59:25 PM): (Force 5)
Umbrafer (11:59:28 PM): Roll it.
*OnlineHost* (11:59:29 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 2 5 2
MilesMk1 (11:59:34 PM): *runs to the window and shoots escaping creep*
CirclMastr (11:59:34 PM): (Does that mean he's dead?)
*OnlineHost* (11:59:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 3 6 3 4 1 6 5 3 2 5
Umbrafer (11:59:53 PM): (These things usually do)
Umbrafer (12:00:03 AM): What's your base TN for the Watcher again?
CirclMastr (12:00:05 AM): *kills the wounded guy next*
Thematrian1 (12:00:24 AM): (F5 Watcher, no Drain) TN=F, I think. Maybe F/2.
MilesMk1 (12:00:25 AM): (Well, the stomach he can probably live without for a while, but the missing diaphragm might pose some problems.)
Umbrafer (12:01:00 AM): Reroll the sixes. Let's see if the question is relevant enough to look up.
*OnlineHost* (12:01:21 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 6 3
*OnlineHost* (12:01:25 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 5
*OnlineHost* (12:01:28 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (12:01:30 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (12:01:33 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (12:01:34 AM): Yeah, not relevant. Go for the record, though.
*OnlineHost* (12:01:35 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (12:01:46 AM): Aww, only 32.
CirclMastr (12:01:50 AM): Whew
CirclMastr (12:01:55 AM): So can I kill the other guy yet?
Umbrafer (12:02:30 AM): Wait, 38, you're right
Umbrafer (12:02:52 AM): Beaten by one, IIRC.
CirclMastr (12:02:57 AM): Damnit!
*OnlineHost* (12:03:09 AM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 3
Thematrian1 (12:03:13 AM): (The way things have been going, you'll roll 40 by the end of this session ;-))
CirclMastr (12:03:17 AM): I demand to be able to kill the other guy now
Umbrafer (12:03:24 AM): The ganger makes a valiant but failed attempt to hit MacLeod with something.
Umbrafer (12:03:32 AM): MacLeod does nasty things to him in the counterattack.
*OnlineHost* (12:03:35 AM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 5 2 6 1 4 5
*OnlineHost* (12:03:37 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
CirclMastr (12:03:41 AM): (Fah)
*OnlineHost* (12:03:50 AM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 6
*OnlineHost* (12:03:54 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
Umbrafer (12:04:44 AM): As he strikes at you, you slide your blade through his forearm, which goes flying over into the wall. You follow it through with a moderately deep slash through the torso.
Umbrafer (12:04:53 AM): He collapses forwards.
CirclMastr (12:05:14 AM): *cuts him in half just to be sure*
Umbrafer (12:05:21 AM): You do so.
Thematrian1 (12:05:32 AM): ::peeks out the window::
CirclMastr (12:05:43 AM): *looks around*
MilesMk1 (12:06:05 AM): (Do I get to the window?)
Umbrafer (12:06:39 AM): What are your modified Reaction scores?
MilesMk1 (12:06:43 AM): 6
Thematrian1 (12:07:00 AM): 5
CirclMastr (12:07:26 AM): 4
Umbrafer (12:07:40 AM): Ok, so that's the order you'll be going in until we actually hit combat.
Umbrafer (12:08:07 AM): The Watcher appeared, messed up as usual, but Gem has not had the chance to command it yet.
Umbrafer (12:08:11 AM): Glitch can reach the window if desired. Doing anything?
MilesMk1 (12:08:27 AM): Yeah. Shooting the guy, if I see him.
*OnlineHost* (12:09:04 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 2 2 1 1
*OnlineHost* (12:09:08 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (12:09:11 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (12:09:16 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (12:09:48 AM): As you go to look out the window, a blade flashes down and attempts to take off part of you. Got any Melee skill?
MilesMk1 (12:10:05 AM): Karate 5
MilesMk1 (12:10:16 AM): Do I get combat pool?
Umbrafer (12:10:25 AM): Yep
*OnlineHost* (12:10:30 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 1 2 4 5 4 5 3 6 5
*OnlineHost* (12:10:36 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
*OnlineHost* (12:11:31 AM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 4 4 2 5 3 3 1 4 4
Umbrafer (12:12:37 AM): Do you have any TN mods other than visibility?
MilesMk1 (12:12:47 AM): Um... Nope.
MilesMk1 (12:12:58 AM): Although I don't have any visibility modifiers in partial light.
Umbrafer (12:13:15 AM): Minimal light?
