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The Red Rat It was early morning, and she had just finished a late shift at EZ Cabs. Easy Steve and told her she was on her final warning for the seventeenth time. He shouted at everyone. The Rat paid him little notice, she wanted the job, but she kind of knew that Easy Steve thought she was a good driver. AT this time though, she wanted to get a few hours sleep in. She didn't need many, thanks to mutations, but, damnit, she needed a few. She rubbed her eyes instinctively, although cybernetic eyes didn't need rubbing, and put on a dressing gown. What the hell is this? "Yeah, yeah, I'm coming, Chrissake what time do you call this..." she muttered, before swinging open the door...

Lets roll toughness first: Toughness Save vs KK punch: 1d20+4 15 vs 24 is dazed and bruised (total bruise 2) He cant match that Grapple roll, even raging, so move away! Do you wish to edit IC to that effect?

TRIPLE THREAT'D by HGM Red Rat: Could you add, for 5 PP, the Equipment 5 Feat. I suggest this is added as "Equipment 5" to all three sheets but only the first needs the detail. Headquarters: "The Safe House" Size Medium [1 EP], Toughness15 [2 EP], Features: Communications, Computer, Concealed 7 / +40 DC, Defence System / Knockout Gas, Garage, Gym, Hangar [Retractable Helipad], Infirmary, Living Space, Power System, Security System 5 (DC 40), Workshop [25 EP] Also, for 0 PP, could you replace "Flash Bullet" with "Taser Bullet" that I think is more conceptually coherent for a super spy electric bullet type gun. The "Armaments Array" should then look like this: BP: Stun 5 (Extras: Range, Feats: Improved Range 2 [250' incr], Progression Range 2 [2500' Max], Ricochet, Subtle) "Flash Bullet" [21/21 PP] AP: Blast 5 (Extras: Penetrating, Feats: Improved Range 2 [250’ Incr], Progression Range 2 [2500’ Max], Ricochet, Subtle) “Rocket Bullet” [21/21 PP] AP: Blast 5 (Extras: Area [Burst], Feats: Improved Range 3 [500’ Total Range, no penalty], Ricochet, Subtle)“Explosive Bullet” [20/21 PP] AP: Fatigue 5 (Extras: Range, Poison, Feats: Subtle) [21/21 PP] “Knockout dart” AP: Nullify 5 (All Electronic Tech, Extras: Alt Save [Fort], Affects Objects, Feats: Improved Range 2 [250’ Incr], Progression Range 2 [2500’], Subtle, Richocet) [21/21 PP] Which probably needs cutting and pasting to all three sheets, sorry.

GM Duke shrugged off Kimo's hand, full of fury. "Billy Bob tol' me what to do. But me hurt you afterwards" he said in a more rumbling voice, glaring at Kimo. He swung his brothers Machere straight into the shoulder of the Swamp beast. Another mournful wail from the creature, this time oozing a green putrid sap. It did not smell pleasant, a kind of sickly, sweet smell... Captain Hammer fired the shotgun at the creature, with a fizz. A misfire. Swearing, he shook it twice, and pumped it again. His aim was off though, with pellets whizzing overhead. He swore again. "Me hurt you too..." he shouted sarcastically at Duke, waving his metal stump.

So poor Duke, confused, will carry on attacking mutant swamp thing: Swings at the swamp thing: 1d20+4 16 amazingly, that hits. As he is raging thats a Damage 9 effect including the machete, making a DC 24 Tough save: Tough vs Dukes Machete: 1d20+7 23 another bruise, another injury for the swamp thing. In response, the swamp thing will reflexively lswing back at Duke, Swings at Duke: 1d20+5 11 and misses, even with Duke raging. Captain Hammer will fire the shotgun at the Swamp Thing: Fires shotgun at Swamp beast: 1d20+6 11 also missing! Round 10: 13 Kid K - 3 CON drained, Bruised, 2 HP 13 Duke, raging [8 rnd], bruised 13 Swamp Horror, Bruisedx2, Injuredx2 7 Captain Hammer, 20' Away.

Ok so Captain Hammer will wade over to Dukes dropped Shotgun and pick it up. Round 9: 13 Kid K - 3 CON drained, Bruised, 2 HP 13 Duke, raging [7 rnd], bruised 13 Swamp Horror, Bruised, Injured 7 Captain Hammer, 20' Away. The field is thinned now, so Kimo is up again! Ill make a minor edit to the last IC post to represent Hammers action.

ok do you want to post a reaction to that (bruised and managing to tear off the vines, plus internal thoughts?) or press on with round?

