CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned

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Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 12:42 pm
Jan 3, 2017 12:42 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Rolling Difficulty for Attacks.

Hawke's Attack on Droid Group 2: 1 Success, 1 Threat. Hit for 6 damage, taking down one droid. Hawke takes 1 strain.

Krosus' Attack on Droid Group 1: 2 Success, 1 Threat. Hit for 9 damage, taking down 2 droids. Krosus takes 1 strain.

Rolls

Hawke: Engaged with Droid Group 2

2 Failure, 2 Threat

Total: 2 Failure, 2 Threat

Krosus: Engaged with Droid Group 1

2 Threat

Total: 2 Threat

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 1:55 pm
Jan 3, 2017 1:55 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Sabers drawn, the narrow alley now pulsates with a red glow. Krosus and Hawke wade into the droids, side by side, meeting the metallic wall guarding the Rodians. With a singular calculated downward hacking motion, Hawke dispatches a droid as it collapses to the ground. Krosus slashes methodically, first to the right, then up to the left and up, felling two droids as sparks spray against the wall. The low, menacing hum of lightsabers emanates from their assault, throbbing with each swing, accompanied by the occasional crash of saber on metal.

Droid Group One (x1 Droid), engaged with Krosus, fires at him. 2 Difficulty for Ranged attack at Engaged range + Aim Boost (Krosus' Defensive Training won't be counted as it only works vs Melee weapons). Miss!

Rodian One fires at Krosus, Short Range 1 Difficulty + Aim Boost (+1 Setback for firing through Droids into combat, +1 Setback Darkness lit up by sabers, Krosus' Defensive Training won't be counted as it only works vs Melee weapons. Krosus takes 6 - Soak 3 damage, for a total of 3 damage (used the Triumph to ignore Reflect; suffer no strain as you never used Reflect in this case).

Rodian Two fires at Hawke, Short Range 1 Difficulty + Aim Boost (+1 Setback for firing through Droids into combat, +1 Setback Darkness lit up by sabers).Hawke takes 6 damage - Reflect 3 - Soak 5 = 0 total damage. Suffer 3 Strain for using Reflect.

Tajanna is up!

Rolls

Droid Group One (x1 Droid), engaged with Krosus

2 Advantage, 3 Threat

Total: 1 Threat

Rodian One fires at Krosus

2 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Triumph, 1 Failure, 3 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 1 Threat, 1 Triumph

Rodian Two fires at Hawke

2 Success, 3 Advantage, 1 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 2 Advantage

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 2:16 pm
Jan 3, 2017 2:16 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
If you're attacking, go ahead and roll your difficulty dice from now on. It's always 1 purple dice when you are at Engaged range attacking with a melee weapon. If I need to make any adjustments or add to roll, I can always do that later.

As far as other ranges and attacking with other weapons, your rule book at home or the Library has the answers.

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TefmonInactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 3:06 pm
Jan 3, 2017 3:06 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
OOC:
As I understand it, Tajanna cannot close into melee range while Hawke and Krosus are both engaged, so she can't actually attack anything directly.
Tajanna grimaced at her current inability to productively contribute to the fight, the red glow of her unbloodied lightsaber illuminating her foul expression..

My ACP Repeater sure would prove handy right about now. Or any old blaster, really. Or even just a big, heavy rock to throw, if we're being honest here.

Tajanna then quickly advanced as close as possible to where the action was taking place, shooting back a reply to Hawke's query regarding leaving one stupid rodian alive to question.

"Yeah, we should."

Still greatly dissatisfied with her predicament, Tajanna channelled her great dissatisfaction into the Dark Side of the Force, attempting to cloud the mind of the rodian who just fired at Hawke.
OOC:
Tajanna is using a maneuver to move into Short range of the combatants, and using her action to attempt to use the Misdirect force power to make Rodian Two unable to perceive Hawke until the start of Tajanna's next turn.

Wound Threshold: 2/12
Strain Threshold: 3/13
Soak: 2
Defense (Ranged/Melee): 1/1
Parry Rating (Ranks + 2): 3
Reflect Rating (Ranks + 2): 3
Force Rating: 1
Medpacs Expended: 0/5
Other Modifiers: Upgrade the difficulty once of the first incoming combat check per round.

