Defense
10 Etheric Defense
5 Melee Defense

Attributes
-3 Perception
-2 Reflexes
+3 Will

You sneak up behind the owl and punch it square in the kidney for 28 damage.
The owl dives for cover.

You light a stick of dynamite and roll it next to the owl.
The owl beats its wings, flying above your reach.

You grin maniacally and slash into the owl for 16 damage.
The owl's eyes glow with a brilliant green light, piercing you for 9 damage.

You attempt to distract the owl, but it sees through your ruse and the attack only deals 24 damage.

The stick of dynamite explodes beneath the owl for 1 damage.

You've won the battle!

As the owl topples, a gentle wind wipes away the hallucinatory world you find around yourself and even the owl itself.

You found: owl's mask

You've earned 2 XP in Perception

You've earned 1 XP in Reflexes

You've earned 3 XP in Strength

Perception: 32 (29)
Reflexes: 26 (24)
Strength: 23
Will: 25 (28)

That gives 16-20 Ranged defense?

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EDIT: Hurray for Al!

more data:

For one perfect moment, you find yourself accepting whatever fate may be dealt. After that, for better or worse, a gentle wind wipes away your surroundings, leaving you back in Metroplex.

Your hand twists into a claw of black rune-covered stone and rips into the owl for 33 damage.
The owl dives for cover.

For a moment, stars seem to whirl overhead in complex patterns. Twisted light of a color you can't quite name lances down to strike the owl, dealing 31 damage.
The owl beats its wings, flying above your reach.

You've won the battle!

As the owl topples, a gentle wind wipes away the hallucinatory world you find around yourself and even the owl itself.

After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 4 hit points.

You've earned 2 XP in Reflexes

You've earned 4 XP in Will

The feather in your hand crackles with electricity and leaps towards the sky. As you watch it, your surroundings seem to grow duller and duller.

It takes a while to even notice the owl in front of you. You realize, intellectually, that you should be worked up about a man-sized owl wearing some sort of stylized bone mask… it just seems natural somehow. Perfectly normal and natural.

Of course, it's also perfectly normal and natural for you to defend yourself before it feasts on your entrails.

Here's how the fight went:

You open with a quick shot, dealing 7 damage, but it ducks behind cover, which absorbs all of the damage.
The owl dives for cover.

You carefully compensate for movement between attacks and take another shot for 2 damage.
The owl beats its wings, flying above your reach.

You rain bullets down on the owl dealing 11 damage.
The owl stares at you with disturbing eyes.

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You open with a quick shot, dealing 3 damage, but your projectiles disappear into the flame like vanishing mist.
The owl surrounds itsself with a wall of green flames.

You carefully compensate for movement between attacks and take another shot for 6 damage.
The owl stares at you with disturbing eyes.

You arc bullets high above and into the owl for 7 damage.
The owl beats its wings, flying above your reach.

You take advantage of long range to line up the perfect shot for 7 damage.

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You open with a quick shot, dealing 15 damage.
The owl beats its wings, flying above your reach.

You carefully compensate for movement between attacks and take another shot for 7 damage.
The owl batters you with its wings, dealing 12 damage.

You rain bullets down on the owl dealing 14 damage.

You take advantage of long range to line up the perfect shot for 4 damage.

It dropped an owl's mask. Unfortunately, I was so excited about the drop and eager to report the broken image that I didn't C&P the text I got when I won. Sorry.

My equipment:

Hat: Vigilante's mask
Weapon: wired sidearm
Offhand: (genuine owl feather)
Shirt: feathered cloak
Pants: elegantly torn pants
Gadget: Myers sampling kit

My bonuses:
Power
4 Etheric Power
2 Evasion Power
10 Ranged Power

Defense
2 Etheric Defense
2 Ranged Defense
5 Stealth Defense

Attributes
+9 Perception
+2 Reflexes
+5 Will

Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters

Other
2 First Aid