USH'S MATRIX GAME: SECOND ASSIGNMENT: 'Ghost Hunt'

You may well do, Cloud! But how many dodges, you could be getting a a lot of attacks...

Burn, yes, you lose your action so you cannot do anything. It basically means that you have already spent your time doing all the stuff you were before!

Technically you could still take your Very Fast actions though...

WOW!
ok,
does taht include moving (psst, i wanna shotgun)
if not deagle, and 3 shots at guy whose the most threat to me

Heh, no, you cannot move as a Very Fast action, that has to be at normal speed. And not only did you drop your Deagle (and it is a full action to pick up a dropped weapon), it is out of ammo.

If you do not Willow Step, you still get to act next action.

i just wanted to put it away, sniff..
oh well,
but if i miss my willow step i get killed
willow adn ill just take the missed turn

Well, I was very kind in letting you move AND pick up the uzi in one action you, see; it should have been two. I assumed you had finished. with the Deagle, else I would have queried it, sorry. I'll pick it up again for you as soon as you have a chance.

Missing one Willow Step probably won't KILL you...

(yay, I'm here...)

San pulls out her two guns.

4 bursts BGB at the nearest 2 goons (2 bursts each)

If it is two bursts each you don't need the BGB, San! You can do that with just the one gun. As there is an accuracy penalty for using BGB, probably better that way!

Ok, let's see here... that is two attacks at -1 to hit each. You roll +5 and -1, for totals of 18 and 12 as your targets dodge (I assume you are firing at the ones on the east side with that first attack).

Two hits; one for 1 and one you have killed, San! Good going. And you are owed an action, so please feel free to go again...

Hmm...2 more bursts at the next target (I can't remember where all the various bad guys are...)

Well, we have 1 left alive just burst into the bar from the south, six to the west of the bar, and couple left to the east. One at the stairway. A lot more about to enter from outside but ytou cannot target them yet. Any preference?

How about the one at the stairway...

Okidokey... you are being efficient with your ammo, I assume?

You roll +2, for a final total of 17. JUST about enough! Good shot, as he falls down the stairs, gun blazing into nowhere all the way...

That is you caught up, San.

(Good to know the WS helped Ush. hey whats the rule with exertions what happens if i get too many of em?)

I'd like to perform the same action as my last turn.

Okidokey, though we have not reached the next action yet; I shall probably move it on soon.

Your speed is 3, Castor. So if you reach an exertion of 3, you lose an action.

And should you ever get it down to -5, you gain a bonus action!

(how do i get a negative exertion?)

By taking fast actions. You will note that several focus powers give you fast attacks. The basic level of coppertop killer makes all your shots at mundanes fast.

And in fact, you can make standard attack of any type (i.e. any attack you make without a Path or Gun Trick involved) a fast one, and hence lose an exertion, by just saying you want to do so. It gets -2 to hit if you do it.

(I see, Good to know. Like if i was shooting someone at point blank range i wouldnt need to use a Gun Trick, that would lose me an exertion?)

So long as you don't mind the -2 to hit, yup.

There are plenty of times when you might be, say, just Kicking a mundane when you may want to risk the -2 to hit to make it fast as well.

USH!!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS BEFORE?!?! I COULDA USED THAT LITTLE TIDBIT TWO FIGHTS AGO!!!!!

it is in the rules HDM 😄

shhh...😉