[IC] Graveyard Shift: Session 2

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Nov 24, 2019 12:53 am
OOC:
Holy fearlessness! Double Triumph! Any ideas how to spend it? One option: Your resolve is so set against the earth fiends that you get two boosts to all attacks against them for the remainder of the encounter.

Or, you can downgrade the difficulty to rally Bruv with a Leadership check if you want to (rolling against PPP instead of PRR).

Or force the earth monsters to make a Fear check of their own against you? :)
Nov 24, 2019 3:26 am
OOC:
I'll try and rally then.
*Flashback*
"Don't freeze up mate!" Tronus barks out before things get rougher.
End Flashback.

Rolls

Little one leadership check

2 Success, 3 Advantage, 3 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Failure, 2 Advantage

Fear check

1 Success, 4 Advantage, 1 Failure, 2 Threat

Total: 2 Advantage

Nov 24, 2019 3:49 am
As he tumbles to the ground, Tronus realizes these creatures are kind of nightmarish...
OOC:
1 Setback on attacks on the earth creatures for Tronus. 2 Advantage is enough for a free maneuver on your turn if you want to use it to just stand back up. Open to other ideas, too.
Nov 24, 2019 8:20 am
SavageBob says:
Holy fearlessness! Double Triumph!
"are those wool balls?" Nekurr just excited not seem very well the new creatures
OOC:

A real cat looks in the face of fear and purrs back at it :)

Ideally, i’d Put the fear back into those creatures, but since they are probably immune... is there some humanity left in "vizeron" zombie? Maybe i’d Intimidate that and he’ll run to a place where we find more leads?
Or more generally, maybe these can work as successful leadership on everyone and provide bonus as they are inspired by such show of fearlessness?


Edit: sorry, didn’t finish reading your suggestions. I thing fear check on the creatures would be the consensus but the free leadership maybe be more useful for the party (two PC with fear now right?)
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Nov 25, 2019 2:06 am
OOC:
For the double Triumph, I can actually work with a couple of your suggestions.
As Nekurr stares down the hideous creatures, a scurrying sound emanates from the locked crypt. This is followed by scratching at the door, as if creatures are testing it, looking for an opening...

But then the figure in the tattered robes, knocked flat by the quake, sits back up, rolls over to all fours and scrambles to stand back up. It finds its feet and begins running away on the path into the center of the cemetery! Its blindness seems to get in the way, as it trips over a headstone, catches itself before falling, but fails to get very far.

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OOC:
The figure tried to run away, but failed thanks to the blindness. That means it's only at Short distance to Bruv and Tronus, Medium to everyone else. Adversary 1 still applies, but no cover this time. Counterspell has also been dropped. See the other effects in the Initiative spoiler box, as there are several in effect.

4 PCs are up!
[ +- ] Initiative Order

Rolls

Athletics (upgraded for temporary blindness)

1 Success, 2 Advantage, 2 Failure

Total: 1 Failure, 2 Advantage

Nov 25, 2019 4:53 am
Nera has just realized her breathing has become somewhat erratic, perhaps her nerves around these undead aren't as rock steady as she first believed. Shaking her head to clear it, Nera carefully draws her bow again...And fires an arrow straight into one of the undead's skull.
OOC:
Well that's 12 damage then.
Last edited November 25, 2019 4:55 am

Rolls

Ranged

5 Success, 2 Advantage, 2 Threat

Total: 5 Success

Nov 25, 2019 6:44 am
Nekurr, confused by the creature’s reaction looks around and shouts "Focus on those little ones!" hoping to finish off the earthquake monsters first as he tries to rally is allies back into the fight, while drawing his dagger!
OOC:
Well, tronus can fight, even though the ground probably just collapsed with those many threats!!!
Last edited November 25, 2019 7:44 am

Rolls

leadership tronus

3 Success, 1 Failure, 4 Threat

Total: 2 Success, 4 Threat

Nov 25, 2019 2:41 pm
OOC:
That sounds good, I'll use the maneuver to get back up.
Nov 25, 2019 2:44 pm
Nera's arrow slices clear through the creature's skull before embedding in the arm of the monster next to it. The first creature drops lifeless, while the second shrieks in pain.

Meanwhile, Nekurr's words kick Tronus out of his stupor, allowing the Dwarf to confront the strange creatures without hesitation! Yet, you all detect a faint scuttling from below your feet. There may be more of these things yet to emerge.
OOC:
4 Threat's enough to spawn another minion group of these things. They'll get their turn at the end of the initiative order!
[ +- ] Initiative Order
Nov 25, 2019 3:07 pm
Hildar turns in a bit of a daze before pointing his wand at the 'little ones' and trying to send a bolt of lightning at them.
OOC:
Ok doing a Magic Attack action, Base Difficulty is Easy, adding Range and Lightning effects to take it to a Hard check (+1 Diff each) plus a Setback due to the fear effect....that all ok?
Nov 25, 2019 4:57 pm
OOC:
Will use a Maneuver to Concentrate (maintain Augment), and a Maneuver to stand (2 Strain), then Action to cast Heal.

