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Trenchers takes place in a loosely connected universe. You may have seen some threads before - they are not required reading.

What's happening here?

You, yes you, take the boots and bullets of in a magitech showdown between warring states, trying to accomplish your missions while avoiding gods, death cults, machinations, machines and the weird shadow creatures that want to eat the sun. It's a hard life in the Trencher Corps, but at the end of the day, you'll die a hero! Or. Or just die. That's pretty likely.

The system is 3d6 roll under. Lower is better for you. To roll dice, type dice+3d6 in the options field. You want a group of 3d6 for every discrete action you take. Firing at two targets? Roll 6d6. If you're a Coordinator, then one order is an action. If you're a Trencher or a Pilot or something else, it'll be a bit different.

It helps to list your stats and what you are trying to do!

>Fire at the hostile pathfinders by that rock (12 Acc)

The system is modular and flexible. If you want to TRY TO DO SOMETHING, maybe you're just the sort of badass who can pull it off. List the stat doing the work, because it REALLY DOES MATTER.

>Shove this guy into a pit (4 Grit)

Actions consume 1 AP or whichever is listed. It's best to consider that nothing here is ever /free/ unless you're very lucky.

In case you want some more reading, there's now a Field Manual that covers things.
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JfHizcBpidAa9wTr447aq0W-VQ3X4tO8Q2Uws2ZwYEw/edit?usp=sharing

Here's some archives
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=trenchers

There's a skirmishy Discord
>https://discord.gg/jnUHeDB

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As either Trenchers or Coordinators, your task is to be the boots on the ground and the pinpoint source of violence in the storm.

Trenchers benefit from specialised training and a . . . unique . . . talent that allows a lateral approach to hostile situations.

Coordinators have a direct line to Command and benefit from being surrounded by a squad of loyal(?) competent(??) troopers. You might not be good at magic or have benefited from the gruelling Advanced Urban Assault Course command offers to people who think a six on one fight is a nice warmup, but you do have a radio-link to the artillery section and a dedicated off-map support group. So you've got that going for you, which is nice?

{trenchers}
==Name==
AP xx MP xx
Ht xx Grit xx
React xx Focus xx
==Skills==
Acc xx Close xx
Bright xx Notice xx
Gear xx
==Gear==
Hand1: WEAPON

{coordinators,
==Name, Fireteam {Name}==
AP xx MP xx
Ht xx Grit xx
React xx Authority xx {Man symbol}
==Skills==
Acc xx Close xx
Bright xx Notice xx
Gear xx
==Gear==
Hand1: WEAPON

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As a Pilot, your job is to draw enemy fire, be a forward scout and rallying point and to apply heavy munitions to soft targets.

Piloting takes a bit of a deft touch because these old chassis are not the easiest of equipment to manage. If you can make them dance, you can outfight entire fireteams and run circles around the heavier Pytherii vehicles. If you can't then you will soon find yourself on foot, running from a wrecked vehicle, avoiding gunfire.

If you're keen to strap yourself into what R&D describes as a "walking explosives accident waiting to happen", you may attempt to utilise our new Weapons, Exploration & Bombardment units. R&D told me to tell you in the briefing that if the little red light in the upper half of the cockpit starts blinking, hit the ejector seat.

It should be noted that all Infantry carry Multi-Tools, which can be used to repair superficial structural damage to your vehicle. Your armaments can be used to inflict structural damage to the enemy. It's a symbiotic relationship.

Note that the hookshot - like all actions with no listed cost - consume 1 AP. You will need to reel it back in after use (1 AP).

MHAT
==Name==
INT 45 DR 19
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
MG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 3 60degrees.
Cannon - 3d6(4) 4! 6reload. AP(+1d6) HE(+Aoe) or FireGlass(Overload Magic)
Hookshot - 1d6+Margin, 10Range
ChemSprayer 2 x ! Foam, Flame, Smoke, Gas

The Hookshot rolls vs Close to do its thing, such as reeling, pulling, swinging, etc. You can drag objects or targets.
The MG fires in a cone.
Your cannon has one shot before it needs to reload. Pick shell when you fire.

==Name==
INT 30 DR 12 Seats 1
AMMO 6
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright

Oh boy, this thing has an user manual six hundred pages long in the prologue and a start up sequence of two separate key systems. That bodes well.

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When everything is going wrong and the world is buckling at the seams, you can usually blame local resonance specialists. Your job as a thaumatheurgical operative is to deflect, defray or destroy hostile thaumatheurgical operations and work your own.

Your Channeling Array allows you to attune to local elements and wield them, while long study of odder things might allow you to speak the Old Words. And that... has some benefits.

You either manipulate elements around you, or get tricky. It should be noted that if you just want to "harm" someone, the best magical device to learn to use is the wonderful invention called a gun. Simply trying to harm or kill people by hitting them with lots of force is usually going to get you bad return on investment. Bullets work better. Magic is a subtle kind of thing.

But if you want to bend a rock to your will to turn it into a prowling wolf with obsidian claws and granite blood to sent it hunting against those that would harm you, well, for that kind of thing a gun just won't cut it.

{resonance specialists}
==Name==
AP xx MP xx
Ht xx Grit xx
React xx Focus xx Threshold 1
==Skills==
Acc xx Close xx Channeling xx
Bright xx Notice xx
Gear xx
==Gear==
Hand1: WEAPON

It should be noted if you conjure up a particularly impressive kind of invocation, you might want to SUSTAIN IT with 1 AP per TURN. And of course if you have any questions about how to bend reality to your will, the TAs are standing to start screaming incoherently about your awesome prowess.

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Check it, this time, Command sent a care package that actually makes it seem as if they care.

>Gear can usually be spent on a turn by turn basis to be turned into 1d6 effect of grenades and other useful items.

>Maybe you'd like to grab a bit of kit ahead of time? This naturally expends your gear to make room for all these wonderful toys

And expanded training courses? As if we don't all have enough to do around here!

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And if the radio-chatter would die die for a moment, perhaps it would be prudent for our coordinators to consider the application of some available resources?

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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK_kSrRkjVE

--

The ritual performed by the Officious Theurge has gone brutally, inhumanely right. Boiling from the shadows, Nightgaunts come at our barricades to suck the light from our bones.

The Pytherian facility lies just beyond it. Our best joy in this travesty is the assurance that they too must be contending with these monsters.

If we can punch through them, we can continue with the mission.

Trenchers, that's . . . What's that sound?

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The scanners are picking up something... something faint.. some...

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THE GAUNTS. THEY'RE IN THE WATER.

>>3681036
"Well thats concerning."

>>3680984
BAAAAAADGERS.
WE GOT SOME NEW TOYS. HOOAH.
WHO'S READY TO GO FAST, FAST, AND FASTER.
>deploy
>wait, what specs does the shotgun have anyways?

==Sokolai==
AP 3 MP 6
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 9 Notice 8
Gear 4
==Gear==
Breach and Clear
Sepento (2d6; RoF@1; 1AP)
Shotgun (uh?)
9 Breachers
1 Sapper
Nonreq. Munition
Jetset

>>3680984
> Take [Specials] kit. (-4 gear)
> Take [Nonreo Munition] kit. (-3 gear)
> Take [Personal Arms] kit. (-3 gear)

==Fireteam Axolotl==
AP: 3 || MP: 4 || GRT: 2 || REA: 6 || HP: 12/12 || DR: 1 || Actives: 5/5 ||
==Skills==
ACC: 10 || Close: 8 || Bright: 8 || Notice: 8 || Gear: 2/2 ||
==Kit==
Armor: [ATAP-1] || DR 1
Weapon1: [Sepento] || Dmg: 1d6 || Burst 1 || Firing zone: 30° || 1AP per shot
Weapon2: [MG] || Dmg: 2d6+2 || Autofire 3 || Firing zone: 60°|| 2AP per shot
Other: [Specials] || +1 bullet effect
Other: [Nonreo Munition] || +1d6 bullet dmg
Other: [Personal Arms] || +1 Crit
==Men==
(5) Veterans
==Special Orders==
[Rush]: Make a Close Quarters attack with bonus = hexes moved

> Deploy

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TRENCHERS FOR THE LOVE OF THE ICONS AND THE VOID IN THE SKY AND HIGH COMMANDS PAPER-PUSHING, GET OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING

Half of Fireteam Axolotl just disappeared! Coordinator Samson is down!
Coordinator Jin is down! Fireteam Crane is down!
Coordinator Monroe is down! Fireteam Wolf just got disintegrated by that big one!
There's... tiny skittering things all over the POW Camp! They're eating the prisoners!

Trenchers on the map may act, Trenchers spawning in may act from any Vanadian Flag

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhpTkhIpykE

>>3681218
"OI BOTH OF YOU, wipe your tears and man that machine gun! If I can hear Samson's agonized cries for help and for someone to kill him I can hear a nightsworn coming in!"
>1 ap attempt to rally the two troops routing to man the machine gun.
>-Salute the hazocom.
"ma'am, we have a gaunt and a nightsworn coming in hot on our south would you mind helping us?"
>1 Ap ask Hz 12-6 to help us with the nightsworn and gaunt coming in.

>>3681218
...WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M ALREADY DEPLOYED?
WHAT?
SO I CAN'T GET MY SHOTGUNS OUT HERE?
WHAT THE FUCK DO WE PAY YOU LOGISTICS FOLKS FOR. THIS IS BULLSHIT. I WANT MY MONEY BACK.
>reverting loadout...
NOW I GOTTA ACTUALLY THINK. THIS IS THE WORST FIELD DAY.

==Sokolai==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 9 Notice 8
Gear 11
==Gear==
Nonreq. Munitions
Sepento (2d6; RoF@1; 1AP)
2 Marksmen
2 Sappers
6 Troopers

>>3681307
>>3681149
Get to flag to [Restock], Coordinator.

And what do you mean specs? It says, ye? They get melee engagement strikes, a hardy cqc weapon they can fire in melee without suffering counter-attacks but the range isn't great.

It's... it's a modified Serpento, Coordinator.

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>>3681218>>3681264

"Fireteam Red wyvern, I may not be the most...How do i say it commanding person but would you mind moving east and aiding team crane?"
*moment later*
"There it is you cheeky bugger! Read the name surgeon V-I-T-E-A let go, let go surgeon! I have troopers to save!"
>1 AP: Ask fire team Red Wyvern to move east to help team crane. (Image for referance on order)
>Move: 4.
>1 ap lose 3 gear for a field kit to make my kit official and wrestle pry out my field kit from the surgeon who mistook mine for his.
>1 AP Order the medic trooper to move north with me and start patching up the fallen people.
>Move: 1,
>Burn 1 focus for 1 ap
>2 ap use reacquired field kit on a dying/dead trooper. (11 base medicine skill +1 due to first aid bonus)
{resonance specialist}
==Dr. Vitae==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 10/10 Grit 2
React 7 Focus 3/12 Threshold 1
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 10 Channeling 12
Bright 10 Notice 10,
Medicine: 11 +1 to first aid actions
Gear 2/4, Energy:
Words: Force, Shock, Vitality
==Gear==
Hand1: C7 Service, 1D6, 12/12, 1/2, Crit 6

I have no idea what the fuck is going on in this thread

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>>3681395
Tw-no wait three coordinator teams are down and out for the count.
We have two of the same abominations that took out one of the royal military's finest soldiers on our front lines.
And we have a coward retreating for a tank. (No offence to fireteam steel or to the player)

>>3681401
Also we have goatmen that are taller, stronger, and most importantly armed with swords, shields and bows killing our men.
Oh and also to our flank we have a special goatman who has a magic sword and well shadow magic.

>>3681408
Also we have said goatmen rampaging through our POW camp literally eating out prisoners and wounded.
Have some music :3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFZ_Uyqbr4k

>>3681395
It's like that occasionally. Don't worry too much about it.

