He looks about and feeling it would be wiser for him to take on the swat guys first, as they are more spread out, he does such.
He moves closer to the East Side and and watching his back for enemy fire from the above level of the north side he just left he uses Laughter fo the Fox to disarm the closest Coppertop and couples the shot that comes with the Laughter of the Fox ability with Coppertop killer to help assure the enemies death.
(If its possible, or If i need to I will use willow Step to avoid the bullets form the north upper swat guys.)
Ok, sorry, for the delay, folks, I was very busy yersterday.
First of all, I need to sort out last action's Coeus/Fire/Mors moves. Coeus is Willow Stepping which makes his defence aginst both 16. Mors and Fire, both using Hand of the Emperor, are attacking at a 16 as well.
Fire rolls -2. Gah, sorry, buddy! But Mors rolls +1. A hit! A glancing hit but still a hit. Coeus is slashes for five damage- the moment before that bullet went through your arm, Mors! I shall edit the LAST update to reflect all this.
Ok, now what do I have to resolve here? Ah, Cloud's shot. Three bursts will certainly do you better. And you CAN ignore their cover and some of their armour! +5 on your roll is a good shot! +2 for the bursts makes it 17... all in all, take off one for the armour, add one for the many bullets from that gun... a dead-on kill! Well done sir! The SWAT guy falls back, riddled.
Burn, you fire two bursts at the first SWAT- you roll +4, he's not going to be saved this time, and he is blown away!
On the next one you roll evens. That would not have killed him if you had not already hit him, but you have and he is down.
And then the third one... click!. Oops! Out of ammo, buddy...
Ok, Burn, Heph is indeed kicking at you- Jump of the Grasshopper is a big kick- so you will need a defence against that! As many people have chosen to, you can elect to just keep Willow Stepping which will count for him as well.
However, some of you may consider the threat from players to be greater than the SWAT guys, in which case you would want to NOT Willow Step, and take a more focussed defence against that player. Always your call.
Phoe, you forgot to defend! But I shall out you on a default of Willow Step in this firefight, which I think is what everyone is doing. Again, I assume you mean three bursts from each gun- but it really would be nice if you specified!
Ares and Virus pour fire at each other. Heh- you both score dead-on hits!
Ok... here is what happens. Phoe is hit by an M-16 on burst fire, 14 damage, - her strength, for 6 damage.
Ares is hit by two Glock 19s which, coincidentally enough, also comes out as 6 damage!
Even exchange there, folks... Phoe- you have plenty of actions to spare!
Then... Rade, that is only two actions (defending isn't an action) but that will certainly help make up your deficit. Jedi-like, you leap up to the southern balcony- much to the surprise of the SWAT guys!
You then stab at one, rolling a +1, for a final total of 16, which hurts your target but does not kill it. However, as I am feeling generous and you hace actions to spare, I am going to let you Gift of the Emperor that one, so you run that SWAT guy through and kill him, losing only one of your banked actions to retrieve your weapon. Then you run forwards and flip off the wall! Neat!
Ok, Castor, you have headed East Side, and I shall execute your attack next action.
PHEW!
I am assuming a Willow Step from Burn.
Uh-oh. Heph rolls -1, which is enough for a Hit against Burn's penalised Guns score.
Burn, Heph just Trinity-kicked you. He glies up into the air, time freezes for a moment... and then his kick sends you flying into the barricade! He only just hit you, for 5 damage- but now you have been sent Prone! Uh-oh...
Ok, good news is, SWAT numbers are thinning out at last! Only ten left as they begin their shooting. Let's be fair- one attack on each of you.
Oh Cloud! It is GOOD that you Willow Stepped, it just saved you!
Likewise Castor! It's getting better, folks...
Virus, you are only just missed as well!
Rade, you are less lucky, despite your efforts. You are clipped for seven points of damage you certainly did not want...
Unlucky, Coeus, you are hit as well, for 6! Damn those massed assault rifles...
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STATE OF PLAY AT START OF: Fourth round, fourth action
Room 2
North Side Lower:
Cloud 9/19/2
South Side Lower:
Ares 5/6/1
East Side Lower:
1 SWAT Hit (4), 1 SWAT Hit (2)
Castor 14/5/0
West Side Lower:
Hephaestus 16/7/0
Virus 9/21/3
Burn 8/10/2- PRONE!
Between South Side and West Side Lower:
Fire 6/19/1
Mors 7/26/0
Coeus 14/11/1
North Side Upper:
4 SWATs, ok
South Side Upper:
4 SWATs, ok
Rade 6/13/1
CURRENTLY OWED ACTIONS: Virus (2), Rade (1), Heph (1), Mors (1), Fire (1)
Mors and Heph both have burned up a banked action due to exertion, which works out well. I apologise for not being on-line to take moves against Coeus, though I did kinda suspect Fire and Mors might have posted some potential ones in advabce. No matter, we have a clean fight now...
Currently involved in fights (and hence unable to take non-combat moves until they win or flee): Heph, Burn, Mors, Fire, Coeus.
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This round the SWAT guys are only firing two bursts so you people are a little safer- that and you will likely kill more!
Castor, your attack executes. You roll evens, not a killer hit with a punch, but it is what you needed!
You slip to the SWAT guy's side, and take a hold of his gun. You flip the gun around, throwing the SWAT guy over your shoulder and reversing the gun so it is pointing at the SWAT guy's head. You then pull down the trigger and empty the remaining six bullets into him. He's Out- for sure!
Burn, you're a lucky man, welcome to Prone land! Now, there are some new rules coming in soon for this that you would bugger up if you had taken Standing Monk. You haven't, so I can just do this normally.
You will, I assume, be getting up this action. Like moving, you can do that AND do something else. You will not have actually finished getting up until your NEXT action.
The good news is, that whilst Prone guns are at -2 to hit you.
The bad news is twofold. If you want to make an attack- say, at Heph- this action, you are at -2 to hit. And whilst you are Prone- you cannot Dodge, even with focus powers! Uh-oh...
Heph, as you just did a move on Burn that sent him flying, the choice is yours whether to carry on with the combat or not. If you chose to, please advance and attack Burn again! (all in one action). If you don't, both you and Burn can go about doing other things. Burn is getting up either way, of course.
I do not think there were any other stored actions, so carry on, folks!
Rade, yes.
Fire, yes, that was the last action I just resolved, so that is two actions ago now. Technically you missed your attack but I appreciate that is because I was away all day. If Jedi is ok with it, you may make TWO attacks on him now if you wish.
Coeus, of course, has now gotten his katana out and may strike back!