ToHA OOC Thread

[Phoenix1]

Gonna just roll this here so I know if I need to bother with vamp Deflects.
Nick Counter

Vlad Opposed Roll Resists

 

Edited April 22 by Phoenix1 (see edit history)

[Ridai]

Before it gets lost, establishing new FACTS from the rerolls as per Lapis Centaurea FACTS Milestone 5, with included Grains of Truth from Milestone 3.

FACT #14: Lapis Centaurea is a master exorcist, demons fleeing at the slightest of his touches! (Lapis stepped out of Nick's sled and was lucky enough to detect and end the vampires' influence on Ben in one go when Solstice was kidnapped.)

FACT #15: Lapis Centaurea is a vampire hunter, having hunted them down for two years in the Mistralian wilderness, rendering him outright immune to the powers of mere vampiric servants! (Lapis managed to shrug off two vampire spawns' attempts to prevent him from freeing Solstice of being mind-controlled, after Rhys had already taken out two more spawns that would have tried the same.)

Edited April 22 by Ridai (see edit history)

[Phoenix1]

Robin:
Chro Resistance (DC 32/26 after Bruise and Crit, +6 for Roots of the Mountain) He'll reroll that. Robin take a Hero Point.
Chro Reroll Bruised

Edited April 22 by Phoenix1 (see edit history)

[Phoenix1]

Round 4 is up

Nicoale or let's be honest probably actually Sorin give me Resistance DC 27 vs. Damage. Natural 20 means Deflect is no help.

Rhys you don't have to worry about the wolf attack since Solstice will Interpose that if Lapis doesn't. Lapis if you do also roll Deflect (at Rhys's +6) vs. DC 23 to negate Penetrating, DC 18 to reduce to +2.

Nick Deflect (DC 25 to negate Penetrating, DC 30 to negate hit) Nope

Nick Resistance (DC 27/22, +3 if Lapis Interposes for Rhys) Full resist regardless of who takes it

Rhys give me Deflect DC 22, and if it fails Resistance DC 23 vs. Damage and DC 18 vs. Weaken Effect and Resistance.

Lapis give me Deflect DC 23, and if it fails Resistance DC 23 vs. Damage and DC 18 vs. Weaken Effect and Resistance.

Nick Deflect and Resistance (DC 26, 23, 18) Deflected

Ben Deflect and Resistance (DC 22, 23, 18) Forgot to repeat but doesn't matter because Deflected

Robin give me Deflect DC 31 and if it fails Resistance DC 25 vs. Damage and DC 20 vs. Progressive Weaken Resistance.

And I forgot a bunch of vampire recovery checks (V7 30, V7 31, V14 27, V14 28, V18 30) Nothing, and the Progressives upgrade. That brings V7 to Stunned and V14 to INCAPACITATED!

Edited April 23 by Phoenix1 (see edit history)

[Zelphas]

HP Reroll Accuracy vs. NM1 Minimum 25 (I think)

[Phoenix1]

Fen:
NM5 Resistance (DC 40/33 after Bruises, crit, and Multiattack) DESTROYED!

NM1 Resistance (DC 41/28 after Bruises, crit, and Multiattack) Bruised, Staggered, Launched 60' (max).

NM8 Resistance (DC 35/28 after Bruises and crit) DESTROYED! Resists the Launch

Edited April 23 by Phoenix1 (see edit history)

[RavingScholar]

Rhys Deflect DC 22

Rhys Resistance DC 23, -4 for Bruises

Rhys Resistance DC 18

 

Tanked both, though barely for the Weaken

Edited April 23 by RavingScholar (see edit history)

[Llyarden]

Unsurprisingly Interposing for Nicoale.

Resistance (DC27, +5 for Blasting Gauntlet, -1 for Bruise) Resist. Sorin finally remembered how to Interpose right.

Edited April 23 by Llyarden (see edit history)

[Ridai]

Lapis Defensery

The attack on Lapis gets deflected and he interposes for Nick, resisting the attack.

Edited April 23 by Ridai (see edit history)

[Phoenix1]

Rhys:
Vlad Defenses (Deflect 27, Grab 27, Affliction 27) Deflected

Vlad Defenses (Deflect 27, Grab 27, Affliction 27) He'll reroll the Resistance check, you can take the HP back.

Vlad Reroll Resists

Vlad Resistance vs. SE (DC 20, -2 for Mundane Light Immunity) Impaired+Vulnerable

Edited April 23 by Phoenix1 (see edit history)

[Phoenix1]

Race Rules Take Two!

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For this player turn, since Vlad only took a regular move and standard action, we're still in normal combat rules. Vlad will be taking race actions starting on his next turn, at which time we'll be in race rules.

Since you're chasing Vlad he sets the pace; having vastly superior speed isn't really practically useful since you don't actually want to overshoot him. For each rank of effective Speed you have below his, you take -5 to Mobility for all chase-related purposes. Failing to double-move in a turn your opponent does is equivalent to -1 Speed. However, if your effective Speed is superior to his, you can keep up with move actions alone, so you can spend your standard action on attacks or whatever (taking race actions still uses a standard action though, so you can't do both without Extra Effort).

This is a running battle. You win by retrieving Jack, with bonus points if you can capture Vlad outright. Vlad will drop Jack and start prioritizing his own escape (including using superior movement powers) if his armor track is defeated. You lose if Vlad escapes with Jack, which he can do by earning five total degrees of success on race actions that contribute to his escape.