MilesMk1 (12:13:26 AM): Only in complete darkness, IIRC.
Umbrafer (12:13:47 AM): Fair enough.
MilesMk1 (12:14:12 AM): (Well, and fog, thermal smoke, underwater... but for the purposes of this run...)
Umbrafer (12:14:21 AM): He manages to catch you a glancing blow on the arm for 7M, reduced by Impact.
MilesMk1 (12:15:04 AM): Hold on...
MilesMk1 (12:15:28 AM): Okay, that'd be 3M.
MilesMk1 (12:15:39 AM): I miss Blake.
*OnlineHost* (12:15:50 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 4
MilesMk1 (12:15:59 AM): 4 successes.
Thematrian1 (12:16:01 AM): well, you still soaked it
MilesMk1 (12:16:03 AM): Shit.
MilesMk1 (12:16:11 AM): Not really...
MilesMk1 (12:16:15 AM): I think I take a L.
CirclMastr (12:16:19 AM): How?
Thematrian1 (12:16:22 AM): 2 successes to stage a level, you have 4?
Umbrafer (12:16:23 AM): No, it was net zero successes
Umbrafer (12:16:29 AM): So you soaked
MilesMk1 (12:16:32 AM): Ah. Good.
Umbrafer (12:16:40 AM): And odd successes are discarded in melee anyway.
Thematrian1 (12:16:49 AM): really? Ew
Umbrafer (12:17:04 AM): You stage up before you stage down, rather than comparing net successes and then staging.
Umbrafer (12:17:49 AM): Anyway. Your arm is somewhat sore, but nothing is broken or sliced wide open.
Umbrafer (12:18:04 AM): Still going to try to stick your head out and fire?
Umbrafer (12:18:16 AM): Or just wave your gun and pull the trigger?
MilesMk1 (12:18:18 AM): (Mentally thanks whoever makes arm guards...)
MilesMk1 (12:18:38 AM): Can he attack me if I don't stick my head out?
MilesMk1 (12:19:11 AM): #Guy with a blade above window.#
MilesMk1 (12:19:21 AM): Nah, I'm going to go to a different window.
Umbrafer (12:19:27 AM): If you're not near the window, probably not.
Thematrian1 (12:19:55 AM): I command my Watcher: "Find MacLeod <short description and potential location>, ask him to tell you how he's doing, and report his response to me."
Umbrafer (12:20:18 AM): The watcher burbles and heads off.
Umbrafer (12:20:20 AM): MacLeod?
CirclMastr (12:20:27 AM): *looks around*
CirclMastr (12:20:40 AM): (Assuming I'm clueless about the others)
Umbrafer (12:20:54 AM): Presumably, at the moment.
CirclMastr (12:22:04 AM): So... where am I? What am I looking out?
MilesMk1 (12:22:05 AM): (I'm buying you a radio.)
CirclMastr (12:22:10 AM): *at
CirclMastr (12:22:12 AM): (Thank you)
Umbrafer (12:22:43 AM): You aren't looking out anything. you're standing with a bloody sword in your hand over two corpses in a total of three pieces.
CirclMastr (12:23:06 AM): (I corrected myself)
Umbrafer (12:23:28 AM): Ah
CirclMastr (12:23:31 AM): (Am I in a hallway? A room? Any doors? Anything at all besides dead body parts?)
Umbrafer (12:24:35 AM): You're in a hallway that has a door on the right side about halfway along its length. At the other side, it turns back to the left. Behind you is a fair amount of spilled popcorn.
CirclMastr (12:24:53 AM): *checks the door, sword still in hand*
Umbrafer (12:25:38 AM): It leads to a small seating area with a microwave, from which a tendril of smoke still curls. Inside the remnants of a metal can are visible.
Umbrafer (12:25:50 AM): The windows are boarded up.
Umbrafer (12:25:54 AM): Glitch?
MilesMk1 (12:26:20 AM): Getting to an alternate window quickly but quielty and shooting this fucker with EX.
MilesMk1 (12:26:27 AM): *quietly
Umbrafer (12:27:05 AM): The next window over is partially boarded. Going to try to go through that one?
Umbrafer (12:27:18 AM): (And by "go through" I mean "find a shooting angle through"
Umbrafer (12:27:19 AM): *)
MilesMk1 (12:27:39 AM): (Well, I am double jointed...)
MilesMk1 (12:27:45 AM): Sure.
Umbrafer (12:28:11 AM): Roll perception.
*OnlineHost* (12:28:16 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 6 1 3 1
Umbrafer (12:28:18 AM): Gem, any actions while that resolves?
