Trial by Fire - IC Thread

[Sherwood]

The Alpha Wolf tries to tumble out of the way, but it stumbles and is completely off balance. You have successfully Crashed the wolf

With Spider charging forward, both Wolf 1 and 2 leap at her. Lets see if they can connect.
Psychie

Wolf 1 gets only 2 successes
Wolf 2 gets 5 successes

What is your DV? Don't forget the Onslaught penalty of -1 to your DV

Current Initiative order:
11 - [Spider]
11 - [Bard]
10 - wolf 1
10 - wolf 2
9 - Milo
7 - Mahina
7 - wolf 3
6 - wolf 4
4 - wolf 5
-1 - Alpha wolf / crashed

Round 2
22 - Spider
16 - Bard

 

[Psychie]

My base DV is 6, so with the -1, it drops me to 5.

Soak is 15

 

[Sherwood]

It can't penetrate that, only being able to do Overwhelming damage of 3 dice.

No damage done.

Milo steps up in front of Mahina, swinging his sword at Wolf 3.

Current Initiative order:
11 - [Spider]
11 - [Bard]
10 - [wolf 1]
10 - [wolf 2]
9 - [Milo]
7 - Mahina
6 - wolf 4
5 - wolf 3
4 - wolf 5
-1 - Alpha wolf / crashed

Round 2
22 - Spider
16 - Bard
12 - Milo
10 - wolf 1
10 - wolf 2

 

[Sherwood]

Mahina drops into a martial stance, and moves as if she were throwing something, and a bolt of lightning comes flying out of her hand at wolf 4.

Wolf 3 and 4 both pounce at Milo, but the Dynast shows his skill with a blade by being able to knock both of them aside and takes no damage.

Wolf 5 leaps at Bard. It scores 8 successes. What is your DV?
D. Rex

Current Initiative order:
11 - [Spider]
11 - [Bard]
10 - [wolf 1]
10 - [wolf 2]
9 - [Milo]
7 - Mahina
5 - wolf 4
5 - wolf 3
4 - wolf 5
-1 - Alpha wolf / crashed

Round 2
22 - Spider
16 - Bard
12 - Milo
10 - wolf 1
10 - wolf 2
9 - Mahina
5 - wolf 3
5 - wolf 4

 

[D. Rex]

Mahina drops into a martial stance, and moves as if she were throwing something, and a bolt of lightning comes flying out of her hand at wolf 4.

Wolf 3 and 4 both pounce at Milo, but the Dynast shows his skill with a blade by being able to knock both of them aside and takes no damage.

Wolf 5 leaps at Bard. It scores 8 successes. What is your DV?
D. Rex

Current Initiative order:
11 - [Spider]
11 - [Bard]
10 - [wolf 1]
10 - [wolf 2]
9 - [Milo]
7 - Mahina
5 - wolf 4
5 - wolf 3
4 - wolf 5
-1 - Alpha wolf / crashed

Round 2
22 - Spider
16 - Bard
12 - Milo
10 - wolf 1
10 - wolf 2
9 - Mahina
5 - wolf 3
5 - wolf 4

Total Soak: 10

Hardness: 4
Mobility Penalty: 0


Parry: 6
Evasion: 5

 

[Sherwood]

It is not able to get through your defenses.

The Alpha struggles to its feet, snarling at Spider. Then, it snaps at you with a nasty bite. It sores 8 successes to hit.
Psychie

Round 2
22 - Spider
16 - Bard
12 - Milo
10 - wolf 1
10 - wolf 2
9 - Mahina
5 - wolf 3
5 - wolf 4
4 - wolf 5

 

[Psychie]

DV is 6, Soak is 15

 

[Sherwood]

Rolling its damage, if any.

Doesn't get through your Hardness.

Round 2, and everyone gets back 5m

Psychie Spider is up

Round 2
22 - Spider
16 - Bard
12 - Milo
10 - wolf 1
10 - wolf 2
9 - Mahina
5 - wolf 3
5 - wolf 4
4 - wolf 5
-1 - Alpha

 

[Psychie]

Spider sees her chance to end the Alpha, but wants to make sure it makes a real impact on the rest of the pack. "Bard! You ready? We can finish it off together!"

Spoiler

Health Levels
- 0 [ ]
- 1 [ ][ ]
- 1 [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] - [ ]
- 3 [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] - [ ]
I

Willpower: 7 / 8

Essence: 1
Personal: 16 / 11
Peripheral: 38 / 28
Committed: 10

Join Battle: 11 +3i successes (+5i for 3m with Sinuous Striking Grace)

Parry: 6 - +1 from the Hundred Rings
Evasion: 4
Resolve: 4
Guile: 1

Natural Soak: +5 - +2 from Beast Form Empowerment, +2 from Hearthstone
Armored Soak: +8, Hardness +7 - +2 Soak, +1 Hardness from Argent Handshake Mien
Total Soak: +13L - +2 from Beast Form Empowerment, +2 from Hearthstone

Weapon Damage
Paired Moonsilver Short Daiklaves
Attunement: 5m; Type: Light (+5 ACC, +10 DMG, +0 DEF, OVW 4)
Tags: Lethal, Melee, Balanced
Hearthstone slot(s): 2

 

[D. Rex]

Spider sees her chance to end the Alpha, but wants to make sure it makes a real impact on the rest of the pack. "Bard! You ready? We can finish it off together!"

