Mickey pulls the curtain aside and reveals a big man wearing a neat suit. Quikly he pulls out a knife and attacks Mickey. Obviously he hasn't heard of the Irish Anvil, or he would have hesitated before jumping towards him.
[sblock=OOC]Everyone roll init. Surprise round between Mickey and the Thug.[/sblock]
Jack starts to reprimand Irish for walking through the minefield of evidence before he springs on the curtains, then the princess shouts and Jack's senses lock in on the action.
Seeing the knife, Jack holsters his weapon and moves in to help Irish with Tall & Neat. When he can, he comes around to the side of the thug and tries to cold-cock him with a right.
[sblock=OOC]BR, you and I must have posted at the same time tonight and I didn't see yours until just now.
Init 12+2=14.
Combat Martial Arts = 1d4+3 unarmed strike (going for non-lethal to subdue).
Weapon Focus (unarmed strike) = +1 to hit
Improved Melee Smash = +2 to melee damage
Elizabeth snarls as she tries to get a clear shot, but can't. The air gets heavier around her as she draws on that special, inner faith and raises a simple silver cross inside a circle. "STOP!" She shouts to the knife attacking man.
Lotka, surprised, instinctively point to the man with his gun, and shouts "Drop your knife now you American pig!". Then realizing with what persons he was, he gets all red. "Nothing personal..." he adds.
That is the generally accepted die roller for PbP. Enter your screen name or character name, number of rolls, dice with modifiers (there is a little key at the bottom for more advanced rolls) and a note. Hit the roll dice button and you get the results, a link and a url you can copy to the post.