Grease Monkies

[patransom]

Shareev inserts the card in the slot, and, as expected, the big door on the big building begins clattering upward. As it does so, Leenah pushes open the smaller door.

The inside of the big building is all one big room, well lit from above. The floor is one solid slab of stone, except for an area in the center that is metal. The metal area is marked around the edges with bright orange paint, with stripes that make an X through its center (should be pretty clear which part of the room this is). In the far corner of the metal area is a small metal cabinet of some sort, about waist high.

On the left hand side of the room, a set of metal spiral stairs leads down. In the opposite corner is a huge pile of metal debris. Parked throughout the room are four of the Dude’s jifs and, behind them, are a number of the smaller atheevee’s. Several Dudes crouch behind the jifs, weapons trained on the doors. Dudes A, B, and E are armed as normal, with the nine meel supmayshinkuhns. Dude L has a long-barreled reeble, like you recall one of the Dudes at the gates of Nauthan wielding. Dude F has what appears to be only a metal tube in his hands, about the length of a longsword. He also has a large metal backpack strapped to his back.

SURPRISE/READIED ACTIONS ROUND

As the big door opens, Dudes A and B let loose with bursts of bullets at Shareev. Shareev, however, finds this easy enough to avoid, by ducking behind the frame of the metal door. There is a “whoop” sound as Dude L fires his long reeble at Brand. The bullet hits, but most of the damage is absorbed by the kel suit Brand acquired from one of the long-since deceased Dudes [a very disappointing damage roll results in 1 hp damage to Brand]. The other two Dudes do nothing.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    None of you can really see the entire room from your vantage points. Brand has line of sight to all the Dudes, but might be most focused on Dude L, who just shot him. Shareev and Ruadhnait have line of sight to Dudes A, B, and E. Aeless, just barely, has line of sight to Dude L. The rest of you can’t see any of the Dudes (sorry, Thanis, that’s why you didn’t get to use your readied action), but probably have a good idea where they are from the sound of their kuhnfire. All of the Dudes have cover, crouched behind the jifs. Damage totals: Brand 11, Aeless 5 I’m going to try using the initiative/validation setup I’ve been using in the Veil of Ignorance game for at least this combat. See here for explanation: http://theonlysheet.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=37683#p37683 If you guys decide you don’t like it, let me know and we can go back to the old style (everybody posts, Dudes go somewhere in the middle, possibly screwing up your actions). Initiative will go like this: COMBAT ROUND 1 Ruadhnait Thanis Oldin Esias DUDES ---> QUICK VALIDATION Brand Amon Aeless Leenah Shareev COMBAT ROUND 2 BEGINS Ruadhnait Thanis Oldin Esias DUDES ---> FULL VALIDATION Brand Amon Aeless Leenah Shareev COMBAT ROUND 3 BEGINS Ruadhnait Thanis Oldin Esias DUDES ---> FULL VALIDATION

[tdsprouse]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    eh, it was a risk.

Thanis will run to U-16 and go prone. He will run in a bit of an arc to avoid letting the gunmen see him.


*next round plans* (i know this isnt going to happen yet, but want to get it up here in case i forget, or it becomes relavent)
He is planning on doing a 5-10 foot belly crawl (to maybe U-14) to get LOS on Dude F and will take a shot.

[CGM3]

Esias steps to T-9 and tries to let fly an arrow at Dude E without exposing himself too much.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    +7 to hit, 1d6+3 damage, crit 20/x3, AC 16 (17 against Dude E, using Dodge) plus any cover from hugging the edge of the big door, no bonuses for skirmishing feature or Point Blank Shot feat

[valinor]

Aeless ducks down a bit to conceal himself, if possible and utters some strange words.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Casting True Strike.

[patransom]

COMBAT ROUND 1

Ruadhnait does nothing.

Thanis runs in an arc and slides to the ground. [I think you can only crawl 5 feet when prone, but U-15 will put you with line of sight to some dudes next round, so it doesn’t matter]

Oldin, grasping his new shiny piece of metal, seems to shake off his reverie. He moves in front of the small building to a position behind Thanis.

Esias moves to the edge of the doorway and shoots an arrow at Dude E. He misses.

Dude L aims at Brand again and there are two “whoops.” His first shot hits Brand squarely in the head. Brand is lucky that the cap of his armor absorbs some of the damage [critical for 21 hp]. The second bullet, fortunately hits the door frame, not Brand.

Dude F steps out from behind the jif. A thin line of fire comes from the metal tube he’s holding, but misses Brand.

Dudes A and B let loose wild bursts of bullets that cover the area both Shareev and Esias are standing in. Protected by the door frame both of them easily avoid any damage.

