ooc To Serve and Protect (OOC)

[Amelia]

IC is here: https://www.freedomplaybypost.com/topic/10841-to-serve-and-protect-ic/

 

Please do not post in the IC thread until I give the go-ahead.

 

In the meantime, both of you please make a Notice check and a Will save before you make your first IC post.

 

If you intend to be sneaky with your approach, please also make a Stealth check.

Edited October 14, 2018 by Grumblefloof

[Ecalsneerg]

Notice check, Will save; Stealth check: 1d20+10 19 1d20+9 28 1d20+15 32

[Thunder King]

15 for notice

22 Will Save

26 For stealth (John's paranoid)

[Amelia]

Both of your absurdly high Will saves beat the DC18 to see through Mister Strix's concealment power.

 

Mister Strix gets a decent but inadequate Notice with 20. He is completely oblivious to the presence of all other PCs at this scene.

 

I'll forgo a Stealth check for Mister Strix so that this doesn't turn into a parody.

 

Arrowhawk and Tattered Man both see Mister Strix, but they don't notice each other.

 

Both of you can post IC now.

 

[Thunder King]

Gonna roll to see if John can identify either person by reputation, what would that be? 

[Amelia]

I haven't made a rep table for Strix yet, and he doesn't have much of a rep.

 

I just checked the rep thread, and it doesn't look like Ecal's made one for the new Arrowhawk either.

 

So...

 

[Ecalsneerg]

I mean, I'm sure if you threw us a roll, we'd give you what we'd give you if we had written a Rep table

[Amelia]

Let's just assume mutual ignorance and move on so we can finally get a first IC post out of Tattered Man.

[Amelia]

Ecal, as far as I'm concerned, Arrowhawk had a Ready action to put an arrow into Mister Strix, so anytime you want to take that action, feel free.

[Ecalsneerg]

So. Um. Accurate Attacking for 3: 1d20+14 34

 

Um. Sorry for critting your PC? DC24 after the -3 DC but +5 crit DC.

Edited October 18, 2018 by Ecalsneerg

[Amelia]

 

The sad part is, without that crit, she wouldn't have cracked his Imperviousness.

 

Toughness save (DC24): 27. Hey, it's all good.

 

[Amelia]

Everybody roll Initiative.

 

Strix gets 17.

[Ecalsneerg]

Arrownitiative: 1d20+8 15

[Thunder King]

14

[Amelia]

Strix switches to the AP slot with the Autofire on his Strength.

 

He's All-Out Attacking for 2/2.

 

Attack roll (DC20): 23. That's +1 damage from Autofire.

 

DC24 Toughness save from Arrowhawk, then it's her turn. You can go ahead and make an IC post for her immediately, since my last one works for Strix's combat action (just not its result).

 

Strix has -2 Defense (DC16) until his next action.

Edited October 22, 2018 by Grumblefloof

[Ecalsneerg]

Toughness save, DC24: 1d20+8 12 So she fails by 12 and is staggered and dazed.

 

I'm not one for using Hero Points on PvP, but honestly... being staggered before we even fight the bad guy is less fun. Reroll, min roll 11: 1d20+8 20 So she's just Bruised and has 2 Hero Points.

 

She will also All-Out Attack for -2/+2, using her Strike on Mister Strix. This will leave her at Defence 18 until her next action. Face punch [DC 23]: 1d20+12 20

[Amelia]

He gets a 10 on his Toughness save. That's a fail by 13, so he's Injured, Dazed, and Disabled (no Con means all damage is lethal). I think we can step out of combat rounds now.

 

The damage isn't from one of his weaknesses, so assuming someone doesn't keep hitting him, he'll be back up after a round of rest and a recovery check.

[Thunder King]

John is going to use his postcognition power, figure he went into it while they were bickering. What information did he receive?

[Amelia]

John gets a series of vague, dreamlike images.

 

The men in the car were pulled over by a cop. His uniform didn't look right, not like any uniform John had ever seen when he was a cop. It might've been a cop costume from Halloween or an old movie, or it might've been a real uniform, but anachronistically old. The brim of the cop's hat casts a shadow over his face that obscures it throughout the vision.

 

The driver tried to bribe the cop, then threatened him. When the cop cuffed him, the man in the passenger seat went for the pistol in his jacket. The cop drew a magnum revolver and put a bullet between the passenger's eyes before the passenger could even pull his own gun free from its holster. Then the cop went to work on the driver, beating him with a baton. He didn't make it quick. He made it last. He never raised his voice. He never even used profane language. The man pleaded, and the cop spoke, but it didn't seem like anything the cop said was actually a reply to the man he was beating.

 

The last thing either man saw before he died was an inhumanly pale white face. The image is blurry. It's not even clear whether the white man is the cop, or a second person. It doesn't seem like they could make out any facial features, other than the big smile. Too big to be human. Almost too big to fit on his face.

[Amelia]

There's a quick GM post about the Tattered Man's postcognitive vision. No reason to screw myself out of an IC GM post.

[Ecalsneerg]

Search: 1d20+1 3

 

Quote

[11:21 PM]Grumblefloof:

Ecal, go ahead and make a separate Search check in advance that I'll count as a check to Aid John when he makes his after he comes out of his trance.

Searching again: 1d20+1 14

Edited October 24, 2018 by Ecalsneerg

[Amelia]

@Thunder King If you're planning to examine the scene after the precog trance, feel free to post the Search check here in advance.

 

Let's get an IC post from Ecal ending the fight he started and describing his own investigative efforts, inept though they may be, and an IC post from TK describing his reaction to his vision and his examination of the scene. I'll skip Strix's "turn" and do an IC post for him getting back up after those, and then I'll do a GM post describing your findings.

[Amelia]

Amd there's Ecal's post, so go ahead TK.

[Thunder King]

28 Search

[Amelia]

And Ecal provided enough of a boost to make it an even 30. Cool. Go ahead and do an IC post, TK, and then I'll get an IC and GM post up.