GM Duke when straight into his brother, and the two of them embraced in a chaos of limbs. They tumbled through the mud and sludge, falling together a dozen feet away. "uhhh...Duke....stop the beast...." muttered Billy Bob, passing out. Rosa screamed as Duke picked himself up and grasped his brothers fallen Machete. "You try kill mama, I cut you up!" he said to everyone, although his pointed Machete fell last to Rosa's deformed brother. He was intent on hacking it to pieces. And the swamp beast was intent on...flailing about in a mania. This time, one of his thick stumpy arms wheeled into Kimo, and the young man could feel the vines spreading over him... Captain Hammer, struggling with his duties and emotions, turned away, taking a few strides through the swamp and reaching out to pick up Dukes discarded Shotgun...

OK my memory was fuzzy on this one and I actually had to do a search: http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?t=21817 Turns out my memory was right though! Damage 9 effect (DC 24 Toughness) Tough Save vs being hit by Duke: 1d20+0 8 is enough to knock Billy Bob out cold Toughness vs Being thrown: 1d20+4 23 Duke takes another bruise For the remainder of the round, we have Duke getting up and picking up Billy Bobs Machete (two move rounds) The Swamp Horror will swipe at the nearest person, at this stage thats Kimo: Miss Chance vs Kimo: 1d4 3 not missing due to concealment and Swipes at Kimo: 1d20+5 18 hitting, giving Kimo a DC 23 Toughness Save (NB: The Con penalty) and a DC 15 Reflex Save vs the snare.

Notice check Notice vs Cain: 1d20+10 20

Starshot Hides too thick... Starshot cursed to himself. As he pulled behind the tree. He had a moment of horror as the Sky Tyrant ploughed into Gear, thinking for one moment that the alien would be carved in two. But, it seemed, despite the horrific fangs, Gear had managed to survive. He must be made of stone...he thought to himself, wondering exactly what Gear was made of. Silicon based life forms were not unheard of. This time, he aimed directly for the Sky Tyrants head. They were an easy target, so he must make sure to hurt the thing rather than hit it. He fire a pulse of plasma at the beast, and kept the focus on, burning through his energy cell, crouching down. "Keep you eyes on Cain!" he shouted to Gear, aware that for all their ferocity (and lovely teeth), they were not the target.

Ok so going a bit more offensive for this round, as its a minion. Taking 10 on attack roll. Shifting +5 DC/-5 Attack (Power attack) and +2 Defence/-2 Attack for a total attack roll of 15 which should hit. That translates to, this round, a DC 28 Toughness Save and Starshots defence at +14.

Synth "Biochem? Oh, I just find it fascinating. If you take away the dull bits" answered Synth, as a half dozen memories churned in her synthetic brain. Images of complex hydrocarbons, multi-dimensional graphs of physiological parameters. It was enough to spin her head. "It's an up and coming field too. Genetics is the future" she said, elaborating. This was hardly an act, with all those memories, both of factual information and of fascinated enthusiasm. She could feel the power of those implanting memories start to seep over her ego, almost like drowning. She grounded herself in the now, to stabilise her psyche against its peculiar origins. The Lobby, yes. Taking in the sounds and smells. The architecture of the place. She was pushing her luck, but luck needed to be pushed. "I'm so grateful. Say, I hope I don't get you into trouble?"

GM "There ain't no helpin' him" muttered Billy Bob, breathing ragged as he waded through the swamp. He had burns and bruises, and one could almost hear his broken rib. He was moving on will power and blood, gripping his Machete tightly. "That thing...it ate the flower. Nobody does that, not round these parts. Turns em into beasts" he explained, all the time forcing his way through water, mud, and pain. "Its taboo..." Duke was a few atoms calmer. "It's trying to kill mama! we gotta stop it!" he yelled. "Let me go! I gotsta stop it! We gotsta kill it!" He struggled against Kimo's iron grip, imploring the young man to help him. "No! He's my brother!" said Rosa, from the ground, tied up in vines, struggling to get out of them...

ok! Billy Bob will launch himself at the Monster - I am presuming you wont react to that, but if so, let me know and Ill edit. Being staggered, he will take his entire move to wade through the swamp to get to the everyone. So its a bit of a tough call for Duke, who will however decide to protect Vesper, which means trying to attack Rosa's brother. Ill post his mutterings IC, and that will mean you are up (on Initiative 13 now)

Starshot Sky Tyrants! I had forgot how big they are...and how dangerous! There was the memory of them, of course. But the justice was done when face to face with them and those long teeth. With the cold efficiency of experience, he brought up his rifle and took aim. It was, at least, a large target. Easy to hit, not so easy to bring down. He fired at one of them circling nearer, and quickly moved to cover, hoping Gear would have the sense to do the same. "Tyrants first, then Cain. I'll be proud to have a few of those sabre-teeth for a memento!"

OK, nothing too fancy then - a straight attack one of the sky tyrants with a plasma blast. Fires at Sky Dragon: 1d20+12 24 should hit for a DC 23 Toughness save. Move action to take cover.

