You have just entered room "Chat 3402479762276728735."
MilesMk1 has entered the room.
CirclMastr has entered the room.
Thematrian1: so, we were about to win or die
Thematrian1: which was up in the air
CirclMastr: Or possibly both.
MilesMk1: What, not even a hello?
Thematrian1: I said hello to you already ::pout::
MilesMk1: Well, only one of us can do both and walk away from it.
MilesMk1: I never pass up the opportunity to give people a hard time. :p
Umbrafer: Incidentally, unless this goes really quickly we won't be doing the trip back through the barrens tonight, as I've got an exam at 8:30 tomorrow morning.
Thematrian1: We had a gun pointed at the door...
Umbrafer: Indeed. I'm trying to remember if you'd opened fire or not.
CirclMastr: Yes
CirclMastr: MacLeod did, anyway
Thematrian1: IIRC yes. We opened fire on the door, and you ended the game
Thematrian1: you bastard
CirclMastr: I second that 'you bastard'
MilesMk1: I think he's a wonderful, generous person.
MilesMk1: Glitch opened fire as well, BTW.
Thematrian1: ::watches all his karma drift toward Glitch::
CirclMastr: ::beats up Glitch behind the scenes::
Umbrafer: How many rounds are you putting into the door, give or take?
Vernjonal has entered the room.
CirclMastr: Unless any of these are High Velocity weapons, I'd guess 10 rounds apiece.
Thematrian1: As many as we can, yeah
MilesMk1: I was shooting in three round bursts, but I was going to keep it up indefinitely.
MilesMk1: (or until the ammo ran out, or they shot back)
CirclMastr: I'm just leaning on the trigger.
Umbrafer: After a bit the door starts looking distinctly less solid, but nothing meaningful is visible
Thematrian1: ::grumbles::
CirclMastr: ::keeps leaning on said trigger::
Umbrafer: Gem is single-natured at the moment, correct?
Thematrian1: yeah
Umbrafer: You lean on it until it starts making nice clicking noises.
Thematrian1: actually
Thematrian1: I go into the astral and conjure forth that great form I summoned earlier
Thematrian1: Storm spirit, F3
MilesMk1: *tries to direct his fire at the hinges and the lock*
Umbrafer: *Vumf*
CirclMastr: ::tries reloading::
Umbrafer: One storm spirit, fiound. Glitch roll appropriate firearms skill, what with the actually-trying-to-do-something-useful bit.
MilesMk1: That'd be defaulting to pistols, or chipped rifle skill... Which one is better, if any?
MilesMk1: (if either?)
Umbrafer: Both are +2 TN, 1/2 skill in pool allowed
MilesMk1: Well, I won't be spending any combat pool, I want it free for surprises... Rifles it is.
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 6 3 2 3 2 6 2
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1: doh
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1: 11,7
Umbrafer: You manage to blast off the hinges and lock, and the door slides slightly away from you. It then stops.
MilesMk1: *reloads*
Thematrian1: ::follows Glitch's lead::
MilesMk1: "So... Does anyone want to go there and give it a shove, or do we keep shooting?" *peers through the crack to see if there's anything in the nature of a barricade behind the door*
CirclMastr: (I tried reloading earlier)
Umbrafer: (You reloaded successfully, unless there's some reason you shouldn't be able to)
MilesMk1: (peers from a safe distance, BTW)
Umbrafer: (It may have involved going and taking a magazine off of a body)
CirclMastr: (brb, dinner)
Thematrian1: ::holds herself ready::
Umbrafer: Roll perception.
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 5 5 4 4
Umbrafer: You see nothing meaningful.
MilesMk1: I keep getting these interesting-looking rolls...
Thematrian1: ::peeks into the astral::
Umbrafer: Perception.
CirclMastr: (Back)
*OnlineHost*: Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 4 4 4 4
*OnlineHost*: Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1: *gives the door another burst, close to one of the corners, to make it rotate as much as possible*
Thematrian1: (c'mon, TN4)
Umbrafer: It's a Watcher. It gives a chirrup and then starts to flee towards the door.
Thematrian1: banish
*OnlineHost*: Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 4 3 5
Thematrian1: btw, is this watcher messed up like mine?
Umbrafer: Nope, looks clean. Healthy, even.
