[DW] The Desolation of Innocence (RPG IC Thread)

[Machine God]

Killteam Regent had thundered through the tight and switch-backed tunnels on their path to reach Rally Point Knight. The journey was a blur, a brief combat with a pack of Genestealers dispatched by Lustrais had caused the survivors to retreat away. Twisting, ducking and bursting through obstructions in the dark. Fleeting sounds showed on audio that this hulk was infested by rats, gretchin and other myriad vermin.

Eventually his suit diagnostic's had come to fruition, its machine spirit fully restored to eager belligerency. Forcing there way through a set of double doors which sealed behind them Killteam Regent emerged into a wide square chamber. Auspex showed that they had reached Knight, however they was no signs of Cordovan or their other brethren. The room was the site of a mighty firefight, spent bolts, autogun cartridges and Autocannon shells were scattered over the floor.

 

 

Initiative: AGL 5 +1 (Armour History) +10 (1D10) = 16

 

 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2023 by Machine God
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[Mazer Rackham]

+++Brother-Captain. Are you receiving me? Please confirm your location.+++

When the Watch Commander replies, his speech is punctuated by the slam-blam percussion of a power-headed flail battering and exploding something with every grunt and strike.

+++Welcome Bro- Phil...on.  Secu- landing...-one.  Genestealers....-where, Sophis - Nav Points!+++

Then he is gone, obviously busy.

++ Regent, this is Warden Sophis, follow the blue line. Emperor bless your weapons. ++

A fizzle of the noospheric relay shows a further holographic navigation overlay has been added to your maps.

COMBAT MAP:

Spoiler

As if to emphasise the urgency and prophecy of Commander Cordovan's message, one of the beasts - a full grown Purestrain Genestealer activates one of the doors - and charges through at the White Wolf!

Claws and teeth batter the Chaplain with furious desperation. 

+ Initiative Order +

Spoiler

Blips = 19 [X]

Genestealer 1 = 18 (20/20) [x]

Korvaan = 16 (21/21) (4/4) [ ]

Luthais = 15 (26/26) (3/3) [ ]

Nergüi = 13 (26/26) (3/3) [ ]

Philemon = 9 (23/23) (3/4) [ ]

Arcturion = 5 (20/20) (3/3) [ ]

Squad Cohesion 13/15

Genestealer 1(PS):

Spoiler

Full Action: Charge Nergüi

WS: 65 + 10 = 75

D100: 43 PASS, Plus 3 DoS

Damage: 26 SB/Pen (-21 A/TB) = 5 Wounds

Enemy charged = Hard Target in Effect, -20 BS to Hit it.

The razor sharp claws lunge for Nergüi's chest...

Nergüi Reaction, then

Korvaan [ ]

Edited July 13, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Trokair]

Dodge Roll Ag31
D100: 11, Pass, 2 DoS

[Machine God]

Korvaan left Nergui to deal with his opponent. Four blips on his Augur Array signified more danger. They had it seemed followed Regent's trail. 

Korvaan strode to the southern door, he ignited the welding torch built in to his Omnissian Power Axe and set about securing the door. 

 

 

 

 

Int 40 +10 (Talented Tech Use) +10 (Omnissian Power Axe) +20 (Exceptional Augur Array) +8 (Lead by Example) +10 (Ordinary) = 98. Result: 64, Pass 3DoS. Fate Point Re-Roll: 10, Pass 8DoS

 

 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2023 by Machine God
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[A.T.]

Nergüi appeared to have the measure of his foe, but the attack demonstrated the risk of encirclement should they remain here as more and more forces would gather for the moment to strike with overwhelming numbers.

Setting a defensive stance he advanced at a more measured pace, allowing the xenos behind the door to come onto his blades as he sought to open lines of fire for his battle brothers.

Half action - move right and open the door, leaving space for the others to shoot past

Half action - attack blip, Roll to hit 1 (vs 77) = HIT with 7 extra DoS
Damage = 2 (increased to 4 proven) +25 basic, +14 lightning claw bonus = 43 damage, Pen 8 (and toxic which i'm fairly sure won't matter)

[Mazer Rackham]

ROUND ONE CONTINUES

COMBAT MAP:

Spoiler

Genestealer 2 (PS):

Dodge: FAIL.

