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>>191892
Posey ushered the airponies onwards, and stays in the rear of the group, drawing her sword.
"I may need to hold them off. Get the air ponies to safety. I can catch up later if need be."
Posey ushered the airponies onwards, and stays in the rear of the group, drawing her sword.
"I may need to hold them off. Get the air ponies to safety. I can catch up later if need be."
>>191892
Kira calls in over the radio before Silver and the airponies get to the door. "They're outside the door!" Hearing this, Silver backs the airponies right up to where they were.
Silver: "Well, fuck. No other way out but window. Come on, climb out on rope, and hurry! Others will try to catch you if you fall."
He holds the rope for the airponies to climb down on.
Kira calls in over the radio before Silver and the airponies get to the door. "They're outside the door!" Hearing this, Silver backs the airponies right up to where they were.
Silver: "Well, fuck. No other way out but window. Come on, climb out on rope, and hurry! Others will try to catch you if you fall."
He holds the rope for the airponies to climb down on.
The success of the evacuation is probably best determined by dice rolls...
I'll let you try to see what applies
I'll let you try to see what applies
>>191896
What kind of roll is that? A dexterity check to evade a pursuit? Can I add my initiative bonus?
What kind of roll is that? A dexterity check to evade a pursuit? Can I add my initiative bonus?
>>191897
Wait, Posey is outside of the lighthouse, not inside with the ponies trying to Frequent Wind them. What is she doing exactly?
Wait, Posey is outside of the lighthouse, not inside with the ponies trying to Frequent Wind them. What is she doing exactly?
>>191896
Let's start with Silver making a Strength check to see how well he can hold onto the rope with ponies climbing down it.
[1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]
Let's start with Silver making a Strength check to see how well he can hold onto the rope with ponies climbing down it.
[1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]
>>191898
She's getting ready to defend against potential approaching hostiles and draw their attention away from the group, since it looks like we won't escape in time.
She's getting ready to defend against potential approaching hostiles and draw their attention away from the group, since it looks like we won't escape in time.
>>191900
The soldiers are going into the lighthouse to get the ponies that are in the lighthouse. Posey is outside of the lighthouse at the bottom, presumably out of the line of suppressive fire. She can't exactly defend from that position.
The soldiers are going into the lighthouse to get the ponies that are in the lighthouse. Posey is outside of the lighthouse at the bottom, presumably out of the line of suppressive fire. She can't exactly defend from that position.
>>191902
Okay, where does she need to be to do her job defending the airponies?
Most of her attacks are touch range.
Okay, where does she need to be to do her job defending the airponies?
Most of her attacks are touch range.
>>191906
From my understanding Posey is already outside the lighthouse, at its foot opposite the entrance. If she went around she would expose herself to fire. Whichever angle she covers, Cavaliere will cover the other side, while also keeping an eye on the ponies as they descend to help catch them if needed.
From my understanding Posey is already outside the lighthouse, at its foot opposite the entrance. If she went around she would expose herself to fire. Whichever angle she covers, Cavaliere will cover the other side, while also keeping an eye on the ponies as they descend to help catch them if needed.
Well, if everypony has already left through the window of the Lighthouse...
>>191896
>Evasion And Pursuit
>In round-by-round movement, simply counting off squares, it’s impossible for a slow character to get away from a determined fast character without mitigating circumstances. Likewise, it’s no problem for a fast character to get away from a slower one.
>When the speeds of the two concerned characters are equal, there’s a simple way to resolve a chase: If one creature is pursuing another, both are moving at the same speed, and the chase continues for at least a few rounds, have them make opposed Dexterity checks to see who is the faster over those rounds. If the creature being chased wins, it escapes. If the pursuer wins, it catches the fleeing creature.
>Sometimes a chase occurs overland and could last all day, with the two sides only occasionally getting glimpses of each other at a distance. In the case of a long chase, an opposed Constitution check made by all parties determines which can keep pace the longest. If the creature being chased rolls the highest, it gets away. If not, the chaser runs down its prey, outlasting it with stamina.
So, I guess this can be determined as a group Dex/Con check?
