Big Trouble & Little Chadra -Snowflake and Rece (Closed)

[GM Nicha]

Round 3


Initiative

PC
NPC
NPC
NPC
PC
PC

Destiny


3 Light / 2 dark

[Snowflake]

The squad's bullets leave some marks on Snowflake's pelt, and the Bodyguard's stab draws some blood, forcing the Gigoran off balance. But he is not discouraged, and lunges forward to strike at the Dowutin again, hitting him again, this time with a right cross to the jaw powerful enough to invite most sentients to a forced nap.

Whether that would be the case with the Dowutin was to be seen, but it was a good hit that should encourage the others - and provided the opportunity for the walking carpet to find a position among the still-standing beams that should make it harder for shots to find him.

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Action: Attack Bodyguard

BTLC - Round 3, strike vs Bodyguar. Adversary 1, Defence 1, Setback from off-balnce. 2 Boosts from Ja'cque (next PC, Snowflake). Enhance.

Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: 6

2 light pips become successes: 10 damage, pierce 1 to the Bodyguard.

1 advantage to recover strain
1 advantage to pass 1 boost to next PC
2 advantage to pass 1 boost to Rece
2 advantage for another crit:

BTLC - Fourth crit vs Bodyguard. +30 from previous crits, +10 from vicious 1 | 1d100+40 ⇒ 125
Knocked Senseless: Staggered until end of encounter

Manoeuvre: Take cover.

Wounds: 10/24
Strain: 1/15
Defence: 3/4 (+1 ranged defence from cover)
Soak: 8

Crits:
Easy: Off-Balance (no lasting effect anymore)

[GM Nicha]

The Bodyguard is knocked senseless. He tries to prop himself up on one arm, then lists to the side and slumps unmoving onto the ground. The Dowutin was definitely not getting up again.

[GM Nicha]

Edward searches for Rece in the darkness, but fails. Players can decide on the 2 threat he generated.

Edward also calls in reinforcements...

Edward searches for Rece

Net Successes: -2; Net Advantages: -2

The hail of gunfire followed by the sudden silence and the distant sound of a grappling hook has Edward on edge as he spins, pistol raised. "Squad 2 report...report kriff damn it!" He whips the barrel left and right but can't spot Rece, purchased overhead.

"Bring the Ram....no I don't care we're still in here, do it!"

[GM Nicha]

Squad 1 shoot and hit Ja'cque for 10 damage. Spending the double triumph to knock him out for 2 rounds!

Squad 1 at Ja'cque, short range

Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: -1

The surviving squad keeps their cool and quickly flank Ja'cque, pelting him with a hail of fire sufficient to blast the wookie clean out a window and onto the snow below...unmoving.

[Rece Charak]

Say what you will about the mercenaries: they're mission-oriented. But Rece isn't giving them a chance to finish off a fellow agent. He vapes them all.

The only one left is Mr. Leene himself. Rece decides to keep him on his toes with a sawblade, whose track he just stumbled onto.

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Maneuver: aim.
Maneuver: aim.
Action: shoot at squad 1.
Incidental: trigger saw trap.

BTLC - shooting at squad 1 - 3 boosts, double aim

Net Successes: 9; Net Advantages: 8+1=9

15 + 9 + Point Blank = 25 damage
Crit
Boost to next PC
Boost to Rece
Boost to Snowflake
Recover 3 strain

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Wounds: 0/15
Strain: 0/12
Soak: 5
Defense (Ranged/Melee): 1/0

[GM Nicha]

Edward dodges the trap, but generates another 2 threat (setback to his next trap dodge?)

Edward trying to dodge the saw with a setback.

Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: -2

Say what you want about Edward Leene. Corrupt, murderer, arms dealer. But the man had finally honed survival skills as he leapt out of the path of the oncoming saw!

[GM Nicha]

Round 4


Initiative

PC
NPC
PC
PC

Destiny


3 Light / 2 dark

[GM Nicha]

Edward doesn't dodge the saw trap! another 2 threat and the stunned critical injury!

Stunned: The target is staggered until the end of their next turn.

Edward trying to dodge the saw with a setback. Part 2. The sawening

Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: -2

Saw crit on Edward. | 1d100 ⇒ 32

He's not so lucky the second time though as the elaborately rigged traps force him into a corner from which there is no escape! Although he avoids the cutting blade there is a nasty 'bang' as his head slams into the side of the metal.

[Rece Charak]

Rece knows Leene is a slippery slimeball, but they have him cornered, and if he dies here it's going to be that much harder to clear Ja'cque's name. Better to drag him kicking and screaming into the light. Not to mention a bargaining chip might get them past the reinforcements outside. He flicks his blaster over to stun.

"Hey Leene! You know what'll be a new age for you? Prison!" He unloads directly into the mercenary's spine, sending him down in a twitching heap.

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Incidental: trigger saw trap.
Maneuver: aim.
Maneuver: aim.
Action: shoot Leene.

BTLC - shooting Leene - short range, adversary 2, 2 boosts from me, double aim

Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: 6+1=7

Spending destiny point for Anatomy Lessons.
15 + 3 + 4 + Point Blank = 23 stun damage.

2 advantages to crit at +30
BTLC - Crit on Leene for funsies + crit + lethal blows + 10 | 1d100+30 ⇒ 88
Compromised: Increase difficulty of all Skill checks by one until the end of the encounter.

Boost die to the next PC.
Boost die to Snowflake.
Recover 1 strain.
Notice a detail about the scene.

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Wounds: 0/15
Strain: 2/12
Soak: 5
Defense (Ranged/Melee): 1/0

Destiny: 2 Light / 3 dark

[GM Nicha]

Edward goes down hard, flopping unconscious onto the ground (with maybe a twitch or two). Fortunately, Rece is facing in just the right direction at just the right time to spot a set of headlights approaching the sawmill at speed!

