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Correct about shooting into melee as well - so basically they have no chance of hitting Egill. I'll just give you guys a freebie for this round then since it'd be cheap as hell for me to transfer my shots or correct my actions after rolling (or re-roll, dont wanna do that either).

I'll roll to see if they break pinning later.

Damiel will take a 1/2 move up behind the servitor and take a shot at the servitor in room 4.

BS 25 + 10 (standard) <35 not on a 73. http://orokos.com/roll/697994

Damiel rushes up behind the servitor in front of him, drops to one knee, and lets a shot loose at the enemy ahead of him. He shouts back to the tech-priest in the other room, "Felyx! Can you keep the cover moving?"

dodge:
http://orokos.com/roll/698172
84, unless I get some hefty mods its a failure.

Alistair will Aim, then throw frag grenade 12m from where he is.

Roll: Target 63 (bs 53 + 10 aim)
http://orokos.com/roll/698481
Rolled 21 -> 5 DOS

Damage http://orokos.com/roll/698484
7 damage in 3 m blast

Alistair leans out from behind the servitor, and lobs a Grenade down the hall, landing with a clang on to the intersection floor.

"Care frag!" Alistair calls to Egil.

Can I run as a full action and still use Stealth skill? As far as I can see, nothing in the rules stops this, but I find it a bit strange. I ask because I'd like for Lars to come to the end of the corridor and peek out. If each square on the map is 2m long, I'll need to run to do that. Anyways, it makes most sense for Lars to run away from the lights

blackadder wrote:

Can I run as a full action and still use Stealth skill? As far as I can see, nothing in the rules stops this, but I find it a bit strange. I ask because I'd like for Lars to come to the end of the corridor and peek out. If each square on the map is 2m long, I'll need to run to do that. Anyways, it makes most sense for Lars to run away from the lights

I think that's fine. Under normal (or quieter) circumstances I would give you a significant penalty to the stealth check but in this situation, your footsteps would have a good chance of being covered by gunfire, grenade explosions, etc...seems entirely possible that you could go unnoticed.

Ok. On my turn I'll do that.

Sorry for the delay.

Standard attack. +10 for outnumbering and +10 for 2-1,+10 aim +40 total.
http://orokos.com/roll/699622
miss.

Sad panda.

She had overexerted herself and suffered a hit in return. It did little more than deflect of the flak, but she would proceed a bit more cautiously.
"Wassa matta luv? Ain got no umpf in those thrusts." she goads.

Attacking again with a riposte, she finds the single lone enemy's defenses were as ironclad as hers.
She was beginning to get mad.....

Zeke, Theo, here is the link to our battle map:

https://app.roll20.net/campaigns/details/4077161/blood-moon

Even though the battle map is being weird for me, for whatever reason, I can get an update in. Sorry; start of semester is hectic.

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Marius grinned as he felled the first cultist with a spray of buckshot. It seemed that Felyx's ministrations had done wonders for the spread; the old "Mauler" had basically been a melee weapon prior to its tune up, and he couldn't recall the pump-action ever being so smooth. If he'd known, he might have taken less time to aim the bloody thing.

Egil's charge had left Marius with suboptimal lines of fire. He shot a quick prayer to the Emporer and put his faith in his refurbished carapace for a second time as he broke from the cover of his doorway to cross the hall to a new vantage. Taking a brief breath as he slammed his back against the wall of his newfound cover, he swung out and blasted another shell into the nearest cultist taking shelter in a doorway, hoping to catch him lining up another shot.

https://orokos.com/roll/700583

That's a good ol' miss from me, boys.

https://app.roll20.net/join/4077161/foLyrA

I think this is the join link for players to join the roll20 game - give it a shot and let me know if it works or not. If so you can move your "model" as I don't know exactly where you want to be - otherwise let me know specifically where youd like your character

I believe this is our current up to date map, let me know if anything looks off and I will fix it ASAP.

Waiting on rolls from Zeke and Luka's move for top of round 5.

As the doors burst open, Lars jumps out of the room. Throwing caution into the air, he runs down the corridor, hoping his footsteps won't be heard over the din of battle, moving as far as possible form the lights. When he gets to the intersection, he peeks out to look into the "east" corridor.

Roll, Stealth(Ag): 17, if the test is Routine?(+0) it is 2 DoS

Stealth roll:

Half aim/standard att +20
http://orokos.com/roll/700837 = 58 vs 63 hit, 12 dam, 2 pen

IC
The heretic was cunning in avoiding his last attack. Egill could also be cunning but he kept his warp powers at bay and trusted in his sword arm. He used the momentum of his sword caused by the dodge to keep the swing going, looping the blade over the back of his left shoulder and bringing it diagonally down at his foes right hand side.

Well if they've all run, Damiel will back Egill up to finish off that last cultist.

half aim/standard
BS 25 +20 = <45 rolled 90, 5DoF.

IC:
Seeing his enemy run, Damiel looked for another opponent. The only one still fighting was the cultist stuck with Egill. Poor damned soul. Damiel looked for a shot, but firing into the room and not hitting Egill was above his skill. The shots went wide and he let a small curse under his breath. "Finish him Egill! We can't let those warp-tainted souls escape!"

As the enemy slaves flee into the depths of the station, Alistair starts to move after them.

"Enemies disengaging. If we can't catch them, we'll need to watch our backs."

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Alistair takes a full move to put him in square east of Marius & north of Damiel.

Victory is sweet. Here's my thoughts regarding our next action:

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Marius, adrenaline pumping, began to nod assent to Alistair's suggestion but paused halfway though.