>Evasion And Pursuit
>In round-by-round movement, simply counting off squares, it’s impossible for a slow character to get away from a determined fast character without mitigating circumstances. Likewise, it’s no problem for a fast character to get away from a slower one.
>When the speeds of the two concerned characters are equal, there’s a simple way to resolve a chase: If one creature is pursuing another, both are moving at the same speed, and the chase continues for at least a few rounds, have them make opposed Dexterity checks to see who is the faster over those rounds. If the creature being chased wins, it escapes. If the pursuer wins, it catches the fleeing creature.
>Sometimes a chase occurs overland and could last all day, with the two sides only occasionally getting glimpses of each other at a distance. In the case of a long chase, an opposed Constitution check made by all parties determines which can keep pace the longest. If the creature being chased rolls the highest, it gets away. If not, the chaser runs down its prey, outlasting it with stamina.
So, I guess this can be determined as a group Dex/Con check?
Day Chaser is the first out, directly lowered. Cavaliere jumps out through the window and glides down. Then Posey leaves next, spider crawling down the side of the lighthouse, an action that would draw significant attention were it not for the dim light and obvious other matters that draw attention. Then the green unicorn, who presumably repels down. The white Pegaus jumps out and glides, but he goes relatively far, and seems to be both seen and draws fire from the soldiers. Silver is (presumably) the last one out. If any pony is drawing fire, it's Silver, who must repel down the side of the lighthouse after its central stairwell is being climbed by GRU forces.
>>191912
climbs down*
Is the back of the lighthouse easily visible or is there an incline they could scramble down before too many shots can be fired?
Also, Cavaliere gestures to one of the ponies to carry Day Chaser. If he absolutely has to (he has only bipedal weight limits) he'll carry him himself, but he would be slowed down a lot.
climbs down*
Is the back of the lighthouse easily visible or is there an incline they could scramble down before too many shots can be fired?
Also, Cavaliere gestures to one of the ponies to carry Day Chaser. If he absolutely has to (he has only bipedal weight limits) he'll carry him himself, but he would be slowed down a lot.
>>191912
How far away are the GRU forces right now? I need to know when we get within line of fire or charging distance.
If they get within 120-240 feet, I may need to enter melee with them with a Run action.
Posey takes her next standard action to use her Charnel Touch on herself, conspicuously touching her chest where the last electricity ray hit her, the singed fur returning to its pristine white color.
How far away are the GRU forces right now? I need to know when we get within line of fire or charging distance.
If they get within 120-240 feet, I may need to enter melee with them with a Run action.
Posey takes her next standard action to use her Charnel Touch on herself, conspicuously touching her chest where the last electricity ray hit her, the singed fur returning to its pristine white color.
>>191914
>>191913
>Is the back of the lighthouse easily visible or is there an incline they could scramble down before too many shots can be fired?
There is an incline. It's maybe 30 degrees, increasing immediately by the water. Anything on that slope a little ways is not within line of site of anything a little ways down the slope on the opposite side.
The soldiers have evidently left a machine gun and a fire team on that slope to provide covering fire as a fire team advances to the lighthouse. They are entering the lighthouse to clear it. When they go in through the door, because the door to the lighthouse is in the center and on the ridge, they may see and would have line of site with creatures on the opposite slope, and especially, next to the lighthouse. They would also be very close, certainly melee range. Of course if any party members were on the ridge line, they are in line of fire to the soldiers further down the slope.
>>191913
>Is the back of the lighthouse easily visible or is there an incline they could scramble down before too many shots can be fired?
There is an incline. It's maybe 30 degrees, increasing immediately by the water. Anything on that slope a little ways is not within line of site of anything a little ways down the slope on the opposite side.
The soldiers have evidently left a machine gun and a fire team on that slope to provide covering fire as a fire team advances to the lighthouse. They are entering the lighthouse to clear it. When they go in through the door, because the door to the lighthouse is in the center and on the ridge, they may see and would have line of site with creatures on the opposite slope, and especially, next to the lighthouse. They would also be very close, certainly melee range. Of course if any party members were on the ridge line, they are in line of fire to the soldiers further down the slope.