Rolls

Deception: Misdirect (5 Cunning, 0 Skill; 1 Force Rating; 1 Force Point Needed to Activate)

5 Success, 1 Advantage, 2 White Force Points

Total: 5 Success, 1 Advantage

TefmonInactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 3:12 pm
Jan 3, 2017 3:12 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
OOC:
And I just remembered that I can't use Force powers while my Force die is committed. I guess that instead of attempting to call upon the Force, I'll convert my action into an Assist maneuver, giving Hawke a Boost die to his next check, which I'll flavour once Hawke takes his turn (I can't really describe helping him when I don't know what I'm helping him with).
Last edited January 3, 2017 3:25 pm

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 4:18 pm
Jan 3, 2017 4:18 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Tefmon says:
OOC:
And I just remembered that I can't use Force powers while my Force die is committed. I guess that instead of attempting to call upon the Force, I'll convert my action into an Assist maneuver, giving Hawke a Boost die to his next check, which I'll flavour once Hawke takes his turn (I can't really describe helping him when I don't know what I'm helping him with).
Yep. Remember to add your your force die being committed as part of your combat info post. Just tack it on below your Parry/Reflect directives.

Also, for assisting Hawke's next check with a boost, we'll just assume your nearby presence is considered enough of a threat to help create openings for Hawke.

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 4:26 pm
Jan 3, 2017 4:26 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Initiative Order Round 3

Droid Group 2 (1 Droid)
PC Slot-1
PC Slot-2
PC Slot-3 ----> ties go to PC's :)
Droid Group 1 (2 Droids)
Rodian 1
Rodian 2
PC Slot-4

Droid Group 2 (x2 Droids) attacks Hawke again, using Aim maneuver to add a boost. Reduced to 2, the group only has one Skill rank now. Ranged attack at Engaged range is 2 Difficulty. Hawke takes 6 - Reflect 3 - Soak 5 for a total of 0 damage. Hawke suffers 3 more strain for the reflect, bring his total to 9/14, I believe.

PC slots 1, 2, and 3, you're up!

Rolls

Droid Group 2 (x2 Droids) attacks Hawke

2 Success, 1 Advantage, 1 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Success

DramasailorInactive for 1 months

Jan 3, 2017 6:09 pm
Jan 3, 2017 6:09 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Having seen some of the droids cut down, Lexi charges forward, her blade moving in a blur as she advances, tapping into the Force once more, attempting a maneuver she had practiced back home and used in only a few situations. The Hawk Bat Swoop.
OOC:
I think I can do this, though if I'm wrong, so be it. Lexi moves into short range. The ability from the specialization chart reads:
Quote:
As an action, make a Lightsaber (Agility) attack against a target within short range, adding [Force Die] up to Force rating. Spend Light/Dark to engage target and Light/Dark to add Advantage to check.
She will attack Droid Group 1 (the one with a pair of droids remaining).
Combat Values
Wounds Threshold: 0/12
Strain Threshold: 0/13
Soak: 3
Defense [Ranged/Melee]: 0/0
Parry (Ranks + 2): 0
Reflect (Ranks + 2): 4
Force Rating: 1
Last edited January 3, 2017 6:11 pm

Rolls

Hawk Bat Swoop

7 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Triumph, 1 Threat, 2 White Force Points

Total: 7 Success, 1 Advantage, 1 Triumph

Krosus

cclrbrts30Inactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 10:47 pm
Jan 3, 2017 10:47 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
The rodains are the real threat here, but who sent them and why. Did the one we kept alive betray us? I find myself agreeing with Hawks analysis of the situation. We need to keep one of the Rodains alive, at least long enough to get answers.

Krosus attacks the droids again with quick thrusts hoping to make quick work of them, so he can move in on the rodains.