*OnlineHost* (12:28:19 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (12:28:28 AM): By the time you get there, you can't see anyone through the window.
MilesMk1 (12:28:28 AM): 7,5
MilesMk1 (12:29:10 AM): Okay, my action now (for however long it takes) is to go to a different room, and use one of the windows there.
Umbrafer (12:29:24 AM): Ok
Umbrafer (12:30:43 AM): Gem? If nothing forthcoming, something strange pops into view next to MacLeod
Thematrian1 (12:30:57 AM): Nothing from me.
CirclMastr (12:31:17 AM): *blinks*
Umbrafer (12:31:38 AM): It's a blob. It burbles at you.
CirclMastr (12:31:54 AM): "Uh, did Gem send you?"
CirclMastr (12:32:05 AM): *ready to cut it in half otherwise*
Umbrafer (12:32:11 AM): "[burble]. [burble]re yer derrin?"
CirclMastr (12:32:30 AM): "No, I'm not Darren..."
Thematrian1 (12:32:57 AM): ::weeps without knowing why::
CirclMastr (12:33:05 AM): (Blame the background count!)
Thematrian1 (12:33:20 AM): (Oh, I do)
Umbrafer (12:33:24 AM): The thing vanishes again.
Thematrian1 (12:33:25 AM): (That was a smart one, too)
Umbrafer (12:34:27 AM): Perception for Gem.
*OnlineHost* (12:34:41 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 1 3 6 5
*OnlineHost* (12:34:44 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (12:35:12 AM): You see your watcher spirit fly through the wall screaming "HE'S NOT DARREN!" before something reaches through the wall and kung-fus it.
Thematrian1 (12:35:39 AM): ::weeps, and knows why::
Thematrian1 (12:35:42 AM): Details on the something?
Umbrafer (12:35:53 AM): It looked like an arm.
CirclMastr (12:35:58 AM): (I don't remember what we're doing here. Again.)
Umbrafer (12:36:07 AM): (Assassinating a decker)
MilesMk1 (12:36:17 AM): (Finding a decker and getting a sample of his spine or brain.)
Umbrafer (12:36:55 AM): (Spine, brain, or some large percentage of general bodily tissue. A basic metric for death.)
Umbrafer (12:38:40 AM): Glitch gets to another window in the absence of actions.
MilesMk1 (12:40:04 AM): *Quietly looks out, slowly enough for Ruthenium to be of use.*
Umbrafer (12:40:10 AM): Roll it
Umbrafer (12:40:16 AM): (Perception, that is)
*OnlineHost* (12:41:09 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 2 6 3 1
*OnlineHost* (12:41:12 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost* (12:41:15 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (12:41:38 AM): You see nothing except a short length of rope swinging in the breeze back near the other window.
Umbrafer (12:41:40 AM): MacLeod?
Umbrafer (12:41:57 AM): (And Gem, if she wants to start doing things again)
CirclMastr (12:42:13 AM): *heads down any unexplored hallway/doorway*
Thematrian1 (12:42:16 AM): "I bet that was our friend"
MilesMk1 (12:42:34 AM): *Claws out, climbs to the roof*
Umbrafer (12:43:07 AM): You head down a little further. Roll perception. Glitch, roll Athletics.
Thematrian1 (12:43:16 AM): ::peers out the window, when she can::
CirclMastr (12:43:18 AM): (Who perception?)
Umbrafer (12:43:23 AM): Are you taking the time to rip all the obstacles out of the window?
Umbrafer (12:43:27 AM): MacLeod for Perception.
*OnlineHost* (12:43:32 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 4 4 6
*OnlineHost* (12:43:33 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (12:43:34 AM): You peer out the window. What're you peering at?
*OnlineHost* (12:43:35 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CirclMastr (12:43:42 AM): (16, 4x2)
Thematrian1 (12:43:45 AM): The ground
*OnlineHost* (12:43:47 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 6 3 5 4
*OnlineHost* (12:43:51 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (12:43:57 AM): As MacLeod comes around a corner, he notices a small flash of silver in the air. It quickly darts away.
MilesMk1 (12:44:06 AM): And I have -4 to climb TNs, I think.
Umbrafer (12:44:08 AM): Gem peers at the ground.
Umbrafer (12:44:35 AM): Did Glitch take the time to rip away obstacles in the window, or just try to squeeze between them?
