WM/Treks/Log 2-2

Narrator: The delvers are approaching an eerily abandoned town beneath a cloudless but windy sky at high noon. Ahead of them, Shelly can sense Angry Ghosts approaching to kill them.
Shelley: "Beware! Angry ghosts!"
Marik: "As opposed to all those friendly, chummy ghosts you hear about, the sort that just want a hug."
Shelley: "They're usually more mopey."
GM: Feel free to locate yourself on the map. There's more buildings around, but Shelley is pretty sure that the area you are currently in is beyond their fetter range.
Shelley: I'm still loading, one minute.
Ghazeb: ((me too, loading.))
Shelley: 6 left.
Shelley: Done.
Shelley: Just got like 3 minutes of chat messages at once. 
Marik: I see a distressing lack of cover.
** Marik hides behind Clyde, off to one side in case the idiot thing kicks. **
Shelley: Goombas out front?
Marik: Stealth: [3d6.skill(18,-10)] => [4,1,5] = 10 vs (8) or less Failure! by 2 
Marik: Yeah, no.
GM: What are you guys doing?
Ted: how many ghosts we talking about here?
Shelley: Negotiating positions to stand in I think. Marching order.
GM: A large number. At least as twice as many as you.
Ghazeb: "How do we kill ghost?"
** Thasos shrugs at Ghazeb. **
Beltarne: I cast "Affect Spirits" on Wolfgang's Axe
Ted: "They look kind of see through"
** Shelley quickly looks up Solidify. **
Wolfgang: "Thanks, would that work on the shield so I can block them?"
** Thasos hold up his meteor hammer and looks at Beltarne questioningly. **
Beltarne: And Thasos' Hammer.
Beltarne: "It would, but it'd also be very tiring."
Ghazeb: "Me too."
** Marik glances over at Shelley. "You're supposed to be able to talk to them, aren't you?" **
GM: Beltarne - spend 8 fatigue to cast the two spells and make your rolls.
Shelley: "Yes, and they're more likely to listen, too. I can't guarantee it however."
GM: Everyone - remember, you have an hour's fatigue from marching already.
Beltarne: Affect Spirits (Holy) (16) [3d6.skill(16,1)] => [1,3,4] = 8 vs (17) or less Success! by 9 Includes: +4 from 'Power Investiture (Holy)'
Shelley: "I can force them, one by one, to enter this world."
Beltarne: Affect Spirits (Holy) (16) [3d6.skill(16,1)] => [5,5,5] = 15 vs (17) or less Success! by 2 Includes: +4 from 'Power Investiture (Holy)'
Wolfgang: ((I think you can cast that on a person, not just their weapon))
Shelley: and I'm glaring at my two unspent points and wishing I'd bought Affect Spirits.
Beltarne: ((You can, but then the person affects the spirit, not the weapon))
Shelley: To go with that Savoir Faire.
Shelley: That I also wish I'd bought.
Wolfgang: ((oh, seems like equipment would be included, odd))
Marik: "Great, so. In? Out? Fight? Talk? I got you here, you people get to make the decisions."
Shelley: "I have a silver dagger someone can borrow."
Beltarne: "I've got another trick up my sleeve, my feline friend. The spells are just for insurance."
Shelley: "And when all else fails, I can Turn them back."
Shelley: "Probably."
Wolfgang: "Lets make sure our horse is safe, then lets clear them out."
Shelley: "One by one, again."
Shelley: Erk, correction I can't solidify them. Jeebus that's expensive.
Wolfgang: "You sound like you have a plan Beltarne, right?"
Shelley: "Should I be moving to one side, here?"
Ghazeb: "Oh good a plan. For a moment i was worried."
Beltarne: "Kind of"
Marik: ((AFK phone))
Beltarne: "An idea really. I can turn them, but they can solidify and ignore that. But, that means you can harm them. So I figure Wolfgang and Thasos can deal with any that don't solidify and the rest of us can deal with those that do to get close. And who knows, maybe they'll be susceptible to reason."
** Thasos nods. **
Wolfgang: "Heh, right, reason. The rest sounds good though."
** Shelley draws a wavy bladed, silver-edged knife the size of a shortsword. **
Shelley: "Silver is modestly effective against them even when they are nonphysical."
Beltarne: ((Oh is that right, Rambo?))
Wolfgang: any of the spirits near?
Shelley: (( They'll listen to Reason if it uses silver bullets... ))
Thasos: ((What good is a rope, huh?))
Beltarne: ((Dirty Harry as a Ghost Breaker, squueee!))
GM: There's a bunch of spirits bouncing around about 30 yards to the south, apparently hitting an invisible wall.
Wolfgang: ((Totally gonna call my new polearm that if I can afford one))
Wolfgang: "Lets go."
Narrator: Wolfgang flies forward, then everyone marches to meet him.
Beltarne: Hobble Clyde and follow
Angry Ghosts: Howls from the ghosts of rage and hatred. "We'll kill you! We'll kill you all!"
** Wolfgang slows down **
Beltarne: ((Heh))
** Thasos points in the direction of the howls. **
Wolfgang: "Oh, like I've never heard that, why so angry?"
Angry Ghosts: "Face us, living ones! Come and fight! We will kill you!"
Ghazeb: "I'm to wait until they turn solid yes?"
Angry Ghosts: "Unfair! Unjust! Betrayed! Our futures stolen! We will take yours! Face us! Come and fight! Come and fight!"
GM: By the way, I'd have to rule that as a challenge offered.
Shelley: "We offer Justice instead of a fight!"
Beltarne: "Why are you trapped here? Is there any way to free you from your torment?"
Wolfgang: ((keeping pace, but not gonna move in 4 increments
Angry Ghosts: "Death to the living! We cannot live, you shouldn't either!"
Beltarne: ((Emily, your script for FP/HP display in the status window is borked))
GM: Don't some people have relevant vows?
Wolfgang: yes, which one was it?
GM: "Never refuse a challenge to combat" They're all shouting it.
Shelley: (( thanks, fixed. ))
Wolfgang: yah, so I can pick which to attack then
GM: Certainly, you can even arrange terms if you don't take too long.
Wolfgang: do they look different? more/less solid?
GM: Nope, they're pretty insubstantial looking right now.
Shelley: You'll need to acknowledge at least though I think.
