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    48 KB Stalker Quest Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)20:13 No.16488272  
    When we last saw our quintet of intrepid Zone explorers, they were talking with Screw, Freedom's chief fix-it guy, about getting their spetsnaz PDA cracked open. After some discussion, we agreed to hand over the PDA to be cracked by one of Screw's guy for 2000 roubles. We also handed over our damaged helmet for repairs on Screw's recommendation. Screw sent us on our way so he could get down to business, and we paid a visit to Skinflint, a penny-pinching, tight-fisted stalker who nonetheless has a reputation for selling quality goods. A cautious probe at selling our new Bender artifact didn't go off; Skinflint was intent on lowballing us due to the unknown nature of the artifact. Skinflint also proved to be unwilling to part with his wares for prices we considered reasonable; an old school customer's trick got him talking more reasonable numbers. We purchased supplies and also examined some of his weapons - interestingly among them, a KS-23M and a Sa 25 - before deciding to just sell our salvaged weapons and hold off on acquiring new guns for the time being.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)20:14 No.16488280
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    Asking Skinflint for work, he told us he had nothing, but pointed us in the direction of the Freedomer bar, run by a man named Bear. He also told us about a senior Freedom officer named Gurkha, though apparently this man hands out rather serious, dangerous work. Deciding to leave Gurkha be for the time being, we bid Skinflint farewell and headed for the bar. It proved to be packed, hot, and smoky; apparently many Freedomers love their pot like most Zonegoers love their vodka. There we met Pacer, a paranoid, suspicious stalker who has apparently been looking to get a stalker or stalkers to run a package for him. Some verbal fencing with the man revealed why he had been so cautious about giving the job out - apparently, the package is for his brother, hiding somewhere in the wild regions of the Zone. Pacer claimed that his brother had drawn the ire of both factions by manipulating them in the pursuit of artifacts, then double-crossing them. We ultimately managed to score the job by impressing Pacer with our confident words and a certain photo of us standing on a flying tank.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)20:14 No.16488286
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    Equipment:
    -cold weather clothes (partially worn)
    -heavy stalker suit
    -moldy Red Army officer's cap
    -lead-lined backpack
    -flashlight
    -utility knife
    -night vision goggles (integrated into suit)
    -trail rations
    -PDA x2 (ours; spetsnaz)
    - good anomaly detector
    -compass
    -8 bandages (+2 in group)
    -2 first aid kit (+4 in group)
    -2 scientific aid kit
    -m1911
    -Mossberg 88
    -AKS-74
    -AKS-74U
    -sawn-off shotgun
    -2 grenades (+7 in group)
    -jellyfish artifact
    -30 shells, 39 slugs, 12 flech, 34 .45, 5 30-round 5.45 magazines
    -7574 RU
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)20:16 No.16488310
    Also, a note.

    Last session, a player brought up a decent question, asking me why I had Bosse keep introducing himself by his real name rather than his stalker one. I've tried to use both, but indeed I've favored the real name. If players feel strongly about which name Bosse should prefer to go by, by all means, weigh in. He's your guy, after all.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)20:19 No.16488345
    A note part two:

    I've noticed a couple of players asking questions about who the characters are. Considering it's been a year and not all of you are old hands to begin with, I'd be happy to introduce the PCs and various characters as the need arises.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)20:25 No.16488433
    >>16488272
    How the fuck did this get to page 3?!
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)20:29 No.16488471
    >>16488272
    Hey Getter can we please get the equipment of our team too I always forget it
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)20:29 No.16488479
    Ask Skinflint before we head off if he'll hold the SA25 and KS-23 for us until we can return in a few days.

    Then we head off to Rostok, carefully checking the package on the way (say, in the corner in Bar between Rostok and the Bar) and drop it off before heading to Yantar to find out which type of artifact ours is.

    How do you come up with Artifacts, btw, SoohG?
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)20:30 No.16488482
    >>16488433
    People reading the archive and not posting yet?

    I guess we should just check to see what the main trader is selling and see if anyone has the tools to identify our artifact.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)20:32 No.16488508
    why not just go by Bosse Viking?

    it sounds like a legit stalker name, i've sure as hell seen weirder
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)20:33 No.16488518
    >>16488471
    Twitch:
    -AKS-74
    -Beretta
    -1 grenade

    Bird
    -AN-94 Abakan (scoped)
    -pump-action sawn-off
    -Fort-12
    -2 grenades

    Damsel
    -RPK-74
    -Skorpion SMG
    -Fort-12
    -2 grenades

    Vlad
    -AK-74
    -Fort-12
    -2 grenades

    (Note: I've distributed grenades in a way I felt logical. Twitch, as the smallest and least physically adept, only gets one. Damsel is handy with explosives, Vlad is trained, Bird is experienced. Also, you're trained and a big fuck-off Swede, so who's going to tell you no?)
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)20:34 No.16488533
    I think we should bugger off and do the job so we can get paid.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)20:35 No.16488536
    >How do you come up with Artifacts, btw, SoohG?

    I generally theme artifacts around the anomaly you find them in. Then I think of what might be cool to have - but not necessarily immediately useful or obvious in its use. I also draw inspiration from you guys (one form of the Bender artifact was actually inspired by an off-hand poster comment; it was originally going to be a single-mode artifact).
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)20:37 No.16488564
    >>16488518
    What are we waiting for? Let's go deliver our message.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)20:39 No.16488597
    Of we go a questing!
    >> Sgt.Varn !q8XtSW4.HY 10/01/11(Sat)20:43 No.16488651
    Screw the Sa.23. It's a piece of trash compared to an MP5. Twitch can stick with the '74U for now. As far as the Ks-23 goes, I think it's a waste. Sure it's big and nasty, but ammo is going to be next to impossible to find for it and it will be overkill for most things we'll be running into.

    Let's stick with what we have an head out.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)20:44 No.16488667
    >>16488651
    >most of the things

    That's why we keep it in our stash until we need to kill Chimeras/Pseudogiants/Power Armor Zombies.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)20:46 No.16488688
    >>16488651
    >over kill

    In the zone? No such thing.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)20:53 No.16488762
    Why so dead thread?
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)20:55 No.16488786
    You decide to get down to business; the sooner this package finds its owner, the sooner you get paid, "Now that we've reached an agreement, Pacer, how about you hand over that package and point us where we need to go?"

    The nervous stalker nods, pulling a closely-kept - and quite bulky - case from his side and sliding it across the table's surface. You notice its heft, then set it down beside your chair as Pacer retrieves his PDA and sends you a data file for your map.

    Apparently, the destination is somewhere east of her, in a forested area. Bird, peering over your shoulder, comments, "No settlements out that way. Like the last time we left the main paths, it's unpredictable turf."

    "My brother's holed up in an old army officer's dacha out that way. Not much to look at these days, but it's not like he's entertaining guests," Pacer looks around warily, "Probably when you get there my brother'll lay low, thinking you are some faction hit team or bandits. Wave this around," he hands you a hankerchief with some sort of family seal on it, "And he'll eventually come out."

    Easy enough. You nod and take the piece of cloth.

    "One more thing - keep out of that case. You try to cheat my brother, mess him over - you will regret it," you can tell he means it, though you don't know if he can back that up, "Now get out of here. And tell Andriy that Alexey says hi, and think with your goddamn brains next time."

    With that, you heft the case and file out of the bar, wary for too-interested eyes. As you enter the chilly night air - so much of a change after the humid, loud bar - Vlad speaks up, "I can carry that thing, if you'd like. Looks like an obnoxious load."

    You are indeed pretty loaded for bear.

    "So," Damsel says, "What now? Head out or bed down and wait for morning?"

    "We shouldn't forget to pick up your helmet, if that Screw guy has it done," Twitch reminds you.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)20:57 No.16488806
    >>16488762
    I type slow. Sometimes I write something I don't like and restart.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)20:59 No.16488823
    IF we are well rested enough we should pick up our helmets and head out in cover of darkness. Dono if any young factioners overheard this and wanna make a name for them selves by finding this guy through following us.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:00 No.16488834
    >>16488786
    Grab the helmet. Ask Skinflint to hang onto the KS23 for a few days.

    Then, head out.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:01 No.16488840
    >>16488823
    Maybe, but do we really want to be going out into uncharted territory at night?
    Besides, with it being dark, will the guy even see the signal when we wave the handkerchief around?
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:02 No.16488858
    >>16488786
    Retrieve helmet.
    Then go find Andriy.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)21:09 No.16488928
    You get the feeling that finishing this little job sooner rather than later may be better. Particularly if Pacer's misgivings are correct and you may be tracked by irate factioneers or would-be bounty hunters. Night gives you cover to slip away in, and not many stalkers are willing to be out once the sun's hit the horizon. You weigh the risks and decide to keep moving, "Let's get going while the going's good," you say.

    You head back to Screw's workshop; there's a different Freedomer on duty now, but he seems no more interested in giving you guff than the last guy. As you enter, Screw looks up from a technical manual of some kind, then gives the five of you a collective nod, "Ah, good, so you're back. I've got your helmet done, ah..."

