Chapter 1.5 - All

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Apr 13, 2020 1:45 pm
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It’s hard for Donovan to tell which bandit this is because of the piece of iron protruding from his face but he thinks it might be the fellow who had the shotgun to the french girl. The weapon is indeed loaded, caps appear intact and the ball ends look pristine. The weapon is a single action so he will have to pull the hammer back manually between shots, this will make a very distinct noise.

Sliding across the ground he makes a small amount of noise as he goes for the bag and whispers the professor's name. The footsteps above him stop.

"Hast du das gehört?" A voice asks, there’s a clatter of stone near by.

"Ja, ich glaube, da ist jemand in der Nähe."
Donovan mentally berates himself for being impatient. On the other hand, he now knows that there is more than one man close by. He's not positive, but he would guess that they are speaking German. It's definitely not French or Spanish.

Donovan stays still and quiet, waiting for the man above him to continue on.
Apr 14, 2020 1:50 pm
"Well of course I can't find my bag..." George mutters pocketing the pepperbox and goes to the woman with the bag. Hearing the report of a gunshot he starts moving crouching a bit.

Better to toss the bag if they're looking for it then both get shot... he thinks attempting to toss the bag to someplace he would currently have a vantage at looking at it before assessing the woman to see if she's alive or injured.
Apr 15, 2020 12:32 pm
OOC:
Sorry, my fault there. Can you score that one either as odd=1 even=2 or 1-3=1 & 4=6=2? I'm good with whatever you want to do. Or I can reroll if that is easier.
Apr 15, 2020 3:48 pm
Tower_Shield says:
Harris while quickly put one finger up to his mouth to sign for "quiet" and will alert Ruby to his presence there. Once Ruby is awake enough to listen, he will whisper, "Miss Ruby, this woman here is hurt, but there is a dangerous man out there headed this way. I need you to try to staunch the blood from that wound while I take care of the threat. Don't pull out the metal yet, that will cause a gush, we need to have time to deal with that."

With that, Harris will use the rock formation as cover, draw his pistol, and will stealthily take aim at the soldier, waiting until he comes within a good range. If the man doesn't come this way though, he won't shoot. No need to draw unwanted attention.
Ruby pulls a couple of carefully folded hankies out of a small pouch at her waist and packs them around the piece of metal and applies pressure, blood squeezes out between the tiny woman’s fingers. The French woman gasps and her eyes flutter open, "It’s okay Miss, " Ruby whispers, "it’s okay, Ruby’ll take care of you. "

"Mister Darrington, have you seen my mistress?"

The soldier stops as Ruby speaks and looks in your general direction.

You take careful aim, lining him up in your sights as he starts to move in your direction and squeeze off the shot.
OOC:
You get one success, the guy is unaware of where you are so it hits and does 2 lethal damage to him.
"Hier drüben! Hier ist jemand!"
HoorayRat says:
Donovan mentally berates himself for being impatient. On the other hand, he now knows that there is more than one man close by. He's not positive, but he would guess that they are speaking German. It's definitely not French or Spanish.

Donovan stays still and quiet, waiting for the man above him to continue on.
Donovan lays there quietly for a moment that feels like an hour, the boards above him creak and groan as the man moves about and then there’s a shot close by followed by a man shouting.

"Hier drüben! Hier ist jemand!"

Who ever is above him suddenly runs off in the direction of the shot.
Remnant says:
"Well of course I can't find my bag..." George mutters pocketing the pepperbox and goes to the woman with the bag. Hearing the report of a gunshot he starts moving crouching a bit.

Better to toss the bag if they're looking for it then both get shot... he thinks attempting to toss the bag to someplace he would currently have a vantage at looking at it before assessing the woman to see if she's alive or injured.
Shuffling across the ledge George gets to the woman and rolls her over to check her out, something hard pokes him in the belly and there’s the sound of a pistol hammer being cocked. "Not so fast sweet pea," she whispers, "Bist du mit diesen Jungs zusammen?"

She watches your reaction carefully, "No, don’t Deutsch sprechen so I suppose not. Umm hun, would you be so kind as to remove your hand from my..." The blonde woman glances down and George realizes he has one hand firmly placed on this woman’s right breast.

Before he can react there’s a shot from down in the wreck followed by a man shouting.

"Hier drüben! Hier ist jemand!"
Apr 15, 2020 3:54 pm
"My apologies Miss, you seem to be ambulatory and there is shooting about I take it you'd like to go find a place to lay low since they're speaking German and possibly after you..." George states a bit flushed moving away and assisting the lady up if need be.
Apr 15, 2020 6:32 pm
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Who ever is above him suddenly runs off in the direction of the shot.
Donovan counts to ten, listening to hear if the second man runs off, as well. 'Let's try this again,' he thinks. Being quiet, in case the second man is still nearby, moves to retrieve the leather vaise. From that spot, he looks around trying to figure out what's what.

Rolls

Stealth - (5d2)

(22122) = 9

Perception - (5d2)

(21111) = 6

Apr 17, 2020 11:11 pm
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Ruby pulls a couple of carefully folded hankies out of a small pouch at her waist and packs them around the piece of metal and applies pressure, blood squeezes out between the tiny woman’s fingers. The French woman gasps and her eyes flutter open, "It’s okay Miss, " Ruby whispers, "it’s okay, Ruby’ll take care of you. "

"Mister Darrington, have you seen my mistress?"

The soldier stops as Ruby speaks and looks in your general direction.