Think of this as a wargame, where various people play units on the map and work together to achieve objectives. There's a fair bit of story and some exploration and some mild mystery and on top of that, a few screaming fits of demonfire.

You pick a unit type, deploy, and then take actions when its player turn.

That's it.

Rolled 4, 1, 5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 4, 6, 4, 1, 3 = 46 (15d6)

>>3681395
Having ourselves a lovely war. Fill out the paperwork and pick up a gun, won't you?

>>3681218
Now see here, you shitheel...

Groat, Fireglass on the the feeders!

>-Maintained hold on Ghoul last turn
>4! Accelerate to 3
>3MP+ 4Foc into 21 Move (M)
>6M, raise Ghoul 3 units, move it 334
>7M Slam it down on gaunts
>4M Raise it 3, Move it 4
>3M Slam it down
>1M toward holding it still, vs Focus 13
>2! Maintain hold and Acceleration

==Brishan==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 11 Grit 4 DR 3
React 9 Focus 3
==Skills==
Acc 10 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 7
==Gear==
Chirni77
AEPP 3

>>3681483
You're rolling against your current focus when you use your abilities, which is 3!
>>3681218
The ghoul is cyan now. What does that mean?
What is Overpower?

>>3680967
>Add [Ceremonial Sabres] to kit. (-3 Gear)
>Add [SecPlate] to kit. (-4 gear)
>Add [An Actual Helmet] to kit. (-4 Gear)
>Improve DR from 1 => 2.

==Fireteam Mantis==
AP: 3 || MP: 3 || HP: 12 || Grit: 2 || React 6: || DR: 2(+1) || Actives: (10)
==Skills==
Acc: 8 || Close: 8 || Bright: 8 || Notice: 8 || Gear: (1)
==Kit==
Hand1: Sabre
Hand2: Shield || DR 5 @ facing
Other: [Ceremonial Sabres] || Melee is 1d6, uncapped
Other: [SecPlate] || +1 DR
Other: [An Actual Helmet] || Protects vs Terror || 1MP to Nullify
==Units==
(10) Assault

> Deploy

>>3681509
Means I've got it in my grip as of last turn.

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>>3681513
But where?

>>3681530
> deploy @ [VA1]

>>3681509
Lifted and held by Trencher Brishan.

[Overpowering] is what you appear to have stolen straight from the bubbling black neural shadows of the Ghoul.

Whenever you inflict damage, your target takes -1 to all actions going forward.

Rolled 9, 2 = 11 (2d10)

>>3680973
>Not sure what to roll after the 2d10's?

==John==
INT 30 DR 12 Seats 1
AMMO 6
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright

>>3681538
>>3681530
That's very good now what are you going to do when you get there?

You may act from any flag when you spawn in. Muster up and at them, Trencher! They're coming OUT OF THE WALLS

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>>3681540
Nothing! Why, you roll yon 2d10s and the rest is all the problematic horror of existence.

There are 4 flags on the map, currently. Circled, as per your prepared briefing plan (Which you did attend? Yes?). Simply designate your deployment point and act from there.

9,2
Bad Charms, Worse Breaks
“ Whup! “

Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with take it instead.

>>3681541
> (Sprint) Squad moves [3x3], [4x1] [3x2] || Face Nightsworn. (MP used: 3/3)
> (Actions) Actives: 2 || Pick up Samson @ [2]. (AP used: 1/3)
> (Sprint) Actives carrying Samson move [6x4]. (AP used: 3/3)

I don't think this is going to work, Brrishan. We're about to get surrounded on this wooden bridge.

>>3681483
Movement is not inviolate - the Nightgaunts jumped out of the way.

Acceleration is inviolate. If something moves 3 times as fast and it goes up, it goes up 3 times as fast. It does not output 21 movement. It outputs the movement times the acceleration.

6 movement up on accel 3 is 18 straight into the sky, 3 --> 333. 3 is 333. 4 is 444.

>>3681556
Cool
>Update name and deploy at Flag 2. Seems that point is in for some shit if flag 1 breaks.

==Rick==
INT 30 DR 12 Seats 1
AMMO 6
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with take it instead.

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We're losing men left right and centre! Can someone get that over-sized monstrosity under control?! Where's the fire support?!

Enemy Phase

Rolled 2, 5, 5, 4, 6, 4, 1, 6, 5 = 38 (9d6)

>>3681556
Ft Steel has it right, sod this op.

> Spend 3 Focus, gain 3 AP
> 1AP Feint
> 1AP Shove the gaunt on me into the other gaunts hex and step backwards CQC-11 (+1 aim, -2 step)
> 3AP Burst fire, 6 rounds between the two Acc-10+3
> 3AP Throw a HE grenade 655 (2 Gear and 2d6?) Close-12

==Groat==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 11
==Skills==
Latent Psionic
Acc 10 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 7
==Gear==
Hand1: Chirni 77 (33)
Body: AEPP-3

>>3681664
Damn.

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Fireteam Red Wyvern reports hard contact with Pytherii advanced elements! Contact lost!

Brotherhood Leader Nemain reports hard contact with Nightgaunt elements! Contact lost!

The support elements are notifying us of some kind of run-away monstrosity in the camp!

The POW camp is... it's gone!

WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE

--

Co1 | Sokolai, FT Badger
Ro2 | Dr. Vitae
Tr3 | Brishan
>Co4 | Nemain | KIA
Pi5 | Rick

==Gear Allowance, 1d6 effect==
Explosive, Flashflare, Smoke, Stun Grenades, Fireglass Grenades
First Aid Kits
Rope, Gasmasks

==Options==
Infantry: Sprint at 2x Movement, disables all non-melee actions.
Pilots: Scanner Ping. 3 AP, Roll Notice.

All: *Searchlights/Flashlights. Forward cone light. On/Off once per turn. 1 AP.
**THIS SEEMS TO REALLY GET THEIR ATTENTION**

==Casualties==
44 Troopers
7 Veterans

Player Phase

>>3681673
>>3681664
Sorry

>>3681742
"Shits fucked command, we can't really do anything about the ghoul who is rampaging thorugh our camp and we have pytherii here. Any bright ideas on how we should unfuck ourselves?"

>>3681742
>Questions: How far does my hookshot go? How far does my MG fire? Do they autofire?

>>3681788
"Also Hz 12-6 is still unresponsive, i guess they're doing their report to high command. But i'm not sure about that, we lost our melee squad to a giant ghoul who shoved it on Nemain and not to sure about badger.."
"Situation is currently Fubar command like I said any bright ideas?"
>Burn 1 focus for 1 AP and tell command the above stuff I just said.

>>3681742
I came to my conclusion on movement as inviolate because one of the gaunts flew about 8 tiles, which seemed to indicate a collision, not a leap. A collision in mind, I noted that the targeted gaunt had gone the full 10 Move I'd put into it. Therefore, movement inviolate. But if it isn't so, it isn't so.

--

Since I've made the mistake of trying to move a target from outside my range, and the smart-process doesn't seem to have changed anything, is it all right if I proceed as though I hadn't spent 4foc on my mistaken action?

>>3681792
The Hookshot has a maximal listed range of 10, the wire simply can't go any further (and even that's pushing it).

The MG ( and all other things ) fire as far as yo u want them, with the caveat that increasing range increase penalties. It's pretty dark here at present what with the Shadow monsters, so currently every 2 hexes is -1 to acc. That can be overcome with aiming (+1 AP is +1 Skill) or Lights.

>>3681798
Absolutely. The string cancelled, so the activity is unspent for. It never happened, as it were.

Rolled 5, 10 = 15 (2d10)

>>3681742
> Increase React from 9 => 10.
> Add [Better Boots] to kit. (-4 Gear)
> Add [Personal Arms] to kit. (-3 Gear)

==Specialist Aurai==
AP: 6 || MP: 3(+1) || HP: 12 || Grit: 4 || React: (9 => 10) || DR: 3 || Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc: 10 || Close: 12 || Bright: 12 || Notice: 10 || Gear: (0)
==Kit==
Hand1: [Chirni 77] || Deals 1d6+2 damage || Fire rate: 1/3, 2 || Ammo: 40x2 || ???: 3AP (6)
Torso: [AEPP-3] || DR 3 || Consumable use is 3AP
Other: [Personal Arms] || +1 Crit
Other: [Better Boots] || +1 MP

> Deploy @ VA1
> (Sprint) [3x2], [4x1], [3x1] (MP used: 2/4)
> (Action) Pick up Samson. (AP used: 1/6)
> (Sprint) [6x1], [1x1], [6x3] [1x1] (MP used: 4/4) (AP used: 2/6)
> (Action) Drop Samson @ [1]. (AP used: 3/6)
> (Say) @ Dr Vitae " Fix."
> (Action) Fortify the entrenchments around VA1. [AP used: 6/6] [Focus used: 9/12]

(Special forces roll attached.)

Rolled 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 = 17 (6d6)

>>3681742
OH FUCK.
>marksmen, get a mark on that tank to our direct north! (2 actives)
>everyone else, FIRE AT WILL, PRIORITIZE INFANTRY. (8 actives, vs 15)
>HZ 12-6, DON'T JUST STAND THERE, WE NEED PYTHERIANS DEAD BEFORE THIS FRONT COLLAPSES.
ONE FIRETEAM ALONE WON'T HOLD THIS GAP.
WHERE'S OUR SUPPORT?
>>3681792
YOU GOT ROCKETS? WE'LL PICK MARKS FOR YOU, BUT YOU NEED LINE OF SIGHT TO SEND THE DAMN THINGS OVER.
MIGHT NEED IT, TOO. I COUNT TWO TANKS, POSSIBLE THIRD WAY TOO THE NORTH THAT JUST TOOK OUT A TROOPER.

==Sokolai==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 9 Notice 8
Gear 11
==Gear==
Nonreq. Munitions
Sepento (2d6; RoF@1; 1AP)
2 Marksmen
2 Sappers
6 Troopers

Rolled 6, 3, 4 = 13 (3d6)

>>3681912>>3681742
"Y-yes ma'am"
>2 AP Take out a first aid kit and use it on samson to revive him.
"You alright buddy? Sewed your arm from that encounter.

Rolled 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 5 = 14 (6d6)

>>3681928>>3681742
>move 2
>1 AP Channel 4 points of metal, and 7 earth.
>1AP Sacrifice 3 points of earth energy and 2 of metal for +5 skill, and summon a 1 hex raw iron elemental 1 of me. Its intent: Find and fight the ghoul (Channeling skill is 15, elementals health should be 6)
>2AP Use my field kit on the wounded/dying trooper 3 of me.
>Move back 5


{resonance specialist}
==Dr. Vitae==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 10/10 Grit 2
React 7 Focus 2/12 Threshold 1
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 10 Channeling 12
Bright 10 Notice 10,
Medicine: 11 +1 to first aid actions
Gear 2/4, Energy:
Words: Force, Shock, Vitality
==Gear==
Hand1: C7 Service, 1D6, 12/12, 1/2, Crit 6

>>3681742
"I knew this case was bad news, but didn't expect it to be this horrible. Nothing in my previous career could have prepared me for this.

This was the time to take a step back. I needed to gather my thoughts and come up with a different approach. Some whiskey and a bath wouldn't have hurt as well"

>Undeploy

Rolled 6, 1 = 7 (2d10)

>>3681742
When the going gets tough, the tough get additional firepower.
>Prepare for deployment

Rolled 1, 3, 6, 2, 2, 1 = 15 (6d6)

>>3681742
>Mp Move: Move 121 (Face 4, Dont fall in Water)
>3 AP: Fire ×3 Webber Hookshots at Ghoul
>3 AP: Reel it in! As much as I can!
>3 AP: Fire the MG at the Ghoul +3(The Troopers in Terror need to get clear. If they dont... it was an heroic sacrifice T.T)
>1 AP: Ping/Mark Detect; Direction 222222222211 and Mark!
>1 AP: Declare Alert Status to NPC troopers at VA3! " Report! Enemies attempting to Flank VA3. East of flag! They are building a bridge over the water! Over!"
>1 AP: Declare Alert Status at VA4! "Report! Ghouls and Monsters coming from the Eastern POW camp! They are eating the POW's and are reported to be weak to light and fire! Need assistance! Over!"
>1 AP: Overwatch Scyther towards Ghoul!

