Okay, I might have missed a thing or two in the statuses, correct me please if you find errors.
Also, sorry Zako, I made all the rolls I could to try and save you. Unless Frelock intervenes, you're pretty much f*cked.
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I run over to Boksi's bus and try to use my hitherto forgotten knowledge on vehicles to fix the problem
| You walk over to the bus, but cannot for the life of you figure out what's wrong. The engine seems alright, to you at least.
i collapse the stairs, pushing as many zombies as i can on them before destroying.
| You let loose a frightening yell full of anger and hate, probably in an attempt to scare the living crap out of the zombies. The yell didn't work, probably no
living crap in the zombies. As your anger does not abate, you raise your empowered maul above your head, and with a mighty cry you slam it down against the floor!
| The maul crashed thunderously into the concrete, showering the zombies with bits of shrapnel as the powerful shockwave of lightning sent them flying back onto the stair, twitching in severe convulsions. After a second, an alarming cracking sound drew your attention, and you quickly step back as several large cracks began forming on the floor, and started quickly growing and getting wider, expanding toward the staircase. In no longer than ten seconds, the cracks reached the opposite end of the stair, which began to shift dangerously. The zombies that overcame the shock lunged forward, trying to reach you, but their effort was in vain. In an instant, the entire flight of stairs connecting to the top floor collapsed in a great cloud of dust,
| taking the next flight with it, and the next, and the next, collapsing the staircase all the way down to the bottom, leaving you to choke on massive amounts of dust. The hit shook the entire building violently, and the damage it took was extensive. Many structural components were centered on the main staircase, and with its destruction the building began to lose stability and structural integrity. The floor under your feet begins to shift slightly, and very unpleasant creaking and crumbling sounds are heard all around. (-1 building structural roll, only the elevator remains as a way to get up or down)
There is no time for finesse. I blast the zombies with a TK blast and run to the skyscraper.
| You open the door and get out. Aiming in the general direction of the zombies, you concentrate your powers and try to release them as one directed blast.
| The blast ends up being too thin to actually damage the zombie horde. It pushes them forward, making a few of tem fall over, but they don't notice you.
I fire a shimmering arrow at the mutant zombie, going clean through its head, scrambling its brains, et.ced.
| You take out the shortbow and take aim. Without any practice though, you cannot release the arrow with sufficient accuracy or force to do any real damage.
| The shimmering projectile thunks into the roof halfway toward the mutant zombie, and quite shifted sideways.
| The guards are alarmed at you taking out a weapon, but your fickle attempt makes some of them actually laugh out loud, and they lighten up a bit. They still treat you as a possible threat though.
I smash my way through the ceiling to get to the roof, without the aid of my new flying powers. If possible I scan the area to determine where the key is as well.
| Ungh…HWA! <
CRASH!> Focusing your strength, you launch yourself upwards, smashing clean through the thick concrete of the roof with your fists!
| As some debris continue to fall and the dustcloud around the hole settles, you land on your feet several meters away from it. The woman and the large mutant thing, as well as the rest of the guards and all other people on the roof, stop whatever it was they were doing and look at you intently.
| You don't look all that friendly in their eyes. The guards are frightened by such display of force, and let loose with all their weapons at you!
| They're obviously panicking, because they can't seem to line up their gun with your massive armor. Bullets riddle the concrete of the roof around you, some strike the helicopter, but not even one manages to hit you.
| The gunfire doesn't let you hear it, but you can feel that the roof begins slightly shifting, as if your weight is too much for it.
I lose my fear of fire
| You manage to overcome your fear of fire, understanding that better knowing it will let you escape any harm it might bring. (lose the -1 to dodge against fire)
I'll use my reflection to figure out what my equipment does and how to use it.
| You examine yourself in the reflective surface of the glass. You notice several things you couldn't see before. First of all, it strikes you as exceedingly odd that your own body is relatively slim, and most of the volume it takes up is constructed of car parts - not bent or warped into shape, but whole parts that seem like they'd connect back into working order. You ponder this one for a sec. Then you see that the sword on your back just doesn't
HAVE a handle. It strikes you as important for some reason. You notice something like a sheath on your thigh, but upon closer inspection it turns out to be decorative. Or not? You suspect it has some meaning, and use, but cannot immediately figure it out. The image of crossed swords on your hood glints in the light, and seems to be subtly glowing from within. Turning to looking for more mundane items, you see that the roof lights of the truck are now sitting on your shoulders, and can provide light if needed. You're sad to find no nifty blasters hidden anywhere.
