[shadowrun] PerrySimm says, "Log on."
[shadowrun] Sunny | Shock-absorbing pads can be mounted on the rigid shoulder stock of a rifle, assault rifle or shotgun, or on the hip brace of a heavy automatic weapon. The shock pad gives 1 point of recoil compensation.
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "(from p281 of the standard book)"
[shadowrun] GM says, "ah, then I stand corrected"
[shadowrun] GM says, "you can have that and the grenade link, then, and may god have mercy on my NPCs"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "hee hee"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Hee"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "well when I go up in a puff of insecticide that will be fun"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I'm definitely leaving the insecticide minigrenades"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "eh, it's not like it'll hurt you"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "IIRC, the insecticide grenades will work against the more-spirit guys, not the more-physical guys?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "..Thurgun"
[shadowrun] GM says, "hey, you have a helmet with a respirator"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oh, right, gas masks."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "'okay, let's sneak up closer' *POOF*"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Does having one grenade go off count as the sort of shock which would risk setting off others?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Did we get those?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "yes"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Sunny), "You could give one or two to each of us."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Excellent."
[shadowrun] GM says, "although finding one to fit you was rough"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I can imagine."
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Sunny), "On the assumption that a TN 1 or 2 is a fairly easy roll."
[shadowrun] Sunny says (to Thurgun), "yours is more of a trash can with some hoses welded on"
[shadowrun] GM says (to emvee), "no, grenades won't chain react"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Hee hee"
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Sunny), "ha ha"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "(Maybe just one, since wound modifiers would influence things.)"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "also, the elvish army is sexist! I mean, sure, speciesist I expected."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "(not a serious gripe)"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "on the side it says "Honest Fred's Troll Hats and Gas Masks While-U-Wait""
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "hee hee"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "okay, any more equipment questions before we go?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I forgot to ask for my cyberpony"
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "where's the air force with the nukes?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "sadly, ponies start with low essence, so you'd need a cybermantic cyberpony. and it would want to eat you"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "eee"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "if anyone does want to carry a regular insecticide grenade, you're welcome to"
[shadowrun] Asher asks, "Did anyone else want armor besides me and Sunny?"
Istereth asks, "So you guys want most of my drones at the opposite end to draw the critters out?"
Ehran asks (of Tony), "Nukes? You haven't heard of the Cermak Blast?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "My current armor is already my quickness+1; if I upgrade I lose part/all of my combat pool?"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Is lps' page still down?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Yeah, the machine's off for maintenance."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Handily."
Ehran says, "Some Ares team tried a small nuke against a hive in Chicago. Nobody knows what happened, but after the bomb went off, there was no explosion. And then the bugs went crazy all over the city."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I do have a .tar.gz of the transcript files if you want to look for something in particular."
Sunny says, "oh my"
Emvee casts Increase Reflexes when he gets up in the morning.
TonyThum says, "my goodness"
Ehran says, "So, no, we're not using nukes in my town."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I wonder if you could get small fissionables in grenade form"
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says, "I love the smell of Increased Reflexes in the morning"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Oh, did I need to roll for learning it, or do we assume I succeeded?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to emvee), "assume success"
TonyThum says, "That would explain it"
Asher says (to Istereth), "yeah, or at least get their attention"
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "ha, though that reminds me that the nuclear hand grenade was an available weapon in Paranoia"
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 7t4: 5 2 2 1 2 5 6+2 | 3
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "on account of you being unable to throw it far enough to be out of the blast radius"
[shadowrun] Thurgun also casts the same spell on his own focus.
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 13t3: 5 2 2 2 4 6+3 3 5 1 5 6+3 4 1 | 8
[Crows-Nest] Asher says, "ha ha"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "(Drain staged to 0.)"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "well, you just need to chuck it over a wall and duck and cover"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 6t2: 2 3 4 6+5 3 4 | 6
Ehran asks, "You still have the map? There are manhole covers at most intersections, where did you want to enter from?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 12t2: 2 5 4 1 4 2 6+5 6+5 5 3 4 6+5 | 11
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Hmm, I never remember what my TNs are."
[shadowrun] GM says, "to stage damage, it's 2 successes drop one level"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "I think IR3 at F1 is 3."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "still 5 successes then"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Which would give you 9 successes, which is 0 drain."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Alrighty."
Sunny asks, "You believe they are centered in the block between 13th and 14th, and between Elm and Birch?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "oh, on the second"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Right."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "The first is my Reaction."
Ehran says, "based on the few patrols we've done, yes"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Yeah, the drain, sorry."
Ehran says, "Our teams have been going in from several blocks out, around 10th."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Right, as long as your reaction's 11 or less, you made the first roll just fine :)"
Sunny says, "That seems like a good idea"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "I don't know about this magic stuff, but it sure is useful"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Hee"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks (of Thurgun), "This gives us how many init dice, exactly?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Sadly, it's not 'us', just 'me', and it's +3d6."
[shadowrun] GM says, "IR3 takes you to 4d6+6+react, I believe"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "(well, Emvee also gets his +3d6 from his own (new) spell)"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Wait, if I just cast the same spell, why -- yeah."
[shadowrun] GM asks (of thurgun), "I thought there was also a +6, or am I thinking of cyberware?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "good grief"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks (of GM), "+6?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Timing."
[shadowrun] Emvee exclaims (at Sunny), "Yeah. Yay, exploitation of b0rken rules!"
[shadowrun] GM says, "I was thinking of cyberware. no +6"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "that's quite the boost"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum asks, "hey, did you guys hear that story where a team had to extract the head bug without using violence, and they killed everyone and maimed the head bug before bringing him to where they should have, and then it turned out to be a retirement party?"
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "hee hee"
Ehran guides you all to an armored car that whisks you off to the intersection of your choice, once you choose it.
[shadowrun] Thurgun looks it up. "Nope, 'just' +3d6"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I'm up for going in where the other patrols have been going"
Ehran says, "Also, I have a few squads placed behind you as a blocking force."
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "you think that's a good idea? wouldn't there be guards?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "not that I know if bugs can trace that"
Ehran says, "They should be able to mop up any that try to flee. I doubt many will try."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "well, I'd be up for another intersection a similar distance away"
Istereth asks, "Whose entry point is this first one?"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "What was the map URL?"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "by 'any' I hope he doesn't mean 'including you'"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I just don't think we should pop up slap dab in the middle"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "well, of course not"
[shadowrun] GM says, "http://www.henchmonkey.org/shadowrun/sewer/sewer.png"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ok, so let's put the drones in at 10th & elm, and enter ourself a few blocks to the right of the map"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks (of SUnny), "Interesting strategy. Drop right through the basement?"
Ehran says (to Ist), "We've sent in a few patrols starting from 10th and Birch."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "drop *grenades* right through the basement"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks (of Asher), "So around 16 and Birch?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says (to Emvee), "I'm thinking that's a bad idea unless we want a firefight from the very beginning"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "which, hey, could be fun, but still"
Istereth sends one of his little surveillance drones down to get a look at the passageway.
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "OK, so Ish goes in from the north, the main party from the east, and Sunny drops in from the basement..."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "hee hee"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "hee"
Ehran answers his phone. "<Sperethiel>Hello? something something gabble really? gabble something unknown damn."
Ehran says, "Just got a call from the observation team."
Thurgun asks (of Ehran), "Uhm... O'i just noticed this map says 'Reservoir' and 'Treatment facility'. Does this mean the bugs have access to the water that is distributed to the rest of the city?"
Ehran says, "They report that there appears to be some type of movement in the higher floors in a few of those buildings over the nest."
Ehran says, "But it looks like the doors and windows have been blocked off, so they can't tell much,"
Sunny says, "Oh good."
Asher says, "hmm"
Istereth asks, "How long ago were the elves evacuated?"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says (to Thurgun), "that would explain so much"
Sunny says, "We didn't even have time to make a good plan before meeting with the enemy so it could not survive contact."
Emvee asks, "So 't'd be handy 'f we c'ld crumble 'em from b'low?"
Ehran says (to Thurgun), "Well, the pipes run that way with water and waste. In theory they could have wandered up the passages that way, but we haven't seen any disturbances."
Ehran says (to Istereth), "Several days ago."
Asher says, "guess we'll have to worry about observers when we go down"
[shadowrun] GM says, "I mean, you guys used up two days right there"
Asher says, "but it'll just be one more area to clear"
[shadowrun] Sunny exclaims, "they're bugs! who knew they could plan!"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "hee hee"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "so you've decided on your entry points?"
Istereth says, "Sounds like the bugs have spread to upstairs, but I doubt they moved the queen up there that soon."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "I think so."
Thurgun grips his axe. "O'im ready."
[shadowrun] Asher says, "anyway, I vote we do what Emvee said and come in from the east, and send drones in from the north"
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay"
Asher says, "right, let's go on in"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "wait, queen == shaman or something?"
Asher says (to Istereth), "*is* there a queen, or just a shaman at the heart of it? I guess we'll find out"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Asher), "I was just agreeing with you, of course."
[shadowrun] Asher exclaims (at Emvee), "no wonder I agreed!"
Sunny puts on her helmet, which slips down some. She readjusts it.
Sunny exclaims, "Ready!"
Istereth says (to Asher), "Er, I don't know anything about these things."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "yeah, we've got an initial plan"
GM asks, "okay, the spider drone goes in at 10th and Elm. what is it doing while you guys drive around to 13th and Oak?"
Emvee slaps on his mask and goggles.
[shadowrun] Thurgun rta 'giggles'.