Spoiler

Health Levels
- 0 [ ]
- 1 [ ][ ]
- 1 [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] - [ ]
- 3 [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] - [ ]
I

Willpower: 7 / 8

Essence: 1
Personal: 16 / 11
Peripheral: 38 / 28
Committed: 10

Join Battle: 11 +3i successes (+5i for 3m with Sinuous Striking Grace)

Parry: 6 - +1 from the Hundred Rings
Evasion: 4
Resolve: 4
Guile: 1

Natural Soak: +5 - +2 from Beast Form Empowerment, +2 from Hearthstone
Armored Soak: +8, Hardness +7 - +2 Soak, +1 Hardness from Argent Handshake Mien
Total Soak: +13L - +2 from Beast Form Empowerment, +2 from Hearthstone

Weapon Damage
Paired Moonsilver Short Daiklaves
Attunement: 5m; Type: Light (+5 ACC, +10 DMG, +0 DEF, OVW 4)
Tags: Lethal, Melee, Balanced
Hearthstone slot(s): 2

"Always, dear!" Bard shouted with glee.

With series of gestures and movements, Bard took a lower stance, ""HUUUooo," his voice rumbled like thunder in the distance as he gathered his ki, the Air shimmering in front of as if it was being gathered in a large orb.

"SHO!!!" He shouted, thrusting his arms forward as if delivering a powerful shove. And the mass of ki traveled forth like boulder, parting the snow in its path as it slammed into the side of the Alpha Wolf with enough force to Tumble it over, to give his mate the angle she needed to filet the creature.


4mts MA Excellency, 2stunt, 11 dex/ma
Distract gambit on Alpha: 6init transfer to Spider

Hit: 9sux

 

[Sherwood]

Psychie you have the Initiative bonus.

 

[Psychie]

As Bard does his kiai, knocking the already dazed wolf off its feet, Spider leaps high up into the air, pushing herself off of the tree next to her, using it as a springboard to launch herself down at the wolf with both blades flashing in the firelight.

A total of 11L damage

Spoiler

Health Levels
- 0 [ ]
- 1 [ ][ ]
- 1 [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] - [ ]
- 3 [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] - [ ]
I

Willpower: 7 / 8

Essence: 1
Personal: 16 / 11
Peripheral: 38 / 28
Committed: 10

Join Battle: 11 +3i successes (+5i for 3m with Sinuous Striking Grace)

Parry: 6 - +1 from the Hundred Rings
Evasion: 4
Resolve: 4
Guile: 1

Natural Soak: +5 - +2 from Beast Form Empowerment, +2 from Hearthstone
Armored Soak: +8, Hardness +7 - +2 Soak, +1 Hardness from Argent Handshake Mien
Total Soak: +13L - +2 from Beast Form Empowerment, +2 from Hearthstone

Weapon Damage
Paired Moonsilver Short Daiklaves
Attunement: 5m; Type: Light (+5 ACC, +10 DMG, +0 DEF, OVW 4)
Tags: Lethal, Melee, Balanced
Hearthstone slot(s): 2

 

[Sherwood]

While it was a powerful strike, it was not quite enough to cut the wolf into pieces. But you did manage to pierce its rocky skin with your swords, delivering a killing blow to the Alpha Wolf.

With the Alpha dead, the other wolves hesitate for a moment, giving Milo the opportunity to make a Decisive Strike of his own against Wolf 1. It does not kill the beast, but it does draw blood and a loud yelp of pain.

This is more than enough to make the wounded wolf 1 and its buddy wolf 2 to break off and run, trying to Disengage. Seeing them running, Milo doesn't step up and try to block their retreat.

Psychie and D. Rex Do you try to block the withdraw of the wolves?

Round 2
22 - [Spider]
16 - [Bard]
12 - [Milo]
10 - [wolf 1 -3 hl]
10 - [wolf 2]
9 - Mahina
5 - wolf 3
5 - wolf 4
4 - wolf 5
-1 - Alpha

Round 3
10 - Bard
3 - Spider
3 - Milo

 

[D. Rex]

( Sherwood Don't forget to remove 6init from Bard)

 

[D. Rex]

Sherwood
Bard will not attempt stopping them. However, if it does grant a free action, Bard might try to attempt a social attack to instill fear im the remaining wolves.

 

[Psychie]

These are just normal animals, so Spider will let them run off.

 

[Sherwood]

Your attacks against the wolves has already inspired them with fear; that is why they are running.

Mahina fires off another lightning bolt, this time more to shock the last few of the animals to run than anything else.

With the wolves running away, we're moving out of combat time.

 

[D. Rex]

Your attacks against the wolves has already inspired them with fear; that is why they are running.

