Toss a bottle through a window to distract an enemy. Manipulate tools to hack alien interfaces. Rummage through shelves to find a healing syringe and some shotgun shells. Lean to aim around a broken wall and under a Barnacle to make an impossible shot. Early in life, anemones anchor themselves to a firm substrate by secreting adhesive proteins, similar to the glue of a barnacle. Immerse yourself in deep environmental interactions, puzzle solving, world exploration, and visceral combat. VR was built to enable the gameplay that sits at the heart of Half-Life. ABOUT GAMEPLAY IN VR: Valve’s return to the Half-Life universe that started it all was built from the ground up for virtual reality. Every day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness. As founders of a fledgling resistance, you’ve continued your clandestine scientific activity-performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine. HALF LIFE 2 BARNACLE Cirripedia donaldsonia Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 10 STR 0 11- Lift 100 kg 2d6 HTH Damage 1 10 DEX 0 11- 15 CON 5 12- 8 INT -2 11- PER Roll 11- 5 EGO -5 10- 10 PRE 0 11- PRE Attack: 2d6 4 OCV 5 5 DCV 10 2 OMCV -3 2 DMCV -3 4 SPD 20 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 4 PD 2 Total: 4 PD (0 rPD) 3 ED 1 Total: 3 ED (0 rED) 5 REC 1 20 END 0 8 BODY -2 21 STUN 1 Total Characteristic Cost: 30. Among them are some of Earth’s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. The Combine’s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. It is possible to save a NPC from a barnacle by killing it before he or she is consumed. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. You'll go through some tunnels and find two explosive barrels above a slippery slope. The best time to get this is immediately after you first run away from the helicopter in the aquaduct. Use one explosive barrel to kill five of them. Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. Barnacles are the hanging enemies with the long tongues.