Savage Rifts and the Tomorrow Legion

Game Master Shadow Bloodmoon

Piloting!: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Piloting ACE!!: 1d6 ⇒ 5

WILD Piloting!: 1d6 ⇒ 1

The car wildly zooms out of a dense copse of trees into an open clearing.

"I have you now," Wraith chants as her targeting reticule beeps frantically.

Looks like my question in the discussion thread may have gotten missed. It's alright, though, I can roll with this.

Jaq starts to move when the sudden swerving of the APC knocks her back into the bench she was sitting on beside Ariel. She hears the roar of a dragon and any thoughts of trying something stupid flee. Her arms wrap around the still recovering medic in a probably futile attempt to keep her from getting hurt.

"I really hope that dragon doesn't come after us," she says once things calm a bit.

Anya Cards, 2C and KD. Assuming you take the KD, you have free reign to shoot anyone with your Aim, no range penalty.

The sudden upheaval of rock and dirt causes everyone to have to readjust their positions so as to avoid running into flying stones and other materials from the camps. Burgurk is still getting used to his power.. Anya is able to fly above the mess though and sees the APC about to appear from behind an outcropping of rocks...

Wraith's online computers mesh with own internal ware until the tires of the overstuffed fun wagon grow big and bright in her crosshairs.

Got ya. Not going to do anything just yet, probably going to be a good little girl and do my best not to wind up dead.

Whatever temptation Jaq has for a breakout leaves with more than a little alacrity as she sees the three deadboys and one kinda nice guy still in the compartment with them. Even if she got to the panel, she was dead, and they'd shoot Ariel first just to make it sting some more. She eases up her grip on Ariel and is about to ask if the Federation of Magic is after them when all hell breaks loose and the rolling thunder of explosions rock the APC. Jaq hangs onto Ariel for both their lives as she hunkers down.

"Whoever they're after, they want them real bad,"Jaq observes as the cacophony dies down into the steady roar of the APC's power plant working overtime.

CS APC Stay in Control: 1d6 ⇒ 2

The attack on the APC causes its driver to overcompensate and run into a small dry ravine, coming to a halt. The soldiers start to immediately begin disembarking as its turrets turn to fire at the incoming threat. Seeing this happen, Private Casey tries to turn towards it to get close enough to let Shakti and Burgurk attempt a rescue. Instead, he careens into a storage tent and sends it flying, along with several canisters of equipment. Cursing, he attempts to get the Mountaineer moving again, but it has sputtered out.

CS APC Troops: 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + (4) = 101d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + (1) = 7 JH 5D
CS Garrison Troops: 1d6 ⇒ 11d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + (1) = 7 7D
Pvt. Casey Driving: 1d6 ⇒ 5 8C
Pvt. Casey Major Obstacle: 1d6 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1

Need a new piloting roll from Anya and an Agility roll from Burgurk and Shakti to join the fight outside. I will then draw cards for you.

"Haha YEAH!" Wraith laughs into the comm. "Well, I got 'em stopped good.

Ummmm, one of yous is the dragon, right?"

Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Pilot ACE!!: 1d6 ⇒ 5 = 11

WILD Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Agility: 1d6 ⇒ 41d6 ⇒ 3

Agility & Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 31d6 ⇒ 2 Phooey!

Shouldn't Shakti get a second roll for the dragon doppelganger? It *is* acting independently of the original...

"Anya - yes, the dragon is Shakti...or at least, a copy of her..."

Meh. Just as a Summons acts on the summoner's init., let's not complicated the issue. All of us are breaking our Chase RuleZ! cherry here. =)

"Ummm, roger that. Uh, how many of those can she make? Aaaaaand, if she can do that, why didn't we just do that in the first place?"

Yeah, I've messed with them a bit because I didn't want Burgurk and Shakti to be completely out of combat because of a bad roll on the driver's part. It didn't make sense to me in game. As for Shakti, Anya has it right. Her copy is technically a Summon, so it goes when she does.