GS 2 is removed from play.

The aliens, obviously roused from a long slumber seem ponderous compared to the Astartes finest.  Luthais' flickering lightning claw completes shears the abomination lurking behind the door into smoking chunks, revealing another brute lumbering down the cramped hall.

At the same moment, Nergüi takes advantage of his warplate's enhanced manoeuvrability to dodge a blow.

Korvaan seals the door in hissing sparks and blinding plasma-torch heat.  The mechanism he implores clunks, then breaks, jamming so hard the gears and pistons within deform, bulking the barricade up in consequence.  Even so, the noise travels through the material, banging and screeching of alien chitin against honest plasteel.

+Initiative Order Continues+

Spoiler

Blips = 19 [X]

Genestealer 3 (PS) = 22 (20/20) [x]

Genestealer 1 (PS) = 18 (20/20) [x]

Korvaan = 16 (21/21) (4/4) [x]

Luthais = 15 (26/26) (3/3) [x]

Nergüi = 13 (26/26) (3/3) [ ]

Philemon = 9 (23/23) (3/4) [ ]

Arcturion = 5 (20/20) (3/3) [ ]

Squad Cohesion 13/15 (Note that I am allowing this to be Sustained - you MUST declare sustaining a SQDM as your first action (it's free) otherwise I will assume you are no longer sustaining it.  This is to get you boys into habit. 

Waiting for Brothers...

Nergüi [ ]

[Trokair]

The Genestealer sought to take his heart, but he would not claim it. Deftly stepping aside, albeit barley, Nergüi retaliated swiftly, the Crozius Arcanum heading for the opponents centre of mass in one fell swing.

Spoiler

Half Action Standard Attack with Crozius Arcanum
WS 51
D100: 36, Hit, 1DoS
Location 63, Body
If no dodge
Damage d10(roll 6) + 7 + 10(Sb) = 23 at pen 7

If PS1 dead: then Half Action Move east
If PS1 not dead: err who knows.   

 

[Lysimachus]

As the Storm Warden stepped forward and opened the hatch, Philemon was already moving to stand guard at his shoulder. The portal slid back to reveal a shorter corridor with chambers branching off it… and more xenos. Luthais lashed out at the closest, but the Emperor's Blade found his eye drawn beyond to more scuttling creatures. He found himself grinning. The Assault Marine had helpfully left him plenty of room to fire and in such close confines, the purging flame of Torrens Ignis would be almost unavoidable. 

 

Free Action: Sustain Lead by Example. (Don't forget your +8 to all Tests!)

Half: Move forward to stand immediately southwest of Luthais.

Half: Single shot: HF at GS3. No BS Test.
(Cleanse and Purify and Cleansing Flame mean all Ag rolls to avoid effects are at -20 and successful Tests must be rerolled).
Dam 1d10+12 +2(MC) +2(Mighty Shot)
GS3: 4+16 = 20 Dam at Pen6. No cover.

 

The wide end of the template should cover the next blip (in the 2nd open doorway to Philemon's left?) as well. You might disallow it as the target is behind the wall, but assuming the flames hit the closed door at the end and splash outwards to either side, I reckon they'd still catch it…? Up to you though, boss!

Edited March 9, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

Genestealer 1 (PS):

Spoiler

Dodge: 71 LOLWUT.

The Chaplain's unbridled fury breaks the foul spawn who dares to strike him.  The White Wolf bites quickly and hard, caving the Stealer in with a dolorous blow with his Crozius.

Genestealer 1 is removed from play.

Genestealer 3 (PS):

Spoiler

Dodge: 39 PASS

Must Re-roll: 18 PASS

EDIT: Re-rolls as per OOC Thread:

D100: 23 PASS, 58 FAIL.

As the flame gouts down the corridor, one of the beasts realises its peril, as the fire comes to destroy it, the xenos filth contracts, before leaping up, clawing into the walls to escape the cleansing heat.