You take careful aim, lining him up in your sights as he starts to move in your direction and squeeze off the shot.
OOC:
You get one success, the guy is unaware of where you are so it hits and does 2 lethal damage to him.
"Hier drüben! Hier ist jemand!"
"Stay down Miss Ruby, there are bad men here. I'll look for your mistress as soon as I can!" With that, I will fire the gun at the man again if I can still see him, attempting to use the rocks for cover. I will try to keep the man in my sights to make sure he isn't able to get to the women. I'll also call out, "I could use some assistance if any other travelers are here!"
Last edited April 17, 2020 11:12 pm

Rolls

Second Shot - (4d2)

(1111) = 4

Apr 18, 2020 4:55 pm
OOC:
By the way I mucked up your aimed attack a little, you hit anyway but you should have gotten a +2. You can fire, with a revolver, up to twice per round. Now the rules state you take a -4 penalty on both shots, I dislike this and think no penalty on shot 1 and a -2 on shot 2 is more appropriate.
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Aim
Aiming improves your character’s accuracy and damage with a ranged weapon. Automatic weapons, however, cannot be aimed effectively because of their recoil.
For each full turn that your character spends aiming at her target, you gain a +2 aim bonus on your Attack roll, up to a maximum +4 bonus.
Special: Aiming takes your character’s full attention and she cannot move or actively defend herself. If she is attacked, you only get to roll your character’s Passive Defense rating (plus any applicable defense modifiers) for her Defense roll. Your charac- ter may continue aiming as long as she does not take any dam- age. Alternately, your character may choose to stop aiming when attacked to defend herself using her full Defense rating, but will forfeit her accumulated aim bonus in doing so.
OOC:
As we’ve started combat I’ll need initiative rolls from everyone. I know it’s moving slowly I want to make sure everyone gets a chance to respond to everything so I won’t post till tonight.
Apr 18, 2020 6:30 pm
OOC:
If you want to make a combat of that situation I have many questions.
What is the distance between Napoleon perch and what is happening below?
Is he close enough to hear the conversation?
Can the airship be seen from the ground? If so, what distance? (Basically, can they shoot us from the airship?)
Does Nap have access to his rifle? (Luggage was in another cart, so probably not)
Is there a rifle lying around his position?
Can he hear what is being shouted below?
Are the soldier wearing a official recognizable uniform or a distinctive signs?
How many soldiers are there?
As he seen a soldier shoot a traveler yet?

Rolls

Init - (8d2)

(12122212) = 13

Apr 18, 2020 8:18 pm
OOC:
Well, I had a map but I lost it apparently.
1 - Napoleons ledge is not going to be difficult to get off of, he’s about 30-40’ above the canyon floor, it is steep going down to the wreckage but there is a kind of path down he can make out easily.
2 - He can make out bits and bobs of conversation but not clearly, he’s a good 80-100’ from the last shot and there’s the crackling of fire.
3 - It’s dark, he can’t "see" the ship but he can see where it is by the stars it blots out. So he can say there’s something cigar shapped but he can’t say it’s green with yellow polka dots. The airship is a good 200’ above you, can they shoot at you, yep, are they going to be very accurate? Probably not.
4 - Napoleon doesn’t see his rifle but a short ways away, 20 feet ish, he does see what looks like a Winchester, or maybe a Henry.
5 - He can hear the shouting, when the soldiers are talking not so much but when they shout something, definitely.
6 - He does not recognize anything about the uniform. It is definitely not British or German or American (North or South).
7 - He can see round about 10.
8 - He has not seen a soldier shoot a passenger he can’t rule it out.

I wrote this in a drive thru so if I missed anything let me know.
Apr 18, 2020 10:04 pm
OOC:
Thank you for the quick response
Napoleon will go for the rifle, check it quickly to see if its usable as well as the ammo count. Then he will lie down near the edge of the perch and aim in the area where he heard the call for help.
OOC:
I have no idea how many combat round are needed for that
Apr 18, 2020 11:33 pm
OOC:
Just one, make a stealth roll, it’ll be easy because everyone is interested in something else right now.
Apr 18, 2020 11:41 pm
OOC:
Stealth roll

Rolls

Stealth roll - (3d2)

(112) = 4

Apr 19, 2020 12:00 am
Napoleon creeps over to the rifle, he grabs the weapon and checks it over, seems alright.
Apr 19, 2020 3:12 am
Initiative roll

Rolls

Initiative - (7d2)

(2211111) = 9

Apr 19, 2020 4:50 pm
Quote:
Keeping low for balance and trying not to dislodge any rocks, he will try to reach the shotgun and the portfolio, carefully placing his feet on settled ground at each step.

He will stay alert ready to go prone if new gunshots are heard.
OOC:
did Nathaniel ever recover his blueprint portfolio, and did he get the rifle?
Apr 19, 2020 6:50 pm
OOC:
The papers were down slope in all the loose gravel, he did collect the shotgun. There’s enough commotion in the wreck below him now he figures it’d be a pretty safe time to grab his portfolio.
Apr 20, 2020 7:54 am
Nathaniel negotiates the terrain carefully in the dim light until he gets to the portfolio and check that its contents are accounted for. He will then find an advantage point and crouch low in the cover of some natural feature of the ground, aiming the gun at the scene unfolding below him.
OOC:
He observes and tries to understand the factions at play, knowing that whoever did this to the train is a callous murderer, much worse than those armed robbers trying to clean their pockets

Rolls

Perception - (9d2)

(212122121) = 14

Apr 20, 2020 7:07 pm
OOC:
I'm not sure when it is my turn again, or exactly how the pace/order is going. I plan to continue to fire while calling for help and telling the ladies to stay down.
Apr 20, 2020 7:27 pm
OOC:
I intend to post when I get off shift so I’ll tie everyone together again with a same moment in time post.
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