The world ended and now you are a part of its rebirth and aftermath. The Tomorrow Legion protects the innocent from those who would harm, hinder or simply eat them. You are a part of the Legion, make us proud.
Burgurk, you can make it to the adjacent card, as you can’t move diagonally on these, only orthogonally. That would put you in B3 (card 10C). Though with that Psi roll, it doesn’t matter anyway.
Burgurk closes with the Skull Walker, trying to focus his mind on attacking the great machine, but the immense size of the railguns and other weapons it bristles with gives him pause and he isn’t quite up to full power yet.
Josiah trains Elsie’s guns on the Skull Walker, taking advantage of its blindness, but the blast misses wide, narrowly hitting Jingu and Ounce, instead vaporizing a crater into the rocky hillside.
Shooting, Medium Range, Targeting System:1d10 ⇒ 21d6 ⇒ 1
Griffin Squad comes across a set of buildings that were burned out in the battle with the slavers. They have trouble getting through them, but manage anyway, setting up a firing position in one of the structures.
The Cycles chasing Sentry hit him hard, but his super powered skin absorbs most of the blasts.
Steady, Group Shooting at Bart, in Cover, Dual Linked:1d8 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 1 - 4 = 11d6 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 1 - 4 = 3
The rocks around Bart disintegrate, sending shards of hot stone against his armor, a close call. He will have to find a new place of cover.
The Skull Walker, currently blinded by Ounce’s power, attempts to clear the obstruction by moving in a random direction.
Hunter Squad 1(Infiltrators)-AS-done Stealth 16 in 3S
CS Troops Gold Squad- AD- done, in Cover, Aim At Sentry from Joker
Ounce- KD- Done, Illusion, Blind Skull Walker in 5S
Jingu- QS- Done, Invisible 4 turns remain, Hacking Skull Walker in 5S
CS Troops Crimson Squad-10S- Done, Noticed Ounce and Jingu, in 5H
Barbara- 9H-done fired Boom Gun at APC, in 6D
Terry- 9D- Done, Move towards APC, Invisible, in 3H
Free Folk Squad- 8D- Done, fired at Sky Cycles, returned to cover (-4).
Burgurk- 7H- Done- Move to 10C, psi power, gathering energy
Josiah- 7S- done, fire at Skull Walker
Griffin Squad 2(Heavy Weapons)-7C- Complication- done, fire at Skull Walker
CS APC-6D- done, Vulnerable, fire at Barbara
CS Sky Cycle Flight (x6)-5D- done, fire at Bart and Sentry
CS Skull Walker- 4S- Done, blindly move to 4H
After all that, Bart and Sentry are up. Sentry, if you want to stay where you are, you can, three of the Sky Cycles are chasing you. If you do want to move, it is an Athletics roll. Bart, you got a complication this round. Since the rocks exploded around you, you will have to make an Athletics roll at -2 or be moved back to AS, as the Sky Cycles chase you into higher ground.
Human T 14 (5) | Parry: 7| Notice D6 | Pace 8 run die d8
Bart curses the enemy air support and takes a shot at the last one with his rifle on standard mode after it passes.
shooting:1d10 ⇒ 5 wild:1d6 ⇒ 6 wild xplode:1d6 ⇒ 4
Fair enough, Burgurk. So no, no ISP wasted. You can take a different action if you wish.
Bart Pilot (odd)/Cycle (even):1d6 ⇒ 3
Bart lines up his shot and squeezes off one singular blast. It streaks through the air, hitting one Sky Cycle pilot between the eyes. He immediately falls from his ride, sending it careening to the ground in a fiery explosion.
Sentry and Burgurk if you want to change yours, you are up.
DM-S & Zen: do I need to adjust this version of Sentry also? Is shooting also worthless in this case because his Gamma Vision needs to use Focus? Just thought I would ask. I can do the adjustments quickly ...
Burgurk will Evade as an Action, so all attacks against him until the start of his Turn in the next Round are at -4...
DMSBM - Sentry is referring to his identical PC in my Supers game that you are also in - I ruled that since the Supers book says that Shooting is used for Ranged attack "devices", but Focus is used for Ranged "energy blasts", he needed to change his activation Skill to Focus. But that would not change the PC build points needed for the different Skill - it's really just a Skill name change. Unless, in this RIFTS game, Sentry might possibly someday pick up a shooting weapon and use it - then he would need both Skills. Since this is your game, it's your call here.