    "Viking. Bosse, to my friends," you say.

    Screw shrugs, "Let's be optimistic and go with Bosse then, hm? Anyway, once I got down to repairs..."

    Roll 1d3
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)21:10 No.16488934
    >>16488840
    We can lay low for a while till dawn then signal him. Better to keep under cover of darkness. As good as this job is going to pay delivering a package to a wanted man of both major factions is crazy unless we do it as silently as we can.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:11 No.16488948
    rolled 3 = 3

    >>16488928
    Rolling.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:12 No.16488964
    >>16488934
    I second this.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:13 No.16488968
    rolled 1 = 1

    Also rolling.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)21:17 No.16489007
    >>16488948
    "...it was pretty much as bad as it could have been. Optics, wrecked. Chemical mask and such, damaged beyond what I'd feel decent patching. Armor plates were shot to shit, too. I don't know what passes for your skull, Bosse, but by all rights you should be as dead as if 'ol Gurkha buried that knife of his in your face," a colorful - if unpleasant - image, "Anyway, sorry to say, it's gonna cost the full 700 I cited as the top end. And I'm not even making profit on that, it's basically wholesale," the mechanic nods towards Bird, "If you're in with Bird, though, I don't mind. I probably was just gonna was roubles on Bear's swill, anyway."

    (Do you go for that price, or push for a lower one?)
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:18 No.16489028
    >>16489007
    "Eeesh. That's pretty wrecked, alright. Maybe we can do something for you, though. There anything you need from the Wild Territory, Yantar, the Bar? We're about to head out that way anyway, so."
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/01/11(Sat)21:22 No.16489084
    >>16489007
    >Now with added tripcode!

    This guy is a valuable resource, and we shouldn't risk pissing him off. I say we pay the 700.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)21:23 No.16489087
    >>16489007
    Try to cut a deal, maybe we can retrive something for him like salvage from a dead STALKER.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:24 No.16489109
    >>16489007
    Shrug. "Well, I thank you then, and am willing to accept the fee. At the very least it's not as expensive as buying a new helmet."
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:27 No.16489139
    700ru is chump change, pocket lint

    pay the man his due
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)21:32 No.16489199
    "That bad, huh? Well, thanks Screw, I appreciate your efforts," you fork over the money, "Better than buying a new one."

    Screw hands you your helmet, and you do notice that it's a bit different than it was before, visually. Screw's style is bulkier and more utilitarian than Russkie's - you assume the latter man's experience is a factor - but the helmet itself seems fine.

    "Try not to get hit in the head again," Screw advises, "And oh, before I forget, if you find any precision tools out there in the Zone - stuff that isn't radioactive or corroded to shit - I'll buy it off you. I can't give you much for most crap, but you'll save me the grief of going through that asshole Skinflint or trying to get decent stuff off of one of those here-today-gone-tomorrow loners."

    You file that little offering away, though most of what you've seen has been just what Screw had no interest in; garbage. Still, you could get lucky.

    "Anything else I can do for you, or are you guys good?" Screw asks.
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/01/11(Sat)21:36 No.16489239
    >>16489199
    We're good, unless I'm forgetting anything.
    Let's head out.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:39 No.16489271
    >>16489199
    "What about complex stuff, say, enough pieces from broken lathes to make a new one? Or, for that matter, parts to make molds?"
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)21:39 No.16489276
    >>16489199
    Could ask him about the area we are heading too.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)21:48 No.16489374
    >>16489271
    "What about bits of things like lathes? Molds? That sort of thing?" you ask. There's a lot of junk in the Zone, and you don't mind a little lifting where there's money.

    "If you can find that sort of thing, sure," Screw says, nodding, "I can put in a word for you with Freedom, too, if the stuff's particularly useful and you want that," he looks askance at Bird, whose expression is carefully neutral.

    If Bird trusts this guy, you figure a question can't hurt. You show him your PDA map, your destination marked, "You familiar with that area at all?"

    "Not really," Screw says, "I try to stay out of wild zone when I leave the camp. Bad as the rest of the Zone is, those areas where no one goes can be worse. Bird'd probably be able to tell you more."

    Bird speaks up, "I never really headed out to that area, either. East of the warehouses is pretty boggy, has been for a while. Bad hiking terrain, I know that from trying to find ways through to Pripyat with the guys back when the Brain Scorcher was still up. And that was further north, where it's less swampy."
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:50 No.16489396
    >>16489374
    Thank the man, pay him, and let's move out.

    See if he has an extra flathead screwdriver before we go, though. Hate to ruin whatever we're looting.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:51 No.16489402
    >>16489374
    Well that sounds unpleasant. I wonder fi there isn't some sort of all terrain vehicle we could rent possibly? Or a boat? Would a boat work in this situation?
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/01/11(Sat)21:52 No.16489411
    >>16489402
    One of those flat-bottomed boats with a pusher prop, yeah. Can we get one of those?
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)21:57 No.16489457
    >>16489402
    In The Zone? Not likely.

    Lets move out while we still have the cover of dark.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)21:57 No.16489465
    what, you guys afraid of a little moisture?
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)22:10 No.16489612
    You don't like the sound of tromping through a swamp. Particularly not in your heavier stalker suit, "Anyone around here rent those boats with the fans on the back? Might make better time through the area that way."

    "What, an airboat?" Screw asks, "We have a couple, but we don't lend 'em out. Anyway, the military gets jumpy any time they see stalkers with vehicles, so we try to use 'em sparingly. Don't want those dickheads putting their fat one where it isn't wanted."

    "It's harder for them to ignore the stalker problem when you've got people in vehicles," Vlad opines, "Politicians bitch, officers pretend to crack down on Zone infiltrators. When everyone's on foot, it's easier to pretend no one's here."

    Screw snorts at this, "That sounds like the government." You assume Vlad is probably speaking from personal knowledge on the subject - you feel a bit of pity for guys like him sent to tackle a problem no one has any real desire to solve. Wasted time, wasted lives. You suppose you can see why guys like Vlad might come to hate stalkers.

    "The terrain's passable," Bird interjects, "Just not pleasant. Change your socks."

    Damsel laughs at this, but Bird's expression remains level, "I'm being serious. You hear what happened to those yankee conscripts' feet in Vietnam?"

    "Swamp foot, or something?" Twitch asks.

    "Right. Skin lesions, infections, lost toes, death in a shithole like this. Keep your feet dry."

    Damsel isn't laughing any more.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)22:11 No.16489620
    >>16489612
    On this slightly disgusting note, the five of you bid Screw farewell and set out. There's just a vague splash of light left on the western horizon now, and you're sure that'll be gone soon enough. You make your way back to the front gate, where the guard from before is still slouching about, "What, you're leaving? At night? At least leave the chick here, not enough of 'em already!"

    "Afraid of the dark?" Damsel asks.

    "Yes," the Freedomer returns, unabashedly.

    As you move out of sight of the camp and make your way around its perimeter, Bird speaks up, "Travelling this close to Red Forest at night is dangerous, Bosse. We'll have to stick very close together. Keep your wits about you, all of you, and if you think you see anything - and I MEAN anything - tell me."

    "It doesn't sound like we'll have many people to worry about," Vlad ventures.

    "It's not people I'm worried about."

    You make your way into the swamps, and they are indeed difficult passing. Despite the cold night air, you work up a sweat quickly; slogging through mud along the best paths you can is a serious workout. The swamp's denizens are of no comfort; strange sounds deeper in the swamp have no explanation and set you all on edge. Overhead, the sky is rolling towards overcast.

    Roll a d20.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:14 No.16489645
    rolled 19 = 19

    >>16489620
    Blue for luck!
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:15 No.16489655
    >>16489645
    Incidentally, if Stalker Quest a roll high or roll low type of thing?
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/01/11(Sat)22:16 No.16489670
    rolled 6 = 6

    >>16489620
    C'mon, dice!
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:16 No.16489673
    rolled 10 = 10

    what are we being paid for this job anyway?
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:17 No.16489683
    >>16489655
    I think we are about to be raped by a Chimera.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:18 No.16489688
    rolled 7 = 7

    >>16489673
    Rubles, and lots of them.

    also dice-rollans
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:19 No.16489707
    >>16489655
    High is bad.
    Low is good.
    We shall now be raped by a million strong horde of snorks, because lol 19
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:19 No.16489708
    >>16489683
    Didn't a 20 land us 'Blow out soon Stalker' last time?
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)22:20 No.16489715
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    >>16489655
    Varies on situation. In this case, high is better.

    >>16489688
    Pacer never mentioned a reward.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:21 No.16489725
    >>16489715
    He mentioned shaking his brother down for artifacts though.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)22:23 No.16489756
    >>16489645
    "Tighten up," Bird says, "We're being shadowed."

    "By what?" Twitch asks.

    But you've already noticed, even as Bird says, "Blind dogs."

    You're only catching a glimpse here and there, but Bird's right. You'd estimate...a dozen? Maybe more? It's hard to tell. And they're so damn silent. You grip your mossberg tighter and look for signs that the dogs are moving in for a strike.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:26 No.16489790
    Close combat weapons at the ready!

