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1998 16:27:21 -0500)
Subject: Turn 3
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> Cheetax growls and reveals all her teeth.
> > "So! So will all fare agains the Sons of the Tiger!" the tiger head
> > wearing youth exults. "Run, monster, run home to your cubs - or I can
> > do worse! Run!"
>
> "I not run. You hurt these other people, I protect them. YOU LEAVE!"
"Hark, she speaks!" Virgil exclaims. "Not very well, mind you. Clearly the
product of a public school education..."
"Yo, Virgil, m'man," the Doctor interrupts, "stop makin' a fuss. If
she didn't talk weird, she wouldn't join us."
> I will prepare myself for an attack, since this person is possibly edgy.
>
> If he attacks I will set myself and prepare for his attack. When he
> gets close Cheetax will acrobatically leap up and over the "Tiger head"
> attacker. When landing behind the guy, Cheetax will swing around
> back-handing him across the face (pull attack- 1/2 BODY, full STUN).
> Cheetax will then riducule him, "Tiger Sons are still cubs. Come back
> when grow up."
[ Good. This is how "held actions" work in Hero System: when your
phase comes around, you can wait and try to take your action later,
when a specific event occurs. You have to describe what event you are
waiting for, and what your action will be, as you did. If you want to
take your action *before* a specific event, rather than just *after*
it, you will need to win a DEX contest to go first rather than second.
Just FYI.]
> If he responds with something that hints that he is not involved in the
> attack but rather the other guys are the "bad guys" then Cheetax will
> stop and try and figure out what is happened.
>
"What?" exclaims the blue clad youth. "We aren't hurting the pequenos
- we are protecting them! These scum thet YOU are working with sell
them drugs, get them hooked, then exploit them! They take their money,
force them into gangs..."
"A complete misreprentation of the facts, I assure you, madam." says
Virgil. "As you rightfully deduced upon your arrival at the scene,
these ruffians were assaulting ourselves and our young friends to whom
we were merely giving gifts. No money changed hands, I assure you, and
any force, as you can see, came from these masked hoodlums. Don't
listen to a word this scoundrel says, and help us to grind him and his
accomplices into the dirt. Be careful, they are clearly the epitome of
evil, and if they are not shown the error of their ways, not a child
around these parts will be safe."
> As the Dr. D and Virgil approach me [if I see them] I will shout to them
> "Leave. Be safe. I will protect you."
Doctor D. loudly agrees. "Right on mama! That's the way to go. Protect
us and the kids, and make the masks eat crow." He pulls free a
particularly long and solid looking chain from among his jewelry,
wraps an end a few times around his hand, and leaves a substantial
length swinging free.
Foulmouth ignores the conversation behind him, hefts his blackjack,
and pads up behind the woman tending her injured friend.
[ NPC Stealth roll: 6. NPC PER roll 9. Normally, no Stealth would be
possible, and no PER roll would be necessary to notice someone you
just dealt with seconds ago walking up behind you - however she is
distracted by her work.]
[ Phase 9: ]
The woman with the tiger's left paw pendant spins at Foulmouth's
approach, gasps, jumps to her feet, and punches him. It's a solid hit,
and Foulmouth grunts and utters an expletive, but is not fazed.
[ J rolls 8, hits. Damage 21 STUN, 6 BODY. 3d6 roll 12 (Martial
attack) - no Knockback.]
The fallen tiger's right paw remains unconscious.
[ Phase 10: Cheetax, your action!]
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
00 _______________________________________________________
01 |L_\_/__________TT______L_..____________________TT___L|
02 | |-T - * * * TTTTTTT * * r \ / * * * * * TTTT | |
03 | |/ \ TTT TO . ---T-- TTTTT | |
04 | |* \ C . /|\ TT *| |
05 | |* \ / . ] | \ *| |
06 | |* --T--- H V. T T *| |
07 | |* /|\ \ / D . ] FJKTTTTT *| |
08 | |* / | \ --T-- . T T *| |
09 | | [ ] / \ . | |
10 |L| . . . . |L|
11 B| | . . . . . | |
12 B| :b . .w. . . f . . . | |
13 | | . . . . . . . | |
14 | |TT . . . | |
15 | TTT [ . . . . .g. . . . . . . . . . . .: |
16 | |TTT ] [] ] | |
17 | |* T T \ / T \ / *| |
18 | |* TTTTTX ---T--- TTTTT ---T--- *| |
19 | |* TTTTT / \ T / \ *| |
20 | |_*_*_*_*_*T*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_| |
21 |L_________________________L_________________________L|
B - parked car (2+ hexes) f - broken water fountain
: - park gates 0 - round picnic table, on its side
. - paved path [ - bench skeleton
* - bush [] - rectangular picnic table
--T-- - skeletal dead tree TTTT - leafy living tree
g - bag L - streetlamp
C - Cheetax (11,04), ready to pounce again
b - Black kid (03,12), at West gate
r - Hispanic kid, bag (16,06), at North gate
w - White kid, bag (06,12), running West
H - Tiger head (10,06), watching C, D, and V
K - Tiger left paw (23,07), unconscious
J - Tiger right paw (23,07), fighting F
D - Doctor D. (14,07), watching H and C
V - Virgil (15,06), watching H and C
F - Foulmouth (22,07), fighting J
X - Hidden person (09,18), staying hidden
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