Oct 18, 2020 12:48 am
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I was going to say you scattered the contents of the drawer all over (upgrading his Perception check), but I like your idea better. Yeah,2 boosts to next PC. Go![IC] Sudden Payback (Session 2)
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The desk proves too heavy for Max to topple. Mahoney starts to laugh at his junior officer's attempt to move it, but then Max manages to get the desk tipped to about 40 degrees toward the detective, spilling something onto the ground, where it bounces off Mahoney's boot, and under the desk. As the desk thumps back to its four legs, Mahoney's eyes widen—a poker tell if ever you've seen one. Whatever he's after, it's now under that desk.
Oct 18, 2020 1:29 am
Guy's energy is flagging, but he can't let Mahoney get whatever he's after. He slides across the desk into a tackle to try to knock Mahoney to the ground.
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trying to make this a little cinematic. Going to do a slide tackle to knock Mahoney down.Oct 18, 2020 6:15 pm
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Cool, two possible ways to go about this: 1) Standard Brawl (Grappling) check against standard difficulty for him: Your roll + BBB x RR+3Blk (plus 1 strain for his Rope-a-Dope ability). Upshot is this way, you do damage if you hit. Downside is that you only get your knockdown if you roll enough advantage to burn.2) Called shot versus him: Brawl (Grappling) + BBB x RR+5Blk (2 additional setbacks for the called shot). Suffer 1 strain from Rope-a-Dope. BUT, if you spend a maneuver aiming first, you drop one of those setbacks (so 4 total if you aim). (You can drop two blacks with two aim maneuvers, but if you moved to engage this turn, you can't do that.) Upshot of this approach is that a hit = a takedown automatically (no need for spare advantage). Downside is no damage.
Boosts here are coming from those passed by Max (BB), and from flanking (B).
Setbacks here are coming from his defense/cover (2Blk) and from his spent advantage (Blk).
Oct 18, 2020 11:09 pm
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I'll take the first option Rolls
Tackle
3 Success, 7 Advantage, 2 Failure, 4 Threat
Total: 1 Success, 3 Advantage
Oct 19, 2020 1:09 am
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Great roll! So with that, you don't have enough to knock him prone (he has Iron Chin, which makes him harder to knock down). But you can sacrifice damage to "disable" the target until the end of the round (for all 3 advantage). Let's default to this option, as I think it's in keeping with what you were going for. We might say that Guy is actively holding Mahoney in an armlock, meaning the detective will have to make an opposed Grappling check to break free and get the thing he seems to want; effect ends as soon as he makes this check, or at the top of next round.OOC:
That's Hank next...
Oct 19, 2020 12:07 pm
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Hank was the first PC, and got out from under the filing cabinet. Are we at Fatima? Also, not sure if you took this into account, but I think he only gave the first 2 of us setbacks, so maybe Guy would have one more advantage?
Oct 19, 2020 6:40 pm
Fatima's eyes widen as Duke takes the kick. "Poor pup! Shows you want these beasts are capable of!" she says, leaping over to where the crumpled canine lies. She picks the dog up and moves him further away from Mahoney.
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Don't want her to overshadow the rest of you. She'll tend to Duke for now.Oct 19, 2020 6:43 pm
Mahoney smiles, but it's replaced by a grimace from the extra weight of Guy hanging off his arm. "Let go, you asshole!"The man's unable to shake his new weight, so he fixes his gaze on Max, across the bench. "You dumb little rook. Why is it that you can't get through your skull that what they teach you in the police academy doesn't work in the real world? If you think you have a career in this line of work, you've got another thing coming! This is the reality of things, Maxie. This! Get with the program. You think there's a soul in this city who isn't on the take? You may get me or what's on that thumb drive, but to what end? I'm small potatoes, Maxie. And you're nothing more than a bacon bit and chives."
As the words sink in, Max hears an obnoxiously loud motor roaring from just outside the building. Mahoney smiles. "And that would be my ride."
