Rifts Adventure IC

[Purr]

Terra looks pensive for a moment, pondering her options. Then, she nods. "I can assist, so long as we can get this thing out of here for good. What must I do?"

Purr

Psychie
Snowfall continued speaking in Dragonese/Elven and if Daisy or Eron did not seem to understand (and if Eron could hear), Snowfall willingly cupped his paws and whispered the plan to either or both of them.

"Simple, Miss Terra! I will need a large amount of Potential Psychic Energy from any and all willing sources... to create a Rift to send this Brodkil back through the Megaverse and to his home dimension, far, far from here! I can just imagine the welcome he'll receive when we, a bunch of do-gooders, toss him toes-over-tail, back to the rest of his demonic cohorts in failure!

"Just be ready for anything on the other side of the RIft I'm about to create because things like to try and sneak through to our side. Er, if the rest of you could appear appropriately-menacing and hurl him through the Rift when it appears, I would be grateful! Because this is going to knock me down for about half a day's time."

Then he rapidly added, "It's either that or kill him. Whaddya say to that?" Snowfall smiled and rubbed his hands together, eager for the team's (and Eron's) replies.

 

[Psychie]

Terra can feel the tension flow from her, realizing that the idea of just killing the demon, no matter how evil, didn't sit well with her after it had surrendered. In dragonese, she responds, "Between my own power and that of my energy batteries, I am sure that we will have more than enough psychic energy to make this work. It is going to tap me out of power for a long time, so lets hope that there is no more trouble for a while since the two of us will need to meditate for a while to recover what we will be spending." She takes a deep breath, then goes on to say, "I must thank you, Snowfall. If it were not for you, I fear that we would have had no other choice than to kill this . . . thing . . . for the good of the world we all live in."

 

[Mirgris]

As they walk down the street towards you, the four are eyeing the three of you in a very predatory manner. The woman in the robes stops and says, "I see some new faces in town. Have you made your deposit at the medical center yet? It is a crime to pass through and not do so."

The doctor watches the four approaches and carefully makes his plan for murder. Most people would not instantly start planning how to kill them. Most people have not waged war on their own though. He can see the undercurrents, the are clearly enforcers for the vampires and whatever they want it isn't good. It's always better to strike first. Speed, surprise and violence of action is the coalition motto on starting combat.

So when the woman speaks to him he nods with a smile on his face.

"It's so good you four are here!" He exclaims loudly. Then he makes an exaggerated gesture with his arm pointing at Eric and drawing their attention to him.
"This dastardly fellow was just talking about killing all the vampires!" As they turn to look at Eric the doctor takes this second of distraction, this second of surprise, to act with speed and violence of action. He draws his pistol and fires at the mage suddenly seeking to blast her head off before the four have realized combat has started.

He seeks to use a split second distraction to even the odds and kill the first of the vampire minions. He doesn't know what the four are, but he doesn't really care, lightning tends to kill everything.

 

[Sherwood]

Mirgris

Go ahead and give me a to-hit roll, then an initiative roll, please.

 

[Mirgris]

Mirgris

Go ahead and give me a to-hit roll, then an initiative roll, please.

+6 to hit with revolver
+7 With called shot
-2 for called shot
+11 total

Initiative+2 (I think I may be missing something)

25 to shoot her in the face.
17 Initiative
22 MDC damage

 

[Sherwood]

What damage does your pistol do? MDC or SDC?

 

[Mirgris]

What damage does your pistol do? MDC or SDC?

22 MDC (Truly awful roll)

 

[Sherwood]

Eric looks shocked at the fact that Nick would throw him under the bus with these bad guys, and all four turn to look at him, just as you had planned. With a flash, the pistol comes out and the shot goes off, vaporizing the woman's head in a single hit! She was clearly not a MDC being, and didn't have time to activate any defenses to keep her alive.

The undead thing is quick to react, moving with lightning speed as it readies its rifle for action. With a blast of projectiles, it fires on Nick. The shot will hit unless you dodge.

The guy also struggles to ready a weapon, and his shot goes off at Eric. The shot hits, burning his skin a bit but not killing the unarmored man.

Mirgris is up, and you need to declare a defense from the one shot or get hit.