CirclMastr (12:44:44 AM): *follows after the silver*
Thematrian1 (12:45:01 AM): Squeeze
MilesMk1 (12:45:10 AM): If he could squeeze through without ripping ruthenium, squeeze.
Thematrian1 (12:45:11 AM): (With a strength of one, I don't see myself doing any ripping ;-))
Thematrian1 (12:45:19 AM): (Argh, nevermind)
Umbrafer (12:45:54 AM): You take a few seconds to clear particularly jagged pieces, then squeeze.
Umbrafer (12:46:15 AM): You slip briefly, but scramble to the top without much trouble. Gem sees The Darkness.
Umbrafer (12:46:42 AM): And the ground, but mostly The Darkness.
Thematrian1 (12:47:14 AM): nothing astral?
Umbrafer (12:48:18 AM): Perception.
*OnlineHost* (12:48:24 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 2 1 5 2
Thematrian1 (12:49:07 AM): Gem looks into the sky, and leans a bit further out of the window
Umbrafer (12:49:08 AM): You see a few shapes that look like small dogs or large devil rats. Nothing else, really.
Thematrian1 (12:49:35 AM): "Great spirits of the air, hear me."
Thematrian1 (12:50:47 AM): (Summoning a Force 3 Great Form Sky spirit)
*OnlineHost* (12:50:58 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 2 3 5 3 1 6 2 4 1
*OnlineHost* (12:51:08 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 5 4 2 5
*OnlineHost* (12:51:13 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 1 3 6 6 3 3 5 1 6
*OnlineHost* (12:51:16 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 4 1 4 2 3 5
Umbrafer (12:52:03 AM): I'm not too up on my summoning, so just add 3 to all TNs that get added to and tell me what you get. You're still solidly in nastyland.
*OnlineHost* (12:52:17 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 2 2
Thematrian1 (12:52:53 AM): Looks like I get three services my my F3 Great Form, and take M drain. Ugh.
Umbrafer (12:53:57 AM): MacLeod follows the fluttering. It leads towards a staircase in a much, much less destroyed room.
CirclMastr (12:54:15 AM): *heads up the stairs*
Umbrafer (12:54:35 AM): Just heading right on up?
CirclMastr (12:54:58 AM): Well, LOOKING up first, then heading up if there's nothing to suggest I shouldn't
Umbrafer (12:55:12 AM): Perception
*OnlineHost* (12:55:15 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 2 4 3
*OnlineHost* (12:55:17 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
CirclMastr (12:55:20 AM): (8, 4)
Umbrafer (12:56:08 AM): You notice someone lurking behind a large post at the bottom of the staircase. You also get some odd vibes from parts of the staircase itself, though if they're just alarms they're somewhat redundant at this point.
CirclMastr (12:56:51 AM): *approaches the staircase, eyes on the lurker*
CirclMastr (12:57:05 AM): *sword is still out and bloody by the by*
Umbrafer (12:57:15 AM): Is Glitch going to just charge right up, or going to avoid the fourth-floor windows?
Umbrafer (12:57:34 AM): You approach. The lurker moves slightly to keep the post betwixt you and he or she
MilesMk1 (12:57:57 AM): He's stealthy and quick... Fastest way, I think.
CirclMastr (12:58:06 AM): "Come on out, I can already see you..."
Thematrian1 (12:58:40 AM): "My spirit, Search the air surrounding this building for <gives a description>"
Umbrafer (12:58:43 AM): You go straight up, passing right next to a window.
Umbrafer (12:58:46 AM): (Glitch)
Umbrafer (12:58:50 AM): Description of target?
Umbrafer (12:59:00 AM): Or description of guy?
MilesMk1 (12:59:03 AM): (Do I see anything inside the window?)
Thematrian1 (12:59:20 AM): Description of target
Umbrafer (12:59:34 AM): You see a fairly well-equipped-looking person and two more gangerish people.
MilesMk1 (12:59:55 AM): Do they react like they see me?
Umbrafer (12:59:59 AM): It vanishes off to search. Speaking of which, can the Search power work outside Sky domain?
Umbrafer (1:00:08 AM): They appear to be conversing amongst themselves at the moment.
Thematrian1 (1:00:18 AM): No, it can't.
MilesMk1 (1:00:33 AM): #Got one professional looking type and two gangers on the fourth floor.#
MilesMk1 (1:00:49 AM): What would my mods be to shoot the professional through the window?
Umbrafer (1:01:39 AM): The window is intact and looks fairly thick. Mods would probably be +2 to +4 from position, depending on how directly in front of the window you mind being. Then there's the possibility of armored glass.