TonyThum puts on mask, reloads gun, makes sure the sword slides easily out of the scabbard if necessary
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "no, that's Sunny"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "ha"
Asher says (to Istereth), "you should probably have the drone scope out the area but not go too far ahead until we're going in ourselves"
Istereth says, "A little surveillance drone also went in and is zipping around exploring."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "It occurs to me that even if one doesn't *need* the goggles for vision, n'not getting bug spray in the eyes' is probably a good enough reason to wear them."
Istereth says, "Also, checking out whether other drones would fit inside and get around, at least for now."
GM says, "Okay. The drones see that the path is pretty empty. It's a stone passage, about 6 feet tall and four wide, except that there are pipes all up the west wall."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "(oh, are we using the new spiral of death rule?)"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks (of Ist), "Is the surveillance drone concealable?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to tony), "we are using the new trade dice for TN rule"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "right"
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "1 die = -1TN, right?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Correct."
[shadowrun] GM says, "for any roll, lose 1 die, drop 1 TN, down to TN 4"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "good good"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "it is small, but other than that...."
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Also, did Sunny want to pawn off any grenades on anyone to reduce the fumble TN's, or is she good with all of them?"
GM says, "The drones move south down the passage, it looks clear all the way down to 13th."
Ehran exclaims, "Here you are. Good luck!"
Elven_Soldier pulls up the manhole cover.
Istereth holds back at 12th until the ready signal.
Asher grins, adjusts his armor, and climbs down into the hole.
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I'd like to pawn off three if anyone's willing."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "We're being dropped off at 13th and Larch, right?"
Sunny exclaims, "We'll be back soon!"
[shadowrun] GM says (to Thurgun), "Oak. Larch is one to the west"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Hee hee"
[shadowrun] GM says, "and then Pine, and then Birch"
Emvee slips invisible, then follows Asher.
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "The... larch"
[shadowrun] GM says, "(and now I am out of tree names)"
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Sunny), "ok, I'll take them, I guess, unless someone else wants to"
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 9t4: 3 1 5 2 4 5 4 4 1 | 5
[shadowrun] TonyThum says (to GM), "fir"
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 11t3: 3 5 3 2 5 3 2 4 2 5 6+3 | 8
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "I will be using http://www.msu.edu/~schepler/dice.html the whole time, more to thoroughly test the rule than to be a jerk."
[shadowrun] Asher says, "hee hee"
[shadowrun] GM says, "sure"
TonyThum enters, careful not to step on Emvee's fingers
[shadowrun] Thurgun laughs.
[shadowrun] Sunny exclaims, "we've all turned into munchkins!"
Elven_Soldier rolls the manhole cover back on. It is now pitch-black, until you all turn on your low-light goggles, anyway.
Thurgun enters and takes a spot with the non-recon folks in the back.
[shadowrun] TonyThum (to sunny) tears his bookmark into tiny bits and sings, "I want to win, la la la la"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "okay, this is just for you old-school D&D types: what's the marching order?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks (of GM), "Did I need low-light goggles?"
TonyThum takes a few deep breaths.
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "also, the Doberman could do alright in this passageway, couldn't it?"
Asher says (over subvoc) "I hope these mikes'll work underground, too."
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "yeah, it'd be okay. bit tight but usable."
Emvee says, "I h'r y' loud 'n' cl'r."
[shadowrun] Sunny asks (of Asher, Emvee), "you two taking point?"
GM says (to Asher), "With you all in a row they work great"
Emvee says, "C'rse, 'm two steps b'hind y'."
TonyThum says, "Emvee? You're breaking up..."
Thurgun (subvoc) "Woah, feedback." <adjust> "There we go."
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Sunny), "yeah, think so"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "not sure how this is going to work with not being able to see Emvee, but I guess we'll think of something"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says (to Asher), "Just talk with him."
[shadowrun] Istereth sends it in as well, then, in case it can get to some of the action.
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Yeah, we're the least visible physically-speaking."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "just prod the air ahead with a stick"
[shadowrun] GM asks (of ist), "sending it from where?"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "where you are, or with the other two drones?"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "With the other drones. I'm still on the surface, right?"
Asher says, "Ok, we'll head in towards the hive until we see something unusual, then stop"
[shadowrun] GM says, "you are? okay"
GM says, "You start heading west, passing a few intersections."
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Istereth), "you could presumably come down with the rest of us if you want"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "so it seems like me and/or Tony need to be in front of the rest of the group"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "He can't control the drones whilst walking around, can he?"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "Also, I wanted to send the second surveillance drone with the other guys. Just watching if nothing else, but would its INT 1 allow for stuff like 'take orders from them'?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "it doesn't have a microphone"
[shadowrun] GM says, "but it could report back to you and you can control it"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "oh man, I (gunther, that is) have the chills (as in ague) right now, and not (just) because of the game"
[shadowrun] GM says, "also, you're on the subvoc network"
[Crows-Nest] Asher says, "golly"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Even if it had a microphone, it probably wouldn't understand English."
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "stupid almost-flu"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "bah"
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "bleah"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "still good for now, though, I have an extra blanket"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I propose:"
[shadowrun] Thurgun | E A [shadowrun] Thurgun | [shadowrun] Thurgun | To S [shadowrun] Thurgun | Th
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay, so Ist is up above using radio to control the drones (the army rigger corps set up repeaters at the manholes)"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "right. So just zipping around their general vicinity for now, ready to alert me, then."
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "yay repeaters"
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay"
[shadowrun] Sunny says (to Thurgun), "that works for me"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Thurgun), "You do realize tht Tony's not big enough to hide behind..."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says (to Thurgun), "you can use N for me if you want"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "N? I'm the one with N in my name ;-)"
GM says, "Sneaking along, you reach 13th and Pine"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Y and G?"
GM says, "everyone make a stealth check, TN4"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "'Naro' is my street name"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Everyone?"
GM says, "Istereth, make the check for the drones"
[shadowrun] TonyThum rolls 4t4: 4 3 1 6+5 | 2
[shadowrun] GM says, "Stealth defaults to Quickness"
[shadowrun] Asher rolls 6t4: 4 3 6+1 6+2 6+3 4 | 5
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 2t5: 5 2 | 1
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "using what drone stats?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "handling"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks (of GM), "and defaulting goes +2?"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Should Invis give a bonus to Stealth checks?"
[shadowrun] Sunny rolls 4t4: 5 6+3 6+4 2 | 3
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "+4 to an attribute"
[shadowrun] GM says (to emvee), "no, cause you can still make noise or trip or whatever"
[shadowrun] GM says, "they might not see you _after_, but hey"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "ok, new plan: we split up"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "(joke)"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 2t7: 4 4 | 0
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "hrm, does this count as road or offroad handling?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "offroad"
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 3t4: 6+2 4 3 | 2
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Man, that's why I'm in the back."
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "RP not being stealthy"
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 4t4: 4 1 4 3 | 2
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 5t4: 5 3 5 6+3 6+5 | 4
Thurgun *slosh* *slosh*
TonyThum (subvoc) shhh!
Sunny (subvoc) "I think you're sloshing, Thurgun!"
Asher winces slightly.
[shadowrun] GM rolls 2t4: 2 1 | 0
Thurgun (subvoc) "Sorry. O'ill hang back a bit more."
[shadowrun] GM says, "Luckily, no one noticed"
Asher (subvoc) Perhaps they'll think it's rats -- uh, two really big rats
GM asks, "Still going on?"
Asher says, "until we see signs of the hive, yeah, then we'll stop and recon better"
Istereth asks, "How close are you?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I'll hang out a half a block behind the rest of the folks, at least."
Emvee glances at the map and his GPS.
GM says, "Okay, you reach 13th and Birch"
GM says, "You have a moment to notice that the passage heading north is blocked, and then you roll initiative"
Istereth moves the drone party ahead to 13th and Elm.
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "North?"
CaseyBug rolls 1 6-sided die: 2 | 2 + 4 = 6
TonyThum rolls 2 6-sided dice: 5 2 | 7 + 8 = 15
Asher (subvoc) Whoops, we got company
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 4t6+2: 1 3 2 2 | 0
Sunny rolls 2 6-sided dice: 5 2 | 7 + 6 = 13
Asher rolls 2 6-sided dice: 2 2 | 4 + 7 = 11
GM says (to Istereth), "The drones also better roll initiative, too, then"
Emvee rolls 4 6-sided dice: 3 3 6 3 | 15 + 4 = 19
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oops."
Thurgun rolls 4 6-sided dice: 3 6 1 4 | 14 + 2 = 16
Bryon rolls 1 6-sided die: 6 | 6 + 4 = 10
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Whoops, that should ahve been 17, not 19."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Won't the blocked north passageway block the drones?"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "I'm at a different intersection."
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "the drones are one block to the west"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Ah, OK."
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "So they each roll their own and I roll mine and use an action to jump into one?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "you roll yours, and use actions to swap between them or give orders"
[shadowrun] GM says, "th drones themselves don't have inititative"
[shadowrun] GM says, "(my mis-speak)"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "oh, okay, that's what I thought"
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "anyone else have any weapons that *don't* make a sound?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun exclaims, "Me!"
Istereth rolls 3 6-sided dice: 2 4 5 | 11 + 8 = 19
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "or is that irrelevant now anyway?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Also, stunball."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "What the troll said."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "good, good"
GM says, "Okay, quick situation update:"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "thank god I brought my trusty katana"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Not that I'm, like, actually stealthy."
[shadowrun] Asher says, "I've got a silencer, but that's all"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Although, uh, I seem to recall hearing that it might be a bit tough to use on things without souls."
GM says, "Four of the main group are at 13th and Birch. There is someone standing in a little alcove made by blocking the passage north under birch. He just jumped at you."