The sound of the engine roars through the night as the armoured car careens through the sawmill's wall, filling the air with splinters and continuing into the complex...heading straight for the unconscious Edward.

((Rece, if you would like to save Edward make me an average vigilance check with two setback dice, then on success a hard coordination check. If the vigilance check is failed upgrade the difficulty of the coordination check twice.

Snowflake, if you would like to save Edward you can make a daunting athletics check with two difficulty upgrades to physically stop the car in its tracks!))

[Rece Charak]

"Does no one care about job security anymore!?" It's been a while since someone has tried to run Rece over, but his reflexes kick into gear just soon enough to drop down on top of Leene and roll the two of them out of the way.

"Hey Snowflake, can you stop that car?"

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BTLC - react to the ram

Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: -3

BTLC - save the sleemo

Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 3

[GM Nicha]

A log trap swings out of the darkness and crashes into the side of the armoured car and denting its side! The vehicle lurches onto its side for a second, wheels spinning furiously.

[Snowflake]

"I'll try!", Snowie more growled than said as he jumped forward without hesitation to place himself between the approaching "ram" and the others. Rooting his feet firmly on the ground, he braced for the impact, flexing the strong muscles on his knees and arms (onlookers of course relied on their capacities for reasoning to infer this, as seeing them under the layer of fur was hardly possible). He tried to focus on the energy going through him, direct it to his muscles.

He saw the armoured car approaching, the log hitting, the wheels on one side losing contact with the ground for a moment.

Then he jumped into action, trying his best to hug the vehicle from its front to slow it down - or at least direct some of its force to the side and then hold on to it.

It... worked. Kind of.

But....

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BTLC - Trying to stop a car in its tracks.... Athletics vs Dauting, 2 upgrades. Enhance.

Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: 3

No idea what to do with the Advantages here. I'll say the Light pip becomes another success... and then there's that incredibly fitting despair, considering what Snowie is attempting here XD

[GM Nicha]

Despair spend!


Snowflake's Herculean effort stops the armoured car dead. There's a screech of metal and the Gigorian slides back a couple metres before the bumper starts to crumple. But the driver, either from shock or sheer bloody mindedness keeps their foot on the accelerator! The wheels screech against the ground and the back of the car fishtails violently left and right, taking out some of the sawmill's supports with a crash.

The whole building groans and then shakes. It sounds as though the entire structure is collapsing, time to go.

(( Nominate someone to carry Edward, the rest of the fight will be conducted in the yard outside as the sawmill is coming down!))

[Rece Charak]

"Remember where we parked!" Rece unclips the hefty survival kit from his backpack and hurls it through the nearest window to make an exit, then clips the unconscious mercenary in its place and hauls him from the collapsing building, taking few pains not to bump his head on the windowframe.

[Snowflake]

"Will do!", Snowie aswered without really thinking about it as he scanned the area to make sure that Ja'cque was also ready to stay on the right side of the sawmill's debris before making a run for it.

It would still take a while for him to reconsider Rece's words as he remembered they had walked all the way from the waypoint they had met in...

[GM Nicha]

The sawmill comes crashing down behind you just as our heroes exit! Now you're outside you can feel the bitter cold again, although thankfully the moon has come out enough to partially illuminate the surrounding forest.

Edward is looking the worse for the wear, but you've saved his life. And Ja'cque is staggering to his feet out of a snow drift, shaking his head and snorting loudly.

And then, from the sawmill you hear that engine again. The armoured car charges out of the debris straight for you, turret blazing. Looks like you'll have to take it down the old fashioned way.

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To take down the ram you'll have to find a way to through its armour. Fortunately, a log cracked into its left side and buckled the panels there easily. A clear weak spot.

Players take alternate turns attempting to take out the ram. After every 2 player turns the Ram will fire you at! Ja'cque can be used to upgrade the ability of one player skill roll twice, once every 2 player turns. No PC may take the same skill check twice in a row.

After 4 successful skills ram will be disabled!

Available skill checks:


Tear off a plate of armour. Hard with one upgrade athletics or brawl.
Aim for the drivers. Ranged combat check at medium range, two upgrades to difficulty, 2 setback dice for called shot and two setback dice for defence.
Lure it into a trap. Average survival with two setback dice.
Active sabotage Hard mechanics roll with one setback.
Spot a crucial weak point. Hard perception or vigilance with one difficulty upgrade.

[Rece Charak]

Seeing a car barreling towards him on an open field, Rece follows the CID playbook: firing directly at the driver, and then diving out of the way at the last second. "That windshield is too thick! Ja'cque, a little help?"

The wookiee ignites his borrowed lightsaber and carves out a chunk of the windshield as it goes by, much to the shock and alarm of the crew inside. On the next pass, Rece lands a shot on the driver. It looks like he winged him, but the car doesn't stop.

BTLC - shoot the drivers with Ja'cque's help

Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 2

Boost die for Snowflake?

[Snowflake]

The Gigoran takes advantage of the drivers' shock at being shot on that second pass to take a swing at the armoured car's plating, grasping at the side of the vehicle and almost taking out one of its doors.

"It can't last much longer!"

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BTLC - Taking down the Ram, Player action 2. Tear off armour. Boost from Rece, Brawl vs hard, 1 upgrade. Enhance.

Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: 4

That's an eventful roll...

I'm turning the force pips into 2 more advantages. That'll be 2 boost to Rece (1 adv for Boost to next PC, 2 adv for boost to Rece) and 1 to Snowflake (2 adv for boost to Snowflake)

Also recovering 1 Strain

Also a triumph AND a despair for Nicha to play with there.

Wounds: 10/24
Strain: 0/10
Defence: 3/3
Soak: 8