Seeing her prepare to do... something, he readily acts to try and prevent her from doing so. With... a knock to the side of the head. That's how you convince people trying to shoot your friends, isn't it?
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Using threat:
Can that activate the Shield Discharge Pack? If so, that'll be 3 strain damage no soak (instead of 2 from the threat)
Manoeuvre: Stand up
Manoeuvre 2 (2 strain): Engage Sniper
Action: Biff!
D11 WitP - Round 2, Punching Sniper. Adv 1, Defence 1. Enhance.









Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 2
Pip converted to a success, so it hits for a (puny) 7 damage, pierce 1
2 advantage to crit
D11 WitP - Round 2, Crit vs Sniper. Vicious 1 (may be reduced if she's got any Durable) | 1d100+10 ⇒ 48
May be different if she's Durable, but otherwise...
Head Ringer: +1 difficulty to Intellect / Cunning checks until end of encounter
Wounds: 0/22
Strain: 4/15
Defence: 3
Soak: 8
Will use threat/despair from melee attacks against him to activate Shield Discharge Pack (2 threat) or Armour Spikes (3 threat)