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Re: Vanguard Academy IC: Feels Like The First Time

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Nova A:

It takes a moment for the gun wielding robot to pick itself up off the ground, and it has to use the flat ends of its weapon arms to push itself up. Taking in its surroundings, the robot realizes that at the moment it has no immediate opponents but that several potential targets are heading in its direction.

Deciding that a strong defense is a powerful offense, the robot takes aim at Whisper.

OOC wrote:Nova's Attack: _: 1D20+5 = [14]+5 = 19, if that hits it is a Toughness DC 15.
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// Quick rules question: Would a thrown weapon factor in the Strength score in regards to damage?
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Neo-Paladin wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:39 am // Quick rules question: Would a thrown weapon factor in the Strength score in regards to damage?
Yes sir, it would.
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Mesh:
HP:2 CND: Fine


Ripping the weapon free, Mateo ducks briefly to avoid the shots from his enemy, then changes his grip on the sign before hurling it like a spear!
Using Variable to give myself +2 to Ranged Combat
Throwing the sign at the bot who shot him:
First roll is most likely a miss: _: 1D20+7 = [4]+7 = 11

So I'll use a HP to reroll:
Reroll: 1D20+7 = [17]+7 = 24

That should be a hit and we are, once again, at a DC 18 to resist.
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Jessamine Sinclair of Room 411
HP: 3 | Condition: Unacceptable, -1

13(or 11) (Sheesh, if this thing was stronger that would've been really painful.)

Somehow, despite this having been a combat scenario, Jessamine hadn't actually expected to suffer any form of injury. Being painfully shot in the shoulder was a rude awakening in that sense. Her phantasms could feel her indignation and were more than ready to take an assault back to the machine, yet their apparent mistress had other intentions. Each of the creatures found themselves voided a her words re-twisted space."If you do that again we're going to have a real problem. I think you should just do us all a favor and shut down on your own instead."

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Dennis Sloane
HP: 3, LP: 2 (-1=1); Condition: Fine

"Jess!" Dennis calls out as Whisper takes the hit.

He turns to the robot with a glare. He has a different idea for an "off" button.

Pointing his small crystal wand and calls out "Telum!" as his left hand forms the pattern for the spell.
Telum PA (2): 1d20+10-2 9
LP for reroll: 1d20+10-2 12+10 = 22
DC23 TOU + multiattack
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Maximilian "Mack" Butler
HP: 1 Status: Normal

"Did he just no-sell the atomic elbow drop?" Mack asks incredulously.

With a growl of frustration he starts wildly swinging his fists at the robot as it dodges away from him.

"You wouldn't be so cocky if you had bones, or a spleen," he yelled, before throwing his head back and yelling, "Robots suck!"

OOC: Punching the robot DC23 toughness: 1d20+8 10
Hard no.
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Violet
HP: 3 | CND: Unhurt | Room 110, Byrne House | Delta Class

Tattooedman wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:04 am Stormdancer calls out to Violet. "Looks like the others are fighting a couple of the robots." She points to where Skew, Mesh, Sery Cmok, Mack and Chris are fighting one of the Excelsior robots and the other Defiant. It's at this moment that the falling Nova robot pops into view several yards next to the black glass building then immediately falls to the ground causing a new denting clang noise to fill the air. As the smoke clears around the point of impact it is already getting up, still able to fight.

"We should probably help them out." Stormdancer says before flying towards the now Grounded robot.
"Right!" Violet dives down after the halves of the Defiant falling to the ground. With a little luck, she grabs one of them and changes course to slam it into the Nova on the street.

2-point Power Attack, but maybe an area attack if it misses?: 1D20+4 = [9]+4 = 13
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Skew
HP: 3 | LP: 2 | Cnd: Excited
Meant to apply *before* other attacks on the Nova A this round...
Wally quicky judged his mates had the flier in hand up here but as people converged on the Nova he'd sent crashing to the ground Wally sought to lend a hand. He'd never be super strong but super crafty? Yeah.

He used a portal to reach the bot, at the ground level opening it up just behind the thing's knee joint. His brawling skill was honed on the mean London streets and he struck at the joint, hard. If this works, it's leg would buckle and it'd be less able to dodge the incoming attacks of the others.
unarmed close attack, elongated: 1d20+10 26
That's a hit, it's also a crit, but that might be wasted for this. Wally is using his Unbalancing Strike.
Unbalancing Strike: When you hit an opponent with a close attack, you can choose to throw him off balance rather than inflicting damage (a hit means he is Vulnerable on defense for the next round).
It should be vulnerable to all attacks against it for this next round.
"Oy!" he calls down as the Nova lists to one side almost falling. "Bugger it up proper!" He says this holding his hand, the knuckle guards built into his suit kept him from breaking anything but the angry pain of it reminded that super toughness was not among his attributes either and that people weren't normally meant to punch robots.
[Hoping this augments Dennis's Multi-attack, let's Violet hit, and let's Panda crew use power attacks and the like.]
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Sery Cmok (Zoska Vitoldovna Ipatava)
Class: Delta; Room: 509 Byrne House; Hero Points: 3; Current Condition: Fine

Up on the roof Sery Cmok attacks Defiant B again, a small ashen fist swinging for the robot!