It only gets so far before Philemon's careful adjustment of his heavy weapon splashes the clinging promethium up the wall to catch the spawn.  There is no escape.

Genestealer  3 is removed from play.

Genestealer 4 (IS): (Unrevealed)

Whilst the vengeance is thwarted, it is not denied, the foul beast lurking in the adjacent room suddenly disappears from the auspex.

A moment later, there is a horrific boom, which blows panels and floor plates off.  Shrapnel erupts in confetti spurting from the room, along with purple-green slick, which cakes the walls and ceiling with a hissing bubble as it eats the material.

Your augurs register the promethium stink, along with something sickly acrid.

Genstealer 4 is removed from play.

EDIT: Be aware that this corridor is now on FIRE.

FIRE = This is BAD. Astartes Flamers use promethium, which means if you are set on fire, you take a +4 damage from the hit.  The intensity is equal to the damage of the weapon as per Philemon/Lysimachus' attack. This will last until the start of the next Round.

ACID SLIME = This is BAD. It too will dissipate at the beginning of the next Round.  Contact with Acidic Slime will inflict non-preventable AP damage to your TDA (1D3). This may be fixed by Repair Cement.

Arcturion [ ]

Edited July 14, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Necronaut]

Arcturion's darkly-ringed eyes darted from side to side in search of a foe with which to grapple, but found none, his brothers from Regent proving to be highly efficient killers. But this was just the rabble, the weaker specimens from the pack being culled through a natural selection as old as life itself. Kill or be killed.

This was merely the prelude to the onslaught, if the mound of xenos corpses scant meters from him was proof of anything. 

His witch-sight would render in stark clarity what auspex and the other contrivances of the Mechanicus could never hope to do so, like painting with an incomplete pallette, like trying to paint without the knowledge of color itself. He centered himself and slowed his breathing, allowing for the riot of multihued auras and psychic impressions in the vicinity to creep into and saturate is vision.

But when he focused his mind upon his immediate surroundings, it was nought but a crushing bleak hellscape that greeted him. Dark shadows, twisted visions of gnashing teeth and rending claws assailed him, and he reflexively shut his eyes. Horrible, oily, inhuman shapes pressing up against one another in the darkness, pressing against him, suffocating him, devouring him. With a sharp intake of breath he wrenched his eyes open and staggered backward a couple of steps before regaining his composure.

 

It was only a vision… or was it? 

 

+They're everywhere…! This place is infested! By the Emperor, they are without number!+

 

His eyes widened and his hearts pounded in his chest. Blood thundered in his ears and his lips peeled back in a feral snarl. Sharpened teeth of his own glistened with saliva. As he continued to reel backwards towards the center of mass of the squad, the focus which he had lost reasserted itself and his helm snapped around, looking directly through the thick walls directly at the mind of an alien presence lying in wait in the chamber beyond… 

 

 

Psyniscience Test

Per40 + 20 -10 = 50

Psyniscience: 1d100 95

95: failure with 4 DoF

 

Rerolling test via LBE (thanks, Mazer!)

Psyniscience: 1d100 32

32: success with 2 DoS

 

I'm going to leave my narrative intact with a new addition. Do with it what ye will. 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 14, 2022 by Necronaut

[Mazer Rackham]

ROUND TWO

When the flame and short-lived acid dissipate, the Epistolary realises something of the mass of shadow and whispers, his revelations become solid, as the creatures at the end of the passage are revealed a moment before the doors spring open at an alien touch.

A mob of misshapen sinners!  Hybrids, and they are well armed!  They are familiar to you - the taste in your mind remembers them from the brief encounter where they fled...

COMBAT MAP:

Spoiler

Other blasphemous shapes spring into action, the touch of the psyker's mind a passing prod to stir them from whatever lethargy robbed them of their supple grace beforehand.