MilesMk1 (1:02:00 AM): Screw it then, move on to the roof.
MilesMk1 (1:02:07 AM): I want to hunt someone down...
MilesMk1 (1:02:31 AM): (For the nth time, wishes for a grenade, this time to put on a windowsill...)
CirclMastr (1:03:16 AM): (*waits to see how the figure reacts*)
Umbrafer (1:03:19 AM): You going to climb right on to the roof or look over?
Umbrafer (1:03:56 AM): MacLeod: the figure chuckles and steps out, letting a submachine gun fall to the floor. Looks male, either a large human or an ork.
MilesMk1 (1:03:59 AM): Look over first.
Umbrafer (1:04:52 AM): Perception.
CirclMastr (1:05:41 AM): "Got anything to say for yourself?"
Umbrafer (1:05:59 AM): Figure steps forward, grins, extends a hand and beckons.
*OnlineHost* (1:06:24 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 6 4 1
*OnlineHost* (1:06:28 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (1:07:11 AM): Glitch sees a pair of small wheeled objects driving around, each with something protruding from the side.
MilesMk1 (1:07:32 AM): But no guy?
Umbrafer (1:07:42 AM): Nope.
CirclMastr (1:07:49 AM): "Martial artist, eh?" Your funeral"
Umbrafer (1:08:07 AM): Gem?
CirclMastr (1:08:07 AM): "You can tell me where the decker is first, if you want"
Umbrafer (1:08:25 AM): He seems disinclined to do so.
MilesMk1 (1:08:28 AM): *lowers himself below roof level, and moves laterally to find a window he can get through*
MilesMk1 (1:08:41 AM): #Wheeled drones on the roof, if I had to guess, I
Thematrian1 (1:08:42 AM): Gem waits.
MilesMk1 (1:08:48 AM): 'd say armed.#
Thematrian1 (1:08:50 AM): Switches her chips to pistol and unarmed
Thematrian1 (1:09:11 AM): #Would a drenching thunderstorm help or hurt?#
MilesMk1 (1:09:43 AM): #While I'm on climbing sideways along the side of the building?#
MilesMk1 (1:09:56 AM): #Perhaps once I get back inside.#
Thematrian1 (1:09:57 AM): #I meant after.#
MilesMk1 (1:10:20 AM): #It should provide background noise, that always helps when sneaking up on people.#
CirclMastr (1:10:23 AM): "Lok, either say something or do something"
CirclMastr (1:10:38 AM): *Look
Umbrafer (1:11:38 AM): He bobs briefly, then charges. As he attacks, you see blades slide out of his forearms.
*OnlineHost* (1:12:39 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
*OnlineHost* (1:13:07 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
Umbrafer (1:13:48 AM): MacLeod's base Reaction is what again?
CirclMastr (1:13:56 AM): 4
Umbrafer (1:14:01 AM): Oh, oops
Umbrafer (1:14:04 AM): Ok
CirclMastr (1:14:06 AM): ...
Umbrafer (1:14:21 AM): Mr. Ork closes and strikes. Any vision mods on you?
CirclMastr (1:14:29 AM): Nope
CirclMastr (1:14:38 AM): At least I've got Reach...
*OnlineHost* (1:15:14 AM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 4 3 4 4 5 1 6 6 6
CirclMastr (1:15:20 AM): ...Fuck
*OnlineHost* (1:15:25 AM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 4
Umbrafer (1:15:56 AM): Are you lowering you TNs or raising his?
CirclMastr (1:16:11 AM): Probably will do better lowering mine
Umbrafer (1:16:38 AM): Roll it
*OnlineHost* (1:17:07 AM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 2 6 2 4 2 2
*OnlineHost* (1:17:09 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
CirclMastr (1:17:27 AM): Well I was probably just cruelly cut down...
MilesMk1 (1:17:41 AM): No Karma, no combat pool?
CirclMastr (1:17:52 AM): I'll go with karma
CirclMastr (1:18:07 AM): How many?
Umbrafer (1:18:29 AM): That'd be one success.
*OnlineHost* (1:18:33 AM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 3 3 5 1
CirclMastr (1:18:41 AM): Well that was a productive use of karma
Umbrafer (1:20:09 AM): That's two successes against his four, so resist 8M
Umbrafer (1:20:16 AM): Er
Umbrafer (1:20:24 AM): 8S after staging
CirclMastr (1:20:33 AM): Does that count my armor?
Umbrafer (1:20:37 AM): (Lighting here is better, it's only Partial)
Umbrafer (1:20:41 AM): No, that's before armor.