Wolfgang: "You want a duel? I win, the rest tell us what we want to know!"
Angry Ghosts: "No deal! No deal!" A few of them become slightly more solid looking and begin staring at the ground.
** Wolfgang points at the most solid looking one **
Wolfgang: get within a yard, then step and SA
GM: By the way, the dark area is filled with rubble, so you movement costs are doubled and you can't retreat.
Wolfgang: then step back :)
Shelley: Oh. Good to know.
GM: Alright, Wolfgang.
GM: Looks like we're starting a fight.
GM: Everyone where they want to be?
Shelley: Fixed. Good footing good!
Thasos: yes
Beltarne: I'm good
Marik: I am totally where I want to be. >.>
Ghazeb: rdy
Wolfgang: yar!
GM: Wolfgang, roll a single die.
Shelley: Skull tipped wand is in my shield hand, silver sword in my main. Go cheap ass silver go.
Wolfgang: [1d6] => [4] = (4)
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeisting [1d6] => [2] = (2)
GM: Okay, step and make your attack. Go!
Wolfgang: Signature Attack feint [3d6.skill(20,0-2)] => [2,3,1] = 6 vs (18) or less Critical Success! by 12 [B556] attack [3d6.attack(20,0-2)] => [6,5,5] = 16 vs (16) or less Success! by 0 (Auto DA for -2/-1)
Angry Ghosts: Resist feint [3d6.skill(14)] => [5,6,3] = 14 vs (14) or less Success! by 0 
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) [3d6+1] => [1,1,1,1] = (4) cut
Angry Ghosts: Dodge! [3d6.skill(9,-14)] => [2,5,1] = 8 vs (-5) or less Critical Failure! by 13 [B556]
Wolfgang: wow
** Wolfgang hopes for a max damage result **
Angry Ghosts: Hold concentration [3d6.skill(12,-3)] => [6,6,2] = 14 vs (9) or less Failure! by 5 
Marik: ((You didn't get a critical hit, you got a critical feint.))
Beltarne: ((Falls prone on a crit failed dodge, yeah?))
Narrator: Wolfgang slashes forward, knocking the ghost to the ground with his enchanted blade.
Wolfgang: ((yah, but he critfailed his dodge))
Shelley: yar. Critfail on a parry is like a critical miss on a weapon attack though.
Wolfgang: ((knockdown is good))
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: move
Wolfgang: ((can I split my step like that? it is munchie))
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
Ghazeb: ##
GM: We'll just assume you made a committed attack.
Thasos: step and attack 11 and 12
Thasos: penalties?
Wolfgang: ((well, I'd be doing it a lot, so if no I'll be in range))
GM: -3 for the rapid strike, Thasos.
** Thasos spins up both ends of his chain and sends the weights flying through the air at the ghosts. **
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [2,6,4] = 12 vs (15) or less Success! by 3 
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [3,5,4] = 12 vs (15) or less Success! by 3 
GM: They don't dodge, so roll damage.
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [2d6+3+0] => [1,5,3,0] = (9) cr
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [2d6+3+0] => [5,5,3,0] = (13) cr
Angry Ghosts: "Aieegh!" shouts #12 as it thrown back by the hammer and collapses.
Angry Ghosts: "Oof" says Ghost 11, but stays up.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [28] Hobgoblin Automata) 
Marik: Fast-draw a silver arrow, load, step forward, and Aim at Poltergeist 6.
Marik: ###
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hobgoblin Automata 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
** Shelley shouts "Keep the solid ones away!" **
Shelley: Hobgoblin Automata Wait for a solid one to get in reach.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Beltarne: "Lass, are your "automata" effected by all the normal things one of my profession can do?"
Beltarne: AoD (Double)
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Shelley) 
Beltarne: ###
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) [3d6+1] => [6,3,2,1] = (12) cut
Wolfgang: doh!
Shelley: "Yes! So please don't set them on fire."
Wolfgang: SA again, new feint
Wolfgang: Signature Attack feint [3d6.skill(20,0-2)] => [1,6,3] = 10 vs (18) or less Success! by 8 attack [3d6.attack(20,0-2)] => [4,3,3] = 10 vs (16) or less Success! by 6 (Auto DA for -2/-1)
Angry Ghosts: Resist feint! [3d6.skill(14)] => [1,5,4] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 
Angry Ghosts: Dodge [3d6.skill(9,-4-4-1)] => [5,5,3] = 13 vs (0) or less Critical Failure! by 13 [B556]
Angry Ghosts: doh!
Wolfgang: use the damage above?
GM: Yep.
Narrator: Wolfgang darts forward again, cleaving the prone ghost into a pile of ectoplasmic goo!
GM: second hex of your step takes you?
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Shelley 
(on deck: [24] Angry Ghosts) 
** Shelley steps up and casts Turn Spirit on Ghost 10, Ghost 6 or Polter 3, whoever looks least solid. **
Wolfgang: "Get that solid one in the rubble Thasos"
GM: That'd be Polter 3.
Shelley: Hrm. Actually scratch that. "Advances up, preparing to Turn Poulter 3 NEXT turn."
Shelley: That's a long way to cast.
GM: okay.
 8) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Angry Ghosts 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
** Thasos nods. **
Angry Ghosts: Polter 3 rips a mass of rock and dirt out of the ground and throws it in the area around Wolfgang [3d6.skill(16,4-2)] => [6,2,2] = 10 vs (18) or less Success! by 8 . This is a 2 hex area attack, so it affects Wolfgang's hex and all adjacent ones.
Angry Ghosts: Damage is [3d6] => [5,4,6] = (15) crushing wide-area (DR is average of best and worst)
Marik: (Which means no defenses at all!)
Beltarne: ((He has a step of 2))
Shelley: Yeah, he can actually Retreat out of it.
GM: He has to Drop to retreat from that attack, right?
Marik: Requires a dodge and drop, IIRC.
Wolfgang: so, retreating dodge?
Beltarne: Err, dodge and drop only, I thought
Shelley: Dodge and Drop, tru.
Marik: Yeah. You retreat and drop, you avoid the attack completely.
Shelley: Sorry, my brain does that as a subtype of "retreat"
Marik: But you're prone.
Wolfgang: even for a flyer?
