>>6178928>[7+3, the gate is secure and will not break]>[3+7, there are 5 uninfected lootable corpses on your side of the gate, additionally, one of them has a loaded handgun]>[7+9, no nearby light source -1 success]>[9+8, no help til morning][Attacking while inside a protective barrier, allows you to strike Point Blank, meaning that all strikes across the barrier are successful.]
You focus (+1) and take a stab at the ghouls (8) times and again (9) times, before finally dropping a pair of ghouls, and several fingers on the ground. You decide to use of of your rats to distract the ghouls, and throw one over the heads of the small crowd. 4 of the ghouls turn to chase the rat, which scampers off deeper into the mall. 3 ghouls remain on the inside of the gate.
In the struggle, you manage to draw (8) ghouls, and one of the bandits that was chasing you.
[If my 3rd+2nd <=10, the ghouls approach from inside the gate. If more they approach from the parkinglot.]
[If my 2nd+1st <=10 the bandit will be spotted by the sniper. If more he will elude detection.]
You have 4 actions
>focus (+1 success)>self guard (+1 calamity)>fight ghouls (single target with knife)>shoot ghouls (multitarget)>use a rat as distraction (distracts 1/2 of ghouls)>loot corpses in the entryway (individually lootable, all will succeed)>go back outside>open the gate>run deeper into the mall (must have opened gate first)>your idea[5th-2nd] 1-5p, 6-0f
[Draw] 1-4p, 5-0f