Combat Values
Wounds Threshold: 3/12
Strain Threshold: 4/14
Soak: 3
Defense (Ranged/Melee): 1/1
Parry Rating (Ranks +2): 4
Reflect Rating (Ranks +2): 4
Force rating 2
OOC:
sorry, ignore the second purple die. Also i will use the advantage to gain back strain. For my triumph i would like to upgrade the difficulty of the next attack against me.
Last edited January 3, 2017 10:52 pm

Rolls

lightsaber

2 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Triumph, 2 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Advantage, 1 Triumph

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 11:52 pm
Jan 3, 2017 11:52 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Lexi lunges forward and to the left, vaulting up into the air, somehow landing on the wall. Suspended for the briefest moment as she looks down on her foes, Lexi decapitates one droid before slicing another in half on the way back down to the alley pavement behind Hawke. Droid group 1 is destroyed, Lexi having taken down the last two of them. In style, no less!

Drama, typically, Lexi wouldn't have been able to engage (as previously mentioned, there was only room for two of you to engage with the droids in the narrow 3 meter wide alley). However, in the interest of smoothing things out for PbP and putting your Triumph result to work, we'll say you somehow managed to get an acrobatic hit in by doing some parkour off the wall of the alley, landing behind Hawke.

Keep in in mind that Hawk Bat Swoop lets you engage them from Short range, not attack them at Short range (meaning, you move to them with HBSwoop). It's essentially a leap attack, allowing you to cover Short range, with the force dice being used to allow you to move as an incidental, saving your maneuver for something else. The attack can be used with force dice for other benefits as well.

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 3, 2017 11:56 pm
Jan 3, 2017 11:56 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Krosus, mindful of avoiding the next salvo of blaster fire, turns his attacks toward a more defensive style, barely missing the last of the droids.

CCL, you get two advantage there, ignoring the last purple dice. Remember, add effects to your combat info posts (at the bottom of yours you could add your Triumph boost, making sure to denote it as temporary, labeling it 'Next attack difficulty upgraded from Triumph' or something similar that ensures all of the important info is available.

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 4, 2017 12:02 am
Jan 4, 2017 12:02 am
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
The Rodians cringe, pressing against the walls, blasting furiously at Hawke, their droid cover no longer providing cover.

Hawke feels a singe and burn on his skin as a blaster bolt finds a crack in his laminate armor.

Rodian 1 Aims and blasts at Hawke. Added setbacks for fear and darkness. Hawke takes 9 - No Reflect (following Reflect conditionals) - Soak 5 = 4 total damage.

Rodian 2 Aims and blasts at Hawke. Added setback for fear and darkness. Miss!


*** And, I just realized I jumped the gun there, and went out of turn. If someone can kill Rodian 1 before they were actually supposed to go, that damage to Hawke never happens.

PC slots 3 and 4 are up (as I went out of turn).

Rolls

Rodian 1 Aims and blasts at Hawke.

5 Success, 1 Failure, 2 Threat

Total: 4 Success, 2 Threat

Rodian 2 Aims and blasts at Hawke.

1 Success, 3 Advantage, 2 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Failure, 2 Advantage

MeribsonInactive forever!

Jan 4, 2017 1:09 am
Jan 4, 2017 1:09 am
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Current Target: Eliminated.
Acquire New Target: Rodian
Determine Threat Level: Complete

Strategy in place, Hawke lowered his torso as he charged his target, presenting a smaller target.
OOC:
Close from Short to Engaged, targeting Rodian 1 with the goal of disarming...literally. Using 1 advantage to trigger a crit, don't know if I'm supposed to roll the d100 for that, and the remaining two for recovering strain.
Wounds Threshold: 1/16
Strain Threshold: 7/14
Soak: 5 (Armor Master talent included)
Defense (Ranged/Melee): 0/0
Parry (Ranks + 2): 4
Reflect (Ranks + 2): 3
If Wounds from hit would cause a Critical injury, block
Else if current Strain is less than or equal to half of ST, block
Else if current Wounds are greater than or equal to half of WT and Strain from blocking would not result in unconsciousness, block
Else, don't block
Force Rating: 1
Last edited January 4, 2017 1:24 am

Rolls

Lightsaber on Rodian 1

2 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 1 Advantage

Boost from Tajanna

2 Advantage

Total: 2 Advantage

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 4, 2017 4:09 am
Jan 4, 2017 4:09 am
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Dice Rolls