"Nie, ja surjozna! Pamry, robat!" she shouts. [No, I mean it! Die, robot!]
OOC wrote: Sery Cmok attacks the Defiant B (again)!: 1D20+8 = [7]+8 = 15

If that hits then it's a DC23 Toughness check.
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Chris Butler
HP: 3 LP: 4->3

Chris shared his brother's surprise. "I don't think they programmed that thing right." He winced as he saw Mack's wild attack. "Get in closer, don't let it shoot!" Feeling confident he'd got his brother going the right way, Chris also picked up a chunk of roof that had been dislodged by the robots laser attack and threw it at the thing.
Will spend a LP to let Mack reroll his attack
Thrown attack: 1d20+2 14 Toughness DC uhhh. depends on what the roof is made of I guess?
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Maximilian "Mack" Butler
HP: 1 Status: Normal

"But punching from further out hits harder!" Mack complains.

In spite of his arguing he immediately throws himself himself right at the robot, giving up on the big swings and going for a series of rapid jabs.

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Mesh, Mack, Sery Cmok, & Chris:

After pulling his makeshift weapon free, Mateo quickly ducks to avoid the shots from his enemy, then changes his grip on the sign before hurling it like a spear!

The sign flies through the distance somehow defying physics thanks to the strength it had been thrown with, and strikes the flying robot just under the left wing where it ends up sticking out the top and bottom. The resulting sparks and smoke fill the area with the scent of burning wires.

Sery Cmok attacks Defiant B again, a small ashen fist swinging for the robot!

The small girl manages to score another solid hit on her target, leaving a new smoldering and smoking hole in the robots body.

"Did he just no-sell the atomic elbow drop?" Mack asks incredulously.

Chris shared his brother's surprise. "I don't think they programmed that thing right."

With a growl of frustration Mack starts wildly swinging his fists at the robot as it dodges away from him. "You wouldn't be so cocky if you had bones, or a spleen," he yelled, before throwing his head back and yelling, "Robots suck!"

Chris winced as he watched Mack's wild attack. "Get in closer, don't let it shoot!" Feeling confident he'd got his brother going the right way, Chris picked up a chunk of roof that had been dislodged by the robot's laser attack and threw it at the thing.

Unfortunately, the robot's convulsions from the damage Inflicted upon it by Mesh and Sery Cmok move it just barely out of the way of the projectile.

"But punching from further out hits harder!" Mack complains. In spite of his arguing he immediately throws himself right at the robot, giving up on the big swings and going for a series of rapid jabs.

The sudden change in tactics coupled with the robots slower reaction time due the damage Mesh and Sery Cmok caused means that the flying robot gets battered just a bit more before managing to get out of Mack's reach.


OOC wrote:Mesh's Attack hits.
Defiant B's Toughness (DC 18): _: 1D20+2 = [6]+2 = 8, well that'll leave a mark as that's a failure by 10 so it's now Bruised (x4) & Dazed until after Mesh's turn next round.

Sery Cmok's hits.
Defiant B's Toughness (DC 23): _: 1D20+1 = [11]+1 = 12, and that's a failure by 11 which leaves it Bruised (x4) & Dazed until after her turn next round.

Yep, Mack's original Attack would be a miss. Lucky for you someone's got your back, because the re-rolled Attack does connect.
Defiant B's Toughness (DC 18): _: 1D20+2 = [14]+2 = 16, and that's a failure by 2 which leaves it Bruised (x5) & Dazed until after Sery Cmok's turn next round.

Chris' Attack misses by the smallest possible amount.
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//Alright, what would you want me to roll to jump onto the Nova from the rooftop? Also, is there wreckage on the roof that would make for another improvised weapon?
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Mesh:
HP:2
CND: Berserking


Rage and blood thundering in his head, Mateo looks around for another weapon, finding it in the leg of the destroyed robot. Grabbing it and yanking it loose, he starts dashing forward, pushing off the room and dropping down onto the hovering Nova bot, his weapon held high.
This dragon, too, would be slain, another monster to add to his pile of vanquished foes!
Alright, as mentioned, grabbing a weapon and jumping off the roof to land on the Nova.
Falling damage is soaked: Falling damage soak: 1D20+8 = [8]+8 = 16

Attack roll: _: 1D20+7 = [10]+7 = 17
If that hits, it would be DC 18 again, if the new improvised weapon would grant me a +1 like the old one.
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