CirclMastr (1:20:46 AM): So 4S
*OnlineHost* (1:20:59 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 2 4 4
Umbrafer (1:21:54 AM): He manages to slice a very small line across your cheek and then put another solid shot through a less-vital part of your torso. Not too deep, fortunately.
CirclMastr (1:22:39 AM): *retaliates with a slice of his own*
Umbrafer (1:22:47 AM): Roll it.
CirclMastr (1:23:04 AM): (Dump my combat pool into this)
*OnlineHost* (1:23:34 AM): CirclMastr rolled 14 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 2 6 6 6 2 2 6 3 5 1 4
*OnlineHost* (1:23:39 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 1 3 3
Umbrafer (1:23:57 AM): TN 5, so 5 successes
*OnlineHost* (1:24:23 AM): Umbrafer rolled 10 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 5 4 4 2 2 4 2
Umbrafer (1:24:29 AM): ...
Umbrafer (1:24:43 AM): Impressive.
*OnlineHost* (1:24:45 AM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 4 2 5 6 6 2 2 6 2
Umbrafer (1:25:01 AM): You slice into him. Base damage?
CirclMastr (1:25:07 AM): 13S
*OnlineHost* (1:25:29 AM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 3 1 3 2
Umbrafer (1:25:55 AM): He somehow manages to get his neck out of the way, but you still cut quite deeply across his chest and down across the front of his left thigh
Umbrafer (1:26:01 AM): He staggers back, bleeding badly.
Umbrafer (1:26:44 AM): Glitch clambers around on every handhold he can find, but the windows on the fourth floor appear to actually be in good repair, and the few that aren't are actually bricked up rather than just boarded.
MilesMk1 (1:27:18 AM): *Growls in frustration and heads back to 3rd*
Umbrafer (1:27:20 AM): Incidentally, do you have any knowledge skill that would provide knowledge of drones?
MilesMk1 (1:27:47 AM): Security Companies: 4 Security Design: 4 Security Procedures: 6 Security Systems: 6
MilesMk1 (1:28:03 AM): Potentially, as relating to designing security systems and so on?
Umbrafer (1:28:38 AM): Security Systems probably closest. The others would just let you know who makes them or how to use them to best effectiveness.
*OnlineHost* (1:28:52 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 2 4 5 5
MilesMk1 (1:29:13 AM): Oops, encephalon.
*OnlineHost* (1:29:27 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 5
*OnlineHost* (1:29:32 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (1:29:35 AM): Encephalon would add to this?
CirclMastr (1:29:50 AM): (Any INT based skill)
MilesMk1 (1:29:52 AM): I thought it added to most Int based skills, including knowledge?
CirclMastr (1:29:56 AM): (Which includes Knowledge skills)
Umbrafer (1:31:04 AM): Hm. I'll have to reread that, but I'm fine with it for now. They're definitely not the feared Steel Lynx, nor the somewhat less dangerous but similarly infamous Steel Lynx. They remind you more of a utility bot than a security bot
Umbrafer (1:31:14 AM): Though you're pretty sure they're packing.
MilesMk1 (1:31:37 AM): In other words, probably not armored, and very low body?
MilesMk1 (1:31:53 AM): What the hell... I'll try to boost myself up on the roof and nail them.
Umbrafer (1:31:57 AM): Very low body, yes. Probably not heavily armored, but armor is likely.
MilesMk1 (1:32:21 AM): Well, let's see what I can do about them.
Umbrafer (1:32:22 AM): You also get the feeling that you should keep your distance, because if you don't miss your guess the thing on the side is a mechanical arm that, if this really is a utility bot, is probably stronger than you are.
MilesMk1 (1:33:06 AM): Can I take an action to basically boost myself above the edge, nail one, then lower myself again?
Umbrafer (1:33:21 AM): Yes, but at serious TN mods.
Umbrafer (1:33:37 AM): MacLeod, your opponent is falling back towards the staircase. You following him in?
MilesMk1 (1:33:38 AM): What if I use the rope asshole left conveniently hanging?
Umbrafer (1:33:57 AM): Still significant TN mods, but less significant.
CirclMastr (1:33:59 AM): Yup, and cutting him down given the chance
Umbrafer (1:34:12 AM): MacLeod, roll your attack.
MilesMk1 (1:34:15 AM): I'll do that... Pop up, try to nail one, lower myself again.