Rolls

Crit Roll for Hawke's Attack on Rodian 1 - (1d100)

(85) = 85

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 4, 2017 4:30 am
Jan 4, 2017 4:30 am
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Coming in low like a juggernaut, Hawke raises the glowing red saber above his head and unleashes it at its zenith, bringing it down in a decisive two-handed hacking motion that cuts the Rodian's arm clean off at the shoulder. His victim howls in pain, high pitched staccato screams filling the night air. Amazingly, he's still conscious, and he flails in a state of shock as he slumps to the ground, trying to pick up his arm, which now lies motionless on the pavement next to the heavy blaster that was once aimed at Hawke.

First off, Hawke causes 6 damage to the Rodian with his lightsaber.

Now for the critical. As Hawke's weapon only requires 1 Advantage to cause crit, he can use the other two advantage, provided by Tajanna's threatenting assist/distraction, to add +10 to the roll per extra advantage. Using the above method for his crit, his final result is 85+20 = 105. This result adds the effect of Maimed Limb to the attack. GM's choice on the limb using RaW, and we'll go with Hawke's call: the arm that would have been used to shoot Hawke was already cut off.

Hawke does not take the damage from the previous attack.

Nice Meribson. You called it. Talk about motivation... you really took care of business on that one. Nice assist Tefmon, couldn't have happened without it.

PC slot 4 is up!

TefmonInactive forever!

Jan 4, 2017 7:39 am
Jan 4, 2017 7:39 am
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
OOC:
I'm assuming that Hawke moving forward to engage the rodians left a place for me to move up to engage the remaining droid.
Finally.

Seeing an opening to use her lightsaber in its intended role, Tajanna rushed forward at the remaining droid, using her momentum to empower a vicious slash with her saber.
OOC:
Tajanna uses her maneuver to move to Engaged from Short range of the remaining droid, and then uses her action to attack that droid with her lightsaber.

Wound Threshold: 2/12
Strain Threshold: 3/13
Soak: 2
Defense (Ranged/Melee): 1/1
Parry Rating (Ranks + 2): 3
Reflect Rating (Ranks + 2): 3
Force Rating Total/Available: 1/0
Medpacs Expended: 0/5
Other Modifiers: Upgrade the difficulty once of the first incoming combat check per round.

Rolls

Lightsaber (5 Cunning, 0 Skill) [Engaged, Damage 6, Critical 1, Breach, Sunder]

5 Success, 1 Threat

Total: 5 Success, 1 Threat

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 4, 2017 1:39 pm
Jan 4, 2017 1:39 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Taking advantage of the opening left by Hawke's advance and dismemberment of the now one-armed Rodian, Tajanna rushed in, the last second deflection of a blaster bolt at point blank range evolving into a singular efficient slash that opened up the droid's chest.

Tajanna's attack hits for 6 + 4(extra successes) - Soak 0 (Lightsaber's Breach penetrates 10 soak) = 10 total damage. Tajanna picks up 1 strain for the Threat (the point blank deflection is an interpretation of this).

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 4, 2017 1:54 pm
Jan 4, 2017 1:54 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
Initiative Order Round 4

PC Slot-1
PC Slot-2
PC Slot-3 ----> ties go to PC's :)
Rodian 1 (Missing R arm, currently wielding no weapon, hysterical, intermittent shrieking, on the ground, slumped up against a wall).
Rodian 2
PC Slot-4

PC slots 1, 2, and 3, you're up!

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Jan 4, 2017 3:12 pm
Jan 4, 2017 3:12 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
We've been forgetting, but CCL, you should be adding a Setback dice (the black one) to all of your checks, as you lack a breath mask. Krosus takes 1 strain as well, for breathing the atrociously garbage Bonadan air.

DramasailorInactive for 1 months

Jan 4, 2017 3:15 pm
Jan 4, 2017 3:15 pm
Re: CH 1.1-b: Shank's Pre-Owned
OOC:
Is it possible to get a quick description of what the scene looks like now that some droids have fallen and some personnel shifts have happened? That way I don't repeat the mistake of taking action where I wouldn't physically be able to? :)
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