<@Brett> [Date: Tuesday, March 2nd. Time: I dunno. Somewhere around 4:00-5:00 p.m. Location: On the street outside Luca's] <@Brett> [The whole deal with the mandrake root went sour and now you're running from the mafia.] <@Brett> [Start! And Init rolls!] (Where are we, in specific?) 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Montana and gets a natural 9 for a result of 17. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural 7 for a result of 13. 2d6+11 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+11 for Shiho and gets a natural 7 for a result of 18. 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Nigel and gets a natural 8 for a result of 13. <@Brett> ( Montana and Sonia are in the van, Nigel, Shiho and Gordo are in the middle of the street, the mobsters are inside the restaurant, near the exit, Alysha's back at the castle, probably getting kidnapped or something.] ) 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Sonia and gets a natural 5 for a result of 10. <@Brett> [Shiho, Montana, Gordo, Nigel, the Mafia, Sonia] <@Brett> [Shiho go!] (Your boss is in another castle!) (That reminds me, Count von Counts muppetear died today. ;_;) <@Brett> ( Whaga? ) (The original VA/puppetter for the count.) <@Brett> ( Boo. ) (Nooooo!) * Shiho is running for the van and hoping to not get shot soon. (Full defense.) <@Brett> [Montana!] <@Brett> ( Sorry, reading this article :< ) * Montana checks his silencer briefly before aiming out of the window for any mafia following their guys. (Ready action to shoot mafia coming in range.) <@Brett> [Gordo!] <@Brett> ( I didn't realize he was still doing the voice. It sounded like a different guy in recent years. ) * Gordo runs for the van. "Go go!" (Also a total deff) <@Brett> [Nigel!] (The emphysema probably had something to do with that) <@Brett> ( I dunno, the voice didn't sound bad, just different. Really like a different guy had taken it up. ) * Nigel continues to run towards the van, turns and fires a crossbow bolt at one of the mafia dudes. <@Brett> ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e7yYBDHOgg ) 2d6& (And Nigel offers himself up to the bullet gods.) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Nigel and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. <@Brett> [As one of the mafia men throws open the door, his eyes widen and he ducks. Nigel pins his hat to the door frame.] <@Brett> [And then the mafia men are outside! Montana would maybe like to shoot one.] * Montana fires at the closest one's leg. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 8 for a result of 14. <@Brett> [The man howls, dropping to one knee as Montana hits his leg. The remaining four fire!] <@Brett> 4 d5 * Dicesuke rolls 4 1d5 for Brett and gets a natural ( 5 4 5 5 ) for a result of ( 5 4 5 5 ). <@Brett> ( Holy crap ) (Does everyone shoot for the driver?) <@Brett> ( It looks that way >.> ) (Well, thankfully I'm in a van.) (So I have both cover and extra armor atop my armor.) <@Brett> ( I need 3 def rolls from Sonia and 1 from Shiho ) 2d6+9 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+9 for Shiho and gets a natural 7 for a result of 16. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Sonia and gets a natural 5 for a result of 11. 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Sonia and gets a natural 5 for a result of 10. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+3 for Sonia and gets a natural 5 for a result of 8. (Consistently awful.) (Don't forget about the armor and cover.) <@Brett> ( Yeah, looking it up >.> ) <@Brett> [Well Shiho at least avoids getting hit without much trouble. (Even a midsize automobile has 18 armor unless they called shot it.) <@Brett> ( I don't think you get the armor. I think that's only for if they hit the vehicle. In which case the damage would go to the vehicle. ) <@Brett> Now how to calculate that... >.> (IF it were only for the vehicle, it would have the defect as such.) (The 'object' defect.) <@Brett> ( This is why we don't do car chases :x ) <@Brett> ( Where's the object defect in the manual? ) (Chapter 5, Custonization. Page 79.) (Like, the idea is that either there's a penalty to their shot (they have to called shot to not hit the car) or they use armor piercers (that just ignores the car's armor), right?) (IT can't possibly be as easy to hit me through a car window as it is to hit 3 fully revealed people running.) (See also the armor variable 'homogenous', where it specifically mentions both armor and vehicles being able to be called shot.) <@Brett> ( Well... I'm still not sure object applies to vehicle, because if it does, it means that while you're sitting in the van, you've also got awkward size level 2 and extra capacity 3. ) (...) (You are so many words.) (Hmm, I think you taking cover gives -3 to hit) (Just pick a math fix and run with it.) (If you're out of melee) <@Brett> ( .