<strong>Hero Points:</strong>6 (Lionheart), 4 (Scarab), 4 (Hornet), 3 (H2GO!), 4 (Chlorophyll).<br/><br/>Rex’s breath was heavy but slow-paced as he listened to Lyn’s instructions, his hand still resting on her thigh. His erection was hard in spite of its size, and his hips gave an involuntary jerk as he was touched down there. Which, coming from his larger and stronger form, nearly unbalanced the nearby table.<br/><br/>“Ah, sorry!” he exclaimed. “I’ll try to stay still.”<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>House Rule: Porn With Plot.</strong> Lionheart and all of the DMPCs gain 1 Hero Point for every ‘full’ sex scene performed during an adventure.</div></div><br/><hr/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Everyone gains another Hero Point for choosing to partake in this technically off-screen encounter. Agent Nguyen shares Lionheart’s Hero Point pool.<br/><br/>I think combat will go faster if I roll the defensive/reactionary saves and skills, but you still have some leeway in altering the results via Hero Point rerolls and the Luck advantage in Lionheart’s case. If so, feel free to make any number of allowable rerolls on said checks and take some “dramatic” editing in writing up your response.</div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Round 1</span></span></div><br/>Nguyen’s shots struck true,the gray-suited man unable to make good on his declaration of revenge. He fell over as soon as the last word was uttered, and the snipers in the rafters retaliated by shooting back at her. Their bullets would’ve been fatal were it not for Nguyen’s undercover vest. Even in his injured state McKenzie fired back from a prone position, but it was unclear at the time if he performed a killing shot.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Round 1 had Nguyen act, so she will have a proper rounds’ worth of actions on 2 and 3.<br/><br/>As for the one she shot...<br/>Toughness 14, fail! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147646)<br/><br/>McKenzie Takes 10 on one of the agents in the windows (17 total).<br/><br/>Toughness 25, success! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147647)<br/><br/>Ghostworks agents in the upper stories use a Team Attack (https://www.d20herosrd.com/9-gamemastering/8-action-adventure/) on Nguyen. 2 hit, with a total of 3 degrees of success (+5 damage, 8 Damage total, DC 23):<br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147648<br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147649<br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147650<br/><br/>Nguyen’s Toughness 21, failure (-1 injury) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147651)<br/></div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Round 2</span></span></div><br/>McKenzie’s adrenaline burst propelled him to sprint and leap behind the cover of a garbage bin. It would not hold up against bullets for long, but was better than nothing.<br/><br/>“Errgh, I’m gonna feel that in the morning!” he winced.<br/><br/>The Ghostwork members that were still standing fired back, and most of their shots missed. Unfortunately one of them hit Nguyen in the stomach, a pool of red steadily growing on her black suit.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">As you have no real defensive superpowers I presume you take cover. You can easily take total cover (-5 to hit you), although after 1 round this cover will be degraded to light due to the slow “swiss-cheesing” of structural integrity that comes from a firefight. Additionally the Ghostwork Agents have light cover (-2 to hit them) so you can’t hit by merely Taking 10. You gotta risk a roll!<br/><br/>Agent McKenzie uses his sole action from staggering to roll for light cover.<br/><br/>Ghostwork Agents fire back individually, 2 at Nguyen, 1 at McKenzie.<br/><br/>Hits Nguyen (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147652)<br/>Misses Nguyen (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147653)<br/>Misses McKenzie (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147654)<br/>Nguyen Toughness 7, Failure by 3 degrees. -3 injuries (-4 total) and Staggered. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147655)</div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Round 3</span></span></div><br/>Counting bullets may have been possible for baseline humans in an earlier era, before the advent of semi-automatic and automatic weapons. And even if he could there was no way to tell the model of firearms being used and how many rounds they had left. Sweat pooling on his pistol grip, McKenzie waited until there was a relative lul in the air.<br/><br/>A shot at the bin’s wheel forced it to topple over; the time to act was now. Even a split-second was all it took, for after one of the Ghostworks popped out of cover to shoot Nguyen he retaliated by plugging a 9 millimeter hole in his head.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">At this point your total cover is now light unless you take a move to get into heavier cover (and if you’re Staggered you can either move or attack/action but not both). McKenzie now has no cover, but takes a shot with his action.<br/><br/>McKenzie takes 10 again, hitting an enemy.<br/><br/>Natural 1 for the Ghostwork Agent, he drops! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147656)<br/><br/>Ghostwork Agents still have light cover. Ignore the enemy’s results if Nguyen already took out the 2 other agents in earlier rounds, for they’re either too wounded to fight back or dying/dead. Regardless of the circumstances combat will wrap up after this round, be it a win, loss, or stalemate.<br/><br/>However, the Law of Drama states that there’s at least one bad guy still alive to impart some ominous clue in case of your victory!<br/><br/>Miss Nguyen (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147657)<br/>Hit McKenzie (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147658)<br/>McKenzie Toughness 15, Failure (-1 injury, -3 total) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147659)</div></div>