Once again, if Roger's up to it, head to the sparring ring. Opening attack: roundhouse kick to the kidney. Otherwise, approach Jim and ask about swords.
((By the way, before I forget, how close is "short range" when it comes to weapons?))
(Ranges (roughly) 0-30- feet short, 30-100 feet medium, 100 feet onward long.) is how I defined it a long time ago, but thats a bit iffy. I mean, a 30-06 has an almost 6000 yard range-not effective range, but range. It's the sort of thing I really have to redo at some point, but as of now I kind of eye balling it depending on situation and weapon. You can always ask before acting though.)
"Sure." Somewhat suprised, Roger follows him to the ring and stretches his arms. "Ready." He waits for Timmy to move and tries to avoid the blow, then closes to grapple quickly, trying to keep him off-balance.
[Roger dex:4]
[timmy dex:6]
[timmy str:2]
Timmy whips his foot into Rogers side but the blow is fairly weak and glances off harmlessly. The blow does manage to do one thing though: it throws timmy off balance. [-1 next dex roll]
((I was talking about the different helmet layer setups. Thicker one vs thinner one. Some numbers or some references of some kind that I can mentally visualize.))
Oh, well in that case lets see...well the inch thick could take a suv being dropped on it, half inch would only take a hatchback. In terms of heat an inch thick could survive easily in molten steel, while a half inch would start getting soft after a while and might crumble if struck.
In terms of weight, it's gonna be pretty heavy either way. Like 20 pounds half inch and 40 or so without. Gonna need a str check to use without dex penalties but the half inch one is gonna be a much easier check.
Find Mesk then talk to him.
"Hello there, Im Jack. Oh, and who was that?"
(you're already around him)
(([British accent]The ritual complete, the newcomer's voice in the pecking order has been established.[/British accent]))
Pursue him up the stairs.
You walk into the building and through the lobby, following the bloody footprints into a corner and up a flight of emergency stairs toward the first level. You stop just before entering the first level, still on the stairs. The door to the first level has been propped open with a brick and you can see a bit more blood on the ground around the top of the stairs.