If the rifles of the bodyguards swiftly turns the poor replica of the Mystery Machine into a pile of garbage, the two men does not have more than a fraction of seconds to enjoy their victory. Almost immediately, the suppressing fire of Waywalker's drones, forces them to take cover - one behind a nearby large pile of junk made of auto parts, and the other one joining M.Johannes being the slow moving Ares Mule, still slowly walking toward the van, unaware of his recent demise.
On the bright side for the runners, the combined suppressing fire zone is large enough to pin down their three opponent. None of them can take the risk of going to their chopper without crossing it...
Nearby the van, Rex's Kami manifests, ready to provide its help to the now disabled vehicle. The spirit takes a second to look at the poor vehicle before, looking quite puzzled, like a cat realizing it has been chasing its own tails for the last ten minutes.
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Note that the bodyguards spent their Free Action to Hit the Dirt. Unless I'm wrong, this is the end of the first pass. Rex's initiative now changes, and one of his (Simple) Action is obviously to change the order of his spirit.
@Jack_Spade do you want to use your other Simple Action ? Maybe to reckless spell cast or observe in details ?
@Haywire: if the drones are sustaining the suppressing fire, we don't need their initiative, if you plan to make them change
Second pass:
(??) Most likely Waywalker's drone - if they stop their fire, but their actions would be then dealt with after Waywalker directive.
(13) Bodyguards next action
(11) Spirit of Man's action - waits on Rex
(6) Waywalker next move
(4) Rex actions
(<4) Spirit of Man will attack
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If the bodyguard are pinned down by the attack, they both manage to aim and fire at the van, now directly aiming at the runners. One is using a hole in the pile of junk has improvised gun port, while the other managed to shoot through the legs of the Ares Mule.
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Obviously, Bodyguards have some penalty due to the improvised way they are shooting (like if shooting thru a camera, so -3d):
Johannes Bodyguard fires on Waywalker:
10d6t5 3Johannes Bodyguard fires on Rex:
10d6t5 3I consider you can dodge, but you would need to jump out of the vehicle (or go to the rear of it - but this will means using an Interrupt action). Otherwise you can just stay in your seat and see if the bullets actually goes through the vehicle. Or anything else you come up with
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