[IC] Sudden Payback (Session 1)

I'm good with a free maneuver (wouldn't be an incidental, but would allow Hank to save 2 strain on his next turn) -- this could be used to Aim (granting a boost die), but remember, Guarded Stance is pretty much useless with the Gi, since the Defense won't stack.

But this is also a chance to be narrative and creative if you want. One possibility might be that the door slam triggers some sort of alarm system in the building, alerting folks inside that something's up. Or the door comes partly off the hinges, so Hank can yank it off and throw it at them if he wants. Lots of ideas! If I don't hear from y'all by morning, I'll go with the free maneuver + setback idea.

I just want to be sure I understand Genesys combat right. 2 success means +2 to damage (4 base), then I can use the two advantage to "feed off the crowd" and recover 3 strain (or inflict critical and give boost depending on the advantage required for critical per pg104 of CRB), and then you adjudicate the 1 threat? If I get input, I'd choose take 1 strain which would potentially be nullified by feed off the crowd.

GM edit: Melee/Brawl attacks are always Average (PP) except for opposed Grappling checks.

Sorry; was flying cross-country yesterday! I'll adjudicate each of your actions in turn.

You can actually attack this round if you want -- One maneuver to get to short range to the door, a second to engage with the minion group (costing 2 strain), and then your action to attack. You won't be able to put on your brass knuckles, though -- that's 1 maneuver to get them out of your jacket, a second to put them on. (There's a talent, Quickdraw, that would streamline such things down the line.) But move, move (2 strain), attack is doable. Is that what you want to do?

Pulling Hank to safety would be Move, Move (engage), Athletics (Easy check -- one purple). But keep in mind there's only one more baddie to go before Hank will have the chance to save himself.

Interesting idea! What's the skill to get someone's attention? Let's say you can use a social skill (any of Coercion, Charm, Leadership, or Deception) and roll versus an Easy (P) difficulty with 2 setbacks for the crowd and him being distracted.

Let's say you can move to the stage, which is at medium range (taking two maneuvers). You can make a Leadership check now if you spend 2 strain, but without the mic or another move to get up on the stage, it's going to be Daunting (PPPP) with 2 setbacks. You can also save this action for next round if you'd prefer so that you can mount the stage, take the mic, and remove the setbacks.

Updated my post above but I go last so other stuff first.

Cool, I'll do the attack then, I updated my post to reflect this and threw the dice.

Almost. First, your unarmed strike should have a base damage of 3 rather than 4 — all Brawl (Striking) damage begins with your Brawn rating, even if the skill itself keys to Agility. So, you start with a base of 3, and add +1 per uncanceled Success (+2 for you). Total in this case is 5 damage. They will Soak part of that, of course.

Second, remember that all Brawl (Striking) and Melee attacks have a base difficulty of Average (PP) rather than Easy. I added a second purple, which added +1 Threat.

So, after that, remember that Advantage and Threat cancel each other. This site shows you the full roll, but then below that is the tallied result. In your case, you ended up with 2 Advantage and 2 Threat on the roll. 2 Advantage cancels 2 Threat completely, leaving you with a wash in that department. The key to remember is to read the "Total" line this site spits out, as that's the one where the cancelations have been done for you. (There is a minor caveat, but I'll get to that when someone rolls a Triumph or Despair.)

Just a tip: Since unarmed strikes will only do 3 damage + successes for you, better to attack with your Knee unarmed strike, or spend a couple of maneuvers next round to put on the brass knuckles. The Knee is pretty good, as it ignores 2 points of Soak and does +1 damage over the basic brawl attack.

Oh ok, thanks. I thought it was 1 difficulty based on genesys core rulebook, I missed that change. Also totally should have done the knee, and forgot to update my damage from my pre-game sheet changes, but thanks for reminding me. I've changed it on my sheet now.

Great roll! A couple of points about Triumphs: First, this site for some reason doesn't count the Triumph as a Success and a Triumph. So, the above result should be 1 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Triumph. In other words, you succeeded on the attack and will do damage. Second, Triumphs can always be used to trigger a critical hit on enemies, and versus minion groups, a critical hit always takes out one minion entirely. Usually this is the best use of a Triumph versus minions, as it's like getting 5–10 extra damage (depending on the minions' Soak rating). It's how the system makes the heroes super-badass versus mooks. With that in mind, do you want to upgrade the next check with the Triumph, or would you rather take out a minion (reducing one of the groups by the door from 3 to 2 members)?

Story Points have three main uses:

1) Use a special ability or talent. This includes the Laborer ability and will be specifically noted in the ability or talent description.

2) Upgrade a check. If it's your own check or an ally's you let them change out a green die for a yellow die, thereby increasing their chances of success and Triumph. If it's an enemy's check, you replace a purple difficulty die with a red challenge die, thereby increasing their chances of failure and Despair.

3) Define some element of the narrative's reality. Some examples: "We need access to the prison records." (SP Flip.) "Good thing the desk clerk is my brother-in-law." Or, "Oh, no! They've escaped on motorcycles!" (SP Flip.) "Let's borrow Lance's car; he keeps the keys in his office."

I'll get an update up later today with the enemy moves.