Trying again, Six comes back with a reverse swing for the Ganger's head.
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Six brings his staff up and over his head and then brings it down hard on the ganger in front of him. Unfortunately, the ganger is too fast for him and steps out of the way.
Six is done playing games with low level gangers, being bred to fight other supers. He powers up his fist and lets loose, but the V'Sori gear the ganger has seems to be helping him. Six had to get rid of it somehow.
Six looks down at the blade that goes across his armor as if it were a gnat. ”You will have to try harder than that.” He then brings his pain staff down hard across the ganger’s hands. Unfortunately the ganger is tougher than he looks, so Six also adds a kick to the knees, but the bad guy’s defenses are better than his offense.
The trait roll can ace, which is to help beat the opponent's parry, especially if it is high and you can get extra damage if you specifically attack his hand (called shot -4). However, if you only target the gauntlet, then you are correct, no Ace bonus damage. I once had a
”Oh, so we’re doing weapons now?”, Six says as he draws his own Power Staff. ”Let’s see if you’re as familiar with those as I am.”
He swings the weapon in an arc to show his prowess more than actually hitting him.
Six recovers from his flying kick and then buffalo punches the ganger.
"Fair enough, we'll both smash 'em." Six races ahead towards the nearest bad guy and leaps into him with a flying side kick.
Six grins as the goons appear and start firing at him. ”Hellion, I’m the shield, you’re the spear. I block them, you shoot them. ANGEL, can you be on clean up duty?” Six will place himself in a position to keep Hellion from being shot at, but where she can shoot from behind him.
Six walks through the door confidently, waiting for some goon to try something.
Six lets Zeke go as he goes to sleep. He helps Hellion ties Zeke up and collects Zeke's weapon. "There's got to be something here. Let's go have a look-see and find out what we turn up. " Six then starts walking into the building.
Six continues to hold onto Zeke, attempting to put him in a sleeper hold.
Seeing as how everyone else is ganging up on Zeke, Six moves around and puts his arms under Zeke’s and wraps his hands around Zeke’s head, full Nelson style. ”We are not used to taking no for an answer, give up or they keep punching you until I get tired.”
"Really?", VeeSix says, noticing Zeke's use of an energy pistol. "I'm gonna have to say no to that." Six then grabs for the gun, to crush it in his hands.
d10 Strength d4 Brawler2d6 Power Punch (melee attack power, 4 pts)
The last d6 was from a possible raise on the hit. I'll try to remember to do that separately next time. The d10+d4+2d6 is VeeSix's power punch attack, though I seem to have forgotten to add in the d4 for that.
Six lays into the gangers with fists, feet, and whatever else he can hit them with.
My DTRPG copy usually gets updated for free, but I will take a look later on.
VeeSix, upon hearing what he thinks is the signal, runs towards the other guard, right through 'Hank' and jumps into a superman punch.
Six is waiting on the next block, itching to knock a few gangers around.
VeeSix approves this message.
Six nods in agreement with Hellion. Exactly. They follow the law of the jungle, if we’re going to get through to them, we need to follow it too.” He then thinks for a moment. ”We’ll try not to kill them. So far as we know, they haven’t killed any innocents. No need to mess up our good name by becoming worse than them.”
Much as we might forget, Hellion knows their type and they don’t usually listen to pretty words. Their language is violence and their response, when they have nothing else to punch, is to punch the innocent. That, we cannot allow to happen. So we give them something to punch at. We just happen to be able to hit right back.” Six emphasizes this with fist to his opposite palm.
Six notices Fortune looking at him and gives her a ‘what?’ Look. ”As much as I like Hellion’s idea of just going out there and doing our thing, Fortune is right.” He sighs, pausing for a moment before continuing. ”My face on the Internet is the last thing we need. It would bring a lot of unwanted attention breathing down our necks and I don’t mean rival gangs.” He pats the V’Sori armor he wears absently.
Six ponders their situation. ”We don’t really have anything from King Something Something and we’ve stirred up some trouble and the population is suffering for it. I say we go streetside and start busting some heads until we get to whoever is leading these cheap shots and deal with it.
”Either way,” Six interjects. ”ANGEL has it right. We need to go and make sure more folk aren’t being punished for what we did.”
”So, in other words, we should go on patrol again, making sure they behave themselves?” Six says to Fortune, loud enough that others can hear. ”I’m all for it, when do we leave?”
Six looks up at Sentry as he walks. ”Dolphins, penguins.. definitely an Atlantean thing.”, he mutters, more to himself than anyone in particular. He then stands up from admiring another piece of V’Sori hardware from his collection, attempting to see if it will work on his armor. He is almost as tall as he is wide. He is the physical embodiment of health and looks as if he can tear the doors off an armored car. He holds out a hand to Sentry. ”VeeSix, or just Six to most everyone. Welcome to the icehouse, Penguin.”
”So, boss, does that mean you have something in mind for us to do that will require his particular set of skills?” Six goes about cleaning his gear and making sure his room is as spartan as it can be. To know one in particular, he says, ”I wonder if we should keep the pressure up on Hellion’s old gang. If they get a chance to regroup, it could be harder on us to deal with them in the future.”
Six smiles as he gets into the van last and hears Fortune’s explanation of her reading. ”I do not think the world is ready for us yet, but I like where you are at.”