Starshot "I've seen worse" answered Starshot. He had been in more hostile terrains, for sure, but this place was no joke, even for him. He felt the heat sinks running up and down his spine and neck furiously ejecting the heat, keeping him cool. Even so, he could feel the sweat under his jacket. "Shoot the drones, Bag Cain. Piece of cake" he muttered, not believing it would be that easy for a moment, although he wost most thankful that Gear had managed to shut down the lasers. "Ill take point. Cover my back" he said, advancing forward, quiet like a panther. "I hope you have eyes on those tails of yours. Keep anyone from sneaking up behind us..." he said. He loosened one of his smoke grenades on his belt. If they really did run into trouble, they could use the cover...

Right, so sorry I missed the stealth call. Stealth vs drones etc: 1d20+14 21 Let me know when I am up IC (maybe now?) Ill throw an initiative roll in for when it is (presumably) needed: Initiative vs Drones etc: 1d20+10 23

Synth Well I could do with getting my hands on one. But how? "Well, I can see myself in one. As you can see, I'm not one for style" she apologised. Guilt seeped in as she realised she was manipulating Sarah. "I know it's a bit forward, but could you show me around? Maybe give me an introduction to HR on somebody? I don't want to press my luck with you" she said, ambiguously. "But a girl's got to try, hasn't she?" again, equally ambiguously. Perhaps inside she might get her hands on a uniform. In any case, a scout around the insides. As it was, options were running a little thin. "I know my biochemistry, if its any help" she explained. "Full of knowledge, but a bit short of experience. Got to get my break somewhere..."

GM "Wha...?" grunted Duke, his voice high pitched and infantile. Not used to someone stronger than him, the certainty of being firmly held, without being hurt, was paradoxically reassuring at some primitive level in his brain. He spared a glance at Vesper, seeing her breathing but hurt. "She no dead? You no kill?" he said, his brain slowly rotating around the concept, although his adrenaline was still slick in his sweat. "No more...please...! No more! I'm sorry!" said Rosa, crying, although she herself could not be sure what she was apologising for. She was in a storm of emotions, and guilt seemed to have the upper hand. Propelled by her heart, she jumped onto her brother, clutching him, despite the risk. "Nooo! Nooo! Get away!" grunted the deformed beast, as the vines that were his skin and substance grew and wrapped themselves over Rosa, who fell to the floor, encased in a cocoon of flora. "What the hell is going on here?" demanded Captain Hammer, afraid and angry. He was torn between helping Rosa and killing Bobby, and weaved as he stormed through the swamp towards them both... Billy Bob gave a sardonic grin and pulled his machete out of the tree. "This thing gonna be eatin' our bones...." he muttered at all and sundry, almost resigned.

And for the rest of the round: Billy Bob will stand up as a move action, and pull his machete out of the tree as another move action. Duke will not act this round, essentially his tiny brain trying to work out what's going on. The Swamp thing will try and grapple you both again, but even with blind fight Concealment miss chance: 1d4 1 the concealment miss chance kicks in. Rosa is going to try and placate her (?Ex) brother and we shall just say she is now snared in his vines as per IC. This essentially takes her out of "action" although she might still speak. For the next round, Captain Hammers initiative: Initiative: 1d20+4 7 Round 8: 16 Kid K - 3 CON drained, 2 HP, Grappling Duke. 14 Billy Bob, bruised x2, dazed (till 13), staggered. 30' Away 13 Duke, raging [6 rnd], bruised, dazed, grappled / helpless 13 Swamp Horror, Bruised, Injured 7 Captain Hammer, 10' Away.

Ok bit of a tricky one: Diplomacy normally takes at least a full round action, and its a funny situation. The roll is reasonable with the HP on it, but on the other hand, Duke is in a frenzy. Mulling it over, I'm not sure that its actually a diplomacy roll in the first place. It a tense moment though. Ill igve you back that HP so still on HP 2 Ill give Duke a Notice roll with your CHA as an additional bonus, DC 10 to spot that Vesper is still alive. Unfortunately his notice is -1 and you are currently at 10 CHA. Still: Notices Vesper is alive?: 1d20-1 11 and he cottons on to the fact that she is Alive, although she is still hurt. This is enough to give him pause, anyway, although he is still a livid maniac.

GM For all Dukes furious strength, and incredible size, he was still a man. And more pertinently, a man who had relied on strength to fight rather than skill. He was dull of wit, clearly, and no match for Kimo in either power or finesse. "Let go me!" he shouted, almost squealing. "You killed mama! You killed mama!" he cried, with actual tears rolling down his face. Billy Bob shrieked as the flames licked his face. That would hurt, and scar. But right now, he jumped into the waters nearby, full of green scum and disease, but unquestionably effective at quenching the flames. Captain Hammer was plowing through the swamp, shocked at the sight of the swamp beast. But he carried on, and gave a cruel smile as Billy Bob got burnt. He rubbed his metal stump, and something nasty entered his eyes. Rosa wept, not in cowardliness or fear, but pure sorrow, seeing her brother so changed. The blind beast seemed to be more inflamed by her tears and sobs, and swung clumsily around. "Is she dead? Is she dead?" it gibbered.