ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Qwepir]

Cualli blinks, glancing at Arkhip. "Well, I only have a house on-base, and buying another house would be expensive..." She trails off, looking to the pilot again.

Neither of the other occupants are skilled enough in the art of conversation to pick up the dropped dialog, and the rest of the descent is in silence. You disembark at the base of the mountain and return to the parking lot to see someone attempting to break into Arkhip's car.
: What the hell does this idiot think he's doing?

"Cartography would be my main hobby, with a little bit of drawing on the side. Also defending the battlements from barbarians." He smiles and takes a drink "Cartography interests me because not many people do it anymore, at least manually. Probably because it's so painstakingly boring for them when they can just generate stuff easier and more accurately with data.

: Yeesh, guess you're gonna be out of luck here then. Don't think there are any cartography conventions in town.

[Ad Bot]

[Badger]

: Yeesh, guess you're gonna be out of luck here then. Don't think there are any cartography conventions in town.

"How about the movies then? is there anything worth watching this month?"

[carolcat]

Cualli glances at Arkhip and refrains from stating the obvious. "Want me to go run him off?" She asks quietly, trying to gauge the size of the criminal.

[Qwepir]

Cualli glances at Arkhip and refrains from stating the obvious. "Want me to go run him off?" She asks quietly, trying to gauge the size of the criminal.

: Someone has to.

Cualli's PER 46
???'s AGI 38
Cualli's roll: 96 - failure
???'s roll: 32 - success
Cualli can't quite make out anything about the burglar, owing in no small part to how dark it is. Eremit starts approaching his car regardless.

"How about the movies then? is there anything worth watching this month?"

: You are aware what month it is, right?

[carolcat]

Cualli follows alongside Arkhip, keeping an eye on the burglar. She thinks for a moment, weighing her options.

She places a hand on Arkhip and walks ahead of him. Once she's within arm's reach, Cualli reaches out and grabs the burglar with one hand, yanking him sharply away from the car. With her free hand, she throws a hook aimed for the guy's head.

The adrenaline surge pushes away her thoughts of how, right now, she's probably setting a terrible example for Elu.

[Qwepir]

Cualli follows alongside Arkhip, keeping an eye on the burglar. She thinks for a moment, weighing her options.

She places a hand on Arkhip and walks ahead of him. Once she's within arm's reach, Cualli reaches out and grabs the burglar with one hand, yanking him sharply away from the car. With her free hand, she throws a hook aimed for the guy's head.

The adrenaline surge pushes away her thoughts of how, right now, she's probably setting a terrible example for Elu.

The burglar doesn't hear your footsteps until it's too late, and even then he seems to think you're someone else.
"You still here? I thought I-"
Cualli's WS 32
Unaware target provides bonus of 30
Called shot provides penalty of 20
Test taken at 42
Roll: 29 - success

Fist damage = 1d5-3+4: Rolled 5 (critical hit!)
6 total damage
Burglar's Toughness Bonus 3
Total Damage Reduction: 3
Burglar takes 3 damage
HP remaining: 6/9

Rolling 1d5 on critical table: 5
Result: Target stunned for 1 round
Cualli's fist connects with the would-be carjacker's left temple and sends him stumbling backwards into the side of the car. Cualli doesn't see it happen, but Eremit pats his jacket and realizes he left his gun at home.

[Badger]

Walter puts on a sheepish look "oh, right" he pauses for a moment and approaches from a different angle

"Home movie? Or is there any neat stores in town that I could use some new found cash at?"

[carolcat]

Cualli grabs the carjacker while he's dazed and grapples with him, attempting to throw him face-first into the snow. "Hands off the car," she hisses.

[Qwepir]

Cualli grabs the carjacker while he's dazed and grapples with him, attempting to throw him face-first into the snow. "Hands off the car," she hisses.

Cualli's WS 32
Stunned target provides bonus of 20
Standard attack provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 62
Roll: 58 - success

Cualli's STR 40
Burglar's STR 32
Cualli's roll: 17 - success by 3 degrees
Burglar's roll: 37 - failure
Result: Burglar thrown down
The crook gets to eat blackened slush, but seems to have shaken off his dazed state.

Burglar's STR 32
Pin provides penalty of 10
Cualli's STR 40
Burglar's roll: 32 - failure
Cualli's roll: 39 - success
Result: Burglar still pinned
He's putting up a fight but Cualli keeps him on the ground. You hear footsteps approaching rapidly from behind.

Walter puts on a sheepish look "oh, right" he pauses for a moment and approaches from a different angle
"Home movie? Or is there any neat stores in town that I could use some new found cash at?"

: Uh, yeah we've got stores out here. More than one, too, what kind are you looking for?

[carolcat]

Cualli plants her knee on the guy's back, bearing her weight down on him. She grabs his arm and twists it a painful amount behind him. "Try anything and I break it," she warns, hoping to give him some motivation to struggle less.

"Check him for any weapons," she says to who she assumes (judging by the direction of the sound) is Arkhip.

