Warglory, trial by fire

[Ipphli]

Eyes

Eyes smiles as he realizes he has a clip of the K bullets. He glances over at Fang and Twitch, waving the cartridge hoping to get their attention. He also mouths the letter 'K', hoping they'll get it. Then he looks at the road, hoping to see if there's any good hiding places near the road.

[Shirocco]

((Frigs, you'll need to narrow down Skull's search for an auto-success. Otherwise take a D20 scrounge check and see if the dice like you.))

*Edit: On the roadside there is little. A bullet ridden car near the start position, a wagon on the far (east) side of the street some 50 yards south. There is a bit of fenced off grass before each building, sprinkled with snow. There are the buildings themselves too.

[mainiac]

Twitch catches sight of Eye's smile and it hits him. He punches Fang and points. "He's got K's!" he whispers excitedly before hurriedly running over.
"Nice work, Eyes. You just saved our collective ass. Take out the bitch and I'll be here to back you up."
Twitch hides behind a wall out of sight, ready to start pouring fire onto the street when the shooting starts.

((Eye's, we on the ground floor or what?))

[Shirocco]

((I'm going to bring the assault into motion within a couple days real time. You'll need to have worked out where you are, work out a plan and do <5 minutes labour before then. The tank & escort will turn up, ready or not, by that time.))

[Copacetic]

(( I only really needed a hiding place, so nevermind.))

Skull smashes a window in the bullet riddled car, and pulls himself inside, careful not to touch the broken glass. He then hides under the under the dashboard, peeking out to watch everyone else.

[Ipphli]

((Yes, ground floor. Can't charge the tank from the second floor, now can we? ))

Eyes smiles and nods. "Just get the other guys to provide a distraction, and I'll do the rest. What about that gas we had? Any ideas?"

[Mr.Bookworm]

Gem woke up from his nap, sitting against a building, and immediately heard the rumbling of the tank. He grabbed his rifle from where it was sitting beside him, and ran to a wall where Twitch was to get some cover.

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((So, whadda think our best bet is for taking down a tank? We have a hand grenade, some anti-tank rounds, maybe some homemade explosives. Maaaaaybe a mortar if we get lucky. Maybe use hit and run tactics? We can hide in the buildings.))

[Ipphli]

((Not sure if we're allowed to talk about it OOC or not...))

[Mr.Bookworm]

((Point, I suppose. I'll just yell if there's no OOC planning. And I can't wait to see what a 3 is.))

[painintheear]

Box-Top awoke, "Hands, Twitch, everybody?"

Where is everybody?

Box Top gathered his things (d6)[3] and sneaked out into the open... he knew he needed to hurry.

[mainiac]

Box-top caught saw Twitch frantically wave. "Get your ass back inside Box-Top! Ya got dirt in your ears?"

[Shirocco]

((I'd prefer you got your characters together so you can talk IC. The characters can talk straight and informally, you've met each other before.))

Gem and Box-top have a bully beef tin each, packed with explosives, nails and ball bearings. Their shoelaces hang out of the tins serving as wicks. They're improvised hand grenades, made due to shortages of the real thing.

So far you guys still don't have a light.

*Edit: The dog, quite ignorant of the whole concept of "Stay" or "Come" scratches at legs hoping for food.

[Ridai]

"Hands, I'm back in a minute." With that, Fang runs down to the street level and over the street to the others.

"Maybe we can improvise a small fire, but only if a small miracle happens, so we better not count on the improvised stuff, but if we manage we can chuck some stuff down there. I'm going to provide cover fire together with Hands from the upper floors on the other side of the street, someone could to the same from this side. I suggest that those in the upper floors open fire, you release the dog after that and hit them from the ground level with what you got. Apart from trying to take cover or keeping close to the tank to avoid its machine guns we could cover Skull so that he can throw the grenade in there and Eyes so he can give 'em hell with his K rounds. Start signal would be when everyone on the upper floors starts shooting or if something blows up. If the latter doesn't happen, the explosives are out. If someone has a better plan, great, if not, we should get on our positions now. I'm going to tell what's up to Hands."

If the others decide what to do, Fang will run over the road and up to Hands' position and tell him what's up and get in position.

[Ipphli]

Eyes

Eyes shrugs. "Fine by me. But I say we have the shooting start over there with Hands and you. That way they're all looking over there. Gives me and Skull a better shot at the tank."

[Ridai]

"Good idea. Maybe you can even stab a few of them before they know what hit 'em. How about you guys?", Fang asks the others.

[mainiac]

Twitch nodded in agreement with Fang's assessment. "Sounds about right." He nodded as the soldier turned and left. "Give 'em hell."

[Mr.Bookworm]

"I'm going to go look for a way to start a fire," Gem said, brandishing his homemade grenade.

"This could come in handy, and I think Box-Top has one too. We might be able to do something with the gas, too."

((It's a d20, right? (1d20)[20]))
((For the search roll, that is. Yay, 20. Hopefully that'll do something.))

