Fallout PbP: Giants in the Playground (In Character)

[Antilles]

With an expression of manic determination, Franklin keeps at it, determined to get at the soft, chewy center of this teeth-breakingly hard snack.

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Half Action: Standard Attack using Autoaxe with Sunder! trick, 1d20+8=25, damage 2d8+4=12 lethal, 1d4+2=5 stress.
Free Action: 5 ft. free move diagonally towards one of the others, still keeping in melee range of the guy I'm working on right now.
Half Action: Standard Attack using Autoaxe with Sunder! trick, 1d20+8=26, 2d8+4=14 lethal and 1d4+2=4 stress.

[Bill Whitmore]

Marcus grunts as he slams into his opponent, pinning him to the wall.  He then proceeds to repeatedly slam his opponent's weapon arm into the wall, trying to get him to relinquish his grip.

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Unfortunately, my unarmed damage is going to have a hard time cracking his armor as it is, so I am going to try to even the score a little.

Full Action Grapple: 1d20+7 → [2,7] = (9)
He'll likely break his pin with that check, but if he doesn't and I win I am going to disarm him.

My opposed Grapple roll for his turn: 1d20+7 → [19,7] = (26)
If I win and he broke his pin earlier, I'll pin him again.  If he is still pinned and disarmed from earlier, I'll use Manipulate Opponent's Gear on his armor to cut his DR in half.

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[MilitiaJim]

Alice and Lady Joan surveyed the carnage in the driveshaft room.  When the trooper facing Franklin fell from the power of the ex-Vault Dweller's attack, Joan roared, the huge slug tearing into the sprawled goon.

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Attack; Damage; if applicable, sneak attack damage. (1d20+5, 2d12+2, 1d6=[20, 5], [8, 7, 2](AP 10), [1])  ...     I, I'll take that.

Ow.  His armor might as well not be there as far as Lady Joan is concerned, and with sprawled, the Sneak Attack die is there if Alice and Joan are in CQB range, 30 feet.  Oh, and it's a crit.

If we get a couple more security teams, we may have enough pieces to build a suit for Hondo...

[Gentry]

Hondo sweeps the trooper's knees, flipping him onto his back. As the man's feet swing into the air, Hondo grabs him by the calves and USES HIM AS A CLUB on a fleeing technician.

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On Hondo's turn, Grapple to Move the whole mess toward the techs (I'd love to actually get in their way and use the adjacency movement-halt to my advantage and keep them in here if I can).
Grapple 1d20+14=25
On the trooper's turn, I go for broke
Grapple [1d20+14=20
I'm gonna spend an action die on this grapple check--20 feels borderline. AD 1d4.open(4)=1. Sigh.
Well, I'm going to hope it works, and assuming I won both checks, I use Screaming Club to clobber a tech.
WHAM! 1d20+8=20
Assuming that hits the tech, both he and the trooper take Massive Club damage: 2d6+5=13 subdual (qualities Massive, Takedown).
That'll do.

[Girlfriday]

Elsie stands on the edge of the balcony, peering about in addled confusion. Spotting the two goons on the same level as her and Alice on the far side of the room, she raises her Desert Eagle and - screwing up her face in anticipation of the recoil - fires twice.

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Attack x2: 1d20+4=5, 1d20+4=23

Crap - that first one's an error, so I have to roll a damage save, right?

Damage Save: I figure steel+diminutive=+16? 1d20+16=20

Shooting Damage if the other one hits: 3d6+1=11, +TKD

[glimmerrat]

The swirling melee below begins to inflict casualties; Frank bears down on the Encalve soldier with his autoaxe, creating an awful shrieking noise as the whirring blade bites down into the armour. The effect is like a can-opener, and the soft, fleshy soldier insider is ripped to shreds. A foot-wide streak of blood spatters up the bulkhead wall and across the underside of the level 2 balcony, raining down on Frank and coating him in a layer of gore.

Meanwhile, as Marcus battles back and forth with his target, Hondo lifts one of the troopers bodily off the ground. With a grunt of effort, he heaves the armoured mass at a fleeing technician. The poor man is crushed under the falling weight, and as the trooper tries to regain his footing, a deafining report echoes around the chamber, momentarily drowning out even the engines. The trooper's head simply vanishes, exploding like a ripe metal melon loaded with blood, grey-matter and teeth. The headless corpse - which had managed to drag itself up to one knee - topples over, collapsing into a heap on the deck.

Elsie follows Alice's lead, firing off a pair of large-caliber rounds at one of the snipers on level 2. After a momentary fumble with the safety, she fires, and is rewarded with a satisfying SPATANG!! The trooper's head is snapped backwards as the round hits him right between the eyes... he steadies himself, and then taps his partner on the shoulder, gesturing at Elsie and Alice. After only a fraction of a second's hesitation, both soldiers shoulder their weapons and fire. A barrage of laser bolts rips back-and-forth along the balcony, and both women are forced to duck and weave, throwing themselves out of the way.