Thematrian1: (note to self: before I kill the mage, get his secret)
CirclMastr: ("Be a toxic shaman")
Thematrian1: (Heh, yeah, that's probably it)
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 4 1
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1: (Well, there were those chalk circles and barrels with burned herbs around which the astral felt cleaner, no?)
Thematrian1: (Comparatively. It still wasn't what you'd call "good summoning grounds")
Umbrafer: sudo chown Watcher Gem
Thematrian1: (The watcher owned me? Or vice versa? I don't speak sudo)
Umbrafer: (It's chown that's relevant, sudo just runs it as root. I suppose that would have been more appropriate for a Controlling test, but you have owned the watcher)
Thematrian1: ahh...su-do
MilesMk1: (Yeah, you people need to watch it with the colorful vernacular, I'm old.)
Umbrafer: (So is Unix)
Thematrian1: (It's actually a piece of UNIX jargon. Probably older than all of us)
Thematrian1: (though not put together)
MilesMk1: (Also a biologist.)
Umbrafer: (Anyway.)
Umbrafer: It vanishes with a chirrup.
Thematrian1: "Watcher. They know we're here."
CirclMastr: "I think the bullets were a clue too."
MilesMk1: "Yeah."
MilesMk1: *puts another burst into one of the top corners of the door, hoping to get it to rotate or slide.*
Thematrian1: ::moves away from Glitch and MacLeod::
Thematrian1: "Spread out a bit; make us harder to stunball."
Umbrafer: It tilts a little, but there's still nothing terribly meaningful visible. The door is starting to suffer from significant integrity failure, though.
MilesMk1: *quietly dashes up to the side of the door, and stands with his back agains the wall.*
Umbrafer: MacLeod still pumping rounds into the door?
CirclMastr: Nah, but he's staying put
MilesMk1: BTW... I should have asked this before, but does this place have any indication of air vents or ducts?
Umbrafer: Yes, but unless you've turned about two foot by eight inches wide, you're not going to fit in anything you've seen.
MilesMk1: Ah, well.
Thematrian1: (Damn, where's Longtail when you need him...)
MilesMk1: Do I see anything more from my new position?
Umbrafer: Perception
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 6 2 1 2
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1: Hostility... Mounting...
MilesMk1: If these were real dice, I'd execute one as an example.
Umbrafer: Delete /dev/random on the AIM server as an example
Umbrafer: Problem is, then we'd have to repopulated it.
Umbrafer: *repopulate
Thematrian1: nah, AOL uses a horde of NT machines
Umbrafer: How... unsurprisingt.
Umbrafer: *-t
Umbrafer: Anyway.
Umbrafer: You can see a bunch of furniture stacked against the door. You can also see a metal arm extended and holding the door in place from above.
Umbrafer: Not from directly above, but it's attached to the upper part of the door
MilesMk1: Uhh... Does it look anything like the arm on the drone I got such a close look at?
MilesMk1: #Metal arm, drone maybe, holding the door. That, and a lot of furniture.#
MilesMk1: #Maybe we should tell them they can go away alive if they give us the decker?#
Thematrian1: #Maybe. I could have my spirit pump bolts of lightning into the arm, if you think it'd help.$
Umbrafer: It looks fairly similar, yes.
MilesMk1: #How often can it do that? We probably should save it for something big. Like that mage fucker.#
MilesMk1: How thick are these walls? Would it be possible for me to point the AR at where I know its body should be, and let off a few bursts?
Umbrafer: They're not terribly thick. You could probably penetrate the wall, though whether it'll actually do anything is questionable.
MilesMk1: And since I'm so close already... *listens for sounds from inside the room.*
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 1 4 5 6
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer: You hear faint murmuring.
Umbrafer: You have the hearing amplification, right?
MilesMk1: Spatial recognizer and hearing amplification.
MilesMk1: #I could always try to blow the arm off... It won't be able to dodge unless it lets go of the door...#
Umbrafer: It sounds like someone's saying words. You can't identify them offhand.
Umbrafer: The pace is odd, though. Possibly chanting.
CirclMastr: (brb)
MilesMk1: #Uhh... And I hear someone chanting. I think. That's bad, right?#
Thematrian1: I start checking out the astral. I'm ready to drop it if I see someone else.