Beltarne: ((And you look awesome, 80's action movie style))
Marik: The rules are unclear on how Dodge and Drop works for a flyer.
Wolfgang: flyers ignore prone pretty much
Thasos: couldn't he retreat up?
GM: Nope, he totally can - p377 "you don't end up prone."
Wolfgang: we get a +1 if we can evade out of the plane
GM: He's good.
GM: For now.
GM: muhaha!
Wolfgang: heh
Beltarne: ((Duh, duh DUUUUUUHHHNNN!!!))
Beltarne: ((Dramatic Gargoyle music))
Marik: Huh. Interesting.
Angry Ghosts: Polter 6 pulls chunks off roof off the building and sends them at the hex between Thasos and Ghazeb [3d6.skill(14,4-2)] => [6,3,4] = 13 vs (16) or less Success! by 3 
Thasos: i can dodge and step?
Ghazeb: I can dodge
Marik: Dodge and drop.
GM: Not being flyers, they do have to Dive for cover if they want to get out - and since this terrain is bad, they need to make Dodge rolls to do so successfully.
Shelley: You two unfortunately aren't flying ya.
Beltarne: ((Flyers are awesome.))
Thasos: Acrobatics (15) [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [6,2,1] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 
Thasos: Dodge (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [1,1,1] = 3 vs (11) or less Critical Success! [B556]
GM: Hey, wait a second - Wolfgang still needs to make a Dodge roll or the effect hits him before he gets away - just reread pp377.
Beltarne: ((Wow))
Ghazeb: Dodge (12) [3d6.skill(12,0)] => [1,3,2] = 6 vs (12) or less Success! by 6 
Wolfgang: ((I think I should still have to roll a dodge, not sure))
** Thasos leaps and rolls over in the air as the boulder sails UNDER him, smashing on the ground behind him. **
Wolfgang: Dodge with Shield (10) [3d6.skill(9,0+3)] => [6,4,1] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
GM: No shield bonus in this case - it's an area effect, ignores the shield.
Beltarne: ((Thasos isn't prone, due to crit success dodge?))
GM: Eh, half damage, but DR is still averaged.
Wolfgang: luck, and I get a +1 I think, yes?
GM: Thasos isn't prone.
Beltarne: ((Just an idear))
GM: What do you get the +1 for?
GM: Oh, multidirectional retreat, sure.
Wolfgang: most flying dodges get it
Wolfgang: Dodge with Shield (10) [3d6.skill(9,-3+1+3)] => [4,3,4] = 11 vs (10) or less Failure! by 1 
** Thasos lands on his feet, one end of his weapon still spinning. **
Wolfgang: Dodge (10) [3d6.skill(10,+1)] => [4,2,1] = 7 vs (11) or less Success! by 4 
Angry Ghosts: Other angry ghosts step back, solidifying as they do.
Wolfgang: by plenty on the last anyhow
GM: [3d6] => [3,1,4] = (8)
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: Get up.
GM: Roll Acrobatics -2
Ghazeb: Acrobatics (16) [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [3,6,1] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 
GM: You quickly roll to your feet.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
Thasos: #11 and #6 are equal distance... can i hit both?
GM: Sure!
** Thasos releases the spinning weight in his right hand while he starts spinning the one in his left, which he soon after releases. Again, the weights fly toward their individual targets. **
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [3,1,1] = 5 vs (15) or less Critical Success! by 10 [B556]
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [6,4,2] = 12 vs (15) or less Success! by 3 
Thasos: oh wow can i have the crit on #6?
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeist dodges and retreats! [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [5,3,3] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
GM: [3d6.crit_hit()] => [4,1,4] = 9 The blow inflicts normal damage. [B556]
GM: No, you rolled for #11 first. Roll damage.
Thasos: fairy nuff
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [2d6+3+0] => [1,4,3,0] = (8) cr
GM: It disperses.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [28] Hobgoblin Automata) 
Marik: Extra effort (extra step) for two steps forward. Fire on Poltergeist 6.
GM: Okay. You figure the range, make the attack.
Marik: Range is 50 hexes, LOS is clear of trees but there look like terrain features in the way - are any of them providing cover?
Marik: Thasos is in the line of fire but not in direct LOS.
GM: We'll say -1 but that's, Thasos is not providing cover.
Marik: Range is -8, cover -1, Acc +3, Aim +2.
Marik: Balanced arrow is also +1.
Marik: Bow (Silver Arrow):</B> Predictive -4/2 [3d6.skill(20,+1+2+3-1-4-8)] => [4,1,6] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 
Angry Ghosts: Dodge! [3d6.skill(9)] => [2,2,3] = 7 vs (9) or less Success! by 2 
Marik: Luck the dodge, he's at -2.
Angry Ghosts: oops [3d6.skill(9,-2)] => [3,5,1] = 9 vs (7) or less Failure! by 2 
[3d6.skill(9,-2)] => [4,4,2] = 10 vs (7) or less Failure! by 3 
Marik: Damage: [1d6+3] => [3,3] = (6) imp silver
Angry Ghosts: Shrieks in pain as your arrow penetrates it and sticks in.
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hobgoblin Automata 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
Shelley: "Stay with me and fend them off!"
Shelley: Hobgoblin automata shuffle forward and Wait.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Beltarne: Move forward and AoD(Dodge)
Beltarne: ###
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Shelley) 
Wolfgang: step 3, committed SA, step back 1
Wolfgang: -2 only on the attack or the feint as well?
GM: On the feint, too.
Wolfgang: Signature Attack feint [3d6.skill(20,-2-2)] => [5,1,5] = 11 vs (16) or less Success! by 5 attack [3d6.attack(20,-2-2)] => [4,2,5] = 11 vs (16) or less Success! by 5 
Angry Ghosts: Resist feint! [3d6.skill(14)] => [2,1,5] = 8 vs (14) or less Success! by 6 
Angry Ghosts: Dodge and retreat! [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [4,5,5] = 14 vs (12) or less Failure! by 2 
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) [3d6+1] => [3,1,2,1] = (7) cut
Angry Ghosts: Resist major wound! [3d6.skill(12)] => [6,4,1] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Shelley 
(on deck: [24] Angry Ghosts) 
** Shelley shoos the cat off the keyboard **
Shelley: Ghost 10 still insubstantial?