22 - Wraith [1]
18 - Headhunter [1]
17 - Nick <====
15 - Sir Alan
10 - Borg
9 - Eric Foss

 

[Mirgris]

Eric looks shocked at the fact that Nick would throw him under the bus with these bad guys, and all four turn to look at him, just as you had planned. With a flash, the pistol comes out and the shot goes off, vaporizing the woman's head in a single hit! She was clearly not a MDC being, and didn't have time to activate any defenses to keep her alive.

The undead thing is quick to react, moving with lightning speed as it readies its rifle for action. With a blast of projectiles, it fires on Nick. The shot will hit unless you dodge.

The guy also struggles to ready a weapon, and his shot goes off at Eric. The shot hits, burning his skin a bit but not killing the unarmored man.

Mirgris is up, and you need to declare a defense from the one shot or get hit.

22 - Wraith [1]
18 - Headhunter [1]
17 - Nick <====
15 - Sir Alan
10 - Borg
9 - Eric Foss

The doctor dives to the side, rolling into a kneeling firing positing and unleashing his second shot.

The man in light MDC armor, is not in full environmental armor, meaning parts of him are exposed. The doctor pivots smoothly not wasting time to watch the woman die instead already making called shot at exposed flesh on the lightly armored mercenary man. Seeking to lower numbers of this fight as swiftly as possible, a numerical advantage would be a good one to have.

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+6 Dodge
+11 Called Shot (unless the penalty is larger than the normal -2)

16 Dodge
17 To hit
26 MDC Damage

 

[Sherwood]

The head shot that Nick makes wipes out another target, thinning out the numbers leveled against you.

Sir Alan turns to face the undead thing and activates his Psi Sword and Shield, swinging on the thing with a powerful strike. Unfortunately, the thing dodges out of the way with incredible speed, with the same level of exceptional reflexes as a Juicer has.

The Borg lets out a snarled cry of, "Damn! A Cyber Knight! Rich, take him out!" Then he turns on Eric with his arm mounted plasma blaster, toasting the unarmored man and burning off a large chunk of his shirt and making his skin singe a bit.

Eric doesn't even bother getting his weapons ready, instead he simply charges the Borg and levels off with a power punch that makes the metal man stumble back with a sizable dent in his chest plate.

The undead thing nods, and turns on Sir Alan, blasting at him, but the Knight manages to parry the shot with his shield.

Mirgris is up again

22 - Wraith [1]
17 - Nick [3] <====
15 - Sir Alan [1]
10 - Borg [1] light damage
9 - Eric Foss [2] light damage

 

[Mirgris]

Sherwood
The Doctor notices that somehow in this brief moment, even after proving himself quite lethal, he is being ignored for the big scary uncouth men next to him.
He gives the smallest of shrugs as he mutters "Rude"

Before activating his ring and shadows swirl around him hiding his exact location and making him a much more deadly combatant. He draws his knives as he hides and prepares to make lethal strikes.

Prowl Roll : 91 Or below

 

[Sherwood]

The good Doctor activates his magic item and fades from view, getting ready to do some damage on the bad guys.

Sir Alan continues to square off against the undead thing, using his Psi Sword in a rapid swing that this time manages to hit the Wraith and do a bit of damage to it.

The Borg backpedals a bit, swearing up a storm as a small missile launcher flips up on his shoulder into launch position, and he fires on Eric. This time, the former Coalition soldier leaps to the side as a armor piercing mini missile slams into the street behind where Eric was standing.

Eric runs up at the Borg and instead of a punch, he pulls off a foot sweep that knocks the heavy man over. It doesn't do any real damage, but it does put the Borg on his back and forces him to lose an action as he struggles to get up.

The Wraith once more swings on Alan, and his attack is again parried on the shield of the Cyber Knight.

Mirgris is up again

22 - Wraith [2]
17 - Nick [4] <====
15 - Sir Alan [2]
10 - Borg [3] light damage
9 - Eric Foss [4] light damage

 

[Mirgris]

The good Doctor activates his magic item and fades from view, getting ready to do some damage on the bad guys.

