Doc moves forward to the edge of the smoke and sprays polymer down all around the truck. That should make it easy to pick off the survivors.
[Comms to all]"We got a ride incoming?"
The dim light does little to shade the vibrant hues of the Doctors technicolor spray. The pickup and the two slashers near it are thoroughly immobile and well decorated.
Doc moves forward to the edge of the smoke and sprays polymer down all around the truck. That should make it easy to pick off the survivors.
[Comms to all]"We got a ride incoming?"
The dim light does little to shade the vibrant hues of the Doctors technicolor spray. The pickup and the two slashers near it are thoroughly immobile and well decorated.
All right. Barring any questions it looks like
Turn 2
Time for a benny count:
Karma has 2
Savant has 5
All other players have 3.
Setting: A four lane city arterial at night in the Southpoint neighborhood. An overpass crosses above the silent roadway.
Conditions: Default lighting is Dim(-2) running to normal (-0) near the streetlights. Weather is clear.
Locations and initiative:
Psiclops: Ace of Clubs. Currently flying invisibly 10" above the wrecked pickup.
Imagine: Queen of Spades. Currently in the roadway south/downstream of the pickup/Van
slashers at the pickup: queen of hearts. 2 are encased in goo. One is on top of the Villain Van.
Karma: Nine of Diamonds: Invisible and intangible at the transport some blocks away.
slashers at the transport: seven of diamonds.
Savant: Six of Spades. In the Van
Doctor Toxic: three of Spades, buried the six of diamonds. Gliding through a smoke cloud nearing the goo covered pickup.
Unless I've missed something it looks like Psiclops and Imagine are up.
If there's any body left alive from the truck, Psiclops will blast them :
= 21, Raise
Doing
If nobody's left, he'll do nothing. He will say/think to everyone who can hear him : It'll take some of us a full minute to get to the van - are those of you there doing ok?
If there's any body left alive from the truck, Psiclops will blast them.
If nobody's left, he'll do nothing. He will say/think to everyone who can hear him : It'll take some of us a full minute to get to the van - are those of you there doing ok?
Two notes:
1) There are 3 Slashers still up. One gooed in the truck bed. One gooed in the street and one free on the roof on the VVan. Target please.2) Remember that you cannot initiate telepathic contact. You do not have telepathy. Did you shout your statement, use coms, or are you just hoping someone is listening?
The one in the truck bed.
I included "say" to indicate that I was using comms if telepathy is not available, I'll be more explicit in the future.
The one in the truck bed....
The abused pickup rocks as another psi-blast slams in to it. The Slasher targeted by the blast slumps moving.
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Imagie decides she doesn't want to lay in the street anymore. She gets up and starts walking toward the sidewalk on the side the truck crashed in to.
Both her guns swivel up to shoot at the smart guy on the rooftop.
"The two guys shooting at the other guys are under my control. Please kill them last," she mind-speaks to everyone.
The one in the truck bed...
The truck visibly bounces as the slasher in the truck-bed is hurled into the street. Leaving the back half on their clothing glued to the bed-liner.
The Slasher in the street tries to . To no effect.
. 1-2 driver. 3-4 Passenger. 5-6 Roof.
The Passenger Seeing that their gun is a dead loss draws a long bladed double edged vibro-knife and moves around the front of the pickup to and misses as the Driver ducks.
The Slasher on the roof decides this is too much like a fair fight and leaping off the van { } tries to for the East edge of the road. They take the landing badly but manage to scramble a good distance none the less.
The driver spins to face the Passenger and fires point blank while they draw their own smaller knife. Miss. Close but a miss.
Karma
total 6. They heard the driver's body fall and spin around. They do not see Karma.
F&%@! they say as they scramble into the drivers seat slamming the door behind them.
"Mole, This is Kiljoy with the box. We've been hit!" They shout into the cars radio as they slam it into drive.
The Transport lurches forward running over the Driver and ...
Remainder of the slashers turn dependent on Interrupt.
Savant, Doc Toxic and possibly Karma to close out the round
You are next. Nothing that is still happening with K can effect you in the slightest.
Hit it.
As the slasher jumps from the van and runs for cover, Savant floors the pedal on the van, attempting to run him down...
Karma
The Transport drives unevenly into the night. The driver swerving randomly down the road, trying vainly to see past the illusory smoke.
As the slasher jumps from the van and runs for cover, Savant floors the pedal on the van, attempting to run him down...
Thud.
no effect other than a slightly crumpled
The Villain Van slams into the fleeing Slasher and tosses then aside.
I'll take the interrupt action as suggested, but first a question. You stated earlier when Karma was in the van and the slashers were out in front looking at the engine that the keys were not left in the ignition. I guess there could have been a second key hidden that Karma didn't notice, but if the keys had been in the ignition, Karma would have just started the transport and driven it away.
So spending a bennie to take the interrupt stunt.
Then a focus roll to shift intangible frame of reference to the transport:
Modifier: +2
Result: 6 + 3 + 2 = 11
Karma
When the passenger got into the car I also said (Wednesday, 08:00 pm) "(GM spends a benny to have the driver leave the keys in the ignition.)"
So both you and the Passenger had the opportunity to trade a benny for the keys.