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Alice 21 (WP 13/13, VP 27/27)
- Enclave Computer Specialist [Lead 4; 8 round duration]
Frank 17 (WP 12/12, VP 32/39)
Marcus 17 (WP 5/14, VP 36/36)
Hondo 14 (WP 24/24, VP 45/45)
Enclave Security Team 12 (5 members, 1 moderately injured/lightly stressed) 2 are pinned
Elsie 11 (WP 12/12, VP 33/33)
- Tex (appears uninjured)
Technician Mob ‘A’ 9 (1 member, slightly stressed)
Technician Mob ‘B’ 7 (2 members, 2 slightly stressed)

T-Minus 46 rounds

Alice is part of a hacking Dramatic Conflict, and her Strategy will take effect in 5 rounds. She uses a half action to delay until Hondo has taken his action.

The Enclave Computer Specialist is part of a hacking Dramatic Conflict, and his Strategy will take effect in 5 rounds.

Frank attacks his target twice. Both attacks hit, causing 12 and 14 damage (reduced to 2 and 4 by DR). He passes the first save but fails the second.

Marcus continues to Grapple his target. The Enclave soldier wins, breaking the pin.

Hondo successfully Grapples his target and chooses the screaming club benefit. He hits the remaining Tech from Mob A, who fails his subdual save. The Enclave trooper passes his subdual save and becomes sprawled. Alice takes her action now and shoots at the trooper. She scores a critical hit, killing him.

Two of the Enclave Security Team are on level 2. One fires at Alice twice, and the other fires at Elsie twice. Alice is struck once, suffering 12 damage (ignoring her DR). Elsie is struck twice, suffering 11 and 12 damage (ignoring her DR).
The other Enclave trooper is Grappling with Marcus; he fails his Grapple check and is pinned.

Elsie attacks one of the Enclave troopers twice. The first attack is an error, which I shall choose not to activate. The second attack hits, causing 11 damage (reduced to 0 by DR; this causes 1 subdual damage).

Technician Mob ‘A’ has one member left, and he is KO'd.

Technician Mob ‘B’ has two members left, and they exit engineering.

T-Minus 45 rounds

Alice 21 (WP 13/13, VP 15/27)
- Enclave Computer Specialist [Lead 4; 8 round duration]
Frank 17 (WP 12/12, VP 32/39)
Marcus 17 (WP 5/14, VP 36/36)
Hondo 14 (WP 24/24, VP 45/45)
Enclave Security Team 12 (3 members) 1 is pinned
Elsie 11 (WP 12/12, VP 10/33)
- Tex (appears uninjured)
Technician Mob ‘A’ 9 (1 member; unconscious)
Technician Mob ‘B’ 7 (2 members; have left engineering)

ACTIONS PLEASE!

[MilitiaJim]

"Eeeeeeep!" Alice squeaked instartled fear as the laser bolts scored and gouged the metal around them.  Lady Joan turned and shouted at the two security troopers.

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One shot at each goon and a five foot step back into the corridor.  Rolls to be added when I get to a computer with some intertubes up in the morning.

1d20+5, 2d12+2 → ([16, 5], [7, 11, 2]) = 21 Hit for 18 Damage with AP 10
1d20+5, 2d12+2 → ([10, 5], [5,  4, 2]) =  15 Hit for 11 Damage with AP 10
I suspect the 21 hits, does the 15?

[Bill Whitmore]

After almost losing his grip trying to knock the rifle free, Marcus decides to change his approach.  Seeing that the weapon is basically useless right now, so he tries to wrest away any other weapons which could be of use.

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Well, we can't use 2h weapons while grappled, so I am going to try to get the knife off of him to use if I can find it. 

Full Action Grapple: 1d20+7 → [15,7] = (22)
Response Grapple: 1d20+7 → [5,7] = (12)

Any Grapple Benefits I get will go to either Pin or Use Opponent’s Weapon (knife), in that order.

Edit: If I can't find the knife for some reason, I'll try to screw with his armor again.

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[Gentry]

Hondo scrabbles for his handgun and throws open the door behind the fleeing techs, unwilling to let survivors get away that easy.

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That's two Handle Item half actions (probably with a 5' step in there to get to the door). Simple enough.

[Girlfriday]

Elsie shrieks in terror and runs back into the robotics control room.

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Uploading this via my cellphone - hope it works! Double move the hell outta dodge...

[Antilles]

Franklin runs over to the one Marcus is grappling with, see if he can't distract the trooper a little bit by tickling his ribs with the autoaxe...

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I'm not seeing a penalty for attacking with melee into a grapple, so why not?

