The blast is followed by an earth shattering quake. The car spasms, its chassis rewired and ruptured like the rib-cage of a wounded animal, exploding outward in a tempest of shards and searing hot metal. Propelled by the shock-wave, the debris rends entire pieces off the tarmac.
Flames, a mesmerizing waterfall of flames, ripples through the air. Everywhere, smoke, the smell of plastic and acid and burnt flesh permeates the air. Of the SUV and its driver, only a pile of ashes will soon remain.
Shodan has been ejected by the blast, landing face-down a few meters away from the Hierarch's car. Luckily, the smooth ride has resisted the impact.
Shodan: In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, “Let there be light.” Small, at first, like the head of a pin, it soon ballooned until everything was ignited by the fires of the Aether. The Obrimos can't see, but he can sense. The vortex of flames caressing his skin, gently tugging at his clothes before being guided away by the supernal pull of the Aether. It's not the flames that he must fear, it's the maelstrom of kinetic energy guiding the small strands of metal through his flesh, slipping past the folds of his armor. It's the thickness of the daggers of glass piercing his skin inches away from severing his femoral artery. It's his own phone that - as if guided by a malignant fate - shatters against his force shield, thus propelling its battery against his - now cracked - ribs.
Eternity condensed into a few seconds, yet barely enough time to resign himself to his fate, for the hard kiss of the tarmac is already there, waiting for his face.
[Roll Stamina to maintain consciousness, wound penalties don't apply to this roll]
Kaze: First aid is Dex + Medicine, an extended action, if number of successes > wounds, in our case 7, the target is healed for 1 bashing.
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2019-03-28 09:49:08 |
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Winter rolls 6 to Explosion (10 Again) |
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1, 5, 10, 10, 1, 2, 8, 6 |
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3 successes |
Since Shodan failed to get away.
The explosion dealt 6 automatic damage plus another rolled 6 (3 suxx scored). Totaling 9 damage minus 3 automatically absorbed by Force Shield. Shodan takes 6 damage, since Shodan already suffered from two bashing wounds, one of his bashing will roll off his healthbox, leaving him with a total of 6 lethal and 1 bashing.
Remember, pattern scouring 1 dot of STR or DEX for 24 hours yields 3 mana. Pattern restoration can be performed once a day, it's an instant action over several turns, 3 mana heal 1 lethal or bashing wound.