Anya AD, 4D
CS Apc Troops JH
Shakti- 9H
CS Garrison Troops 7D
Burgurk - Pinned Down

Anya barrels forward towards the downed APC at full tilt, dodging fire from the troops coming out of it as Shakti and Burgurk attempt to get clear of the Mountaineer and race towards the APC as well. Burgurk runs into a crossfire and has to keep his head down while the two versions of Shakti keep the rest of the soldiers distracted.

Anya is up, presuming you take the Ace. You will be at close range. Then the APC soldiers will go, then Shakti is at long range (-4).

"There! See? I stopped it real good and I didn't even kill anyone yet.

And you guys were worried."

Anya flies in strafing circles, throwing off the aim of the groundpounders and concentrates on hitting the turret, thinking that it's the biggest threat.

"On my command, unleash hell.

Okay, Anya, don't mind if I do!"

Lasers and missiles rain down on the stationary turret.

Burgurk, seeing what Anya is doing, shouts into his comms "Anya, stop shooting at that turret! Any damage that penetrates the turret could kill the passengers inside, WHO WE ARE HERE TO RESCUE!", but he's afraid it's too late...

Shakti rolls her eyes.

"There are loose cannons, and then we have this. Our cannon seem completely unsecured."

CS APC Soldiers Fire at Anya x5: 1d6 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 2 = 51d6 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 - 2 = 3
C12 Hit AP2: 3d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 1, 2) + 1 = 8

An explosion lights up the area around the APC as Anya's missiles find a home in the turret. While it isn't completely taken out, they aren't going to be firing it anytime soon. Her close proximity results in the APC crew turning to focus on her power suit, lasers cutting through the air. One of them gets a lucky shot, but it only sends sparks into the air and barely scratches the paint.

Shakti, you and your alter ego are up !!

"And you people were worried," Anya quips back as she flies over the smoking turret, small-arms laser fire plincking from her armor.

As the world stops trying to turn her and Arial into beans in a maraca, Jaq cautiously peeks up from where she's hanging onto her friend.

"I think we're still alive," she says in a shaky voice as she starts to tremble.

Shakti is up and I will be adding Jaq shortly.

Real Shakti
Greater Boost: Psionics on Burgurk: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Increase skill by 4 Dice!

Dragon Turn 1:

Quickness: 1d12 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 1 - 2 = 4
Greater Armour: 1d12 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 1 - 2 = 10

Move: 24"

Increases my Toughness to 54(30)

Dragon Turn 2

Move: 24"
Greater Deflection: 1d12 + 1 - 2 + 1d12 ⇒ (12) + 1 - 2 + (8) = 19

The dragon moves up to the camp of the waiting coalition soldiers and touches down near the point where it can reach the greatest number of the Deadboys.
Tail Lash: 1d10 - 2 ⇒ (8) - 2 = 6
Damage: 1d8 + 1d12 + 8 + 3d6 ⇒ (6) + (11) + 8 + (4, 5, 5) = 39

Net -2 to hit (+4 due to size, -6 from deflection)

Tail Lash*: The dragon can sweep all opponents in his rear facing in a 2” long by 4” wide rectangle. This is a Fighting attack which ignores size penalties, doing Str+d8 (Mega Damage).

Fear (−2): In his natural form, an adult dragon is a terrifying creature to most folks, who must make a Fear check at −2

when first seeing him.

Anya just hovers, mouth a-gape, at what Shakti hath wrought.

"Okay, new plan. She just does that every time, while Burgurk and I do shots.

Alright, it's a great plan, I'm proud to be a part of it."

She looks sullenly at her own medium lasers. "How come you guys never do that?"

Agility: 1d8 ⇒ 41d6 ⇒ 5 *5* Not bad. Not great, but not bad.

"Think you can keep up with me," she asks Ariel as she sees a chance to get the heck out of here.