Thematrian1: #Yeah, that's bad#
Umbrafer: You don't see anyone this side of the door.
Thematrian1: "Chanting."
MilesMk1: *Gives the arm an experimental shot or two with his pistol.* (EX rounds)
Umbrafer: Roll it
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 6 1 3 6
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 6 1 6 5
Umbrafer: (Not that there's much of a TN, all things considered)
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 6 1 5 3 4 5 4 5 3 2 4 5
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 2 4 1
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer: *BZZERT*
CirclMastr: (Back)
Umbrafer: The arm now has a big chunk missing from it.
MilesMk1: (Ok, after this is over, can you tell me what the 15 dice are for? They make me paranoid. Are they to make me paranoid?)
MilesMk1: If there is no reaction from the room, I shift my position by a few feet, and shoot again.
Umbrafer: (Pretty much, yeah. When I don't want you to know how many dice I'm rolling I pick numbers from 1 to 15 (or 30 if I need more than 15), roll 15 or 30, and then only count the dice that correspond with the numbers I picked)
Umbrafer: (I reroll all of them, of course, just to keep paranoia high)
Umbrafer: There is, as a matter of fact, a reaction.
Umbrafer: The door gets tugged at violently twice, The first time changes the angle it's leaning at significantly, the second accompanies a nasty snapping metal sound.
Umbrafer: Actions?
Thematrian1: ::ponder::
MilesMk1: #You guys hold on, I'll go see if this place has a bathroom or a supply closet...#
MilesMk1: *Backs off carefully and checks various doors for any caustic or flammable chemicals or cleaners.*
Umbrafer: Good thinking, but the only thing around here is a bottle of windex with a sale date of 2024.
MilesMk1: Damn.
Thematrian1: Bastards. How dare they not provide for their own demise?
MilesMk1: Ok, I'll just have to crack that drone open and get at the batteries. Of course, they probably don't even use acid anymore. :p
MilesMk1: Actually... With a demolition skill of 8, could I possibly come up with some way of detonating a, say, ammo bin?
Umbrafer: Hm. Potentially, but it would be tough.
MilesMk1: All right, then, let's not get into McGuyver territory here. :-)
Umbrafer: And of widely variable effectiveness.
Umbrafer: You do, however, find an unopened pack of chewing gum
Umbrafer: The sale date on that is 2006.
Thematrian1: woah woah woah, we don't need any death rays
MilesMk1: Great, now I just need to convince them to chew that, and our problems are finished.
MilesMk1: There was a burning fire barrel downstairs, right?
Umbrafer: Correct.
Umbrafer: Somewhat difficult to transport, though,.
MilesMk1: I'll carry some of the burning material in the scooped-out skull of one of our victims.
MilesMk1: #All right, can anyone think of anything besides shooting at the door some more?#
Umbrafer: Thinking of joining that Troll/Ork tribe?
MilesMk1: Was it a double door, BTW, or a single door?
Umbrafer: Double.
MilesMk1: #Maybe we should try blowin off the other door.#
Umbrafer: One of which is at a bizarre angle, revealing a good chunk of the ceiling within (which is rather high)
MilesMk1: *Tries to stop the malfuncitoning drone from moving altogether*
Umbrafer: It's slamming its fist against a very broken bit of wall. What are you doing to deactivate it?
MilesMk1: *Pours a bottle of windex into it, then goes back to the other two*
Thematrian1: "Anything?"
Umbrafer: The optical sensors gleam. After a few seconds of dripping through, acrid smoke comes pouring out and it stops.
MilesMk1: "Nothing that will burn well. Aside from the ammo inside that drone, maybe."
CirclMastr: "So what now?"
MilesMk1: "We can try making our own opening in the wall."
Thematrian1: "Our options: we charge, we leave, we ask for their surrender. Or that."
Umbrafer: The mechanical arm slumps almost comically to the ground.
MilesMk1: *goes back to see if he can get the AR and the ammo box out of the drone*
Umbrafer: What tools do you have with you?
MilesMk1: Electronics kit. Combat knife.
Umbrafer: Violence alone will get the ammo out, but the AR may not be feasible.
Umbrafer: ("Black Belt, stop her with your violence.")
MilesMk1: How much ammo is there, by the looks of it?
Umbrafer: You'd guess that the bin could probably fit about 200 rounds, maybe a little less.