[shadowrun] Ghogg says, "I have a feeling we're going to go into Han Solo mode in a minute"
GM says, "Thurgun is a block east of them"
[shadowrun] Asher asks (of Ghogg), "frozen in a block of carbonite?"
GM says, "A block west, at 13th and Elm, the drones have just met another little alcove, with the passage to the west blocked, with another guy there."
GM says, "Oh, and these guys have funny-looking eyes, and pincers for hands."
GM says, "Phase 19, Istereth"
[shadowrun] Ghogg says, "wrong movie"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "The surveillance drone couldn't see 'em?"
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says, "think cell blocks"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "I assume you mean we're about to shoot first?"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ha ha"
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "they were hiding in the alcoves"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Right."
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "does telling the two armed drones to attack take the action?"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "in the revised version Han didn't get initiative"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "ha ha"
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "it's a simple action to give a drone a command"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "also, what he said wasn't a free action"
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "'I was tired of talking anyway.'"
[Crows-Nest] Sunny asks, "so I guess we'd have to claim a mana leak. Anyone speak bug click language?"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "It'd be awesome if Lucas actually updated the movies according to the Star Wars RPG"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says (to Sunny), "not I"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "So if I use Gunnery on the spider I'm in, the doberman just sits there?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "if you're active in the spider, you could give the doberman a command with one simple action and then fire the spider with another"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "aha."
[shadowrun] GM says, "you're at point-blank range, TN to shoot is 4"
[shadowrun] GM says, "you can't use control dice for the drone you're not active in"
Istereth commands the Doberman to shoot at fleshy/buglike things.
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "right"
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay, roll it"
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[D&D] inky | There's quite a bit of support in my post, which I'm guessing you didn't really read. If you want to slap on your blinders of ignorance +8 and ignore it, that's your call.
[D&D] Gunther asks, "lowers WIS and INT by 8 each?"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "hmm, handling again? pilot?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "Pilot"
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 2t4: 5 4 | 2
[shadowrun] GM asks, "what gun does the doberman have?"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "Ultimax. 9S."
[shadowrun] CaseyBug rolls 4t4: 5 5 4 4 | 4
[shadowrun] GM says, "wrong bug"
Bryon dodges the shot.
[shadowrun] GM asks, "other action?"
(From Istereth) TATaTAT! The drones make the west intersection good and noisy.
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "right, spider shoots with 3 control dice."
Emvee mutters (subvocally), "Th're goes th'sneakin'."
Thurgun (subvoc) "Hey, that's a different intersection, at least."
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 7t4: 1 3 4 5 3 5 1 | 3
[shadowrun] Bryon rolls 1t4: 6+4 | 1
[Crows-Nest] (from Emvee) Thurgun says, "A whole two blocks away from me!"
[shadowrun] Bryon rolls 6t4: 5 1 2 6+5 4 1 | 3
Bryon takes a hit to the chest. He staggers, but continues standing.
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "this one is 10S."
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay, only two successes, same effect"
GM says, "Phase 17, Emvee"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Assuming that, if Ehran had sent in any guards in bug disguises, he would have warned us..."
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ha ha"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "snrk"
[shadowrun] Sunny asks, "we are trying to stay quiet right now?"
Emvee drops invisibility and throws a manabolt at the nearest bugboy.
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Force 5, Deadly."
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "What's my Will target?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "2"
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 7t2: 1 3 6+1 1 5 5 2 | 5
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 11t2: 6+5 5 3 4 1 3 2 1 6+3 4 6+6+3 | 9
[shadowrun] CaseyBug rolls 2t5: 5 6+1 | 2
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "(That does normal damage, not stun, note.)"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "so that's still three successes, which means, what?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Deadly + overdamage of physical hurt."
CaseyBug spatters against the wall.
TonyThum flinches.
GM says, "Phase 16, Thurgun (who is half a block east)"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "(Same as three net successes on any base Deadly physical attack.)"
Thurgun (subvoc) "You guys need me or should I stay quiet?"
Asher (subvoc) I only see the one guy for now
Asher (subvoc) seems like you might as well get closer, though -- probably going to have company soon
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "we might need a troll to clear the blockade...."
Sunny (subvoc) "Eww! I've got chitin on me!"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Tony), "It's to our right; we probably want to go left."
GM says, "Phase 15, Tony"
Thurgun moves to within 1/4 block, aka 'the amount I can move in one phase'
TonyThum says, "hold"
GM says, "Phase 13, Sunny"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "The blockade is away from the nest, though."
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "er, there's only one guy here, right?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "or 'was'"
[shadowrun] GM says, "here, yes, but the drones have another a block away"
[Crows-Nest] Emvee says, "It occurs to me that to everyone in sight range, my action basically looked like 'Emvee appears; bug disappears'."
[Crows-Nest] Asher says, "hee hee"
Sunny says, "Holding"
GM says, "Phase 11, Asher"
Asher says, "holding"
GM says, "Phase 10, Byron"
Bryon attacks the spider.
[shadowrun] GM asks, "spider has a body of 3, right?"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "yes"
[shadowrun] Bryon rolls 4t3: 4 2 2 5 | 2
[shadowrun] GM says, "that's a 5M attack, unless you dodge (using combat pool)"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "and since I'm in it I can dodge with combat pool? right."
[shadowrun] GM says, "you can also use the spider's body to resist after dodging (or not dodging)"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "TN 4?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "yes"
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 4t4: 4 1 1 3 | 1
[shadowrun] GM says, "reduces to 1 success, so you need to roll 3t5 to resist M damage"
[shadowrun] GM says, "(every 2 successes drop the damage level)"
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 3t5: 1 3 4 | 0
[shadowrun] GM says, "spider drone takes M damage"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "(sad bleep)"
Istereth says, "Gah, my joints!"
GM says, "Phase 9, Istereth again"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "That's +2 to TNs?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "right"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "here's where your table comes in"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "yup. last 3 control pool from spider makes 7t6->5t4"
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 5t4: 6+5 4 1 4 3 | 3
[shadowrun] Bryon rolls 6t5: 3 6+6+1 5 4 5 3 | 3
Bryon staggers and falls.
Istereth says, "Got 'im."
Sunny (subvoc) "How's your spider? I heard sparking."
Istereth sends the eyeball drone south.
GM says, "First group, roll perception (intelligence), TN 4"
TonyThum says, "You da man"
[shadowrun] GM asks (of Ist), "which eyeball? with the group?"
[shadowrun] Sunny asks, "er, who's the first group?"
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 6t4: 6+3 2 3 5 5 5 | 4
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "That's not (defaults to int, right?)"
[shadowrun] Sunny asks, "everyone but Ist and the drones?"
[shadowrun] Asher rolls 6t4: 3 1 1 5 5 1 | 2
[shadowrun] GM says (to sunny), "right"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "er, the drone one."
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "not a default"
[shadowrun] Sunny rolls 6t4: 1 3 3 4 2 2 | 1
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 2t4: 5 2 | 1
[shadowrun] TonyThum rolls 6t4: 1 2 2 5 4 3 | 2
[shadowrun] GM asks (of ist), "the one with sunny et al?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "(some cyberware/magic helps perception specifically)"
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "yes? which?"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "the west one, down Elm and not trying to be too sneaky"
GM says, "The drone flying down under Elm goes another block and then finds that the intersection is totally blocked by a huge mound of debris."
GM says, "Well, not so much debris as, hmm, looks like plastic, but plastic that's been thrown up in place."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "ew"
GM says, "Same stuff the other two barriers are made of."
Istereth says, "Wow, more debris, on Elm just north of 14th."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "If he wants, can I try to heal up Ish before we move on? (I'm not sure how much time a quick-and-dirty duct tape B/R roll would take.)"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, ""thrown up" as in "regurgitated" or as in "tossed from below"?"
GM says, "Looking south down Birch, you see yet another barrier, but it's way down the other end. Not quite in the intersection. Looks like there might be something off to the west side before that, though."
Asher says, "hmm, I wonder if that's new since the elves looked, and if so, if that's a bad sign"
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurg), "'regurgitated'"
Istereth says, "I thought they were sealing off some entrances toward the hive, but that would would be more next to it."
Thurgun says, "This sounds more like alcoves for ambushes from the other side."
[shadowrun] GM says (to emvee), "it's a base 30-minute task, TN is 4 (the wound level, basically)"
[shadowrun] Asher asks, "where's the birch barrier? at 14th? or 15th?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Plus you have to move the block."
Istereth says, "If that were the only purpose, they could leave them passable."
[shadowrun] GM says, "under Birch, there's a barrier between 12th and 13th, but closer to 13, and between 13 and 14, closer to 14"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "With successes dividing? Do we want to try it, or no?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "(To the rest of the group.)"
[shadowrun] GM says (to emvee), "right, successes reduce the time"
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "can we find out if someone's on the other side?"
Sunny says, "It seems that they're trying to protect from more elf incursions."
Istereth says, "And yeah, the guy got a nasty hit to this new spider, it's less responsive."
[shadowrun] GM asks, "is Thurgun still half back the block?"
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Emvee), "if he's still got a second drone, I'd rather not wait"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "hm, yeah"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "OK."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I'm not sure we should delay"
GM says (to Istereth), "You think one of the legs is now bent weirdly."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "let's not, then"
Asher asks, "ok, where now? down Birch to check out that thing on the west side?"
Istereth says, "I thought more would be pouring out by now... Hope they're not preparing a defense in the center."
[shadowrun] GM says, "waiting for an answer about Thurgun"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "I think we're letting Thurgun catch up now"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "he said 1/4 earlier"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I'm still 1/4, yeah."