Garrison Fear: 1d6 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 01d6 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2

Shakti's dragon lands in the middle of the garrison troops, sending them panicking for cover. A few are too slow to react and are smashed by the dragon's tail, being sent flying in an arc. One of them lands right in front of Burgurk, helmet knocked off his head, the face of a young man staring up at the Simvan, deathly silent. When Burgurk looks up, he sees two human women attempting to stumble out of the back of the APC, looking frantically around at what is going on.

Alright, everyone except Jaq makes their next round Chase rolls(Piloting, Agility) as needed to see where this goes.

CS Garrison Troops Resolve: 1d6 ⇒ 11d6 ⇒ 5
CS Garrison Troops Agility: 1d6 ⇒ 21d6 ⇒ 4
APC Troops Agility: 1d6 ⇒ 61d6 ⇒ 3
APC Ace: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Next Round:
Anya
Burgurk
Shakti
Jaq QC
CS APC Troops JD, 5S
CS Garrison Troops 9C

2 -day rule?

Agility & Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 61d6 ⇒ 1
Agility ACE!: 1d6 ⇒ 1 = 7

"2-day rule" = ???

Sorry, I didn't realize y'all were waiting on me.

Jaq looks around and tries to find some cover for her and Ariel.

Notice (Default roll since I didn't put points into it): 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 01d6 ⇒ 6 *9* That's a success and a raise to find someplace to hide.
Ace!: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Stealth (To do it unnoticed): 1d4 ⇒ 31d6 ⇒ 2 Mmm, gonna spend a bennie to reroll that.
Reroll: 1d4 ⇒ 21d6 ⇒ 4 *4* Here's hoping they roll low on notice

Jaq takes one look and decides her best option is to hide someplace and hope they don't get found or shot. She guides Ariel as quickly as she can into whatever cover is close enough for the two of them to get to.

2 day rule is that if we're waiting for a PC to post, and they haven't in two days, it's okay to bot them to keep the game going. IMHO, if a game doesn't use this, its not a question of if it will end soon, but how soon. This one time, in one of my favorite, favorite games I was in, we waited a whole week for a PC to post. He eventually did, but then he dropped anyway, and by then all momentum was lost and the game ended soon after. I'd rather the GM botted me doing a striptease on hot coals with live snakes then make everyone else wait three days for me. ^_^

Notice!: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 beat ya ^_^
WILD Notice!: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Realizing that a FREAKING DRAGON! has the situation well in hand, Wraith re-directs her vision to looking for who they're supposed to rescue.
When she sees two -not- CS trooper skeedaddle from the car while trying to be stealthy, she decides to secure the package.

A large, mirror-shiny power armor drops from the sky in front of Jaq Ariel. The helmet retracts to reveal a cute girl with two-tone hair and shiny, shiny cyber-eyes.

"Hoi chummers. I'm Wraith. We're kinda here to rescue you. If you'll be so kind as to give me a tight hug, I'll fly you out of here while the dragon eats everything else alive.

No, no, wait. I mean, 'do you understand?' Whew. Nailed it!"

"Uh," is all Jaq can manage as she's struck dumb. Then the roar of a dragon snaps her back to reality.

"Yes! Please! Thanks!" Her words come out in a rush before she and Ariel, a young woman that would probably be pretty if not for the bandages and burned hair, latch onto Wraith like a pair of limpets.

"Null persp, chummers. We out."

Wriath's helmet matriculates shut as she ZOOMS up up and away from the battlefield, protecting her charges with her indefatigable armor.

Awesome Rp, but still gonna need that Piloting roll Anya..
ShaktiBot Agility JIC: 1d6 ⇒ 21d6 ⇒ 6
ShaktiBot Ace: 1d6 ⇒ 3

whoops! I looked at that initiative order and got confused.

