Tales of Battle - Walter Keane

Cindurion 23-Jan-22 09:06 PM

You've been awarded 1 CCP for participating in a scene! Make sure to note it down! Daytime Phase day 11. You return to your now very humble abode in the Cassava Point Warehouse sub-district. Once there you inspect the loot you received. You’ve gained 3 re-roll beads, 3 skill crystals and 3 crystals of potential. In addition, you found a hat that seems to allow you to detect magical auras in the area. (You have the benefit of improved mage-sight which is always on and is more capable of finding weaker auras than regular mage sight.) What do you do for your daytime phase? (edited)

Walter Keane 26-Jan-22 06:28 PM

Stat increases: IP 2 free, 2 agility & 2 luck + 1 CCP for perception 1 1 CCPs for willpower mod +1 2 skill crystals for perception 3 1 skill crystal for willpower 1 (anti-magic field off, boots: spider climb, cloak: conceal signature, attire: brown trench coat with brown hat, stubble (looking more like "the man with no name", but not quite). Scouting Downtown Apartments sub district)

Cindurion 26-Jan-22 07:58 PM

(You detect 1 signal in the district, along with a Base. The signal seems to come from the same area as the Base. You also detect a weaker signal in the area. Would you like to investigate?) (edited)

Walter Keane 26-Jan-22 08:05 PM

(locate the base from afar, then investigate the weaker signal)

Cindurion 26-Jan-22 08:06 PM

(The base appears to be underground, in the sewers system)

Walter Keane 26-Jan-22 08:06 PM

((possibly "the swarm"))

Cindurion 26-Jan-22 08:06 PM

(And then you were going for the weaker signal?)

Walter Keane 26-Jan-22 08:08 PM

(Can I vaguely locate the base's location relative to surface? Like any manholes close to it? Yes, weaker signal next) (edited)

Cindurion 26-Jan-22 08:08 PM

(Yeah, you locate roughly where it is and where to go to find it in the future)

(You got a 15 for your stealth check, keep?)

Walter Keane 26-Jan-22 08:11 PM

(Yee) (edited)

Cindurion 26-Jan-22 08:16 PM

(You find a swarm of rats skittering around the area.)

Walter Keane 26-Jan-22 08:17 PM

(How does others around me react?)

Cindurion 26-Jan-22 08:28 PM

The rats try to scurry away and stay hidden, but you can keep a track of them. The other signals you do not notice any movement from.

Walter Keane 26-Jan-22 08:33 PM

(Against my better judgement I follow. Me as a player is contemplating chucking a grenade after them if they try to slink into an alleyway or similar)

Cindurion 26-Jan-22 11:50 PM

Nighttime Phase day 11. Having done a quick scout of the area, you decide to head towards the area with tonight’s drop. What will you encounter there? Only time will tell… *What do you do for your nighttime phase? (Technically, since scouting is now a free action for you as long as you keep your hat active, you could perform an additional action)

Walter Keane 27-Jan-22 11:47 AM

(Oooh, so that's what it does, makes more sense now. Then I might as well craft some quick max dmg rounds, assuming no other mages show up)

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Cindurion 28-Jan-22 01:29 PM

As you lie in wait, crafting the extra rounds, you notice quite a ruckus in the area. A small biker gang seem to have showed up and are rummaging the sub-district loudly.

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 01:35 PM

(the hotrod fan... He's here to avenge Kasper I bet)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 01:39 PM

You also detect a magic signal in the area from your Mage Sight. Do you do anything or remain low? (edited)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 01:47 PM

(magic signal as in mage, or something else?)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 01:48 PM

(Most likely a Mage, Servant or something similar)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 06:12 PM

(The area you're in, being the luxury apartment district, has many large apartments with some as tall as 20 floors, and several smaller but still good-looking buildings. There are many small parks in the area, all of which look very classy and bare. Hiding in a bush in a park would be trivial. Getting access to any of the buildings would require some deception, whether it involves breaking into someone's apartment, trying to sneak past hotel managers, or just outright threatening someone to get a good position to view from. If you choose to lay low, where would you be? In addition, is there any part of the terrain you're curious about and wish to establish before an eventual battle?) (edited)