Soon

He shook his head, as if clearing sweat from his eyes. One of the many lessons from his Time of Cleansing with the Ecclesiarchy returned to him:Know your destination before you set out.

"I wish to smite these heretics as much as you, Alistair. But, if recent events are any evidence, our time is running short. Foul though they may be, they are merely symptoms of a greater illness that infects this station. We should seek the source and terminate it as quickly as possible. I fear the longer we spend fighting these dredges the more likely it is that this entire station will be completely consumed by the warp-spawned madness we've been experiencing. We should see if Felyx has any idea as to source of the contamination."

He flashed a wry smile."I agree, though, that they could be a threat once they regroup. I'm not the fleetest of foot; I'll take up the rearguard and ensure that they don't get the jump on us."

Theo, try the invite link now - I think I switched the page players were on.

https://app.roll20.net/join/4077161/foLyrA

Should be better able to see the map now. Slowly learning...

No change in top area minus Donna leaving it so I just posted the main area below.

Jeff and/or Nate, could one of you do me a solid and unlock the chapter 2 IC? With combat over we can open it up and get the ball rolling again.

I'm assuming Lar's is still up that east corridor as he was according to the last round of combat.

Yes, I think so too

That is correct!

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Back in this bitch. Felyx has just realized he doesn't know who the fuck Lars is or why he is with us.

weapon stats:

Tube Charge SBx2 S/–/– 3d10 X 0 1 Blast (4)

Rigged Lasgun Basic 60m S/3/– 1d10+4 E 7 30 2 Full - unreliable

Felyx claimed the two Tube Charges IC. If anyone has any objections to that, I am sure we can work it out.

So, what does the entrance to the dig site look like? What're we working with?

I just mentioned this to Jeff, but can y'all do me a favor and make sure to keep close track of how much XP you have in spent/to spend so I can easily see what totals you have?

Looking across the PCs, you have totals everywhere between 1800/1900 to 2500ish.

Just good to have an accurate sense of where each character is at XP-wise so I know how much to give new players and how to balance encounters.

At this point, I don't know if the players with lower counts didn't jot down XP I've given out, spent it without updating their totals, or somehow fell behind this much because I have been doling out XP in a really imbalanced fashion, or what.

Obviously, if I've been unequally handing out XP, then I would like to help bring the characters with lower XP counts up to speed. But I don't know if that's the case or what right now

Can I test something to try to see if anything is strange about the scene? Like awareness or scrutiny? I guess no but I must ask

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Can I test something to try to see if anything is strange about the scene? Like awareness or scrutiny? I guess no but I must ask [smiley]https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/smiley]

Roll an awareness test!

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Roll awareness: 98, epic fail

Awareness roll:

I guess Lars wits where dulled while imprisoned

Can I use Keen Intuition talent to reroll this failed test?

Go for it. -10 to your test though.

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Yeah, sure, just as the talent states

Roll on awareness with -10 because of Keen Intuition: 17
Lars Perception is 37, so thats 2? DoS?

Awareness roll:

So, its seems I passed  Its nice when your talents acutally do something.

Nice! In that case, you listen very closely and hear something the others didn't. You only notice it when you ask everyone to stay motionless and be extra quiet...then you hear an intermittent, faint metal scraping noise coming from down the hallway where the majority of the footsteps lead.

Every 20-30 seconds there's a long, prolonged faint squealing noise of metal being dragged against metal or stone....

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Additionally, you notice that the footsteps through the dust are sort of erratic and scuffed - and in places it looks like something was dragged along the floor. Perhaps someone was dragged through the passageway against their will?

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Our direction looks clear but it can't hurt to clarify...

Psiniscience https://orokos.com/roll/712242 = 8 vs 36, 4 DoS

Heath, I'll need a scrutiny test if you're going to determine cause of death.

WP test (-10) to avoid insanity https://orokos.com/roll/712437 = 39 vs 37, fail.

Insanity gain https://orokos.com/roll/712438 = 9

Ok, I've gained a grand total of 15 insanity points since arriving on this planet. I believe I have to make a mental trauma roll having gained more than 10 in a short time.

Mental Trauma https://orokos.com/roll/712439 = 88 vs 49, 5 DoF
Shock table (+50) https://orokos.com/roll/712442 = 60

Result from table...
Reeling with shock, the character backs away from the source of his Fear. He cannot willingly approach the object of his Fear, but
can otherwise act normally, with a –10 penalty on all tests until the end of the encounter.

This could be awkward. Could the object of my fear be the 'ghosts' so I will not use psiniscience again while here? If not I guess I'm not going any further in this place. Good luck guys!

Wait what happened?

Dave, nothing so dramatic. Let's just say he's scared shitless of visions like that with psyniscience. If he uses psyniscience again in the future and sees similar apparitions, that effect will come into play, but otherwise you're good to go for the time being...if rattled.

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blackadder wrote:

Wait what happened?

I PMed Dave what egill saw. He can share if he feels so inclined

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Dave we'll compromise and say a -10 to all tests for the next half hour or so of game time.

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Oh, cool.

Heres a roll if you still need it:
http://orokos.com/roll/712626
93 vs something not good to begin with. I was really just looking to see if he was murdered by a gun or blade or died some other way.

Sylphilis wrote:

Heres a roll if you still need it:
http://orokos.com/roll/712626
93 vs something not good to begin with. I was really just looking to see if he was murdered by a gun or blade or died some other way.

His gut was opened up with some makeshift weapon and then someone was pulling his entrails out by hand.

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Reminder that that scraping metal noise from down the hall is still occurring intermittently every 20-30 seconds.

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