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "is anyone checking astrally?"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "(hint hint)"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I suppose I'd be a good person for that."
GM says, "Suddenly, there is a 6-foot long cockroach in the passage behind Thurgun."
Istereth says, "It just had to hit the more maneuverable one."
Asher says, "eyow"
GM says, "It looks like it's a bit tight, but it seems okay."
GM says, "Also, it's reaching for him."
[shadowrun] Asher asks (of GM), "uh, is that only astrally?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "init time again"
Thurgun exclaims (at subvoc), "Woah, guys! Roach, right behind me!"
[shadowrun] GM says, "not anymore"
Sunny rolls 2 6-sided dice: 4 5 | 9 + 6 = 15
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ha ha"
Asher rolls 2 6-sided dice: 4 5 | 9 + 7 = 16
Thurgun rolls 4 6-sided dice: 5 6 1 5 | 17 + 2 = 19
[shadowrun] GM says, "you guys take way too long"
TonyThum rolls 2 6-sided dice: 1 4 | 5
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oh, man, so close."
TonyThum says, "+8=13"
Istereth rolls 3 6-sided dice: 2 4 6 | 12 + 8 = 20
Emvee rolls 4 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 5 | 17 + 4 = 21
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "woot 21."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "This new spell rocks."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "blackjack!"
RoachSpirit rolls 1 6-sided die: 6 | 6 + 14 = 20
[shadowrun] Asher says, "golly"
GM says, "Phase 21, Emvee"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Curse you, roach spirit."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Holding."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "You can't zap him from there?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Thurgun), "I wanted to let you go first."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "The roach goes first! ;-)"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "And to go right after you."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Oh! Whoops, OK, taking my held action..."
[shadowrun] GM says, "heh"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Same spell as before against the other bug, same settings."
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "What Will?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "target is 2"
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 7t2: 3 2 6+3 4 2 6+2 6+1 | 7
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 13t2: 6+3 1 1 6+6+4 6+2 6+1 6+2 1 5 3 4 3 2 | 10
[shadowrun] GM asks, "force 5?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Right."
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 6t5: 2 6+1 3 1 1 1 | 1
[shadowrun] GM says, "you hit it some"
GM says, "Phase 20, Spirit"
RoachSpirit attacks Thurgun
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t4: 5 6+6+4 1 5 | 3
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "'some'? oh boy"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "OK, this is the bit I'm always confused on."
[Crows-Nest] Alex says (to TonyThum), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that some is less than more."
[shadowrun] GM says, "you can dodge or not, and then resist"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "What's the TN to dodge?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "4, always"
[Crows-Nest] Emvee says, "Yeah, anything that can withstand Deadly+3 is a mite scary."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "And it's just combat pool?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "right"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "and we decided you should dodge as much as possible, most of the time"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "And if I get 3 successes he misses?"
[shadowrun] Sunny asks, "so are we opening up with all barrels?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "right"
[shadowrun] (from Asher) Sunny says "C'mon, c'mon, are we?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "OK, I'll empty my combat pool. If I get more, I attack, right?"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "seriously, it seems pretty likely that they've spotted us, so what the hell"
Istereth asks, "That thing's a spirit? How about trying the insecticide?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 5t4: 2 1 2 4 3 | 1
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I can lob one of them grenades"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Sigh."
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "not in this case"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oh."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Well, anwyay."
[shadowrun] GM says, "roll body to resist 5S damage"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "hmm, that's not that bad"
[shadowrun] GM says, "that ignores impact armor"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "And this includes my body?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "but you have good body"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Er, right, that."
[shadowrun] GM says, "your body is how many dice you roll"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "so 7t5?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "right"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 7t5: 4 3 6+6+6+6+3 2 3 1 1 | 1
[shadowrun] GM says, "(or 6t4)"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Man, sad explosions."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "worst. distribution. ever."
[shadowrun] GM says, "we'll pretend you rolled 6t4, two successes, you take an M wound"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Yay"
GM says, "Phase 20, Istereth"
Thurgun says, "Erk."
Istereth sneaks eastward in the spider to get a look at the nearest sewer pipes, leaving the other two drones at the intersection.
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Can my Reach help any here?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "if you attack it, yes"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Gotcha."
[Crows-Nest] Emvee RTA 'my Roach'.
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I'll have to do that."
[shadowrun] GM asks (of ist), "just moving?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "also, this is a Spirit? So I can try to dispel it?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "it's a spirit. you know how to banish spirits"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "yes"
GM says, "Phase 19, Thurgun"
[shadowrun] Thurgun exclaims, "Timing!"
[shadowrun] GM says, "the Force for purposes of banishing is 4"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "And my skill is Conjuring?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "yup"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "And I'd need how many successes?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "More than it?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "it makes another roll. every extra success you make reduces its force by 1"
[shadowrun] GM says, "every extra success it makes (temporarily) reduces your Magic"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Aha. Hmm."
[shadowrun] GM says, "when it's force hits 0 it is gone"
[shadowrun] GM says, "when your magic hits 0 you get knocked out"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "And I get no pool dice?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "right"
[shadowrun] GM says, "it rolls Force TN (your Magic)"
[shadowrun] GM says, "once you start winning you usually keep winning"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "And if it's reduced in force, that makes its subsequent attacks weaker, too, riht?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "right"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "OK, I'll try it."
Thurgun exclaims (at Roach), "Get outta here!"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 4t4: 6+2 6+1 4 6+6+3 | 4
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t6: 1 6+1 1 6+1 | 2
[shadowrun] Thurgun exclaims, "!"
[shadowrun] GM says, "you reduced the effective force by 2"
GM says, "Phase 16, Asher"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Does damage also reduce its effective force?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "no"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Ah, well."
Asher gets out of the way for Sunny to toss a grenade, while looking around for other enemies coming up later.
GM says, "Phase 15, Sunny"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "hang on, fone"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "you realize one more dispel will take care of it, and a grenade would probably take a while to go off."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "I was gonna say. although with grenade link, the latter is untrue"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "my grenades now go off in my phase"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "ah"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "(now back from telemarketer)"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "your call, then"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "Might as well give it a try"
Sunny fires one of her insecticide mini-grenades at the spirit.
[shadowrun] Sunny asks, "is its tn 4?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "base TN 4"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "yay TN 2"
[shadowrun] Sunny rolls 6t2: 4 5 4 6+4 4 1 | 5
Sunny . o O ( eat hot insecticide )
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t4: 1 2 2 4 | 1
[shadowrun] GM asks, "and it explodes immediately?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "yeah"
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t10: 2 5 1 2 | 0
[shadowrun] Asher says, "wow"
[Crows-Nest] Thurgun says (to Asher), "I just e-mailed you a .jpg of katre's maps with where I think the blocks are."
RoachSpirit starts wriggling and jumping and finally flips over on its back, before slowly fading out of sight.
[Crows-Nest] Thurgun says, "Since I can't put it on the web myself today."
Sunny (subvoc) "I *like* these."
Thurgun shakes insecticide off his jacket.
Emvee says, "This r'minds me of a flatvid I once saw. Histor'cal drama 'n th'middle ages."
Thurgun *ptoo*
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Emvee says, "Called 'War o' th'Bug Squisher', 'r s'methin' like that."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "the block is beweetn 13 and 14, closer to 14"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "not between 14 and 15, closer to 14"
[Crows-Nest] Asher asks (of GM), "but the [?] is still between us and it?"
[Crows-Nest] GM says (to emvee), "ha ha ha"
[Crows-Nest] GM says (to asher), "yes"
[Crows-Nest] Thurgun says, "Aha."
Asher says, "right, let's keep moving"
[Crows-Nest] Istereth says, "yeah, the ? is in the middle of the suspect block."
Asher heads down Birch towards the thing on the west side
Emvee goes along with Asher.
Istereth sends that party's eyeball ahead to check it out.
GM says, "As you get closer, you discover that it is a rough hole in the side of the passage, sloping up above the top of the passage."
TonyThum follows Asher
Thurgun peers around in astral.
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "(Not invisible for now, since it's hard not to tryip on stuff that way.)"
GM says, "You'll have to crawl through on hands and knees. Thurgun on his stomach."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "(Stuff like the letter Y.)"
Asher (subvoc) You guys might as well stay closer, here - crap
GM says (to Thurgun), "Nothing here in this passage"
Asher (subvoc) smaller passage, going to have to crawl
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "anything unusual about the sewer pipes on 13th?"
Sunny (subvoc) "Oh, great."
[Crows-Nest] GM says (to Ist), "not really, no"
Thurgun back to normal vision, checks every 2 minutes.
[shadowrun] GM says, ".Thurgun Nothing here in this passage"
[shadowrun] GM says, "er, anyway"
Asher asks (of Sunny), "you've got better armor, you want to take over on point?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "the pipes are normal, except where they've been disrupted on Birch between 13 and 14"
Istereth asks, "Since the distract and draw out plan doesn't seem to be working, how about we join up?"
[Crows-Nest] Emvee says, "Y'know, it's amazingly convenient that the two clear passages leading out just happen to be the ones we entered by :)"
Asher says (to Istereth), "good idea"
Sunny says (to Asher), "yeah, that makes sense"
[Crows-Nest] GM asks (of emvee), "you think there are only 2?"
[Crows-Nest] Istereth says, "There might also be an entrance on 14th."
Sunny waits for Istereth to join up.
Asher says (to Emvee), "and maybe you after, since you're, uh, sized better for this"
Emvee nods and heads in.
