Worse Than the Disease OOC

[Shoot Da Moon]

Will need the details for the cars. Assuming TL7 for the radio, TL6 for first aid kits, TL5 for the binoculars, Walter Leuchtpistole flare gun.

Anything interested marked on the maps? If so, will ask Richard to take a look.

Your TL assumptions are correct.
The maps have been drawn on, but you don't think anything important is written there.

As for the cars;
One car has a bad engine, -2 HT, -20% Top Speed, and it's unsafe. Flaws mean -60% to the value.
The other car has -2 Handling, -1 SR, and -30% Range. Flaws mean -60% to the value.

[u-b]

The last X on the map is 25 miles away from the Waffle House.

Already rolled to get there.

[u-b]

I suppose the time Sean took to aim and this move, and the fact that they were also moving closer, means Richard might be be able to see the investigating group now? Not sure.

Sean whispers "Contact. Incoming. Incoming are yours." then aims at the largest group of raiders not coming after him and, eventually, shoots a long burst.

At least one second to aim and then shoot at the largest group of raiders not going after Sean while the group of raiders going after Sean is still at least 15 yards away. Will give some time to Richard a Bart to come closer and/or to spot and aim at the incoming group, but shoot before any gangster reacts to anyone (Sean or otherwise).

I kind of hoped you and the DM would narrate the details of what happens before Sean's shots. Sean's intention was to give Richard and Bart as much time as practical, likely much more than just one second, so I guess absent DM's say you can go ahead and make some reasonable assumption.

Rolling for up to 10 hits spending up to 11 bullets

He hits 8 of his targets, spending 13 bullets in a big spray.

I was writing from memory, but now double-checked, Sean has a RoF of 12, so I guess 7 targets with 12(?) bullets were hit?

[Shoot Da Moon]

I figured Bart and Richard would have a second of Move as Sean Aimed.

As for the hit targets, with a RoF 12, you still hit 8 hostiles. You did not waste that many bullets.

[u-b]

skill 13 -8 Range +1 AoA

bad guys Dodge

Mmm... did you drop the AoA bit? I've rolled for Bart just because I'm unsure of Richard's range modifier and whether that 10 would hit. Thinking of it, I shouldn't have bothered re-rolling the damage as that coming to play would have meant Richard hitting all four.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Four raiders at the camp (-8 Range), one raider closer (-5 Range), all of them lying down.

[Shoot Da Moon]

The tossed grenade almost Malfunctioned. It's essentially Cheap TL 6.

[u-b]

If they fail to dodge, Sean will try to hit a grenade then (the one closest to civilians, if he can see it), spending one second to aim and one second to shoot. This would be at -16 presumably (-8 range, -8 size), and is not guaranteed to work even on a hit (TNT does not detonate when hit by a bullet, but dynamite does, and so do most primers).

[Shoot Da Moon]

Last 2 active bad guys were killed. Grenades still about to explode...

[Shoot Da Moon]

Mmm... did you drop the AoA bit? I've rolled for Bart just because I'm unsure of Richard's range modifier and whether that 10 would hit. Thinking of it, I shouldn't have bothered re-rolling the damage as that coming to play would have meant Richard hitting all four.

That was a mistake on my part. Sorry.

[Shoot Da Moon]

You all earn 2 bonus Character Points for clearing out the enemy camps and saving the merchants!

BTW, you should heal the injured merchant if you can, because I think at least one of you has the Guilt Complex disadvantage.
Freeing the merchants from the prison goes without saying.

[GnomesofZurich2]

You all earn 2 bonus Character Points for clearing out the enemy camps and saving the merchants!

BTW, you should heal the injured merchant if you can, because I think at least one of you has the Guilt Complex disadvantage.
Freeing the merchants from the prison goes without saying.

Does Tariq? He didn't participate in that at all. I am looking forward to getting back on the same time frame as others and move things forward.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Does Tariq?

Yup. He does indirectly contribute with his crafting, and I do not want to play anti-favorites anyway. 2 Character Points.