@Sentry- Like Burgurk said, if you plan on picking up a gun and using it at some point, you will need Shooting. SPC states that you need Focus for it, because using your power and shooting a weapon are two different things, which is why it takes an arcane roll to hit with Bolt, rather than Shooting. If you never plan on using a gun, keep it at Focus. If you do, maybe look at changing some points to Shooting.
@Burgurk- Unless I am missing something, Evade is for explosive or area attacks and are a reaction, but you are in a location that has a bunch of cover, even almost full cover (-8) if you want it. If you are thinking Defend, that is for melee attacks only.
@Terry- I had you moving towards the APC for your turn, but I did not see any other actions. You are there in the same location as the APC and Invisible.
DMSBM - I think you're thinking of the Situational Rule Evasion. I'm talking about the Chase Action Maneuver "Evade", p. 115 in my 5th-printing SWADE book, which provides a -4 to melee and ranged attacks against me.
But, -8 Cover is even better, so I'll go with that. ;)
@Sentry- Like Burgurk said, if you plan on picking up a gun and using it at some point, you will need Shooting. SPC states that you need Focus for it, because using your power and shooting a weapon are two different things, which is why it takes an arcane roll to hit with Bolt, rather than Shooting. If you never plan on using a gun, keep it at Focus. If you do, maybe look at changing some points to Shooting.
@Burgurk- Unless I am missing something, Evade is for explosive or area attacks and are a reaction, but you are in a location that has a bunch of cover, even almost full cover (-8) if you want it. If you are thinking Defend, that is for melee attacks only.
@Terry- I had you moving towards the APC for your turn, but I did not see any other actions. You are there in the same location as the APC and Invisible.
Copy that and thank you (both); I will move Sentry's points to Focus and repost his stats. This is another case of pride & parenting; Sentry will have been conditioned by his parents to rely on his own powers, not the devices of this world.
They start pointing out a shimmering shape in the air near them. They see you Terry.
Round 2:
Gummitch- 2C- Complication
Round 2 Done:
Hunter Squad 1(Infiltrators)-AS-done Stealth 16 in 3S
CS Troops Gold Squad- AD- done, in Cover, Aim At Sentry from Joker
Ounce- KD- Done, Illusion, Blind Skull Walker in 5S
Jingu- QS- Done, Invisible 4 turns remain, Hacking Skull Walker in 5S
CS Troops Crimson Squad-10S- Done, Noticed Ounce and Jingu, in 5H
Barbara- 9H-done fired Boom Gun at APC, in 6D
Terry- 9D- Done, Move towards APC, Invisible, in 3H
Free Folk Squad- 8D- Done, fired at Sky Cycles, returned to cover (-4).
Burgurk- 7H- Done- Move to 10C, psi power, gathering energy
Josiah- 7S- done, fire at Skull Walker
Griffin Squad 2(Heavy Weapons)-7C- Complication- done, fire at Skull Walker
CS APC-6D- done, Vulnerable, fire at Barbara
CS Sky Cycle Flight (x6)-5D- done, fire at Bart and Sentry
CS Skull Walker- 4S- Done, blindly move to 4H
Sentry- 3H- Fly, Shoot?
Bart- 3C- Complication, Moved to AS, Shot Down one Sky Cycle.
CS Troops Verdant Squad- 2H- Spotted Terry, In Cover (-4)
Gummitch is finally up, but has a complication. Athletics at -2 or be pushed back one square. Then they can take their turn.
An explosion from one of the vehicles that were still burning changes Gummitch's path, but the dragon pushes through and sends a bolt of lightning towards the Coalition soldiers taking cover behind a few rocks and an escarpment. One of them was unlucky enough to hide behind a smaller boulder and is instantly vaporized by the bolt.
Busy day at work today, I will try to finish this post by this evening. In the meantime, what do you all think about side initiative rather than individual? Please post ideas in Discussion.
Free Folk Squad (x5)- 8C- fired at Sky Cycles, returned to cover (-4).
Sentry- 7D- Fly, Shoot?
CS Skull Walker- 6S- blindly move to 4H
Ounce- 5S- Illusion 4rds remain, Blind Skull Walker in 5S
CS Sky Cycle Flight (x5)-5H- fire at Bart and Sentry
Bart- 4S- Complication, Moved to AS, Shot Down one Sky Cycle.
Barbara- 4H-fired Boom Gun at APC, in 6D
Terry- 4D- Move towards APC, Invisible, in 3H
Gummitch- 3S- Complication
Jingu, Josiah, Burgurk and the Hunter Squad are up! @Burgurk, you are on a complication, so you will have to roll an Athletics at -2 or be Bumped back to KS
