Athletics : 2eP+4eD 1 failure, 3 threat
Xenology : 2eA+1eB+2eD 2 failures, 1 advantage

@Edgehawk , you can recover a strain if you want with your advantage. The creature pulls you under the water and are ensnared for 2 rounds.

I hadn't planned on it, but this is an initiative for combat time. I'm also going to take this chance to introduce @Petragor07 , so you can roll initiative as well.

@Edgehawk , @Shlambate , @Xcapobl and @Petragor07 , please roll a vigilance check for initiative.

Vigilance : 1eA+2eP 1 success, 2 advantage

Vigilance : 1eP+1eA 4 successes

Vigilance : 1eP+1eA 4 successes 1 advantage

Does that work?

@Petragor07 , you'll want to copy the bbcode and paste it into your post on the forum here to make it work.

Swamp Combat:

1. @Petragor07 , short range of creature
2. @Shlambate , short range of creature
3. @Edgehawk , engaged range of creature
4. Creature: 4 soak, adversary 1, 22/22 wounds

Creature Initative Check : 1eA 1 success, 1 advantage

Ok @Petragor07 , you are up! The creature is at short range of you in the water, the water is classified as difficult terrain.

I engage the creature despite the terrain with 2 maneuvers, and use 2 strain to Also punch it with my knuckle dusters. Any modifiers to my brawl check?

Edit: Nevermind, I see the adversary 1, Rolling!

Punching the Creature 2eP+2eA+1eC+1eD 1 Success

Punching the Creature 2eP+2eA+1eC+1eD 1 Success

Punching the creature : 2eP+2eA+1eC+1eD 1 success

Ok, I have figured it out now, 6 damage

@Von3679 , are you still with us?

Swamp Combat:

1. @Petragor07 , short range of creature
2. @Shlambate , short range of creature
3. @Edgehawk , engaged range of creature
4. Creature: 4 soak, adversary 1, 20/22 wounds

@Petragor07 , wading into the water you are able to do some minor damage with your blows. If you want to put a post in the ic to represent this (

), then @Shlambate you are up next.

Can I shoot it?

Sorry people. I have been out of the loop for almost a week. My 1,5 year old son and I were hit by a car. The toddler is fine, but I broke an ankle, a rib, seriously bruised my hip, had a serious concussion, and had quite a lot of minor scrapes and bruises.

Because my computer is all the way up in the attic (man-cave), I have no guarantee for a daily presence, at least until I get the old laptop to run again.

To get into it again..

Vigilance for Initiative : 2eA 2 successes, 1 advantage

@Xcapobl , hope you two are doing alright!

Swamp Combat:

1. @Petragor07 , short range of creature
2. @Shlambate , short range of creature
3. @Xcapobl , short range of creature
4. @Edgehawk , engaged range of creature
5. Creature: 4 soak, adversary 1, 20/22 wounds

@Shlambate , you are up, you can shoot it but the difficulty is upgraded by 1 due to it being at engaged range with Gunslinger, so at this range with auto-fire it will be 2eC.

Ok then can I hit it with Martha? @Rabobankrider

Shouldn’t I be engaged?

@Rabobankrider Can I swing Martha?

@Petragor07 , yeah sorry, I forgot to update the list.

Swamp Combat:

1. @Petragor07 , short range of creature
2. @Shlambate , short range of creature
3. @Xcapobl , engaged range of creature
4. @Edgehawk , engaged range of creature
5. Creature: 4 soak, adversary 1, 20/22 wounds

@Shlambate , you can as a melee check, yes. As an improvised weapon it adds 2 damage, but also an automatic disadvantage to the check. If you get 3 disadvantage you do risk breaking Martha.

Risk Martha or Risk Gunsligner...

I’all go with the Gun over risking a clone.

I will spend destiny to reduce difficulty to 2eD

Melee Check : 3eA+2eD 1 failure, 2 advantage

I will pass a boost along.

@Shlambate , no problem

@Xcapobl , you are up when available.

Swamp Combat:

1. @Petragor07 , short range of creature
2. @Shlambate , short range of creature
3. @Xcapobl , engaged range of creature, boost on next check
4. @Edgehawk , engaged range of creature
5. Creature: 4 soak, adversary 1, 20/22 wounds

Change of plans... (thought of kicking the swamp thing first.)

One maneuver to step back (disengage)

One bonus maneuver to Aim (+2 Strain, +1 Boost)

Fire. (Difficulty 2 at this range due to creature being engaged with squad member Gunslinger, one die increased to Challenge due to Adversary 1)

Attack on Swamp Thing : 1eA+2eP+2eB+1eD+1eC 4 successes, 1 advantage, 1 Triumph

Using 1 Advantage to reduce Strain (that was already there) by 1, so I only have the 2 Strain from this Aim maneuver.

Damage 9 from my rifle, plus 4 successes and minus 4 Soak stays 9 Damage total.

Spending that Triumph on a Critical Hit.

Critical Hit : 1d100 83

An AVERAGE critical, making the thing Winded. If it is susceptible to this, for the rest of the encounter, the target cannot voluntarily suffer Strain to activate any abilities or gain additional maneuvers.

Swamp Combat:

1. @Petragor07 , short range of creature
2. @Shlambate , short range of creature
3. @Xcapobl , engaged range of creature, boost on next check
4. @Edgehawk , engaged range of creature, ensnare 2
5. Creature: 4 soak, adversary 1, 11/22 wounds, crtitical 83

@Xcapobl , you begun at short range and so were already at disengaged from the creature (you were at the edge of the pool). If you do want to move back 1 then that would take you to medium range, making the difficulty 2eC. I'll assume you want to remain at short range for now.

@Edgehawk you are up but you are also suffering 1 wound and 2 strain due to the grip of the creature. You are also ensnared but can do a hard athletics to break free. You can still perform an action as well, just not move.