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[Ruski]

I vote that he runs to jump on the grenades.
Maybe they are just smoke and flash bangs?
Or maybe they are a couple of high explosive fraggers, trying to finish what the drone started?
Either way I vote he runs on top of them. :-)

[bull30548]

Behind the counter with laser boy. As for their procedures this isn't a swat team this is a special forces wet work team. You have to remember most corporations are broken into security and military. These guys are probably military with missions and rules defined by their corporation. They are probably on a sweep and clear. If it was capture and detain I would think we would get a security force not a uber armed and armored attack squad.

[Ruski]

That was my guess too
 But seeing as how there's a dude standing next to said explosives, I can kinda hope for the best... and I can learn about soaking damage if it comes to the worst.
Personally, I think I'll duck behind the counter with my action.

[kv]

Bull, I still need an action for you. If you're moving, where are you moving? If you're staying put, are staying exactly where you are, or are you ducking behind the counter for more cover?

There's no way to know what the Red Samurai's aims are- unless you know me and my gaming philosophy; I love storylines, so I'm a sucker for a good story more than I am a stickler for the rules and making sure every little loose end is tied up. I like big worlds, I like characterization, and I love NPCs that have more flavor than a cardboard cutout that you get to stand there and look cool in front of.

Maybe these guys are Red Samurai, the elitest security force the Renraku has on staff- or maybe they're ARES Firewatch, dressed up to the nines to make it look like Renraku is behind this attack. Maybe they're just a bunch of punks who ended up with some Renraku equipment that fell of the back of a truck, and they're trying to use it to hit some big money. Maybe this is a team of seasoned Renraku veterans, who work together like a well-oiled machine; or maybe they're a newer team that doesn't quite trust each other yet; maybe they just got a new team leader reassigned after the last lead got geeked, and they haven't quite settled into the new guy yet. Any of those are possibilities.

And, the truth is those grenades could be any kind of grenades- white phosporous, flashbang, high explosive, or IR smoke. You don't know what their standard operating procedure is. That's where the imagined peril and story's dramatic tension come from.

  - Logain

[bull30548]

Sorry I misread the map on that one.  I didn't realize I was already positioned there I thought I was behind a planter.  So my action shall be to wait an magicker somebody's face off.  I don't know can I hold a nonsustained spell and discharge it?  I don't think it would be possible because I need to beat target numbers, have line of sight and all that jazz.

[kv]

I hate to ask this one more time, Bull, but is that your final answer?

I read this as: "I delay my spell until such a time as someone sticks their head out and I have something to aim at."
That's perfectly okay as an action, but you're going to have to roll again for the spell when the time comes, because there may be new modifiers. No saving the awesome roll until you get a perfect shot.

  - kv

[bull30548]

Okay I will post my action now that way we can continue. I am fine with rerolling my spell at a later time -1 correct?

[kv]

...what's all this about fiberoptic cables?

  - kv

[bull30548]

Magesight goggles use a special fiberoptic so I don't have to stick my head out to cast a spell just the lil cable.

[kv]

Bull, the first two versions of your character don't have Magesight goggles- and you're not using the 'adapted' version yet. You didn't suddenly change into the new version of the character, the purpose of the scenario is to find holes in your character concept, and then plug them before we get into the full game. Sometimes we hand-wave away something that didn't work (like sustaining the Increased Reflexes with a Force 2 focus), just to get on with the game. But mostly we try and stick with the rules.

Also, to tell a good story and have fun.

When I have time (hopefully later tonight), I'll sort through the actions and get to the next round. Bull, if you haven't posted a clarified action by then, we'll just say 'indecision,' have Kinsey take full cover behind the counter, and move on.

  - kv

[kv]

Sorry for the delay- I wanted to apologize to Bull before we continued.

I should have time for a post tonight or tomorrow night.

  - kv

[kv]

My apologies, everyone.

While I didn't get to this game tonight, I did manage to wrap up one of my other games, which means less guilt about not doing that, and more time to do this. I'm still trying to figure out a workaround for Maptools, which does not like Java7.

Any help in that department would be appreciated. I have a message out to Curris, currently.

  - kv

[bull30548]

Uh hitting and swearing? Sometimes strangely enough it seems to work....

[kv]

Nope. Rather than messing with it, I used another program. I used a program I did for layout on Newspaper and my design work, and I'm far more comfortable with it. So here's the new map, more or less:

  -kv

[kv]

Bulletsponge mentioned that he couldn't see that map. Is it showing up for everyone else okay?

  - kv