[Shirocco]

Looking in the sensible place, you enter a house and walk to the gas stove. Sure enough there's a box of matches.


Labour time

The enemy is getting closer. You have until tommorow (real time) to prepare yourselves. You don't really know how far away the tank is. I will need confirmation on where each of you is placed by tonight, baring in mind that unless someone grabs or shoots the dog it is still running about doing it's own thing.

[Mr.Bookworm]

Gem ran back to the wall, tightly clutching the box of matches. He proudly displayed the matches, and said "Look what I found!"

((How many matches? Also, how low are we on rations? I mean, the dog must be for something. >>

Also, maybe we should make an OOC thread for this?))

[Shirocco]

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Put OOC in spoilers if you have a lot to say, especially if it's directed at myself or a handful of others.

You have half a box of matches, should be plenty. Your rations include bully beef and someone might have a sausage, along with less appealing stuff where a dog's concerned.

[Blockhead]

Hands

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OOC: If Ridai/Fangs doesn't come back online before tommorow, can we assume that he's come back into the building and told me what's going on? I'm on the second floor of a building opposite Twitch, Eyes and the rest of the squad. Fangs will likely take a position in the same building as I, but in a different location, probably a floor down.

Hands patiently waited for the impending doom to reach his position.

[Ipphli]

Eyes

Eyes glances over at Hands, then back at the others. "You guys needs to head over to the other side of the road. That way, when you open fire, the enemy will look over there. That'll give me and Skull a chance to take out the tank. And we need to figure something out about that gas. Maybe bury it in the road and use the bandages as a fuse?"

[Ridai]

Fangs

"Forget about digging, we don't have the time anymore. I'll get the diesel down here, figure out something with it, I'll get into position. And grab the damn dog!" Fangs runs back over the road, gets the gas, goes back to the others, leaves it there ("Good luck, guys.") and runs back up on Hands' side.

"Okay Hands, we two will open fire from up here at the infantry when the tank passes by. This will distract them and they will concentrate on us, so that the others can ambush them from the ground level. Eyes will use his K rounds, Skull his grenade. Whatever happens, we should keep shooting the infantry and only leave when the others retreat. Maybe we can get through this whole mess. We'll gonna mess 'em up good." Fangs goes into position a floor above Hands (as he apparently is one level above ground level), tests where he can lie his rifle upon for added precision and has a good view of the street and hides afterwards, so that he can't be seen from the ground level.

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OOC: The times at which most people are active are kind of awkward for me because that time is around or after midnight here in Germany, so it may happen that I miss some of the "go time" the moment it happens.

If the tank passes by when I'm not online Fangs will coordinate with Hands when to attack. He'll carefully aim and brace the rifle on a window sill and keep shooting at infantry, most likely those nearest to Skull or Eyes.

[Blockhead]

Hands

Hands made an 'OK' sign with his hand and released the safety on his rifle. He doubted he'd live through the next couple of minutes, but it was a solid plan and if he gave his life for the destruction of a tank, so be it.

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I'll also brace my rifle against the window frame, since the road is 20 yards across we'll be firing almost at point blank range. Also, how much ammo we got? Also I'm from merry old England, so me and Ridai are in the same boat.

[Ipphli]

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Also, you say I have to get close to use the K rounds. How close is close? Assuming the tank is on the road right in front of the building I'm hiding in, how much closer would I have to get? And is there any cover between there and here? Rolling in case I need to (1d20)[5]

[mainiac]

"Can't use the fuel, Eyes. Stuff diesel and heating it would be too much smoke." Twitch curtly informed Eyes of his skepticism without turning to face him. His attention was directed towards the dog, which he was waving a morsel of sausage towards in a bid for the creatures attention. "Come on boy." He gently called before whistling.

Whether he could attract the dog or not, Twitch would take position by a window or other gap in the wall a few feet way from Eyes. His finger rested lightly on the safety, keeping it off until right before he opened fire, not wanting to give anything a chance to go wrong.

[painintheear]

Box-Top scrambled into the nearest building, looking amongst the fragile walls for a safe place.

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Can I look for cover, do I roll a d20... if so [roll0] and do I get a bonus since thats part of how my character works, sneaking around? I'm really confused about when to roll...

[Mr.Bookworm]

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I want to find a relatively covered location that gives me a good range of fire, while being close enough to actually fire. (1d20)[3]

EDIT: ...Or I could just hide in the car.

[Shirocco]

((Ridae, Block - no sweat on times i'm usedj to that. Players who are behind when everyone else is ready just get dragged like NPCs.

Ipphli, you have no idea how close you have to be. You were told "close" by the officer who handed them to you.))

The dog follows Twitch around eagerly; it's very keen on that sausage. You have a new best friend.... as long as you still have a sausage.

*edit: as to hiding, no rolls yet just describe where you hide.

[painintheear]

Box Top keeps searching around the wall facing the action for a spot that seems reinforced... specifically reinforced and near a window.