MilesMk1: *Gets out the ammo.*
MilesMk1: (If nothing else, we might need it to remove that whole door...)
MilesMk1: (along with the bin, if possible)(
Umbrafer: Roll some sort of build/repair.
Umbrafer: (Or Int)
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 2 4 2 4 1
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer: (What was that?)
MilesMk1: Electronics B/R
Umbrafer: It takes some doing, and you spill a few rounds on the ground, but you get the box loose.
CirclMastr: *takes a knee, wondering how much blood he has and figuring he'll find out soon*
MilesMk1: What happens if I use Demolitions to make that into an explosive, and I fail? Kaboom? Or is that only on a botch?
Umbrafer: Depends on what method you're using. Assuming that neither of us know a way to do this, the easier ways are the ones that are also worse to fail at.
Umbrafer: Any other actions from MacLeod or Gem?
Thematrian1: I'll summon up a Watcher.
Thematrian1: F3
*OnlineHost*: Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 2 4 2
*OnlineHost*: Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 6 1 3 4 3 3 6 4 5
CirclMastr: "Hey, Gem, know any healing spells?"
MilesMk1: Well... I was thinking, actually, of just packing the sucker with some of my EX rounds and then cooking it off from a distance with my tool laser...
Thematrian1: "None, MacLeod, I'm sorry. I'd've used them by now...
Umbrafer: What's the range on the tool laser?
MilesMk1: Good question.
Umbrafer: Watcher summoning: TN=Force as usual?
MilesMk1: 5 meters.
Thematrian1: (Yeah)
MilesMk1: I think I'd do it from behind a riot shield and a corner.
MilesMk1: "Here, let me see what I can do."
Umbrafer: So you can if you want. Tough to tell if it'll cook off all of them.
Thematrian1: Do I have my watcher?
Umbrafer: It'll also be much less of an explosion and more of an omnidirectional burst of gunfire.
Umbrafer: Yes.
Umbrafer: Fairly messed up, as usual.
Thematrian1: ::sigh::
MilesMk1: I'll try to strategically intersperse the EX rounds, and crack some open to get at the gunpoweder.
Umbrafer: Little bits of this one keep falling off.
MilesMk1: *cracks open a medkit*
CirclMastr: ::slides down to his back, behind the riot shields of course::
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 3 2 3 3 5 6 1
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1: "Go through that door, look at what's on the other side, come back to me, and tell me about it."
Thematrian1: ::essentially indifferent to Glitch's activities
Umbrafer: It goes through. A few seconds later you hear (on the Astral) "MAAAAAAAAAAAAGE*SPLORT*"
MilesMk1: (That was first aid, not demolitions, BTW)
CirclMastr: ("I had a really great time. At first I was excited, but halfway there I got nervous about the new experience, but I managed to go through that door! It was so fun, I thought it would never
CirclMastr: end, but eventually I had to come home")
Umbrafer: (On who again?)
CirclMastr: (Hopefully MacLeod)
Thematrian1: "Yeah, they still have a mage."
MilesMk1: (MacLeod)
MilesMk1: (And hopefully, these are only bad conditions, not terrible...)
Umbrafer: Bad only
MilesMk1: (Which is cancelled out by the -1 for his Body of 4, I hope)
MilesMk1: (So I think I made it.)
Umbrafer: You make it.
Umbrafer: It takes the better part of a minute.
CirclMastr: (What was I at before, 9 boxes?)
Thematrian1: (Yeah)
Umbrafer: (Yep, down to 3)
CirclMastr: (Whoo!)
MilesMk1: (Sorry it took me so long to think about it, I loaded this guy with so much shit, I keep forgetting about all the mods and skills I have.)
Thematrian1: (Dayum)
CirclMastr: "Thanks man..."
MilesMk1: "Glad to help."
MilesMk1: *starts to tinker with the ammo bos, trying to make it into world's most primitive claymore mine.*
MilesMk1: (box)
MilesMk1: Should I... Roll?
Thematrian1: ::hunkers behind cover with MacLeod::
Umbrafer: Go for it.
Umbrafer: Roll and pray.
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 2 4 4 1 5
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1: Woo-hoo!
MilesMk1: 11
Thematrian1: ::prays::
CirclMastr: ::grins a bit at Gem:: "Not much of a night out, is it?"
