OD 7.15.2003 [6:17 p.m.]

....ommmfggg.

i went to work.

i came back.

the combat went WAY wrong. the fang Thrall'd on james. almost killed james. james killed her. barny healed james.

MEANWHILE.

three fuckin banes. rage 7/wp 7/gnosis 7/essence 15.

JUMP DECKER'S FRENZYING ASS.

TOGETHER.

AT ONCE.

and this is when i come back in.

UTTER. CHAOS.

was DEAD SURE he was a goner for a minute. here's the dice log:

Decker retro - Troll Skin: 4,2,2,10,6,1,8,2,7,

Decker reroll 10: 5,

*resist pain on (-1WP)

*troll skin on (+3)

*flame on (+2)

*1 WP to drop outta frenzy (-1WP)

*1 gnosis to activate fetish (-1 gnosis)

*eagle's strength

ROUND ONE

bane 1 attacking: 5,2,3,3,2,2,7,

bane 2 attacking decker: 4,9,5,5,8,4,4,

bane 3 attacking decker: 9,8,4,6,4,2,8,

bane 1 damage decker: 1,6,3,5,9,5,4,

Decker soak 1: 3,2,10,8,4,2,7,8,4,6,3,1,

bane 2 damage decker: 10,3,7,3,2,6,4,1,

bane 3 damage decker: 1,5,5,6,6,8,4,4,1,1,

Decker soak 2: 5,10,4,8,7,5,10,5,6,3,1,5,

--no damage.

ROUND TWO

reflexives: 4 rage to extra actions. fetish is activated from last round. resist pain is on, so's troll skin and flame, and eagle's might.

action 1: spur claw to bane #1 (-1 rage)

action 2: spur claw to bane #2 (-1 rage)

action 3: axe bane #3

action 4: axe bane #3 (or 2 if 3's dead)

action 5: axe bane #3 (or 2 if 3's dead)

Decker spur claws: 10,5,3,2,4,3,5,4,1, - fail!!!!!!

bane 1 attack decker: 9,2,3,9,2,5,1,

bane 2 attack decker: 2,6,1,9,6,2,10,

bane 3 attack decker: 6,8,4,2,9,10,6,

bane 1 damage decker: 8,8,2,6,10,5,10,

decker soak: 8,8,2,5,4,5,6,7,7,10,7,6,

bane 2 damage decker: 9,3,2,7,5,10,9,9,9,

decker soak: 3,5,1,6,1,4,10,8,2,2,9,1, - 5 damage [OUCH!!!!!]

bane 3 damage decker: 6,10,9,2,7,5,5,6,5,9,8,

decker soak: 7,8,8,4,3,1,1,3,8,2,9,3, - 4 damage: 9 total [FUUUUUCK!!!!]

decker rage: 9,9,9,1,9,6,6,2, (+1 WP: 4 succ, 3 damage total)

[so at this point, i think i'm FUCKED for sure. and ironically, my biggest worry was "awfuck, mei's gonna KILL me..." and after that, "shit, i never even got in a last scene..."

man. heh. near-death experiences? even with chars? makes you realize what's important and what's not. if he'd died, i would've struck 20 random scenes from his log if i could just put one more 1hps w/ imogen in there]

decker activated axe: 4,6,8,6,1,4,4,10,

decker damage: 10,10,9,2,7,7,7,3,5,4,8,3,9,1,2,6,9,4,

bane 3 soak: 10,9,3, (8 essence remaining)

decker axe on bane 3: 2,1,7,4,4,7,8,6,

decker damage: 4,8,10,1,10,1,3,8,1,1,3,5,8,5,8,1,7,6,

bane 3 soak: 9,3,6, (7 remaining)

decker axe on bane 3: 4,7,5,7,8,4,2,7,

decker damage : 7,3,10,9,6,4,8,8,2,2,4,5,2,8,9,6,3,3,9,

bane 3 soak: 6,10,1, (dead)

[i'm thinkin: SHIT. it took like 3 hits to kill ONE, and pretty soon two are gonna jump his ass again.]

decker axe on bane 2: 1,5,8,10,6,7,10,9,

reroll those motherfucking 10s: 9,3, <--so much for objective tone *LOL*

decker damage: 3,2,9,8,1,7,4,4,3,1,9,6,8,8,10,5,1,3,8,8,

bane 2 soak: 5,8,10, (10 left)

[TEN!!! MEI, I THOUGHT HE WAS A GONER! *LMAO*

but THEN:]

decker axe: 7,5,1,7,4,10,7,9,

reroll 10: 4,

decker damage: 1,7,10,8,6,10,10,3,10,9,7,8,7,8,5,6,8,3,10, (BOOYEAH!) <--that was the actual thing i wrote in my dice log. and i still agree. BOOYEAH! soak that motherfucker!

bane 2 soak: 7,1,2, (dead)

[and then there's one left. and i'm breathing a little easier. especially when...]

bane attacking decker: 10,7,4,6,6,7,5,

bane damage decker: 7,1,1,8,2,6,10,3,2,10,3,

decker soak: 3,9,5,2,9,4,6,7,10,7,1,7,

[...all the fuckin' damage is SOAKED! UNH!]

decker axe: 3,6,6,8,2,2,9,3,

decker damage: 3,9,1,10,4,4,2,4,1,3,9,1,5,1,6,7,1,6,6,

bane soak: 6,9,6, (no damage)

[a bit worried again, since that roll SUCKED ASS]

decker axe bane 1: 9,1,4,2,9,7,7,10,

decker reroll 10: 1,

decker damage: 3,9,2,10,7,3,8,7,3,2,7,6,9,3,6,6,7,5, [...but that. ROCKED. 11 f'ing damage.]

bane soak: 2,2,4, (4 left)

decker axe: 4,3,5,10,8,4,10,6,

decker reroll them fuckin 10s: 10,2,

decker and again: 1,

decker damage: 3,8,8,10,7,2,3,4,2,7,7,6,2,1,8,10,4,2,2,7,

bane 1: dead.

[..with one action left over!]

Barny MT james: 7,10,8,10,6,7, (needs 3 succ to save james - and BOOSH!)

....shhhheeeiiittt.

*finishes panicking*

my god. heh. i probably woulda pitched a fit if he had died? but i told mike in the middle of all the rolling that no matter how it turns out, and no matter how big a tantrum i might throw: it was FUN as HELL.

and it WAS.

that's the shit we gotta do. at least once in a while, you know? THAT gets the fear of god (or death or whatever) back in us the players, and the chars.

MAN.

*is like, on a f'ing adrenaline high*

all right back to work! see you tomorrow? i'll be on before 3:30ish, and might be back around 5-5:30ish.

-Damon