TD?DW Ep2: Blood Ties

[DeathQuaker]

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So I'm down a total of 14 HP, yes?

Unrelated directly to this combat, I got the latest version of PCGen the other day. The old character sheets aren't completely compatible, so I re-did up Wendy. Somehow I ended up with more skill points than before (or I misread my char sheet and left something out). I did intentionally drop a skill point from speak language (she really only needs to be able to read Ancient Greek, not speak it) but minor shifts aside I still seemed to end up with more, able to drop some points into Search and add to Decipher Script. Overall looks like I ended up with 4-6 more points than before.

As far as I can tell, they did the math right, so I'm not sure what's up with that. On the other hand, I can barely add 2 and 2 on a good day.

This is the PCGen 1.14 version:

http://www.angelfire.com/id/deathqua...y_lv_7_New.htm

Of course, obviously, I'd rather use the sheet with more skill points than less, but wanted your call on what I should do about it.

Clicking on Wendy's avatar in my sig still leads to her old character sheet so you can compare. You'll see negatives to Dex-based skills in the old sheet because it has her Aluminum Case noted as Equipped and makes her encumbered; normally she's not actually carrying/dragging the thing when she's in combat/doing something physical so I unequipped it.

Oh, also, I remember saying I was going to buy her a light undercover shirt, but it wasn't on my old charsheet. I added it now. For the purposes of this fight though, let's stick with the Def of 15 (rather than the new 16. Odd for her to suddenly sprout armor.).

[alchemyprime]

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Eh, use the new one. I beat your AC by 4 last time... so now I beat it by 3 I guess. It wouldn't make tooo much of a difference.

[DeathQuaker]

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Sorry, didn't realize it was my turn.

Actually, can we get a description of the road we're on at the moment? Surrounding buildings, significant objects, etc? If we can use the area around us to help that'd be good.

[alchemyprime]

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Glad you asked.

At the moment, there are a few buildings to both sides, but this is mainly a throughoufair (sp?) and most of what is one either side is parks.

But there is a big concrete divider on the other side of the other people's SUV. If they crashed into that... well, this would turn into "Doctor Who: The Movie" directed by Michael Bay.
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[DeathQuaker]

Wendy says to Sam, trying to sound authoritative past the pain she's currently in. "We either need to ram them into the median wall--or get creative and drive into one of those parks. We might be able to lose them that way."

She pops her head back up to the window to aim at the driver, since his window is down and he is also shooting.

(1d20+7)[10] (add one more if maurezhi)

If damage: (2d8+1)[6] (if Maurezhi, add (1d6)[3])

[alchemyprime]

Wendy misses.

Sam's up.

[alchemyprime]

(Bump. Again, it's Sam's turn. Bump. And, for good meassure, TARDIS bump.)

[Glawackus]

Sam nods and, once again, attempts to send the SUV into the barrier.

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Drive (1d20+2)[7]

[alchemyprime]

Sam can't well drive them off, and the other driver aims for the Jeep again.

(Can't find my dice... so...)

Attack - (1d20+5)[19]

If hit
damage - (2d6)[7]

So there ya go. If that can hit Wendy, it does. If it only beats the car AC, it hits the car.

[DeathQuaker]

Wendy winces, flying back against the back seat, her own blood splattering behind her. "This is growing less.... productive. Oh bloody hell. I don't know what I'm doing but..."

She crawls back into the front seat and reaches for the controls to the gatling, activates the machine, and lays into the tires of their pursuer.

Attack: (1d20+6)[24]

If damage: (3d4+4)[13]

[alchemyprime]

Wendy unloads a full round of ammo into the suv and blows out it's tires. The SUV spins out and crashes into a divider and a small puff of smoke comes out.

And right as you are about to ask "That was it?" it explodes.

Now just one thought fills your head.

"Keep driving, just keep driving, don't look..."

And eventually you get to the Fresh and Easy where the maurezhi were spotted.