Sir Alan continues to square off against the undead thing, using his Psi Sword in a rapid swing that this time manages to hit the Wraith and do a bit of damage to it.

The Borg backpedals a bit, swearing up a storm as a small missile launcher flips up on his shoulder into launch position, and he fires on Eric. This time, the former Coalition soldier leaps to the side as a armor piercing mini missile slams into the street behind where Eric was standing.

Eric runs up at the Borg and instead of a punch, he pulls off a foot sweep that knocks the heavy man over. It doesn't do any real damage, but it does put the Borg on his back and forces him to lose an action as he struggles to get up.

The Wraith once more swings on Alan, and his attack is again parried on the shield of the Cyber Knight.

Mirgris is up again

22 - Wraith [2]
17 - Nick [4] <====
15 - Sir Alan [2]
10 - Borg [3] light damage
9 - Eric Foss [4] light damage

The doctor enjoys stealth and moves quickly before he decides to take his chance flanking around the large borg while it is on the ground and bringing both knives down upon him with all the strength that he can muster. Seeking to end one more opponent in a powerful decisive blow. The superhuman strength and the enchanted techno magic knives are powerful tools. They make him powerful, though he has to be aware he has already burned through about 10% of his power, and if the fight continues for long or more skirmishes happen he will have little energy and be unable to fight like this much.

+15 to strike (I'll roll even if it's un-needed)

17 to hit (Hopefully getting that sneak attack bonus of not needing to roll)
76 MDC Damage

 

[Sherwood]

As Nick moves in to hit the Borg, you stumble a bit, and it throws off your strike. (A natural 1-4 on the dice is a miss, or else you would have hit)

Sir Alan continues to work against the undead thing, but it is so maneuverable that he is having a hard time hitting it.

The Borg, now back on its feet, shoots his arm mounted plasma weapon at Eric, causing another light burn on the man.

Eric hauls off another punch, this one doing even more damage to the metal man, but the Borg is still up.

The Wraith swings on Alan again, this time it manages to weave his attack past Alan's shield and it bites into his MDC armor, doing some damage.

Mirgris is up again

22 - Wraith [3] light damage
17 - Nick [5] <====
15 - Sir Alan [3] light damage
10 - Borg [4] light damage
9 - Eric Foss [5] light damage

 

[Mirgris]

As Nick moves in to hit the Borg, you stumble a bit, and it throws off your strike. (A natural 1-4 on the dice is a miss, or else you would have hit)

Sir Alan continues to work against the undead thing, but it is so maneuverable that he is having a hard time hitting it.

The Borg, now back on its feet, shoots his arm mounted plasma weapon at Eric, causing another light burn on the man.

Eric hauls off another punch, this one doing even more damage to the metal man, but the Borg is still up.

The Wraith swings on Alan again, this time it manages to weave his attack past Alan's shield and it bites into his MDC armor, doing some damage.

Mirgris is up again

22 - Wraith [3] light damage
17 - Nick [5] <====
15 - Sir Alan [3] light damage
10 - Borg [4] light damage
9 - Eric Foss [5] light damage

The Doctor tries the same maneuver seeking to end the cyborg once and for all so that the three of them may team up on the weird vampire juicer zombie...Thing. Already this fight has gone on to long and he may be underestimating the monster, but he is betting that the cyborg has more raw ability to kill them if ignored.


+15 to strike

29 to hit
86 MDC

 

[Sherwood]

This time, the blades find their mark and bite deep into the armored hide of the Borg. It is hurting, with sparks coming out of its exposed wiring.

Alan continues to fight against the undead thing, his Psi Sword once more making a good hit against it. It is taking the damage pretty well, but you can see that the blade is doing some harm to it.

The Borg punches Eric, clocking him upside the head, but the man manages to take the hit and keep on fighting.

With the Borg out of actions, Eric wails on it hard, leaving another pair of dents in the chest of the Borg.

Starting a new melee round.

The Wraith continues to fight Alan, trading blows with the Cyber Knight, but your companion is doing well with parrying the blades of the undead monster.

Mirgris is up again

22 - Wraith [1] light damage
17 - Nick [] <====
15 - Sir Alan [] light damage
10 - Borg [] moderate damage
9 - Eric Foss [] light damage

 

[Mirgris]

This time, the blades find their mark and bite deep into the armored hide of the Borg. It is hurting, with sparks coming out of its exposed wiring.