*OnlineHost* (1:34:21 AM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 6 1 2 2 6 2
*OnlineHost* (1:34:24 AM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 1
MilesMk1 (1:34:34 AM): He's toast...
MilesMk1 (1:34:49 AM): Unless he doesn't feel pain for some reason.
Umbrafer (1:35:03 AM): That's three. He's in Full Defense at the moment.
*OnlineHost* (1:35:38 AM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 6 2 4 6 5 4 3
Umbrafer (1:35:52 AM): Down to one success. Unless he rolls ridiculously, that won't save him.
*OnlineHost* (1:36:00 AM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 4 2 6 2
*OnlineHost* (1:36:04 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 5
*OnlineHost* (1:36:09 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (1:36:13 AM): He goes down.
CirclMastr (1:36:19 AM): *searches him*
Umbrafer (1:36:52 AM): He's got a beat-up pocket secretary and a certified credstick.
CirclMastr (1:37:06 AM): *takes the cred, examines the contents of the pocsec*
Umbrafer (1:37:13 AM): He's also got another pocket secretary and a paper notebook, but the both are in two pieces and the latter is quite bloodsoaked.
Umbrafer (1:37:47 AM): The pocket secretary includes a few numbers with names attached, as well as a basic list of income and expenses.
CirclMastr (1:38:13 AM): *keeps it just in case, then heads up the stairs*
Umbrafer (1:38:15 AM): He appears to have made decent cred, all in all, but he's marked off some serious expenses so you're not sure how much you have.
Umbrafer (1:38:25 AM): You head on up.
Umbrafer (1:38:30 AM): Gem, actions?
Thematrian1 (1:39:07 AM): I'll head to the barricade room. My spirit can cross domains to find me when it's done searching.
Umbrafer (1:39:30 AM): You do so without difficulty.
Umbrafer (1:40:17 AM): Glitch, meanwhile, finds the rope and prepares himself for an act of derring-do.
Umbrafer (1:40:28 AM): If you took Daredevil, it would most certainly be applicable now.
MilesMk1 (1:40:44 AM): Missed opportunity.
MilesMk1 (1:40:52 AM): I get my shot?
Thematrian1 (1:41:07 AM): I prowl into the area that Glitch fired upon. ::sneak mode ON::
*OnlineHost* (1:41:09 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 3 4
Umbrafer (1:41:48 AM): Yep. TN is +4, since I figure this is at least the equivalent of Attacker Running. However, for you that's still just 6.
MilesMk1 (1:41:57 AM): Ok...
*OnlineHost* (1:42:02 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 2 2 5 3 4 1 2 5 1
Umbrafer (1:42:07 AM): You sneak into the area. You find two rather messed-up corpses, one of which is bisected.
MilesMk1 (1:42:08 AM): Bleh.
Umbrafer (1:42:21 AM): Glitch gets a single success. What's the Power on that weapon?
MilesMk1 (1:42:25 AM): 11 M
*OnlineHost* (1:42:48 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
Thematrian1 (1:43:08 AM): I examine the bodies for things of value/clues/whatever
Umbrafer (1:43:20 AM): You hit one, not too badly but solidly. There's the sound of both turning to face where you were.
*OnlineHost* (1:43:26 AM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 4 4
*OnlineHost* (1:43:29 AM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 2 2
Umbrafer (1:43:38 AM): (Do you have any Signature-enhancing gear?)
MilesMk1 (1:43:49 AM): Nope...
Thematrian1 (1:44:03 AM): (Ruthenium doesn't...?)
Umbrafer (1:44:24 AM): (Don't believe so. Them vehicle sensors are nasty.)
MilesMk1 (1:44:25 AM): It works at 1/2 rating against sensors, AFAIK.
Umbrafer (1:44:39 AM): *Looks it up*
Umbrafer (1:45:15 AM): MacLeod: continuing up the stairs?
CirclMastr (1:45:18 AM): Aye
Umbrafer (1:45:29 AM): You bleed on things as you go, but you don't care all that much.
CirclMastr (1:45:48 AM): *cares somewhat, actually, but not enough to stop*
MilesMk1 (1:45:57 AM): It works at 1/2 vs. vehicle sensors, according to M&M.
Umbrafer (1:46:16 AM): *Nods* So that's what, just +4?
MilesMk1 (1:46:20 AM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (1:46:47 AM): ("just")
Umbrafer (1:47:39 AM): Incidentally, does anyone know where the rules for metahuman signatures are?
MilesMk1 (1:47:50 AM): Nope...