-. ) <@Brett> ( I don't know, this situation never came up before >.> ) <@Brett> ( And the book doesn't exactly say much ) (I'd say it counts as standard cover imo. Frankly, I think it's a little weird that they'd shoot at Sonia anyway given there's three people running away who they KNOW they should shoot and they're probably sure one has the root...) (But whatever! ^^) <@Brett> ( Ok, I'm going to do it this way. You get the armor and the cover bonus. But if they don't miss by more than the cover bonus, the vehicle takes the damage. ) <@Brett> ( It is weird, but blame the dice >.> ) (Well, you're the GM and you decide to use the dice, so no. Not really. ;P I'm not upset, but it is weird.) <@Brett> ( They do see you running to a parked vehicle, so... ) (Remind me to bring this up the next time I try to called shot someone in armor. ;) <@Brett> ( If they're in a vehicle, sure :P ) (If I don't miss by much, I sunder the armor!) (Anyway.) <@Brett> ( Then consider they get a penalty to hit you, but a bonus to hit the vehicle... @_@ ) (I think it's reasonably fair. They would end up shooting the vehicle, and it has its own armor.) (Let's keep going?) (I am aware of how the math works, Brett. I can't really convince you that 'shooting at someone in a car should be hard and doesn't mean you effectively damage the car just because' if you don't believe it.) (Just pick something and go. ^^;) <@Brett> [Regardless, all the mafia men miss save one, who puts a bullet in the hood. Hopefully it didn't cause much harm. <@Brett> ] <@Brett> [Shiho] <@Brett> ( Shooting someone in a car is hard. Shooting a car someone is in, not so much. ) (It's just awkward size.) <@Brett> ( As it is I don't think they even did any damage. ) (They may well not have!) (18 armor is a lot.) (The theory is the same theory on why a called shot that misses doesn't still hit the person.) (Your attempt to hit a specific place means that your blow is otherwise glancing.) <@Brett> ( Nope, they did do some damage I think. ) <@Brett> ( But it's not the same. You're shooting at someone inside something much bigger than they are. ) (Oh, I see, so if we called shot a tank, we still damage the tank.) (Or a mecha.) (Even if we miss the headshot.) (So called shots are basically free.) (That seems kinda wrong, ne?) * Shiho continues running to the van, as it is getting-away-time. (Full defense.) (Guys. >_<) <@Brett> ( do you really wanna argue about this? ) ( I would like to _resolve_ it, but it doesn't need argued now, no.) (How long is it gonna take them to reach the van, anyway?) <@Brett> [Shiho and everyone else (presumably) makes it to the van.] <@Brett> [Montana] * Montana shifts target to the next closest guy and fires at his leg. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 7 for a result of 13. <@Brett> [By some miracle, the guy gets lucky, moving his leg just before Montana's bullet would've gone through it.] <@Brett> [Gordo] * Gordo gets in the van and takes a potshot at the guy Monty failed to wing. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural 5 for a result of 11. <@Brett> [And despite a lower roll Gordo sends a bullet into the guy's shoulder. He grimaces, but it doesn't look like he's ready to give up yet.] <@Brett> [Nigel] * Nigel fires one more bolt at one of the mobsters before jumping in the van. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Nigel and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. <@Brett> ( Same guy? ) <@Brett> d2 * Dicesuke rolls 1d2 for Brett and gets a natural 1 and a modified 1, a CRITICAL FAILURE! "We've developed an implantable luck generator you could try, if you aren't using that liver..." <@Brett> [It is the same guy, and Nigel takes him down in a jiffy.] <@Brett> [Two of the mafia men, including the guy on his knees, continue to fire, while the other two see what's going on and run to their own cars on that side of the street.] <@Brett> 2 d5 * Dicesuke rolls 2 1d5 for Brett and gets a natural ( 3 5 ) for a result of ( 3 5 ). <@Brett> ( oookay then. ) <@Brett> ( Need def rolls from Nigel and Sonia. ) (Shame for them I'm armored.) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Sonia and gets a natural 6 for a result of 12. (Too bad you're awesome!) (also that!) <@Brett> ( Nigelll ) <@Brett> ( brb getting a drink ) (sorry) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Nigel and gets a natural 5 for a result of 11. <@Brett> [A bullet misses Sonia! Another one pings off the side of the van, not far from where Nigel's sitting.] <@Brett> [Sonia] * Sonia takes the car from 'rolling start' to 'actually giving it some gas', and takes off down the street. "Hard part's over," she says lowly. * Montana shifts in his seat so he can get a view out the window. "Here's hopin'." Aye, but we're not out of the woods yet. <@Brett> [That's for sure. Shortly the criminals begin to catch up in their more sporty cars. Each has a driver and a guy hanging out the window. Looks like the dude with the injured leg is willing to see this through, even.] <@Brett> [Shiho!] * Shiho looks out the window and mutters, "Are you fucking kidding me?" as she pulls out her gun and fires. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Shiho and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. <@Brett> ( What's she firing at specifically? ) (Checking the book, by the way. Penalty for shooting out of a moving vehicle as a passenger is -1, negated by steady hand. Penalty for shooting out of a moving vehicle as the driver is -3, reduced to -1 by steady hand.) <@Brett> ( Oh right, I almost forgot that :o ) (That'd prob. apply to the bad guys, too.) (Also there are penalties for attacking fast moving targets, -1 or -3 (GM's discretion), reduced to 0 or -1 by Dead Eye.) <@Brett> ( there's also specific rules for vehicle actions the driver can do. ) (And I meant to get Dead Eye, but forgot.) (THAT is what I didn't spend my earned CP on.) <@Brett> ( I'ma say -1 ) (Firing at one of the drivers, I don't have either of those so that's actually a 14 result) <@Brett> ( K. ) (Unless the target is going faster than 99kph there's no penalty for trying to shoot it) <@Brett> ( Ara... Ok then ) <@Brett> ( Just the -1 for steady hand ) (Yeah) (Vehicle things: body/driving for outrageous moves, mind/nav for shortcuts, ummm stff, yeah. It's pretty open.) (stuff rather!) <@Brett> [That's still more than enough to send a bullet through the windshield of the first car. And while the driver isn't fatally wounded, the injury sends him crashing into a nearby fruit sand, much to the dismay of the vendor. The other car continues to approach.] <@Brett> [Gordo] <@Brett> ( And yes, he critfailed bad :P ) <@Brett> ( Well, he critfailed, which is usually bad. ) * Gordo takes a double potshot at driver of the other car! 2 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural ( 6 5 ) for a result of ( 12 11 ). <@Brett> [Gordo puts two holes in the hood of the car.] <@Brett> [Nigel!] (What is the penalty for shooting the tires? I obviously do not expect my bolts to break glass) <@Brett> ( We did this one before, but I forget >.> ) ( -3?) <@Brett> ( -6. It's what we went with last time. ) (Ah) * Nigel leans out the window and fires a crossbow bolt at the front, right tire of the vehicle. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+1 for Nigel and gets a natural 8 for a result of 9. (*thumbs up*) (You did it!) <@Brett> [Indeed he does, the tire pops with a ... well, pop.] <@Brett> [And the car swerves to a halt.] <@Brett> ( What a crappy car chase that turned out to be. ) (We're actually good at it!) (High tech car chases require mad skillz!) (And the passengers to not be more heavily armed than several small nations) <@Brett> [So you get away home free! For a few blocks, anyway, when a bunch of cars come screaching out of side streets towards you, then passengers inside leaning out their windows with sub machineguns.] <@Brett> ( I want my dang car chase :X ) (Aw, that's just not fair. How did they even know where we were going.) <@Brett> [Sonia!] <@Brett> ( There's actually an explanation ) <@Brett> ( But I can't tell you yet :P ) (Very well!) <@Brett> ( Though if you like you can gimme a mind roll. ) <@Brett> ( You have to roll hecka good though ) <@Brett> ( Sight roll sorry ) (Nigel! XD) (I'll make the sight roll) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Nigel and gets a natural 7 for a result of 14. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 5 for a result of 11. <@Brett> ( Of the three cars, there's 8 men total. The first two have 2 passengers each ) (ah well) * Sonia frowns and says, "They've got the home turf." <@Brett> ( Anywho, Sonia's turn ) Ruddy hell. * Sonia guns it to try and make it difficult for them to follow, with no more warning than a flat 'hold on'. (Body/driving.) <@Brett> ( Go for it ) 2d6+10 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+10 for Sonia and gets a natural 9 for a result of 19. <@Brett> [Your van begins pulling ahead as you reach the river, currently travelling alongside it. Sonia manages to avoid hitting a few other drivers, too. Yay! Honking horns follow you.] <@Brett> [Shiho!] * Shiho shoots at another driver. One of the bad guys, of course, not those poor civilian drivers wondering what the hell is going on. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Shiho and gets a natural 5 for a result of 11. <@Brett> [Shiho is only able to hit the hood of the car this time.] <@Brett> [Montana!] * Montana fires at a front tire of the car in the lead before ducking back into the van. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+4 for Montana and gets a natural 4 for a result of 8. (I can DR that if it's a miss.) <@Brett> ( It is ) (DR1) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+4 for Montana and gets a natural 3 for a result of 7. (omg) (DR2) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+4 for Montana and gets a natural 11 for a result of 15. (Okay, that's as good as it's going to get!) (suck less) (Right?) <@Brett> [Good enough! Montana pops a tire, and the car swerves into a civilian's, pushing them both off the road. Luckily, not the side with the river.] <@Brett> [Gordo!] (Do we still have the three man car?) <@Brett> ( Yeah, there were two of them. ) * Gordo shoots at another driver, will he hit? Who knows. 2 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural ( 6 8 ) for a result of ( 12 14 ). <@Brett> [Gordo misses! But then he hits! The bullet's a glancing hit, however, and the man seems determined to stay on target.] <@Brett> [Nigel!] * Nigel fires yet another bolt at yet another tire! <@Brett> ( Actually ) <@Brett> ( That first shot hit the vehicle, my bad. ) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+1 for Nigel and gets a natural 12 and a modified 13, a CRITICAL SUCCESS! "Ah, then this IS the reality where you're kicking ass. My apologies, I'll amend my notes." (WELL ROLLED.) <@Brett> ( Hokay then :o ) (Bout time) (YES) (Nigel is THE MAN) <@Brett> [Nigel pierces the tire, and the car swerves into the river.] (Woo! *high fives Nigel*) <@Brett> [The men in the remaining car fire, driver and passenger both.] <@Brett> 2 d5 * Dicesuke rolls 2 1d5 for Brett and gets a natural ( 1 5 ) for a result of ( 1 5 ). (*high fives*) <@Brett> ( Gordo and Sonia :O At this point they really should just shoot at the van ) <@Brett> ( I think I'm just gonna do it that way. Sonia gimme 2 driving defense rolls ) (I'm using vehicle dodge at this point.) (Yeah.) (Drive on you crazy woman) (Did I get anything from my roll last round?) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Sonia and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Sonia and gets a natural 5 for a result of 11. <@Brett> ( Well you were escaping, but somehow I don't think it's gonna matter. ) <@Brett> [Sonia quite easily avoids the shots. Heck the driver doesn't come anywhere close to hitting.] <@Brett> [Sonia's turn] * Sonia continues to try to open up space between them, eyes flicking from mirror to mirror to the space around them, as if she even needs to look. 2d6+10 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+10 for Sonia and gets a natural 5 for a result of 15. <@Brett> [Sonia pulls further ahead! Enough so that attack rolls are now at another -1 <@Brett> [Shiho!] * Shiho shoots at the driver! She's pretty consistant about this. 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Shiho and gets a natural 3 for a result of 8. <@Brett> [Unfortunately, Shiho comes nowhere close to hitting him at this range.] <@Brett> [Montana!] (We have one vehicle left?) <@Brett> ( Yep ) * Montana leans out of the window again and fires at the passenger in the remaining vehicle. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 6 for a result of 12. <@Brett> [Montana actually hits the guy, albeit in the shoulder. It's a minor wound, though, and he's still up.] <@Brett> [Gordo!] * Gordo abuses having extended range to attempt to shoot the driver, but he's not doing so hot this firefight. 