GM: semi-solid
** Shelley steps up and Concentrates on the Poltergeist. "Begone, sad one, you have no quarrel with us!" (Turn Spirit, -4 for range, +1 for standard battle casting shouting with FEELING) **
GM: Roll it.
Shelley: Turn Spirit (Deathly) (16) [3d6.skill(16,-3)] => [3,5,5] = 13 vs (13) or less Success! by 0 for [4] => 4 FP
Shelley: Resisted by Will, spent out of ER.
Angry Ghosts: Resist! [3d6.skill(12)] => [4,4,1] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 
Angry Ghosts: "No, we hate all the living! Thieves of fate! Die die die!"
 8) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Angry Ghosts 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeists step back, concentrating, except for #1, who rises out of the ground and becomes semi-solid.
Angry Ghosts: Some ghosts move
Angry Ghosts: Ghosts 5, 6, 9, 10 wait.
Angry Ghosts: "Come you coward! Come to us! Come to your doom, thief!"
GM: [3d6] => [1,6,3] = (10)
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: Move and AoD (X2)
Ghazeb: ###
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
Beltarne: "Thief? What was stolen?"
Thasos: attacking polt #6, at full range of my weapon
Angry Ghosts: "Our lives! Our natural lives!"
** Thasos seems to get tangled up in his chain, but suddenly shrugs his shoulder and one end coils out towards his target. **
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [3d6.skill(18,-4)] => [2,4,6] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 , DECEPTIVE: -2 to attack per -1 target's defense
Angry Ghosts: Dodge and retreat [3d6.skill(9,3-2)] => [2,5,5] = 12 vs (10) or less Failure! by 2 
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [2d6+3+0] => [1,6,3,0] = (10) cr
Narrator: The ghost gets thrown back, the silver arrow burning in it, and collapses.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [28] Hobgoblin Automata) 
Marik: Draw silver; load; move forward.
Server Administrator-> Ping Results: 1676.1 ms (parsed message, round trip)
Marik: ###
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hobgoblin Automata 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
Shelley: Receiving no new orders, the automata shuffle forward another step, keeping up with Shelley. And Wait, biding their time.
Shelley: ***
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Beltarne: Step forward, AoD x2
Beltarne: ###
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Shelley) 
Wolfgang: so, I have to resist bloodlust to not attack P3? or am I OK since I missed?
GM: Poltergeist 3 isn't more wounded than anyone else; you have free options.
Wolfgang: none look more solid than others?
GM: They're all equally semi-solid.
Wolfgang: step, SA, step on G9
Wolfgang: Signature Attack feint [3d6.skill(20,0-2)] => [2,2,1] = 5 vs (18) or less Critical Success! by 13 [B556] attack [3d6.attack(20,0-2)] => [6,4,2] = 12 vs (16) or less Success! by 4 (Auto DA for -2/-1)
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) [3d6+1] => [2,6,4,1] = (13) cut
Angry Ghosts: Interrupts with his wait action, grabs at your axe [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [6,1,4] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
GM: I think you need to parry with your axe before you can attack, shield DB doesn't count.
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) parry [3d6.skill(14,-3+3)] => [4,1,6] = 11 vs (14) or less Success! by 3 
Shelley: Cut his hands off!
Shelley: On your way by!
Angry Ghosts: Resist feint! [3d6.skill(14,1)] => [5,3,2] = 10 vs (15) or less Success! by 5 
Angry Ghosts: Dodge [3d6.skill(9,1-8-1)] => [6,6,1] = 13 vs (1) or less Critical Failure! by 12 [B556]
GM: Damage?
Beltarne: ((Hah!))
GM: oh, sorry you cut him up.
GM: Finish your movement?
Wolfgang: hmm, stay where I am since he is dead
GM: Alright.
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Shelley 
(on deck: [24] Angry Ghosts) 
** Shelley glares fiercely at Ghost 10. "Run, dog!" (Range -1 cuz I'm not able to use the Rod to point, +1 for shouting) **
Shelley: Turn Spirit (Deathly) (16) [3d6.skill(16,-1+1)] => [4,2,3] = 9 vs (16) or less Success! by 7 for [4] => 4 FP
Angry Ghosts: Resist [3d6.skill(12)] => [5,4,1] = 10 vs (12) or less Success! by 2 needs to win by 7
Angry Ghosts: "Noooo! The shields have fallen! They come they come!"
 8) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Angry Ghosts 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
Shelley: Run away for 10 seconds :D
Angry Ghosts: Ghost 5 slams Wolfgang from the right flank [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [4,4,3] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 DA-2/-1
Wolfgang: retreating parry
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) parry [3d6.skill(14,-3+1+3)] => [3,6,2] = 11 vs (15) or less Success! by 4 
Angry Ghosts: flank, second ax parry, DA penalty?
Angry Ghosts: So I think that's (barely) a fail. Take 1 fatigue, 1 toxic damage as his soul-stealing aura steals your soul (cosmic, ignores DR).
Wolfgang: eh? made by 4 so that is DA, no flank since was CC
GM: He slammed you from the flank, that's a -2 penalty.
Wolfgang: um, I don't see the flank
Wolfgang: weapon side, was in front of me
GM: No, he ran to the hex NW of you and then turned in for the slam.
GM: That's why his extra movement sent his SE.
Thasos: he came from where i pointed
Thasos: yeah
Thasos: that
Wolfgang: OK, w/e
Thasos: sort of curved to your flank before going through - i see what mark's saying
Thasos: yep
Angry Ghosts: Ghosts move.
Angry Ghosts: Specifically, Ghost #2 moves out of the ground, fully insubstantial, and steps through Shelley as a slam [3d6.skill(14)] => [4,3,3] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 
Shelley: Parry with the silver weapon!
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeist 1 steps forward, concentrating
Shelley: Retreating Parry even.
GM: Go for it!
Shelley: Long Kris * shortsword thrust parry [3d6.skill(9,0+2)] => [6,2,3] = 11 vs (11) or less Success! by 0 
Shelley: Er, +3 for retreat
Shelley: but yeah.
GM: How much does your dagger weigh?
Shelley: Uh, 1.25 lbs I think. It's a long knife. One sec.
GM: [12/1.25] => 9.6
GM: The weight of the ghost knocks the dagger out of your hand!
Shelley: It's probably ruined.