”You’re right.” Six says as he finishes tying up the last of the gangers. ”The last thing we need is having to explain how we managed to take them all down so quickly.” He then taps the mic on his earpiece and contacts Meros. ”We’re done here boss, we need the locals to come pick up the trash, if you would be so kind as to let them know.” He then takes over watch as until the last of his team gets into the van.
Seeing that the only one still standing is one of the thugs, he grimaces and picks up speed as he runs towards the thug, grabs him by the shoulders and says, ’I see we have one that just won’t give up. Teach him his lesson, Angel.”
I’ll keep Six the same then and as he gets stronger, perhaps his regeneration will improve over time.
Six was built to take damage from superpowers and heavy weapons, thus his high Toughness and Regeneration, which incidentally, is already at once per hour. I’d be more than happy to lower the Toughness to increase his Regeneration to much faster if needed to balance the combats. My ultimate goal is for him to be someone that keeps coming back, no matter what they dish at him. He may not be able to do too much damage, but he can take it. Remember the V’Sori wanted something that the supervillains couldn’t kill.
Hearing Hellion’s call to arms, Vee Six nearly knocks Fortune over rushing into battle. Quickly surveying the battlefield, he sees Hellion already fighting the leader. He would liked that opportunity, but he knows well enough to not get into the middle of a duel. Instead he chooses the next largest thug and with a glare of menace, runs right towards him, staff powering up. Instead of hitting him with it, Six knows they want to keep a few of them alive, so he leaps up and plants a foot directly into the man’s chest.
Hey DM, I’ve been ill the last couple of days (literally couldn’t see out of one eye), and I don’t usually post on weekends, but to answer your question about Six’s Toughness, Here is how I calculated it. Standard 2+ Vigor (d12+1/2= 6)=8 + Powers 13= 21 +Brawny and Bruiser 2= 23, +2 Armor =25. I remember us having a discussion about this though and you didn’t want it so high, but I will make the change. I know it’s going to make me a target for rail guns and anti-tank weapons…
Six could sense there was trouble brewing, but so far, there was more posturing than anything. He was tired of it, though, and wanted to end this charade once and for all. He then realized he hadn’t been watching the area, like he was supposed to, especially with Fortune deep in her cards. He glanced around quickly, but he was sure he already missed something.
During the drive over, Six listens to all that Fortune tells them with a piqued interest. This teenage girl could alter reality in ways he never thought possible and all by looking at a peculiar deck of cards. When she finished, he says, ”I think something enough to stun or even prevent most of the thugs from attacking so we can focus on their leader would be nice. He will have the most information, so we should nab him first.” When they arrive, Six readies himself to leap out of the van if necessary, watching Hellion talk to the leader. As he does so, he sizes him up, seeing what kind of threat he might be.
Six nods at Hellion. ”Just say the word and we’ll be on them.” He pats his armor and weapons. He then looks at Rashomon. ”We may have to bring at least one weapon to show we have the merchandise. They will want to see the stuff before even bothering to talk. If we got nothing, I don’t think they will hesitate to gun us down for simply moving in on their turf.”
”Then you faired very well.”, Six says as Fortune comes in. ”The area you were in must not have been too heavily guarded and that means the gang feels untouchable. Now we have their attention. Let’s get ready for that meet up. We might want to vet the area first and make sure we won’t be rudely interrupted.”
I don't see a problem with it, other than keeping track of what happens in game terms should we roll that high again. For me, when I describe damage, unless it does an actual wound, the hit never really struck the target, but it may have hit armor, hit something nearby causing shrapnel to hit them, knocked something into their face, anything to mess up their combat ability but not actually wound them (i.e. Shaken). Where it hits is irrelevant, it just causes enough for them to question their willingness to keep fighting. I would say that even with Fortune's description of between the legs, she, as a player, didn't call out that she was doing a called shot. In my games, I rule that unless the player calls it out, in game terms it is still a 'torso' shot, no matter the in-story description. Your way works as well, as it gives you a good way to call out where the target is hit without having to use random hit location tables. I have no problem with doing it that way and I have no compunctions about gory descriptors, I use them myself.
”Always ready to bust some heads that need bustin’”, Six says as he checks his armor straps and his weapon.
Six pipes up as Fortune explains her plan. ”Always assume they will double-cross us. Either way, we can use the opportunity to take a few of them down and send a message that they will understand.”
Six watches Hellion have her moment and then storm out. At first he wants to follow her, but decides she’d rather be alone. She knows if there’s trouble, the team is on the other end of the earbud and Rash can get them there in a moment. Six understood her frustration though. This disembodied voice who claimed to be one of the saviors of the world against the V’Sori and yet there were numerous sites that contained many more of them just hiding out, waiting to cause trouble and he seems to think that he can just continue to tell people what to do. Six squeezes a bit too hard on a piece of equipment, breaking it. ”Take it out of my paycheck.”, he mutters. Six then gets back to focusing on helping Rash with the gear.
Six looks at his earpiece as if it had let out something offensive. ”Typical.,” he mutters somewhat under his breath. ”Hellion is right, I have some experience with these weapons, I will assist you as well, Rash.”
”Hasn’t really stopped me,” Six says as he pats his own V’Sori made gear. ”Still, wearing and using this for all of us could paint us as Team V’Sori, so we may have to disguise it a bit. “
Adding a few more bits and bobbles from the crates to his collection, Six returns to the conversation back at base, speaking as if he were talking to them the whole time. ”..and I also think that taking down the leadership will just create a void for others to try and fill up. It would be a temporary setback. On the other hand, it would give us time to make some inroads with the locals.”
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