And with THAT, we're back to 3 PCs! Boost to the first one to go, passed from Guy last round.
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Good call on where we are in the order, Kermit! And, yes, 1 boost to next PC for the extra advantage from Guy's roll. Grappling vs. Grappling w/Aim. Flipping a SP...As the words sink in, Max hears an obnoxiously loud motor roaring from just outside the building. Mahoney smiles. "And that would be my ride."
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Turn 2: Ruinous Repartee on Max: That's 7 Strain to Max (soak doesn't apply). I'll use the Triumph to give him a bit of backup.And with THAT, we're back to 3 PCs! Boost to the first one to go, passed from Guy last round.
Rolls
Grappling vs. Grappling
1 Success, 3 Advantage, 2 Failure, 3 Threat
Total: 1 Failure
Charm vs. Discipline
2 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Triumph, 1 Failure
Total: 1 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Triumph
Oct 19, 2020 7:12 pm
"Ok, potato-boy. Prepare to get mashed." Hank, still heaving with the strain of lifting the file cabinet, weaves around Guy's arm lock and swings a hook punch for Mahoney's chin.
When your character makes a combat check, you may voluntarily increase the difficulty by one to use this talent. If the target suffers one or more wounds from the combat check, the target suffers 2 strain each time they perform a maneuver until the end of the encounter.
Awesome! Unless I missed any of his effects, that's 7 damage with Pierce 3. Now he takes 2 strain with every maneuver AND he can't voluntarily take strain due to the crit. Wearin' the sumbitch down!
I'll give someone a boost with the advantage.
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Also going to flip a story point to activate Painful Blow... Edit: misread the ability. No story point needed.When your character makes a combat check, you may voluntarily increase the difficulty by one to use this talent. If the target suffers one or more wounds from the combat check, the target suffers 2 strain each time they perform a maneuver until the end of the encounter.
Awesome! Unless I missed any of his effects, that's 7 damage with Pierce 3. Now he takes 2 strain with every maneuver AND he can't voluntarily take strain due to the crit. Wearin' the sumbitch down!
I'll give someone a boost with the advantage.
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GM edit: 1 setbacks for coverLast edited October 19, 2020 7:18 pm
Rolls
Hook Punch (with Aim and Duelist)
4 Success, 3 Advantage, 2 Failure, 2 Threat
Total: 2 Success, 1 Advantage
cover
1 Failure
Total: 1 Failure
Oct 20, 2020 4:22 pm
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Slight adjustment for cover, but the roll still succeeds!OOC:
PC slot, go![ +- ] Initiative Order
Carey Mahoney: Adversary 2 (upgrade attacks to RR); 1 crit + Painful Blow (can't voluntarily suffer strain, 2 strain to take any maneuver), 1 setback on attacks (cover), Exhausting to attack him (+1 strain to use Melee or Brawl on him)
Guy: Disoriented from crit (setback on all checks unless healed with Average [PP] Medicine check)
PC: Hank (hook punch to the face, struck Painful Blow)
PC: We are here (boost from Hank)
PC:
Ally:
NPC:
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Oct 22, 2020 3:35 pm
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Whoops, saw my name right above the initiative order so I thought that meant I was first but now I see it was just keeping track of conditions. Since I still have Mahoney in a hold I'm going to get him into a joint submission with that arm lock. Rolls
Joint Submission: Arm Bar
1 Success, 3 Advantage, 3 Failure, 1 Threat
Total: 2 Failure, 2 Advantage
Oct 23, 2020 12:39 am
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Don't forget to spend advantages! We'll give him 2 strain for the 2 advantage here, as that seems to be one route y'all are going for to stop him...Max is up.
