[Recruitment] Cthulhutech: The Borderlines of the World

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:32 pm

I made a little IC post to declare what it is I want to do with my one action this round. I'm not taking additional time to actually line up the shot, I'm firing now. To make your life easier though I'll conditionally declare the use of an action point if I miss this shot. I've already got four dice to roll for attack, but in all probability the enemy will have 3 dice for defence so there is a bit of a chance he could dodge out of the way. As for which group I'm aiming at, technically that would be whichever is closer, but from OOC knowledge it would seem smarter to aim at Group 2 as if I can blow them up now that would mean that they don't get to act ahead of Bertram, Tyche, and Dovara

Still, GM's discretion as to which one I actually shoot at.

EarthScorpion · Post by **EarthScorpion** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:29 am

Alex (AN) fires a Tiny Plasma Cannon at the nearest vehicle (Roll d10/5, 8, therefore Technical 2)

To hit;
Firearms roll - Firearms Adept + Focus: Power Armour (3+1 Dice)
Range = Long (-2)
1, 3, 10, 2 = Highest = 10
Perception = 6
Total = 14

To dodge
Dodge Roll (uses Pilot, as not in OSE compatible craft) - Pilot Novice (2 dice)
1, 6 = Highest = 6
Agility = 6
Total = 12

Hits

Damage = 1 + 2 dice = 4+6+2 = 12
Armour = 1 dice = 5
7 Integrity damage done.

Technical is Integrity 3
U:[/]
Co:[/]
L:[/]
M: [2]
S:[3]
Cr:[3]

Target is Moderately damaged, Systems Code U, Co, L, M offline, reduced to half maximum speed.

Now, as I feel that in a vehicle like this, the crew/passengers are much more exposed than in a proper IFV, I'm also rolling Dodge Checks for d5 of the crew, to represent them getting in the way of the shot.

d5 roll = 3 = 2 hit.
Assigning hits; 8, 3 = Front Right, Back Left

FR Dodge - Dodge Adept (3 dice)
1, 1 , 7 = BOTCH
Agility = 6
Total = BOTCH = 0
Fails really, really hard; hit by Plasma.
5 dice of Integrity scale, therefore really dead.

BL Dodge - Dodge Novice (2 dice)
6, 4 = Highest = 6
Agility = 5
Total = 11
Hit by Plasma
3 dice of Integrity scale, therefore dead.

Boy, the guys and girls in that car are really in need of some fear checks. :D

EarthScorpion · Post by **EarthScorpion** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:01 am

Tenacity check for Cultist driver - Challenging (TN 14)
Tenacity Feat Roll - Tenacity Novice (2 dice)
6, 4 = Highest = 6
Tenacity = 4
Total = 10
Fails

Roll 2d10 on Fear table = 15 = Terror

Pilot Check to avoid going out of control from Terror - Challenging (TN 16)
Pilot Roll - Pilot Novice (2 dice)
4, 5, = Highest = 5
Agility = 6
Total = 11
Fails, rolls the vehicles when turning too fast at high speed.

Crew essentially incapacitated for duration of combat time.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:18 am

Whose's turn is it?

EarthScorpion · Post by **EarthScorpion** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:21 am

Initiative order is as follows:

16} Alex - Patrolling around the Werewolf
16} Henna - In the pilot seat of the IFV
15 Erik - In the hold of the IFV, with the patients
14 Group 2 - Coming in from the East
13 Bertram - Over by the Werewolf, just finished with the charges
11} Tyche - In the IFV
11} Dovara - In the IFV (One of these two are in the turret, I'd suspect Marcao, looking at the stats)
8 Group 1 - Coming in from the East
7} Aiguo - Over by the Werewolf, just finished with the charges
7} Salky - In the hold of the IFV, with the patients

Curly brackets indicate simultaneous actions.

It is, therefore, Betram's go now.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:05 pm

Congratulations to Alex, that was definitely an impressive shot. :P

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:59 pm

Popping smoke to give cover between the Werewolf and the APC, I'll write up the post soon.

EarthScorpion · Post by **EarthScorpion** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:52 am

Bertram (HF) uses a smoke grenade for cover. It's 50 m from the crash to the IFV, so to get it half way is range 25

Maximum range = S x 10 = 30 metres (I'd make a comment about how unusual it is for Strength to be the dump stat, but frankly that seems to be a running theme in Ctech, from other games I've read)

Long Range, therefore check is Hard (diff 22).

Static Thrown Check - Thrown Student (1 dice)
8 - Highest - 8
Agility = 5
Total = 13
Fails, grenade scatters

Scatters 2d10/3 metres = 9, 9 = 6 metres
Direction = 5 = 6 o clock, directly backwards.

End result - there is a 6 metre radius cloud of smoke directly between him and the IFV, centred 19 metres away

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Dovara (M) fires a Large Laser Cannon at Vehicle 1

To hit;
Firearms roll - Firearms Adept (3 Dice)
Range = Long (-2)
10, 4, 6 = Highest = 10
Perception = 7
Total = 15

To dodge
Dodge Roll (uses Pilot, as not in OSE compatible craft) - Pilot Novice (2 dice)
3, 2 = Highest = 3
Agility = 5
Total = 8

Hits, beat by 6-10, so base damage pool is two dice

Damage = 2 + 3 dice = 9, 7, 4, 10, 8 = 38 (OUCH!)
Armour = 1 dice = 7
31 (!) Integrity damage done.