    Try to get everyone into a psuedo formation that won't leave anyone's back exposed.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:33 No.16489858
    >>16489756
    What do you guys think? Worth a grenade? If they're in a pack they'd be bunched up at some point and easier to damage in one lobby.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)22:35 No.16489875
    "Backs together," you advise, "Eyes out." The others comply readily; you see Bird exchange his assault rifle for his shotgun, instead - you're already using yours, comfortable that it'll be more than enough to put a blind dog down and keep it down. But two? Three? Ten?

    You hope they're as cowardly at night as they seem to be during the day.

    The others have, by now, noticed their travelling companions; their weapons shouldered, they wait for what you fear is the inevitable. And if you're swarmed, where will you run.

    "In the middle of a swamp in the damn night," Damsel hisses, "I'd rather have taken my chances with being followed."

    You can sympathize with that, but hindsight is 20/20.

    Roll a d20.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:35 No.16489884
    >>16489858
    Yes, do EET. We can always pick up more when we return for the PDA.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:37 No.16489891
    >>16489875
    Well, let's get the catastrophic roll out of the way~
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:37 No.16489894
    rolled 7 = 7

    >>16489875
    Lights on and shoot them when you see them.

    I don't suppose we can attach our knife to the barrel of our gun before we do this, can we?
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:37 No.16489896
    rolled 18 = 18

    blue for more luck.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:38 No.16489913
    rolled 2 = 2

    ROLLING TO KILL THEM ALL OFF
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:44 No.16489977
    >>16489913
    PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ONE SOOHG
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:45 No.16489989
    >>16489977
    aren't combat rolls higher the better? or is the lower rule for everything
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)22:46 No.16490000
    >>16489894
    (The mossberg 88 doesn't accept a bayonet.)

    -

    "Lights on," you say; not like they can see - or need to see - you, anyway, "If you get a clear shot, take it."

    Helmet lights click on in the gloom of the swamp, pathetic against the crushing darkness that characterizes a Zone evening. Vaguely, you're aware that the sky has finished becoming overcast; you don't even have the vaguest starlight to help you now.

    The dogs, for their part, are remarkably good about keeping their distance; Damsel manages a short burst that detonates the head of one dog, but this does nothing to dislodge the pack. They continue circling, closer and closer, using the cover of the swamp to frustrate the five of you. Even military-trained Vlad can't land a hit. You tense yourself for close combat, feeling for your utility knife, should you need to pull it in the inevitable melee. The minutes drag on.

    Then you notice something. You haven't seen a dog in several minutes. Or heard one. The five of you jerk your weapons from left to right, searching for targets that are no longer merely frustratingly half-there; they're not there at all.

    "This isn't right," Bird says.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)22:47 No.16490018
    >>16489989
    Generally, when you roll higher, it's better. When the enemy rolls higher, it's worse for you. Sometimes I withhold what the roll is for for tension's sake.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:48 No.16490021
    rolled 13 = 13

    >>16490000
    Wonderful, we've either stepped into an anomaly, or bigger fish have scared off the dogs.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)22:50 No.16490036
    "...The sonsofbitches have fucked off."

    "What do you think would make them run away? A bigger predator? Easier prey?"
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/01/11(Sat)22:51 No.16490043
    rolled 9 = 9

    >>16490021
    Or there's a blowout coming.
    Let's look around some. Keep each other covered, but see if we can see whatever caused the dogs to fuck off.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)22:58 No.16490109
    "The sons of bitches fucked off," Damsel says, "What makes them do that?"

    You have a few ideas. A bigger predator? Some other prey? Maybe it was a ruse of some kind. Bird, for his part, is silent, his face drawn in a rictus of worry.

    "Keep together," you advise, "And keep an eye out - they could be coming back."

    Give me 2d20. One for you. One for...someone else.
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/01/11(Sat)23:00 No.16490121
    rolled 18, 10 = 28

    >>16490109
    Rolling
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:04 No.16490152
    WE SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT THE KS-23M
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:10 No.16490195
    >>16490109
    "I can't remember- do you ever find Bloodsuckers in swamps? You'd think they'd probably like this kind of environment." I say in a hushed tone.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:13 No.16490220
    rolled 17, 10 = 27

    >>16490152
    I KEPT SAYING THIS, BUT DID YOU LISTEN?

    >>16490195
    Probably not Bloodsuckers.

    I'm inclined to think Psy Dog.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)23:14 No.16490222
    >>16490121
    You hear Bird spin suddenly, and there's the deafening boom of his shotgun, filling the too-still night air with thunder. You hear a roar of pain and see a confused blur, but when you bring your shotgun to bear, there's nothing there.

    "What was that!?" Vlad is yelling, panning his gun against the dense swamp vegitation, "I can't see it!"

    Bird doesn't reply, his expression grim. He pumps his shotgun, ejecting the spent shell.

    "Keep together!" you yell, "No gaps!" You shudder to think what whatever is attacking you could do with just a little space in between the five of you.

    Roll 4d20 this go. You, you; them, them.
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/01/11(Sat)23:16 No.16490241
    rolled 13, 16, 19, 10 = 58

    >>16490222
    Ohfuck Ohfuck Ohfuck
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:18 No.16490252
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    >>16490222
    BLOODSUCKER TIME
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)23:22 No.16490279
    Sorry STALKER Fans I had a nap.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)23:28 No.16490319
    >>16490241
    You've barely finished speaking when you see - well, feel, really - something in front of you. You don't have time to aim; you squeeze your mossberg's trigger reflexively, and the powerful weapon responds in course, lighting up the night for a split-second.

    Your heart leaps into your throat when you see what before you'd only felt - a hulking shape with a head like a squid. A bloodsucker. The abomination roars in pain as your shot catches it low in the torso, and then it's simply gone. Behind you, Damsel tracks its path with a burst of automatic fire, and you hear her yell in surprise as it most likely swims into visibility again, if only for an instant.

    You're opening your mouth to yell a warning when you hear Bird yelling, "Bloodsuckers! Bloodsuckers!" his shotgun booms again, but you hear no answering roar of pain.

    Instead, you hear a different yell entirely; despite your efforts, your formation has been loosened slightly by the attacks. You hear a rattle of automatic fire, a grunt of pain, then Vlad screaming. As you turn to assist your companion, you see a flash of blood, and then the ex-solider is tumbling through the air into the long grass, thrown like a rag doll. The bloodsucker responsible passes within inches of you; you smell a thick, wild scent for a half-instant and hear lungs like a bellows for less, but then the attacker is gone.

    In the direction it hurled Vlad.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:28 No.16490320
    rolled 2, 1, 2, 5, 11, 17, 14, 1, 19, 5, 13, 13, 3, 8, 6, 3, 10, 1, 17, 14, 6, 2, 19, 6 = 198

    >>16490241
    YOU FOOL YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:29 No.16490336
    >>16490195
    no one has ever reported seeing a bloodsucker in the swamps.

    ....yea, 'cause they're the last thing you never saw!
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)23:32 No.16490353
    >>16490319
    Go as a group and save Vlad!
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:32 No.16490356
    >>16490319
    We've gotta save Vlad ! Errybody to arms, keep formation and Charge towards the location where Vlad was Tossed


    (never said Roll STALKAHHHH)
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)23:33 No.16490364
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    (Swamps are one of the primary terrains bloodsuckers use in all 3 games, and they're supposed to be nocturnal.)
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/01/11(Sat)23:34 No.16490369
    >>16490356
    >>16490353
    I support this action fully.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:35 No.16490382
    >>16490364
    we're fucked, aren't we?
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/01/11(Sat)23:36 No.16490384
    >>16490364
    Yes you are right I grew over confodient because I have been able to destroy bloodsuckers in CoP simply by standing still and slashing with the knife.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:37 No.16490396
    >>16490382
    Terribly...

    But not as bad as Vlad methinks T_T
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)23:41 No.16490440
    You remember the bloodsucker mother's den. You're not going to leave Vlad to be killed by these fucking animals.

    "Stick together with me!" you yell, "No one gets out of arm's reach!"

    You lead the shuffling, slogging charge through the muck in the direction Vlad flew, panting, your gun playing wildly across the shadows cast by your headlamp; you've got to be careful, like this you could just as soon shoot Vlad as one of the monsters hunting you all.

    Give me a d20 roll for how well you guys manage to stick together.
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:42 No.16490452
    rolled 17 = 17

    >>16490440
    I've got this!
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:43 No.16490458
    >>16490452
    ... you don't got this shit
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:43 No.16490462
    >>16490452
    watch, we were supposed to roll low this time
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:44 No.16490470
    >>16490462
    we were, weren't we?
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/01/11(Sat)23:50 No.16490525
    >>16490452
    The four of you move like a well-oiled machine. You've braved bandits, dogs, a controller, a lake monsted, and the damned spetsnaz; you're not going to lose your cool now.