==Rick==
INT 30 DR 12 Seats 1
AMMO 6
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with takes it instead.

Rolled 1, 4, 3, 6, 2, 6 = 22 (6d6)

>>3681918
"Received Badger 1. I'll await your marks. I'll attempt to get better positionning."
==Rick==
INT 30 DR 12 Seats 1
AMMO 6
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with takes it instead.

>>3681912
TA, I KNOW WE SAID TO FIGHT DARKNESS WITH FIRE BUT I HAVE REAL REAL BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS ONE

Rolled 5, 10 = 15 (2d10)
Abhorrent Soulfire Field

Take 1 AP action to leech 1 HT from all living things in GRIT range. Works once per target.
Convert 1 HT to 1d3 Animant Fire, manifest at any point in GRIT range.
Dead things imbued with enough Animant Fire stand up under your control

>>3683003
Great, one of the /advanced/ forward Scouts.

[6, 1]
-2 GRIT.
Unbound Warper

"Waaaaaaarrrrrrppppppp"

You can exist simultaneously at all points within THIRD of your FOCUS. The reason is probably quantum.
Spend 1 AP to make a point within space your current location (it’s best if you can see it, otherwise, roll ACC)
1 AP to touch an object and roll Accuracy(penalties for size) to store it . . . somewhere. Spend 2 AP to release it at some point within the area.

>All essential characteristics of stored objects are preserved. If you go about storing bullets being fired at you, Command recommends you note which trajectory you want them to come out as, because otherwise, you WILL shoot yourself by accident.

>NOTE PEOPLE CAN TRY TO AVOID YOUR HANDS. IF YOU LAND ON AN EAGLE GUARD AND EXPECT HIM TO JUST DISAPPEAR, YOU ARE ALSO GOING TO DIE REALLY QUICKLY.

>>3683368
THAT WAS A BAD COPY-EDIT, TRENCHER GUS.

YOU HAVE JUST AS MUCH GRIT AS THE NEXT MAN, YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING PAPERS TELL ME THIS. YOUR OTHER CHARTS WE WILL NOT DISCUSS OVER AN OPEN CHANNEL.

>>3683381
How does [SL] on Ciw-82 work?

>>3683368
(I'm going to take this opportunity to ask a million questions. Okay? Okay. Do gaunts count as living beings? Do summoned entities, such as an elemental, count as alive? If not, what if they're made of organized organic matter? What exactly do you mean when you say leech only works once per target? Can I only leech from any given entity once ever, or once per turn, or something else? Is there a maximum number of animant fire husks I can control at once? How much control can I exert over these husks? Absolute control? Partial control?)

>>3683407
We don't know.
We don't know.
We don't know.

Leeching works once per target per turn. You cannot (currently) spend 12 AP to hit the same living being for 12 HT damage. You can "Absorb" multiple times, but you can only absorb from any given living being once per turn.

A maximum number of animants? We don't know

How much you control them? Not much. They stay within your field and take orders as any other ally with 1 AP in general.

>>3683389
It's a Smart Link, Trencher. You point it at someone and it does all the hard work for you! When you Aim, you get +1 to hit everything in an AoE. And it tags the targets so everyone benefits. If people are in heavy cover, you can aim your shot past that cover and reduce the cover by spending extra AP. This does not give you +to hit, though.

>>3681742

> Grab FT Axlotl Leader
> Retreat to VA 4

>>3683430
(Bonus round: Does the leeched HT transfer into my HT, or is it held in some separate pool of HT? How much HT could I convert into Animant fire at once? Is the amount limited by anything other than reducing my own HT to 0? Exactly how much Animant fire is required to revive a corpse. Does it depend on the corpse's size? What happens id you keep pouring Animant fire into an already resuscitated corpse?)

Rolled 3, 1, 2 = 6 (3d6)

>>3681742
So dark here. I'll need to light someone up.

>Take Nonreq Munitions
>Take Specials (fireglass)
>Increase MP by 1
>Deploy at VA1
>1! Teleport on top of the cliff to 4
>5! + 3 Focus SL at tile 555, burst 30 at Gaunts 554, 555, 5556, and Ghoul 555 656 (+1 Ap, +4 Mp, +3 Focus, +1 SL, +6 burst, -5 targets, -4 hexes, -? distance, vs 16-?, have fun calculating distance penalties, 3d6+4 fireglass)

==Gus==
AP 6 MP 4
Ht 12 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc 10 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 0
==Gear==
Hand1: Ciw-82 30/30 x2 (4!, 3d6+4, 1/5 2, [SL])
Nonreq Munitions
Specials (fireglass)

[Unbound Warper] 1! to teleport within Focus/3. 1! and Acc roll to store touched object, 2! to release within Focus/3.

>>3683458
Where else would it go? It's pure life. It's held on to by you. Now you can absorb a bunch of HT and burn it immediately without taking it into yourself, that's fair, but anything else stays. And you can only hold on to so much.

How much HT do you have to spend?

Find out.
Find out.
Find out. This one is fun!

Co1 | Sokolai, FT Badger
Ro2 | Dr. Vitae
Tr3 | Brishan
>Co4 | Nemain | KIA
Pi5 | Rick
Tr6 | Gus
Tr7 | Aurai
Tr8 | Groat

==Gear Allowance, 1d6 effect==
Explosive, Flashflare, Smoke, Stun Grenades, Fireglass Grenades
First Aid Kits
Rope, Gasmasks

==Options==
Infantry: Sprint at 2x Movement, disables all non-melee actions.
Pilots: Scanner Ping. 3 AP, Roll Notice.
CoOrd: Goblin 1 Marksmen
All: *Searchlights/Flashlights. Forward cone light. On/Off once per turn. 1 AP.
**THIS SEEMS TO REALLY GET THEIR ATTENTION**
Deploy and act from any marked Flag

==Supply==
38

==Casualties==
43 Troopers
7 Veterans

--

They're coming in all over the fucking lines, buckle down and PUSH THEM BACK

--

Dr. Vitae performs some emergency surgery and slaps Samson with enough painkiller to keep him medicated and semi-functional for a while. Trencher Groat pulls the man back to the fallback station at VA4.

Fireteam Badger open fire on the Pytherii Maniple, as their marksmen set up and mark the target.

Pilot Rick pours 20000 vanadian credits worth of munitions into the cavern walls while blaring alerts. If any troopers were asleep, they're on their feet now.

Trencher Gus grabs his gun and prepares to fight the Nightgaunts, but the bullet trajectories of Fireglass Munitions don't quite match the read-out and chaos ensues as some explode, some catch fire and one roars in delight as its essence is suffused with pure power.

Trencher Aurai watches as Samson is extracted, then shores up the defenses of the little surrounded VA1. IN doing so, he scavenges some SUPPLIES from the former Pytherii Compound.

--

Good. We'll need them.

ENEMY PHASE
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nnEtDhC9C0

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TA THE SCREEN IS
YES I PRESSED THE ANY KEY
NO WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS

TA COME OVER TO THIS CONSOLE AND DO IT FOR ME

>>3683512
....Fuck...the directions are supposed to be 232 not 121 jesus

>>3683512
Command? I know phase is already posted but can I modify my first action direction to:
>232 instead of 121
I made the mistake of forgeting the numbers start on North side of the directional Hex instead of the North-Eastern one =(

>>3683555
Sorry Pilot Rick, the Ghoul moved.

We can accommodate this if you do it a little closer to phase posting, after half an hour it's moot.

>>3683569
Can I at least break the wall?

>>3683573
You do have these very high explosive munitions on board!

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The Ghoul continues to rampage onwards, devouring scraps of Vanadian heroism as it comes, its buckling form twisting and bending with new raw power, dark veins pulsating with congealed shadow-stuff.

Fireteam Badger takes a spray of MG fire from a Support Sigilcraft, but the heavy defenses absrb it and Dr. Vitae's healing field help the single trooper who suffered a burst of fragmentation.

The Allied Hunter-Killer line up a shot but the Pathfinders deploy smoke and it goes just short. A return roar from the Pytherii camp dumps a shell close to fireteam Steel.

Fireteam Steel continues screaming for support. An Interdictor is deployed in response.

Dr. Vitae's proud golem rolls onwards, and encounters a trio of Nightgaunt blades. It is cut apart.

Trencher Gus dodges through space as a Nightcleaver swings a massive blade at his head.

Trencher Brishand is less lucky, torn apart for feeding scraps by ravenous maws
>Trencher KIA
>KIA trenchers may swiftly redeploy as another Trencher with the same talent, or a new kind of person entirely.

Co1 | Sokolai, FT Badger
Ro2 | Dr. Vitae
Tr3 | Brishan
>Co4 | Nemain | KIA
Pi5 | Rick
Tr6 | Gus
Tr7 | Aurai
Tr8 | Gorat
>Tr9 | Brishan KIA
Co10 | Kaine, FT Steel

==Gear Allowance, 1d6 effect==
Explosive, Flashflare, Smoke, Stun Grenades, Fireglass Grenades
First Aid Kits
Rope, Gasmasks

==Options==
Infantry: Sprint at 2x Movement, disables all non-melee actions.
Pilots: Scanner Ping. 3 AP, Roll Notice.
CoOrd: Goblin 1 Marksmen
All: *Searchlights/Flashlights. Forward cone light. On/Off once per turn. 1 AP.
**THIS SEEMS TO REALLY GET THEIR ATTENTION**
Deploy and act from any marked Flag

==Supply==
28

PLAYER PHASE

Rolled 6, 6, 5 = 17 (3d6)

>>3683631
You've bitten off more than you can chew, bastards!

>1! + 5 Focus reload gun
>1! Restore 3 Focus for downed enemies
>Move 3
>4! Area burst 5 at gaunts eating Brishan (+3 MP, +1 burst, -1 dist, +1 SL, vs 14, 3d6+5 fireglass)

==Gus==
AP 6 MP 4
Ht 12 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 9
==Skills==
Acc 10 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 0
==Gear==
Hand1: Ciw-82 0/30 x2 (4!, 3d6+4, 1/5 2, [SL])
Nonreq Munitions
Specials (fireglass)

[Unbound Warper] 1! to teleport within Focus/3. 1! and Acc roll to store touched object, 2! to release within Focus/3.

Rolled 2, 1, 2, 5, 3, 5, 1, 6, 2 = 27 (9d6)

>>3683628
> Focus to restore Ht (-3, +3)
> 1AP Bright Idea 'Marksmen set up near Forsythe. I'm going to distract it while you shoot it'
> 1AP Bright Idea 'Troopers back up from the ghoul before you die'
> Move 211, light on the ghoul to try to draw it to me.
> 1AP Mark it
> 3AP+ 1 Focus Don't get eviscerated (evaluate dodge)

==Groat==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 10 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 7
==Skills==
Latent Psionic
Acc 10 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 7
==Gear==
Hand1: Chirni 77 (10)
Body: AEPP-3

Rolled 4, 6, 2 = 12 (3d6)

>>3683631
==Specialist Aurai==
AP: 6 || MP: 3(+1) || HP: 12 || Grit: 4 || React: (9 => 10) || DR: 3 || Focus (0/12)
==Skills==
Acc: 10 || Close: 12 || Bright: 12 || Notice: 10 || Gear: (0)
==Kit==
Hand1: [Chirni 77] || Deals 1d6+2 damage || Fire rate: 1/3, 2 || Ammo: 40x2 || ???: 3AP (6)
Torso: [AEPP-3] || DR 3 || Consumable use is 3AP
Other: [Personal Arms] || +1 Crit
Other: [Better Boots] || +1 MP
==Talent==
[Abhorrent Soulfire Field] || 1 AP to leech 1 HP from all living things within GRIT range. Can only effect a target once per turn. || Convert 1 HT to 1d3 Animant Fire, manifest at any point in GRIT range. || Leeched HP can be spent immediately on summoning Animant Fire or spent on restoring HP up to maximum. Any unspent points of leech HP are discarded at the end of the turn. || Dead things imbued with enough Animant Fire will rise again under your control.