All that said, if you want to extend the ret-con and spend the interrupt benny to get the keys instead we can to that.
If that is what you want to do then you are in the Transport, solid, with the key in the ignition. The Driver is alive and is working on the engine.
To run them over you can try a Drive roll vs their Athletics. As you are not trained in the Drive skill this would be a d4-2 for you Drive roll.
To just drive away it is also a Drive roll but you can escape on anything but a critical failure.
Does that seem reasonable? Let me know what you want to do.
Benny Spent
Toxic, MD to close us out.
There is only one Slasher left here and they are glued to the street. You have the Drop if you wish to bring unpleasantness into their life.
With just one target left, he goes for a direct acid spray to take care of him.
If he is not down, he will do this again.
Doctor Toxic, PHD
The expanding smoke cloud blankets the last Slasher. There is half a scream..
Combat ends
turn 3
Karma Ten of Spades
doomed slasher seven of Spades.
Karma You are up.
Karma projects a message to the slasher driving the van, If you want to avoid the fate of your partner, stop this vehicle, radio in and tell your boss everything is okay now, and run. Your karma is at hand.
As she finishes her statement, she lets her invisibility power end, revealing her form to the slasher.
+1 if wearing cape
Result 2 + 1 = 3
"Imagine"[/b]] Imagie decides she doesn't want to lay in the street anymore. She gets up and starts walking toward the sidewalk on the side the truck crashed in to.
Both her guns swivel up to shoot at the smart guy on the rooftop.
"The two guys shooting at the other guys are under my control. Please kill them last," she mind-speaks to everyone.
Imagine I don't know I missed posting a response to this. I plead incompetence, or distraction. In any case the first bullet tossed the roof slasher to shaken and the second would have dropped them bur they spent a benny in between the bullets to prevent the second shaken from becoming a wound. The GM wanted to give them a chance to run.
Sorry about that.
No need to roll for finding stuff like this when the action music isn't playing.
The former roof slasher had vibro knife and 2 non- energy pistols of your choice with one spare clip/loaded speedloder/reload of loose rounds for each. Either pick from SWADE pg 74 or let me know if you want something special and we can work it out. They also had one ampule of a bright yellow liquid. Also anything else you would want them to have within. reason.
If you want to take the time to roll the goons you will get more stuff, Your call.
If not, that will come at the start of her next turn.
"Ghost to V-company. I have control of the package and will be returning it to you as soon as I can turn around."
You can easily ghost into the driver's seat and solidify. The comm call and driving the car do not take rolls unless you want to do something crazy.
Combat ends
No need to roll for finding stuff like this when the action music isn't playing.
The former roof slasher had [dice=a]1d2 vibro knife and 2 non- energy pistols of your choice with one spare clip/loaded speedloder/reload of loose rounds for each. Either pick from SWADE pg 74 or let me know if you want something special and we can work it out. They also had one ampule of a bright yellow liquid. Also anything else you would want them to have within. reason.
If you want to take the time to roll the goons you will get more stuff, Your call.
Savant hops back in the van, tossing his weapons on the floor between the seats.
"Anyone need a pick up?"
"Yep. Coming in."
Psiclops becomes visible, flies down to the van, and gets in.
"Thanks" says toxic as he flows into the van, flattening on the ceiling to make more room.
”Doctor, there’s a vial of something yellow there in the cup holder that one of the guys was carrying. I figure it’s not Gatorade”
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"Excellent work, team. Really nice violence," Imagine says with a big smile and enthusiasm. "I especially like that none got away. I hate it when that happens.
And now to the victor goes the spoils."
Imagine will happily roll the bodies over, stand them up, or make them dance, to make it easier to loot them.
The doctor will send down a pseudopod to sniff the chemical.
Everyone gets an incoming transmission on the comm units. "Ghost to V-company. I have control of the package and will be returning it to you as soon as I can turn around."
Karma turns the transport around and heads back toward the ambush point. Once in motion, imitates what Killjoy did to activate the radio and says, "Mole. Disregard Killjoy's last message. He got spooked by something and bugged out. Box is secure. Repeat, the box is secure. Over."
As she drives up to the V-Van, she slows and waves.
Once within telepathy range, she sends a mental message, We may have heat coming our way. There is a container in the back with a slab of something solid and some bottles of colored liquids, and a keypad locked box, all packed nice, along with a s#!+load of vibroblades.
If there is a trunk release switch, she'll pop it as she pulling to a stop.
Result: 8 + 1 = 9
Doc You recognize this. If you want to break the ampule to be sure you can but it would take work to open this in a non-destructive fashion. I you break it then you are positive about the following info, if not then you think you are right but cannot be positive.
It is a street drug called "EZ" or "Easy" that started becoming available recently.
This drug is not a home factory/bathtub/bucket chemistry production. The chemistry involved in crafting this stuff would require a full blown clean lab and some very expensive equipment.
In most users it produces euphoria, a feeling of heightened awareness, and occasional hallucinations.
Karma The surprisingly soft voice on the radio says. "Bolted? Pity, I liked Killjoy. Bring it on in. Red is waiting. Out."
You arrive back at the future crime scene with the others.
Everyone
Are you taking the time to investigate/loot the ex-Slashers?
Specific to Imagine. What are you doing with you 2 friends?