Play@YSDC

OOC,Marcus, roll Spot Hidden at 3/5 skill again. You have twelve more rounds of temporary insanity, including this one.

oblivious,[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2416655/]3/5ths Spot Hidden (31.8%) (1d100=100)[/url]

OOC,[b]Marcus[/b], roll Drive Auto, at -30 due to the bad fishtail. You [i]really[/i] want to make this roll.

ooc,-30 for fishtailing? geez. I sometimes fishtail for the fun of it. That's a hell of a penalty. That only gives me a 10% chance of success. Not that it mattered with what I rolled. [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2422553/]Marcus - Drive Auto (10% chance) (1d100=92)[/url] Wrap me around a tree or what have you...

OOC,Ouch, sorry about that! Rolling 100 isn't always fatal, and there was a chance you could have survived in spite of the critically failed Spot Hidden roll, but the dice were not on your side. There was no way to avoid the collision with something you couldn't see (it was another zombie, by the way, and you did damage it very badly). After getting the worst possible result on the Trouble Table and failing the Luck roll, it was still possible to survive, but I rolled high for the damage you took. The -30 penalty is the one listed on the Trouble Table for that roll. There is a difference between fishtailing intentionally and doing so by accident, at night, during a terrible storm, while speeding rapdily and out of one's mind. Of course, with that roll, it wouldn't matter much whether or not there was a penalty. The best way for [b]Marcus[/b] to have survived would have been to head away from the highway instead of towards it. The zombies had been coming from the direction of the highway and Ogallala, and you wouldn't have encountered any going the other way. Then your temporary insanity would have worn off and you could have turned back, and bad luck would not have been a factor. However, if you'd done that, the zombies would have caught the people back at the store flatfooted and on the ground. They have their own problems, and this is one more they didn't need. You may have just saved their lives. I had been hoping for the car to be unusable but for [b]Marcus[/b] to survive. Unfortunately, things didn't work out that way. I'm leaving this thread unlocked for now. Feel free to post your last words/actions. I don't want to announce [b]Marcus[/b]'s untimely demise to the group in the other thread yet. The others need to decide which way to go, and that knowledge could be a factor.

ooc,Bah... I'm just surprised he ran for the car rather than just try to go on foot. He was insane, and shouldn't have had presense of mind to think he could outrun the danger with a vehicle. He should have just ran... as fast as he could in the direction away from the creature that drove him crazy in the first place. But whatever...