Alan continues to fight against the undead thing, his Psi Sword once more making a good hit against it. It is taking the damage pretty well, but you can see that the blade is doing some harm to it.

The Borg punches Eric, clocking him upside the head, but the man manages to take the hit and keep on fighting.

With the Borg out of actions, Eric wails on it hard, leaving another pair of dents in the chest of the Borg.

Starting a new melee round.

The Wraith continues to fight Alan, trading blows with the Cyber Knight, but your companion is doing well with parrying the blades of the undead monster.

Mirgris is up again

22 - Wraith [1] light damage
17 - Nick [] <====
15 - Sir Alan [] light damage
10 - Borg [] moderate damage
9 - Eric Foss [] light damage

Seeing that the Cyborg is finally starting to get slowed down and truly injured, the doctor keeps on stabbing him in the back seeking to as always gain a numeric advantage by eliminating foes one at a time. It is how he was taught. An injured foe is as much a threat as an uninjured, sometimes more so. Ensure each foe is dead as quickly as possible then move to the next. It was beat into him as a child how to quickly and quietly ensure death.


Ironic now he uses those skills to protect the people they wanted him to kill.

He swings the knives, grimacing slightly and the three items drain him of his energy, but he needs all the power he can get, to pretend he is an MDC creature and a real combatant instead of a scientist punching above his weight class.

Ironic how he can be doing what he was trained to do and at the same time be totally out classed.


+15 to strike

31 to Hit
84 MDC

 

[Sherwood]

Nick's knife strike goes deep into the back of the Borg, causing more sparks to fly as you do more damage.

Sir Alan keeps up the pressure on the Wraith, scoring another hit.

The Borg tries to grab Eric, but he is too slow.

Eric hauls off with another punch, cracking the armor of the Borg even more. It cannot take much more damage before falling.

The Wraith hits Sir Alan again, knocking the man back a few paces, but his body armor is still holding.

Mirgris is up again.

22 - Wraith [2] moderate damage
17 - Nick [1] <====
15 - Sir Alan [1] medium damage
10 - Borg [1] heavy damage
9 - Eric Foss [1] light damage

 

[Mirgris]

Nick's knife strike goes deep into the back of the Borg, causing more sparks to fly as you do more damage.

Sir Alan keeps up the pressure on the Wraith, scoring another hit.

The Borg tries to grab Eric, but he is too slow.

Eric hauls off with another punch, cracking the armor of the Borg even more. It cannot take much more damage before falling.

The Wraith hits Sir Alan again, knocking the man back a few paces, but his body armor is still holding.

Mirgris is up again.

22 - Wraith [2] moderate damage
17 - Nick [1] <====
15 - Sir Alan [1] medium damage
10 - Borg [1] heavy damage
9 - Eric Foss [1] light damage

The doctor charges the cyborg from behind trying to end it once and for all so that he can quickly get back to Sir Alan, the knight can hold his own but the fight is far more equal than he would like.

Soon old Friend

+15 to strike

NAT 20 (35 To hit)
74 MDC (plus crit affect, I don't actually know what that does)

I have death blow!

 

[Sherwood]

Critical Strike! The effect of a crit is to double the damage rolled, so you do a whopping 148 points of MDC! Your blades not only cut into the Borg, but you slice off its head and it falls to the side, killing the Borg.

Sir Alan keeps up the pressure on the Wraith, but misses his next strike due to the Wraith dodging.

Eric gives off a thumbs up to the hidden Nick for the good work done with the Borg, then spins around and punches at the Wraith. He misses, thanks to the exceptional reflexes of the Wraith.

Seeing that its companions falling one by one, the Wraith decides that it is going to lose this fight. It then turns and begins to haul ass out of the area, running very quickly. Nick has one chance to get off a melee attack before the Wraith is out of melee range, then you will have to go with a ranged attack or let it go.