CirclMastr (1:47:51 AM): Everyone is 6 except trolls
Thematrian1 (1:47:54 AM): 6, or 5 for a troll
CirclMastr (1:47:54 AM): Which are 5
Umbrafer (1:48:06 AM): Right, but IIRC cyberware can decrease that
CirclMastr (1:48:32 AM): Only certain ones like syprathyroid gland
Umbrafer (1:48:49 AM): Regardless. Gem searches the mess. MacLeod reaches the upper area. It's almost like stepping into a different building. The halls are actually lit, and the furnishings are intact.
CirclMastr (1:49:15 AM): *proceeds carefully, checking doors*
Umbrafer (1:50:04 AM): Partway down the hallway, there's another barricade visible. This one appears to be constructed of sandbags, with some rather large riot shields set up in front.
Umbrafer (1:50:18 AM): (Welcome back to the good security zone)
CirclMastr (1:50:52 AM): No doors anywhere?
Umbrafer (1:51:13 AM): There are doors in the hallway, and another door into a larger ballroom-type room perpendicular to the hallway.
Umbrafer (1:52:04 AM): Visible inside is a piano, and it's clear that there was once a rug here, but no longer. A fireplace burns peacefully, and braziers give off a pleasant scent of incense.
Umbrafer (1:52:27 AM): Gem finds nothing of significant value aside from a few bloody packets of microwaveable popcorn.
Thematrian1 (1:52:43 AM): I let them lie.
CirclMastr (1:53:00 AM): *keeps looking until he finds a decker, deck, person, or runs out of doors before the barricade*
Umbrafer (1:53:17 AM): Roll perception
*OnlineHost* (1:53:23 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 1 6 1
*OnlineHost* (1:53:25 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
CirclMastr (1:53:29 AM): 9!
Umbrafer (1:53:34 AM): Gem's spirit returns and reports no one matching description in area.
Umbrafer (1:53:44 AM): You notice that there are actually people behind the barricade.
Thematrian1 (1:53:50 AM): "Thank you."
Umbrafer (1:54:14 AM): It appears somewhat unhappy about being inside the building, or in the general area at all.
Umbrafer (1:55:06 AM): Any further actions from Gem?
Thematrian1 (1:55:10 AM): "I know, Drifting One, I know. But you must remain for a time yet."
Thematrian1 (1:55:21 AM): #Hey Glitch, want some rain?#
MilesMk1 (1:56:37 AM): #Playing with drones on the roof right now.#
Umbrafer (1:57:43 AM): Glitch?
MilesMk1 (1:58:36 AM): *Shoots a drone, preferably the same one as before*
MilesMk1 (1:58:53 AM): Roll?
CirclMastr (1:59:08 AM): *heads back to get the SMG from the dead 'wared punk who cut him*
Umbrafer (1:59:12 AM): Roll it.
*OnlineHost* (1:59:27 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 5 3 6 1 6 5 2 2 4 5
*OnlineHost* (1:59:32 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
Umbrafer (1:59:38 AM): Gem staying in the hall or going out to the place with the staircase?
Umbrafer (1:59:47 AM): That's two.
MilesMk1 (1:59:53 AM): Yup.
*OnlineHost* (1:59:55 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 3
Thematrian1 (1:59:55 AM): I'll head out to the staircase zone
*OnlineHost* (2:00:00 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (2:00:09 AM): That's one.
Umbrafer (2:00:18 AM): It's now visibly sparking.
MilesMk1 (2:00:53 AM): And on that note, as much as I'd like to keep playing, I think I'll have to turn in... I have to get up in 5 hours. :-(
Umbrafer (2:01:06 AM): Gem emerges into the area to see MacLeod taking an SMG off of the floor.
CirclMastr (2:01:08 AM): That means 5 more hours of play!
Umbrafer (2:01:20 AM): I know the feeling
Umbrafer (2:01:24 AM): I need to be up in five as well
CirclMastr (2:01:29 AM): See above
Thematrian1 (2:01:40 AM): I can be up in six. Um, yay.
Umbrafer (2:01:45 AM): Hehehe
CirclMastr (2:01:51 AM): I don't have to be up for 5 days
Thematrian1 (2:02:28 AM): Ok, sleep well everyone. Jon, want me to save and post this log?
Umbrafer (2:02:34 AM): Sure, thanks.
MilesMk1 (2:02:43 AM): Goodnight, all.
MilesMk1 (2:02:45 AM): *wave*
CirclMastr (2:02:46 AM): Night all
Umbrafer (2:02:49 AM): I think I'll just appoint you official scribe