Beltarne: That's silver for you.
Shelley: Also, "cheap" :D
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeist #3 throws a mass of dirt and rocks between Wolfgang and Epsilon [3d6.skill(14, 4-2-4)] => [3,6,3] = 12 vs (12) or less Success! by 0 
Shelley: Ow my spleen.
GM: Uhm, okay. [1d6] => [3] = (3) on a 2-
** Shelley cowers under her shield. **
Shelley: Not that the shield will help. either.
GM: Nope, just knocked out of your hand. Oh, and huge mass of dirt in the ghosts hex and all adjacent hexes for [3d6] => [1,2,4] = (7) crushing wide area damage.
GM: Wolfgang just retreated?
Wolfgang: Dodge (10) [3d6.skill(10,+1)] => [4,2,3] = 9 vs (11) or less Success! by 2 
Shelley: Hurray 1 DR. 
GM: Can't retreat twice in one turn.
Wolfgang: yah, away from the blast
GM: No, you retreated away from the slam first.
Wolfgang: doh!
** Shelley gets a major wound! **
Shelley: HT (12) [3d6.skill(12,0)] => [2,4,5] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
GM: Oh, and Epsilon's wait should have been triggered by the ghost.
Wolfgang: so average DR?
GM: Yeah, Wolfgang takes 2 damage.
Shelley: True! Epsilon stabs the ghost!
Shelley: Hacks. With an axe.
Shelley: Axe [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [2,4,2] = 8 vs (14) or less Success! by 6 
Angry Ghosts: Ghost 2 dodges! [3d6.skill(9)] => [1,6,6] = 13 vs (9) or less Failure! by 4 
Shelley: Axe [2d6+2] => [2,5,2] = (9) cut
Angry Ghosts: But is insubstantial so nah-nah!
Shelley: Swing and a wiff!
Angry Ghosts: Other ghosts wait.
GM: [3d6] => [4,6,3] = (13)
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: move and AoD
Ghazeb: ###
Angry Ghosts: Ghost 6 steps and swings at you [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [6,5,6] = 17 vs (12) or less Critical Failure! by 5 [B556] DA-2/-1
Angry Ghosts: 
Naturalist
Beltarne [3d6.skill(14,-6)] => [2,6,4] = 12 vs (8) or less Failure! by 4 
Firefly [3d6.skill(15,-6)] => [2,3,5] = 10 vs (9) or less Failure! by 1 
Ghazeb [3d6.skill(10,-6)] => [4,1,4] = 9 vs (4) or less Failure! by 5 
Marik [3d6.skill(11)] => [1,1,3] = 5 vs (11) or less Success! by 6 
Thasos [3d6.skill(10,-6)] => [3,1,6] = 10 vs (4) or less Failure! by 6 
Wolfgang [3d6.skill(10,-6)] => [2,4,3] = 9 vs (4) or less Failure! by 5 
Angry Ghosts: Oops, wrong button
Angry Ghosts: [3d6.crit_unarm()] => [3,3,3] = 9 You lose your balance; you can do nothing else (not even free actions) until next turn, and all defenses -2 until next turn. [B557]
Shelley: Good button though.
Marik: ...That was kind of cool, tho.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
Thasos: MOVE: no attack; may defend
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [28] Hobgoblin Automata) 
Marik: Move.
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hobgoblin Automata 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
Marik: Move. ###
Beltarne: ((Cat attack?))
Shelley: Yeah. Epsilon hacks at the ghost futilely! Delta wishes to step up but it's crowded, so he stands around and Waits. The others move up.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Beltarne: Move up.
Beltarne: ###
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Shelley) 
Wolfgang: rapid strike, rear, no def?
GM: Sure!
Wolfgang: um, new ghost?
Angry Ghosts: Ghost #1 steps out of the ground and attacks with a ghost touch from below! [3d6.skill(14)] => [2,3,3] = 8 vs (14) or less Success! by 6 
Beltarne: ((Wait action, maybe?))
GM: -2 to defend.
GM: shield doesn't help, he's insubstantial
Wolfgang: from below is -2?
GM: Yes, flankish.
Shelley: Like above.
Wolfgang: flying, but OK
GM: COMING OUT OF THE GROUND.
Wolfgang: Dodge (10) [3d6.skill(10,-2)] => [1,4,1] = 6 vs (8) or less Success! by 2 
Shelley: Flying can't save you from everything :D
Wolfgang: one attack each
Wolfgang: then surprise, not flank
Wolfgang: Rapid Strike [3d6.attack(20,0-3)] => [4,2,6] = 12 vs (17) or less Success! by 5 [3d6.attack(20,0-3)] => [5,1,1] = 7 vs (17) or less Success! by 10 
Shelley: Same as the penalty for having a cat land on your head.
Shelley: (normally it's bigger than my cat though.)
Angry Ghosts: Ghost 1 dodges and retreats [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [3,1,6] = 10 vs (12) or less Success! by 2 
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) [3d6+1] => [3,1,3,1] = (8) cut
Angry Ghosts: Ghost 5 gets hurt.
Beltarne: ((You think by now you have Combat Reflexes (Cat attacks only, -80%)?))
Angry Ghosts: Resist major wound [3d6.skill(12)] => [5,6,5] = 16 vs (12) or less Failure! by 4 
Shelley: (( or unphazable ))
Wolfgang: ((I have CR:everything :P)
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Shelley 
(on deck: [24] Angry Ghosts) 
** Shelley takes an all out Defense: Dodge. "Defend me!" **
Wolfgang: step back, since they are trixy
 8) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Angry Ghosts 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
Angry Ghosts: Ghost #2 turns and steps into Wolfgang's hex from the shield flank, punching [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [1,5,1] = 7 vs (12) or less Success! by 5 DA-2/-1
Wolfgang: Dodge (10) [3d6.skill(10,-1)] => [3,4,3] = 10 vs (9) or less Failure! by 1 
Angry Ghosts: Ghost #6 recovers his balance.
Angry Ghosts: does another 1 toxic damage and 1 fatigue
Angry Ghosts: Ghost #1 steps forward and punches Wolfgang [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [1,3,4] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 DA-2/-1
Angry Ghosts: Ghost #10 keeps running away.
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) parry [3d6.skill(14,-3+3)] => [5,2,3] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 
GM: Roll for damaging?
