Play@YSDC

In the warehouse-
Clarence took aim at the zombie and put a bullet deep into its skull, shattering it like a dropped watermelon. "We're working on it!" he called. "That's one more down. The others are already mostly destroyed, so we should have no problem!" Bill fired at the crawler, but his rifle jammed. He swore up and down as it dragged itself across the warehouse floor towards them.

(Sue, you may fire safely again. The zombie will not reach you this round. Any hit to the head with the shotgun will finish it off, as its head has already taken 8 damage.)

Sue Newton hits it and blasts the thing away.

In the warehouse-
Keith shouted down from above: "Hey, Bro? Lisa is up here, she's a little shaken up, but still solid. You sure you're okay down there? Need any help?"

"Thanks, I'm glad she's fine!" called Tsuba as he worked on his rifle. "We're fine. My damn gun jammed on me, but Pa and Sue were able to make up for it. Got about nine more of these things left somewhere below us. They've already got major head wounds, so they're slowed to a crawl. We should be able to mop 'em up. Sounds like you're needed more up top. Let us know in advance if things get hairy and we might have to bug out. It'll take us a little while to climb all those stairs." He popped out the jammed shell and chambered a round. "My gun's working again! We're good now!"

He had cleared the jam just in time. Another crawler emerged from the stairs leading below, less than 15 yards distant. It would take a while to cross the warehouse, so there was plenty of time to shoot it.

(Sue, you may fire again if you wish. At this range you'd do 2d6 damage with the shotgun, but there's no need to roll damage since even the minimum will finish it off.)

Sue missed. "Goddamn it."

In the warehouse-
Lisa's voice came from the stairs above: "Tsuba! Mr. D! Hurry up here! We've gotta go!"

(The round is not over yet, so you can't shoot again now, but you can shout back a response if you like.)

Sue fired again. "We can't leave this thing to get up behind us! And we're not done down here!"

In the warehouse-
Clarence shot the thing in the head and finished it off. "That leaves eight more down there," he said.

(Sue, roll Listen. You may also reload two shells into your shotgun this round, in addition to speaking and/or moving.)

Sue cocks her head to one side as she hears something.

In the warehouse-
Sue heard one set footsteps coming down the stairs from above. She could tell that the person was a woman, and a familiar one at that: probably Lisa.

Sue reloads her two shells. "How bad is it up there? I'm thinking if we can get this place cleared out we might have a place to retreat to."

In the warehouse-
"It's bad!" Lisa answered emphatically as she continued down the stairs. "C'mon, we're loading up the trucks and getting a move on! Tsuba, do you hear me?!" She finally reached the bottom of the stairs and rejoined Clarence, Bill, and Sue.

"I hear you, babe," said Bill. "Good to see you again."

"If we have to retreat," said Clarence, "the open road is the best place to be. If we go down here, we could end up trapped like the last bunch that came down here, before we arrived. I think they got trapped beneath that hatch all the way in the back. We've got eight more crawling this way. Is it bad enough that we don't have time to finish them off?"

As he finished speaking, the zombies started crawling up the stairs from the reception area. All eight of them cleared the top of the staircase and started crossing the warehouse floor. All but one had gaping head wounds, and it was a wonder they could still move. The other one, a blonde with a scoped hunting rifle slung on her back, had her head completely intact, but she was crawling because both of her legs were obviously broken. All of them had angry red eyes.

(There's no need to roll Sanity, as you've all seen this group of zombies before. You each have one combat round to fire. Any hit that does 2 or more damage to the head is a guaranteed kill on all but the blonde zombie, who requires 10 damage to the head as usual. As always, there is a -5 penalty for aiming at the head. Lisa, you get to fire twice with your pistol, provided both shots are at the same target. Sue, you may use either your shotgun or your revolver. The shotgun may only be fired once, but at this range if you hit you will deal 2d6 damage each to 1d3 targets. This will be enough to kill any zombie except the blonde one, so you don't need to roll damage unless she's one of your targets. The revolver may be fired twice provided both shots are at the same target.)

"Gentlemen may prefer them..." Lisa says through clenched teeth as she sights the blond crawler "but I hate em!" Her first shot strikes home clipping it near the eyebrow but the gun's kick queers her aim on the second.

"Damn it!" the foxy Native American woman exclaims.

Sue misses again and curses.

(Dice rolls: )

In the warehouse-
Clarence fired at a zombie's head, but his aim was slightly off. Bill also fired his AK-47, but the shot was way off and the recoil startled him into dropping it. The eight zombies continued to crawl across the floor of the warehouse and were now just ten yards away.

(You can each fire another shot this round safely. Lisa can fire twice at the head, but only if both shots are at the same target. This time the zombies are close enough that Sue can only hit a single target, but she will do 4d6 damage if she hits. The damage roll only really matters if you shoot the blonde zombie, who needs 7 more damage to the head to finish off. The others only need one or two. Bill misses his next attack due to his critical failure and must spend the next round retrieving his weapon.)

OOC: Sue misses. 91.

Sue misses again and swears. "How the hell did I miss from this range?" Her arms tremble and her hands sweat. "Shit, must be nerves."

Die Roll: Lisa's 1st gunshot hits @ 19% for 2pts. of dmg
2nd pistol shot hits @ 27% for 5 pts. of dmg.

Lisa squints and draws a bead on the blond zombie, shooting off its ear with the first shot, halting it with a blow to the forehead for her second shot.

(I've edited my post accordingly.)

"Yeah, how do you miss at this range?" Lisa inquires derisively of the struggling Sue.

"Do you wanna trade? This here nine mill has a lot less kick..." she offers.

In the warehouse-
"Come on, guys!" called Keith from above. "Let's hurry it up down there. Those things are getting a little too close for comfort."

"Hey, at least she didn't drop it like I did," said Tsuba, scooping his weapon back up. Clarence took a shot at a zombie's head, blowing what was left of it to bits. But there were six more still on their way, and now they were just five yards off.

(If you want to fire this round, any surviving zombies will get to attack you afterwards. You may also retreat upstairs without having to roll anything. You can make it to the landing halfway up this round.)