    Finding Vlad is easy enough - he's a grown man, after all - but unfortunately, he's in no state to rejoin you; the corporal is taking a cat nap, courtest of a nearby rock poking out of the rancid swamp muck, or perhaps one of the stunted trees around you. The four of you encircle your downed teammember, weapons at the ready for attacks that have yet to come. Still, the primitive, animal part of brain, refined by millions upon millions of years of evolution, will brook no argument - the bloodsuckers are out there.

    (How do you want to proceed?)
    >> Anonymous 10/01/11(Sat)23:57 No.16490595
    >>16490525
    Two people on either side of Vlad, modified firemans carry, each with sidearm in in one hand and vlad in the other. 3rd plays tail end charlie and watches our asses.

    Then Haul Ass towards high ground and/or other defensible position.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)00:00 No.16490621
    >>16490595
    This. How long till dawn?
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:01 No.16490635
    >>16490525
    Get into the water so that when they move they will disturb the water.

    Aim above the ripples and fire.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:04 No.16490660
    >>16490635
    Yea, lets jump into a different ecological niche so that we can find some NEW horror to attack us.

    That'll show them!
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:06 No.16490674
    >>16490660

    Too risky. Simply drain our bodies of all their blood, so we no longer become viable prey.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)00:10 No.16490720
    "Bird," you say, holstering your shotgun and drawing your m1911, "You grab one arm, I grab the other - we're sitting ducks here," Bird grunts his agreement, and the two of you heft Vlad up.

    "Damsel," you say, "Cover our rear. Twitch, get the front. Keep moving the way we were going - look for some dry ground a hill, something we can put our backs against," you've got to get out of this boot-sucking muck, onto terrain where you can properly respond to the damned bloodsuckers' attacks.

    Throwing your weight into your share of the load, you move as quickly as circumstances will allow, handgun searching the darkness for an enemy to dissuade.

    Roll a d20 to see how favorable of terrain is ahead.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:13 No.16490737
    rolled 19 = 19

    >>16490720
    Big money!
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:17 No.16490768
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    >>16490737
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:23 No.16490833
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    >>16490737
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)00:26 No.16490856
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    Feels good man
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)00:29 No.16490885
    >>16490737
    You push through the choking undergrowth, your right arm questing ahead of your body, whipping aside weeds; you don't fancy walking face-first into a bloodsucker in this terrain, and that's just what could happen. Even those monsters can't be totally silent in this environment, and all around you you hear furtive, sneaking sounds. Damsel bares her teeth in a savage snarl, looking for something to shoot, but just as it seems she's pinned a source of sound down, it's gone again.

    You're beginning to think that, in your haste, you've chosen a bad path, when you hear Twitch cry out in surprise, "Hey! There's a hill up ahead! There's - a cave!"

    And so there is. A part of you remembers the last time you dove into a cave for security and found more than you'd bargained for, but this is a more natural formation, only a few feet deep. With only one avenue of attack, you'll have the advantage, you just have to get there, first.

    Give me 6d20.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:30 No.16490899
    rolled 8, 15, 16, 4, 15, 18 = 76

    >>16490885
    Let's kill them dead.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)00:32 No.16490912
    >>16490899
    Sadface.jpg

    Guess we just found where they live....
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:36 No.16490946
    >>16490899
    I screwed up didn't I...
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)00:40 No.16490979
    If you know safety's near, then so do your hunters. Suddenly, there's a whirlwind of motion, and again you're firing on pure instinct; as if flickers into view with each pistol shot, you recognize the bloodsucker trying to attack you: it's the one that you and Damsel badly wounded before. Incredibly fast as it is, it can't get out of your line of fire, its earlier injuries hobbling it. First a bullet whacks it in the shoulder, then in the groin, then in the throat; the hideous mutant drops like a puppet with its strings cut, flailing for a moment in a rapidly-growing pool of its own blood.

    Beside you, you can hear Bird rapidly emptying the magazine on his Fort-12; a quick glance in his direction reveals the bloodsucker getting closer...closer...then being forced back, winged repeatedly by the Ukranian police pistol's small but numerous rounds; it vanishes back into the undergrowth.

    The sound of Damsel's RPK-74 firing demands attention, and you see the third bloodsucker's attack as if in slow motion. Automatic fire draws a line across the beast, its arms raised protectively to ward off lethal shots. Your comrade hasn't responded fast enough, however; the badly wounded bloodsucker dives low and pulls Damsel's legs out from under her.

    Going down with a startled hell, the bloodsucker begins to rapidly pull her back into the undergrowth.

    Roll a d20.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:43 No.16490998
    rolled 8 = 8

    >>16490979
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)00:44 No.16491003
    rolled 13 = 13

    Dice don't fail her now
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:45 No.16491006
    rolled 12 = 12

    >>16490979
    Those 'suckers just can't get enough of her can they.

    Get her back and kill the Bloodsucker.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)00:45 No.16491007
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    >>16490998
    >>16490998
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:48 No.16491028
    HOLY SHIT WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GO STALKER QUEST?

    I literally was waiting for another thread after the last one you posted last year to post my plans for the group.

    But then you dissappeared.

    Anyways, here's the SUPAR AMAZING PLAN:

    Assuming that we're an ex-NATO grunt(And we actuall paid attention in our time in), we should know basic team and quad level tactics.

    I suggest we train our team in proper combat drill, and get proper equipment to allow it.

    What we'll need(Some later than others, obviously)

    Bosse: Abakan with a Kobra reflex sight, 6-8 magazines
    Twitch: Abakan with Kobra reflex sight, 6-8 Magazines
    Bird: AK-74M with PSO-1 scope, and if we can find one, a PSO-3 night scope instead, 6-8 magazines.
    Vlad: AK-74M with GP-30 Grenade Launcher, 5-6 magazines, 10 rifle grenades
    Damsel: RPK-74 with drum adapter and 2 100 round drum magazines, 4 45 round extended box magazines

    Cont.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:50 No.16491045
    >>16491028

    >basic team and squad level tactics
    DURR

    Anyways:


    EVERYONE:
    LBE(With a plate carrier and soft armor if our stalker suits don't have IIIa armor and plates), with space for NODs, radios, optics, and first aid kits.

    DAMSEL: Spare barrels, extra 45 round magazines in her pack

    WHOEVER KNOWS MEDICINE THE BEST: A trauma kit (backpack sized)

    Bird: If we can find one, and SVD with PSO-3 scope.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:50 No.16491046
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    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:52 No.16491056
    >>16491028
    How about we call that "Plan C".

    Meanwhile, Plan A should be NOT DIE, and Plan B should be ESCAPE.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:53 No.16491065
    >>16491056

    I'm just posting this now because Getter is an asshole who disappeared for a year with my favorite quest, and I just want it out there.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)00:57 No.16491090
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    >>16490998
    You draw down on the bloodsucker frantically, firing at it as the beast thrashes with a struggling Damsel, you can't quite seem to get a good shot on it, round after round expending itself in the mud or weeds when...there. You squeeze the trigger gently and...

    *click*

    ...Damsel disappears into the undergrowth with a final savage yell, losing her grip on her rifle.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)00:59 No.16491105
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    rolled 2 = 2

    >>16491090
    GET HER BACK
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)00:59 No.16491109
    rolled 14 = 14

    >>16491045
    >>16491028

    Grand plans sadly equipment doesn't come that easily in The Zone. We are lucky if an AK isn't half rusted by the time we get our hands on it let alone that flash stuff.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:00 No.16491116
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    >>16491065
    You'll be pleased to know that we're back on track - by popular request - and even have a drawfriend doing ongoing, cool charart.

    Damsel.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:00 No.16491119
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    rolled 17, 5 = 22

    >>16491105
    STOP ROLLING DR. WEIRD YOU IMMENSE, DISTENDED ASSHOLE
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:00 No.16491120
    >>16491105
    you, don't roll
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:00 No.16491124
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    >>16491116
    Bird.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)01:01 No.16491126
    Dice gods have no mercy for us. Leave one guy with Vlad is this (hopefully) safe cave (say Bird) and take Twitch with us to get our Heavy back.

    The repairs on our armour is going to be huge.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:01 No.16491127
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    >>16491124
    Vlad.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:02 No.16491134
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    >>16491127
    Also this.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:03 No.16491144
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    >>16491119
    >>16491120
    DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:03 No.16491145
    Remember, guys - there is (at least) one more bloodsucker besides the one attacking Damsel. Bird merely managed to force his back.
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/02/11(Sun)01:03 No.16491146
    >>16491126
    >>16491126
    This.
    WE MUST RETRIEVE DAMSEL!
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:08 No.16491177
    >>16491145
    Should we go after Damsel alone then?
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:08 No.16491179
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    rolled 8, 4 = 12

    >>16491144
    FUCK YOU, DO IT
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:08 No.16491180
    >>16491109

    Everything except the second Abakan(WHY THE FUCK DID YOU RETARDS SELL IT ITS ONE OF THE BEST RIFLES EVER) we already have, we only need optics, ammo, and LBE/supplies. Granted, Kobras are probably hard to find, but not imposible, and since its Russian tech it should hold up better than an Eotech or Aimpoint or whatever, and they're designed to use -74 or AN-94 side mounts
    The SVD is more of a long-term goal than anything else.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:12 No.16491207
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    >>16491177
    That's your guys' call. There's no "right" answer
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:14 No.16491217
    >>16491207
    Let's Go Be Heros
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)01:15 No.16491225
    Bird should be fine against that Bloodsucker he has already put enough shots into it that it can't take much more and he can now defend his position with his AK.

