Wolves and Sheep OOC

No roll required. A simple 1/2 action.

Probably simpler to have the lethal rounds ... but I like that your sticking to character AND that you knew it would be harder but would have less chance of injuring innocent bystanders by using nonlethal. It hasn't gone unnoticed. There is probably a AD or two in Dozer's very near future.

And in Beatrice's as well ... since she too played to character.

Daaaw I'm blushing again. ;D

Right, running the options through my head:

1.) Take a full round ready action to fire a burst at the thug should he try to make his way through the door.

2.) Move towards the guy I shot (is he within 30 ft. of me?), and Delay 'til after the incoming thug's move, then I can take a shot.

3.) If I can, move then bind the guy I shot, and let whatever happens next happen.

My tryhard gaming soldier head's saying stay put and cover your teammates, but my "we are in a hurry here" head's saying move and Delay.

Decisions, decisions...

THESE DICE HATE ME!!! *Headdesk*

Edit- Correction, THIS STUPID D20 HATES ME!!! The d4s have actually been nice.

Honestly, and backed up by Whitmore's video links he posted, you can use your 5ft. bonus step to reach the guy. Though if you use that you can't take a move action.

Also remember that to Bind the guy you shot will use a half action.

Your gamer gut seems to be more in line with Dozer's mentality ... covering his teammates while they get in position. As they will not be able to see what's coming in ... only hear. For my 2 cents anyway.

Didn't realize he was that close. Editing post... and cursing my bad luck rolling d20s.

Now I'm sure you're wondering, "RusVal, you still had Action Dice! Why didn't you use it?!" And I assure you, I'm sure I'm going to be asking myself that over and over again in a minute. :P

But the short of it is: It's a strategic gamble, since my character's still fresh (and the only guy this guy sees) with body armor (remember, it's Personally Tailored, so DP is +1, so (if memory serves) the penalty should only be -2) against a pistol.
That, and I'm getting kind of tired of needing action dice to actually do the job I'm supposed to be good at doing. :P

How much cover am I in where I'm standing? It also might be time to do a Strafe maneuver, though I'll need a bit more info on positioning...

Getting a bit distracted with the videogaming bruh-ha-ha going on right now. Also probably most likely putting off having to roll these dice. :P

You have can have 1/2 cover if you take position to either side of the door. Currently you are standing beside the gunman you shot (who basically fell in front of the door into the car). All the other thugs are more or less standing in a line at the opposite end of the car (85' away) with 1/2 cover provided by the seats.

Strafe is certainly an option, though keep in mind they have cover and the recoil is doubled.

*Glass push* Actually, looking at the rulebook... *Ahem* Seriously though, I'm looking at the rules for Strafe, and it says "Recoil penalties are doubled", not "Recoil is doubled". Which makes sense, because I doubt anyone would have the 24 strength necessary for double an M4's recoil, let alone be able to offset the penalty for firing full auto.

Anyways, it sure would have been nice if I hadn't spent an Action Dice last round... Oh wait, I didn't spend it last round.
Think 2 double dice rolls'll help? ;)

I'll let both you and Whitmore do with this info what you will ... your rolls haven't been to bad. If not for cover you would have hit. What has been the crappy rolls is the cover keeps making the save for penetration, except in Beatrice's case where it made the save for the thugs yet didn't for her.

Ugh, I just spent the last few minutes pacing, trying to come to a decision. If I Strafe (because recoil penalties are doubled, and I don't suffer recoil penalties, then I'm safe), I need to hit a (10+4-7, +2 accumulative for every square) 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 in one single attack roll, with 4d4 (4-16) Action Dice assistance, so technically at least 5, 7, 9, 11, 13. (additional note: with Rock and Roll! I only need 2 rounds per shot)

Or I can play it safe, and do two bursts at 7 each.

*Bullsniffs* Y'all want a show? YOU ALL WANT A SHOW?!?!

LET'S DO THIIIIIS!!!!

SYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!

*Please roll saves for the thugs*

Just in case I don't have a chance to reply immediately, after the attack (in particular if the attack should be super successful (don't forget subdual causes knockback if I roll 10+ on damage :)), I'd like to signal Sebastian to come towards me, in order to hand off some zip ties to have him secure the bodies while Dozer and "Beatrice" go on ahead.

Your tactics were sound and certainly a good use of ADs however the two thugs made both their saves for the hit and to avoid the knockback.

Hmmm ... in fact maybe I should edit the post to make the two Russians standing more burly in appearance.

Good news!

My email had been shuffling all of the notices of new posts from gamersplane into my junk folder. I finally got it to stop doing that so when I checked my email this morning the notice was in my Inbox. That should make it easier for me to respond on here in a more timely manner.

Hazzah!

Well, since half of my targets are still up, I'm not going to signal Sabastian yet. But I really think it'd be better if he did the tying, save me some half actions in order to stay in the thick of the fight.

Right, so potentially this guy is being slammed with four shots, two of them with knockback. If he saves all of these, I call shenanigans.

Did some thinking, maybe Beatrice could hand some zip ties to Sebastian? Thinking the next bit of actions'll be Dozer signaling for him to grab some, "lock down this car and catch up to us." Might also be an ulterior motive to try to get himself alone with Beatrice, if only for a minute...