OK, enough waiting, I wrench the elevator doors of a nonworking elevator open and fly up the shaft to the top floor.
| Not wanting to lose time waiting for the elevator, you jump to the somewhat bent doors of the other elevator, and force them apart. Then, focusing all of your mind on the aerogenesis power, you create a powerful blast of wind and use it to fly up along the shaft!
| The sudden peak in air pressure explosively opens all the remaining doors along the elevator's shaft, wrenching them from their guide rails and throwing them against whatever walls or furniture that happened to face them. You quickly ascend, but forget that the shaft in such high buildings tends to rather abruptly end because the elevators can't travel all the way up... The faint light in the shaft is barely enough for you to see the block of elevator motors, you swerve sideways into a maintenance side-shaft, fly through it, and smash right through the bottom of another elvevator waiting on the next floor. The hit leaves you unconscious, which is all the better because you won't be able to see your mangled body for a while. Your skull is cracked, your neck took a heavy hit, your clavicles, shoulders, upper arms, and the upper body in general, are all lacerated, battered, and broken.
| Your brain is damaged, several ribs broke and your left lung is punctured by one of them. You're heavily bleeding, and generally in very bad shape. Let it be at least some consolation that your body is firmly stuck in the broken floor, and will not easily fall back down the shaft.
If I succeded with T-virus I try to get a way to make zombies like mr Lordi if I didn't I try again with first action
| You figure out the problem you had with studying the virus - you cannot research it if you can't affect it or even look at it! Therefore, you decide, rather rashly, that you might get a good result if you obtained some of the virus and let it into your body, hoping for your regeneration to convert it.
| You almost proceed to obtain a sample of chaoticag's blood when you re-think the possible implications and realise it could be far more dangerous than you can anticipate. You decide to leave the virus alone for now.
Hmmmmmm, what to do. I still want the binoculars, so I guess I'll gather things around the street and try to combine them to a pair of binoculars.
| You rummage through the surroundings. You obtain several sets of broken and intact glasses, and some plastic tubes. Using your tools to fix things together and bend them into shape, you manage to create a pair of crude binoculars. They don't work all that well, but at least you can fine-tune their zoom and focus. (+1 background check if used, abilities involving sight can be used at greater distances)
(RTTAI:{6}): I run after the zombie dogs, screaming at them to come back and fight! And I try to kill them, of course.
| You charge after the still-burning zombie dogs, and yell expletives to attract their attention! And yeah, they really do turn their attention to you. They turn around, skidding, and charge toward you!
| You can't quite evade them in this situation, and completely fumble your attack, but at least both dogs aimed for your chest, and couldn't penetrate the plate armor there. You tumble backward and prepare to continue fighting.
| The virus still dwells within you, you can feel its presence, but at least it doesn't kill you just yet.
(RTTAI:{3}): Darn bus! Ok, I also try to figure out what's wrong with the thing.
| You look at the engine along with Kashyyk. No dice. Everything seems to be in working order. You try the engine again. The starter struggles for as long as it can, but the engine seems to have lost its spark. Then you look at the dashboard, and begin banging your head on the steering wheel in frustration. The fuel gauge shows "Empty". The driver must've left the thing running when he ran off himself, and it used up all the juice. Well, there's plenty of cars around, there should be some gas somewhere, right?
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NPC Actions:
Allied: A stocky bearded creature that is the dwarf. Once a Keeper of Nogzulban, this dwarf has travelled with your company almost by accident. Clad in shiny plate armor with a chainmail underneath, this dwarf could be a potent warrior. Armed with an axe, but cannot use it properly. (+1 target dodge)
The dwarf grooms his beard and examines the bus Boksi found.
| He runs into the bus, shows brief disgust over the interior's state, and proceeds to make it worse by slashing up the seats with his axe. Maybe they look like monsters to him?