(In addition, could you establish how your guns are loaded for me, as well as what your ammo reserves are like?)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 10:33 PM

As the clock strikes 20, you notice a purple beam of light off in the distance. In addition, you pick up the signal of another Mage/Servant, as well as three smaller signals. You are unable to pinpoint them, however. (The beam of light appears at Close Range from where you are, in a park.) (edited)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 10:59 PM

(sorry for late reactions, work and then guest)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 11:07 PM

(That's fine, just get to it when you are available! ^^)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 11:14 PM

(did I finish the crafting?)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 11:18 PM

(It will finish at the end of the phase as long as you don't retreat/lose)

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Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 11:21 PM

(May I spend a CCP for 2 max dmg rounds, or is it the time not right?) (edited)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 11:23 PM

(You can. Will just rule it that you were able to finish those 2 in that case.)

(In addition to the crafting roll should you not cancel the action)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 11:23 PM

(Sounds good!)

(Sniper; Bleed. Pistol; tracer, max dmg, max dmg)

(Resources: 3 Bleed rounds 3 Max damage rounds 5 Custom grenades 9 reroll crystals)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 11:26 PM

(Where is Walter and what is he currently doing?)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 11:30 PM

(Would like to find a close by building, not that high, to climb and have as vantage point. Assuming that is something I can do stealthily with my spiderclimb boots. Preferably long range from the chest.) (If that's not possible, I'd like to back off to medium range and stay low/hidden with good visibility of the light)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 11:32 PM

(You are currently at close range from the beam of light. You can choose if you are on a rooftop of a medium sized building or in the park itself.)

(Or other ideas if you have any.)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 11:34 PM

(Roof seems like a good vantage point, going for that)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 11:35 PM

(All right. Do you still wanna relocate?)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 11:37 PM

(No, that should be good)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 11:39 PM

(Cool. What is Walter doing in that case? Using a combat action to do a perception check? Something else? Remember you can spend AP to use creation magic when in combat mode so if there's something you wanna craft mid-combat you can use AP to maybe do it.)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 11:40 PM

(Perception is good, I want to see what I'm up against, preferably not having to engage before the rest are locked in combat)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 11:41 PM

(You got a 10. keeping?)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 11:43 PM

(Would that be enough if someone approached the drop, even while stealthing? As in trying to loot the box that is, because that feels rather blatant)

Cindurion 28-Jan-22 11:46 PM

(The 10 is for you spending your turn searching. If someone moves within the area of the park they will usually trigger another stealth check automatically.)

(The chest will touch down in 3 turns. But yeah, you gotta decide if you wanna keep that 10 or not. But yes, it would be theoretically possible to sneak up and steal the items from the chest if you roll poorly. In addition, you don't get an option to re-roll hidden checks)

Walter Keane 28-Jan-22 11:50 PM

(aight, keeping)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 12:54 AM

You notice that the bikers seem to be moving towards the park from the sound of their engines. Aside from that you at first don't notice anything, but suddenly you notice a flock of birds flying towards a rooftop on a building opposite from the park, at Medium range from your rooftop. They shoot acid at someone you can't quite make out. That person proceeds to toss a grenade at the flock of pigeons, killing most of them and dispersing the few that remain.

What do you do?

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 01:09 AM

Seeing someone chasing the agents of the swarm peaks Walter's interest, he tries to get a better look at the one who threw the grenade (edited)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 01:19 AM

(You do have enough of a line of sight to be able to shoot him, but if you want to get a better look that would require another perception check. Just wanted to clarify)

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 01:22 AM

(Perception it is, using snipers scope as binoculars) (edited)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 01:31 AM

You can tell that the person is a man wearing a cloak. The man has a sniper rifle and two more grenades from what you can tell. He also seems to have a machete.

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 02:04 AM

In addition, you notice a swarm of rats and roaches down in the park, along with a strange, hooded individual hiding in the bushes of the park. (edited)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 05:03 AM

As you try to keep tabs on both of these targets, you quickly notice how they re-position and you lose sight of both of them. (Seems like they both successfully stealthed.) You can still see the swarm of cockroaches, but the rat swarm has also seemingly vanished. You also notice the bikers entering the park, spreading out. There's around 10 of them. What do you do? (edited)

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 03:26 PM

(Perception again, lay low)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 03:32 PM

Not only do you notice both of them once again, as well as the swarms, you also notice a man wearing a hood approach the park. In addition, you did this quickly enough to still have your action! (You got a nat 20 so can perform another action if you want.)