> (Move) Settle down behind the barricade @ [5x1], [6x1]. (MP used: 2/4)
> (Action) Invoke [Abhorrent Soulfire Field] || Function: Leech HP || Sources: 16 in range. (5 gaunts, HAZ 12-6, 2 members of FT Gus, Dr Vitae, 2 members of FT Badger, 5 allied troopers) (AP used: 1/6)
> (Action) Invoke [Abhorrent Soulfire Field] || Function: Summon Animant Fire on Gaunt mage @ [5x1], [4x1], [5x2]. Burn stored HP + 3 personal HP (AP used: 2/6) || Target: 10+4+2+3 (AP used: 6/6) (MP used: 4/4) (Focus used: 12/12)

>>3683628
Another channeller in the middle? And no one is nearby to take it out. Was that born from the casualties we took in the camp?

>>3683717
Oh, uh, never mind.
Great job, trencher.

>>3683719
THEY APPEAR TO FEED ON THE ESSENCE OF THE CONSUMED.

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Rolled 4, 4, 2, 1, 6 = 17 (5d6)

>>3683717
INTRUSIVE META-REAL INFLUENCE DETECTED.

FEEDBACK WARDS COMING ONLINE

>>3683730
I want to play as these guys

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Rolled 1, 6, 5, 4, 5, 1, 6, 1, 5, 2, 6, 5 = 47 (12d6)

>>3683628
"Trooper be a gentleman and pass me your radio? Yes thank you fantastic."
*moments of someone fiddling with a radio signal*
"Yes hello? Its Dr. Vitae, I was hoping if you could do me a favor and get the mortars and scanners ready..."
>1 AP Pull up the maps and issue a kill order for a [sharpshooter] to execute the commanding theurge issuing commands using nearby mark and picture as reference.
>3 ap Order a 2 aoe sweep centered on the green mark I have put on the map.
>1 AP Order a mortar strike on the center of that pytherian squad we have just revealed thanks to the intel scan. Specific location is in the image, should be a green X on the image to the east.
> 1AP order a mortar strike on the pytherian theurge, I don't like the look of his face. (Should be a green mark on his hex)
>Rolling againts bright idea???
{resonance specialist}
==Dr. Vitae==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 10/10 Grit 2
React 7 Focus 3/12 Threshold 1
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 10 Channeling 12
Bright 10 Notice 10,
Medicine: 11 +1 to first aid actions
Gear 2/4, Energy:
Words: Force, Shock, Vitality
==Gear==
Hand1: C7 Service, 1D6, 12/12, 1/2, Crit 6

>>3683844
Note: the green mark for the intel scan sweep is supposed to be on the same one centered on the pytherian theurge.
>>3683717
"Also ow"

>>3683727
so that one fed on the theurge that got hit with artillery then. Damn there were a lot of officers that died in that ritual though. We've seen two, so there's probably 8 more sitting at the back drawing Shadow so the other channellers can use it.

>>3683889
Actually we should be able to work out roughly how many there are...
Each channeler has the Old Word for darkness and Channeler-12
Each channeler has 3AP plus two for being in the darkness
The darkness grows by ~200 points per turn
Assuming they work the same as resonance operatives and assuming more threshold just gives more effect from speaking old words:
One channeler can speak Tr'Drak, spend all of their AP to reach skill 17, +1-+6 from Swarming to reach skill 18-23. Resonating to reduce skill and boost effect, they can roll against 12 to summon 9-14 points of darkness 75% of the time.

That means, roughly, 17 nightgaunt channelers back there that we can't see. Assuming they aren't getting any help or cheating.

>>3683961
"We're fucked, got it"

>>3683961
Execellent math, Trencher Groat!

>>3683628
WE'RE PINNED DOWN OUT HERE
WHERE THE HELL IS PILOT RICK?
>>3683717
WHA-
TRENCHER, DID NOBODY EVER TEACH YOU TABLE MANNERS? IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEECH SOMEONE AT LEAST TAKE THEM OUT TO DINNER FIRST.

BADGERS, GET YOUR HEADS DOWN. I'LL CALL IN WHAT I CAN.
>marksmen, mark the MANNED hunter-killer. everyone give them a hand (10 actives)
>call a mortar barrage on the IFV
>call a mortar barrage on the hunter-killer
MARK MARK, WE HAVE TWO HOSTILE ARMORED VEHICLES, REQUESTING INDIRECT FIRE. HOOAH.
OVER.

COMMAND, HOW WELL DO THESE TANKS RESIST CHEMICAL ATTACKS? MIGHT CALL A GAS BOMBARDMENT JUST TO SHAKE THE INFANTRY OFF OF THEM.

==Sokolai==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 9 Notice 8
Gear 11
==Gear==
Nonreq. Munitions
Sepento (2d6; RoF@1; 1AP)
2 Marksmen
2 Sappers
6 Troopers

>>3684311
THEY'RE USUALLY PROOF UNLESS INTEGRITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED

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WE HEAR YOUR, SOKOLAI

BACKLINE IS A LITTLE COMPROMISED RIGHT NOW, SOME GREAT BIG MONSTER IS FINISHING OFF WHAT'S LEFT OF YELLOW COBRA PLATOON.

ENEMY PHASE

>>3683717
I'm required by regulation to inform that suborning the essence of troopers in the line of duty is considered a hanging offence.

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>>3683628
>1AP:Mark Tile 3NE, 2SE of me
>1AP: Fire High Explosive Rocket or whatever is needed to blow the wall (-1 AMMO) at the mark
>MP Move: 223
>1AP: Move 232 (YES THROUGH THE WALL)
>Move 333
>1AP: Fire AP rocket at the marked IFV? -Ammo(It should be 223 of me? Look at image)
>1 AP Fire another one at the same target (-1 Ammo)
>2 AP: fire 2 AP Rockets at the marked Hunter-Killer (Sigil Craft?)
>5 AP: Overwatch Twin MG East
==Rick==
INT 30 DR 12 Seats 1
AMMO 5
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Bright 8
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with takes it instead.

Rolled 1, 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3 = 20 (9d6)

>>3683628
>1AP:Mark Tile 3NE, 2SE of me
>1AP: Fire High Explosive Rocket or whatever is needed to blow the wall (-1 AMMO) at the mark
>MP Move: 223
>1AP: Move 232 (YES THROUGH THE WALL)
>Move 333
>1AP: Fire AP rocket at the marked IFV? -Ammo(It should be 223 of me? Look at image)
>1 AP Fire another one at the same target (-1 Ammo)
>2 AP: fire 2 AP Rockets at the marked Hunter-Killer (Sigil Craft?)
>5 AP: Overwatch Twin MG East?
==Rick==
INT 30 DR 12 Seats 1
AMMO 2
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Bright 8
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with takes it instead.

>>3684432
>>3684428
Confirmed.

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We got one of their Resonance Specialists (if that's what they call them). The light in that area is returning slowly. Excellent work, people.

--

Trencher Aurai gets a face full of Nightgaunt sword as a pack of them charge the barricades. Some blows can be dodged, but the conditions are horrid for melee fighting. The veterans try their best, but the conditions aren't for it.

Trencher Gus dodges the first probing swipes and clears the jam in his gun. The follow-up takes him in the armor plate.

Trencher Groat rolls to the side of a crate that flies at mach 2 straight into the troopers behind Groat. The Interdictor rolls up and opens fire, along with the report of the Goblin Eyes position. The Ghoul laughs and takes a few steps back into the dark.

Pilot Rick smashed through a softened wall and fires at a the Support Sigilcraft - but the war-heads don't quite have enough time to lock on properly.

--

A ghoul shambles from the Dark to crash into the Pytherii position.

--

Mortar support is taking a moment with this MONSTROSITY all over our BACKLINES! Hang in there!

Player Phase

>>3681912
Trencher, your range capacity stems from another universe. Apologies about the formatting issue. We resolved your power as appropriate this time.

Your FIELD range should be your FOCUS/4, not your GRIT.

Co1 | Sokolai, FT Badger
Ro2 | Dr. Vitae
>Co4 | Nemain | KIA
Pi5 | Rick
Tr6 | Gus
Tr7 | Aurai
Tr8 | Gorat
>Tr9 | Brishan KIA
Co10 | Kaine, FT Steel

==Gear Allowance, 1d6 effect==
Explosive, Flashflare, Smoke, Stun Grenades, Fireglass Grenades
First Aid Kits
Rope, Gasmasks

==Options==
Infantry: Sprint at 2x Movement, disables all non-melee actions.
Pilots: Scanner Ping. 3 AP, Roll Notice.
CoOrd: Goblin 1 Marksmen
All: *Searchlights/Flashlights. Forward cone light. On/Off once per turn. 1 AP.
**THIS SEEMS TO REALLY GET THEIR ATTENTION**
Deploy and act from any marked Flag

==Supply==
28

>>3684432
Pilot, you're doing excellent so far and handling the vehicle quite well.

TA has a few suggestions

The W-Launchers fire [Ap] x [d6]. If you spend 12 AP, you get 12d6. If you spend 1 Ap you get 1d6. This will leave you exposed, but a 12d6(10) missile will ruin anythings day. If you do not have time to get a proper lock, rely on the MGs and infantry support. Your weapons can also ARC if you are firing on a marked position. That's the beauty of artillery!

You can refund 1 Ammo, since you crashed through the wall rather than firing at it. You cannot lock on to bare naked rock. Sorry, Pilot, there's nothing there for the sensors to latch on to.

When you move, it's 1 AP/MP for 1 Hex or 1 Facing Change, not "AP gives you your entire move".

>>3684611
>Question. Could I have Arc'ed over the walls instead of raming it to get a better shot?

>>3684626
Presuming a Mark, yes, all you contend with is distance to hit penalties (ablated a bit by the Mark)

>>3684635
This is a cave right?...Where is the ceiling?

>>3684646
Up there.

Don't worry about it.

And don't try to climb it or you will explode.

Rolled 6, 6, 1 = 13 (3d6)

>>3684553
==Specialist Aurai==
AP: 6 || MP: 3(+1) || HP: 12 || Grit: 4 || React: (9 => 10) || DR: 3 || Focus (0/12)
==Skills==
Acc: 10 || Close: 12 || Bright: 12 || Notice: 10 || Gear: (0)
==Kit==
Hand1: [Chirni 77] || Deals 1d6+2 damage || Fire rate: 1/3, 2 || Ammo: 40x2 || ???: 3AP (6)
Torso: [AEPP-3] || DR 3 || Consumable use is 3AP
Other: [Personal Arms] || +1 Crit
Other: [Better Boots] || +1 MP
==Talent==
[Abhorrent Soulfire Field] || 1 AP to leech 1 HP from all living things within GRIT range. Can only effect a target once per turn. || Convert 1 HT to 1d3 Animant Fire, manifest at any point in GRIT range. || Leeched HP can be spent immediately on summoning Animant Fire or spent on restoring HP up to maximum. Any unspent points of leech HP are discarded at the end of the turn. || Dead things imbued with enough Animant Fire will rise again under your control.