+ Initiative Order +

Spoiler

Genestealer 7 = 25 (20/20) [x]

Genestealer 6 = 24 (20/20) [x]

Genestealer 5 = 21 (20/20) [x]

Korvaan = 16 (21/21) (4/4) [ ]

Luthais = 15 (26/26) (3/3) [ ]

Nergüi = 13 (26/26) (3/3) [ ]

Philemon = 9 (23/23) (3/4) [ ]

Hybrid Horde = 6 (20/20 MAG) [ ]

Arcturion = 5 (20/20) (3/3) [ ]

Squad Cohesion 13/15

Genestealer 7:

Spoiler

Half Action: Half Move

Half Action: Climb Wall (Str Test: 005 ALL TEH DoS)

Genestealer 6:

Spoiler

Full Action Charge Philemon

WS 65 +10 = 75

D100: 49 PASS, 2 DoS (Left Leg)

Damage: 29 (Dam+Pen) - (24 Arm/TB) = 5 Wounds

Genestealer 5:

Spoiler

Full Action Charge Luthais

WS 65 +10 = 75

D100: 72 PASS, no DoS. (Left Arm)

Damage: 27 (Dam+Pen) - (24 Arm/TB) = 3 Wounds

+ Order of Actions +

Philemon SQD Cohesion Damage Check Willpower (-10)

NOTE: You may not benefit from Lead By Example for this test.  You must focus your own Will in the face of the new threat.

Reactions

Korvaan [ ]

Edited July 15, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Trokair]

Placeholder - anti fear speach thingy

 

Spoiler

Fearless Assistance
Fel 45 - 10 = 35
D100:18, Pass, 1 DoS

 

Edited July 14, 2022 by Trokair

[A.T.]

More xenos darted from the dwindling flames, and beyond them many of their kind gathered with heavier weapons. The mutants were the priority target but xenos blocked the way and as Luthais sought to swat away this most recent foe it darted back. Perhaps wary of the fate of its kin, but more likely stalling for time.

Parry 29 = pass

Counter attack 87 = miss

[Lysimachus]

Philemon growled back at the hideous thing that hissed and snarled as it raced towards him. He caught the wicked, reaching claws on the heraldic shield mounted on the side of his Heavy Flamer and hurled the beast backwards. It was like a child's nightmare brought to life, but the Emperor's Blade was no child.

 

"I feel no fear!" he roared through his vox-speaker, "I am fear!"

 

WP Test to resist Fear: WP60, Roll: 32, Pass!

Parry vs Genestealer with Combat Shield:
WS56 +10(Hunter of Aliens) +10(Hatred: Tyranids) +15(Defensive) = 91, Roll: 63, Pass!

 

It doesn't matter either way here, but I'm pretty sure I'm right to include Hatred and HoA bonuses to Parry? The blurbs for both say all WS tests when fighting/combating (not just attacking) the type of enemy.

 

Edited March 9, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Machine God]

"I feel no fear!" Philemon roared through his vox-speaker, "I am fear!"

 

Korvaan's morale was buoyed by the Watch-Sergeants oration and it spurred him on in furious action.

Korvaan with the song of battle on his lips charged the Genestealers.

"Make way for the Omnissiah's Wrath, Flesh Filth!" roared Korvaan.

Free Action: Declare Bolter Assault (3 Cohesion Points)

Free Action: Draw Storm Bolter.

Charge Vs Genestealer #6

Korvaan at the belligerent charge forced himself between Philemon and Lustrais.

SAB Vs Genestealer #6.

BS 55 +10 (SAB) +30 (Point Blank Range) -20 (Shooting into Melee Combat) = 75. Result: 26, Pass 4DoS

Storm Bolter: 1D10 +9, Pen 4, Storm, Tearing.

Hit #1, Body (9, 7) 18 Damage.

Hit #2, Body (9, 3) 18 Damage.

Hit #3, Lower Right Arm (9, 6) 18 Damage.

Hit #4, Head (1, 7) 16 Damage.

Hit #5, Upper Left Arm (2, 4) 13 Damage.

Hit #6, Body (2, 7) 16 Damage.

Korvaan's Initiative Action: SAB Vs Genestealer #5.

BS 55 +10 (SAB) +30 (Point Blank Range) -20 (Shooting into Melee Combat) = 75. Result: 46, Pass 2DoS.