(If you don't want to attack, you could do a craft round or perform a stealth check in case anyone has noticed you.)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 04:21 PM

(Since this fight might drag on past the deadline, would you be available tomorrow evening for a call to wrap this up if it isn't close to being done by then?)

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Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 04:22 PM

(what does the hooded man look like? Contemplating who to shoot)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 04:22 PM

(Just so you're not surprised, if you do attack, anyone in the area will notice you for free as it breaks stealth.)

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 04:26 PM

(makes sense, and I guess my silencers don't change that, that would be kind of op)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 04:26 PM

(Indeed.)

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 04:27 PM

(and the crafting action would be finishing my crafting from earlier?)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 04:28 PM

(No, would actually be a separate crafting action, so you could craft whatever.)

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 04:28 PM

(aaah, makes sense)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 04:28 PM

(You only get 1 thing though, and DC is generally higher than usual)

(For instance, something like a max dmg round would require a 19+. On the other hand, you can do the action over and over, reducing the DC by 5 each time until you pass it. You can also use an action to "concentrate", reducing the DC by 5 without attempting it if it seems to hard to try for.) (edited)

(Hope that made sense! :P)

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 04:36 PM

(I think so. Argh, dangerous to decide... They seem so careful, I'm worried that opening fire would lead to all of them ganging up on me...)

(you said there was one mage/servant and 3 weaker ones, right?)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 04:39 PM

(No, there was an additional mage/servant. 2 total. You also only sense 2 weaker signals now.)

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 04:39 PM

(ok, makes sense)

Walter takes a deep breath, honing his sights on the vermin lord and squeezing the trigger of his rifle. Taking his opportunity when the white robed creature stops moving for a second, he takes the shot (Fuck it, I'm here to thin out the competition. Let me do the roll)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 04:46 PM

(Got a 19. Roll a stealth check as well.)

(Nat 19)

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 04:46 PM

(Oh shit)

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 07:25 PM

Your shot flies straight at your target, but it seems to react almost supernaturally, looking straight at you. It attempts to move out of the way but isn't quite able to do so all the way as the shot glances your target and hits the ground behind it, causing the wires to burst on the ground. You do notice how a couple of rats seem to fall off the creature you hit, falling dead on the ground.

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 10:13 PM

The hooded creature gets into an anticipating stance and looks straight at you. The sniper on the other rooftop attempts to hide, but you can still get a clear angle on him. The Bikers seem to be backing off from the park. The hooded man seems to be getting some distance from the scene. What do you do?

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 11:08 PM

Additionally, the treasure chest should be landing not after this combat round, but after the end of the next combat round.

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 11:43 PM

The other sniper might be a liability, but Walter decides to focus on one target at the time. Seeing as the white robed man is comprised of rats, he decides that a grenade might cause more damage, so after pulling the pin, he throws one their way

Cindurion 29-Jan-22 11:44 PM

(That's a 19!)

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Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 11:44 PM

(If possible, I'd like to catch another swarm in the blast. You know, since the aoe is pretty big)

Cindurion

(That's a 19!)

Walter Keane 29-Jan-22 11:49 PM

:3

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 12:14 AM

The grenade hits the ground and bounces up into the air. It begins glowing before violently exploding, shredding apart both swarms and injuring the hooded creature which managed to dive to the ground before the explosion hit.

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 12:50 AM

The hooded creature turns and runs away, escaping the area before you can do anything further. (edited)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 01:01 AM

Suddenly, the sniper shoots at you. (Attack roll is a 9)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 01:02 AM

(Evade)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 01:02 AM

(19, you're good.)

In addition, the bikers rush the building you are in. What do you do?

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 01:49 AM

Not wanting to lose track of the one he believes to be an opposing mage, he tries to load a tracer round into his rifle, takes aim and fires. After which he starts running down the side of the building

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 01:49 AM

(Nat 19!)

