Ninja Burger PBP Episode 25 - 12/14/06
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Dice roll summary:
Whutaguy/Skipito (Deliverator): 12 = 3
Arvo/Toru (Driver): 14 = 5
Zipdrive/Kitaro (Chef): 20 = 8
Lorthyne/Bozuko (Spotter): 29 = 7
Wroe/Rin (Navigator): 19 = 6
DELIVERY PIRATES: 54 = 9 (using the timestamp from my last post)
Poor [-2] Sense of Decency
Good [+2] Pirate Pizza Employee
Expert [+4] Carjacking
PIRATE CAPTAIN: 54 = 9 (ditto)
Poor [-2] Fashion Sense
Expert [+4] Escaping At the Last Minute
Master [+6] Pirate Captain
Just as a recap for everyone, for each rank of damage you take, you must reduce one of your Qualities by one rank.
Expert [+4} --> [Good [+2} --> Average [+0] -->Poor [-2]
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Toru attacks! He leaps bodily on a pirate and begins pummelling. In the confined space of the van he has the advantage (5 + 2 = 7), but the Pirate's defense is pretty stunning, and the bad guy comes away with the advantage (9 + 2 Pirate = 11), and we'll say that he deals 4 Ranks of damage to Toru (deduct as you see fit, Toru) as he pulls out a cutlass and manages to get it between you. Ouch!
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TORU
Average [+0] Ninja
Expert [+4] Zen Driver
Good [+2] Smooth Talker
Good [+2] Mechanic
Poor [-2] Navigator
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Rin does slightly better for herself (6 +2 Computer Nerd = 8), and although the Pirate does struggle a lot he doesn't manage to inflict any damage, as he's wrapped up in wire.
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He'll still get himself free given time (since he got a 9 to your 8), but you've avoided any slashy sticky pokey damage this time around since I established last time that if you kept at it you could get him tangled.
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"Toru-san I know this is probably a bad time, but who exactly is driving?", says Rin? Toru's answer is to bleed a little bit.
Elsewhere, Bozo grabs an 8-point antler and a few bottles of beer and heads towards the building, ready to brawl. As fate would have it, he meets a pirate at the bottom of the stairs, and since the pirate is in the process of fleeing, this gives Bozo the initiative. He smashes the bottle and taunts the pirate, and lunges in for the attack (7 + 2 Garbage = 9). The pirate manages to draw his cutlass, however (9), and parries the bottle, smashing the rest of it to bits. Luckily Bozo has that antler, and he manages to catch the pirate's sword in the tines and twist it out of his grasp. Neither gets the advantage. Bozo does notice that the pirate seems to want to get away; if he wanted to, he could let the pirate by and head upstairs without further engagement.
Up those stairs, the epic battle begins.
Skipito telegraphs a leg sweep, then drops and spins, with his trailing foot intending to kick the order over to the customer while the Pirate Captain hopefully leaps over the other leg. Unfortunately he telegraphs a bit too much (3 +2 Deliverator = 5), and the Pirate sees it coming. He does, indeed, leap up in the air, but on the way down, he brings his cutlass down into Skipito's leg.
However, Skipito's sacrifice allows Kitaro to gain excellent position. He runs up the wall and (seeing the pirate skewering Skipito), he grabs the sprinkler nozzle on the ceiling and tosses a shuriken at the Captain (8 + 2 using sharp things + 2 Being Ninja = 12). The shuriken catches the pirate right in the whachacallit just as he aims for Skipito's leg, and he snarls a mighty "Arrrrr!"
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PIRATE CAPTAIN
Poor [-2] Fashion Sense
Expert [+4] Escaping At the Last Minute
Master [+6] Pirate Captain --> Expert [+4] --> Good [+2] --> Average [+0]
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Luckily for Skipito this reduces the amount of damage the Captain would normally do. However, the cutlass still REALLY HURTS and does 4 ranks of damage (9 - 5 = 4).
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SKIPITO
Average [+0] Ninja
Good [+2]Corporate Lackey
Extreme Sportster [+4], Riding the Tao
Good [+2] Deliverator
Poor [-2] Impulse Control.
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Somewhat better news is that the pirate does not grab the order; however, it sails past the customer too and heads out the window, where as fate would have it, it perches precariously on the remnants of the fire escape.
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"Mierda! Dos Mierda!"
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Taking everything to +0, unless Angry Turtle (TM) Underarmor (Pat Pending) saves me. Mother always said wear clean underarmor.
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Left hand launched a fistfull of NB brand Hot Pepper seasoning (blinding powder) at Captain Crust's face [Deliverator +0 now] and right hand (with previously drawn sword) will "Go Ginsu" on "El Burro" [Angry Turtle (upshift?)+ Ninja +0].
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Kitaro is still dazed from being hit by a pirate, and so has [+0 esoteric knowledge]. BTW, it might be a good idea to have a permanent link in each episode to a post with all our characters' stats.
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"So you're a kebab kaptain, as well as a pizza pirate, eh?" [-2 punster. referring to skewering skipito, if it weren't obvious]
Kitaro then launches himself at the pirate, trying to simultaniously free skipito, and make the (now hopefully disoriented) captain cut himself on the cutlass [+2 using sharp things]
Bozuko grabs another beer bottle from within one of his various pockets and throws it up towards the ceiling, attempting to distract the pirate via falling shards of alcohol-laden glass. When the pirate looks up, Bozo will leap towards the pirate, aiming to plant his feet on hairy pirate chest. Then, kicking off of the pirate's torso, Bozuko will ninja-backflip away and launch the antler, hoping to pin the pirate to the wall for later questioning. After landing in a cool ninja crouch, with index and middle finger of his right resting on the ground, Bozuko will pause for a moment to ensure that the pirate has been detained.
If the pirate is securely stopped, Bozuko will continue up the stairs. If not, he'll stick around.
Expert [+4] Chucking Things
Good [+2] Finding Use for Garbage
[+2] Acting Ninja
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Interesting tidbit: I actually ran my own Ninja Burger last weekend, and one of my players took the coolest quality I've ever seen: Good [+2] Animal Mimickry.
I didn't make the connection at first, but this player used Animal Mimickry mainly as a combat skill, describing at length how his attack would resemble that of an animal's.
One particular favorite was when he had our Chef (Who had a [+2] Throwing Things quality) chuck him through a doorway, where he swooped down on the enemy screaming like a hawk, his hands clenched like talons.
Fun stuff.
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Rin, deciding that the computer wire trip definately hasn't been the best road she could have taken, re-routes her course. With the pirate partially tired up, she pulls the wires tight and tries to find a way to go above and get behind him forcing his arms into a very twisted and painful position hopefully accompanied by a few pops from the shoulders. Deciding that the route in her mind is going to take a very sudden left, Rin is going to attempted to jerk the pirate sideways and slam his head into the corner of the cabinets. An unconcious pirate is the best kind of pirate that there is.
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TORU
Average [+0] Ninja
Expert [+4] Zen Driver --> Good [+2] Stunt Driver
Good [+2] Smooth Talker
Good [+2] Mechanic --> Average [+0]
Poor [-2] Navigator
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Having just been impaled by a cutlass, Toru puts on his best grimace (he doesn't have to try very hard) and lets out a death rattle, falling back on his stunt man experience.
Feeling faint anyway, he slumps to his knees on the floor, then grasps the cutlass, attempting to pull it from the pirate's grip whilst falling theatrically backwards onto the floor of the van in a feigned death, all the while staring with a shocked expression at the pirate's face [Stunt Driver +2].
Toru just hopes that the pirates buy it, and that the rest of the team is faring better than himself..
Posting here to generate a timestamp.