    Take Twitch and save that Damsel in distress.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:16 No.16491232
    >>16491207

    Vald is down, but you need at least a 2-man team to properly move and cover. Is vlad in any way going to wake up?

    Smelling salts, maybe?

    If that's an option, wake him up, leave him with twitch, take bird and move as a 2-man team, back to back, as fast as possible towards Damsel
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:19 No.16491249
    >>16491232
    Vlad isn't showing signs of waking up. You could break out the salts, but that would leave Bird exposed while he tries to revive Vlad, who himself will probably not be immediately useful.

    On the other hand, attacking by yourself has obvious disadvantages. Ultimately it comes down to who you think will need Twitch's pair of eyes and readied rifle more.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:22 No.16491280
    >>16491249

    Even if he isn't 100%, he'll still be awake enough to hold a weapon.

    Wake him up, leave Twitch with him with NODs on, take bird. Have twitch set up a grenade trap after you leave.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:23 No.16491295
    >>16491249
    bird is dependable, get vlad into the cave and take twitch, lets rescue our princess!
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)01:28 No.16491332
    >>16491295
    Before anything: RELOAD! Fresh mag in the .45, buckshot in the Mossberg. Leave Twitch and Bird with Vlad, go after Damsel.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)01:31 No.16491361
    Also, sorry I missed the last thread. When was it?
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:31 No.16491367
    >>16491332

    Nonononono.

    Even if vlad is still hazy from being woken up, he'll still be able to hold a pistol and fire it at targets. not well, but he should be able to.

    Leaving one man with him allows for them to hold a position reasonably well if they only have 1 way in to them, given that bloodsuckers don't have ranged weapons.

    Since we'll be in the open, we need a 2-man team to allow for multiple targets.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:33 No.16491394
    >>16491332
    Yes leave twitch and bird with them and go after Damsel. There
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)01:34 No.16491403
    >>16491367
    This is where we disagree, tactically. One man will move more quickly and quietly than two, even in our bulky ass armor. Also, we don't know how deep that cave goes, or if the bloodsuckers call it home or not. There may still be more targets out there than Twitch and Vlad could handle.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:35 No.16491415
    >>16491361
    Since about 8.

    Some points, guys, since you still seem to be wavering.

    -There is at least 1 bloodsucker left besides the one currently dragging Damsel away. It has been lightly injured by Bird; basically he forced it back under sheer volume of fire.

    -Vlad could hold a gun if the smelling salts wake him up, but he won't be much good (still being groggy and the enemy being bloodsuckers), and it'll take a second for him to come to.

    -Bird or Twitch could drag Vlad - by themself - to the cave. It would be slow going (especially for Twitch) and hard to fight back, but doable.

    -Remember that you're in close quarters, all of you - this makes being the only pair of eyes dangerous, since you can be bumrushed from behind.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:36 No.16491424
    >>16491403
    You seem to think it is possible to sneak up on a Bloodsucker at night while on it's own turf.

    You are mistaken.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:36 No.16491425
    >>16491403

    Getter, correct me if I'm wrong, but is there not a passage in the cavern that dead ends with at least 10-20 meters of space between the dead end and the next intersection?

    If yes, then 1 casualty and 1 effective can hold it as long as ammo holds.

    We need 2 men because bloodsuckers are smart and attack in groups.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:37 No.16491432
    >>16491415
    Also:

    -You aren't at the cave yet; you're just now getting onto the rise it's positioned on (the bloodsuckers got desperate and rushed you all at once once they saw you'd be safe)

    -The cave is shallow; you can see the back from here.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)01:40 No.16491463
    >>16491424
    And you, obviously, never trained as a 99Z.

    >>16491425
    I'm in agreement here. If the cave is short and cleared easily, then leave one man, preferably Bird, with Vlad. If it is not, then I stand by my previous statement.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)01:40 No.16491465
    Bird stays with Vlad in the Cave.

    We go with Twitch and get Damsel back. Remembering to pick her gun up on the way. Bird dosen't need to revive Vlad he just needs to sit tight for a bit.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:40 No.16491467
    >>16491432

    Have Bird take Vlad in a casualty carry(Across the shoulders, off hand stabilizing, dominant on weapon) to the cave, and salt him up. This should be fast enough to get him there without undue harm if the distance is less than 100M, since it'll take less than a minute.

    Us and Twitch will go after damsel, hard and fast.

    Reload what we can as we move.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:42 No.16491493
    >>16491463
    You might be a combat ninja, but our character isn't.

    We should go in with Bird, and let Twitch guard our buddy in the cave.
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/02/11(Sun)01:44 No.16491513
    >>16491467
    >Take less than a minute
    A lot of bad shit can happen in a minute.

    Fuck, I don't see any way to maintain any modicum of safety. We either have to leave Bird and Vlad to their own devices in the cave and go after Damsel, thus exposing all of us to extreme danger; or we have to get into the cave and cover our asses, thus condemning Damsel.

    Shit. Still, I stand by my thoughts. We need to save Damsel.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:46 No.16491531
    >>16491513

    Then we salt Vlad NOW while bird is picking him up, thereby allowing his woozy ass to help cover them as they move.

    Even his Ukranian trained ass should have enough muscle memory to remember his immediate action drills.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:46 No.16491537
    Well, there's agreement, then.

    -

    You have very little time to think, and so you make your decision quickly, "Twitch! With me! Bird! Get Vlad in that cave and get your back against the wall!"

    To the credit of both men, they don't argue or ask questions - they act. Time, more than anything, is precious not. Reloading your pistol and bringing your shotgun up, you move back into the undergrowth, trying to catch up to Damsel before the bloodsucker can take her beyond your reach in the hellish maze of reeds, mud, and stagnant water around you. Somewhere in the distance - too far already - you hear Damsel screaming and swearing.

    Roll a d20.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)01:47 No.16491541
    >>16491493
    I'm glad someone got the joke! I really am. And, well, the dice decide our ninja-ness.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:48 No.16491550
    rolled 10 = 10

    >>16491537
    rollan'
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:49 No.16491560
    rolled 11 = 11

    >>16491537
    Ffff, I hope Damsel remembers her Skorpion. It'd be the perfect thing to use in this situation.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:51 No.16491582
    rolled 15 = 15

    REMEMBER THE SALTS, MAN!

    ALSO, FUCKING CUMGUZZLING BLOODSUCKER, WE'RE GONNA RAM OUR SHOTGUN UP ITS MUTATED ASS AND FILL ITS STOMACH WITH GOOD OLD #00 BUCK.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)01:52 No.16491590
    >>16491550
    Behind you, back in the direction of Bird, you hear a surprised yell, followed immediately by the sound of staggered pistol fire.

    You're close to Damsel now, you can hear her struggling in the brush ahead; you can even hear the snarls and pantings of the bloodsucker as it tries to control her wild attempts to escape from its merciless iron grasp.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:54 No.16491615
    rolled 19 = 19

    >>16491590

    SHOTGUN THAT MUTANT FUCK IN ITS FACE, GET HER UP, AND GET BACK TO BIRD AS FAST AS A MOTHERFUCKING SHITBAG MARINE WIFE OPENS HER LEGS WHEN HER HUSBAND IS DEPLOYED.
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/02/11(Sun)01:56 No.16491627
    >>16491615
    What he said.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)01:56 No.16491628
    >>16491590
    Once we've got eyes on the bloodsucker, unload with the most accurate weaponry to hand, either pistol or shotgun slugs. When the bloodsucker is dead and Damsel secured, leave Twitch with her and beat feet back for Bird and Vlad.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:56 No.16491629
    >>16491615
    This, but say something cool and witty when you do it.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)01:58 No.16491652
    >>16491629
    "Suck on this."
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:01 No.16491664
    >>16491652
    Yeeeesss. This.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)02:08 No.16491719
    Gritting your teeth, you use your last burst of energy to sprint the short distance to Damsel. At one moment, you're looking at weeds, the next, a hideous creature out of a nightmare pinning your comrade, tentacles spread wide in anticipation of the final stroke. So preoccupied is the bloodsucker with its meal, that it doesn't pay attention to your full-tilt approach.

    The beast only has a second to look up in surprise before your mud-caked, heavy boot smashes it in its face, its weird open mouth giving it a look of surprise. The bloodsucker falls on its back in the mud, screaming and squealing in surprise as it attempts to scrabble back to its feet, skin rippling crazily.

    You savagely smash the stockless butt of your mossberg against the thing's skull, a sickening crack telling you the damage you've done as much as the blood that suddenly seeps from its eyesockets - and still its flailing blindly, trying to get back in the role of the predator. You shove the barrel of your shotgun in its mouth.

