Episode 2.01: Brushfire!

[Davy, aka GM]

Kowalski stops and scans ahead. He swears he saw something move in the rocks to the right. He tells the others to stand by and takes a step forward. The specialist sees the flash and smoke from a musket, followed almost immediately by the crack of the shot.

Kowalski instinctively dodges right, but isn't prepared for the second shot that immediately follows.

OOC: With the ambush, the Apellans will take the initiative to start the skirmish.

Spending 2 Threat to counter the Turning Tide Complication. These elite warriors are unfazed by the greater fortunes of the battle.

Apellan Elite Warrior "r" Control + Security (10/3) Assist

Rolled 1d20 : 5, total 5

Invoking Pack Tactics to grant 1 bonus Momentum to successful hit by ally. Invoking Quick to Action to Retain the Initiative at no cost. Apellan Elite Warrior "v" takes the next turn. Adding 1 Momentum to Create Opportunity

Apellan Elite Warrior "v" Control + Security (10/3) vs. Difficulty 2

Rolled 2d20 : 1, 16, total 17

Remaining Stress
Treyva 10
Cole* 17 11
Ally 14
Tann-Tyra 14
Kowalski 12 9
Dietrich 12

Kowalski and Dietrich have Control 10, Daring 10, Fitness 9, Command 2, Security 2, and Medicine 1. Their stat line for the Repeater is Ranged, 5 [CD], Vicious 1, Deadly.

Damage Taken
AEW-M 0
AEW-N 0
AEW-P 0

AEW-r 0
AEW-u 0
AEW-v 0
AEW-w 0

Current
Momentum 4 (1 pending, from AEW-v)
Threat 2

Well-Oiled Machine Advantage (when a PC or supporting character assists a PC on a shipboard task)
More Aggressive Strategy Advantage (Tyreen)
Educated Guess Advantage (when using ship's sensors to actively scan for cloaked ships)
Help Is On the Way Advantage (Styles' landing party in the current battle, representing Tyreen reinforcements)

Weapon: Repeating Rifle (ranged, 3+Sec [CD], Vicious 1, Deadly)

[Davy, aka GM]

OOC: 3 Successes vs. Difficulty 2. Success, plus 1 Threat generated. 1 bonus Threat from Pack Tactics makes a total of 2 Threat.

AEW-v 17.5mm Musket Damage 6[CD]

Rolled 6d6 : 5, 6, 5, 2, 4, 5, total 27

[Davy, aka GM]

OOC: 6 damage, plus 4 effects, for a total of 10 Stress to Kowalski. He takes an Injury for taking 5 Stress, and takes another Injury for being reduced to 0 Stress.

This is a crucial moment for Kowalski. If he doesn't avoid the first injury, the second will kill him immediately. You folks can either choose to spend 2 Momentum (or add 2 Threat) to avoid it, or create a Complication for Kowalski to avoid it. How do you want to proceed?

[Nolmir]

OOC: Ouch! We don't have a shortage of Momentum, so I don't see a problem with spending 2 for Kowalksi.

[Patrick Goodman]

Concur. Spend 2 Momentum to avoid the first injury.  Take a Complication to avoid the second.

[Davy, aka GM]

OOC: He can only avoid one injury at a time, and would have to succeed on a Recovery task to be able to avoid another. He has no choice but to take the 2nd Injury. Avoiding the first just mean he isn't instantly dead.

[Patrick Goodman]

Ah. Misunderstood there. I think spending the Momentum to keep him from dying is the way to go.

[Davy, aka GM]

OOC: Since we have 3 (Steve chimed in over FB Messenger) votes to save Kowalski, I'll move forward with that.

The round slams into Kowalski's body an instant after the crack is heard; a mist explodes through the upper left quarter of his torso, and the petty officer goes down in a heap where he stands.

OOC: Okay, you folks can now act. Who is up? So far, only "r" and "v" have presented themselves. They have 2[CD] of cover. The others have 4[CD] of cover.

Remaining Stress
Treyva 10
Cole* 17 11
Ally 14
Tann-Tyra 14
Kowalski 12 9 0 Injury
Dietrich 12

Kowalski and Dietrich have Control 10, Daring 10, Fitness 9, Command 2, Security 2, and Medicine 1. Their stat line for the Repeater is Ranged, 5 [CD], Vicious 1, Deadly.

Damage Taken
AEW-M 0
AEW-N 0
AEW-P 0

AEW-r 0
AEW-u 0
AEW-v 0
AEW-w 0

Current
Momentum 3
Threat 4

Well-Oiled Machine Advantage (when a PC or supporting character assists a PC on a shipboard task)
More Aggressive Strategy Advantage (Tyreen)
Educated Guess Advantage (when using ship's sensors to actively scan for cloaked ships)
Help Is On the Way Advantage (Styles' landing party in the current battle, representing Tyreen reinforcements)

Weapon: Repeating Rifle (ranged, 3+Sec [CD], Vicious 1, Deadly)

[Davy, aka GM]

OOC: Fun Fact: The image I used for the map is an overhead map view comes from the area around the Iverson Movie Location Ranch, where several westerns were shot. (I liked the look of the two rock formations better than anything I could find around Bell Ranch and Chatsworth Peak, where "A Private Little War" was shot.)

[Renny]

OOC: Given that one of Cole's values is "The safety of the crew is my top priority", i'd like Cole to run forward to reach Kowalski and provide cover for him.

[Renny]

OOC: I guess he'll use his minor action to move and then render first aid with the task.

[Davy, aka GM]

OOC: I'll allow you to take a point of Determination by invoking "The Safety of the Crew..." against Cole, since he's running out into the line of fire to stabilize his crewman.

You have two choices on how this affects you:

1. Your Difficulty to perform First Aid on Kowalski is raised to 2, or
2. The enemy's Difficulty to attack you this round is decreased to 1.

Pick your poison, Renny.

[Renny]

OOC: I'll take the increase to Difficulty on the 1st Aid roll. I can mitigate this whereas if Cole gets hit, then he's not going to be able to help Kowalski so that would seem the better choice.

[Davy, aka GM]

OOC: Okay, Daring + Medicine vs. Difficulty 2, then.

[Renny]

OOC: Can I spend my point of determination to buy an extra D20 in this situation?