2 26d+6 2 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural ( 6 9 ) for a result of ( 12 15 ). <@Brett> [Up until now, anyhow. Gordo puts two bullets in the driver and he slumps forward, the horn going off. The car crashes a few seconds later.] (MURDER) (HAHA YOU DID IT) * Gordo sits down and fastens his seat belt. <@Brett> [Victory! I guess.] <@Brett> ( Gimme sight rolls, Sonia and... whoever's in the passenger seat. ) (Me!) (Infrared etc. matter?) <@Brett> ( Montana ) <@Brett> ( Nope ) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Sonia and gets a natural 6 for a result of 12. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 9 for a result of 15. <@Brett> [Just as you thought you were safe, Montana and Sonia notice a dark speck in the sky, rapidly approaching. They're able to make out a humanoid shape wearing a silvery mask, just before he extends his hand, sending a bolt of lightning arcing towards the van. Sonia, gimme a def roll!] 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Sonia and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. (The sad thing about him using a lightning bolt is that it ain't gonna do shit to the van.) <@Brett> [Sonia swerves, avoiding both the lightning and the small crater it leaves. Seems this isn't over yet.] <@Brett> [Shiho!] Aw fuck, really! <@Brett> ( So you think, but this is magic lightning. ) (Does anyone else feel like they're playing Time Crisis?) (A little bit!) (I duck.) <@Brett> ( If this lightning hits the van, it turns into a sheep. ) <@Brett> ( And Sonia's sheep driving skills are pretty awful. ) (It's just a different spec, right? ;P) (Riding.) (IT'd be riding.) <@Brett> ( Riding (sheep) or possibly agriculture (sheparding) ) * Shiho looks out at the sky and shoots at the flying man. She doesn't look surprised, just even more annoyed. (Still -2?) <@Brett> ( Just -1 now from the moving vehicle. ) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Shiho and gets a natural 4 for a result of 10. * Sonia says, "Just like dealin' with a helicopter." (DR1) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Shiho and gets a natural 2 and a modified 8, a CRITICAL FAILURE! "We've developed an implantable luck generator you could try, if you aren't using that liver..." (that is not very divine) <@Brett> ( ._. ) (hahah fuck) Where'd they find all this lot? <@Brett> ( Suddenly the van turns into a sheep ) (That is called pissing off the god you were calling on) <@Brett> [Shiho fires, but the man smoothly dodges in mid air.] <@Brett> [Montana] <@Brett> ( I'm not gonna make you take the crit fail for a DR though ) <@Brett> ( Even though I think I used to :o ) * Montana also fires at the flying man, because what the hell, flying men probably bleed like everyone else. (We appreciate it!) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Montana and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. <@Brett> ( I would like to remind people that some of the MC series' best moments came about because of crit fails. ) (Appreciated! :D) <@Brett> ( And also, erm, that whole griffon crotch thing back in MC3. ) (My favorite crit fail is when Rei set her pants on fire. But it was Rei, and pants, and fire, so.) <@Brett> [Montana fires! And he's actually on target! But his bullet vaporizes against a blueish glow that appears infront of the man on impact.] <@Brett> ( There was the castor oil thing too backi n MC1 ) * Montana yells, "He's got some sorta electric field!" <@Brett> [Gordo!] Really? Where are they coming from? <@Brett> ( Meh, I don't care if it's juvenile. My favorite's the one with Togo and Khalil in MC3 :X ) * Gordo unbuckles and and leans out to shoot at the flying guy with his pistol. 2 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural ( 7 12 ) for a result of ( 13 18 ). (EAT CRIT) <@Brett> ( Well then >.> ) <@Brett> [Gordo fires a well placed shot, and the man goes down, disappearing into the river.] <@Brett> ( You people and your crits. ) (aww and I didn't even get to use my multidimensional bolts) <@Brett> ( Sorry D: ) * Gordo sits down and reloads. "So, what's next, a submersable? A 200 year old harrier jet?" <@Brett> [A submersable 200 year old harrier jet climbs out of the river!] <@Brett> [Not really. They didn't have harriers 200 years ago. <@Brett> ( They didn't have airplanes 200 years ago :P ) (Oh, sorry, 150 year old jet) <@Brett> ( That's pretty much it :x ) <@Brett> ( If'n y'all wanna say stuff. If not, I'ma call it. ) (I'm good with being done.) Wonder where the, uh, lightning guy came from. * Sonia shakes her head. "Alright, you got a potion to make, Nigel." (I'm done, sure.) * Nigel nods. "The lightning guy was probably Andrei, or possibly some other magic user that the mafia had around." (Ready whenever) (can end whenever) <@Brett> [Then End we do.]