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "can we send the eye through?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "like, first?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "it'll fit, sure"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Can it fit past me?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "hey, yeah, let's do that"
Istereth says, "I'm placing the Doberman to guard 13th and Birch, since it won't fit up."
[shadowrun] GM says (to Emvee), "not with you in the tunnel"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Guess I'm backing out, then."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I'll back out after Emvee does, and then we can send the eye in"
Sunny wriggle wriggle wriggle.
Istereth says, "Okay, let's see what's up there."
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "roll the drone's stealth"
[Crows-Nest] (from Sunny) Drone shows tunnel, tunnel, tunnel, big bug leg, crunch.
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 3t4: 3 2 1 | 0
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "yay"
HughBug asks, "Hey, what's that thing?"
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "okay, take one or two tunnels out of that"
GM says, "The drone shows two guys sitting there. Both of them have their shirts off, and their backs are black and shiny."
JamieBug says, "Better grab it for the boss."
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "belated: I hope you told the telemarketer you're in the middle of an infiltration attack"
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "hee hee"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "How high is the room?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "7 foot ceiling"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "you know, this is what concussion minigrenades are for"
[shadowrun] GM says, "closed doors to the west and south"
Istereth orders the thing to attempt a retreat down the tunnel.
[shadowrun] GM says, "roll handling, TN 7"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "assuming "this" also includes having everyone come running in to find out what the loud bang was"
[shadowrun] Istereth rolls 3t7: 1 2 5 | 0
[shadowrun] HughBug rolls 7t9: 6+4 6+5 1 3 2 4 2 | 2
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Thurgun), "I think this is where you get ready with your axe at the tunnel mouth."
HughBug grabs the drone. "Got it! What is it?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "And if you see a head come out, *swish*."
JamieBug asks, "Where'd it come from?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "drones so need self-destruction"
GM says, "The drone shows them both facing the tunnel."
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "also, karma dice?"
Istereth says, "Two bugs have captured it, not far ahead. They're maybe going to take it to 'the boss', which could be interesting."
HughBug says, "I'll take it to Melton, you see what's out there."
Asher says, "maybe that'll help us find the center of this place"
HughBug walks through the door to the west.
Asher says, "once they clear the room, we should head in"
Istereth says, "One heading your way."
TonyThum says, "Except it'll alert the "boss" to us"
JamieBug looks down the tunnel, and then grabs a 2x4 and heads down.
Thurgun (subvoc) Maybe we can put the bomb on one?
Thurgun readies his axe.
[shadowrun] GM says, "the bomb is about 1 foot square and 4 inches high."
Emvee gets ready to splat anything buggish that pops out of the tunnel.
Istereth says, "I, uh, don't have much choice about where it's going right now, unless you want to rush in and rescue it."
Sunny says, "Nah, keep reporting what it sees and we'll follow as we can"
[shadowrun] GM says, "I'd have everyone roll init, except poor JamieBug will lose, and everyone will just hold first"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "heh"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Does it have BOMB written on it, in big red stencilled eltters?"
[Crows-Nest] Thurgun says, "Heh."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "ha ha ha aw"
[shadowrun] GM says (to Emvee), "of course"
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Emvee), "the drone? I don't know, but that would be funny"
[shadowrun] GM says, "so you deicde who's handling it and then he'll come out head first"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "somebody set up us the drone"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Asher), "Ha."
[shadowrun] Asher says (to GM), "I think Thurgun's handling it"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "and then Emvee as backup"
[shadowrun] Istereth says (to Asher), "Also, I assume you've seen the spider-leg damage by now."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "I'll do it. These guys' souls are replaced by bug spirits, right?"
JamieBug climbs out of the tunnel and sees everyone, and freezes.
[shadowrun] GM says, "yeah"
[shadowrun] Sunny exclaims, "squish 'em!"
Thurgun *thwock*
[shadowrun] GM says, "let me check the reach rules now"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "yay thwock"
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay, base TN is 4, you can either drop your TN by 2, or increase his by 2, but not both"
[shadowrun] GM says, "(his TN is also 4)"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Do I get another 1 reach for being a troll, or is it not cumulative?"
[shadowrun] (from TonyThum) schep says, "table!"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Er, wait."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Yeah."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Axe reach is +2, troll is +1."
[shadowrun] GM says, "then you get +/-3"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Can you split the difference, if you want?"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "but there's actually no difference ... unless you can split it, yeah."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I'll reduce his TN by 2 and mine by 1, then."
[shadowrun] GM asks, "increase his?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "you can't split them"
[shadowrun] (from Emvee) Thurgun says, "No, I want to give him a fighting chance."
[shadowrun] GM says, "it's all or nothing"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oh? OK."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Reduce his for this, then."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "INCREASE his, I hope"
[shadowrun] GM says, "you can reduce yours or increase his"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "well, reduce his to-hit number Thurgun will be rolling."
[shadowrun] Sunny asks, "who's tn is on first?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Decrease the TN I have to hit him."
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay, you roll [skill]t2, he rolls t4"
[shadowrun] GM says, "add combat pool if you want"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Adding 3 combat pool."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "And I'm not seeing my most recent character sheet, but I *think* it was 7 skill."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Does that sound familiar?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 10t2: 2 3 6+3 3 2 5 3 6+2 6+5 2 | 10
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "It seems not unlikely."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "woot"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Not that it apparantly matters."
[shadowrun] HughBug rolls 7t4: 6+1 2 5 4 1 6+2 4 | 5
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "holy crow"
[shadowrun] GM says, "you get 5 net successes to stage up your attack"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "so unless he has about 20 dice...."
[shadowrun] GM asks, "what's the damage on the axe?"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "What's your base damage?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "7D"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "ok, maybe not"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Str(s)+2."
[shadowrun] GM asks, "what's Str, then?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Str is 5."
[shadowrun] HughBug rolls 7t7: 2 5 4 4 3 4 3 | 0
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "The +2 I might be wrong about again."
[shadowrun] GM says, "didn't matter"
[shadowrun] GM says, "RP it"
[shadowrun] GM says, "he's dead"
Thurgun neatly cleaves Jamie's head off as he sticks it out the tunnel entrance.
HughBug's head rolls down the hallway and stops at Emvee's feet.
[shadowrun] GM says, "wrong window again"
Thurgun hauls the rest of his body out, the gestures everyone inside.
[shadowrun] GM says, "anyway"
Emvee looks at the oozing ichor. "I gotta crawl through *that*?"
Asher says, "ew"
Sunny says, "ugh, I hope this comes off the armor."
Sunny says, "Right, into the tunnel."
[shadowrun] GM asks, "who is first?"
Sunny crawl crawl crawl.
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "me"
Emvee drags the rest of the body out.
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I'll take the rear."
[shadowrun] GM says, "as you come out, there's another 6-foot roach staring at you"
Sunny (subvoc) "If you hear something spang off my helmet, look out."
[shadowrun] GM says, "now we do init"
Emvee follows Sunny.
Emvee rolls 4 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 1 | 11 + 4 = 15
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Out into the room where they guards were?"
Sunny (subvoc) "Holy frag giant roach look out"
[shadowrun] GM says, "yes"
Sunny rolls 2 6-sided dice: 1 1 | 2 + 6 = 8
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "oh goody"
Asher rolls 2 6-sided dice: 1 6 | 7 + 7 = 14
RoachSpirit rolls 1 6-sided die: 5 | 5 + 14 = 19
Istereth rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 | 14 + 8 = 22
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Sunny), "time to find out how good that armor is"
TonyThum rolls 2 6-sided dice: 2 5 | 7 + 8 = 15
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "yeah, do me a favor and keep my head with my body"
Thurgun rolls 4 6-sided dice: 6 4 1 4 | 15 + 2 = 17
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "maybe he'll jostle me and one of the insecticide grenades will go off"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ha ha good point"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I can only hope"
[shadowrun] GM says, "since sunny is blocking the way, everyone behind will need to hold, unless they have something clever to try."
GM says, "Phase 22, istereth"
[shadowrun] Sunny exclaims, "push me!"
Istereth says, "hold"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Is she completely blocking view, as well?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "you can see my nicely armored ass, I suppose"
[shadowrun] GM says, "it's a small tunnel, and she has on bulky armor"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ha ha"
GM says, "Phase 19, Spirit"
RoachSpirit grabs at Sunny's head.
[shadowrun] GM says, "contested Strength here"
[shadowrun] GM asks (of sunny), "what's your Str?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "3"
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t3: 3 5 3 1 | 3
[shadowrun] GM says, "roll 3t4, then"
[shadowrun] Sunny rolls 3t4: 6+3 3 2 | 1
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Winner gets the head?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I fear so"
RoachSpirit pulls Sunny out of the tunnel and lands him against the far wall.
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "sounds like a jostle to me"
[shadowrun] Asher asks, "him? wherever did it grab her?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "the armor shielded you nicely. you're bruised but not damaged"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Hey, that's a different sort of clever."
[shadowrun] GM says, "er her sorry"
[shadowrun] GM says, "and yeah, roll for the grenades"
[shadowrun] Sunny asks (of Emvee), "did you end up taking the three loose grenades?"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "I think I took them"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "(unless Emvee wanted to)"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "so I'm down to 3 minigrenades"
[shadowrun] Sunny rolls 6t3: 3 1 2 3 2 1 | 2
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Nah, I'm good with Asher taking them."
GM says, "Phase 17, Thurgun"
Thurgun holds.
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "curse those skilled elven tinkerers"
Sunny (subvoc) "Hey what watch the head oooooh OOF"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "I wouldn't have wanted more than one anyway."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "I assume I can't see it?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "not yet"
GM says, "Phase 15, Emvee"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Can I see it?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "yeah, now that Sunny is gone"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I'd say get out of the tunnel to clear room"
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "wait, 'him'?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to tony), "bad GM gets no biscuit"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "whew"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Tony;..Tony), "Yeah, good point."