Wolfgang: oops, forgot -1
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) [3d6+1] => [1,2,6,1] = (10) cut
GM: You parry it with your axe blade, destroying it.
Shelley: The ghost, right?
GM: Yes, sorry.
GM: Mass shot on a 1,2 or targeted on Wolfgang or Shelley [1d4] => [1] = (1)
Beltarne: ((Is there currently a ghost inside Wolfgang?))
GM: Yes.
GM: Poltergeist #3 sends rocks and branches hurling down behind Wolfgang [3d6.skill(14,4-4-2)] => [2,1,5] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 and steps back
Shelley: Retreeeeeat! Throwing myself to the ground.
GM: Dodge and drop or catch a lot of damage, you still need to dodge to do it successfully.
Wolfgang: dodge
Wolfgang: Dodge (10) [3d6.skill(10,+1)] => [3,5,3] = 11 vs (11) or less Success! by 0 
Shelley: Shield still counts?
GM: Nope.
Shelley: Or no?
Shelley: Dodge (9) [3d6.skill(9,0 -1 +2 )] => [4,3,4] = 11 vs (10) or less Failure! by 1 
Shelley: That should be +3 for retreat
Shelley: not +2
Shelley: So success by zero!
** Shelley does the short lived victory dance. **
GM: Alpha, Delta?
Beltarne: ((I think the necrotechnician is having a seizure))
GM: Wolfgang got hit by a run-around attack, I think.
Wolfgang: eh?
Shelley: Hm.
Wolfgang: attack came from the front
GM: Attack came from behind you? Opinions from the gallery?
Shelley: If he went through any attached hexes it's a run around attack and counts as one hex facing less bad than it should cuz you can follow them
Wolfgang: AoE have facing?
GM: No, but you, but the main impact was mostly behind you.
Wolfgang: guess I don't know if you can tell it has SFX coming from the ghost
Shelley: Explosions have an origin.
Thasos: yar
Shelley: Straight up AOE doesn't seem to, really. It just happens.
GM: You've been seeing these things - make a Perception check, Wolfgang. Success, no run-around. Failure, run-around.
Wolfgang: Vision (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [6,1,6] = 13 vs (13) or less Success! by 0 
GM: okay, sorry for the confusion.
GM: [3d6] => [5,2,2] = (9)
Narrator: Suddenly, blood fountains from bodies that aren't there and throats that don't exist scream in pain and anguish.
GM: Everyone but Marik can make Fear tests at -3 to resist Mental Stun.
GM: Marik is too far back.
GM: oh, and Alpha and Delta take [3d6] => [2,5,4] = (11) crushing damage, area effect.
Beltarne: Will (14) [3d6.skill(14,+1-3)] => [2,2,3] = 7 vs (12) or less Success! by 5 
Shelley: Resistant to supernatural abilities of the undead help?
GM: Yes, Shelley, yes.
Beltarne: ((Heh))
Shelley: Oh good. As long as it's not evil pixies.
Wolfgang: Will (10) [3d6.skill(10,+5-3)] => [3,6,4] = 13 vs (12) or less Failure! by 1 
Shelley: Fright Check [3d6.frightcheck(14,-3+8)] => [1,2,4] = 7 vs (13) or less Success! by 6 Rule of 14 in effect [B360]
Thasos: ((fear is will + cr?))
Wolfgang: reroll, living large!
GM: Go for it, Wolfgang!
Wolfgang: Will (10) [3d6.skill(10,+5-3)] => [2,2,5] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 
Shelley: yas, plus Fearlessness and Living Large too.
Thasos: Will (11) [3d6.skill(11,+1-3)] => [3,3,3] = 9 vs (9) or less Success! by 0 
Beltarne: ((I ain't afraid of no ghosts!))
GM: Ghazeb?
Thasos: i think we lost him
** Wolfgang is almost afraid but remembers that cute barmaid one night... **
GM: Ewww.
Shelley: Skeleton damage [11-((5+3)/2)] => 7
GM: Vulnerability x2 for crushing?
Shelley: Indeed! x2 = 14
Shelley: 1 HP left on each of them! Smunch!
Shelley: Major wounds!
Ghazeb: Resist stun "no! no blood on Ghazeb's new fur!!!"
Shelley: HT (12) [3d6.skill(12,0)] => [1,6,3] = 10 vs (12) or less Success! by 2 
Shelley: And Delta
Shelley: HT (12) [3d6.skill(12,0)] => [2,5,4] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: Stunned.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
** Thasos hmphs, seeing Ghazeb is stunned. He comes to the rescue. **
Thasos: attacking ghost 6
Thasos: Meteor Hammer [3d6.skill(18,-4)] => [5,2,6] = 13 vs (14) or less Success! by 1 , DECEPTIVE: -2 to attack per -1 target's defense
Angry Ghosts: Dodge and retreat [3d6.skill(9,3-2)] => [2,5,3] = 10 vs (10) or less Success! by 0 
GM: Movement?
GM: Thanks!
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [28] Hobgoblin Automata) 
Beltarne: ((Mark, holy day?))
Marik: I have Perfect Balance. What sort of difficulty do I have on that red stuff to my west?
GM: Order and Chaos, remember?
Beltarne: ((Ah yes))
GM: On balance checks? None but still double movement penalty.
Beltarne: ((High holy day of Escher))
Marik: Move and fire on Ghost 2.
GM: -6 for cover between the tree and the skeleton.
Marik: Range 23 is -6, Move and attack is -2, -6 cover. That's a lot of cover.
GM: Skeleton. Tree.
Marik: Never mind attacking!
Marik: ###
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hobgoblin Automata 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
Shelley: "OW! Just go get the ghosts!"
** Shelley mutters something about attracting fire as the skeletons dutifully take the battle to the enemy. **
Shelley: Beta advances on Ghost 6 and hacks at it unimaginatively.
GM: Make an attack roll, Beta?
Shelley: Axe [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [6,3,3] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 
Angry Ghosts: Ghost 6 dodges! [3d6.skill(9,-2)] => [6,5,2] = 13 vs (7) or less Failure! by 6 
Shelley: Epsilon steps up to Ghost 2 and hacks at it!