Hit #1, Body (1, 3) 12 Damage.

Hit #2, Body (2, 4) 13 Damage.

Hit #3, Upper Right Arm (6, 10 +1 RF) 20 Damage.

Hit #4, Head (1, 8) 17 Damage

Korvaan unleashed a barrage of bolts at the two Genestealers.

[Mazer Rackham]

The Brazen Claw joins the battle in sound and fury, thunderous fusillades of shells battering at the nimble foe.

Genestealer 6:

Spoiler

Reaction: Dodge

AG 40 +10 (Trained..?) =50

D100: 25, PASS, Plus 2 DoS (+2 DoS Unnat Ag) = 4 DoS (All hits dodged)

Dodges used: 1/2

Genestealer 5:

Spoiler

Reaction: Dodge

AG 40 +10 (Trained..?) =50

D100: 44, PASS, no DoS (+2 DoS Unnat Ag) = 2 DoS (4 Hits Dodged)

Dodges used: 1/2

Wounds: 11/20

The second Stealer to be targeted is struck in the chest, bolts bracketing it, before snapping chitin, rupturing flesh and bruising organs.  The aline beast howls and clutches at its body with an all-too human gesture, betraying its monstrous origin.

Just a quick GM Note - Stealers have Step Aside, which means they have an extra Reaction (basically allowing two Dodges).  Also, whenever Stealers Charge they are at -20 BS to Hit, when they Run they're at -40 BS to Hit, due to a Talent known as Hard Target.  I've not made allowance here because I forgot to mention it during their action phase, and as they're hit at Point Blank, it seems appropriate, and unfair after the fact.

Please note that is specific to THIS instance, as an equitable solution, and is not a future workaround for Hard Target.

For more info on Genestealer abilities have a look at their entry in MOTX when you all have a moment.

Cohesion: 10/15

[Mazer Rackham]

Initiative Order shuffle:

It has not escaped my attention that both Arcturion and Nergüi are kind of stuck with not much to do. A TDA and Stealer Roadblock have held things down a bit.

However, in order to keep the pressure on, and to follow my original intent, I will remedy this via GM Fiat before Luthais' Turn.

COMBAT MAP:

Spoiler

The Genestealers are relentless, without mercy or pause.  Thanks to the Iron Father, time has been bought, but it seems like that may be over, as one of the brutes begins to finally claw it's way through the barricade!

Genestealer 8 = 21 (20/20) [x]

The Stealers have not yet forced an entry point, but there is a gap they will soon be able to squeeze through. As the Stealer was a Blip, and the blips have already had their turn, this will allow the Players to act appropriately without disrupting the turn.  Feel free to add dramatic narrative.

Edited July 15, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Trokair]

As Korvaan moved past him to assist the others Nergüi kept an eye on the barricade behind them, it would not do to be accosted from the rear once they were in the narrow passage that Philemon and Luthais were advancing into.

Seeing a head emerge, the body still stuck but struggling to get trough, he snapped of a shot at it while backing up towards the others, as soon as the way forwards was clear again they would be on the move.  

 

Spoiler

Join Squad mode
Bolter Assault
Move 2 ish m northish (essentially moving up to the corner behind Philemon but leaving enough space for others to manoeuvre as needed)
Shoot GS8, BS: 42
D100: 63 Miss, 2DoF

 

[A.T.]

Holding the genestealer before him at bay with a series of feints and cuts Luthais strikes a defensive posture, drawing both of the nearby xenos onto his claws as he sought to cut a path through their vanguard for his brothers to advance.

 

Full action - multiple attacks against the stealer pinning Philemon. Any spare attacks spread over to his own target.

Attacks 61 / 78 / 98 / 47 = 2 hits
Minimum damage (29, Pen 8) is enough to kill a stealer outright AFAIK

[Mazer Rackham]

Genestealer 6:

Spoiler

Dodges Hit 1, cannot dodge Hit 2,

Genstealer 6 removed from Play.