Emvee crawls through, to let the others out.
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "somebody jostle Asher (IYKWIM)"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "that was one simple, holding the other?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "If that's simple, I'll hold my other simple."
GM says, "Phase 15, Tony"
TonyThum crawls out also
[shadowrun] Asher says, "I guess you can try shooting/stabbing it"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "just to see if it's possible"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Is that enough out for me to see it yet?"
[shadowrun] GM asks (of thurgun), "what order were you?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "if you're still behind someone you can't see it"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I was in the back."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "We have 3/4 in so far?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "3 in now"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "don't forget Spider."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "ALl but Asher and you, I think."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I think I'll go in front of spider."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "And Ish, unless you count the eyeball."
[shadowrun] Asher exclaims (at Thurgun), "I guess you're admiring my armor-clad ass instead -- but it's camouflaged, so you can't see it!"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "the eyeball is at the very back watching below, I think."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "*bonk*"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "hee hee"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I thought the eyeball was being carried to 'boss'."
[shadowrun] Istereth says (to Asher), "roll grenade check!"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "is Tony doing anything?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Ish), "I thought the eyeball was sharing some quiet time with Hugh."
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "there are two eyeballs"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "aiming"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "no, wait, that's useles"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "s"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "I guess I could try plugging it"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "if people want me to try"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "go for it"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "not going to make the situation worse"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "ok then"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "give it a try"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Well, noise, but."
[shadowrun] GM says, "base TN at this distance is 4"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Asher), "Untill he rolls a critical miss and hits Sunny."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "smartlink -> tn2"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "after all, like the shadowrun motto says, 'what's the worst that can happen?'"
[shadowrun] GM says, "yeah"
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Sunny), "ha ha aie"
[shadowrun] TonyThum rolls 9t2: 3 2 4 5 3 6+5 4 1 6+5 | 8
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "(+2 pool dice)"
[shadowrun] Emvee exclaims (at Sunny), "I think that was a load-bearing bug!"
[shadowrun] Sunny exclaims (at Emvee), "ha!"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "(9M damage)"
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t4: 4 3 1 3 | 1
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t5: 6+1 4 6+3 3 | 2
RoachSpirit staggers a bit as ichor squirts from its side.
GM says, "Phase 14, Asher"
Asher says, "hunh, guess we can shoot them"
Asher climbs out and takes a shot, 4 dice
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "As Asher climbs out, I'll try a dispel."
TonyThum says, "I have MYSTEEERIOUS ammunition"
[shadowrun] Asher rolls 10t2: 5 1 5 4 3 2 2 2 6+1 1 | 8
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay, asher goes first"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Gotcha."
TonyThum says, "blessed by the lord buddha"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "what damage?"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "9M"
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t7: 5 1 1 2 | 0
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ares predator, weapon of boring shadowrunners everywhere"
Emvee asks, "Didja tub 'is tummy?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "you have ammo blessed by ares, god of war"
[shadowrun] GM says, "that's another hit"
[shadowrun] GM says, "now Thurgun"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says (to Sunny), "ha ha ha"
TonyThum says, shocked, "of course not!"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Is it still moving?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "it's still there"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "I don't think we've done that much too it"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "except piss it off"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "er, to it"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "yeah, these guys seem to be really strong"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "OK, I'll do a banish."
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 4t4: 5 1 4 5 | 3
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Asher), "Yeah."
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t8: 1 5 1 4 | 0
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "(assuming another force-4 guy?)"
[shadowrun] GM says, "mmhmm"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "I'm not sure if physical damage can even destroy them at all."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "but note his TN went up"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "It did last time."
[shadowrun] GM says, "asher gets another action"
[shadowrun] Asher asks (of GM), "I crawled out for my first action, no?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "oh, okay"
GM says, "Phase 8, Sunny"
Thurgun pokes his head out of the hole and glares at the bug, who seems to diminish in return.
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "do I have two held actions now?"
Asher asks (of Thurgun), "you're a good guy to have along, you know?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "yes, but Thurgun is still blocking the tunnel"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Yeah. And I've one, so I'll use tht after you."
Thurgun says, "Aww, thanks."
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "right."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I'll take an action to stand and an action to fire"
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oh, if I can crawl out I do so."
[shadowrun] GM says, "bullets or minigrenade"
Sunny stands and brings her rifle to bear. There's a little *snik* as it switches to burst mode.
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "nope, banishing is a complex action"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Ah, OK."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "one burst, regular bullets"
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay"
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Thurgun), "you just make it *look* easy"
[shadowrun] Sunny asks, "what's his base TN?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "4"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oh, cripes, forgot about my wound."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "sigh."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "so 4 + 3 for burst - 3 for recoil compensation - 2 for smartlink"
[shadowrun] Sunny rolls 6t2: 3 3 4 1 4 5 | 5
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 2t4: 3 3 | 0
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "We should possibly try to Heal Thurgun before going too far."
[shadowrun] GM asks, "damage code?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Yeah, I can do that myself."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "yeah, but you have tn+2"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "8M (goes to 11S for burst)"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oh, true."
[shadowrun] RoachSpirit rolls 4t10: 4 6+3 5 2 | 0
[shadowrun] Emvee asks (of Thurgun), "With your wound penalties, is it better for you to try it or me?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Timing."
RoachSpirit spurts more ichor, and then fades away.
Asher says, "nice"
Sunny rolls her neck, which hurts now.
Asher takes a look around the room, now that we've got some breathing room
Sunny mutter grumble grab me by the head rrr.
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Also, who was it that said the last roach succumbed to physical damage?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "I think they've both been downed by insecticides, so far."
GM says, "It's a plain room, concrete floor, panel ceiling."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "the first was an insecticide grenade. the second was just bullets"
Emvee says (to Thurgun), "We gotta do somethin' 'bout you."
GM says, "There's a poster of Aishwa Rai, the famous elven actress, on one wall."
Asher says, "I guess they didn't do much interior decorating"
Asher says, "somehow I figured these guys would be less, uh, elven"
Sunny says, "Ooh, Rai! She was great in that movie where she played an elf."
TonyThum asks, "ever hear of this guy Tolkien?"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ha ha"
Asher asks (of TT), "historian, wasn't he?"
[shadowrun] Sunny exclaims (at Asher), "ha!"
TonyThum says, "he had this history of England where some magician perverted elves into monsters"
Istereth asks, "Would it take long to patch me up?" Spider crawls out after the troll.
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "I've got Force 3, so I can heal three boxes at most. Want me to try, or do you want to try yourself with Heal or Treat?"
TonyThum says, "must have been an interesting place"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "If Thurgun Heals himself, I can work on Ish meanwhile."
Emvee says (to Tony), "Hey, monsters? Some o' my friends 're orks."
TonyThum asks, "well, these were different, no?"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ha ha"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "time for a 'Meanwhile, with Eyeball1', maybe?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I have Treat 5."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Target is 10-E(v). E is Essence?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "What's the V?"
GM says (to Istereth), "You've lost connection with the surveilance drone"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "So, should you Treat yourself while I work on Ish, or should I Heal you and then work on Ish after?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Heal is slow."
[shadowrun] GM says, "the (v) means variable"
Sunny says, "I'm not sure we've got very long if those guys took the drone up to the boss"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Variable? I just have the target as 10-E."
[shadowrun] GM says, "right, and that's variable, because it's not fixed"
Istereth says, "They shut it off, or something."
[shadowrun] Asher says, "crazy"
Asher says, "whoops"
Emvee whips out his toolkit and starts in on Ish. "Have t' work fast, then."
Asher asks, "any idea what the last thing it saw was? or do you not get a live feed?"
GM says (to Istereth), "in this room, the connection with the spider is down to about 55% bandwidth"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says (to Emvee), "I don't think we have more than a minute or two."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks (of GM), "Is that reasonable?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "If someone wants to stop me IC, feel free. Otherwise, I'll roll."
Istereth says, "Oh, wait. I think the connection is just going bad."
[shadowrun] GM asks, "is what?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "tactics are up to you guys"
Sunny asks (of Emvee), "how long do you think it'll take?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "I just respond"
Emvee says, "Ten, maybe fifteen."
Istereth says, "hm."
Asher says, "I think we better keep going, then"
Sunny says, "I'd hate for us to be sitting here fixing up stuff when the baddies show up."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I'll try a Treat and see how long it'll take."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "If I drop the sustain, I can try later, right?"
Sunny says, "Especially since they've got the drone. I'd like to press on forward."
[shadowrun] GM says, "not magically, no"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Well, if I have to drop the sustain, I'm about to take more damage, so."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Yeah, it seems to me that healing Thurgun is a priority, since this is his only body."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "This mentions 'the base time' but I don't know what that is."
[shadowrun] GM says, "the base time depends on the wound, let me check"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "The time it takes if you don't spend any extra successes on reducing it."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "(AFK a sec.)"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Right, but I have 3 boxes of wounds."
[shadowrun] GM asks, "what's the spell drain level?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "-1 DL"
[shadowrun] GM says, "M drain means it needs to be sustained 10 minutes"
[shadowrun] GM says, "and you can reduce the time with successes, if you don't need those successes to heal"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "How long has it taken, say, to get from where I was injured originally to here?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "not more than an hour"
[shadowrun] GM says, "maybe 15 minutes"
[shadowrun] GM says, "10 minutes to where the fight started"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "That long? OK, I'll go for it."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "OK, if he's healing, I'm working on the drone."