It sounded like the Fear Setback(s), are only to act against the things that caused the Fear? And the Counterspell is gone? I guess that's just standard base Difficulty (Easy)? Still very much learning magic, let me know if I missed something.

4th slot for me?

Ohmilawd, I'm rolling like crap... 1 Would, 1 Strain from 2nd Maneuver restored?
Bruv mutters and dusts himself off as he stands, anyone who looks sees that he looks very... bestial... now. His ears, snout and tusks elongated. His eyes golden like a wolf's. Coarse hair bristling from his exposed flesh... He maybe even looks a little bulkier. Again, he launches into an artful kata, seeming to focus and center on himself.
Last edited November 25, 2019 4:58 pm

Rolls

Primal, basic Heal = 1 Dif

2 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 1 Advantage

Nov 25, 2019 5:22 pm
OOC:
Yes, setbacks only when acting versus the causes of the fear. Counterspell has been dropped (at least for now). Mcneils5 and emsquared: Dice pools look good. Roll it up, mcneils5!
Nov 25, 2019 5:59 pm
OOC:
kapow.....hopefully......boo lol
[ +- ] Current Status
Last edited November 25, 2019 6:01 pm

Rolls

Magic Attack Action

2 Success, 3 Advantage, 3 Failure, 3 Threat

Total: 1 Failure

Nov 25, 2019 8:23 pm
As Bruv focuses on healing the damage of the quake, Hildar gathers the storm clouds above, as they surge with arcane energies. However, magic is a fickle mistress; the lightning crackles above but never materializes in a bolt affecting the dark creatures before you.

The creature in the robes rubs its eyes for a moment and seems to regain its footing. It takes off once more, away from the fracas and toward the center of the cemetery.
OOC:
2 maneuvers to move to Medium range from Bruv and Tronus, Long from Nekurr, Hildar, and Nera. Using the advantage to regain the strain of the second Move maneuver. Chasing after will require an Athletics check with an Easy (P) difficulty. More successes than he got will mean you catch up (for anyone at Medium), and can attempt to restrain or attack next round, or you close the distance to Medium (for anyone at Long).
OOC:
Tronus is up!
[ +- ] Initiative Order

Rolls

Athletics

1 Success, 3 Advantage, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 2 Advantage

Nov 26, 2019 7:50 pm
OOC:
Remnant, you're up!
Nov 27, 2019 1:13 pm
OOC:
My apologies.
Tronus with weapon out spots someone trying to get away and gives chase.
OOC:
If I could chase after plus get my shield out to lay into them one I do let me know. I have Swift and I'll use the 3 adv to have them drop something they are weild in their hand if appropriate. No one expects a sprint dwarf.
Last edited November 27, 2019 1:15 pm

Rolls

I'm gunna get you sucka... maybe, short legs

2 Success, 3 Advantage, 1 Failure

Total: 1 Success, 3 Advantage

Nov 27, 2019 2:46 pm
OOC:
You tied the target's Successes, so you are able to stay within short range of them, but not catch up... yet. That means 3 advantage to make them drop something doesn't work, since you're not engaged. I'll riff on the idea, though.
Tronus takes off after the fleeing figure, keeping the fugitive in sight! However, there's still a bit of distance between them. As the Dwarf fixes on the horrendous being, he notices the creature clutching something in its hands, which seems to be about the size of a goose egg...

Meanwhile, the scratching at the crypt door seems to be getting more feverish. The scratching turns to pounding as if the creatures are attempting to break the door down with brute force. The door seems to be holding... for now. But the shovel Nekurr set there does shift a bit under the weight.
OOC:
They'll get a boost on their next check to break the door unless the shovel is set aright with a maneuver.

Rolls

Athletics to break down door

2 Success, 1 Advantage, 2 Failure

Total: 1 Advantage

Nov 27, 2019 2:53 pm
The two remaining fiends scream and thrash as their companions are shot down by Nera's arrows. The creatures train their eyes on the Catfolk archer and barrel toward her with a wail. In the blink of an eye, they set upon her.

Meanwhile, the scuttling below your feet continues toward the large headstone where you first saw the monstrous figure. Four more of these pallid creatures clamber out of the dirt, screeching as they turn their sights on Bruv...
OOC:
Two maneuvers to engage Nera from medium range. They don't have any moves left to attack with this round. Original 2 are at short distance to Hildar and Nekurr, engaged with Nera. New gang of 4 is at short range to Bruv, medium to everyone else.
OOC:
4 PCs are up! We kind of have a combat and a chase happening simultaneously, so the Nemesis may go out of turn if it lets us resolve Tronus pursuing him.
[ +- ] Initiative Order
Nov 27, 2019 3:06 pm
OOC:
How far away is the Nemesis from Hildar? Medium??
Oh and can he see them?
Last edited November 27, 2019 3:07 pm
Nov 27, 2019 3:26 pm
OOC:
is it possible to stab one creature or cast a spell and move twice to keep up with the one running away or does it need an athletics test?
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