Shelley: Axe [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [4,1,4] = 9 vs (14) or less Success! by 5 
Angry Ghosts: Ghost 2 is insubstantial and ignores it.
Shelley: Gamma rushes Ghost 6 with a Wild Swing move and attack!
Shelley: Axe [3d6.skill(9,0)] => [1,2,2] = 5 vs (9) or less Success! by 4 
Angry Ghosts: Ghost 6 dodges! [3d6.skill(9)] => [2,2,4] = 8 vs (9) or less Success! by 1 
Shelley: Alpha flails uselessly at 2
Shelley: Annnd delta...
Shelley: Doesn't have anywhere to stand so he moves into the front line.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Beltarne: "Forgive me lass, I hope your boyos are forgiving." In a much firmer tone, "I command thee to be gone in the name of Tyr, tortured souls!"
Beltarne: Turning.
Beltarne: Will (14) [3d6.skill(14,+4)] => [2,4,2] = 8 vs (18) or less Success! by 10 
Shelley: Wow. They're going to run screaming.
Angry Ghosts: Resist with will! [3d6.skill(12)] => [5,5,5] = 15 vs (12) or less Failure! by 3 at +3 for the semi-solid ones.
Angry Ghosts: well, foo!
Beltarne: Well, hopefully the ghosts choose to solidify.
Shelley: Alpha: Resist with will 9! [3d6.skill(9,0)] => [4,2,6] = 12 vs (9) or less Failure! by 3 
Shelley: Beta: Resist with will 9! [3d6.skill(9,0)] => [6,2,6] = 14 vs (9) or less Failure! by 5 
Shelley: Gamma: Resist with will 9! [3d6.skill(9,0)] => [2,2,2] = 6 vs (9) or less Success! by 3 
Shelley: Delta: Resist with will 9! [3d6.skill(9,0)] => [4,4,3] = 11 vs (9) or less Failure! by 2 
Shelley: Epsilon: Resist with will 9! [3d6.skill(9,0)] => [6,5,2] = 13 vs (9) or less Failure! by 4 
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Shelley) 
Beltarne: ((I have a couple things I'm good at. This is one.))
Shelley: Oh, should I be rolling damage for that axe hit on the angry ghost 6?
Marik: ((Holy fantastic turning roll, Batman!))
GM: Nah, he's diffuse, I trust your ability to do 2 damage.
Shelley: k :D
Beltarne: ((Unfortunately I think I'm now a target))
GM: Wolfgang?
Wolfgang: they move on their turns?
GM: Yep.
Shelley: Unless they were Waiting, possibly.
Wolfgang: OK, SA on g2
Wolfgang: Signature Attack feint [3d6.skill(20,0-2)] => [4,1,4] = 9 vs (18) or less Success! by 9 attack [3d6.attack(20,0-2)] => [5,5,6] = 16 vs (16) or less Success! by 0 (Auto DA for -2/-1)
Angry Ghosts: Resist feint [3d6.skill(14)] => [5,6,4] = 15 vs (14) or less Failure! by 1 
Angry Ghosts: Doesn't dodge, damage?
Wolfgang: Axe (Kopfen) [3d6+1] => [6,6,1,1] = (14) cut
Angry Ghosts: Disperses!
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Shelley 
(on deck: [24] Angry Ghosts) 
Shelley: Stand turn 1: get to knees!
 8) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Angry Ghosts 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
Angry Ghosts: Many ghosts flee in terror.
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeist #1 steps backwards, ripping dirt and rocks out of the ground and moving them over Beltarne.
Beltarne: ((Eep))
Beltarne: So, no possibility of dodge, yah?
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeist 3 flees; Poltergeist #2 steps out of the ground and semi-solidifies
GM: Nothing has happened yet, there's just a big mass of pain over your head.
GM: About 10 yards over your head, really.
Beltarne: Ah.
Shelley: Oh that's a lot of falling damage
Marik: ((He'd have to break concentration to be able to get away from it before it falls, wouldn't he. >.>))
GM: Ghost #6 falls.
GM: Nah, it takes more than a second for something to fall 10 yards.
Angry Ghosts: Ghost #6 flees!
Angry Ghosts: Ghost #5 recovers from stun? [3d6.skill(12)] => [6,6,5] = 17 vs (12) or less Critical Failure! by 5 [B556]
Angry Ghosts: Disperses!
Beltarne: ((Also, turning continues past once I stop concentrating))
GM: Yep.
GM: [3d6] => [5,2,3] = (10)
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: Recover from stun? [3d6.skill(12)] => [5,3,3] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
Thasos: ((checking options))
Thasos: MOVE: no attack; may defend
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [28] Hobgoblin Automata) 
Marik: Move.
Marik: ###
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hobgoblin Automata 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
Shelley: I'm here by the way. Just Um.
Shelley: I think they're all fleeeeeeeing.
Beltarne: Run away!
Thasos: except gamma iirc
Shelley: No, I think he's just fleeing less far?
GM: Oh, right, just run from Beltarne.
Thasos: right, only succeeded by 3
GM: Good enough!
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Beltarne: Okay, so I step towards Poltergeist 1, regarding him with my steely gaze as I make sounds like I'm chewing gravel.
Beltarne: Concentrate.
Beltarne: ###
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Shelley) 
Wolfgang: fly forward and up
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Shelley 
(on deck: [24] Angry Ghosts) 
Shelley: Turn two of standing up! Stand and Ready my Rod in my right hand from my shield hand.
 8) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Angry Ghosts 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeist #1 recenters on Beltarne, releases his rocks, and steps back. Dropping! [3d6.skill(10)] => [5,1,3] = 9 vs (10) or less Success! by 1 
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeist #3 turns and starts concentrating.
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeist #2 steps forward and starts concentrating.
Angry Ghosts: Ghost #6 moves a bit and turns around.
Angry Ghosts: Ghosts wait.
GM: [3d6] => [1,1,2] = (4)
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: "Come back and fight, dead ones!"
Ghazeb: Moves forward, off the dirt.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
Thasos: slamming P1
** Thasos grips his weapon tightly in both hands and charges forward. Just before he collides with the poltergeist, he pulls the chain taut. **
GM: You don't have Grip Mastery, you'll need to either make an all-out attack or take a ready action first.
Thasos: ook
GM: Which?
Thasos: neither
Thasos: different tactic
GM: ?