> 1MP || (Move) Specialist Aurai shuffles back towards the door. [Move [3x1] ]
> 1AP || (Action) Once more, friend and foe alike feel the world grow slightly colder as vitality is siphoned from their veins. [Drain 1 HP from all living beings within Grit range] || Sources: ~20 || Stolen fragments of lifeforce coelesce around Specialist's Aurai's body in wafting clouds. Their presence causing the air to waver slightly as it is suffused with unnatural heat.
> 4AP + 3MP || (Action) With a flick of her wrist, a seething flare of Animant Fire bursts forth from the ether. [Allocate 8 stored HP to fully replenish lost HP. Funnel any remaining stored HP into summoning Animat fire @ [6x1] ] || Target:10+4+3 || At once, one unfortunate Nightguant is engulfed in supernatural flame.
> 1AP || (Action) Eyeing up the shadowy figures before her, Specialist Aurai readies herself to evade another flurry of savage blows. [Prepare dodge.]

>>3685004
Did the words "hanging offence" not mean anything to you, parasite?

>>3685054
> (Say) "Don't like it? Go elsewhere."

Rolled 3, 1, 1 = 5 (3d6)

>>3685054
HEY, HZ 12-6, I'M GLAD THAT YOUR MORALS ARE STRONGER THAN YOUR SENSE OF FIGHT HERE BUT WE'RE SERIOUSLY GONNA DIE IF YOU AREN'T GONNA HELP.
PLEASE?
>marksman, everyone, focus fire on that theurge. (8 actives, vs 17)

>HK-03, THE VARIANT CHASSIS HAS THE ARMOR HANDLED. WE NEED YOU TO TAKE OUT THAT BACK ROW OF INFANTRY.
>HZ 12-6, AS ABHORRENT AS IT IS THAT SPECIALIST AURAI HERE IS USING US AS LIVING BATTERIES (WHICH HE NEEDS TO STOP, BY THE WAY, OR MY SEPENTOS MIGHT MISFIRE IN HIS DIRECTION) I THINK I PREFER MORE TO BEING EATEN BY THE GAUNTS. WHICH YOU NEED TO SHOOT. PLEASE.

==Sokolai==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 9 Notice 8
Gear 11
==Gear==
Nonreq. Munitions
Sepento (2d6; RoF@1; 1AP)
2 Marksmen
2 Sappers
6 Troopers

>>3685065
Your flagrant misuse of power just cost the lives of three soldiers, you heretical monstrosity. This is going in my report.

>>3685074
Ah. Target acquisitions. Finally.

>>3684553

"ALRIGHT YOU FILTHY RATS, GET TO THE FRONT AND MAKE IT SNAPPY!"

>Deploy V1

==Catherine, FT Rats==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 8 Notice 8
Gear 6
==Gear==
[Sepento] 2d6 | RoF@1 | 1AP
- Specials: +1 bullet effect
- Nonreq Munitions: +1d6
2 Vet
1 Sapper
5 Troopers

>>3685162
>Specials: +1 Bleed effect

>>3684553
This requires some serious metal juju.

> Move 3
>1! Teleport 33
>1! Touch and store the sigilcraft
>Move 2
>2! Release the sigilcraft above the ghoul.
>2! +1 Focus Dodge

==Gus==
AP 6 MP 4
Ht 7 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 7
==Skills==
Acc 10 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 0
==Gear==
Hand1: Ciw-82 25/30 x1 (4!, 3d6+4, 1/5 2, [SL])
Nonreq Munitions
Specials (fireglass)

[Unbound Warper] 1! to teleport within Focus/3. 1! and Acc roll to store touched object, 2! to release within Focus/3.

Rolled 1, 4, 2, 5, 4, 4 = 20 (6d6)

>>3684553
*Muttering while stitching back a troopers arm*
"Your gonna be fine trooper, just stay with me."
>>3685004
*Slaps trooper awake as he is being drained*
"STAY WITH ME!!"
>Lose a gear and use a first aid kit on the trooper that is downed 1/north of me.
>Move: 4
>Lose my last gear and use a first aid kit on the veteran 5 of me that just got shot.
>Use 2 ap to [restock] at the flag and regain 2 focus, 2 health 2 gear etc.
>Move 1


{resonance specialist}
==Dr. Vitae==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 10/10 Grit 2
React 7 Focus 5/12 Threshold 1
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 10 Channeling 12
Bright 10 Notice 10,
Medicine: 11 +1 to first aid actions
Gear 2/4, Energy:
Words: Force, Shock, Vitality
==Gear==
Hand1: C7 Service, 1D6, 12/12, 1/2, Crit 6

Rolled 4, 2, 1 = 7 (3d6)

>>3684553
>>3684611
"Alright. Thank TA. Lets try this one more time"
>--Refund 1 Ammo because reckless charging is somewhat better
>1AP: Mark the Hex 5NE of me
>7AP+1MP: Use 7AP+1MP to lock on the center of my recent mark and Fire EX Rockets (8d6)
>Use 1MP to Mark the IFV
>Use 4AP+2MP=+6: Hack the IFV to make it advance 33 and Explode/Detonate (8 Bright+6)

==Rick==
INT 30 DR 12 Seats 1
AMMO 2
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Bright 8
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with takes it instead.

>28 Int
==Rick==
INT 28 DR 12 Seats 1
AMMO 2
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Bright 8
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with takes it instead.

>>3685654
>I guess I can also roll the rocket barrage damage

Rolled 4, 5, 1, 3, 4, 1, 5, 3 = 26 (8d6)

>>3685665
>Dice not roll

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[Trooper]
Does that trencher have a pet nightgaunt? What the?

--

Enemy Phase

Rolled 2, 4, 6 = 12 (3d6)

>>3685722
>Mark requires a roll?
>Hum...rolling?

>>3685722
"FUUUUUCK!!!!"
*throws down field kit*
"I CANT EVEN DO MY FUCKING JOB OPERATOR!!!"
*covers face with hands and screams*

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Co1 | Sokolai, FT Badger
Ro2 | Dr. Vitae
>Co4 | Nemain | KIA
Pi5 | Rick
Tr6 | Gus | DOWN
Tr7 | Aurai
Tr8 | Gorat
>Tr9 | Brishan KIA
Co10 | Kaine, FT Steel
Co11 | Catherine

==Gear Allowance, 1d6 effect==
Explosive, Flashflare, Smoke, Stun Grenades, Fireglass Grenades
First Aid Kits
Rope, Gasmasks

==Options==
Infantry: Sprint at 2x Movement, disables all non-melee actions.
Pilots: Scanner Ping. 3 AP, Roll Notice.
CoOrd: Goblin 1 Marksmen
All: *Searchlights/Flashlights. Forward cone light. On/Off once per turn. 1 AP.
**THIS SEEMS TO REALLY GET THEIR ATTENTION**
Deploy and act from any marked Flag

==Supply==
41

==Casualties==
50 Troopers
11 Veterans

--

TRENCHER GUS IS DOWN. SOMEONE GET HIM OUT OF THE REACH OF THOSE GAUNT CLAWS

--

The Interdictor rolls up, all the weight of Vanadia behind it. Coordinator Kaine calls in the targets and the bullets fly. The advance of the Ghoul is finally halted and outmatched, it turns and runs back into the darkness it came from.

Fireteam Badger burst into a ragged cheer as a single pinpoint perfect shot does the impossible and blows through barricades, cover and smoke to clip a Theurge right in the chest. The shuddering mortar barrage that follows causes them to drop into their trench, huddling and so they miss the massive claws reaching from the dark to funnel the corpses and material at at the edge of the trench into is maw.

---

Pilot Rick starts to sweat in his cockpit as it heats UP.

--

Trencher Aurai gains a friend!. His new friend tears the throat out of a Nightgaunt just in time for Aurai to step back and dodge the swing of a Cleave-Gaunt, just in time for Fireteam Steel to pour fire into the dying and finish it.

>Don't micromanage Animants. They're Not That Smart. They follow you, and they defend you, and they take 1 general order such as "Kill all this" or "Hold this position" or "Get me that object". If you give more than one, they might get confused!

PLAYER PHASE

>>3685773

"GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER SOLDIER! YOU CAN DO THIS AND SO CAN WE, IT'S WHY WE'RE ON THE JOB DAMN IT!"
"I'D SLAP YOUR STUPID FACE RIGHT NOW IF WE WEREN'T SO DAMN BUSY HOLDING OFF LITERAL NIGHTMARES!
NOW GIVE ME YOUR BEST WARFACE!"

>>3685785
>Please explain mark. This is getting complicated

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Pytherii Faithful Theurge

LIGHT BENDS. LIGHT DOES NOT BREAK.

LEGIO!
ADVANCE

In the aftermath of the mortar strike and the exchange of fire, the smoke almost clears for but a moment. A ghoul is destroyed, a passage way near-collapsed, and a hardened cadre of Nightgaunts turned to so many smears.

And beyond them, weapon in hand, the Legion.

Rolled 3, 3, 1, 3, 5, 1, 2, 6, 6 = 30 (9d6)

>>3685785
~~---------------------------------------------------------------~~
{*TURN*}
{MOVEMENT: 111}
[ AP 3: With pythian imperial troops to the north, acting Sergeant Kaine orders his men to open fire. Acc: 18, base 8+10 troopers/sappers
~~---------------------------------------------------------------~~
{*STATS*}
==Kaine, Fireteam {Steel}==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10 {Man symbol}
==Skills==
Acc 8 Close 8
Bright 8 Notice 9
Gear 15
==Gear==
Hand1: Sepento (1d6; RoF@1; 1AP)

{Fireteam Steel}
*Sub-Team 1: (1 Sapper, 3 Troopers)
*Sub-Team 2: (1 Sapper, 2 Troopers)
*Sub-Team 3: (1 Sapper, 2 Troopers)
~~---------------------------------------------------------------~~
{FLAVOR TEXT}
“Alright men! We got actual pythian infantry to our north! Let’s show them why it was a mistake to invade Vanadia! Open up! No fucking quarter! Execute the survivors!

>>3685795
Your SysLink marks a 1 AOE area. Much like the CIW Smartlink.

You spend 1 AP to Mark. You roll vs Accuracy. You take full penalties. You spend 2 AP for +1 AoE.

You are attempting a lock-on when you Mark to give clear targetting coordinates to ordinance weapons, allied units and equipment. It is fully and completely a variant of an attack, and works just like one. You roll versus your Accuracy.

Once a target is Marked, the W-Launchers can engage fully and can strike the targeted location.

One given system/unit/thing can maintain one given mark at one given time.

Rolled 1, 6, 1, 6, 6, 6 = 26 (6d6)

"ALRIGHT YOU DIRTY RATS, YOU SAW WHAT SCRAPS AND SCATTER DID. WHEN IN ROME LIGHT THE MOTHERFUCKERS UP."
"SAPPER SAL WE NEED SOME LIGHT DOWN THERE, MAKE IT BRIGHT."

>1MP: Move 3
>1AP: Flashlights On
>1AP, 2 Vets, 5 Troopers: Open fire on the Gaunts down at 4; [2d6 | RoF@1 | +Bleed] vs Acc-18 (9+4+5)
>1AP, 1 Sapper: [Wire It] Throw a crafted light grenade to illuminate the area near Gus; vs Acc-9

==Catherine, FT Rats==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 8 Notice 8
Gear 6
==Gear==
[Sepento] 2d6 | RoF@1 | 1AP
- Specials: +1 Bleed effect
- Nonreq Munitions: +1d6
2 Vets
1 Sapper
5 Troopers

>>3685817
So I can either dpen AP for more ACC or More AOE or Do I gain both?

>>3685832
You never gain both.

