Part 1: Happy Hour

Apologies for the extended delay with things, christmas and new year activities pretty much wiped out my free time.

Using the previous roll for this attack. It deals 5 damage which isn't enough to get through Mila's soak but I am spending the 2 x Advantage to trigger their weapons Disorient quality (see below for details, will last for Mila's next three turns).

Initiative Order
PC - Mila
PC - Zoey
NPC - +1 boost to their check
PC - Aditi we're here
NPC - thugs - 1 x Boost die
PC (Tam) - 1 x Boost die

Gauntlet dude has 1 x Crit (Hamstrung: The target loses their free maneuver until this Critical Injury is healed) and his gauntlet is deactivated (now acts as a set of brass knuckles)

Aditi is up.....

Can I do anything to try and remove the Disoriented condition on Mila?

I'd be happy for you to make an Average Medicine check, each Success would remove one rounds worth of Disorient. Tricky thing though is as Mila is in the middle of a fight it's going to be tricky to apply a treatment so you'll need to add a setback die due to Mila moving about so much and another for the conditions in the alley being less than ideal for treating someone. I'm also going to upgrade the difficulty once as there's a decent risk of Aditi getting clipped my a stray attack (which would occur on despair result)

Total difficulty pool then is 1 x Difficulty (Purple), 1 x Challenge (Red), and 2 x Setback (Black) dice. If you have any thoughts on how you'd want to approach this I'm happy for you to argue your case to do something that can add one or more a boost dice

Rolling for Thug's on Tam....

Thug is using 3 x Advantages to ignore the environmental effects of difficult terrain further down the alley and 2 x Advantages to get a second free manoeuvre then double moving

Thug is at short range to Tam and medium range to everyone else
Gaunlet dude is engaged with Mila and Aditi and at short range to Zoey and Tam

Initiative Order
PC - we're here
PC -
NPC -
PC -
NPC -
PC (Tam) -

Gauntlet dude has 1 x Crit (Hamstrung: The target loses their free maneuver until this Critical Injury is healed) and his gauntlet is deactivated (now acts as a set of brass knuckles)

2 x PC slots are now up....

Afraid the difficult terrain would impede Zoey as well (unless she has a way to negate it) so if you are still wanting to use 2 x manoeuvres to close it would only take you to Short range. Also the thugs ability to not be affected was due to the 3 x Advantages they burned that turn so there effectively isn't a benefit you could strip currently.

Whatever you are wanting to do (plenty of stuff lying about you could grab and throw at the guy if you wanted) also remember there is a Boost die available from Mila's last check

Yeah, with enough advantage, previous benefits can be negated, but 2 advantage on my part probably isn't enough to negate his 3. So 2 maneuvers to get from Medium to Short range? I can't do that and still chuck something at him (since I'd need a maneuver to pick the thing up), so I'm looking at a medium-range ranged attack or leaving him be, right?

I don't think that would apply in this instance, they've already move the extra distance from using their Advantages to ignore the difficult terrain so it would be a bit difficult to justify moving them back a range band (I'd be up for it if the argument was compelling enough though)

Yeah that would be my read

Initiative Order
PC - Zoey
PC - Mila
NPC - Gauntlet thug
PC - Aditi we're here
NPC - eliminated
PC (Tam) -

Gauntlet dude has 1 x Crit (Hamstrung: The target loses their free maneuver until this Critical Injury is healed) and his gauntlet is deactivated (now acts as a set of brass knuckles). Also has 2 x Melee and Ranged Defence until next turn and a boost die on their next action.

Mila has 2 x turns of disorient remaining and her next check is upgraded once

Aditi is up.....

Mila is no longer disoriented but the upgrade to her next check still applies. Everyone is at Short Range to Gauntlet dude other than Mila who is engaged with them.

Initiative Order
PC - we're here
PC -
NPC - Gauntlet thug
PC -
PC (Tam) -

Gauntlet dude has 1 x Crit (Hamstrung: The target loses their free maneuver until this Critical Injury is healed) and his gauntlet is deactivated (now acts as a set of brass knuckles). Also has 2 x Melee and Ranged Defence until next turn and a boost die on their next action.

Mila's next check is upgraded once

2 x PC slots are up.....

And we're out of combat. Simple (no difficulty dice) Cool or Discipline check (your choice), each success on the check will cause you to regain a point of Strain