>>191912
Climb: Silver tries to repel down the lighthouse once everyone else is down as best as he can without being turned into holey cheese.
[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13]
Climb: Silver tries to repel down the lighthouse once everyone else is down as best as he can without being turned into holey cheese.
[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13]
>>191915
>The soldiers have evidently left a machine gun and a fire team on that slope to provide covering fire as a fire team advances to the lighthouse.
Iirc, most machine guns are AoE burst fire weapons, so we can use this to our advantage. If I enter melee with them, they won't be able to shoot me without shooting eachother. I can use that opportunity to disarm or trip them with my halberd, buying us more rounds to escape.
Are they within running distance?
I will distract the enemies using my fear abilities for long enough for the wounded to get to safety. I would appreciate some cover fire from anypony with Precise Shot though.
>The soldiers have evidently left a machine gun and a fire team on that slope to provide covering fire as a fire team advances to the lighthouse.
Iirc, most machine guns are AoE burst fire weapons, so we can use this to our advantage. If I enter melee with them, they won't be able to shoot me without shooting eachother. I can use that opportunity to disarm or trip them with my halberd, buying us more rounds to escape.
Are they within running distance?
I will distract the enemies using my fear abilities for long enough for the wounded to get to safety. I would appreciate some cover fire from anypony with Precise Shot though.
>>191919
I can back you up. We should all be on board with a plan as a team before we try anything, however. We could alternatively run down the slope at an acute angle to the ridgeline, such that the soldiers will have trouble getting a bead on us unless if they move around, by which time we will be far away enough for them to start taking range maluses. They may give pursuit however. Even if we all stay behind it would be a suicide mission to fight them head-on, and the more ponies we send back the worse the odds for the rest. We also need at least one pony to carry away Day Chaser.
The advantage to fighting the enemy is that if we defeat them we'll have significantly better leeway when it comes to tracking that last pony.
I can back you up. We should all be on board with a plan as a team before we try anything, however. We could alternatively run down the slope at an acute angle to the ridgeline, such that the soldiers will have trouble getting a bead on us unless if they move around, by which time we will be far away enough for them to start taking range maluses. They may give pursuit however. Even if we all stay behind it would be a suicide mission to fight them head-on, and the more ponies we send back the worse the odds for the rest. We also need at least one pony to carry away Day Chaser.
The advantage to fighting the enemy is that if we defeat them we'll have significantly better leeway when it comes to tracking that last pony.
>>191919
>>191920
It sounds risky to me. My plan was to flee while tactically placing grenades and explosives between us and our pursuers. The explosions would slow them down enough to allow us to disengage, and the dust, dirt, and debris kicked up by the explosives going off would provide a smokescreen in the darkness of twilight that will cause them to lose sight of us.
>>191920
It sounds risky to me. My plan was to flee while tactically placing grenades and explosives between us and our pursuers. The explosions would slow them down enough to allow us to disengage, and the dust, dirt, and debris kicked up by the explosives going off would provide a smokescreen in the darkness of twilight that will cause them to lose sight of us.
>>191923
Throwing grenades behind you also doesn't necessarily slow down the enemy.
Perhaps with one minute of work (or a full round action, at a penalty) and a DC 15-20 Survival or Craft (Trapmaking) check it could be incorporated into a simple booby trap though, such as on the door.
Throwing grenades behind you also doesn't necessarily slow down the enemy.
Perhaps with one minute of work (or a full round action, at a penalty) and a DC 15-20 Survival or Craft (Trapmaking) check it could be incorporated into a simple booby trap though, such as on the door.
>>191925
>Creating corpses out of GRU soldiers will increase the amount of heat on us.
They're too busy fighting monsters and trying to kill us for them to count their casualties right now. It won't cause alarm for at least a few hours, by which point we should be off of this rock.
Besides, I want to sink their ship anyways, so it can't gun us down as we're leaving. Plus its good pony points for Destruction cult affiliation.
>I mean, it should unless they want to get filled with fragmentation.