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 6t4: 3 5 4 4 6+1 5 | 5
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 12t4: 3 4 1 5 4 3 2 6+1 3 6+2 3 1 | 5
Sunny takes up watch at the other doorway.
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "So, 3 for wound levels, 2 to reduce the time to 5 minutes?"
[shadowrun] GM asks (of thurgun), "does that count the wound modifiers?"
Emvee solder snip spark tape tape tape
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oh, cripes."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "10t4 then."
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay"
[shadowrun] GM says, "took you 5 minutes"
[shadowrun] GM says, "Emvee took 6 minutes to fix the drone"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "And, drain."
[shadowrun] GM says, "so everyone stands around tapping feet impatiently"
Sunny says, "I am going to have nightmares about big bugs trying to pull my head off from now on."
Asher fidget fidget nervous
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "still, not horrible"
Asher says, "stay cool, I'm sure it's just going to get worse"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "No, I'm just sustaining as we go."
Asher asks, "ready to move?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "I use cyberears to try and figure out if anyone's closing n"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "in"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Unless we actually waited."
[shadowrun] GM says (to tony), "roll it"
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "you can't move while Emvee solders and snips, so"
Emvee pats Istereth on the... er, carapace. "Good 's new, jus' 'bout."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "OK."
[shadowrun] GM says (to tony), "TN4"
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "roll which?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "your Int"
Istereth says, "Excellent work."
[shadowrun] TonyThum rolls 6t4: 4 3 3 3 1 2 | 1
GM says (to Tony), "Everything is silent in both directions."
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 4t4: 6+6+5 4 2 5 | 3
[shadowrun] GM asks (of thurgun), "that was?"
Sunny says, "Yeah, we should get non-inertial"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "That was for drain, so I have a L stun. How long does that take to wear off?"
Istereth says, "But it seems I can't head to the center, so maybe we should look for a spot to split up and go to the diversion plan."
[shadowrun] GM says, "ah"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "You have to rest to make it wear off."
[shadowrun] GM says, "that's half an hour of sitting and resting non-stressfully"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ha ha"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "OK, so, a bit better."
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "great"
[shadowrun] GM says, "which won't happen in a Roach Spirit Nest"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "not going to hppen for a bit"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Did you include your spell dice?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says (to Emvee), "I did, but for the test."
GM asks, "Doors to the west and south. Which do you take?"
Istereth says, "Eye2 will guide you as far as I can."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Worst case was that I traded physical for stun, which I was willing to do."
Asher asks, "west is more towards the center, isn't it?"
Emvee says, "By th' map, looks like west'll be closer t' th' center."
(From Istereth) Eye2 floats off to the west.
Sunny says, "I'm for going west."
Asher says, "alrighty"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "south != crawly hole, right?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to Ist), "all doors are closed unless otherwise noted"
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "right, tunnel is back east"
Asher says (to Sunny,Tony), "you guys are leading"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I hope Istereth doensn't meet Eyesnack"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "HA"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "The west door was the one bug went through, right?"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "yes"
GM says, "Opening the door to the west reveals a smaller room with a bed in it."
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Thurgun), "good point"
TonyThum says, "we are? ok"
Sunny says, "Right, then."
GM says, "There's another door to the south."
Emvee says, "Guess we c'ld check 'f south's a supply closet 'r somethin', but I guess we've got good supplies already."
Sunny says, "Ladies first and all that, I guess."
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "yes"
Thurgun asks (of Ish), "Where did your drone go next?"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "Can spider open doors?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "yes"
Thurgun asks, "The one they captured?"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "(Eye2 on GM-info-relaying mode)"
Spider opens the south door and stalks through.
GM says, "Another bedroom. This one has a hole in the west wall."
[shadowrun] Sunny asks, "wait, the bug went through the west door, but isn't in there and there's no other exit?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "No, there was a door to the south."
[shadowrun] GM says, "there's a south door from the west room, too"
[shadowrun] GM says, "which the spider just opened"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "How much info do we have about where the drone went?"
Emvee looks under the bed in the west room.
[shadowrun] GM says, "two south doors, see"
MauriceBug asks, "Hey, Jamie, that you?"
MauriceBug is on the other side of the hole.
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "oh ah, I see"
Istereth asks, "Need a bit of time before distraction begins?"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "hmm, could I get another account?"
[shadowrun] Asher asks, "sorry, I'm lost here -- are Istereth's drones with us or not?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "Istereth sent the spider drone one room ahead"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Ish), "Ish2, pw 'drone'."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Feel free to @name at will."
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "Eye2 is. Spider is still quite nearby."
Thurgun (hoarse, to Maurice) "Yeah, come 'ere, see what I found."
[shadowrun] GM says, "we need a map with figures here, sadly"
Thurgun following drone.
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "so Spider is in Once South, Maurice in Once South Once West, and the rest in Once West?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "right"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ok, cool"
MauriceBug sticks his head through the hole. "Hey! That's not Jamie!"
[shadowrun] GM says, "and init"
[shadowrun] * Spider has joined the channel.
[Crows-Nest] * Spider has joined the channel.
Thurgun *thwock*
Spider has arrived.
MauriceBug rolls 1 6-sided die: 2 | 2 + 6 = 8
Thurgun rolls 4 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 1 | 12 + 1 = 13
TonyThum rolls 2 6-sided dice: 3 2 | 5 + 8 = 13
Istereth rolls 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 1 | 5 + 8 = 13
Asher rolls 2 6-sided dice: 6 2 | 8 + 7 = 15
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "sheesh, you guys"
Emvee rolls 4 6-sided dice: 3 3 1 1 | 8 + 4 = 12
Sunny rolls 2 6-sided dice: 6 6 | 12 + 6 = 18
[shadowrun] Sunny asks, "am I allowed to shoot him? Huh huh am I?"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "okay, so should we assume everyone holds until Thurgun, who *THWOCK*s?"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Mind if I paste?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to GM), "Yeah."
[shadowrun] Asher says (to Sunny), "I guess not"
Istereth says, "Get out of here, guys."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "I'll hold for thwocking"
[shadowrun] GM says (to emvee), "paste away"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "yeah, thwocking is relatively quiet"
[shadowrun] Emvee | --------- [shadowrun] Emvee | | | | [shadowrun] Emvee | | + | [shadowrun] Emvee | | | * [shadowrun] Emvee | |--+---+--| [shadowrun] Emvee | ? | | [shadowrun] Emvee | ? * | [shadowrun] Emvee | ? | |
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "sure, let there be thwock"
[shadowrun] Emvee | ????-----
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "sorry"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "t4 again?"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "If + are doors and * are holes, is this our map?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "as a base, yeah"
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "no other exits from NW room?"
[shadowrun] Sunny exclaims, "geez, there is the promise of explosions and shooting and then everyone is all SHHHH!"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "OK, reach -> tn2"
[shadowrun] GM says (to emvee), "the SW room on your map has a solid east wall and a hole in the west wall"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 10t2: 5 2 6+2 5 5 4 4 4 6+6+2 3 | 10
[shadowrun] Asher says, "wham"
[shadowrun] MauriceBug rolls 14t4: 4 1 6+5 2 2 4 2 4 6+5 1 1 5 5 5 | 8
[shadowrun] Istereth asks, "wait, the SE room is a dead end then?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "No hamster Huey, but there sure is gooey kablooey"
[shadowrun] GM says, "you don't know what's in the SE room"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "I thought that's where Spider went, but I guess not."
[shadowrun] GM says, "but the NE room is much longer than that"
[shadowrun] GM says, "let's finish killing poor Maurice and then sort it out"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "right"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "damage is 5(s)"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Maurice seems to be a bit better of a dodger than his friends."
[shadowrun] MauriceBug rolls 5t4: 5 1 5 2 6+2 | 3
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says (to Emvee), "a dodgy geezer"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Which staged to 5d, I think."
MauriceBug staggers as the axe bounces off his shoulder.
[shadowrun] Asher says, "he's quite artful about it"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "And back down to 5s."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Heh."
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says (to Asher), "ok, better joke"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "okay, anyone else joining in with held actions?"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Does Thurgun get two actions?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "he does"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Oh, right."
[shadowrun] GM says, "he could hit again"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "OK, again."
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 9t2: 5 1 1 1 5 3 5 1 5 | 5
[shadowrun] MauriceBug rolls 6t4: 3 1 2 1 4 1 | 1
[shadowrun] MauriceBug rolls 5t4: 5 5 4 1 5 | 4
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "lotsa 1s"
[shadowrun] GM says, "too bad we're not using the SR4 glitch rule"
[shadowrun] GM says, "anyway, that's it, he's toast. RP it"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Heh."
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "we're using the Thurgun glitch rule"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "he swings the axe and *glitch*"
Thurgun carries the axe around from the initial bounce, and swings it upward in an arc again to behead Maurice.
[shadowrun] GM says, "okay, back to Emvee's map"
Thurgun peers through the hole, then peers again in astral.
[shadowrun] GM says, "the two west rooms are half the N-S length of the first one"
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Each half, or together half?"
GM says, "There's a big room, the size of the first one you entered, and a ladder on the north wall, going up a hole in the ceiling."