Umbrafer: You have successfully fashioned it into... something.
Thematrian1: ::whispering:: "Great water below, source of all life, take us into your arms this night..."
Thematrian1: "Uh, no. Not really. Everything's so oppressive."
MilesMk1: *Deploys The Device, grabs a riot shield, and postions himself around a corner.*
Umbrafer: The Device is deployed.
Umbrafer: (Blake needs to learn how to make The Device. I'm not sure we're cool enough for The Device, though)
MilesMk1: Essentially, I'm going to try to cook it off with two finger and one eye looking out from behind cover.
Umbrafer: Incidentally, how many EX-EX rounds did you burn making it?
MilesMk1: (Oh... I'm on my second clip out of 4, which means... about 20.)
Umbrafer: Ok.
Umbrafer: Where exactly is it deployed? Right against the door?
MilesMk1: Basically. Or agains the piled up-furniture - as deep in as I could have made it without exposing myself to fire from inside the room or above the door.
Umbrafer: *Nods*
MilesMk1: #This might be a good time to cross your fingers.#
Thematrian1: ::starts to pray again::
MilesMk1: #This is either going to be really cool, or really embarassing.#
MilesMk1: #And I might lose an eye and some fingers either way.#
Thematrian1: #You can have new ones grown.#
MilesMk1: #Yeah, but my eyes are really expensive...#
CirclMastr: ::has no idea what's going on::
Thematrian1: Well, Gem is beside you praying for safety.
MilesMk1: #About 50K each... *starts whistling*#
Umbrafer: You saw him carry the large box of ammo past, so you have an idea of the general gist
MilesMk1: (BTW... Where are the Demolitions rules, I looked everywhere yesterday and couldn't find the damn things.)
CirclMastr: "Is something going to blow up?"
Thematrian1: (I don't think there are any, per se)
Thematrian1: "Yes. Hopefully not us."
Umbrafer: (They're somewhere)
CirclMastr: ::ducks and covers anyway, pointing his rear toward the doors and covering his neck with his hands::
Umbrafer: (Which parts did you want?)
MilesMk1: (I'm willing to wait till after we see what comes out of this. ;-))
Umbrafer: (This is more improvised than even the improvised explosives rules)
MilesMk1: (But... But... I got an 11...)
CirclMastr: (Sadly the TN was 12. So solly!)
Umbrafer: (Again, it's more like an omnidirectional full-auto burst than a bomb, per se)
Umbrafer: (Probably, at least)
Umbrafer: (So going to set it off, or are you too busy praying?)
Thematrian1: (Not my responsibility)
CirclMastr: ::keeps ducked and covered::
MilesMk1: (Oh.. Sorry, I thought I said I was. Yep, I set off The Device.)
CirclMastr: (In case of nuclear attack: 1. Get under desk. 2. Put head between legs. 3. Kiss your ass goodbye.)
Umbrafer: Roll six dice/
Umbrafer: *.
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 5 5 3
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 6 2 4 4
Umbrafer: A few rounds explode. For a second you think the thing dudded, but then there's a sound not dissimilar to massed machine gun fire.
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 5 2 4 6 5 6 2 5 5 2 1 6 5 1
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 6 2 6 3 6 4 2 3 2 4 5 1 6 2
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 6 6 6 4 6 5 3 2 4 1 3 4 1 2
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 6 6 5 6 3 6 3 5 4 1 5 4
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 3 3 1 3 6 6 2 2 1 5 3 4 3 3
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 1 3 2 6 2 6 6 5 6 2 3 3 2 2
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 2 4
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 4 3 3 5
Umbrafer: Roll Reaction.
Thematrian1: all?
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 3 3 3 2
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer: Ok
Umbrafer: The riot shield sounds like a gong.
MilesMk1: *jumps back and hugs the wall, hopefully out of LOS*
MilesMk1: *pulling the riot shield between him and The Device*
Umbrafer: Blake, resist 7L, 3L, and 2M.
MilesMk1: Blake?
Umbrafer: Glitch.
MilesMk1: Body only? Impact armor, ballistic?
Umbrafer: Brain, resist 100D Stun.
Umbrafer: Impact.
MilesMk1: Ok... That's 3 points of impact,
MilesMk1: Can I use combat pool?