Thasos: MOVE: no attack; may defend
** Thasos stops on a dime in front of the poltergeist. **
GM: ... ?
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [28] Hobgoblin Automata) 
Marik: Move!
Marik: ###
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hobgoblin Automata 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
Shelley: Move like heck!
Shelley: Thanks mark.
GM: Yep.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Beltarne: Move as well. Out from under the rocks. No longer concentrating.
Beltarne: [1d6] => [6] = (6)
Beltarne: Six more rounds of turning.
GM: Yay!
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Shelley) 
Beltarne: ###
Wolfgang: SA on P1
Wolfgang: Signature Attack feint [3d6.skill(20,0-2)] => [6,6,4] = 16 vs (18) or less Success! by 2 attack [3d6.attack(20,0-2)] => [1,5,1] = 7 vs (16) or less Success! by 9 (Auto DA for -2/-1)
Angry Ghosts: Resist feint! [3d6.skill(14,1)] => [2,3,3] = 8 vs (15) or less Success! by 7 
Angry Ghosts: Dodge and retreat! [3d6.skill(9,3-1+1)] => [6,2,3] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
Angry Ghosts: not concentrating any more!
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Shelley 
(on deck: [24] Angry Ghosts) 
Shelley: Soooo.
GM: ?
Shelley: Uh. Limp up after everyone else I guess. Move!
Shelley: I'm not disarmed any more you can take that off :D
 8) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Angry Ghosts 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
Angry Ghosts: Poltergeists 1,3 flee. #2 steps back and rips dirt out of the ground, moving it over Beltarne and Ghazeb
Angry Ghosts: Other ghosts mostly flee
Angry Ghosts: Except for 6, who absolutely flees.
GM: [3d6] => [5,6,3] = (14)
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: "Move, Beltarne!" Moves and slams Polter #3 [3d6.skill(16)] => [3,1,4] = 8 vs (16) or less Success! by 8 
Angry Ghosts: Dodge! [3d6.skill(9)] => [4,4,3] = 11 vs (9) or less Failure! by 2 
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
** Thasos charges again, his head down, prepared to gore. **
Thasos: DX (16) [3d6.skill(16,0)] => [2,3,3] = 8 vs (16) or less Success! by 8 
Angry Ghosts: Polter 1 dodges! [3d6.skill(9,-1-2)] => [5,6,6] = 17 vs (6) or less Critical Failure! by 11 [B556]
Narrator: Thasos grips his meteor hammer across his body and clothelines the ghost with it. The ghost is ripped in two by the impact and disperses.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [28] Hobgoblin Automata) 
Marik: Move, and fire on Poltergeist 2.
Marik: Range 13 -4, Move and Attack -2, any cover?
GM: -1 for ruined buildings in the way.
Marik: Bow: Predictive -4/2 [3d6.skill(20,+1-4-4-2-1)] => [2,3,4] = 9 vs (10) or less Success! by 1 
Angry Ghosts: Dodge [3d6.skill(9,-2)] => [2,5,5] = 12 vs (7) or less Failure! by 5 
Marik: (I forget whether I get Acc on Move and Attack, didn't want to bother looking it up, took the shot anyway.)
Marik: Damage is [1d6+3] => [4,3] = (7) imp silver
Angry Ghosts: Hold concentration? [3d6.skill(12,-3-5)] => [6,4,3] = 13 vs (4) or less Failure! by 9 
Angry Ghosts: Dropping rocks? [3d6.skill(10-4)] => [6,2,4] = 12 vs (6) or less Failure! by 6 
GM: Scatter? [1d6] => [3] = (3) of [1d6] => [3] = (3) yards
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hobgoblin Automata 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Beltarne: Step north, drop axe, and Ready hatchet
Beltarne: ###
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Shelley) 
Wolfgang: move and rapid strike
Marik: ((Can't.))
Marik: ((Can't rapid strike on a move and attack.))
Wolfgang: ((doh!))
Wolfgang: move up then
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Shelley 
(on deck: [24] Angry Ghosts) 
 8) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Angry Ghosts 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
Angry Ghosts: Polter #3 turns insubstantial and disappears into the earth.
** Thasos holds up a hand, showing with his fingers his kill count. **
Beltarne: ((Son of a gun...))
Angry Ghosts: Actually, all the ghosts flee from sight, turn insubstantial, and drop back into the earth.
Wolfgang: "Bah, cowards"
** Thasos nudges Ghazeb. **
Narrator: For a few moments, the delvers seem to be safe. To the south of them, they can just barely make out a large, ruined temple several blocks away.
Ghazeb: "Ghazeb is fine."
** Marik says nothing, begins looking for his arrows. **
Wolfgang: "Should we go back behind their line and see if they return?"
Marik: ((Normally, I make a point of not bothering to retrieve spent ammo - I throw it, it's gone - but these are expensive.))
Marik: ((Search?))
GM: Search roll, Marik, at -2.
** Thasos grins at Ghazeb, and points at himself. He flexes. **
Marik: Vision-based, by chance?
GM: Sure!
Marik: Search: [3d6.skill(16,-2+2)] => [6,4,1] = 11 vs (16) or less Success! by 5 
Ghazeb: "Killing dead things doesn't count, Thasos. Are you foolish?"
Beltarne: "I think the ones we 'killed' will return by nightfall... perhaps daybreak. That gives us a window to find Scydd, if we wish to.
Thasos: ((not like the arrows would be stuck in any bodies))
** Thasos stops grinning abruptly. **
Marik: "I think if we want answers, retreating back out of town won't get them for us."
Wolfgang: "I was wondering if the ones you scared off will return shortly"
Beltarne: ((Well, the first one he hit the arrow stuck in it.))
** Marik points at the temple. **
** Thasos snorts at Ghazeb dismissively. **
Thasos: ((then he dispersed, poof, arrow drops, right?))
** Beltarne strokes his beard as he collects his axe. **
Beltarne: "Aye, the temple is probably our best bet."
Beltarne: ((Right))
Wolfgang: "OK, you can scare them off again if needed"
Ghazeb: "Ghazeb will flex his muscles if necessary."
** Thasos thumps his chest, not to be outdone. **
Wolfgang: "Remind me to get a silver coated weapon once we're back in town"
GM: Everyone burns fatigue for the fight.