Play@YSDC

OOC,[url=http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=178&t=2488&start=80#p108257]The post in question.[/url] Also, I edited the previous post just to incorporate either possibility. Will re-edit it depending on the Keeper's discretion. (Though on the way to the truck, Caitlin was allowed to use it.)

OOC,I don't see where [b]Caitlin[/b] fired the gun after leaving the barn, but I'll allow that she still has it. Now that I've had a chance to read [b]Steve[/b]'s earlier post, I can see what his intention was (I was half-asleep and in a hurry last night). The shot does (barely) hit. [b]Steve[/b], you can roll 1d20 for hit location and 4d6 for damage. [b]Caitlin[/b], you can roll 1d20 for hit location and 1d10 for damage. You also get a second shot with the pistol, and you're just within point blank range to boot, so your chance to hit is 40%. However, there is no time to get out of the truck while still having time to fire this round, so you'll have to fire through the open door. Just as well, as you won't be in as much danger inside the truck. There's a good chance that together you'll take out one of the zombies before they attack, but that would still leave two.

OOC,Sorry, was also dreary-minded. Thought the next post where LARA was shooting was Caitlin. Ugh, this sleep schedule is killing me!

OOC,[b]Lara[/b] and [b]Caitlin[/b], you may both act now. The zombies are all at point blank range. The one attacking [b]Lara[/b] has taken 38 damage. If it takes at least two more, it will be destroyed. [b]Lara[/b], you may shoot at it with no problem. [b]Caitlin[/b], if you fire at it, you must roll Luck for each shot that misses to avoid hitting [b]Lara[/b]. If you shoot at one of the other two, you don't have to worry about it. [b]Lara[/b], if you kill your zombie with one shot, you may then direct your second shot at one of the other zombies, but there is no time to aim at the head this round. Next round you'd be able to do so, so you may wish to conserve ammo. [b]Caitlin[/b], you may aim at the head if you target one of the two zombies on [b]Steve[/b], but remember the -5 penalty. This applies after the point blank bonus, giving you a 35% chance to hit with each bullet. Sorry about that, [b]Steve[/b]. :cry: You're not quite dead yet, but you're doomed at this point and it won't be long. If you like, you can take over the man you've found lying by the road once he snaps out of his insanity (which won't be until after this combat is over). I''ll draw up a character sheet for him this weekend. I'd intended for him to be a throwaway character, hoping the zombies would eat him and give you a chance to get away (which was the purpose of the Luck roll). Probably the only way to stall the zombies long enough to either kill them or escape once the tire blew would be for somebody to die and keep them busy eating. The woman's body you had passed earlier was pretty much picked clean at that point, but a fresh corpse does buy you some time.

OOC,I kind of figured I was screwed after I missed the first time. There were a couple factors contributing to why I did what I did. I saw Steve as not being the kind of person to leave anyone behind to the fate that befell his wife, and he wouldn't kill another survivor just to save himself. Thinking back on it, he may have done it to keep Caitlin safe, but I didn't consider that angle at the time I made my decision. Ah well. It's survival horror- if no one dies, you're doing it wrong.

Target + Question,not the one attacking Steve nor the one nearest Lara. Despite her panic, she doesn't want to hit the normal companions. She's more trying to keep the third off her ass so she can get to Steven. I doubt she can move after firing twice?

OOC,[b]Lara[/b] and [b]Caitlin[/b], roll Sanity for seeing [b]Steve[/b] killed. Sanity loss is 0/1d6. If you lose 5 or more Sanity, you must roll Idea. If you succeed at the Idea roll, you go temporarily insane, but if you fail you may act freely. You may both fire two shots this round at point blank range if you remain sane. They may be aimed at the head (with a -5 penalty) provided that both shots from each person are aimed at the same target. This would give [b]Lara[/b] an effective skill of 101% and [b]Caitlin[/b] an effective skill of 35%. It takes 10 points of damage to the head to destroy either zombie. [b]Caitlin[/b], you were right that you couldn't move and fire in the same round. Both of the other two zombies are attacking [b]Steve[/b], so there is no zombie near her.

Summary,96 on Sanity roll, lost 2 points. 76% and a 09% for the shots, the second doing 2 damage. Save you a bit of link following.

OOC,[b]Caitlin[/b]'s shot was a 9, but she would have needed a 7 or less (1/5 of 35) to get an impale, so that was just a normal hit. Both of you may fire at the remaining zombie twice. It will take 8 more damage to the head to finish it.

OOC,Hahaha, that's what I get for rolling both at once. Ah well. Job got done.

OOC,If you want to move the man into the truck, you will have to make a Resistance Table roll pitting your STR against his SIZ of 12. If you work together, you may combine your STR scores, giving you a total of 20 (and thus an 80% chance). If you want to try to help the man out of his insanity, that will take a Psychoanalysis roll (not Psychology). The base skill is only 1%, but [b]Caitlin[/b] has it much higher. You may do this while trying to move him, but not while taking some other action. If you want to start changing the tire, you'll need to roll Mechanical Repair. The base skill for that is 20%. Even if you succeed, this will take quite some time. This time will be shortened if you both succeed at Mechanical Repair rolls. [b]Caitlin[/b]'s second shot never happens, since her first did enough to kill the zombie. In fact, [b]Lara[/b]'s second shot never happens either, since both of their first shots were enough to finish it off.