Umbrafer: Yep, but it doesn't refresh between the tests.
MilesMk1: Ok... So, 4L first... Actually, I just need 2 successes, there, right?
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 3 3 1 3 3 6 2
MilesMk1: Uh... close.
Umbrafer: Soaked.
MilesMk1: Then 2L
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 3 4 5 4 4
MilesMk1: Then 2M
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 3 6 6 4 1 3 1
Umbrafer: Several fragments of something hit you, but nothing does more than hurt a bit.
MilesMk1: #Well, it went off, and I still have all my bits.#
Thematrian1: #Good times. How's the door?#
CirclMastr: (ack, brb)
MilesMk1: *risks a peek once the explosions stop, gun ready.*
Umbrafer: There's a little bit of it hanging from the upper hinge of the previously-mostly-intact door, but you look to have made rather a lot of toothpicks.
MilesMk1: #Gone.#
Thematrian1: "The door's gone!"
Thematrian1: ::peek::
Thematrian1: What do we see?
MilesMk1: *Tries to see anyone inside the room, still holding the riot shield with one hand*
Umbrafer: Beyond, you see someone at the far end wrapped in a blue glow, seated cross-legged. Perception.
*OnlineHost*: Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 4 4 4
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 5 2 4
Thematrian1: I assense him, too
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
*OnlineHost*: Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 6 3 1 4
MilesMk1: 17, 5, 5
MilesMk1: #Lightningbolt time!#
Umbrafer: You notice that he's holding an oddly-shaped rod slightly over a foot long.
Umbrafer: Definitely a mage, more powerful than you are.
Thematrian1: ::point to the mage, to my spirit:: "Kill him."
MilesMk1: *tries to shoot the mage*
Umbrafer: Roll it
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 2 3 2 1
MilesMk1: ...
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 5 6 5
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 2 5 6
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 5 2 3 4 1 6
Umbrafer: The mage appears unperturbed.
MilesMk1: I shoot his stupid stick, if no one tries to kill me.
Umbrafer: Waiting on some info for a second before we get subsequent actions. MacLeod doing anything?
MilesMk1: (I think he said brb a few minutes ago)
Umbrafer: (True, he did)
Umbrafer: A black wind starts swirling about the mage.
MilesMk1: #What's going on?#
CirclMastr: (Back)
Thematrian1: from an astral perspective, what is going on?
Umbrafer: (The mage appears surrounded by some sort of spell, and there's another spell just starting to take form in front of him. The spirit is swirling about and appears to be attacking.
CirclMastr: (I'm in some serious pain, so I'm going to have to bail for the rest of the night
Umbrafer: (Pain from anything in particular?)
MilesMk1: (Sorry to hear that.)
Thematrian1: (Very sorry indeed. It looks like you're our last hope for mage-killing)
CirclMastr: (An unpleasant place. Anyway, night all)
CirclMastr has left the room.
MilesMk1: Doh... So, do we have time for actions again, as he starts to swirl?
Umbrafer: Sure, go for it
MilesMk1: I shoot his wand, or stick, or whatever it is.
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 2 4 6
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
*OnlineHost*: MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 4 5 2 5
MilesMk1: Ok, just kill me now.
Umbrafer: (Much as I hate to suggest it, it might be better to break since we lost Dave.)
Thematrian1: (I think you're right, and it is 11)
Thematrian1: (And I wasn't kidding; we need MacLeod to rush this guy and cut him open)
Umbrafer: (Incidentally, does anyone have a problem with starting the game at 8:00 from now on?)
MilesMk1: Nope.
Umbrafer: (So let it be written, so let it be done)
Umbrafer: Seiler, have a quick moment to discuss some Tuesday things? Won't take more than five or ten minutes, I'm dropping from exhaustion meself.
Thematrian1: sure
MilesMk1: (I take it my shots have done diddly? Just so I know...)
Umbrafer: (Oh, yeah)
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 2 4 1 5
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 3 2 5 6
Umbrafer: (Yed, diddly)
Umbrafer: *Yep
MilesMk1: Oh, Dave is back.
Umbrafer: He is?
MilesMk1: He signed back on.
Umbrafer: So he is
CirclMastr has entered the room.
