Black Rain in the Shadows of Seattle, 2060 (Inactive)

Game Master Tilnar

You're all on the second-floor landing -- you can either try to force open the window, or keep climbing. Let me know which, and who's doing what in which order. I believe you were told that the rigger was likely on the roof.

"Should we check the roof?" Raptor whispers, indicating the stairs continuing up.

"Yeah, probably" , mutters Danny. "Want me to go first?"

Raptor nods, but is ready to follow.

"Tank, charged ladder. Our boy's pretty liberal with lethal means. I'm betting he's got at least one more trick on every route to the roof, if that's where he is. If he isn't, it might be easier to fight our way down the stairs. I vote roof. Be careful ." The imperative is tossed casually in Danny and Raptor's direction.

Jay looks at 0nyx. "Any chance you could fly somebody up there?"

Or maybe it's only a repeater station up there and he's sitting at the Triad HQ.

"Eyes, go straight up until you can see what's on the top of the building, then come straight back down and tell me about it," 0nyx commands her ghostly friend. Hoping that's OK for very limited, staying in sight kind of scouting.

"Just me," she whispers softly in response to Jay. "And I'd need to leave my body behind. Easy enough, but you guys gotta take care of my body." She gives Jay a level look. "No laughing. No exploring."

"Can you toss power like that? Like when we were in the garage?" Jay looks around. "Not that this is the proper place. A fire escape is not a defensible position."

"Gotta see 'em to hex 'em, chummer. Rules of the craft." Onyx shrugs.

"I mean when you're -- flying, without your body. Can you hex them then?"

Eyes looks at Onyx, and then says, "Go to the roof and yell at anyone I find? Okay!"

"NO! Belay those orders. Just hang around me, 'kay? Stay here." 0nyx sighs.

The spirit returns, clearly sulking.

"No joy there, Jay, unless someone else has gone astral as well." She turns to the disgruntled spirit. "Aw c'mon, Eyes, you know you're my favorite."

"You want me to go up and scout, I will." 0nyx scans her companions for agreement. Or disagreement.

"I'll go. I can be quiet"

Stealth (QCK): 5d6 + 6d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 1, 1, 1) + (1, 1, 4, 5, 4, 6) = 27

Explosion: 1d6 ⇒ 6

You don't add your quickness to the skill - it's just that you default to quickness (with a penalty) if you don't have stealth

Ah, I see - thanks. In that case, oh dear.

Danny climbs the fire escape, and as he's about to reach the roof, he steps on a patch that's nearly rusted out -- he catches himself to avoid tripping, but the sound of his hands on the rails makes the whole metal structure shake.

This might be a good time for initiative, then, with the caveat that people not sneaking with Danny are 2 stories downstairs.

Initiative: 5 + 1d6 ⇒ 5 + (6) = 11 (reaction stat + 1d6)

Jay's leaning out over the railing of the fire escape, craning his neck to watch Danny as he climbs. He sees the man stumble and crumbly bits of red oxidized metal rain down.

"Not good. That's going to get us some unwanted attention."

Initiative: 1 + 1d6 ⇒ 1 + (2) = 3

Danny, having nearly fallen, steadies himself, wincing as the sound reverberates around him.

Danny, I think we talked about this last time - your Reaction is (Quickness+Intelligence)/2 -- not sure why you have 1 int (as a human, there's not normally a racial mod, so the 2 should stand) -- but if the 1 is correct, 6 quickness is still a thing, and you should have a reaction of 3 + 1d6. If I'm right and it's 2, then your reaction would be 4 + 1d6

Initiative: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

"Hey Raptor, can you open this window so we're not all directly downstairs from a hail of bullets?"

Initiative: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Raptor nods at Onyx.

Danny, I think we talked about this last time - your Reaction is (Quickness+Intelligence)/2 -- not sure why you have 1 int (as a human, there's not normally a racial mod, so the 2 should stand) -- but if the 1 is correct, 6 quickness is still a thing, and you should have a reaction of 3 + 1d6. If I'm right and it's 2, then your reaction would be 4 + 1d6

OK - that'll be init 6, in that case

Our init order so far:

11 Jay
9 Raptor
8 0nyx
6 Glassman
? Figment

I believe Raptor's reaction is 8 + 3d6, due to his synaptic accelerator. At least, that's what it says on his sheet.

Initiative (Figment): 9 + 2d6 ⇒ 9 + (4, 1) = 14

Initiative: 8 + 3d6 ⇒ 8 + (6, 1, 4) = 19

Sorry!

That's going to put Raptor on top of our order. What's the bad guy doing?

"We could run."

You all tense up as you hear a slightly distant voice, "Xho, go see what that was. I'm setting up a bombing run.".