The grenade only slows them down as far as you can throw it (~30 ft). Our group is encumbered by carrying the wounded, which means we can take Run actions, but they can: They would close that 30-60 ft distance in less than one round.
Melee fighting is the only real option to get them out of running distance. If I can hold them off for three rounds, the party should be able to get to safety.
>Creating corpses out of GRU soldiers will increase the amount of heat on us.
They're too busy fighting monsters and trying to kill us for them to count their casualties right now. It won't cause alarm for at least a few hours, by which point we should be off of this rock.
Besides, I want to sink their ship anyways, so it can't gun us down as we're leaving. Plus its good pony points for Destruction cult affiliation.
>I mean, it should unless they want to get filled with fragmentation.
The grenade only slows them down as far as you can throw it (~30 ft). Our group is encumbered by carrying the wounded, which means we can take Run actions, but they can: They would close that 30-60 ft distance in less than one round.
Melee fighting is the only real option to get them out of running distance. If I can hold them off for three rounds, the party should be able to get to safety.
>>191926
The problem with melee fighting is that they just have to make a tactical retreat while calling in danger close mortar fire on our position as they move back. We don't need to hold or slow them down for very long, just long enough for us to get some distance and make pursuing us just that little bit too dangerous for them. If they give chase, they'll overextend their position leaving holes for summoned monsters to burst through their positions and potentially getting them caught out in the middle of nowhere with no support while surrounded by enemies.
The problem with melee fighting is that they just have to make a tactical retreat while calling in danger close mortar fire on our position as they move back. We don't need to hold or slow them down for very long, just long enough for us to get some distance and make pursuing us just that little bit too dangerous for them. If they give chase, they'll overextend their position leaving holes for summoned monsters to burst through their positions and potentially getting them caught out in the middle of nowhere with no support while surrounded by enemies.
>>191925
>Creating corpses out of GRU soldiers will increase the amount of heat on us.
Any armed enemies already represent a threat to their containment operations and fighting back will not change their stance. Fighting back will weaken this squad and limit their ability to chase us.
>If I can hold them off for three rounds, the party should be able to get to safety.
Even Posey's durability will not last three rounds of concentrated fire. I don't think the ponies with guns will willingly stay in melee range of a swordsmare either. Also, we should either put distance between us and the enemy or use the natural cover of the lighthouse to fight them. Going into the open to fight is pure suicide. If we injure or kill a few of them, we can escape more easily.
>Creating corpses out of GRU soldiers will increase the amount of heat on us.
Any armed enemies already represent a threat to their containment operations and fighting back will not change their stance. Fighting back will weaken this squad and limit their ability to chase us.
>If I can hold them off for three rounds, the party should be able to get to safety.
Even Posey's durability will not last three rounds of concentrated fire. I don't think the ponies with guns will willingly stay in melee range of a swordsmare either. Also, we should either put distance between us and the enemy or use the natural cover of the lighthouse to fight them. Going into the open to fight is pure suicide. If we injure or kill a few of them, we can escape more easily.
>>191928
If we start killing them, they'll start seeing us as a greater threat compared to the monsters which seem to be fairly ineffective against them. Being a greater threat means more squads and heavier weapons used against us.
If we start killing them, they'll start seeing us as a greater threat compared to the monsters which seem to be fairly ineffective against them. Being a greater threat means more squads and heavier weapons used against us.
>>191929
That doesn't change the issue of how we'll get away without being shot to pieces. It would be a bad idea to use up all our explosives now when tougher threats are guaranteed to appear later.
That doesn't change the issue of how we'll get away without being shot to pieces. It would be a bad idea to use up all our explosives now when tougher threats are guaranteed to appear later.
>>191930
It's possible that there's an armory on board the Kostroma, and there may be more grenades there. In the meantime we can just chuck the grenades we have and use the time when they're ducking for cover to escape behind the landscape. Once we're out of sight they'll likely break off pursuit for fear of running into a trap or, yet again, leaving a gap for monsters to attack their landing base.