Rolled 3, 4, 5 = 12 (3d6)

>>3685785
[Unintelligible scream]

>Spend 4 Focus to restore Ht to 1
>1! Teleport 2 ontop the sigilcraft
>Spend 3 Focus to restore Ht to 4
>5! Burst 5 at Ghoul 55 (+4 Mp +1 burst +1 Ap +1 SL -1 dist +? size, vs 16+?, 3d6+5 fireglass)

==Gus==
AP 6 MP 4
Ht -3 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 7
==Skills==
Acc 10 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 0
==Gear==
Hand1: Ciw-82 25/30 x1 (4!, 3d6+4, 1/5 2, [SL])
Nonreq Munitions
Specials (fireglass)

[Unbound Warper] 1! to teleport within Focus/3. 1! and Acc roll to store touched object, 2! to release within Focus/3.

>>3685828
"SAPPER SAL, YOU'RE OFF THE FIRETEAM'S BASEBALL TEAM! WHAT KIND OF THROW DID THEY TEACH YOU AT THE ACADEMY?"

Rolled 4, 6, 6 = 16 (3d6)

>>3685817
What penalties?

>>3685785
>1AP: Mark the tank that is lighting me on fire. Spend 3MP and 2 AP to gain more ACC to mark not Aoe thats useless
>9AP: Fire Armor Piercing at the flamethrower tank

==Rick==
INT 20 DR 10 Seats 1
AMMO 2
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Bright 8
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with takes it instead.

>>3685869
I believe you can use focus to add a +1 *after* you roll pilot, so you can force that roll to be a success.

>>3685869
>>3685871
>>3685809
This tank works in an annoying way.
>Spend whatever focus needed to make it a success

>>3685894
>>3685871
that's a special power for some Trenchers because they bend probability itself. Pilots, not so much.

>>3685869
The same penalties as everything else, Pilot. The [Weather] (near the compass) and Cover.

So you roll vs 15, target is right there, its lit up, and its big. No penalties.
4.63% chance the mark doesn't take.

Sometimes, the universe hates your guts.

Rolled 1, 3, 2 = 6 (3d6)

>>3685785
>==Specialist Aurai==
>AP: 6 || MP: 3(+1) || HP: 12 || Grit: 4 || React: 10 || DR: 3 || Focus (0/12)
>==Skills==
>Acc: 10 || Close: 12 || Bright: 12 || Notice: 10 || Gear: (0)
>==Kit==
>Hand1: [Chirni 77] || Deals 1d6+2 damage || Fire rate: 1/3, 2 || Ammo: 40x2 || ???: 3AP (6)
>Torso: [AEPP-3] || DR 3 || Consumable use is 3AP
>Other: [Personal Arms] || +1 Crit
>Other: [Better Boots] || +1 MP
>==Talent==
>[Abhorrent Soulfire Field] || 1 AP to leech 1 HP from all living things within GRIT range. Can only effect a target once per turn. || Convert 1 HT to 1d3 Animant Fire, manifest at any point in GRIT range. || Leeched HP can be spent immediately on summoning Animant Fire or spent on restoring HP up to maximum. Any unspent points of leech HP are discarded at the end of the turn. || Dead things imbued with enough Animant Fire will rise again under your control.

> 1AP || (Action) Allowing herself a moment to boggle at the peculiar, and somewhat paradoxical, humanoid-shaped mesh of living shadow and Animant Flame, Specialist Aurai gestures to herself and curtly issues the Nightgaunt husk a simple command. "Follow. Guard." || {Nightgaunt husk @ [6x1], [5x1] follows Specialist Aurai and protects her from incoming attacks.}
> 3MP || (Move) With the gaunt incursion largely abolished, Specialist Aurai jogs past the Hazocom, pointedly ignoring the woman as her head tracks her, stopping amidst Fireteam Rat's ranks. || {Move [2x1], [3x2]}
> 1AP || (Action) Yet again, an ominous chilling sensation sweeps over the Vanadian lines. Like an immaterial whirlwind, Aurai's Soulfire field strips the ambient body heat from all unfortunate enough to be near her, sending it spiraling back towards the specialist. || Sources: ~19 || {Drain 1HP from all living beings within [Focus/4] hexes.}
> 3AP, 1MP || Focusing upon the ghoul fleeing in the distance, Aurai channels the halo of siphoned soulstuff enveloping her, and with a snap of her fingers the space around the loathsome creature suddenly erupts in soul-scouring fire. || Target: 10+3+1 || {Invoke 'Summon Animant Fire' on the hex @ [3x1], [4x2], specifically targeting the Ghoul which partially occupies it, with the intent to cause harm to the creature.}
> 1AP || Specialist Aurai assumes a defensive stance as the stares down a pair of snarling Nightgaunts standing only a few meters away from her. || {Prepare Dodge.}

>>3685935
Who made this tank. I have a list of complaints and touch ups he should make for it.

>>3686009
Submit them in your after action report!

>>3685785>>3685869
>>3685944

*looks at soulless trooper and sighs*
"I'm gonna lie down for a minute, here have a few intel gatherings and supplies i'm call down this should help you guys..."
>1 AP call in a care package at [VA1] carrying disposable anti tank rockets. (Yes with the launchers included).
>3 Ap do a intel sweep on the pytheri IFV that rick tried to mark and failed
>1 AP do it again on the IFV in case it somehow wards it away or blocks it. (I dont trust it)
>Move 5,6.
>1 Ap take a breather and try not to cry as someone murders my patients.

{resonance specialist}
==Dr. Vitae==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 9/10 Grit 2
React 7 Focus 5/12 Threshold 1
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 10 Channeling 12
Bright 10 Notice 10,
Medicine: 11 +1 to first aid actions
Gear 4/4, Energy:
Words: Force, Shock, Vitality
==Gear==
Hand1: C7 Service, 1D6, 12/12, 1/2, Crit 6

Rolled 4, 4, 1 = 9 (3d6)

>>3685785
Whuzzat, Badger? The pilot's mark failed to take?
THAT'S BULLSHIT. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
>mark the FLAMETHROWER TANK (8 actives, vs 17)
WAIT, WHERE'D THE OTHER MORTAR SHOT GO, ANYWAYS?

I DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THAT FLAMETHROWER.
>sappers, get some fireproofing out for us. (2 sappers)

The FOB's under attack also?
Who's taking care of it?
NOBODY?
WELL SOMEONE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT, THEN.
>deploy a HazoCom at VA3


==Sokolai==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 9 Notice 8
Gear 8
==Gear==
Nonreq. Munitions
Sepento (2d6; RoF@1; 1AP)
2 Marksmen
2 Sappers
6 Troopers

>>3685944
AURAI? AURAI BAD. AURAI NO.
STOP. STOP.
BAD TRENCHER. YOU STOP EATING THE SOULS OF YOUR FELLOW SOLDIERS.

>>3685809
Legitimate question.
Is the HP loss caused by Abhorrent soulfire permanent. It has been described as eating people's souls. If not. could Dr Vitae actually fight, or even outpace, my character's HP leech with common field medicine, provided that the initial HP loss wouldn't cause the trooper to die?)

>>3686304
Continued intrusion of meta-real influence on prospect baseline.

Preventive measures authorised

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[HZ-12-6]
My word.

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[Trooper]
WHAT THE VOID ARE THOSE

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Pytherii Faithful Theurge
Come now, friend. All will be wel--

the nightgaunt laughs as it scoops up the fallen theurge

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Co1 | Sokolai, FT Badger
Ro2 | Dr. Vitae
>Co4 | Nemain | KIA
Pi5 | Rick
>Tr6 | Gus | KIA
Tr7 | Aurai
Tr8 | Gorat
>Tr9 | Brishan KIA
Co10 | Kaine, FT Steel
Co11 | Catherine

==Gear Allowance, 1d6 effect==
Explosive, Flashflare, Smoke, Stun Grenades, Fireglass Grenades
First Aid Kits
Rope, Gasmasks

==Options==
Infantry: Sprint at 2x Movement, disables all non-melee actions.
Pilots: Scanner Ping. 3 AP, Roll Notice.
All: *Searchlights/Flashlights. Forward cone light. On/Off once per turn. 1 AP.
**THIS SEEMS TO REALLY GET THEIR ATTENTION**
Deploy and act from any marked Flag

==Supply==
26

--

TRENCHER GUS. NOOOOOOO

--

Cloying night-stuff fill the trenches as a rolling mob of monsters run themselves roughshod over our barbed wire! Coated in the dark stuff, the damnable smaller hunters that follow are sure to float right over the barricades!

Coordinator Sokolai and Fireteam Badger[/]b is coated in darkness! They need it off or they can't SEE. The damn stuff is THICK; there's 20 points worth of blackness coating our troops and more everywhere else!

---

The sound of rolling munitions going off fill the caverns. Pathfinder munitions, exploited in prodigious amounts for some unseen purpose.

--

>Fallen Trenchers may swiftly re-deploy with the same talent or a different talent! Or something new entire.

PLAYER PHASE

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Can't see a damned thing with all this--- gunk!

Rolled 3, 10 = 13 (2d10)

>>3686755
Hit me with an ability Command

Rolled 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5 = 27 (9d6)

>>3686755
~~---------------------------------------------------------------~~
{*TURN*}
{MOVEMENT: None}
[ AP 3: The soldiers continue to pour in fire onto the Pythians. Acc: 21, base 8+3 Bracing+10 troopers/sappers]
~~---------------------------------------------------------------~~
{*STATS*}
==Kaine, Fireteam {Steel}==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10 {Man symbol}
==Skills==
Acc 8 Close 8
Bright 8 Notice 9
Gear 15
==Gear==
Hand1: Sepento (1d6; RoF@1; 1AP)

{Fireteam Steel}
*Sub-Team 1: (1 Sapper, 3 Troopers)
*Sub-Team 2: (1 Sapper, 2 Troopers)
*Sub-Team 3: (1 Sapper, 2 Troopers)
~~---------------------------------------------------------------~~
{FLAVOR TEXT}
“KEEP FIRING! KILL THEM ALL! DEAD PYTHIANS MAKE ME FUCKING HAAAAARD! WIPE THEM OUT! FOR VANADIA! FOR THE HOMELAND! DEATH TO ALL PYTHIANS!”

>>3686764
TA.
TA?

TA this chart isn't real, is it. TA ARE YOU ONE OF THEM

Roll 3, 10
[Mindjack]
“ I’m me and you and ALL of US “

>Okay Trencher, this is going to get a bit freaky, but stay with me

Spend 3 AP. Pick a unit you have direct LOS to. Roll vs Focus. You try mindjack and become that unit.

You never change skills, or stats. HT resets to your maximal (less if target is wounded). Your new body might have capabilities your previous one did not or new knowledge, but even if you can now spit acid you always use your base stats. Any modification will be handled during the back-end.

Any jacked “previously you” target can be given a general order with 1 AP. Their skills and are awful. You can assume direct control of any You with 2 AP.

You can’t adequately maintain more than FOCUS/4 forms. If you exceed, they might wake up. Or they might not.

>Because this power involves a lot of "what is the AP cost to do this" and "how much does this weapon hurt" and a lot of "What are the stats of this unit", Command reminds you not to worry about it, and to assume that any action you want to try has a baseline AP cost of 1 AP.

>If you MUST know something, it is a 1 AP free action on your turn to query your current shape about its capabilities.

>>3686807
"Their skills and self-awareness is awful and limited when not You"

>Command reminds you that things have a baseline of 1 AP, and uses your stats. Command will accommodate for form, so you don't have to break your brain second-guessing.

>>3686758
Do I have to re-mark the IFV? Also, I am at 15 Int/8 DR right?

>>3686840
Intel-Sweep has it marked for you, Pilot. And correct.