Dude E scurries around to the other side of the low cabinet and begins messing with it.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Damage totals: Brand 32, Aeless 5 Initiative order: Brand Amon Aeless Leenah Shareev COMBAT ROUND 2 BEGINS Ruadhnait Thanis Oldin Esias DUDES ---> FULL VALIDATION

[tdsprouse]

As stated...


Thanis belly crawls forward 5', and fires at Dude F.

[valinor]

Aeless moves disappointed that he is a little further, as he move he fires an arrow at Dude F.

[klakxor]

Shareev will 5 foot step back to U8. “Try to take out the one in the back. I am not sure what he is doing in that cabinet, but it will not be good.”

[Galaphile]

Brand moves to N5, then fires the Revolver at Dude L. Shield Block +1 on Dude L.

[patransom]

Aeless moves disappointed that he is a little further, as he move he fires an arrow at Dude F.

Where is Aeless moving to? Also note that he did not get to cast True Strike during the last validation period... that validation covered the first half of the initiative order only.

[shai-hulud]

Oldin rushes to S12 and detonates a fiery burst in the upper left corner of O8 (should be enough to possibly hit the wagon, possibly causing damage to their equipment). Next, he drops to the ground and puts his hands on his head, pressing his head into the ground, averting his eyes from any possible explosion.

[CGM3]

Esias takes another shot at Dude E.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    still +7 to hit, 1d6+3 damage, crit 20/x3, AC 16 (17 against Dude B this time, using Dodge), no bonuses for skirmishing feature or Point Blank Shot feat

[valinor]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Apologies, thought we were in the next round of actions and he would have moved to Y-17 after casting True Strike. Didn't notice we were in initiative order till your recent post.

[TheGreenLabrador]

Ruad clutches her medallion, sensing the need to rush forward, and mutters a quick prayer, and prepares herself.

[patransom]

COMBAT ROUND 1 CONTINUES

Brand moves forward and shoots at Dude L. His shot, however, impacts the jif between them.

Amon creeps up behind Oldin and Thanis.

Aeless casts a spell [True Strike now in effect] and moves forward.

Leenah puts her bow away and moves through the door as she draws her short sword, putting the jif between her and the nearest Dudes.

Shareev steps back and comments, “Try to take out the one in the back. I am not sure what he is doing in that cabinet, but it will not be good.”

COMBAT ROUND 2

Ruad clutches her medallion, sensing the need to rush forward, and mutters a quick prayer, and prepares herself. [Bear’s endurance now in effect, although Ruadhnait doesn’t really know that.]

Thanis crawls forward and shoots at Dude F, but misses.

Oldin moves into the building and detonates a fiery burst. This causes some melting of the front corner of the jif, but there is no explosion.

Esias shoots another arrow at Dude E, hitting this time. A portion of the arrowhead manages to penetrate the Dude’s kel suit.

Dude L fires twice more at Brand, “whoop, whoop!” He hits both times [12 hp total], then steps away to put more of the jif between him and Brand.

Dude F looks at Oldin in terror, “ Holy crap! They’ve got some kind of explosives! ” In a panic, he shakes the large metal backpack off his back and drops it and his “fire tube,” which you can now see is attached to the backpack, on the floor. He then moves away from his equipment and toward Dude E. Dude L notices this and yells, “ Wait! You idiot, don’t leave that next to me… ”

Dude A fires a short burst at Oldin, who is peppered with bullets [16 hp]

Dude B shoots at Esias, also a targeted burst. All of the bullets hit the door frame, not Esias.

Dude E continues messing with the low cabinet. Suddenly, there is a loud, but slow, klaxon sound from the cabinet, and the low grinding of some sort of machinery comes from the floor at the center of the painted-off area.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Damage totals: Brand 44, Aeless 5, Oldin 16 Initiative order: Brand Amon Aeless Leenah Shareev COMBAT ROUND 3 BEGINS Ruadhnait Thanis Oldin Esias DUDES ---> FULL VALIDATION

[Galaphile]

Brand drops down, and takes cover against the Jif, he puts the revolver down and takes out a Cure Light Wounds potion.

[valinor]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    When Aeless acts again. He will move to W13, immediate action Blade of Blood 5 pts of damage to him and fire the arrow at Dude E, if he can see him if not Dude F.

[shai-hulud]

Oldin, with blood running out of his arm and side, does a somersault in pain. He winds up 10' forward with a trail of blood from where the bullets grazed him. Not really sure what is causing him pain, as this is his first time being shot, Oldin releases another blast of fire at M8 hoping to cause the wagon to explode.

[klakxor]

Shareev double moves into the building, attempting to get to L12

[tdsprouse]

Thanis Crawls forward another 5'

Fires a shot at Dude L, if he's no longer a threat, then he'll fire at Dude F.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Does thanis recognize what teh Tank and 'Flame Tube' is?