1d6 ⇒ 21d6 ⇒ 4

Next Round: 
Shakti 9S, Joker
Anya QH
Jaq QC
CS APC Troops JD
CS Garrison Troops 9C
Burgurk 7S

That seemed to work out well. Shakti has a Joker and can go whenever. Anya and Jaq have gone, now the troops. The only one they actually have a chance to hit is Burgurk, but I'm not going to have all of them gang up on him, just a few from each group. That said, I'll wait just a bit for Shakti before firing..

Anya swoops down under fire to collect Ariel and Jaq. As she flies away, Jaq notices one of the CS soldiers look her way and shake his head. Though mostly occupied with the dragon, some of the CS troops keep Burgurk pinned near a supply tent, laser fire not letting him get a moment to breathe.

Joker = Free benny in a chase?

Jaq is tempted to give the soldier a salute, but only until the buffeting winds remind that loosening her grip would be ill advised. She settled for howling with laughter now that she and Ariel are free.

"Not that I'm ungrateful, but can you take us somewhere that has milkshakes and cabana boys and girls," She asks Anya before grinning like a maniac.

"Jaq! You're forgetting that we need some bikinis first," Ariel laughs from Anya's other side.

Dragon

First Round A

The dragon takes a moment to enhance itself, giving it the best chance at takings its foes with its deadly breath. It then unleashes a stream of fire sending the soldiers diving for cover.

Greater Boost Shooting: 1d12 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Flame Breath: 1d12 ⇒ 7
Damage: 2d10 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7
Meh; keeping their attention at least...

First Round B

Next the dragon moves to take care of the pursuit, pouncing on the APC in the Coalition camp, and rending it with her claws.

Frenzy claws and teeth: 1d10 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 - 2 = 21d10 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 1 - 2 = 7
Damage: 3d8 + 1d12 + 8 + 3d6 + 1d12 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 6) + (12) + 8 + (3, 6, 4) + (7) + (6, 4) = 61

The dragon grabs hold of the transport with her massive jaws, and thrashing her neck back and forth like a wild beast, manages to rip the vehicle in half sending fragments flying, and a full half of the vehicle tumbling end over end.

A Coalition Mark V APC has a Toughness of 32(17)

Next Round

The Dragon lifts off, leaving the soldiers cowering in their camp, and heads for the second APC (the one that was carrying Jaq).

As she flies, she sends a fireball towards it.

In two rounds she'll move 48" towards it.

Fireball: 1d12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 2 = 10
Damage: 4d6 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3, 5, 2) + (1) + 2 = 16

Once in range, the dragon pounces on the second vehicle.

Frenzy claws and teeth: 1d10 + 1 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 1 - 2 + 2 = 71d10 + 1 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 1 - 2 + 2 = 11
Damage AP8: 3d8 + 1d12 + 8 + 3d6 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 7, 7) + (1) + 8 + (5, 2, 6) + (5) + 2 = 45
Damage AP8: 3d8 + 1d12 + 8 + 3d6 + 1d8 + 1d12 + 1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (8, 4, 1) + (12) + 8 + (6, 5, 4) + (5) + (1) + (3) + 2 + (2) = 61

The strike with her claws bites deep and twists the frame as she clenches her talons. The strike with her maw tears it apart like an eagle would, sitting upon a rabbit.

Not to rain on that amazing visual parade, but there is only 1 APC, the one that Jaq and Ariel were in. The only other vehicle so far is the Mountaineer you came in. Also, what is the original Shakti doing at this point? Oh and yes, Benny for the full round.

Pushing forward to keep us going. I'll let Shakti retcon an action for Original Shakti later, if needed.

Garrison Shooting x3: 1d6 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 2 - 4 = 0

The dragon roars down and tears into the APC, sending the troops near it running for their lives. The ones in the Garrison take cover, a few firing potshots at Burgurk, but none can find their mark. Anya soars away and though she is leaving the troops behind, her sensors pick up incoming bogies at long distance.

Next round of maneuvering rolls!

"Cabana boys? O chummer we're a bit low on those but when we get back to main base I'll make you a wee tipple that'll keep yer panties droppin'!"

Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 4
WILD Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Wraith zooms on, but keeps up a look to her rear. She's pretty sure the FREAKING DRAGON can handle anything on this great green planet, but she wanted to keep a safe distance just in case.

Ariel and Jaq both are about to ask what the heck a "chummer" is when Anya's wild maneuvers indicated that concentrating on hanging on would be a wise move.

Agility & Wild: 1d6 ⇒ 21d6 ⇒ 4 = 4

Looking around, everything seems under control. The dragon is wreaking havoc with the troops, and Wraith is flying the two targets away.

DM SBM, is there any group of troops that isn't being affected by the dragon? If so, I'll take an action agains them...

Too bad to hear there was not another transport; can't recall if I thought I had read there was another, or if I just assumed, as I didn't think they'd have just been dropped off in the middle of nowhere.

Given that there was no APC in the camp, the dragon will have attacked a building, if they erected one, or ripped apart their entrenchment/shelter/camp or whathaveyou.

Shakti continues her concentration, keeping the dragon around a bit longer than her initial summons might have otherwise lasted. (Duration was 3 rounds, which are now expired. She can keep it around for 1 PPE per round, but she'll likey only hold it a few more rounds as to not drain all her points.

"I can only keep the dragon around a short while longer; please get as much distance from the encampment as you can in the meantime."

The dragon continues to cause mayhem among the survivors, killing any that escaped the APC. Once all of them are dealt with or gone to ground, she'll head back to the encampment in order to keep cleaning up there, and maybe eating a few of them just for fun.

Shakti, the GM might still want an agility roll from you? Those birds might be here soon and then your initiative will become important.

Garrison Troops Agility: 1d6 ⇒ 31d6 ⇒ 2
APC Troops Agility: 1d6 ⇒ 31d6 ⇒ 4
ShaktiBot Agility: 1d6 ⇒ 21d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + (1) = 7
Incoming Piloting: 1d8 ⇒ 21d8 ⇒ 6
Incoming Shooting: 1d8 - 2 ⇒ (6) - 2 = 41d8 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1
Laser Damage AP 15: 4d10 + 1d10 ⇒ (9, 4, 10, 4) + (8) = 35

I'm putting Jaq with Anya as she is technically a passenger. The garrison troops are currently routed, but the Apc troops are still active this round. Burgurk could take some shots against the running troops.

APC Troops- AS
Incoming- KH
Anya and Jaq- JC
Shakti- 5H
Burgurk- 4C
Garrison Troops- Routing

The few troops that are left from the APC seem to be being led by a competent commander. They run behind some of the APC's wreckage and take cover before anyone can get to them. The troops from the garrison are disorganized and running for the hills at this point, trying to get away from the dragon now that most of their number has been either crushed or burned.

Anya, busy watching the carnage behind her, looks away from her scanners for just a moment and is nearly knocked out of the sky as two CS Sky Cycles fly right past her firing their lasers. One hits and send her into a spin. Ariel and Jaq hang on for dear life as Anya fights to maintain control.

Shakti fights to keep control of her magic as it starts to fade from existence. If the dragon leaves, the troops might rally and return to the fight.

Burgurk looks around as some of the laser fire dies down, and sees a piece of storage wall come flying in his direction, tossed by the dragon.

Private Casey comes over the comms, "I think I've got the Mountaineer running, but we need to get out of here!"

Anya, that's two wounds and shaken by my calculation. On top of that, you have a two maneuvering rolls to make. The first normal and the second at -2 because of the wounds. Then after all that, you can try to recover, depending on the rolls.

Shakti and Burgurk are also up. Burgurk you will need to make an Agility roll at -2 or take a Fatigue level from Bumps and Bruises.

I'll make a real post mid Tuesday morning, but for now : how far away (on the ground and in the air) are the nearest enemies from me, in inches?