[shadowrun] GM says, "each half"
Thurgun asks (of Ish), "Was your drone taken up through the ceiling?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "using numeri-art, the 4 rooms you've been in look like 080"
[shadowrun] GM says, "with a door from the south of the right 0"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "aha"
[shadowrun] GM says (to ist), "now, I thought you sent the spider ahead, but apparently not"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "where is it?"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "It's with me in the south part of the 8."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "And maurice just came from the left 0?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "right"
[shadowrun] Emvee | -=------------ [shadowrun] Emvee | | | | | [shadowrun] Emvee | | | + | [shadowrun] Emvee | | | | * [shadowrun] Emvee | | |--+-| | [shadowrun] Emvee | | | | | [shadowrun] Emvee | | * | | [shadowrun] Emvee | | | | | [shadowrun] Emvee | -----------+--
[shadowrun] GM says (to emvee), "yeah"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "It will now head to the southeast, hoping to find a good spot (in remote range) to start a distraction."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Nice."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Through the SE door?"
GM says (to Spider), "Moving south from the 1st room, you enter a big room, the size of the first three combined"
GM says, "It is half full of rotting garbage and junk."
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says, "I suddenly feel like I'm in a circa-1983 ASCII game"
GM says, "Negotiating around the pile, there's a door to the west"
Thurgun waves everyone onward, and heads to the ladder.
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "How much further do we have info from the initial captured drone?"
[Crows-Nest] Emvee says, "I just revised the local copy of the map to use a proper < for the way up."
[Crows-Nest] Asher says, "hee hee"
[Crows-Nest] Istereth says, "I was thinking that"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says (to ghogg), "C"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "--more--"
Sunny fingers her rifle.
[shadowrun] GM asks (of thurgun), "it's not transmitting. did Istereth record anything?"
Emvee follows up the ladder.
TonyThum follows
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "He was following it out the initial west door--did it stop then?"
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "either recorded, or made good note of exactly where it was going as long as possible"
[shadowrun] GM says, "it kept going, but now it's not transmitting and that's when the fight started"
Asher says (to Sunny), "you going to cover from the ground until we're up? ok"
Asher climbs up
Sunny says, "yeah."
Spider fires a few shots to make noise once the other group is up the ladder, and heads on to the west.
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "sorry, I didn't make that very clear"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Any windows? Boarded up?"
[shadowrun] GM asks (of thurgun), "what's the channel you used for ussura?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Thurgun), "Basement."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Or possible subbasement."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "#interludes"
[interludes] * GM has added Spider to the channel.
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Or, uh, #backstage"
[interludes] GM says, "heading west brings you to a much smaller room"
GM says, "the top of the ladder is a small closet."
GM says, "There are coats hanging on hooks here."
GM says, "And a door to the east."
[interludes] GM says, "there have been no exterior doors or windows so far."
Thurgun listens at the door.
[shadowrun] GM says, "there have been no exterior doors or windows so far."
Emvee checks the coat pockets, out of force of habit.
TonyThum says, "I have cyberears if you want me to"
[shadowrun] GM says (to Thurgun), "Int, TN4"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 2t4: 2 6+1 | 1
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Did we see anything that looked load-bearing so far?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "Sounds quiet to you"
Sunny (subvoc) "What'cha got up there?"
Thurgun (subvoc) closet.
Thurgun (subvoc) Sure, tony, you listen.
[shadowrun] GM says (to Emvee), "there are probably load-bearing columns back in the basement. maybe in the walls, you think."
[interludes] Spider asks, "No bugs? Other exits?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum rolls 6t4: 3 4 3 6+6+5 6+4 4 | 4
[interludes] GM says, "another door to south"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "(or is it not tn4 thanks to cyberears?)"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "lac"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "(or is it not tn4 thanks to cyberears?)"
[shadowrun] GM says, "it's still TN4 but your successes mean more"
[shadowrun] TonyThum says, "ok"
[shadowrun] GM says, "you hear, as if far off in the distance, a humming droning buzzing noise"
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Do we all fit up here?"
[shadowrun] GM says (to Thurgun), "4 of you fit."
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "With sunny down below. Check."
TonyThum (subvoc) Ok, there's a humming, buzzing noise in the distance
[shadowrun] Emvee asks, "Is that including or not including Louis?"
Asher (subvoc) sounds like we're getting close
[shadowrun] Istereth says, "hee hee"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "ha ha ha"
[shadowrun] GM says, "ha"
Thurgun frowns, shrugs, then counts down with his finger 3, 2, 1...
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "huh?"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "ha"
[shadowrun] Sunny says, "#ussura reference"
Thurgun opens the door and jumps through.
[shadowrun] Thurgun exclaims, "Ha!"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to Tony), "Flashing back tot he last time we were all hiding in a closet."
GM says, "You are in what looks like the front entraceway to someone's house. There's a nice end table by the door, which is currently blocked by the same plasticy stuff you saw in the sewers."
GM says, "There's also another door to the east."
Thurgun checks astrally.
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "let's close the door behind us and see if there's a bug"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "(ba dum tish)"
[Crows-Nest] Asher says, "ha ha"
GM says (to THurgun), "Nothing."
[interludes] Spider says, "oh, right. South, then. And another shot."
Asher (subvoc) should be clear to come up, Sunny -- looks like the bugs have taken over this living room
Emvee touches the 'stuff'.
Sunny (subvoc) Coming up, then.
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "(although I honestly didn't notice the 'bug' pun until the last second there"
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "the fact that you guys are refering to it as 'Stuff' reminds me of the 80s B-movie 'The Stuff'"
[interludes] GM says, "you head south into a room with a west and east door. As you shoot, someone comes running in from the east."
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "Are you eating it...or is IT EATING YOU"
Thurgun asks, "If we have to make a hasty exit, I suggest this door. Should we unblock it now?"
GM says (to Emvee), "It's tacky to the touch."
Sunny says, "If we can remove it quickly and quietly, sure."
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "surely you jest"
[interludes] Spider asks, "init?"
Thurgun tries slicing through it with his axe.
[interludes] GM asks, "do you want to fight or run?"
[Crows-Nest] Thurgun exclaims, "I saw that!"
[interludes] Spider says, "shoot, at least for now"
GM says (to Thurgun), "roll it, TN is 8"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "I may cry"
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "http://imdb.com/title/tt0090094/"
[interludes] GM says, "okay, give a sec to pause the main group"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "I suppose Reach doesn't help here."
[shadowrun] GM says, "nope"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "While they're working on the stuff, I'm going to try Detect Life."
[shadowrun] Thurgun asks, "Can I use combat pool?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "nope"
[Crows-Nest] TonyThum says, "this may be worse than that movie with the evil polyurethane foam of death"
Istereth says, "Ah, here's somebody."
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Dunno how well it works on stuff without souls."
GM says, "main group pause for spider's combat, please"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "OK, donating 1 die to the cause."
Ghogg goes home.
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 13t4: 2 2 3 6+2 2 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 | 2
[Crows-Nest] Asher says, "hmm, I think I've seen a description of this"
[shadowrun] Thurgun rolls 6t7: 3 2 2 6+4 4 5 | 1
[shadowrun] Emvee rolls 7t2: 4 5 3 3 5 3 5 | 7
[Crows-Nest] Asher says, "maybe there was a something awful thing about it"
ElwoodBug rolls 1 6-sided die: 2 | 2 + 5 = 7
[shadowrun] GM says (to thurgun), "your axe is stuck to the door."
[shadowrun] GM asks (of Emvee), "what's the distance on that?"
[shadowrun] TonyThum asks, "uh oh, spiderweb-like stuff?"
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "That's Force 4, and it's one of those open tests, where you get more info for hittin higher TN's, so that's 2 4's, 1 6, and 0 10's."
[interludes] GM says, "roll your init"
[shadowrun] Emvee says (to GM), "Good question. Lemme check."
Spider rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 | 13 + 8 = 21
[interludes] GM says, "Phase 21, Spider"
[shadowrun] Thurgun says, "Woo 21"
[shadowrun] (from TonyThum) Elwood rolls 10 6-sided dice...
[Crows-Nest] Asher | http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1480
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "Force * Magic, so 24 meters."
[Crows-Nest] Sunny says, "oho"
[shadowrun] GM says, "there are living things west, east, and south of you in that limit."
[interludes] Spider asks, "shooting (twice if necessary). TN 4?"
[shadowrun] GM says, "yeah"
[shadowrun] GM says, "lc"
[interludes] GM says, "yeah"
[interludes] GM asks, "do you have a smartlink? does that work with drones?"
[shadowrun] Spider rolls 8t4: 6+1 2 1 6+4 3 4 2 1 | 3
[shadowrun] Emvee says, "So, detailed info with some minor inaccuracies for anything within sight, vague info for stuff out of sight, for my successes count. No info on stuff out of plane."
[shadowrun] ElwoodBug rolls 4t4: 3 3 4 5 | 2
Emvee says, "There's stuff around ev'ry way but north."
[interludes] Spider says, "I don't have any smartlink stuff the army didn't provide, and I have no clue if it works over remote."
Thurgun asks, "Stuff?"
[interludes] GM asks, "okay. what's the damage code?"
[interludes] Spider says, "10S"
Asher says, "right, well, pretty much what we expected"
Emvee says, "Livin' stuff."
[shadowrun] ElwoodBug rolls 5t5: 3 3 1 2 1 | 0
Thurgun says, "Ah, OK."
Emvee says, "Prob'ly bugs."
Asher says, "once Thurgun's got free there, let's move -- if we have to exit quick Sunny will blow it open"
[interludes] GM says, "that's a hit"
[shadowrun] GM asks, "can you guys wait a sec for me to finish with spider?"
[interludes] Spider asks, "still standing?"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "yeah"
[interludes] GM asks, "trying again?"
[shadowrun] Asher says, "I'm just chatting"
[interludes] GM says, "yeah, still standing"
[shadowrun] Spider rolls 5t4: 6+3 4 2 6+3 2 | 3
[Crows-Nest] Asher | As he greets the executives, he shakes their hands and makes comments about their swe