The abomination trying to claw its way into Philemon, is cut down by glittering power blades, dodging the first blow, it is skewered on the second.

+ Initiative Order +

Spoiler

Genestealer 7 = 25 (20/20) [x]

Genestealer 5 = 21 (20/20) [x]

Korvaan = 16 (21/21) (4/4) [x]

Luthais = 15 (26/26) (3/3) [x]

Nergüi = 13 (26/26) (3/3) [ ]

Philemon = 9 (23/23) (3/4) [ ]

Hybrid Horde = 6 (20/20 MAG) [ ]

Arcturion = 5 (20/20) (3/3) [ ]

Squad Cohesion 10/15

Nergüi [ ]

Edited July 17, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Trokair]

The denizen had avoided his first shot so now Nergüi  opend up with a semi automatic burst. When the dust cleared the xenos still thrashed at the barricade trying to find its way through.  

Spoiler

SAB at GS8
BS: 42 + 10 (SAB)=52
D100: 81 Miss, again, that GS is lucky.

 

[Mazer Rackham]

Genstealer 8:

The creature struggles, the bolts exploding and careening off the bulky around it providing it with cover, the torn edges of the bulkhead proof against the deadly shells.

Even so, the hole grows wider still in a keening screech as claws that can shear adamantium perforate and rend it.  Keen bestial calls can be heard from behind the scrabbling monster...

Philemon [ ]

[Lysimachus]

Luthais lashed out with the deadly energised claws mounted in his vambrace, cutting the genestealer in front of Philemon into gory chunks of flesh and chitin. The Emperor's Blade suddenly found himself lacking a target for Vindicta Dei's wrath. But he could see the wisdom in the Storm Warden's choice of target, for it had opened Philemon a clear path towards the horde of Hybrids massing in the next chamber, desperately readying their auto weapons. He voxed a word of thanks to the Assault Marine and stomped forward. It seemed that so far, out of his armaments Torrens Ignis was claiming the lion's share of the glory!

 

Free Action: Sustain Lead by Example.
Half Move east.
Half: Single shot HF at Hybrid Horde. No BS Test.
HF does 8(Range30/4)+1d5 Hits +1d5(Cleanse and Purify)
(Cleansing Flame = Tearing for Flamer's variable damage vs Hordes)
8 + (2,5) + (1,4) = 17 Hits, Dam1d10+12 +2(MC) +2(Mighty Shot) at Pen6.

 

Edited March 9, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

Hybrid Horde:

The intense flame howls into the room, mixing with the shrieking from half-alien throats.  The jagged lumps of misshapen plating and disfigured, metafused bone joints slither away under the holy fire.

Ammunition detonates, killing the few miscreants who dare to flee the Emperor's Wrath, their end a fiery conflagration.

The Hybrid Horde is removed from Play.

Genestealer 5: Free Strike....!

Reflexively, as Philemon moves forward, the claws of the nearest beast snake out, trying to ensnare him.

Spoiler

MISS.

Hybrid Horde [x[ LOL, DED

Arcturion: [ ]

Edited July 17, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Necronaut]

They were surrounded, and xenos were advancing upon the kill-team from every available direction, swarming out of side corridors and ductwork. He raised his enormous chainfist and held it palm out toward the cowering gene-stealer, crackling electrostatic discharge coalescing around its oversized fingers. He focused his mind and manifested his unholy fury into blinding bolts of warp-lightning.

 

+DIE, XENOS!+

 

 

Smite vs Gene-stealer #8

WP60 + 5 (Psychic Hood) + 5xPR8 (Push) = 105

Smite: 1d100 25

25: success with 8 DoS

 

Psychic Phenomena Roll:

Psychic Phenomena: 1d100 15

15: Aura of Taint -> auto-modified to Bloody Tears via Rite of Sanctioning (THE WALLS WEEP BLOOD)

 

Smite Damage: 1d10 x PR8 + 6 (Epistolary; WP bonus) Pen PR8, splash radius = PR8 meters

Smite Damage: 8d10 46

46 damage (no RF) + 6 = 52 damage, Pen 8

 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Necronaut