[CGM3]

Esias takes another shot at Dude E.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    still +7 to hit, 1d6+3 damage, crit 20/x3, AC 16 (17 against Dude B, using Dodge), no bonuses for skirmishing feature or Point Blank Shot feat

If it works, do it again...

[patransom]

COMBAT ROUND 2 CONTINUES

Brand drops down and takes cover against the Jif. He holsters the revolver and takes out a Cure Light Wounds potion.

Amon creeps up along the wall to beside Thanis.

Aeless moves into the open, casts a spell [Blade of Blood also now in effect], and shoots an arrow at Dude E. Amazingly, even with spell-enhanced aim, the arrow misses! [Bad luck there. Aeless rolled a 1. True Strike wasted, but Blade of Blood still applies for one more round, since it doesn't go off until you hit.]

Leenah drops down behind the jif next to Brand and whispers, “Are you going to try to get up close to one of them? If you do, I'm going to try and flank your target.”

Shareev runs into the building

COMBAT ROUND 3

Ruadhnait does nothing.

Thanis misses Dude L. [Although Thanis doesn’t have the skills to recognize exactly what the tank is, it's pretty obvious that the "flame tube" is a weapon and that the Dudes are now quite afraid of it… It's a reasonable in character assumption that something bad might happen if the tank catches fire… not that it matters after Oldin's action]

Oldin, bloody, shows some unusual agility for his age and somersaults 10 feet forward. His fiery burst melts a big hunk of the jif. More significantly, it catches the metal tank Dude F left on the ground, which melts and creates another, even fierier burst. This secondary burst annihilates Dude L and the jif, reducing them both to charred ash.

Esias misses Dude E.

Dude F yells, “ Blast it! Let's get out of here! ” He draws a supmayshinkuhn and fires a burst at Shareev, which hits with multiple bullets [12 hp]

Dudes A and B load new maykeezins into their weapons as they move into the painted area.

Dude E continues whatever he's doing with the low cabinet. The klaxon sound and grinding of machinery also continues, as the painted off area begins descending into the floor! [The level of the different colored area is now 2.5 feet below the surface of the floor, still not too hard a jump up/jump down to get on or off … for now]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Damage totals: Brand 44, Aeless 5, Oldin 16, Shareev 12 Initiative order: Brand Amon Aeless Leenah Shareev COMBAT ROUND 4 BEGINS Ruadhnait Thanis Oldin Esias DUDES ---> FULL VALIDATION

[Galaphile]

Brand drinks the potion, then stands back up. Too Leenah, “Go ahead, I'm right behind you.”

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Assume, standing up from prone, so I can't move.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    That was close, I thought for sure Oldin blew me up.

[tdsprouse]

Thanis stands up and moves quickly to O-13 if possible.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    I dont think after standing and moving, he can get off a shot.

[shai-hulud]

Oldin crawls forward ten feet as a full round action.
Oldin crawls forward five feet to P13, then looks up to see if Shareev is in the way. If not, he lets loose a fiery burst right in front of dude F.

[valinor]

Aeless moves forward (Q13) and tries to bead a foe and shoot an arrow.

[CGM3]

"Once more into the breach, dear friends."

Esias moves to L10 (Jump is +6 if it matters) and gets off another shot at Dude E.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    less than thirty feet from the target, and having moved forty feet, now +8 to hit, 1d6+4+2d6 damage, crit 20/x3 (3d6+12+2d6), AC now 17 (18 against Dude B, using Dodge)

[klakxor]

Shareev will take a shot at dude F with his shotkuhn

[patransom]

COMBAT ROUND 3 CONTINUES

Brand drinks his potion [healed 5 hp] and stands up, whispering to Leenah, “Go ahead, I'm right behind you”

Amon moves to the inside of the building.

Aeless moves in and shoots Dude A with a huge arrow, using some of his own personal health to do more damage to the Dude. [The DM sheet dice hate you, blade of blood only added 3 hp…]

Leenah nods to Brand and runs around to a position behind one of the eethivi's.

Shareev tries to blast Dude F with his boom-stick, but misses.

COMBAT ROUND 4

Ruadhnait does nothing.

Thanis stands up and runs into the building.

Oldin crawls forward and causes a burst of flame around Dude F, who is singed a bit. Unfortunately, he doesn't explode.

Esias joins Shareev on the descending platform. His arrow misses Dude E.

Dude F fires a burst at Shareev that misses. Dude A does likewise and also misses. Dude B tries Esias, with similar results.

As Dude E keeps working with the cabinet, the platform continues descending [Now 5 feet below the level of the floor]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Damage totals: Brand 39, Aeless 10, Oldin 16, Shareev 12 Initiative order: Brand Amon Aeless Leenah Shareev COMBAT ROUND 5 BEGINS Ruadhnait Thanis Oldin Esias DUDES ---> FULL VALIDATION

[klakxor]

Shareev will 5 foot to K13 and shoot at Dude A