CirclMastr: (That passed more quickly than I expected)
Umbrafer: I'm not sure if I mentioned to you, Dave: we're starting at 8:00 from now on unless that's a problem for you.
CirclMastr: No, you didn't. And it's no problem.
CirclMastr: Was the game called?
Umbrafer: Much as I feel lame still breaking the session, I'm exhausted and have an exam at 8:30 (sick of hearing about it yet? ;-) ), so I think it's a last call for preparatory non-combat actions
MilesMk1: Gah... I want to see this bastard die...
MilesMk1: Oh well.
Umbrafer: Gem, I think, has the most reason to want him dead.
Thematrian1: I have the most to fear, for sure.
Thematrian1: Plus, he's better at magic than I am :-\
MilesMk1: Hey, this isn't a competition. We can all share.
CirclMastr: Magic can't kill MacLeod, bwahaha
MilesMk1: Well, then go cut him in half.
CirclMastr: Well, it can still put him down.
CirclMastr: On a semi-related note, I'm going to try to run a game of play-by-post Monopoly on the SotSW board. Anyone interested?
MilesMk1: Monopoly?
Thematrian1: ...how are you going to represent the game?
Umbrafer: The best part of play-by-post is that we can all be the cannon if we want to.
Thematrian1: hehehe
Thematrian1: I thought only the GM was Canon?
CirclMastr: I'll just say what space each piece is on, and do the rolls/moves myself (and Community Chest/Chance as needed)
Umbrafer: Yes, my piece will be the SR3 book.
CirclMastr: And I'll have my own board to keep track and the rest of y'all don't need to worry about it
CirclMastr: So, interested?
Thematrian1: sure, why not?
Umbrafer: (We should try play-by-post Age of Renaissance sometime ;-) )
MilesMk1: Um... Sure. Although my ability to post from work is not always what I'd like it to be.
Thematrian1: (Lord-a-mercy)
Thematrian1: That's a good point though, what kind of post rate are you looking for?
CirclMastr: As long as it doesn't take too long for you to get around to it. Hell, by mid-late game there could go by several turns before a decision is required.
CirclMastr: Ideally posts would come up within 24 hours. If it takes more than 3-4 days to post I'll get to nagging.
Umbrafer: I'm definitely game. I'll have to see if I can dig out a board for my own reference.
Umbrafer: But yes, the drone-based matters:
Umbrafer: I'm using the R3 rules to make a riot-control drone, in both Lone Star and Knight Errant varieties.
CirclMastr: (::gets to posting then::)
Umbrafer: Features include about a hundred kilos of armor, an integral SMG (loadable with ordinary or gel rounds as desired), a viewscreen on one side, and a pintle mount protruding through the drone.
Umbrafer: Essentially, a tracked autonomous heavy riot shield.
CirclMastr: No Super-Squirt with Neurostun IX?
Umbrafer: (The idea being that someone would hide behind it as it moved)
Umbrafer: Nope. I'm considering getting rid of the SMG, too; I waffle over whether it fits with the feel.
Umbrafer: Now, I was thinking:
Umbrafer: What kind of special machinery would be required to allow this thing to tilt the main body so that it rested flat on the base, allowing the shield to also be used as a kind of short stretcher or other carrying device?
Umbrafer: How much CF and load would it take up, and what sort of cost would be associated?
Thematrian1: Hm.
MilesMk1: (Now, is this thing supposed to be big enought to fit a human, or a dwarf?)
Umbrafer: (It is intended to be large enough that a human could hide behind it. No one actually fits inside.
Umbrafer: *)
Umbrafer: (How tall is Blake again?)
Thematrian1: I'm guessing maybe 2 cubic feet. No idea on the weight though.
MilesMk1: 4'8"
Umbrafer: (If the pintle mount is at the wrong height, we'll get the modified variant)
MilesMk1: If there was a DNBA, he'd be a shoo-in.
Umbrafer: (Incidentally, it's also got a datajack port for control by a non-rigger hiding behind it.)
Umbrafer: (Now, keep in mind the big disadvantage of my creating this.)
Umbrafer: (Namely, the fact that there are going to be riots in Chi-town in about twelve days.)
Umbrafer: 2 cubic feet... any idea what that is in CF?
Thematrian1: er
Thematrian1: 2?