Technical is Integrity 3
U:[/]
Co:[/]
L:[/]
M: [/]
S:[/]
Cr:[/]

Target is Destroyed, in a gratuitous display of superior firepower and a revelation that the NEG's basic IFV is actually really nasty against anything smaller than itself. Especially since it can also carry 6 suits of powered armour, and can ambush you from invisibility.

Seriously, that single shot would have severely damaged most Nazzadi mecha.

Or maybe you lot are just determined to never let any enemy of humanity get a turn.

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:10 pm

And now we learn that the technological equivalent of a bunch of African militiamen in a Toyota with a .50 cal in the back do not last very long against the equivalent of a Bradley IFV with... I'm not sure if powered armour has an equivalent, but you get the idea. Now of course since the technicals didn't work we're probably going to have to fend off some mudskippers or a hydra. Fun.

Marcao · Post by **Marcao** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:56 am

Well, I have to say that firing that big laser cannon was very satisfying. ^_~

EarthScorpion · Post by **EarthScorpion** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:42 pm

True enough. I expected them all to die fairly quickly (because, as Academia Nut puts it, I did just put the equivalent of militiamen in jeeps with guns on the back (seriously, they were worse equipped than a NEG SWAT-equivalent team) against a proper IFV), just... not that quickly. I though I'd get to lob a few RPGs and maybe some HMG fire from the jeeps at you before you cut them all down.

Alas, it was not to be.

That's the end of the first little segment; there's be an IC post of you getting away. It seems to be fairly typical in pbp games to award session XP after the end of what would be a scene in a tabletop game, so that's what I'll do. There'll be an IC post of you getting into the safety of the IFV with its lovely, lovely cloaking device, unless anyone has anything they want to do before that.

So, yes, XP. Everyone gets the base 5 XP, and I think that everyone's done well enough with their posts and the like to earn and extra 1 XP for good roleplaying. In addition, both Academia Nut and Marcao get an extra 1 XP, because, frankly, the one-shot-kill was awesome, while the driver-Terror-then-crash was rather amusing. This isn't a reward for killing things, it's a reward for killing things stylishly/amusingly. It's completely different.

Likewise, the principle of Schroedinger's XP applies here. It can be spent to improve any feature of the character which hasn't been called upon or featured in the story yet; basically, if it could have been that stat all along, with the expenditure of the XP, it was. I think that covers almost all your stuff.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:21 am

Actually I was thinking a non-compromised base AN. Going towards a compromised base with wounded and maybe a 1/4th of your beginning firepower is pretty much suicide.

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:25 am

True, although apparently its the only place in the area. I already voiced my concern that going there was a bad idea, but did anyone listen to me? Noooooo...

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:38 am

Am I to understand this is the only base in Ireland?

EarthScorpion · Post by **EarthScorpion** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:56 am

By no means. The closest base, well, I assembled this map in Google maps. It's really rather useful, you know, for making this kind of thing for RPG campaigns.

Plus, it means I get to do more world building. And it's slightly worrying that I enjoy the world-building even more than I enjoy playing or running.

Borderlines of the World Map

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:47 am

The early warning stations? Should I be thinking field recon posts or the trip wire bases in Germany set up during the Cold War?

Huh... Let me explain. Field Recon Posts are gonna be a couple of guys and a sensor system. No real medical help.

The trip wire bases were forward positions basically designed to slow up the Soviets for an hour or half and broadcast warning. Their medical was basic but decent and they had all kinds of comm systems with which to scream bloody murder.

EarthScorpion · Post by **EarthScorpion** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:20 am

frigidmagi wrote:The early warning stations? Should I be thinking field recon posts or the trip wire bases in Germany set up during the Cold War?

Huh... Let me explain. Field Recon Posts are gonna be a couple of guys and a sensor system. No real medical help.

The trip wire bases were forward positions basically designed to slow up the Soviets for an hour or half and broadcast warning. Their medical was basic but decent and they had all kinds of comm systems with which to scream bloody murder.

With the correct terminology provided, they're more like trip wire bases, in that they've got some heavy armour present, as well as some lighter scout vehicles, and some quite nice stationary defences. They will have some medical stuff; they're also the place that scouting patrols would retreat to if they're ambushed and have to pull back.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:16 pm

So, it's been 2 and a half weeks.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:10 am

By my count we're waiting for the GM, since none of you are fighting Aigou at all in this call.

EarthScorpion · Post by **EarthScorpion** » Mon May 11, 2009 1:16 pm

Apologies for not posting; I had my first set of end of term tests at the start of this month, and then just sort of forgot about it in the aftermath. :sad:

There will be another quiet time, as the second set of exams starts on the 8th of June, but I'll try to keep this going until about a week before then, when I'll go into full revision overdrive and start having to leave myself reminders to eat at fixed times.

You think I kid.

EarthScorpion · Post by **EarthScorpion** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:26 am

And now the exams are over, which means I can get back to posting regularly.

Sorry about the sort of dead (well, not dead, as more eternal lying) status of the game; that should be remedied. :sad:

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:38 am

EarthScorpion wrote:And now the exams are over, which means I can get back to posting regularly.

Sorry about the sort of dead (well, not dead, as more eternal lying) status of the game; that should be remedied. :sad:

arggghghhhh

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:49 pm

So... Are we dead then?

Conrad Gray · Post by **Conrad Gray** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:15 am

How about a Cthulhutech/Cthulhupunk/Delta Green merger?

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