Half Action: Standard Move towards the grapple with Marcus and the trooper. I'll try and position myself so that if he breaks free, Me and Marcus'll block most of his avenues of retreat.
Half Action: Standard Attack with Autoaxe using Sunder! feat targeting his armor, 1d20+8=12... that's kinda bad, but on the other hand he's denied dex, so maybe... damage 2d8+4=10 lethal and 1d4+2=4 stress. Bleed, keen 5 and AP2

[glimmerrat]

The vicious exchange of fire on level 2 continues, with Alice scoring penetrating hits on both troopers. She is in return nicked and winged by several laser bolts as she starts to back toward the door to robotics, Elsie fleeing past her for cover.

Below, Marcus holds one of the Enclave troops in place while Frank goes to work on him with his motorised can-opener, sparks flying everywhere. Hondo uses the brief lull in the melee to pursue the fleeing technicians, throwing open the door they used as a point of egress.

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Alice 21 (WP 13/13, VP 15/27)
- Enclave Computer Specialist [Lead 4; 8 round duration]
Frank 17 (WP 12/12, VP 32/39)
Marcus 17 (WP 5/14, VP 36/36)
Hondo 14 (WP 24/24, VP 45/45)
Enclave Security Team 12 (3 members)
Elsie 11 (WP 12/12, VP 10/33)
- Tex (appears uninjured)

T-Minus 45 rounds

Alice is part of a hacking Dramatic Conflict, and her Strategy will take effect in 4 rounds. She uses 2 half actions to fire 1 shot at each of the Enclave troops on level 2. Both attacks hit, causing 18 and 11 damage (reduced to 16 and 9 by DR). Both pass their damage saves. Alice takes a 5 ft. step backwards towards the doorway.

The Enclave Computer Specialist is part of a hacking Dramatic Conflict, and his Strategy will take effect in 4 rounds.

Frank moves over to and attacks Marcus's Grapple target. He causes 10 damage (reduced to 0 by DR, inflicting 1 subdual) and 4 stress damage. The armour passes its damage save.

Marcus Grapples his target. He succeeds and the target is pinned.

Hondo uses a half action to move over to a nearby door and another to open it. Beyond the door he sees a group of 3 fleeing technicians.

Two of the Enclave Security Team are on level 2. One fires at Alice twice, and the other fires at Elsie twice. Alice is struck once, suffering 12 damage (ignoring her DR). Elsie is missed.
The other Enclave trooper is Grappling with Marcus; he fails his Grapple check and Marcus uses his combat knife against him. He causes 7 lethal damage (reduced to 0 by DR).

Elsie uses two half actions to moves back inside Robotics, breaking line of sight.

T-Minus 44 rounds

Alice 21 (WP 13/13, VP 3/27)
- Enclave Computer Specialist [Lead 4; 8 round duration]
Frank 17 (WP 12/12, VP 32/39)
Marcus 17 (WP 5/14, VP 36/36)
Hondo 14 (WP 24/24, VP 45/45)
Enclave Security Team 12 (3 members; 2 are critically injured, 1 is lightly stressed) 1 is pinned
Elsie 11 (WP 12/12, VP 10/33)
- Tex (appears uninjured)

ACTIONS PLEASE!

[Antilles]

The stress of combat combined with the inability to do some damage against the trooper begins to take it's toll on Franklin's mind, and the little voice in the back of his head saying 'RIP AND TEAR!!!' over and over again is getting harder and harder to resist. Knowing he'll have to vent eventually, he lets out a mighty, furious 'RAAAARH!!' and lets his anger take the reins.

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Full Action: Entering Berserker Rage, max duration 2d4+2=9 rounds. +3 STR and CON, gain enraged condition.

A bit of a gamble, but I kinda need the +2 damage to get through his armor...

[MilitiaJim]

Alice's panicked shout reached across the room.  "HEELLLLPP!!"  She back peddled down the hallway as Lady Joan left another complaint with the establishment's staff.

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1d20+5, 2d12+2=[6, 5], [2, 11, 2]  11?  Bah.  Does that need an Action Die?  If so, here:   1d4.open(4)=3

11 or 14 to hit, 15 Damage AP 10 then Run Away back to the terminal, smoking a bit from those laser hits.

[Bill Whitmore]

Twisting the soldier left and right, Marcus tries to expose a weak point in the the soldier's armor.

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Full Action Grapple: 1d20+7 → [17,7] = (24)
Response Grapple: 1d20+7 → [2,7] = (9)

If I win the first one, since he's pinned already, I'll use Manipulate Opponent's Gear to reduce his armor's DR to 1/2 standard.

If I win both of them, I'll just try to stab him again against his reduced armor on the second check.

If I somehow lose the first check and win the second, I'll pin him again.  That seems unlikely given my rolls, but not impossible.

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