Worse Than the Disease OOC

[Shoot Da Moon]

We are basically asking the rangers for their input on this as mission objective seems to be altered. The questions are:
1. Are they good to continue given new data?
2. Should we wave on the cameras to try to establish contact?
3. Should we barricade the elevator?
4. Should we go down the staircase?

Tariq should probably reload his Milkor with explosives and that's all we need from him right now.

1) The Rangers are fine with this.
2) The Rangers are not used to diplomacy and are not great talkers...
3) Wouldn't be a bad idea.
4) The Rangers can take it or leave it, really. They have a hunch that the raiders are dead either way.

[GnomesofZurich2]

We are basically asking the rangers for their input on this as mission objective seems to be altered. The questions are:
1. Are they good to continue given new data?
2. Should we wave on the cameras to try to establish contact?
3. Should we barricade the elevator?
4. Should we go down the staircase?

Tariq should probably reload his Milkor with explosives and that's all we need from him right now.

Sure thing, Tariq can swap out the flash-bangs for regular grenades.

[Shoot Da Moon]

The dead raiders have on their bodies;

Full sets of leather armor on all of them
3 large knives
Junk worth $90
2 black powder slam-fire pistols
2 pairs of tinted goggles
20 pistol bullets
5 rifle bullets
6 shotgun shells
10 paper cartridges for the black powder slam-fire pistols

[u-b]

Has anyone of us ever seen Overseer Mailer in person (in public or otherwise) or was it just the prints and the video? If video, was any of her being in public?

[Shoot Da Moon]

Yes, occasionally. She is in public for speeches, some announcements, and formal dinners with other high level officials of the Shelter. From a distance, and behind bullet-proof glass, you have seen Overseer Mailer in person, more or less. If it was not a body double, or her daughter who is impersonating her, or whatever...

[GnomesofZurich2]

Note to self: the damage rolls for these grenades has been rather underwhelming, Tariq needs to whip up some TL8 HE or HEDP grenades to increase the lethality.

[u-b]

Do Waffle House men have their own transportation to make a trip to a large shopping center like Gunmetal?

[Shoot Da Moon]

Do Waffle House men have their own transportation to make a trip to a large shopping center like Gunmetal?

Yes, a slow but big bus.

[u-b]

The Waffle House settlement has its own well, but they purchase redundant back-up supplies from travelling salesmen.

1. Are we entitled to use the well?
2. How many empty and full water bottles local market has to offer?

[Shoot Da Moon]

1. Are we entitled to use the well?
2. How many empty and full water bottles local market has to offer?

1) Yup.
2) Empty bottles number 20+4d6. Full water bottles number 1d6x15.

[u-b]

I'd like to know if Richard has disclosed any of the following:
1. Us taking prisoners at the sky resort.
2. Us finding a shelter.
3. Us learning of some raiders' outpost.

I think this should not be the case, but checking anyway.

[Volthawk]

I'd like to know if Richard has disclosed any of the following:
1. Us taking prisoners at the sky resort.
2. Us finding a shelter.
3. Us learning of some raiders' outpost.

I think this should not be the case, but checking anyway.

Yeah, those kinds of details (prisoners, the intel they have, situations they haven't fully dealt with yet) weren't in Richard's stories - he was focusing on the their past successes, the places they've attacked or defended, allies they've made, that kind of thing. The broad strokes and achievements that make them look good, not everything.

[GnomesofZurich2]

@Shoot Da Moon: Would you allow my Quick Gadgeteer to extend to Illumination rounds (HT, p. 143/p.171)? if so, this seems like a good time to use Tariq's Gizmo for a retroactive invention to take away the attacker's darkness-based concealment.

[Shoot Da Moon]

@Shoot Da Moon: Would you allow my Quick Gadgeteer to extend to Illumination rounds (HT, p. 143/p.171)? if so, this seems like a good time to use Tariq's Gizmo for a retroactive invention to take away the attacker's darkness-based concealment.

Sure. Roll it.

[u-b]

The closest group of attackers is a few men, who are lighting molotov cocktails.

How far away are these?

A Waffle House guard fires a flare into the woods, and reveals the location of a bigger group of men (about 6) who are behind trees and crawling through undergrowth.
The attacker in the ruin are using broken windows on the second floor to fire single shotguns at security forces.

And these.

UPD: Do these guys look about the same as the guys we've fought during the day? Or are they different?

[GnomesofZurich2]

Sure. Roll it.

Tariq produces 6 Illumination rounds for his grenade launcher.

[Shoot Da Moon]

How far away are these?


And these.

UPD: Do these guys look about the same as the guys we've fought during the day? Or are they different?

15 yards.
30 yards.
Look like the same.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Sorry if I do not post often enough, but I have gotten teeth removed, and I am going to need time to manage the pain. Please have some patience.

[GnomesofZurich2]

Sorry if I do not post often enough, but I have gotten teeth removed, and I am going to need time to manage the pain. Please have some patience.

No problem, get well soon!

[Volthawk]

Yeah, no worries.

[Shoot Da Moon]

The pain comes and goes. Here's hoping it does not interfere much.

[Shoot Da Moon]

The improvised leather armor sets are DR 1. Probably not worth much.

All player characters earn 1 bonus Character Point for defeating the mutants' attack on the Waffle House.

[u-b]

Not much traffic around the gate - dust and debris has gathered, no recent footprints. The doors to the inside of the building have some foot traffic, but they do not lead to the gate.

I don't quite get it. We were tracking a group of mutants. We found a gate that does not feature their recent footprints. So...
1. Why are we interested in this gate and this building?
2. Where do the footprints actually lead?
3. Or are the footprints we were following for some reason not recent?

[Shoot Da Moon]

I don't quite get it. We were tracking a group of mutants. We found a gate that does not feature their recent footprints. So...
1. Why are we interested in this gate and this building?
2. Where do the footprints actually lead?
3. Or are the footprints we were following for some reason not recent?

The recent footprints lead to this area, and there are not any other buildings around where the footprints can be found. They might have a secret entrance inside the building?

[Shoot Da Moon]

I'm invoking Sean's Unluckiness Disadvantage, his attempt to pick the lock attracts bad guy attention.

[u-b]

It was a single shotgun, and it was loaded with a slug not shot. He's either reloading or switching weapons. You are going to shot back first anyway.

I mean, he might have friends coming in or observing the scenery. I'm just not comfortable not getting the optimum dodge. The shot against this one guy is rolled already.

[Volthawk]

Speed-wise, Richard has DX 13 and Basic Speed 6, but given the circumstances it makes sense that Sean would do something first.

So how far from Richard and Tariq is the corner, and how far from the corner is the shotgunner? Just want to know how much moving we'll need to do to get a bead on him.

[Shoot Da Moon]

So how far from Richard and Tariq is the corner, and how far from the corner is the shotgunner? Just want to know how much moving we'll need to do to get a bead on him.

My mistake, Richard goes before Tariq.
5 yards of distance to the corner for both of you. The enemy has -3 Range penalty from the corner.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Six targets were hit, most died. Good shooting, Sean.
Feel stupid for not mentioning the -2 Range penalty.

[u-b]

The pistoleros are in cover, not the melee men. The melee men are Range -0. Call it 3 wasted bullets, mostly around the gunmen. If you shot the 2 gunmen, you shot half of the melee men, correct?

Oh, indeed. I copied those shots without thinking. Two melee men shot, one round still in the rifle.