Umbrafer: CF being Cargo Factor, or a cube half a meter on a side (or the equivalent volume in another shape)
Thematrian1: ah balls
Thematrian1: hm
MilesMk1: Well, one cube meter = about 36 cube feet
Thematrian1: so 6cubic feet to a CF?
Thematrian1: no
MilesMk1: Umm.., More like 4+
MilesMk1: 4.5, if I'm doing my math right.
Thematrian1: 36/8 = 18/4 = 9/2 = 4.5
Umbrafer: Yep
Umbrafer: So basically .5 CF?
Thematrian1: yeah
Umbrafer: Ok. They've got a suggested weight for a given amount of CF.
Thematrian1: that might turn out to be stupid though, spatial relations are my weakest subject
Umbrafer: Mine too. I did so badly on the STBs...
Umbrafer: "Recommended 25 kilograms per CF consumed)
Thematrian1: so 12.5 kg. Good enough
MilesMk1: So, the 2 cubic feet is the amount of space for the additional machinery for tilting, or for something else?
Thematrian1: yeah
Thematrian1: that first one
CirclMastr: http://www.sotsw.net/sotswforums/viewtopic.php?t=190
Umbrafer: Hm. Does anyone have SotA 2063 handy? *Looking up the other item on his agenda*
CirclMastr: I do, whatcha need?
Umbrafer: Price and availability of thermite.
Umbrafer: (Remember, when a J hires us to make someone dead, we make them dead.)
MilesMk1: 12/14
Umbrafer: 12/14 days?
CirclMastr: "Thermite" isn't in SOTA:2063
MilesMk1: Yeah, but that's according to M&M, not SOTA '63.
Umbrafer: Oops
Umbrafer: Wrong book, sorry
Umbrafer: I thought it was in there with the bangalore torpedoes. What's the cost, then?
MilesMk1: 500 nuyen per pound, street index 2
MilesMk1: Oh, and 14/21 for a thremite "burning bar"
Umbrafer: Abusing your kindness, mind recounting the effects quickly?
MilesMk1: Melts through 5cm of a rating 12 barrier per turn, increase or decrease distance melted in proportion to the actual barrier rating of whatever is being roasted.
MilesMk1: Burns for 10 combat rounds
MilesMk1: anyone touching it takes 10D damage
Umbrafer: What's special about the burning bar again? (I really need to find where my books went)
MilesMk1: then catch on fire, taking 6M
MilesMk1: +6 glare modifier, reduced by -1 per 5 meterst of distance, and -1 per turn once you stop looking at it.
MilesMk1: Burning bars are bascically like the world's hottest disposable blowtorch.
MilesMk1: They burn a 5cm hole in a rating 12 barrier per turn
Umbrafer: *Nods*
MilesMk1: Other kinds of termite burn holes that depend on how you shape it before setting it on fire.
CirclMastr: "Hey, we've got some thermite left! Who wants to make jack-o-lanters?" "NO!"
CirclMastr: *lanterns
Umbrafer: Ok. I'm going to try to get my hands on some thermite, mentioning that I'm willing to pay several times the going price if it'll get to me and quickly.
MilesMk1: That'd look interesting before the pumpkin roasted...
Umbrafer: For the straight-up stuff:
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 5 2 1 1
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1: I'll be trying to get in touch with Ed, but I think I'll be nice and leave it for another time, since I have a lot of stuff I'll want to bug him about...
Umbrafer: For the burning bars:
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 6 6 1 6
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 6
*OnlineHost*: Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1: Shieet....
Thematrian1: You get a few nibbles, but they're all of the form "Yeah, give me a few weeks and I can get it to you." One guy thinks he can have some ordinary thermite for you in just 5 days, but he wants 2kY per pound
Umbrafer: I'm offering 5x street normal price if they can get it within 24 hours, 4x within 36, and 2x beyond that out to one week. 2k• sounds like 2x on the nose, IIRC
Thematrian1: 4x
Umbrafer: (That's 2x normal price plus street index)
Umbrafer: (So 2x2x500)
Thematrian1: (Ah. Missed that)
Umbrafer: Ok then, I'm feeling crazy. Putting in an order for four pounds of the stuff.
Umbrafer: I will finish up the stats for the shield drone and submit my attempt to get one tomorrow.
Thematrian1: He smiles, nods, and writes down your contact info.