Dark*Matter: Discovery, the Beginning

[Friadoc]

Reacting out of reflex, more than habit, Cade will turn, grab Nick by an arm or leg, and quickly pull the fallen man out of harms way.

OOC - Yeah, potentially I know this might hurt, but Cade would pull the non-combatant, as well as one of the few who might know what is going on, out of danger. Basically, I'm dragging him out of the way using either a double move (if grabbing him is a free action) or my full move (if grabbing him is a move equivilant action). So, here goes nothing.

 

[yestotom]

Cyrus fires two more rounds hoping, at least, to provide some cover for Cade and Nick.

.44 Magnum attack (1d20+3-2=17)
.44 Magnum damage (2d8=7)

9mm attack (1d20+3-2=13)
9mm damage (if it hits) (2d6=10)

 

[iwatt]

What the hell. It just won't go down. Steading himself, Larry tries to shoot the skeleton once more. Maybe it just was too tough.

Looking at the older man who seemed to understand the monster, he shouts out. "How did they kill this thing in the first place."

OOC:
Attack: 1d20+2-4=10
Damage: 2d6=8

I guess I missed.

 

[industrygothica]

Looking at the older man who seemed to understand the monster, he shouts out. "How did they kill this thing in the first place."

Visibly shaking, and stuttering even more than before, Nick forces the words from his mouth. "I d-d-d-don't know. The c-c-c-computers went down b-b-before I got that far."

Nick clutches the fresh wound on his side and winces in agony. He looks up at the man dragging him to safety and mutters, "W-w-wait... There was an urn. Maybe he was b-b-burned before he died?"

 

[Shayuri]

Hearing the magic words, Meredith whirls, then sees Nick being dragged away.

"You there! Oh...you're hurt..."

She hurries forward to take a look at the wound.

"Listen mister, I think that stolen artifact, that urn, has got to be the key to all this. Do you know anything about it? What it looks like, or where it might be? I don't think guns are going to help much against this thing."

 

[kinem]

"This dream sucks!" Diego declares.

I musta played one too many D&D games. From now on, it's Battletech. Hmm, in D&D, you need a blunt weapon against skeletons - makes sense I guess.

Diego looks around for anything he can use as a club - a table leg he can break off or the like. If he grabs such a thing, he'll attempt to bash the skeleton with it, using a two-handed grip.

 

[Falkus]

As Cade moved into to grab Nick, he opened himself up to an attack of opportunity from Akhantanen, he swiped at the would-be rescuer with his short sword. Fortuntaely for Cade's health, he missed, and then Cade managed to pull Nick out of harms way.

Larry pulled the trigger on his gun a little too early, and missed, the bullet ironically blowing apart a copy of the Gun Digest in the periodicals section.

Cyrus managed to score a hit with his .44 magnum, but just blew away another chip of bone, not noticibly slowing the skeletal monster.

Diego smashed apart a nearby chair, and grabbed the leg, and took a vicious swing at the creature with it. Akhentane parried the swipe, and riposted, taking a swing at Diego, who barely managed to dodge out of the way of the blow.

Shayuri, industrygothica
[sblock]There wouldn't be many places in the library to hide an urn where it wouldn't look out of place, however, there are some plants in the computer center upstairs, some of which are stored in vases. An urn placed there might not look out of place at first glance.[/sblock]

 

[iwatt]

"W-w-wait... There was an urn. Maybe he was b-b-burned before he died?"

Fire. Stepping towards the remaining peices of the chairs while scrounging in his pockets, Larry kneels and takes out his trusty zippo lighter and his pack of cigarretes. Good thing I haven't quit smoking. Using the pack as kindling, Larry tries to start a fire. Looking around, he grabs whatever books are near to add to the flames.

OOC: I have no idea how easy this is to do IRL, but the idea is to get some flaming club action. Larry picked up the habit as a dissolute teen, and never has had the urge to quit it. I didn't include it in my equipment though.

 

[Friadoc]

Seeing that Nick is being tended too, Cade looks back at the conflagration and figures that small arms fire is not doing much good against the creature.

oO Gygax be my guide Oo thinks Cade as he picks up a chair, a improvised blunt weapon, and just pretends that he is in a bar fight back home.

Cade charges the skeletal Pharaoh and attacks it with the chair.

OOC
Cade's Charge Attack (1d20+2=4) - Oh yeah, that sucked. *grins*

I assume the chair would break on impact, whether or not it hit, but I do plan on trying to use the pieces as clubs.

 

[Shayuri]

Meredith pulls Nick away from the fight, trying to get him out of sight of the monster.

"Hi," she says. "I'm Meredith. I heard you...talking to that thing. Do you know what it is? Or what's going on?" As she talks, she wads up some of Nick's shirt hem and staunches the blood from the slash in his side.