Neutral: None.
Enemy: Street Zombie Dogs:{2} The dogs back off, waiting for a better moment to attack.
Staircase zombies:Staircase'd
Lobby zombies:{6} The zombies break through the plexiglas and burst into the lobby! Some try to find the staircase, but it is destroyed. Others pour into the broken doors of the first elevator and fall two floors down into the basement. Many remain and wander around the lobby.
Corporate guards:{5} The guards focus their fire on Jay Kayell!
| The condensed stream of bullets hit Jay Kayell with all their lethal force! Mostly, they just bounce off the armor harmlessly. Several more bullets hit the helicopter, angry voices yelling expletive equivalents of "stop it you idiots!" come from its direction. Jay Kayell instinctively takes a few steps backwards, but stops in time not to fall back down the hole.
Woman in red: Uses the sudden distraction to throw some wicked move at the mutant, knocks him over, and pins him down.
Big mutant thug: Lies on the roof, listening to what the woman says to him. Suddenly the woman stands up and walks away from him. He gets up and walks toward his gattling that sits on the ground nearby.
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Status after turn:
Location: Sitting in a bus on the gloomy street.
Equipment: Wearing a burnt reddish-black jacket of Karl Moebius leather, underwear, and slightly torn and singed jean shorts. Wearing a -Steel Full Helm- shaped like an anvil, with an intricate detail attached, and the The Smoldering Night of Peeling. Wielding a Darkfire Halberd.
Health: Unharmed, sort of.
Abilities: Basic TK Manipulation.Basic TK Healing. Big Bully. Visual Omnisensor (active).
Special status: Concrete Left Leg. Dense Carbon Flesh Interweave. Can only speak goblin.
Transportation: Blue-white touring bus. -2 dodge, +1 ramming damage. Seems to be out of fuel.
Transp. Equip.: Lotsa slashed-up seats and probably some leftover miscellanea.
Location: Standing upright on (what remains of) the top floor in the central skyscraper.
Equipment: Wears underwear, fairly comfortable greyish trousers, and an armor set(-Iron splint-mail-, a shirt of leather, Bronze plated greaves, <<Iron high boots>>). Wields a +Steel maul of Lightning+.
Health: Unharmed.
Abilities: Basic Hammerfighting. Shrapnel Self. Advanced TK Healing. Empowered by Lightning (currently Fully Charged). Adv.Electricity Manipulation. Selective Translator (active).
Location: Standing upright on a street in the downtown area.
Equipment: A sword without a handle on the back. Faintly glowing image of crossed swords on the chest. Odd-looking sheathe on the right thigh. Rooflights.
Health: Mostly undamaged. Minor dints and much scraped paint on the back.
Abilities: Unknown.
Special status: Mech
Location: Standing upright out on the gloomy street.
Equipment: Wearing the armor set: slightly dented +Steel Chestplate+, -Copper chainmail-, hard leather leggings and <<Copper plated boots>>. Wielding a wooden broadsword with sharp edges of a shimmering material.
Health: Front half of the body deeply tanned. Moderate to severe burns on most of the body. Small cuts all over the body. Pain (-1 mental actions). Deep bite marks in left lower arm and left side of lower body. Light bleeding. Infected (T-Virus)
Abilities: Basic Swordsmanship. Basic TK Healing. Extended TK Bolt. TK Ripper Slash.
Location: Standing near an armored van near the central skyscrapers.
Equipment: Wearing underwear, a thin silky sweater, and a set of armor: A <<*Bone full plate armor*>>, +Bone gauntlets+, +Bone high boots+, and +Bone full helm+. Wielding a +Bone Axe+. Holding a roll of aluminium foil (25cmx10m)
Health: Large bruise on left shoulder. Left arm covered in blisters and burns of various degrees. Bump and several small cuts on the head. Both wrists sprained. Several large bruises and several scratches on the body. Mild pain.
Abilities: Basic TK Healing(!). Selective Translator (active). Unknown ability.