[Glawackus]

Sam gapes at the explosion, and then floors it straight to the supermarket. He skids the car into a line of shopping carts, and leaps out the door, slinging the katana over one shoulder and sweeping the parking lot with the gun in his other hand.

"Well, look at you, Mister Action Hero. Got your samurai sword and your compensatory gun and everything."

"I'm not compensating," Sam says through gritted teeth, moving towards the store's entrance.

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Spot: (1d20)[2]
Listen: (1d20+2)[4]

[alchemyprime]

Well, sam sees nothing. What about wendy?

[DeathQuaker]

Wendy's moved back to the back seat again, where she stowed her case of gear and has the first aid kit open, seeing to the nasty bullet gash in her shoulder and the burn-blisters on part of her face and neck.

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Treat Injury: (1d20+2)[17]

If by some miracle she beats DC 15, she heals (1d4)[4]HP.

Even if she heals no damage, she doesn't feel it's appropriate to bleed all over a grocery store, even if it's probably deserted.

She considers the maurezhi stone, but decides she's not close enough to death to want to put that thing in her mouth.

When she's finished, she joins Sam out of the car (leaving her case in there, so she makes sure he has the keys and the car is locked). She looks around--are there any other cars in the parking lot? Grocery store open or closed? Any sign of the beasties?

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Listen: (1d20+5)[18]
Spot: (1d20+10)[22]

[alchemyprime]

The store is still now closed, and there are a few cars left in the lot. The maurezhi are long gone. However, Wendy does manage to find a gnawed on shoe, some torn women's pants and a purse with a wallet inside.

In the wallet is an ID for a woman named Sarah Sedaris. She has short blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin and seems to be in her late forties.

And most odd thing is that a woman that looks just like her in a loose sweatshirt and baggy jeans, clothes much like the thugs that attacked you in the outlet store, is walking briskly and mechanicaly across the parking lot to a parked blue car.

[DeathQuaker]

If the blonde woman does not seem to notice her and Sam, she gently tugs at Sam's arm and then puts her finger to her lips to tell him to stay quiet. She points at the woman, and mouths to Sam. "Wait. We'll follow her in the car."

[alchemyprime]

The woman doesn't notice you at all.

But you can try some Move Silently and Hide, if you want.

[DeathQuaker]

Don't know what Sam will opt to do, but Wendy is opting to stay still (since so far they are going unnoticed) until the woman gets in the car and starts to leave, and then hopes to follow her whereever she's going.

She will be noting the car's make, model, and license# in case they lose the car later.

Logic in her mind is that this is likely a newly assimilated maurezhi, and she might be returning to their hive.

[Glawackus]

Sam nods and looks down at Sparky. "Can you try to record any of this? I know you weren't built with this sort of thing in mind, but..."

The robot glances up and sighs, and looks as intently as he can at the car.

[DeathQuaker]

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Right, so now that this is finally up, I get to tell you that I'm going away in 10 days, and am going to be crazy busy leading up to that point and then definitely out of touch until about mid-August. I'll try to log on when I can in the next week or so, but after that I'm going to be disappeared for a little while. Apologies--I meant to give notice earlier, and that's when the servers went down.

[alchemyprime]

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No prob, DQ. I'm hitting up Comic-Con myself in a few days. I was going to ask for a few weeks hiatus since my World Building project (Lords of Creation in the Playgorund, in the Sig, check it out) has gotten HUGE! And also...

I lost my note for Chap 3. And the boss stats for this Episode. So...

How about we come back with DQ?

[Glawackus]

Fine by me. I'm going to need a little while to get back into the swing of things on this board.

Anyone else a little let down by Turn Left? I thought it was pretty weak. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End looks like it's going to be pretty good, though.

[DeathQuaker]

((Cool. See y'all in August. "Turn Left" was ok, harmless fluff episode. Stolen Earth/Journey's End is fun but nonsensical fanwank, and the ending sucks, IMO. Still worth seeing through though.))