    "Suck on this."

    The better part of the mutant's head ceases to be distinguishable from any other given quantity of hamburger, but you've got other thoughts.

    "Get Damsel and get back to the cave!" you bark to Twitch, sprinting back the way you came at full-tilt. As if to underline the urgency of the situation, you hear another series of pistol cracks.

    Roll a d20.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:09 No.16491732
    rolled 11 = 11

    >>16491719


    GODDAMNIT ZONE YOU ARE NOT KILLING ANYONE OF US TODAY, YOU HEAR ME?

    "FUCKING BLOODSUCKING THUNDERCUNTS, I WILL FIND YOUR NEST AND FUCKING FIND MORE VX TO DUMP IN IT!"
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)02:11 No.16491750
    rolled 2 = 2

    >>16491732
    You. Stop rolling.

    inb4 my roll is less then 10
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:12 No.16491757
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    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:12 No.16491758
    >>16491750

    You do know I was the guy who rolled the 19 right before this, right?
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)02:13 No.16491761
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    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:13 No.16491771
    >>16491750
    So how are we supposed to tell when we need to roll high or low?
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:14 No.16491774
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    >>16491750
    >under 10
    >rolls a 2
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)02:19 No.16491809
    As a general rule, guys, you want to roll high. In this case, you didn't need much.

    >>16491732
    You burst back into the clearing that marks the gentle hill with its safe haven, looking to get things under control as quickly as possible, you may only have seconds-

    You see Bird and Vlad safe in the cave, the last bloosucker nowhere in evidence. A trail of blood splatters and a stagger-step trail of prints lead of into the swamp and parts unknown.

    "Are you alright?" you yell, surprised and a bit off-guard.

    "This isn't my first rodeo," Bird replies dryly, and you can't help but laugh. Vlad is just now coming around, looking confused.

    "Whudaimiss?" he slurs.

    You ignore the question for the moment as the undergrowth rustles again, but it's only Twitch and Damsel; the latter has recovered her RPK and looks at your raised weapon with one arched brow.

    "What, I thought you missed me?"

    You snort at that, then turn back to Vlad and Bird; the former seems to be coming around some, though he looks like he'll have a hell of a headache, "The creatures...?"

    "Those are bloodsuckers," Bird deadpans as the three of you approach the cave, "One of the more charming mutants. We had thought the local population was under control after Strelok wiped out the bloodsucker coven in the old village."

    "I guess not," Twitch says mildly.

    The five of you laugh nervously. Around you, the sounds of the night - morning, really - slowly and stealthily return.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:20 No.16491817
    >>16491809
    Find the most intact one and stash it somewhere, possibly under a landslide, so we can take it to Yantar with us.

    The Scientists will pay excellently for a whole Bloodsucker, even if it's a day or two old.
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/02/11(Sun)02:23 No.16491831
    >>16491809
    Alright. High five, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s.

    Let's just wait this shit out until morning, with a guard rotation so that everyone can get some rest.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)02:23 No.16491835
    >>16491809
    Take a breather at the cave while morning breaks. Reload weapon systems from heaviest to lightest: RPK, rifles, shotguns, pistols. Have a bit of food and some water. Once BMNT is over, break camp and head out.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:24 No.16491839
    >>16491809

    Check over everyone for any wounds, apply aid as necessary.

    And yes, see about taking a bloodsucker to yantar.

    As it is, our marching order right now should be Viking-Damsel-Vlad-Twitch-Bird

    (Damsel gets second-front because she was nearly killed again, so I doubt she'd be sharp enough to handle rearguard)

    After we're all done, retrieve any dropped stuff, and head back to nearest safe haven to get drunk and sleep.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:24 No.16491843
    >>16491817
    If that isn't feasible, we could always just take skin samples and tentacles.

    Bitches love skin samples and tentacles.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)02:26 No.16491858
    >>16491835
    Oh yeah, and change socks one person at a time. If the sun won't be up for a while, we should get some rest as >>16491831 says. Conduct a little weapon maintenance, too, specifically on Damsel's RPK. No telling what shit got in there while it was on the ground.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:29 No.16491872
    >>16491858
    If any of the socks we take off are especially old and ratty we should try to put them on a Bloodsucker corpse.

    We all need a good laugh after how close we came to a TPK back there.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)02:29 No.16491874
    Get a fire going at the mouth of the cave where it can be easily ventilated. If that isn't an option lets turn the torches on and have a quick poke around it, we can't be the first STALKERs to come in here maybe theres a Stash.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:32 No.16491897
    >>16491874
    Agreed.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:33 No.16491902
    >>16491858
    we gotta stop suddenly, look up, and, in a very serious tone "Guys, we're Forgetting something..." when they asking what it is in alarm respond "... Our Socks, we gotta change our socks."
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)02:34 No.16491915
    The five of you take a moment to catch your collective breath before checking each other and yourselves for wounds. Besides a rather nasty lump on Vlad's head - not visible when he replaces his helmet - only Damsel is injured, and only with some minor scrapes. Apparently the bloodsucker hadn't gotten around to getting violent yet. Antiseptics go around, wounds get cleaned, and guns carefully checked - as much stumbling in the swamp as you've done, the last thing any of you want is a weapon fouled by water or muck. You bag some bloodsucker tentacles for eventual sale.

    Satisfied, you decide to use the cave to wait until morning. You've had enough of this damned night travel. You volunteer to take first watch, still being plenty keyed up from the battle. The others bed down to catch their short naps before their watch and the all-too-soon continuation of your journey.

    About an hour and a half into your shift, you hear a noise from behind - a second later, Damsel squats down beside you, looking out into the swamp. One thing the Zone hasn't killed: bugs. It's practically a symhpony of scratching and chirping insects of all kinds. After a moment, she speaks up, "Remind me to run away very fast the next time you suggest an evening stroll," she says wryly. You're not planning any of those in the future.

    A moment of silence passes at the two of you watch the Zone warily, "And Bosse," she says, speaking up again. You glance over, "Thank you. Really."
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:36 No.16491932
    >>16491915
    So it's time for the Romance Subplot?
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)02:37 No.16491944
    (Unless you guys want character interaction, I'll fast forward to morning.)
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)02:39 No.16491955
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    You, the players, interact with your team how you want - be they friends, romantic partners, or tools you use to achieve wealth before abandoning to the Zone's tender mercies.

    I won't judge you. Out loud.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:41 No.16491970
    >>16491955

    No sense in doing the horizontal hokey poke with a team member.

    It *always* ends badly.

    Damsel is part of the team, and the team does NOT leave parts of itself behind.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)02:42 No.16491978
    >>16491915
    Now is the time for "OH, SHIT, DAMSEL! I almost forgot!...Change your socks."
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:43 No.16491989
    >>16491944
    let's go ahead and fast forward to morning, and during the timeskip we will have done whatever it is we need to do to strengthen our team bond with Damsel.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:44 No.16491995
    >>16491915
    "It's nothing. I wouldn't leave anyone to those things. Well, maybe someone who deserved it. But even then I'd feel bad about it. For a little."

    "Really, though, it's the least I could have done. I should have really just waited out the night in camp..."
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:48 No.16492021
    >>16491915
    "Hey,no problem pal, I'd hate to see my friend wind up as a bloodsucker's snack. We gotta look out for each other out here in the Zone, once we get paid, we'll have drinks on me. All of us."

    >reverse friendzoning in progress
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:48 No.16492023
    "I'm sorry, Damsel. I didn't think-this is prime bloodsucker territory, and you'd think I'd remember that, but...Well. All's well that ends well, right?"

    Smile weakly.

    "Be sure to change your socks. Grab a few sticks and we'll put them in the ground around the fire with the socks on the other end."
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:52 No.16492045
    >>16491978
    I like this one.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)02:52 No.16492050
    Oh shit, I just realized something(SUPAR PLAN anon here)

    We need to get socks.

    LOTS of socks.

    Like, at least 6 pairs per person, of thick, hardy wool socks. If we can, with just as many pairs of synthetic socks to wear under them. That way they don't itch as bad in our boots.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)02:57 No.16492085
    >>16492080
    Morning - proper morning - comes all too soon; none of you could be said to have slept well, but at least you slept safely. The last bloodsucker never returned (at least, you think, you didn't notice it return), and whatever else might've skulked by had given your makeshift camp wide bearth.

    Over a breakfast of cold sausage and water, the five of you examine the PDA map showing your destination, "We're not far now," Bird says, nodding, "A couple of hours' walk and we'll be there. Out of this swamp well before that."

    And thank God for that.

    You set out for the day, sore and tired but alive, and you make good ground quickly. Swampland becomes drier, then returns to proper forest. You never thought you'd be so happy to see the normal radiation-addled forests of the Zone. Eventually, you find a dirt road, long abandoned and barely recognizable now.