Transportation: Beige armored van. +1 against physical and fire damage, +1 ramming damage, -1 dodge.
Transp. Equip.: Unknown.
Location: Standing on the roof of the central skyscraper in a TK bubble.
Equipment: Wearing underwear, a ≡<<≡Giant cave spider silk robe≡>>≡, and +hippo leather sandals+. Wearing an amulet of a nature's power. Wielding a Steel Quarterstaff and a -Small Iron throwing knife- as a backup weapon. 11 shimmering arrows and 20 plain wooden arrows in the robe's quiver. Holding a shimmering shortbow.
Health: Unharmed.
Abilities: Slightly improved strength. Meagerly improved agility. Can be cautious while calm. Improved TK Healing III(!). Stone Frank's Revivification. TK Field+. Selective Translator (active).
Special Status: Electricity resistant.
Location: Standing upright out on the gloomy street.
Equipment: Naked.
Health: Unharmed.
Abilities: Enrage Other. Enrage Self. Extended TK Healing. Remote Body Control. Selective Translator (active). Wideband Omnisensor (active, UV).
Special Status: Omnilight on right hand (active). Flesh turned into steel. Thermal stress. Rollerblades in the forearms.
Location: Standing upright out on the gloomy street.
Equipment: Wearing a set of armor consisting of (severely torn up) hard black studded leather armor and (somewhat burned) fur-quilted iron shoulderpads with horns. Wields a +Steel Battleaxe+.
Health: Body covered by light burns.
Abilities: Can perform heavy metal. Haywire Regenerator. Disease Resistant.
Special Status: Splitting lower jaw. Horselike lower body.. Four extra arms. Four fingers on each arm. Head hair transformed into flexible spikes. Body covered by patches of very hard tissue. Body covered with short thick black hairs. General -2 penalty to charisma when communicating with humanoid creatures, and another -1 if the creature's not hairy.
Location: Standing upright in the downtown area.
Equipment: Wearing underwear, and a white/pink/yellow suit and top hat made of underwear. Also wearing the armor set: <<+Iron chain Cuirass+>>, -Iron chain gloves-, Iron chain greaves, and Iron low boots. Wielding a *Evil Aluminum tower shield*. Holding a piece of dwarven armor with a small key embedded. Holding a toolbox. (no free hands now) Owns a set of binoculars.
Health: Nasty cut on left hand. Mild pain.
Abilities: Improved mimics. Power of Peace. Power of Persuasion (suit bonus does not apply). Selective Translator (active).
Special Status: Peacekeeper (active on non-zombies).
Location: On the roof of the central skyscraper.
Equipment: Wearing purple stretchy shorts. Useless shreds of underwear on right arm.
Health: Unharmed.
Abilities: Novice Wrestler. Basic TK Healing. Blood of the Blood God. Blood Rage. Basic Pyrogenesis.
Transportation: Yellow personal mech that is actually a Corpse-steel power armor. Shows signs of self-awareness. Can absorb inanimate and living objects. Scramjet Attachment.
Transp. Equip.: A collection of axes and swords, a long tri-blade claw, and steel clawed fists. 12 unspent bolts for internal launcher.
Location: Stuck in the floor of an elevator, in one of the upper shafts in the central skyscraper.
Equipment: Wearing underwear.
Temporary Status: Unconscious (-2).
Health: Skull cracked. Both clavicles, both upper arms, and several ribs broken. Shoulders dislocated. Upper body and head seriously lacerated. Brain lightly damaged. Neck sprained. Left lung punctured. Severe bleeding. (in total, -3 physical actions, -2 mental actions, -1 concentration, -1 constitution. Rolls for constitution to survive each turn.)
Abilities: Strong. Aerogenesis/Aerokinesis. Possible undiscovered abilities.
Location: Standing upright on the central highway.
Equipment: Wearing underwear and a worn cloth jacket with spacious pockets. Has a cigarette lighter, and a baseball. Wields a broken crowbar.
Health: Unharmed.
Abilities: Freestyle runner. Slick crawler. Experienced Climber. Uncanny jumping. Night vision. Heightened senses.