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Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 01:51 AM

(running on the side of the building that is out of sight from the sniper, if there is one) (edited)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 01:19 PM

You think you are able to hit, but it's hard to say from your point of view. You no longer have Line of Sight on the hooded man as he is completely behind a building. The sniper tries to shoot at you despite not having a clear shot. (Attack roll is a 6. How do you defend?)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 01:21 PM

(Evade)

(If successful I want to use free move to get further towards the hooded man)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 01:39 PM

(16, success! You can move to the side of the building where the hooded man is, but the sniper would then have a clear shot at you.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 01:45 PM

(Isn't it my turn in between the snipers turns? I remembered dodging gave me a free move one tile) (edited)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 02:23 PM

(Correct, just wanted to point out that you are currently out of LoS from the sniper, but moving towards the hooded man will put you in the open.)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 02:33 PM

After dodging the attack, you get into a position to move towards the hooded man, but soon you see the Bikers making their way up the floors. They notice you and rush at you with their chains, while some in the back cock their pistols. One of them is able to break the windows and attacks you with a chain. (Attack roll is a 14 using a chain. If you fail you will likely get grappled)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 02:35 PM

Walter quickly does his best to duck out of the way of the chain (edited)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 02:35 PM

(13! Enough to get a glancing hit, but not enough to evade it completely.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 02:36 PM

(I'm not grappled, that's what counts right now. Is a glancing hit enough to trigger evasion to slide another square away?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 02:37 PM

(It is not. You could try for a re-roll if you really want to trigger that)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 02:37 PM

(Nah I'm good)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 02:38 PM

(Fair enough! You take 12 damage from the attack. The Bikers seem insistent on keeping you where you are so will try and stop you from moving away if you wish to move. But it is your turn now!)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 02:39 PM

(Agility and then evasion if it fails, right?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 02:39 PM

(Yup)

(You would have to move down to the ground first. You could try for a quick drop if you wanted but it might hurt you quite a bit, even break your legs if you get a nat 1. Or you can use movement to get down.)

(Agility check was a 6. Keeping?)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 02:42 PM

(what am I rolling against now again? Not taking the risk of jumping right now)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 02:46 PM

(To see if they can prevent you from moving or not. If you fail you can still move but you trigger an attack of opportunity.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 02:47 PM

(Yes that I understand, but what DC/type of roll am I trying to beat?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 02:47 PM

(Opposed check, against their guard stat)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 02:47 PM

(Sure let's reroll)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 03:05 PM

(I see 2 fresh new Agility IPs, did I just nat 20...?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 03:53 PM

(You just made history in the sense that you got a nat 20, but so did your opponent! So had to discuss what would happen in that situation. You can either move, but reduced to 1 distance, or take the attack of opportunity)

(You would still have your action in either case, so you could run for instance.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 04:07 PM

(eating the attack of opportunity it is, let's evade this) (That has happened to me twice now...? xD)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 04:36 PM

(I rolled evasion, right?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 04:38 PM

(Indeed! Attack roll was an 18, you got a 12)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 04:38 PM

(rerolling)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 04:39 PM

(19!)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 04:40 PM

Ducking away from the swinging of the chain, Walter makes his way to the ground and legs it for where he last saw his target

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 04:41 PM

(You aren't able to quite get to him, but you could do a run action to get some extra movement, unless you wanna do another action.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 04:41 PM

(Can I see him?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 04:43 PM

(You do not. You aren't able to quite get behind the building you last saw him behind, but you are fairly certain he's still there)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 04:45 PM

Pressing on, Walter tries to turn the corner both in hopes of breaking the sniper's line of sight, but more importantly to stick to his target

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 04:49 PM

A quick visual overview of the current situation. Red is the hooded man, blue is you, yellow is sniper and browns are the bikers

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 04:49 PM

(Thank you! I was a bit confused of the situation, but this makes sense now!)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 04:51 PM

(You got an 8 for your agility check, so you are able to round the corner and can see the hooded man. He looks like he was hit from your last shot, and looks quite injured.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 04:53 PM

Reaching the man, Walter doesn't have time to fire his gun, but he turns on his anti magic field causing his cape, hat and boots to go stark white His face determined, eyes cold

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 05:07 PM

The man backs off and rounds the corner of the building, back towards the park. The sniper takes a difficult pot-shot at you through the building. (Attack roll is a 4.) (edited)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 05:28 PM

(You got a 19)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 05:34 PM

(shift out around the corner of the building as part of dodge)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 05:34 PM

As you round the corner, you can see how the hooded man looks to be ethereal. But as you approach, the effect turns off instantaneously and he looks at you, surprised. What do you do?