Rolled 1, 5, 6 = 12 (3d6)

>>3686755
==Specialist Aurai==
AP: 6 || MP: 3(+1) || HP: 12 || Grit: 4 || React: 10 || DR: 3 || Focus (0/12)
==Skills==
Acc: 10 || Close: 12 || Bright: 12 || Notice: 10 || Gear: (0)
==Kit==
Hand1: [Chirni 77] || Deals 1d6+2 damage || Fire rate: 1/3, 2 || Ammo: 40x2 || ???: 3AP (6)
Torso: [AEPP-3] || DR 3 || Consumable use is 3AP
Other: [Personal Arms] || +1 Crit
Other: [Better Boots] || +1 MP
==Talent==
[Abhorrent Soulfire Field] || 1 AP to leech 1 HP from all living things within [Focus/4] range. Can only effect a target once per turn. || Convert 1 HT to 1d3 Animant Fire, manifest at any point in [Focus/4] range. || Leeched HP can be spent immediately on summoning Animant Fire or spent on restoring HP up to maximum. Any unspent points of leech HP are discarded at the end of the turn. || Dead things imbued with enough Animant Fire will rise again under your control.

> 3MP || (Move) Flanked by her husk guard, Specialist Aurai moves briskly down the passage leading to the fallen Sigilcraft. Upon noticing the Nightsworn looming over the corpse of specialist Gus, Aurai presses herself tightly against a nearby pile of sandbags.|| || {Move [4x2], [3x1].}

> 1AP || Unnatural coldness blots out from Aurai's position, gripping man and gaunt alike and soaking a portion of their vitality, before receding back towards the specialist as promptly as it came. || Sources: ~9 || {Drain 1HP from all living beings within [Focus/4] range.}

> 4AP, 1MP || In the dark of the caves, perceptive ears might pick up the sharp cracking of snapping fingers, but few could miss the hissing roar of Animant flame that follows afterwards. The Nightsworn certainly didn't. || Target: 10+4+1 || {Invoke 'Summon Animant Flame' on the hex @ [3x1], [2x2]. The Nightsworn occupying that hex is engulfed by a violent blast of Animant Flame.}

> 1AP || Specialist Aurai's gaze tracks the Nightsworn's movements carefully. || {Prepare Dodge.}

Rolled 2, 3, 3, 2, 6, 6, 3, 2, 1 = 28 (9d6)

>>3686755
>>3686758

"COMMAND! LOCATE US A WATER SOURCE! I'VE GOT AN IDEA THAT'LL GET US BACK IN ACTION."
"ALRIGHT YOU MANGY RATS, GET THOSE BOYS OF OURS CLEANSED! PRONTO! BUILD THAT HOSE!"

>Move [6x2]
>1AP [What Are We Dealign With Here?] Ask command where is the nearest water source on our location; vs Bright-8
>1AP [Trust Me On This One] Setup a water system to hose down the blackness off our troops; vs Bright-8
>1AP 2 Vets, 5 Troopers [Multitool] Build a flashlight mounted power hose to remove the gunk (23 Effect); 1 Sapper, 2 Gear [Wire It] connect the hose to the water and light fixtures to clean our men; vs Bright-8

==Catherine, FT Rats==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 11/12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 8 Notice 8
Gear 2
==Gear==
[Sepento] 2d6 | RoF@1 | 1AP
- Specials: +1 Bleed effect
- Nonreq Munitions: +1d6
2 Vets
1 Sapper
5 Troopers

Rolled 4, 1, 2 = 7 (3d6)

>>3686758
Hello.
The insides of your skull look beautiful.

>Gain +1 Accuracy
>Gain SecPlate
>Deploy host body on VA3
>Wonder whether I can mindjack a tanker by having LoS to his tank
>3! Hijack the healthiest looking Legio (vs 12)
>As the Legio, slash and stab Pytherians around until out of AP

==The Hijacker==
AP 6 MP 3 DR 4
Ht 12 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc 11 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 3
==Gear==
Hand1: Veritas 8/8 16 (2!, 1d6, 1/1 0.25, blast, melee fire)
SecPlate
[Mindjack]

Rolled 1, 6, 1 = 8 (3d6)

>>3686755
HEY, BADGERS, WHERE THE FUCK ARE WE.
DARKNESS?
I'M NOT ABOUT THAT.
SAPPERS, YOU SEE THAT BOX LABELED FLARES? JUST DUMP IT OUT.
YES, ALL OF IT.
>2 sappers, FLARES OUT. (10 gear)
LET THERE BE...
>EVERYONE ELSE, open fire on whatever gets revealed (8 actives (2 marksmen), vs 17)

>>3686850
I SAID STOP.
KILLING.
OUR.
MEN.
THIS ISN'T A REQUEST, IT'S AN ORDER.

==Sokolai==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 9 Notice 8
Gear 1
==Gear==
Nonreq. Munitions
Sepento (2d6; RoF@1; 1AP)
2 Marksmen
2 Sappers
6 Troopers

>>3686845
1 more question. When a Coordinator marks something do I need to lock-on it or can I fire my rocket immediatly at the mark?

>>3686993
The mark is the lock on. It's called teamwork, Trencher!

Rolled 5, 1, 4 = 10 (3d6)

>>3687016
"Sweet. Anyway..."
>>3686755
>(4AP+2MP) Fire another AP at the Intel Sweeped & Marked IFV (6d6)
>(4AP): Move 4333
>(1AP): Open Foward lights
>(3AP+1MP): Fire Twin MG direction 3.||+2 Acc Skill||

>>3686779
>>3686876
>>3686898
"Soon as you are able. I got 1 last barrage of rockets left before I need refir. Would be nice to get some repairs in too."

==Rick==
INT 15 DR 8 Seats 1
AMMO 1
Ap 12 Focus 12
==Skills==
Bright 8
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with takes it instead.

Rolled 6, 3, 2 = 11 (3d6)

>>3686755
*sniffle*
"I think i'm calm now, time to do what I'm good at but the hard part is getting there luckily i have an idea."
>2AP Put on a gas mask.
>Move/trudge through: 3 4 5
>2 APTake off gasmask full of oily darkness.
>2 AP Use my field kit on the fallen veteran 2 of me. (Versus twelve)

{resonance specialist}
==Dr. Vitae==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 9/10 Grit 2
React 7 Focus 5/12 Threshold 1
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 10 Channeling 12
Bright 10 Notice 10,
Medicine: 11 +1 to first aid actions
Gear 4/4, Energy:
Words: Force, Shock, Vitality
==Gear==
Hand1: C7 Service, 1D6, 12/12, 1/2, Crit 6

>>3686755
CORRECTIONS
>6AP Reload
>Move 223

==Groat==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 10 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 7
==Skills==
Latent Psionic
Acc 10 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 7
==Gear==
Hand1: Chirni 77 (10)
Body: AEPP-3

>>3686755
“Soldiers! Vanadians! Hear this, and listen well! These are the Pytherin curs that bay at our gate. They have rampaged through our lands and slaughtered our countrymen! Like locusts they swarm into our lands wielding foul magics and the like to conquer and enslave us! But like locusts, they are mortal! They can fall! They breed their people like show dogs, prizing bloodlines like gold and jewels and what can they show for it? NOTHING! THEY ARE ANIMALS, VERMIN! NOT FIT TO EVEN FUCKING LIVE! WE SHALL DRIVE THEM FROM VANADIA, OUR HOMELAND, AND WE SHALL GIVE THEM THE SAME FATE THEY GAVE THE DEPOPULATED TOWNS AND VILLAGES THEY CREATED! NO PYTHERIN SHALL ESCAPE US, NOT OR BLOOD NOR OUR STEEL! WHEN WE PUSH THEM FROM OUR LANDS, WE SHALL DRIVE INTO THE HEART OF THEIR OWN, AND EVERY DEATH THEY HAVE CAUSED SHALL BE REPAID A THOUSANDFOLD! EVERY BULLET FIRED, BOMB DROPPED AND SWORD STABBED INTO A VANADIAN SHALL BE REPEATED TO THE RATS WHO CALL THEMSELVES PYTHERIN! AVENGE YOUR FRIENDS, BROTHERS, FAMILIES, ALL THOSE WHO THE PYTHERINS HAVE RIPPED FROM US! LET NOT MAN NOR NIGHTMARE BEAST DETER THE COURSE OF OUR VENGEANCE! BROTHERS IN ARMS, WHEN WE ARE DONE, VANADIA SHALL RISE, GLORIOUS AND PROSPEROUS, WHILE THE PYTHERIN EMPIRE SHALL REMAIN A VOID DAMN FOOTNOTE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS! FOR VANADIA! FOR OUR PEOPLE! KILL THE INVADERS! ALL OF THEM!”

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>3687841
Boosting the range with a 1d100.
1=Everyone and everything hears the broadcast.

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Get this gunky stuff off of the lads! And someone keep that flag safe!

Good work, Trenchers!

Enemy Phase

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Pytherii Legio:
Decanus! More enemies approach from the ---

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Fireteam Badger Trooper:
S-sir I d-don't- I don't--- I don't feel so good

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRGRSCAOqh4

[HZ 12-6]
WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE FUCKING FLAME -- SHOOT THEM. SHOOT THEM NOW

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>Fireteam Rat loses 4 troopers. Others are wounded.
>Fireteam Badger loses 4 troopers. Others are wounded.

"I need a Mark! I about to eject but need a mark for the missiles!"

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[Pytherii Faithful Theurge]
go to the pit

>>3690424
I dont think we can get a mark on you pilot in time, i dont think there anybody left to call command for a mark when we can call a mortar.
Your MG may have to do.

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[Pytherii Faithful Theurge]
I cannot fear you. I carry my light on the inside.

yes

we know

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but not to worry friend. we can help with this

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHHv4VIdizQ

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Co1 | Sokolai, FT Badger
Ro2 | Dr. Vitae
>Co4 | Nemain | KIA
Pi5 | Rick
>Tr6 | Gus | KIA
Tr7 | Aurai
Tr8 | Groat
>Tr9 | Brishan KIA
Co10 | Kaine, FT Steel
Co11 | Catherine
>Co12 | Jin, Ft Crane, MIA
>R013 | Det, Forsythe, WIA

==Gear Allowance, 1d6 effect==
Explosive, Flashflare, Smoke, Stun Grenades, Fireglass Grenades
First Aid Kits
Rope, Gasmasks

==Options==
Infantry: Sprint at 2x Movement, disables all non-melee actions.
Pilots: Scanner Ping. 3 AP, Roll Notice.
All: *Searchlights/Flashlights. Forward cone light. On/Off once per turn. 1 AP.
**THIS SEEMS TO REALLY GET THEIR ATTENTION**
Deploy and act from any marked Flag

==Supply==
30

==Ally Elements==
Troopers.
HZ126 Spanner
HZ1684 Stilleto
Interdictor Multi-Turret Tank
HK-3 Heavy Hunter

--

We scored a kill on the Pytherii support frame!
HZ 1684 reports that VA3 is clear of any danger! Sergeant Kaine and Trencher ThatCan'tBeTheirRealName pushed them back along with the troopers! We defeated the Pytherii Maniple!

--

VA1 is threatened!
Pilot Rick looks up from his controls to see a monstrous fist swing against the cockpit, and the armoured canopy fairly cracks with the impact!

Fireteams Badger and Rat struggle against the never-ending darkness! And then it explodes, violently, as our-own-troops-but-not throw grenades pilfered from the fallen!
>Fireteams Rat and Fireteams Badger lose 4 Troopers each.

--

Trencher Aurai ducks a scytching cleave as a Nightsworn drops from above, but their guardian pet steps in to take the follow-up blows. The Nightsworn advances furiously, and even deft reflexes and speed fail to ward off the frenzied trash of blades!

Something awful is happening at the Wardroom!

--

TRENCHERS, GET A GRIP AND GET THIS DONE. THIS IS A MINOR ROAD BUMP. BLOODY SHADOW DEMONS? KILL 'EM WITH A FLASH-LIGHT IF YOU DAMN WELL HAVE TO.

GET IT DONE

Player Phase!

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TA, clean up this console! I know you like their music but come on, mission time is no time to be admiring posters

>Without /quite/ so many explosions

kkkzzzk--

We lost the Third! Tovasisini is dead. Rotate a maniple out of the line, secure that bridge, it cuts into our line of advance.