[u-b]

The merchants take 300 rifle bullets, 10 gun magazines, 60 bottles of water and 12 doses of antibiotics out of the caravans' stocks, and offer the lot of it to the exiles. They ask if the exiles would like different types of bullets instead of the rifle rounds?

We'd make 80 of those be APHC pistol rounds, if they have them. Otherwise, rifle rounds are fine.

[GnomesofZurich2]

Yup. He does indirectly contribute with his crafting, and I do not want to play anti-favorites anyway. 2 Character Points.

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Okay, thanks. I would like to spend one of them to upgrade my One Task Wonder (Armoury defaults to full IQ when rigging munitions) to 2 points in full Armoury (Small Arms). I'll save the other for now.

[Shoot Da Moon]

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Okay, thanks. I would like to spend one of them to upgrade my One Task Wonder (Armoury defaults to full IQ when rigging munitions) to 2 points in full Armoury (Small Arms). I'll save the other for now.

Got it, you can do that. Update your sheet, PM me the latest when you get the chance.

We'd make 80 of those be APHC pistol rounds, if they have them. Otherwise, rifle rounds are fine.

Okay, swapped.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Any details I forgot to mention about the power plant and the enemies?

[u-b]

Skill 16 (Guns 15 + 1 bond + 1 determined + 8 accuracy - 3 vitals - 7 range): (3d6)[8], Rcl 3
Damage: (3d6)[10]x3 pi, (7d6)[26]x3 pi

That's one botched damage roll. Also, I'd like to know if not shooting a burst is intentional or if you've just missed that possibility (you'd have effective skill 10..12 on all subsequent shots at the torsos depending on who and how you choose to target).

[Volthawk]

That's one botched damage roll. Also, I'd like to know if not shooting a burst is intentional or if you've just missed that possibility (you'd have effective skill 10..12 on all subsequent shots at the torsos depending on who and how you choose to target).

Oh yeah, fixed.

For the burst, it was mainly the mention of the door mutant being alone making me think that I'd have to single-target it. Guess I forgot about how much range wide bursts can cover.

[u-b]

For the burst, it was mainly the mention of the door mutant being alone making me think that I'd have to single-target it. Guess I forgot about how much range wide bursts can cover.

If it is your mistake (and not Richard's, who could observe the scenery without resorting to text and probably has enough skill to know what his rifle can do), I think you can as well fix it by rolling the remaining attacks before the GM resolves any.

[u-b]

The mutants might have Protected Hearing, bonuses to resist metabolic hazards, Protected Vision and stuff...

Well, hopefully their dogs are not as well enginiered - at least we did get a bunch with a grenade one time. That said, I don't see us well-positioned to survive Tariq doing nothing, so we probably should wait some more time for his post.

[GnomesofZurich2]

Got it, you can do that. Update your sheet, PM me the latest when you get the chance.

Sent.

Sorry, I missed that you had returned to the Waffle House to collect Tariq.

[Volthawk]

So to confirm, remaining enemy numbers are one handler with no dogs (not notably injured?), one severely injured handler with no dogs, and one intact handler+dog pack?

[Shoot Da Moon]

So to confirm, remaining enemy numbers are one handler with no dogs (not notably injured?), one severely injured handler with no dogs, and one intact handler+dog pack?

None of the dogs are in the fight - they're either dead or KO'd.
Two handler guards are still technically in the fight, but reeling from nasty wounds.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Just kidding. They committed suicide.

[GnomesofZurich2]

Just kidding. They committed suicide.

This took me by surprise. I didn't think our reputation was that nasty that they would prefer to kill themselves than to be captured.

[Volthawk]

This took me by surprise. I didn't think our reputation was that nasty that they would prefer to kill themselves than to be captured.

I think it's less our reputation, more their religion and view of what the rest of humanity is like.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Unfortunately, you guys can only speculate.
The mutants are too dead to clear things up.

[u-b]

There could be one flyer alive (Sean's first hit was a bit off the mark to the torso). Richard can have him as he sees fit.

[u-b]

I think someone (read: Tariq) should come up with an estimate of how many rooms there are on each floor, which window(s) correspond to which room, etc. We might eventually have to target those with tear gas or something, so might as well have an educated guess about which windows to target.