Mirgris

22 - Wraith [2] moderate damage
17 - Nick [2] <====
15 - Sir Alan [2] medium damage
9 - Eric Foss [2] light damage

 

[Mirgris]

Critical Strike! The effect of a crit is to double the damage rolled, so you do a whopping 148 points of MDC! Your blades not only cut into the Borg, but you slice off its head and it falls to the side, killing the Borg.

Sir Alan keeps up the pressure on the Wraith, but misses his next strike due to the Wraith dodging.

Eric gives off a thumbs up to the hidden Nick for the good work done with the Borg, then spins around and punches at the Wraith. He misses, thanks to the exceptional reflexes of the Wraith.

Seeing that its companions falling one by one, the Wraith decides that it is going to lose this fight. It then turns and begins to haul ass out of the area, running very quickly. Nick has one chance to get off a melee attack before the Wraith is out of melee range, then you will have to go with a ranged attack or let it go.

Mirgris

22 - Wraith [2] moderate damage
17 - Nick [2] <====
15 - Sir Alan [2] medium damage
9 - Eric Foss [2] light damage

The doctors already has his blades in hand he dashes forward making an attack upon the zombie monster, wraith thing with the telekinetic knives if those fail he will have but one real option, a spell as part of
The project

And proof that I am no conjurer of cheap tricks.

+15 to strike

 

[Sherwood]

A swing and a miss. At this point, the Wraith is on the move, running at high speed away from the fight, and is now out of melee range.

Sir Alan is not fast enough to keep pace with the fleeing thing, so he stands his ground and looks around for other threats coming your way.

Eric shakes his fist at the fleeing wraith and calls out, "That's right you coward! You'd better run! If we see you again, we'll totally kick your ass!"

By now, the Wraith has turned a corner and is out of sight, thanks to its incredible running speed.

Moving out of combat time.


Eric looks down at his ruined shirt and sighs. "Damn. I really liked this outfit. Well, I think we need to get the hell out of here before we run into more of those assholes. If you want to do some hurt against the fang gang, I can have you guys meet my friends. We're planning something big to deal with these guys."

 

[Sherwood]

Purr Psychie Rykon Silanon D. Rex

You are now ready to send the Brodkil back to its home dimension. It is up to Snowfall to actually open the portal, and the rest of you can then stand there, looking fierce just in case anything tries to come through your direction while you are kicking the demon in his pants to get him out of there.

 

[Purr]

She takes a deep breath, then goes on to say, "I must thank you, Snowfall. If it were not for you, I fear that we would have had no other choice than to kill this . . . thing . . . for the good of the world we all live in."

Spoiler: Instrumental Mood Music

♫ [1988] Rain Man • Hans Zimmer ▬ № 18 - ''End Credits''

Snowfall smiled at Miss Terra's heartfelt gratitude and to the others for their patience, for none of them had intruded or complained. Snowfall folded his fingers and replied with great conviction. "When an opportunity to put goodness into the Megaverse presents itself to you, why not take it? Pay the cost. Enjoy the benefits. Be glad you have the power to leave the Megaverse with more than you are taking from it. Everyone has that power. Even adding a little goodness is worth the while."

With those words, Snowfall in his young human form, began to channel his breathing and move his body in the ways of Tai Chi Chuan. His feet slowly shifted through the grass, his arms formed into martial motions each with its own purpose, his center was balanced, perfectly, like the rising of the sun in the sky. Briefly, he thought about asking to change their location as to draw P.P.E. from a ley line, but in doing so, that would open the possibility of the Brodkil escaping or warning others. This would not do. And so, Snowfall let the thought drift from his mind and die naturally as so many thoughts before it.

Slowly, seemingly without effort, Snowfall began to call upon his internal power, to feel it all around him, to build it, nurture it, and bring it into being. He became as serene as the smile on a statue of the Buddha. The skin on his abdomen began to glow and the marvelously-etched tattoo there, the two crossing ley lines with a Rift in its center, began to sudden answer with the bright, heavenly, majestic light of gold.

But not quite bright enough.

"Miss Terra? Anyone else? Now is the time. Oh," he added, "and if the demon is going to try and make a break for it, he will do it now while he believes your attention is on me."

 

[Sherwood]

Psychie or Rykon It is now up to you to donate the rest of the needed PPE to open the portal.