    Bird studies the map, "This leads up to the dacha," he says.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:01 No.16492104
    >>16492085
    Well? Let's go!
    Be sure to have that hankerchief in hand when you come by the dacha. And check up on everyone while you walk. Ask Vlad whether he'd meet another pack of bloodsuckers or a Pseudogiant or a controller.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)03:04 No.16492126
    >>16492085
    Handrail the road about 20m into the forest. Keep an eye out for trip lines. Once the dacha is in visual range, bust out the handkerchief. Proceeding just straight down the road is not the best idea. It's definitely the easiest avenue of approach, and therefore well guarded and possibly mined.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:05 No.16492129
    >>16492085
    Head up, then.

    Keep an eye out, though.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)03:14 No.16492182
    "We'll keep off the road, but follow alongside it," you say; the others nod and fall into step. You move carefully along the way, keeping an eye out for signs of traps, mutants, or people - none present themselves.

    "So Vlad," Damsel says, "Now that you've met bloodsuckers, want to be introduced to a controller? Or a pseudogiant?"

    "You haven't seen a pseudogiant, either," Twitch observes. You shift uncomfortably. If there was ever a way to jinx it...

    Vlad's answer is straight-laced, though, "I'd really rather never see another living thing besides a human being in this place for as long as I live," he pauses a beat, "Judging by the rest of the things that live here, though, my lifespan is probably going to be short."

    Presently, you come upon the end of the trees - ahead is a hill, clear of the forest clutter that's characterized your path so far. Long grass sways slowly in the breeze. What few trees are on the hill look out of place - some have fallen over, long dead, as if in recognition that they don't belong. The hulk of a burnt-out civilian truck is the most conspicuous relic dotting the hill.

    Besides the dacha, of course.

    While it's certainly no mansion, neither is it the traditional, cozy home-away-from-home one thinks of when the dacha comes to mind. It was probably a handsome house once, in a happier time, but now it's faded, age and the furies of the Zone having done the two-story affair considerable indignity.

    You stand at the edge of the forest, about to make your next step.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:16 No.16492190
    >>16492182
    Wave that Hankerchief and Make Some Noise

    "HEY! Somebody In There!"
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:18 No.16492205
    On a somewhat unrelated note, how difficult would it be to break a pseudogiant and then ride it like a horse?

    We could be the most famous Stalker to ever live.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:18 No.16492206
    >>16492190
    Seconding this.

    Pity we don't have any pipe. We could use it as a vuvuzela.
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/02/11(Sun)03:19 No.16492211
    >>16492190
    This, except no yelling. That could be a bad idea.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:19 No.16492214
    >>16492182

    Wave the handkercheif, but have the rest of the team spread over at least 40 meters covering the dacha, and in cover.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)03:21 No.16492226
    >>16492205
    Nintendo hard.

    -

    You pull out the hankerchief, waving it in the air. Cupping one hand to your mouth, you yell into the cool morning air, "Hey there! Someone! We're friends of Alexey - Pacer!" you take a step forward, "We're bringing you something from him!"

    There's no answer from the dacha - neither positive nor negative. But then again, neither is anyone shooting at you. The only verbal reply you get is from a crow slowly circling the hill; it issues a trio of annoyed caws before flying off to parts unknown.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:23 No.16492236
    >>16492226
    Well At least it isn't a mutant crow.

    Continue to walk forward, closer to the Dacha, and see if we can look within.

    "...gota bad feeling about this."
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)03:23 No.16492238
    >>16491874
    Stealth mode ENGAGE!

    Sneak around and see if theres a back door.
    >> QuestingKomrade !ErFQyaOMQY 10/02/11(Sun)03:24 No.16492244
    >>16492226
    Move up closer to the Dacha. Have a look around.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:26 No.16492251
    >>16492236
    Of course it is. Have you ever tried to kill one of those fuckers in SoC? Can't be done.

    In CoP, sure, but not in SoC.

    Also, it's hilarious to see the crows littering the ground after an Emission.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:26 No.16492254
    >>16492226

    Tie the kercheif around our right arm, start moving with US AND ONLY US towards the dacha with our 88 in low/ready.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)03:32 No.16492270
    >>16492251
    You can kill them in SoC, you just need the RPG-7.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)03:34 No.16492278
    You continue to approach the dacha, taking the gentle slope of the hill easily enough. No one challenges your approach - with words or gunfire - but you keep the hankerchief fully visible. No sense getting your head blown off if the guy is a late sleeper or something and sees you without his brother's little flag!

    You peer more closely at the house and its surroundings, attempting to see what there is to be seen. The others exchange glances and look around; the peacefulness of this place is at odds with the miserable slog through the swamp.

    Roll a d20.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:34 No.16492280
    rolled 20 = 20

    >>16492278
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:35 No.16492283
    rolled 17 = 17

    >>16492278
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:36 No.16492290
    >>16492280
    This is good, right?
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)03:39 No.16492307
    To play a little Devil's advocate here, how much money do you think we could get from Duty and/or Freedom for this Joker's last known location, ie. this place?
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:40 No.16492310
    rolled 14 = 14

    >>16492307
    Depends on what kind of artifacts he's been stealing.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)03:41 No.16492314
    >>16492307
    We would also cop the eternal ire of his brother who was pretty big on making threats.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)03:42 No.16492319
    >>16492280
    Despite your peering, there's nothing to be seen about this dacha; it's peaceful, if dilapitated. You suppose that if one had become so unpopular that they had to hide even within the Zone itself, one could do a lot worse than this place. Your eye is drawn to a movement in the garage, but it's just a runtish-looking boar rooting around the rusted hulk of some Soviet-era sedan (the garage roof having long ago collapsed). You continue to wave the makeshift flag quite visibly, not wanting to startle the resident - after all of this misery, you expect to get pa-

    -wait. What was that?

    Your eyes flick up to the attic window, and at first, you think it was a mere trick of the light. But...no. You can see it. Among the miscellaneous, shapeless garbage is a hard shape. A meaningful shape.

    The end of a rifle barrel.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:43 No.16492326
    >>16492319

    Hand sign for hold up, keep waving the flag with the off hand, wait for instructions.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)03:46 No.16492337
    >>16492314
    Not if we help him find a new place to hide first.

    >>16492319
    Say hello, make sure he can see our flag, mention his brother's name and say we were sent by him.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)03:46 No.16492339
    >>16492319
    Hold shotgun over head with one hand, handkerchief with the other. "WHOA! HEY! Put down the rifle! We've got a package and a message from Alexey! He says hi and to think with your goddamn brain next time.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)03:55 No.16492386
    >>16492339
    This but drop the think with your goddamned brain next time part. Don't want him to shoot us and simply take the package.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)03:58 No.16492396
    "Hey!" you yell, startled; it was a fluke that you saw that rifle barrel at all, and had the person at the other end wanted to kill you...it wouldn't have been much of a struggle.

    "Hey! Put your rifle up, bro! We're here on your brother Sergey's behalf!" you motion Vlad up front, and he holds up the case Pacer gave you, "He told us to say 'hi' and to 'think with your goddamn brains next time!'"

    "THAT'S what you say to a guy with a rifle on you?" Damsel hisses incredulously, but the man in the attic stands up and raises one hand silently. From here you can see that he's dressed much after the fashion of Bird - a light stalker suit, though clearly by a different artisan.

    "I've been expecting you!" he calls, "Come here and we'll have a chat!"
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)03:58 No.16492398
    >>16492386
    Hey, that's the message from Alexey. We're just passing it along.

    And once in a while, I still picture Bosse having a conversation with himself as we argue over what to do as the rest of the team stares at him worriedly.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:01 No.16492410
    >>16492398
    >>16492386

    In addition, here's one thing none of us, even me, thought of.

    ITS A CHALLENGE PHRASE IN ALL LIKELIHOOD.

    If we didn't say it, I'd have bet money we'd have had some new holes in us.

    Anyways, lets go have a chat.
    >> Zone 10/02/11(Sun)04:06 No.16492432
    dive for cover, wave kerchief.
    >> Zone 10/02/11(Sun)04:10 No.16492451
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    Getter, I was thinking of running a small Stalker sidequest, set in Clear Sky time, with the 'protagtonists' being three Bandits.
    With your permission i'd like to run Banditry in the Zone for one or two threads.

    full kudos to you for your excellent quest and you're free to use any material or story generated, thoughts?
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)04:10 No.16492458
    >>16492410
    Aye.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)04:15 No.16492480
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    That sounds cool, and I'd encourage it!

    -

    You begin to move toward the house. In all probability, what Pacer had told you to say to his brother could have been some sort of challenge phrase. A dubious thing - what if you'd forgotten? Well, you might be breathing out of a new hole.

    Your mind wanders to what sort of artifacts this stalker might be socking away and how willing he'll be to reward you when you suddenly hear a new voice speak up, from your right.

    "Drop your weapons, immediately. All of you. And hands on your heads."

    You look to your right, and there is a stalker in a well-built-looking medium suit with a rifle on you. A sound to your left alerts you to yet another presence; a similarly-equipped stalker with a somehow less rigid bearing. Even through his gas mask his voice is incredibly loud, "Good job, Yuri! You brought 'em right in!"