It's possible that there's an armory on board the Kostroma, and there may be more grenades there. In the meantime we can just chuck the grenades we have and use the time when they're ducking for cover to escape behind the landscape. Once we're out of sight they'll likely break off pursuit for fear of running into a trap or, yet again, leaving a gap for monsters to attack their landing base.
>>191930
>>191931
Also, forgot to include this argument: it's not as if the GRU squad is going to be an easy fight anyways. We may not even be able to win it if we get into a pitched battle as we are. Whatever may come we can handle, but not if half or more of our group gets cut in half by machine gun fire. Now is a good time to use the grenades.
>>191931
Also, forgot to include this argument: it's not as if the GRU squad is going to be an easy fight anyways. We may not even be able to win it if we get into a pitched battle as we are. Whatever may come we can handle, but not if half or more of our group gets cut in half by machine gun fire. Now is a good time to use the grenades.
Take your time in deciding how you want to approach this. I don't think I will be able to respond tomorrow.
Okay, so the plan is apparently to run while throwing grenades. I will be in the rear to engage in melee if that fails.
Who's going to throw?
Who's going to throw?
>>191950
Doesn't throwing apply a dexterity modifier? Our high-dex characters, like Cavaliere, should be doing it.
Doesn't throwing apply a dexterity modifier? Our high-dex characters, like Cavaliere, should be doing it.
Cavaliere has listened to have a good idea of where the enemy machine gunner is.
Listen: [1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
Listen: [1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
A point of clarification if anyone is unsure about the layout of the situation:
The land in question is basically a hill, with the lighthouse at the summit, some of the soldiers on the eastern side, and the party on the western side. It isn't a singular hill, but a north-south ridge line, so you can't just go around it, you have to go over the summit. Some of the GRU soldiers, at least two and no more than one four pony fire team, are at the top of the hill by the light house. The eastern slope of the hill, where the other GRU soldiers are, faces the northern bay of the island, which is where the GRU ship is located. The western side of the hill, which is more or less where the party is located, faces the Rocky Sea, which expands out to the horizon. The party does not have line of sight with the main part of the GRU group, as they are on opposite sides of the hill. However, the soldiers that have made it to the top of the hill would easily have line of sight with the party and the rescued ponies, which is why they are dangerous. They could directly attack the party and the airponies, and also alert other forces of the party's presence. The soldiers that have come to the lighthouse are intent on entering it. The soldiers on the other side of the hill have a light machine gun in place, and at minimum one fire team and also some support soldiers. They are shooting at the light house, above it, and around it. They are almost certainly just shooting their weapons so as to encourage any hostile targets near the fire team that is approaching the lighthouse to stay in place. These weapon bursts are not in line of sight and do not threaten the party. Were any party member to go onto the ridge line, near the GRU soldiers, they would be in line of sight and thus line of fire to the soldiers. It is probably true that the GRU would not want to shoot a machine gun at their own soldiers, though at least some of the enemy soldiers are armed with more precise rifles and may be willing to engage targets closer to their fire team. The current gap in action is before the fire team at the light house has the chance to spot the airponies and party members just on the other side of the light house from the GRU soldiers on the slope. The party members are near the top of the hill, but the lighthouse completely covers them. The party is close to the fire team approaching the lighthouse.
the twilight provides enough light to see even if not in the best of detail or color. The wind is fairly strong and is blowing from east to west. That is to say, from the party towards the GRU soldiers. The other NPCs, including blackheel, the petrushka hostages, the other airponies, and Mala, are further sound some hundreds of yards away. Unless I suppose Silver has ordered Mala to come, but he assumes that his role is to [-]prevent the hostages from escaping[/i] protect the rescued Kostroma crew members.