Special Status: No longer fears fire. Covered with fur. Telepathy-resistant. Mii'Ari physique. Mii'Ari hand claws.
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Artifacts: "The ring consists of a toroidal adamantine core surrounded by a shell of tempered steel with thin bands of gold along the rims of the ring. Set into an adamantine frame on its top is a Star Sapphire imbued with the dark soul of a Greater Demon, under absolute control of the wearer. The steel surface of the ring is covered by three hundred tiny tiles of granite, engraved with images of various creatures, all being dead.
The wearer of the ring may call onto the soul of the demon, which can manipulate darkness and fire - anything from direct projection to creating sentient forms to giving protection against.
The wearer can also give an order to summon a creature mad with rage (any creature from the DF world you have seen), which will use up one or several of the stone tiles, depending on the power of the creature. The tiles may be restored, but only through personally killing sentient creatures with bare hands and absorbing their essence with the ring, which also adds that creature to the ""summonable creatures"" list.
The price to pay for all this power is a constant aura of darkness that any living being will feel (and will react accordingly), and the wearer may, under critical stress, give in and become controlled by the trapped demon soul.
(No passive bonuses. In a single turn, you can either perform an act of darkness/fire manipulation (including creating a prolonged effect), or summon a creature/creatures, but not both. The magnitude and potential of both depend on your skill - the ring grants ""basic level"" only. You can only absorb the essence of a creature you killed with your own bare hands, and only if it died last turn, at most.)
Currently applied effects: (-1 to relevant ability for every active effect)
Darkfire halberd - haft of materialized darkness."
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Environment:
Raccoon city, as seen from above: A large-ish city, roughly circular in layout. The downtown has numerous skyscrapers of varied height, and further towards the edges the buildings become less and less pronounced, forming an uneven mass of constructions that abruptly ends, hitting a high wall that surrounds the city for some reason. There aren't any clearly noticable locations, except maybe a few hospitals and malls that manage to stand out.
Raccoon city, dark alleyway barren crater: Was a usual dark and damp alleyway in the slums of some big city, between two large buildings. Now a rather barren crater with a broken sewer pipe in the middle. The rug and the panel is there someplace. It is night, but many street lights don't work.
Raccoon city, gloomy street: A street that the alleyway connects to. It's a little cleaner than the place you've been at now, but not too broad, and not much less darker. At least half the lamps on the street are not lit. A number of buildings of varied sizes go along the street. You see something that looks like a major street or highway, crossing this one some distance away.
Raccoon city, central skyscraper: A tall building of glass and steel. A helicopter is standing on the roof. The front lobby is a wide-ish hall with a security booth and some decorative chairs/plants. An elevator and stairs (broken) both lead to upper floors. The 30th floor is poorly lit, but looks like a lab or elaborate office floor. The last floor seems to be reserved for a large amount of ventilation and general "life support" machinery. From the outside, the bulding looked to have at least 60 floors. The roof of the building is the site of a massacre. Many bodies clad in riot armor lay there, along with assault weaponry. A lot of these riot policemen are still alive, too. A fight is going on. Several people stand near the helicopter. The elevator shaft doors have been blasted out on all floors. There's a mighty fine hole going from the 30th floor through the roof of the building. There are two more holes in the roof. The roof is wobbly, as is the entire building.
Raccoon city, central highway: A four-lane highway intersecting the gloomy street, and going on towards the center of the city. Many other small streets intersect this one, and there are a lot of cars present, though most are pretty banged up or burned. There's a hospital some distance along the street.
Raccoon city hospital: A large white building that just screams "HOSPITAL" when you look at it. A number of cars, and several ambulances stand near it, in various conditions.
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Background: [5] The mutant thug looks like he's going to use that big gun of his, and not on the woman. Seems like they became friends or something. The helicopter continues to rev up, the rotor is spinning fast, it is almost ready to leave. Some more people appear from behind some structure on the roof, and sneak towards the helicopter. The woman begins a heated argument with the people at the helicopter. The glowing speck is still a ways away from the city, but seems to be heading straight here.
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