Mahina fires off another lightning bolt, this time more to shock the last few of the animals to run than anything else.

With the wolves running away, we're moving out of combat time.

Oh! I thought only the injured ones were running. Nevermind then.

 

[Sherwood]

They are all breaking off.

 

[D. Rex]

"IT LOO-" His voice came out as a boom, but he quickly cleared his throat in embarrassment. "*ahem* It looks like we got out of that pickle without a scratch."

Bard dusted some of kicked up snow from his shoulders,"And they were even so kind as to deliver us dinner, courtesy of our dear Spider." He said looking over the body of the dead rock wolf. "Hmm... that is if they are even edible." Figuring a bit of levity would set everyone back at ease.

"Lady Mahina, Master Milo, are you too okay?"

 

[jaydude]

It does not take long for the two of you to find the second one of the mountain passes. You vaguely remember this one, as it is the same one that you took to get there in the Stormwind Rider spell. This one is not quite as narrow as the first one you looked at, and as such will be harder to block enough to slow or stop the approaching Realm forces.

Having found the second of the three mentioned passes, Kuaidao looked to Maja. "What do you say? Shall we check out the last one and then head back to the fortress?" he asked.

 

[Random Word]

Maja perches in the upper branches of a scraggly tree struggling to hold on to the cliff face and surveys the pass. She transforms back from snowy owl into her human form, looks down at Kuaidao, and nods, "After we scout the final pass I'll find them and then meet you on the way back to the fortress. I want to know which pass they're headed for, and how long until they arrive. I don't see enough snow pack here to fill the pass, so if they're heading for this one I'll have to bait them into one of others. Tell them Mahina is in danger or something."

Thinking of Mahina - and Dragonblooded in general - makes her blood boil and her fists clench reflexively. She looks off into the distance and here eyes narrow, thoughts treading down dark and violent paths. "It would be better if I could transform into Mahina." She shakes her head, dismissing the idea, "I think Bard would be upset if I ate her heart."

Some part of her seems to belatedly catch up with her words and she looks visibly ill, shivering, but not from the cold. She wraps her arms around herself defensively, "Ugh, that's disgusting. I didn't think that would work on people. You need to keep me away from her - hurting her sounds like a really satisfying idea right now. Let's go before I think of anything worse. It's easier when I'm an animal - I don't need to think, easier to lean on instinct."

[Ready to move on.]

 

[jaydude]

Maja perches in the upper branches of a scraggly tree struggling to hold on to the cliff face and surveys the pass. She transforms back from snowy owl into her human form, looks down at Kuaidao, and nods, "After we scout the final pass I'll find them and then meet you on the way back to the fortress. I want to know which pass they're headed for, and how long until they arrive. I don't see enough snow pack here to fill the pass, so if they're heading for this one I'll have to bait them into one of others. Tell them Mahina is in danger or something."

"Great idea." said Kuaidao, nodding in approval. "And if you find them and think they're going to reach one of the passes before we can make contact with Bard and Spider, then you can do as you see fit. Either stop them, or try and bury them."

Some part of her seems to belatedly catch up with her words and she looks visibly ill, shivering, but not from the cold. She wraps her arms around herself defensively, "Ugh, that's disgusting. I didn't think that would work on people. You need to keep me away from her - hurting her sounds like a really satisfying idea right now. Let's go before I think of anything worse. It's easier when I'm an animal - I don't need to think, easier to lean on instinct."

"If you say so." replied the Dawn, as the two of them set off again. Once they reached the third pass, he'd split off from her as per her earlier suggestion.

 

[Sherwood]

Maja and Kuaidao

By now, it is starting to get late, and the sun is setting down behind the mountains, dropping the already low temperature even lower. But as you press on, you are approaching the third pass and off in the distance, you can see the flickering lights of many campfires; you are close to the camp the Dynast force. It is clear that they are taking some time to dig in and fort up. It will be difficult to approach the camp unseen since they have done a lot of work clearing the trees to make palisades. They seem to be ready for trouble.

 

[Sherwood]

Bard and Spider

At Mahina's campsite, things are winding down from the excitement of the attack of the rock wolves. Milo slowly lowers his sword as he looks around warily, searching for any signs that the pack is coming back. When it is clear that the backbone of the attack has been broken with the death of the alpha wolf, he turns to look at Spider and says, "You move with speed and power that is impossible for a mortal. I want to know exactly, what are you? An Outcaste? God Blooded? Or are you one of the Celestial Exalted?"

Mahina lets out a slight chuckle. "My dear Milo. Do you really think that an Anathema would risk being here, in the presence of so many Dragon Blood? She must have some spirit blood in her."

Milo does not look convinced, and he continues to stare over at Spider. Without taking his eyes off of her, he then says, "And what of your new favorite toy? Did you not see him use Essence to attack the wolf? They may both be Anathema!"

Mahina places her hands on her hips and looks at her brother with a scornful look, but you can both see that the seeds of doubt have been planted. The wrong word here can start a whole new fight.

What do you do?