Yes, I understand! Then send someone else!

No! They're fighting a halting action! We cannot send the First! The line collapses without them and the Spitelings will fall upon the remnants of the Second!

In the name of the Eye, then FIND someone or grab a sword and go stand the watch YOURSELF!

>>3690583
>>3686890

~~---------------------------------------------------------------~~
{*TURN*}
{MOVEMENT: 111}
[ AP 1: Order the soldiers to secure the bridge that the Pytherian soldiers used to cross the gorge.]
[ AP 1: Any remaining troopers are to regroup and organize supplies. We won’t be caught unawares again.
[ AP 1: Take the corpses of the Scum and mutilate them, then nail the parts to the command building facing the Pytherin lines. Let’s give them something to fear from us Vanadians…]
~~---------------------------------------------------------------~~
{*STATS*}
==Kaine, Fireteam {Steel}==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10 {Man symbol}
==Skills==
Acc 8 Close 8
Bright 8 Notice 9
Gear 15
==Gear==
Hand1: Sepento (1d6; RoF@1; 1AP)

{Fireteam Steel}
*Sub-Team 1: (1 Sapper, 3 Troopers)
*Sub-Team 2: (1 Sapper, 2 Troopers)
*Sub-Team 3: (1 Sapper, 2 Troopers)
~~---------------------------------------------------------------~~
{FLAVOR TEXT}
“Hey! Trencher in the fucking command building that yoinked that legionnaire’s body, come on out. Let’s chat!”

>>3690583
WHAT THE FUCK IS ALL THIS.
THEY HAVE A FIRETEAM?
WELL THAT'S HARDLY FAIR.

EVERYONE HERE? NO? GODAMMIT, BADGERS.
AT LEAST WE HAVE REINFORCEMENTS INCOMING.
WE HAVE REINFORCEMENT INCOMING, RIGHT?
>HUNTER-KILLER, TAKE OUT THAT GODDAMN MOCKERY OF A FIRETEAM THAT'S TEARING US APART
>EVERYONE ELSE, ROLLING THUNDER DOCTRINE. NOW!
Badgers, our job here is done. let's get the hell out and regroup.
>retreat to VA2

>>3690667
ACTING SERGEANT KAINE, ALTHOUGH I WON'T CALL YOUR METHODS INTO QUESTION, I'M REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT THE COURT MARTIAL CERTAINLY WILL.
I MEAN, UNLESS YOU END UP BEING A WAR HERO OR SOMETHING.
THEY DON'T TRY HEROES, I THINK.

==Sokolai==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 9 Notice 8
Gear 1
==Gear==
Nonreq. Munitions
Sepento (2d6; RoF@1; 1AP)
2 Marksmen
2 Sappers
6 Troopers

Rolled 4, 6, 2 = 12 (3d6)

>>3690596
==Specialist Aurai==
AP: 6 || MP: 3(+1) || HP: 12 || Grit: 4 || React: 10 || DR: 3 || Focus (0/12)
==Skills==
Acc: 10 || Close: 12 || Bright: 12 || Notice: 10 || Gear: (0)
==Kit==
Hand1: [Chirni 77] || Deals 1d6+2 damage || Fire rate: 1/3, 2 || Ammo: 40x2 || ???: 3AP (6)
Torso: [AEPP-3] || DR 3 || Consumable use is 3AP
Other: [Personal Arms] || +1 Crit
Other: [Better Boots] || +1 MP
==Talent==
[Abhorrent Soulfire Field] || 1 AP to leech 1 HP from all living things within [Focus/4] range. Can only effect a target once per turn. || Convert 1 HT to 1d3 Animant Fire, manifest at any point in [Focus/4] range. || Leeched HP can be spent immediately on summoning Animant Fire or spent on restoring HP up to maximum. Any unspent points of leech HP are discarded at the end of the turn. || Dead things imbued with enough Animant Fire will rise again under your control.

> 1MP || Scrambling a couple meters further away from the Nightsworn, Aurai manages to position herself in front of a wall of sandbags before turning to face down the Formidable opponant perusing her. || {Move [1x1].}
> 1AP || An unnatural chill washes over the wracked Vahadian lines, sapping lifeforce from the few remaining soldiers. The furious barks of Sokolai's curses accompanies the scattered soulstuff as it is carried back to Aurai, but the specialist pointedly ignores them. || Sources: ~10 || {Drain 1HP from all living beings within [Focus/4] range.}
> 5AP, 1MP || Leveling her hand with the tenebrous champion before her, Specialist Aurai scowls and snaps her fingers causing the air around the incoming NightSworn to ripple, then erupt in a howling conflagration of Animant Fire. || Target: 10+5+1 || {Invoke 'Summon Animant Flame' on the hex @ [3x1], [4x1], [3x1]. The Nightsworn occupying that hex is enveloped by a surging cloud of Animant Flame.}

Rolled 5, 5, 5 = 15 (3d6)

>>3690583
>>3690596>>3690424
"Retracting that statement pilot, let me see if i can call in a intel sweep on your location so you can get a mark..."
>Burn 1 focus for 1 AP
>Move 4.
>1 AP Call in a intel sweep on the ghoul that is currently fucking/attacking pilot ricks walker.
>Move 6,5
>5 AP Using 4 AP channel and use the vitality word 4 times to get 4 vitality energy, and channel 7 *CLOTH* element from my own and the troopers underwear/clothing.
>Shudder as i probably have no skivvies on anymore and the chafing begins...
>1 AP sacrificing 2 cloth energy and 1 vitality energy summon a 8 energy base 3 vitality and 5 cloth based elemental. Intent: Help me (Target skill is 15)


{resonance specialist}
==Dr. Vitae==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 9/10 Grit 2
React 7 Focus 4/12 Threshold 1
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 10 Channeling 12
Bright 10 Notice 10,
Medicine: 11 +1 to first aid actions
Gear 4/4, Energy:
Words: Force, Shock, Vitality
==Gear==
Hand1: C7 Service, 1D6, 12/12, 1/2, Crit 6

>>3690749
sacrificing the energy was for +skill btw if i forgot to state it

>>3690724
"Amnesty for all when we win Sokolai! Amnesty for all!"

>>3690667
"Coordinator what have you done to those poor pytherian troopers..."

>>3690763
"Same thing they did to, well, almost everyone I ever knew. Why?"

Rolled 4, 6, 6, 2, 3, 2 = 23 (6d6)

>>3690596
>1AP: Make sure the Ghoul punching my Chassis is Marked
>2AP: Fire Twin MG at the Ghoul Punching me (+2 MP to ACC)
>4AP: Strafe/Reverse Move: 5555 (Maintain facing)
>6AP: Lock-On and Fire a 5AP+1MP Armor-Piercing Rocket at the Marked/Intel Sweeped Ghoul

==Rick==
INT 10 DR 8 Seats 1
AMMO 0
Ap 12 MP 3 Focus 12
==Skills==
Bright 8
Acc 10
Notice 10
Close 12 (1d6+Margin)
==Systems==
TwinMG - 2d6+2, 2!, autofire 4 60degrees.
WLaunch - APxD6,
Webber - MultiHook
Scyther - roll close-4, hit fronthexes. If hooked target, no penalty.
SysLink - AoE Mark, 2AP for +1AOE. Marked Targets can be hacked using Bright
[Bad Charms, Worse Breaks]
“ Whup! “
Any damage you would take from collisions is halved. The thing you’re colliding with takes it instead.

>>3690857>>3690596
>>3690583

Vitae saw the MHAT variant chassis barreling towards him and as hit the hazocom and burst through the building vitae screamed and started running.
>Blow 3 focus for 3 AP
>Retreat to [VA2] while screaming

Rolled 5, 6, 1, 4, 3, 4 = 23 (6d6)

>>3690596

"CLIFF WALKERS! WHAT IN HELL'S NAME ARE YOU DOING? YOU'RE ON OUR SIDE! NOW GET THAT DARK GUNK OUT OF YOUR MINDS AND WAKE THE FUCK UP!
ALRIGHT YOU TRUSTY RATS! PATCH YOURSELVES THE UP! THAT'S SHRAPNEL IN YOUR VEINS NOT MORPHINE! SAPPER SAL HAND OUT THOSE KITS!"

>1AP : [Trust Me On This One] The body has been drilled for instructions from a Co, therefore I should be able to get some sense out of these Gauntrooper; vs Bright-8
>1AP : Use authority to get the Gauntroopers in line and stop attacking us; vs Authority-10
>1AP, 2 Gear, All Actives : Patch themselves up with medkits (1 gear); [Wire It] add light element to the medkits to prevent darkness (1 gear)

==Catherine, FT Rats==
AP 3 MP 3
Ht 11/12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 9 Close 8
Bright 8 Notice 8
Gear 0
==Gear==
[Sepento] 2d6 | RoF@1 | 1AP
- Specials: +1 Bleed effect
- Nonreq Munitions: +1d6
2 Vets
1 Sapper
1 Troopers

>>3690596
>>3690583
>>3690925
Wait wait Wait. Sorry Sorry wrong
>The directions are NOT I repeat NOT 5555. Its supposed to be 6666. The Compas keeps fucking with me jesus
>REVERSE 6666 NOT 5555

Rolled 2, 3, 6, 3 = 14 (4d6)

>>3690667
>>3690596
Tsss.
The night wind can always carry one more scream.

>Primary body - trencher
>Move 222, say hello to Hazocom
>6! Hijack the Legio 6x[3 2] 3 (+3 Ap, -6 dist, vs 9)
>If successful, don't do anything and pretend nothing happened.

[Current primary host - trencher]
[Other hosts - none]
==The Hijacker==
AP 6 MP 3 DR 4
Ht 12 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 12
==Skills==
Acc 11 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 3
==Gear==
Hand1: Veritas 8/8 16 (2!, 1d6, 1/1 0.25, blast, melee fire)
SecPlate
[Mindjack]

Rolled 6, 2, 3, 6, 2 = 19 (5d6)

>>3690724
THIS IS IT, PEOPLE. YOU HEARD THE MAN WITH STARS ON HIS HELMET. GET YOUR PACK AND YOUR GUTS AND YOUR GUYS AND YOUR GUNS AND YOUR COURAGE AND LET'S

GO!

>>3690596
Good job everyone, now that the pytherians are retreating its once again up to us and us alone to fight the nightgaunts back.
> Sprint 323 222 344 33

==Groat==
AP 6 MP 3
Ht 10 Grit 4
React 9 Focus 7
==Skills==
Latent Psionic
Acc 10 Close 12
Bright 12 Notice 10
Gear 6
==Gear==
Hand1: Chirni 77 (40)
Body: AEPP-3

>>3690596
>-Check if gear is Ok
>Deploy at VA1

==Kang, Fireteam {YinYang}==
AP 3 MP 4
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 10
==Skills==
Acc 8 Close 8
Bright 8 Notice 8
Gear 4
Medecine 11
==Gear==
[Sepento] 2d6 | RoF@1 | 1AP
- Specials: +1 Bleed effect
- Nonreq Munitions: +1d6
•Sec Plate (+1 Dr)
•Better Boots (+1MP)
•Field Kits
==Fireteam Composition==
-2 Veterans
-3 Sappers
-3 Troopers

>>3690960
Got it, pilot. This happens.

LET’S HIT THE DIRT, MEN!
>Deploy at Va1

==Yarrick, FT Hammer==
AP 3 MP 5
Ht 12 Grit 2
React 6 Authority 11
==Skills==
Acc 8 Close 8
Bright 8 Notice 8
Gear 10
==Gear==
Hand1: Sepento (1d6; RoF@1; 1AP)
Ceremonial sabers
Breach and clear training
==Composition==
6 Breachers
4 Troopers
1 Sapper

>>3692269
Gear is absolutely within regulation, coordinator.

>>3692352
Confirmed, Yarrick. We're deploying Hammer on your go...