2.0 - Lure of the Lost

Csillag's eyes widen as she is disarmed by the wolf before her. As her holdout blaster is casually tossed aside by the beast, with a couple more scratches on it, she steps back and crouches straining to pick up Heyop's discarded blaster from the ground. The blaster in hand, she takes a quick shot at the icewolf before her.

Csillag voluntarily takes 2 strain to do an extra maneuver.

Csillag fires and a stun bolt fires out of Heyop's blaster and slams into the icewolf opposite. The wolf drops, unconscious, to the ground and the group now stands before three slavering ice wolves, which, in the grand scheme of things seems like a good thing minus the fact that Urik is bleeding from various places.

Kaveri's shot goes wide on the beast engaged with Urik, slamming harmlessly into the cave floor and kicking up dusts and some pebbles. The wolf yelps slightly and nimbly steps away from the disturbance, impeding its next assault on poor Urik. Kaveri's shot yields 3 advantage (how do you want to spend it?)

Dagger's vibroblade slashes into the wolf near him, lightly wounding the beast. Unfortunately, Dagger's ploy unsettles his footing just enough that he slips on the bone fragments piled around this part of the cave and he falls to the ground with an "Oomph!" and a gentle scattering of bones and dirt. Dagger's wolf would smile in anticipation, were it sentient.

Alas, poor Urik, (I knew him, Horatio...). Malefax's sword continues to thwart the youth's attempts to redeem it by serving a purpose of good and as he moves the sword, the wolf opposite him is able to dodge each and every strike. One the last swing, Urik stretches something in his side more than it wishes to be stretched -- and he suffers an additional strain.

Heyop moves in closer to the matron and lays his hands upon her wounded side. He concentrates and feels the Force flowing through him washing over the fur of the ice wolf and pushing away the dark side. His success is small, but much like moving a heavy object -- he senses forward progress.

Dagger's wolf moves in on the prone Twi'lek and takes advantage of the situation to land several bites and scratches. Dagger takes 7 wounds. Heyop's own wolf lunges on the attack, but Heyop manages to fend off the beast with his truncheon until it claws the weapon out of his hand -- it clatters to the floor and skitters about a meter away. Urik's beast senses opportunity and sneaks around Malefax's sword to land a few more bites and claws into the youth which is incredibly distracting. Urik suffers 5 wounds, and a setback die on his next action.



Urik: Now taken 9 wounds total. Setback die on next action.
Dagger: Taken 7 wounds total. Prone.
Heyop: Disarmed.
Csillag: Armed with Heyop's blaster (set to stun)
Kaveri: no special status to note.

Enemy status: all at engaged/short range.

Matron: Passed out.

Minions:
* Alderaan - knocked out.
* Bespin - engaged with Dagger
* Coruscant - engaged with Heyop
* Dagobah - dead.
* Endor - engaged with Urik

Note -- ranged attacks into Engaged/Melee upgrades the difficulty (one purple die turns into a red die). I won't fiddle with any ranged results at this time, but a rule that I just re-read and we should take into account in future rounds. Kaveri - you should note that firing is at Short range for you, so a single red die for any wolf engaged with a colleague. I ignored your second purple die (eliminating the 2 threat) since that wasn't necessary.

Csillag to act and then next round -- again you guys can pre-set (and Csillag if you post early, you can post two rounds. :))

Partial round update...

In an abundance of caution to not hit Dagger, Csillag's shot goes wide, missing the wolf standing over the prone Twi'lek. Nearby, Kaveri's shot is spot on and the wolf hounding Urik is blown backwards by her powerful blaster rifle. Heyop continues to concentrate on the matron calling the Force to his aid... He feels it working but knows he has more to do -- one person working against the dark side roiling in the matron is a long slog...

Two more player actions until the wolves -- note that Csillag can go again, there's no required order here.

Heyop -- that impact from the triumph is probably a little more than warrented from a single triumph. You could perhaps upgrade your next roll or I can provide a little boost to your outcome if you like. Whichever you prefer. Also note you do NOT take strain. A triumph is a success + advantage, so it cancels the threat and leaves you with 1 success.

(OoC: I'll go with the boost to the outcome. Maybe I know how well I'm doing % to completion or I suddenly realize this is a 2-4 person lift instead of giving myself a Force Hernia... It stands to reason I should probably get back to helping the group out I think Phantom forgot to blow on his dice this session.)

Dagger pokes the icewolf opposite him again, digging in through the deep fur and tough hide of the beast to aggravate it some more with a few more pokes and scratches. Its white fur is stained with red from the multiple small scratches and bites Dagger has managed to land, but it seems as if Dagger's efforts are just egging the beast on.

Urik calls on the Force -- but it remains beyond his touch. Nonetheless, he's able to circle around and leap over the wolf opposite him just as Kaveri's rifle takes the beast out. Urik's able to get himself into position with Kaveri between him and any of the wolves.

Two of the wild beasts remain standing and they push the assault. Heyop's foe has shaken off the impact from his truncheon and attacks. He manages to get ahold of Heyop's upper arm and thrashes about gnashing teeth and rending with claws. Heyop takes 5 wounds.

Dagger's wolf also leans in for an attack and it's not a good scene. The wolf overcomes poor Dagger who falls under the onslaught and stops moving.

Urik: Now taken 9 wounds total. Setback die on next action.
Dagger: Unconscious. Difficulty of all skill checks increased by 1 until the end of the encounter (kind of a wash). Target cannot perform a maneuver on his next turn (but is unconscious, so.. never mind).
Heyop: Takes 5 wounds.
Csillag: Armed with Heyop's blaster (set to stun)
Kaveri: no special status to note.

Enemy status: all at engaged/short range.

Matron: Passed out.

Minions:
* Alderaan - knocked out.
* Bespin - engaged with Dagger, standing over his unconscious form. Has boost on next action.
* Coruscant - engaged with Heyop
* Dagobah - dead.
* Endor - dead.


OOC: Wow. I rolled well, in the end, for the criticals on Dagger. :) Good thing the rolls weren't reversed.

Ok - Csillag can/should go. Then we'll be into the next round. Szemely, you should post two actions back-to-back since Dagger is out for the count, the initiative slot after the wolves will get dropped - so you should act this round, and then act next round before the wolves.

OOC: Sorry - with Dagger down, it's just a single purple to hit the beast -- I think the upgraded die comes because of engagement - and people moving around one another. Kaveri - since you hit anyway and achieve your outcome, I'm not going to fuss -- and if I remove the red die from Csillag, she still misses with 1 advantage as the result.

Csillag's shot goes wide past the creature, but it's followed up by Kaveri's dead-eye and the wolf is pushed backwards by the hit, scattering bones and dirt as it falls well away from the unconscious Dagger. Heyop's shot ends the beast that had a hold of his left arm -- it's jaw slackens just enough for him to yank his arm out of its mouth as it sags to the ground, dead.

Around you, the matron and one other icewolf remain alive -- but unconcious.

Csillag scrambles over to Dagger and pulls out her medkit. Worried about her patient, she scratches herself on his discarded vibroblade and starts working on him. Though her efforts definitely seem to make the patient better -- he remains unconscious.

Csillag takes 3 strain. Dagger is at -1 Wounds from -3 due to the 1 success + Surgeon. Dagger recovers a strain as well. Dagger continues to have two critical wounds - one and one

Round-by-round action ends -- back to narrative time.