    You glance up at "Andriy," and you see that he's moved behind a crate and trained his rifle upon your group again, expression hard and unreadable. The first stalker speaks up again.

    "Don't get cute and you won't get dead. Guns on the ground, hands on your head."

    "Well shit," Vlad says.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)04:16 No.16492489
    >>16492396
    Lets go talk to him. But make sure everyones pistols in in easy to access places and loaded. Good thing about fighting fellow STALKERs: Bullets are a lot scarier to them then they are to mutants.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:17 No.16492494
    >>16492480
    Unless we can kill them with mind bullets I don't think we have any choice but to comply.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:18 No.16492501
    >>16492480

    Oh fuck, we just got rolled, didn't we.

    Well this will end badly.

    Do we see any zip ties?

    And what exact gear do they have?
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)04:19 No.16492514
    Are all 4 of us up here? Do they know there are 4? Could one of the team slip away quietly and mount a rescue later?
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:20 No.16492516
    Cross your fingers the wounded bloodsucker is out for some daytime revenge. Sadly I doubt it.

    I think we've no choice but to eat some lead or drop our weapons for a while. I'd rather not die to some chumps and their guards after living through all we have. Lose the guns, let's see what they want.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:20 No.16492522
    rolled 15 = 15

    >>16492480
    I'm rolling to get stylin' on those guise.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:24 No.16492543
    >>16492514

    Since you guys all said GO UP TOGETHER instead of listening to me and leaving them spread out in the treeline, we're all together.

    LISTEN TO MY PARANOID AS FUCK PLANS, THERE'S NEVER PARANOID ENOUGH IN THE ZONE, MAN.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)04:24 No.16492548
    >Do we see any zip ties?

    Not yet.

    >And what exact gear do they have?

    Of the people you see, the two on the ground on either side of you are wearing medium stalker suits and toting AKS-74s. The one in the attic - Yuri - is wearing a light stalker suit and appears to be cradling a mosin-nagant rifle, the sharpshooting sort.

    >Are all 4 of us up here?

    All five of you are, yes. Twitch is at the back and could conceivably run, but this hill offers very little cover from here to the treeline and these guys seem to have a sharpshooter.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)04:26 No.16492560
    >>16492514
    Why do you keep saying four? There's five of us: Vlad, Bird, Twitch, Damsel, and Bosse.

    Also, as much fun as a shoot out is, it's probably better if we drop our weapons.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)04:31 No.16492586
    >>16492548
    Hands up guns down I guess. But smooth talk while we do it.

    These boys have faction markings? If so then maybe we have stumbled into their raid on their most wanted mans hide out. Offer up the package and just say you took it as a job, Duty should understand and Freedom should feel bad for the little guy.

    If they have none we have three likely options:

    a) Random group of STALKERs who decided we are a threat/want out shit.

    b) A hit squad for a faction that wanted this guy dead. Maybe they think we are in league with him, if so explain whats going on and offer the package in exchange for our lives they can take it back to their faction for more rewards.

    c) This whole thing was a farce. That bastard sent us out here into his friends to be fleased. Get down on the ground and play along, when we can bust out and teach them a lesson in STALKER hospitality.
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)04:32 No.16492591
    >>16492560
    I always forget Cosmo.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)04:37 No.16492621
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    Vlad seems to have summed things up rather succinctly. And you don't think you have an option. Nodding to the others, you speak, "Alright, we're doing it."

    "We're just here to make a delivery," Twitch says, "You wouldn't believe the shit we went through."

    "Just drop your weapons," the first stalker says.

    By and by, the five of you comply., slowly placing your weapons at your feet.

    "Pistols too. And grenades. And knives. If I search you and find something on you, I'm going to put something IN you," the first stalker again. Damsel sighs and retrieves a short boot knife.

    "I guess you could say you're 'shot' out of luck!" this is the loud one again; the first stalker visibly winces.

    "Shut it, Loudmouth. At least for a couple of minutes."

    It occurs to you that those names - Yuri, Loudmouth - are familiar, though you can't quite remember where you heard them at the moment.

    The first stalker looks over to a fallen tree a short distance away, irritation on his unmasked face, "Come out, you chickenshit, they don't even have any weapons any more."

    "Discretion is the better part of valor," you hear a very familiar voice chide; the fourth man steps out from behind his cover, much more poorly-equipped than his comrades. He sports a ballistic vest, a trenchcoat, an AKS-74U, and not much else. It's then that you match a face to the voice.

    It's Fox.

    "Well, fancy meeting you here," he says, limping out into the open and covering you with his carbine, "We have some catching up to do."

    -

    Calling it there for the night guys. As always, concrit is welcome and invited.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)04:40 No.16492648
    (Also, I'll be around for a bit to answer questions and such.)
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:41 No.16492650
    >>16492621
    Who is Fox?
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:41 No.16492652
    >>16492650
    Some guy we beat up earlier.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)04:43 No.16492664
    >>16492650
    Fox is a character who shook you down for a "toll" to pass into the Garbage. You met him much later - along with his comrade, Ivan - while on a mission for Barkeep. He very nearly blew your cover, then tried to rob you all just as your mission was about to go off without a hitch. You turned the tables on him and killed him.

    Except, apparently, not.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:43 No.16492667
    >>16492648
    When do you think will the next session be?
    It's a holiday tomorrow here, so I if you miracously decide to make a session on Sunday that'd be orgasmical
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)04:45 No.16492684
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    >>16492664
    Cocksucker comes around like the flu. Just when you least want it or expect it.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)04:45 No.16492686
    >>16492667
    I'm involved in another game on Sundays that precludes that. The next session will probably be either Wednesday or Saturday.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)04:47 No.16492696
    >>16492686
    Though, it's POSSIBLE that if that game doesn't get off the ground, I'd be available to run a game tomorrow. It depends on whether the group's in attendance.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:53 No.16492725
    >>16492696
    Oh, okay.
    How likely do you think it is we are going to have to burn some fate points here?
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)04:55 No.16492746
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    >>16492725
    I don't know yet, to be perfectly honest.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)04:57 No.16492765
    rolled 9 = 9

    >>16492746
    Well, as I see it we're at gunpoint with those guys, are unarmed and Fox is trying to get us killed.
    Unless I roll a 20 on "hey guys, why dont you just shoot Fox rather than us? We'll pay you double" I don't think it'll work out that good for us
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)04:58 No.16492773
    >>16492725
    Fox is a bit derp.

    Also these guys look to be a lot better off then him in terms of gear so maybe he isn't the leader this time. Maybe they just picked him up like we picked up our group.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)05:02 No.16492792
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    You guys may wanna think about those names you heard - Loudmouth, Yuri - and think a waaaaaaays back.
    >> Frosted Weasel !!dLUhj2yYgMt 10/02/11(Sun)05:10 No.16492841
    >>16492792
    You sneaky mother FUCKER! Those were the bros of the dude we turned in to Duty. Loudmouth was the one *specifically* we turned in to Duty. The fucks that betrayed Barkeep at the behest of Freedom. Fucking cocksuckers.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)05:12 No.16492851
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    >>16492792
    By the way, could I ask a favor of you?
    It's 11 am for me right now, so holiday or not I would rather not stay up til 3 am to find out that there wont be a stalker quest, and this thread will probably live for some hours. So if you definetely know if you guys will meet up or no, would you kindly make a post here?
    Thanks :3
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)05:54 No.16493106
    well, i guess this time we need to make sure they STAY dead
    >> DaQuestOrk !!zLTJPOVdr4t 10/02/11(Sun)06:44 No.16493467
    >>16493106
    Dude!

    SPAZ! They were the bros of Spaz! They were the fuckers who betrayed those Duty scientists and iced them.... and hid out in the swamp.. derp derp us. Still we can't be expected to remember everything. That was last year.

    This explains why they have Fox with them too. Remember when we made buddys with Spaz and went for a walk with him? Fox and his pally jumped us so we shot them and turned Spaz over to Duty but we never found the other 3. We went ended up going off and having that nerve gas incident.

    These 3 must have come back looking for Spaz when he didn't show up and found the wounded Fox. Fox must have spilled the beans and now they are working together to get revenge on us!
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)07:19 No.16493669
    I keep missing the Stalker Quests, but they are damn fun to read though afterwards. A friend ran an on-the-fly game for me the other day, when we were discussing how awesome Stalker was. Was some of the most fun Ive had in a while.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)13:28 No.16496301
    bump for reading plesure.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)15:29 No.16497384
    >>16492851
    I'll let you know if I know for damn sure, but it won't be much before we begin normally.
    >> Stalk Out of Here Getter 10/02/11(Sun)21:30 No.16500616
    I would be able to run a session tonight, guys, though it'd be on the shorter end. I hesitate to do so, though, because I'm still hashing out some of the path ahead.

    Thoughts?
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)22:05 No.16500907
    >>16500616
    do what flows naturally, man.
    >> Anonymous 10/02/11(Sun)22:47 No.16501324
    >>16500616

    Well, whatever you feel you're comfortable with, Getter.

    My game got canceled today, so I'm personally hoping for some STALKER to get my horrible bleakness in.



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