The land in question is basically a hill, with the lighthouse at the summit, some of the soldiers on the eastern side, and the party on the western side. It isn't a singular hill, but a north-south ridge line, so you can't just go around it, you have to go over the summit. Some of the GRU soldiers, at least two and no more than one four pony fire team, are at the top of the hill by the light house. The eastern slope of the hill, where the other GRU soldiers are, faces the northern bay of the island, which is where the GRU ship is located. The western side of the hill, which is more or less where the party is located, faces the Rocky Sea, which expands out to the horizon. The party does not have line of sight with the main part of the GRU group, as they are on opposite sides of the hill. However, the soldiers that have made it to the top of the hill would easily have line of sight with the party and the rescued ponies, which is why they are dangerous. They could directly attack the party and the airponies, and also alert other forces of the party's presence. The soldiers that have come to the lighthouse are intent on entering it. The soldiers on the other side of the hill have a light machine gun in place, and at minimum one fire team and also some support soldiers. They are shooting at the light house, above it, and around it. They are almost certainly just shooting their weapons so as to encourage any hostile targets near the fire team that is approaching the lighthouse to stay in place. These weapon bursts are not in line of sight and do not threaten the party. Were any party member to go onto the ridge line, near the GRU soldiers, they would be in line of sight and thus line of fire to the soldiers. It is probably true that the GRU would not want to shoot a machine gun at their own soldiers, though at least some of the enemy soldiers are armed with more precise rifles and may be willing to engage targets closer to their fire team. The current gap in action is before the fire team at the light house has the chance to spot the airponies and party members just on the other side of the light house from the GRU soldiers on the slope. The party members are near the top of the hill, but the lighthouse completely covers them. The party is close to the fire team approaching the lighthouse.
the twilight provides enough light to see even if not in the best of detail or color. The wind is fairly strong and is blowing from east to west. That is to say, from the party towards the GRU soldiers. The other NPCs, including blackheel, the petrushka hostages, the other airponies, and Mala, are further sound some hundreds of yards away. Unless I suppose Silver has ordered Mala to come, but he assumes that his role is to [-]prevent the hostages from escaping[/i] protect the rescued Kostroma crew members.
>>191958
>However, the soldiers that have made it to the top of the hill would easily have line of sight with the party and the rescued ponies, which is why they are dangerous. They could directly attack the party and the airponies, and also alert other forces of the party's presence.
Okay, so that's the group that Cavalier has to grenade before we escape.
>>191957
Grenade them, Cavalier.
>However, the soldiers that have made it to the top of the hill would easily have line of sight with the party and the rescued ponies, which is why they are dangerous. They could directly attack the party and the airponies, and also alert other forces of the party's presence.
Okay, so that's the group that Cavalier has to grenade before we escape.
>>191957
Grenade them, Cavalier.
>>191967
That sounds like a better idea than targeting the machine gunner. What does Silver's player think?
That sounds like a better idea than targeting the machine gunner. What does Silver's player think?
>>191968
Yeah, that's the group I was thinking of focusing on, sorry about the mixup. The machine gun will also have the disadvantage of needing to be set up before firing, which will slow it down especially.
Yeah, that's the group I was thinking of focusing on, sorry about the mixup. The machine gun will also have the disadvantage of needing to be set up before firing, which will slow it down especially.
>>191958
Is the ridgeline group in easy range of a thrown grenade or is the sling necessary to reach?
Is the ridgeline group in easy range of a thrown grenade or is the sling necessary to reach?
>>191968
Grenade one, then grenade the other. The closest ones are the immediate priority, but I want to take out the machine gunners too. If we defeat them, we can look that gun, and any healing items magic ammo/armor they're carrying (because elite special forces should be fully-equipped for their level).
Grenade one, then grenade the other. The closest ones are the immediate priority, but I want to take out the machine gunners too. If we defeat them, we can look that gun, and any healing items magic ammo/armor they're carrying (because elite special forces should be fully-equipped for their level).
>>191957
The wind and the lighthouse make listening to a precise location a bit difficult, but cavaliere has a guess, some tens of yards down, and slightly north of the lighthouse.
>>191970
They are very close, and that is the problem. If anything, they are close enough that collateral fragmentation might be an issue.
The wind and the lighthouse make listening to a precise location a bit difficult, but cavaliere has a guess, some tens of yards down, and slightly north of the lighthouse.
>>191970
They are very close, and that is the problem. If anything, they are close enough that collateral fragmentation might be an issue.
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