[ +- ] Initiative Order
Carey Mahoney: Adversary 2 (upgrade attacks to RR); 1 crit + Painful Blow (can't voluntarily suffer strain, 2 strain to take any maneuver), 1 setback on attacks (cover), Exhausting to attack him (+1 strain to use Melee or Brawl on him)
Guy: Disoriented from crit (setback on all checks unless healed with Average [PP] Medicine check)
PC: Hank (hook punch to the face, struck Painful Blow)
PC: Guy (tried to armlock Mahoney)
PC: Max (we are here)
Ally:
NPC: Mahoney (setback on check)
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Oct 23, 2020 1:09 pm
Max moves to pick up the item, "I always thought you gave me stink eye and rode me cus you knew I was born on the street and lived a life of a homeless person man... that I needed to perform and do a job not be a sob story. I can think of at least five souls not on the take. Just because you're scared to do your job doesn't mean I am Carey." Max states with a bit of pity in his eyes.
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Guess I'm picking up and getting into a guarded stance.Oct 23, 2020 2:32 pm
Max drops to his hands and knees and finds a small thumb drive under the desk. He palms it...
You could try to toss it to Fatima if you want; she gets her turn next. Easy (R) Athletics check, upgraded wth a SP. If you opt not to do that, Mahoney's going to squat and try to wrestle it away from you.
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It's two maneuvers to get the thumb drive: drop prone, pick it up. (If it weren't under the desk, I'd say the drop prone part wouldn't be necessary, but Max can only spot it if he squats down.)You could try to toss it to Fatima if you want; she gets her turn next. Easy (R) Athletics check, upgraded wth a SP. If you opt not to do that, Mahoney's going to squat and try to wrestle it away from you.
Oct 23, 2020 7:18 pm
Fatima looks toward the corner and seems to consider taking a run at Mahoney, but then she pulls back. Instead, she looks down at Duke's prone form, breathing slowly. Her face darkens, and she instead rummages through a cabinet near the doorway and finds a first-aid kit. "Gonna get this pup back on his feet!" she says
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Mahoney's up next. Stay tuned.Oct 26, 2020 1:31 am
Mahoney winces as he rears back to kick. "Oh, I'm not scared to do my job, Maxie. I'm just smart. Now give me the thumb drive and I'll get outta your hair..."
So, point of rules lawyerness, too: Technically this foe is strain locked. His crit means he can't voluntarily suffer strain, and Painful Blow means he suffers strain for every maneuver (even the free ones). Part of me thinks he should be able to take one maneuver, but pay 2 strain for it, but let's see what happens if we go with the interpretation that he can only take maneuvers for advantages he rolls.Mahoney's fists hit Max, a body shot to the kidneys; from his position on the floor, the blows land even harder. He inadvertently lets the drive slip out of his fingers, and Mahoney scoops it right up! Then the man's on Max once more, launching a one-two punch...
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Body Shot incoming... OK, so that's 9 damage before soak. Will Max parry? Either way, some damage should get through. He'll use the 5 advantage to force Max to drop the drive (3 advantage) and to give himself a free maneuver to pick it up (2 advantage)...So, point of rules lawyerness, too: Technically this foe is strain locked. His crit means he can't voluntarily suffer strain, and Painful Blow means he suffers strain for every maneuver (even the free ones). Part of me thinks he should be able to take one maneuver, but pay 2 strain for it, but let's see what happens if we go with the interpretation that he can only take maneuvers for advantages he rolls.
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Second shot does 7 damage before soak. Will Max parry? That would allow him to avoid the damage entirely, I think. But with 2 advantage (or 1 triumph), Mahoney can activate Link and land a second blow for another 7 damage. This blow, too could be parried.Rolls
Brawl (Striking) Body Shot + Prone
6 Success, 7 Advantage, 1 Failure, 2 Threat
Total: 5 Success, 5 Advantage
Brawl (Striking) One-Two + Prone + SP
4 Success, 5 Advantage, 2 Triumph, 1 Failure, 1 Threat
Total: 3 Success, 4 Advantage, 2 Triumph
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