[Qwepir]

Cualli plants her knee on the guy's back, bearing her weight down on him. She grabs his arm and twists it a painful amount behind him. "Try anything and I break it."

Cualli's STR 40
Burglar's WIL 34
Cualli's roll: 38 - success
Burglar's roll: 42 - failure
He believes you.

"Check him for any weapons," she says to who she assumes (judging by the direction of the sound) is Arkhip.

Arkhip just shouts for Cualli to watch out, indicating that the footsteps were not his. He moves himself in front of the accomplice running to assist the guy she beat up.
Accomplice's WS 35
Charging provides bonus of 20
Lightning Attack provides penalty of 10
Test taken at 45
Roll: 4 - success by 5 degrees
Result: 2 hits to torso, 1 hit to arm

Knife damage 1d5+3
Rolls: 4, 4, 5
22 total damage
Arkhip's toughness bonus 2
Total damage reduction: 6
Arkhip takes 16 damage
HP remaining: -7/9

Arkhip now has Blood Loss
Rolling 1d5 for fatigue
Roll: 2
He gets stabbed three times for his trouble, and collapses on the ground. Elu sees this and decides the best course of action is to imitate Cualli.

Elu's WS 20
Single Attack provides bonus of 10
Aim provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 40
Roll: 20 - success
Result: 1 hit to head

Fist damage = 1d5-3+4: Rolled 5
6 total damage
Burglar's Toughness Bonus 3
Total Damage Reduction: 3
Burglar takes 3 damage
HP remaining: 5/8
Cualli glances up at the sound of Arkhip's scream and is met with the sight of a robot dressed like a monk liberating a handful of teeth from a mugger's lower jaw.

(Turn order is Cualli > Burglar > Arkhip > Accomplice > Elu)

[Badger]

"any hunting stores? Or surplus stores? I've been meaning to get a new knife for home."

[carolcat]

"Oh forget," Cualli gasps, staring at Arkhip. She feels panic surge through her at the sound of his screaming and is torn between rushing over to him and finishing off the guy she's on.

"You bastards!" she shouts, wringing the first burglar's arm in an attempt to break it.

[Qwepir]

"any hunting stores? Or surplus stores? I've been meaning to get a new knife for home."

: Finally, something interesting! Yes, I know where you can find a good knife, I'll take you where I bought all of mine.

"Oh forget," Cualli gasps, staring at Arkhip. She feels panic surge through her at the sound of his screaming and is torn between rushing over to him and finishing off the guy she's on.

"You bastards!" she shouts, wringing the first burglar's arm in an attempt to break it.

Helpless targets are automatically hit
Unarmed Damage = 1d5-3+4: Rolled 4
Additional damage die granted for attacking someone helpless: Rolled 3
10 total damage
Burglar's Toughness Bonus 3
Total Damage Reduction: 3
Burglar takes 7 damage
HP remaining: -1/9
You don't break it, but you do dislocate it. Needless to say he's not going to be any more trouble.

Rolling 1d10 to see if Arkhip loving dies: Rolled 1
Result: Not dead.
Arkhip attempts to staunch the bleeding.
Arkhip's INT 30
Staunching bleeding is difficult: -10 penalty
Test taken at 20
Roll: 77 - failure
Arkip fails to stop the bleeding and passes out from fear.

The accomplice turns his attention to Elu and attempts to stab him.
Accomplice's WS 35
Aim provides bonus of 10
Lightning Attack provides penalty of 10
Test taken at 35
Roll: 26 - success by 1 degree
Result: 1 hit to torso

Knife damage 1d5+3
Roll: 2
5 total damage
Elu's toughness bonus 5
Elu takes no damage
It goes about as well as you'd expect.

Elu roosters his fist back and goes for another.
Elu's WS 20
Single Attack provides bonus of 10
Aim provides bonus of 10
Target has a weapon and you don't: penalty of 10
Test taken at 30
Roll: 25 - success
Result: 1 hit to body

Accomplice's WS 35
Roll: 100 - critical failure
Result: Parry failed, extra damage die

Fist damage = 1d5-3+4: Rolled 5, 2
10 total damage
Accomplice's Toughness Bonus 3
Total Damage Reduction: 3
Burglar takes 7 damage
HP remaining: -2/8

Accomplice takes 1 level of fatigue
The accomplice attempts to block Elu's haphazard swing, but just ends up directing the force into his kidney instead. He gets the wind knocked out of him and goes down gasping for breath.

[carolcat]

Cualli gets up and rushes over to Arkhip, checking his wounds. "Arkhip? Oh gods, Arkhip--" She presses down on the wounds, trying to staunch the bleeding while thinking over what her next course of action will be. "Elu, come here and help me. His arm, put pressure on the wound there-- gently though, not too much."

With a free, trembling hand, Cualli pulls out her phone and dials emergency services, not trusting herself to drive on the snow and ice in Arkhip's car.  "Hello? I- I need an ambulance, there's been a stabbing--" Cualli quickly gives the responders her location. "We, uh, might need more than one, and-- police." She stares down at the blood staining through Arkhip's winter coat and pushes down her panic, trying to regain her composure.