Characters can be leading or following. Vlad starts out leading. In a chase, leading doesn't strictly mean you're ahead, but it means you're the one kinda controlling the direction of the chase (so when Vlad's leading he goes where he wants and you guys have to keep up, when you're leading you're able to keep him moving in more-or-less the direction you want).

By default, characters spend their move action each round moving, and their standard action each round taking a race action.

Intentional Defense penalties also apply to any DCs you set against race actions. The Charge action is unavailable during a race.

Since Rhys is carrying Lapis and Anya, he's the only one who can take race actions and whose Mobility or Stealth will be considered for DCs. Lapis and Anya's Perception skills can still be considered. Being carried around at super-high speeds is not an especially convenient way to engage in a running battle. If you want to take a standard action, you have to spend a move action steadying yourself and make a Mobility check, DC 10 + 5 per effective Speed rank that the chase's speed is higher than your own effective Speed (everyone here can auto-pass Mobility to Increase Speed, so for practical purposes that's a 5). You may substitute Quickness for Speed for this purpose. You can do this as a free action by halving your Mobility rank. If you fail the check you are Impaired+Vulnerable until the start of your next turn. If Rhys has already acted and taken a non-race standard action, it becomes Disabled+Defenseless if you fail, Impaired+Vulnerable if you succeed, and fine if you succeed by three degrees. If either of you has failed such a check before Rhys acts for the round, then he is Impaired+Vulnerable for the round if he takes a non-race standard action, or Disabled+Defenseless if both of you have failed.

Racers can take the following race actions, depending on if they are currently leading or following. All of these let you move your speed in addition to the listed effects.

Race Defensively (Following): You race less aggressively, trying to stay close and avoid potential tricks and hazards. Roll a Mobility check, DC 10 + the opposing racer's Mobility. If you succeed, you benefit from the Defend action this round, and any degrees of success on the opponent's next race action are halved, rounded up. Carried allies also get +5 on their stabilization checks.

Race Offensively (Leading): You race in a manner that is potentially hazardous to follow, or harry your quarrey into blundering into hazards - you can make up a terrain feature or hazard that you lure the other racer through. Roll a Mobility check, DC 10 + the opposing racer's Mobility. If you succeed, they are attacked by the hazard. The hazard has an attack and effect bonus of twice the chase's effective Speed, dealing Damage on a hit. For each degree of success you can either add an extra or a Linked attack effect appropriate to the hazard described to the hazard attack. Hazards must be appropriate to the terrain the race is taking part in. This action can contribute to an escape.

Gambit (Either): If you have a creative idea for something you can do try it and I'll see if I can figure out a resolution for it!

Ghost (Leading): You race past or through some optical barrier to cause your opponent to briefly lose track of you. Roll a Stealth check, DC 10 + the other racer's Perception skill. You receive a +5 circumstance bonus if you have Concealment from all of the other driver's Ranged Accurate senses, or +10 if you have Concealment from all of their Ranged senses. If you succeed then you get Total Concealment for one round. This action can contribute to an escape.

Jockey (Following): You stay close and jockey for position. Roll a Mobility check, DC 10 + the other racer's Mobility skill. If you succeed, then if the other driver fails a check for their next standard action, then you take the lead and treat it as if you had made a successful Drive Offensively attempt against them. If they don't fail their next check you can still parley your superior position into a +5 to your next Pass action.

Outmaneuver (Leading): You focus on maintaining your lead. Roll a Mobility check, DC 10 + the other racer's Mobility skill. If you succeed, the other racer takes a stacking -1 penalty on their Mobility skill per degree of success until the next time they take the lead to represent your increasing control of the race. This action can contribute to an escape.

Pass (Following): You attempt to pass or harry the other racer to retake the lead. Roll a Mobility check, DC 10 + the other racer's Mobility skill. If you succeed, you take the lead. This action can contribute to an escape, but at half the normal degree of success (rounded down).

Scan (Either): You scan ahead to try to notice any hazards or opportunities that might be coming up. Roll a Perception check, DC 25. You get a +2 circumstance bonus on your next skill check for a race action per degree of success. This bonus degrades at the rate of -2 per round (at the end of your turn, but starting with your next turn after making it) as the race will take you past potential hazards you've spotted, and expires entirely once it is used. Multiple Scan actions stack. If you are in the lead when you Scan, a success can also contribute to an escape, but at half the normal degree of success (rounded up).

Shadow (Following): You maneuver to in a way that makes it hard to keep track of you while maintaining a lead. Roll a Stealth check, DC 10 + the other racer's Perception skill. You receive a +5 circumstance bonus if you have Concealment from all of the other driver's Ranged Accurate senses, or +10 if you have Concealment from all of their Ranged senses. If you succeed then the other driver takes a -5 penalty per degree of success on any skill checks made against you on their next turn. Alternately, you can forego the skill penalty to use the action to contribute to an escape.

 

Edited April 23 by Phoenix1 (see edit history)

[Dodgeson]

Robin Deflect vs DC31

Robin Resistance vs Damage (DC25)

Robin Resistance vs Progressive Weaken Resistance (DC20)

[Phoenix1]

Oh I almost forgot, Rhys since he resisted your Disarm and you were using your weapon he gets a counter-disarm. It looks like in normal rules that just goes straight to the opposed check (Resistance roll here), so give me Resistance DC 18 vs. Counter-Disarm (he only has 8 Strength active at the moment). A success here doesn't proc any further Disarm attempts.

[RavingScholar]

Rhys Resistance DC 18 Counter-Disarm resistance

[Dodgeson]

Robin Reflect