Raptor, at 19. You're up.

"I think we can do this," Raptor says. He moves up the stairs after Danny.

(How far up can I get in this move?)

Still trying to stay quiet, so as not to excite more alarm than we already have.

Stealth: 5d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 5, 6, 4) = 19
Exploding: 1d6 ⇒ 3

It looks like your walking movement rate is your Quickness in meters, p. 108. I can't tell if there is a penalty for climbing, though.

Sorry, looks like my response post got eaten. As Onyx said, your walk speed is equal to your quickness in meters -- but that's per round, not per action - so it gets split evenly between the number of actions you'll get (i.e. - 2, based on your init). [And yes, I admit, that's just ugly.]

Normally, stealth doesn't require you to move slower -- it's assumed you're darting from cover to cover, not so much creeping on tip-toe -- but the issue here is with the shaky metal thing you're on making noise. Running would certainly create a big rattle -- but walking would be just your stealth roll -- though ol' rusty might reduce the target to hear you.

That’s half the question, but I’m not sure how far down these stairs I am from Danny. So as not to hold things up further, I will do my best…

Raptor tries to move quietly up the stairs, so as not to cause further alarm. (Basically advancing to Danny’s position or 5 meters, whichever is shorter.)

Stealth: 5d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 2, 3, 6) = 14
Exploding: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Raptor advances, catching up to Danny, and, like his colleague, moving carefully and not shaking the whole stairwell.

At 17

You hear, from above, "Checking. But can't you send a rotodrone?", the voice getting louder as it's speaking.

"I could, but they're getting ready to drop on the Skulls. That's why you're here."

At 14
Figment tries to lean back, looking for a clear shot to the top, before shaking his head and following the others.

Jay, at 11

Jay flips the safety off his borrowed sub machine gun and follows Raptor up the fire escape, but the younger man stops at the far end of the landing from the two big fighters.

Want to get as high as I can, but maintain as much horizontal separation from the others as possible. Fearing grenades.

0nyx waits patiently for the stairs and ladders to clear so she can get line of sight on the bad guys.

Delaying until next phase to see if she'll have access to the roof.

Danny hauls himself back up the fire escape, trying to reach cover as soon as possible.

Danny rushes his way up the stairs, making his way to the highest balcony - now just a relatively short ladder climb from the roof.

Jay follows Raptor and Figment, holding back a little to try to keep some range.

Phase Two - (Raptor at 9, Meathead at 7, Figment at 4 and Delayed Onyx sometime after 11)

Raptor - you're up.

Raptor tries to creep quietly to the top of the fire escape. (Assuming he can reach it…) he peers cautiously up to the roof.

Stealth: 5d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 1, 6, 3) = 20
Exploding: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Raptor softly reaches the top platform, and then starts to pull himself up the ladder to the roof - closing about half the distance when he sees movement and the silhouette of a head starting to lean over the edge of the roof.

Raptor, you can take one simple action - though you're in a bad place to get off a shot.

Is maneuvering myself out of sight an option?

Kind of hard from a ladder -- the roof access isn't really helpful for hiding.

I don’t think I have any good options. I don’t believe I can fire/throw a weapon I have not readied, given I have been climbing a ladder.

Raptor pulls a knife from his boot, hoping for a quiet kill if he needs to.

At 17, the shadow above Raptor turns into the top half of a large, well-muscled human male with dark violet hair. He starts at the sight of the orc halfway up the ladder, and the small group on the landings below, "It's company. I got this," he says before dropping a grenade down, striking the landing between Figment and Jay.

Now that 0nyx has LOS to one of the bad guys, can she come out of delay and cast a spell? I specified when she gets roof access, but don't know if that condition "sticks" in Shadowrun, or if I can act anytime.

He will have some cover, but otherwise, go to. Slightly slower 7 - Onyx

0nyx leans over the railing to get a good look at the attacker, then tries to get him off the leading party members.

Throwing manabolt at him.

Sorcery Test, 6 skill, 6 pool, Force 5, vs target's Will: 12d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 4, 4, 6, 2, 1, 1, 2) = 30
Exploding: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Drain resistance, Target 5/2=2, Light: 6d6 + 6d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 6, 2, 1, 5) + (3, 6, 2, 6, 5, 3) = 44
Every 2 successes lowers the Drain Level by 1. Drain lowered by 5, so no drain. NOW I roll better than 1s.

Seeing the grenade on the way with no where to run, Jay twists away and crouches down, hoping his overcoat will provide some protection from the shrapnel.

Just flavor.

You seem to have used your pool twice?

Sorcery pool is 6, skill is 6? I thought I was supposed to roll all of them if I didn't want any in reserve.

Where did you get 6 extra dice against the drain, then?