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 05:36 PM

(so he's in near range?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 05:36 PM

(He is)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 05:36 PM

(time for SMG)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 05:41 PM

(Got a 19)

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Cindurion 30-Jan-22 06:38 PM

The man speaks to someone using his headset, and attempts evading the shots. He fails to do so, and looks about ready to collapse, but takes a defiant step forward, remaining standing. Where do you move afterwards?

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 06:40 PM

(I walk up right next to him)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 06:41 PM

He then proceeds to try and stab you with a knife. (Attack roll is a 3.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 06:41 PM

(would you kindly roll me an evasion?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 06:42 PM

(9. Staying on him?)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 06:44 PM

(Where are the bikers currently?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 06:51 PM

(They seem to be heading out of the building, into the park)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 06:56 PM

(Would evading past him into the park make me chargeable?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 06:56 PM

(Potentially, yes)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 06:57 PM

(then I'll dodge to the right)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 06:58 PM

The sniper takes another shot at you. (Attack roll is a 19.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:00 PM

(Ah fuck, lets hope for evasion)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 07:00 PM

(Nat 1! But you saved it, so it turned into a failure, not a critical failure. You take 50 points of damage.) (edited)

The bikers run out into the park and starts shooting you with their pistols. (Attack roll is an 8.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:02 PM

(Glad about that regular failure, but how come his rifle deals 50 compared to my 40?)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 07:03 PM

(Presumably he has some special bullets himself)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:03 PM

(Magical? cuz I have anti-magic field up)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 07:04 PM

(Not magical)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:04 PM

(hokai)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 07:04 PM

(Nat 20 evasion. Wanna run anywhere?)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:06 PM

(Don't think so, I mean as long as he is within anti-magic and I'm not being charged I'm happy)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 07:07 PM

(All right, you're up!)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:13 PM

Walter cocks his SMG again, pointing it straight at the hooded figure "Lights out, hot-rod" He adds before pulling the trigger

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 07:15 PM

(You rolling or should I?)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:15 PM

(Oh yeah sorry)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 07:15 PM

(Nat 1! Player chooses an awful outcome! Holy moly.)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:18 PM

Walter is caught off guard as the gun in his hand completely jams. Instead of filling the man in front of him with lead and feeling the recoil in his arm, he is met by an awkward silence

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 07:18 PM

(Do you move?)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:19 PM

(...yes...)

(I'll disable the anti magic field. Cloak: extra armour, Boots: extra movement. Move to behind the building, breaking los from everyone)

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 07:21 PM

(They would still be able to shoot for 1 round but with a cover penalty, just so you know)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 07:21 PM

(Oh? how so?)

(was thinking to go back to the building we did the "dance" around)

(Oh never mind, missread as "without cover penalty")

As Walter touches his chest, his attire canges colour. The hat goes back to a brown, the cloak takes a dark black tone with a slight metallic sheen to it, while the boots take on a deep red

Cindurion 30-Jan-22 08:38 PM

The hooded man casts a spell and vanishes. You can tell he lands on the roof with the sniper. The sniper then takes a shot at you. (Nat 20 for the attack roll! What do you do?)

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 09:05 PM

Walter sees the sniper align and turns his torso just enough to evade a crippling hit, but grunts in pain. As he sees a grenade stopping in front of his feet, he rolls back away from harms way

He pulls out a grenade, pulls the pin and throws it with all his might towards his target, watching it go off in mid air. Then he turns around on the spot and starts to sprint faster than humanly possible for safety

Walter Keane 30-Jan-22 09:31 PM

As Walter tries to make his escape down an alleyway, a bullet wines right past his face so close he can feel the wind tugging at his stubble. Using the window of the sniper reloading, he pulls down a pile of crates to cover his retreat into the night