Anya, that's two wounds and shaken by my calculation. On top of that, you have a two maneuvering rolls to make. The first normal and the second at -2 because of the wounds. Then after all that, you can try to recover, depending on the rolls.

Whoa! Good roll! o.O Okay, wait, quick question before I roll. Are you saying I have to make a piloting roll with wound penalties before I roll to soak the wounds? I admit I've never been in this situation before, but it seems that the Soak roll has always happened before anything else. Does a rule state this more clearly or something on the internet...?

Is there anything I can do to help Anya out besides hanging on. I've no gear, but maybe she can help mitigate some of the damage with her powers?

Let's see.. these are technically chase rules, so the distances are a little more abstract, so having drawn a 4, that puts Burgurk at a -4 to any ranged things, but that could also just mean there is cover, light penalties, etc. Otherwise as far as the range of Burgurk's psionics, he can reach the Garrison troops.

If Anya spends a Benny to soak, then yes, the penalty to the second Agility roll would not apply as the Soak would be first. As far as Jaq helping, she can go on Anya's turn and can try about anything to try and help, what did you have in mind?

Fair 'nuff. Bennies = 4/3. Bennie spent. Bennies = 3/3

Soak!: 1d10 ⇒ 10
Soak ACE!: 1d10 ⇒ 10
This is not a soak roll! This is MADNESS!: 1d10 ⇒ 4 = eleventy billion
WILD Soak!: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Madness? THIS! IS! SPARTA!: 1d6 ⇒ 4

*WHAM!*

The blast from the heavy laser caroms into Wraith's Power Armor at dead-center in the chest plate, the heaviest spot on the whole machine. The armor cracks and pops on the outside as the laser's energy is spent, but the metal itself shows no sign of buckling.

Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 2
WILD Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Benny. Bennies = 2/3
Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 1
WILD Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Benny. Bennies = 213
Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 4
WILD Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Whew
Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 3
WILD Pilot!: 1d6 ⇒ 2

"I SHOULD MENTION I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT FLYING!" Anya shouts as she struggles to maintain control.

The second one was just for initiative, yeah? Also, Jaq, if you could CAST a power like DEFLECTION on someone that doesn't want to get hit anymore...that might be helpful. =)

Rapid repairs using her Techno wizardry skill, mainly. Perhaps aiding on her soak roll using that. Basically, anything to keep us in the air.

Edit: Actually, I like Atlas' idea better. Can I juice up Anya's armor to give her deflector shields?

DB SBM, I'm just trying to learn the rules here - why did Anya have to make 2 "maneuvering" rolls? If the first one was to avoid going Out-of-Control, she Soaked all her Wounds, so she wouldn't have to make that, and she would have spent her Bennies to Succeed at the second (initiative?) roll.

Feeling a surge of power from Shakti's spell, Burgurk tries again to raise the dust and dirt around the Coalition troops :

Psionics,+4 dice,-4 Chase: 1d12 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 - 4 = 91d6 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 - 4 = 4= Raise so they're at -4 to Shooting, Agility, etc.

Burgurk Complication Agility: 1d6 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 11d6 - 2 ⇒ (5) - 2 = 3

She drew a Club, which is a Complication. She had to avoid an obstacle, which in story was the two SkyCycles flying right past her before they turned and fired on her. Burgurk, you still need to make your roll for that too so as to avoid a Fatigue Level due to Bumps and Bruises since you also drew a Club, unless you want to take what I rolled for you, which gets you that Fatigue level. Anya's second roll was to retain control after that hit, but since she Soaked it, it is irrelevant. You guys do need to roll for the next round though. If Anya wants to keep what she has for initiative, that's fine. Even if she doesn't get a card next round, I'll let Jaq put up Deflection as part of this current round.

The ground starts to shake and rattle as Burgurk focuses his mind on lifting it into the air and tossing it around. A small whirlwind of debris and dirt starts flying into the remaining troops from the garrison, sending them scattering for what little cover is left.

Everyone make your next round Maneuver rolls!