[IC] Death & Taxes (Session 3)

Jun 30, 2020 1:02 am

OOC:

Be sure to see the new post on the previous page.

Apparently obvious to the danger, Acorn Taldaris rushes the pig and convinces it to dodge out of her way. As it does so, the spider-infested beast slams up against the railing, sending a blast of spiders spraying forth onto the ground. The creature nevertheless remains fixated on Vern Taldaris. The spiders seem to have given the animal renewed vigor, and its jaws clamp down on the Half-Elf's arm... Vern cries out in pain as muscles and bones crunch in the creature's jaws. The sound alone is enough to make you think twice before getting involved in this scene...

OOC:

OK, 3 PCs are up. The next PC gets a boost from Acorn, but their difficulty is upgraded from the hog (so change a P to a R, plus any ranged attacks get an upgrade because other people are engaged with the hog: ranged attacks = RR). Bruv goes last for his rolled 3 threat.

[ +- ] Initiative

Rolls

Brawl attack

2 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Triumph, 1 Threat

Total: 2 Success, 1 Advantage, 1 Triumph

Jun 30, 2020 12:38 pm

Hildar takes a few steps away from the spiders whilst trying to calm his mind and sort his thoughts on what this thing is.....

OOC:

Will reroll...

Last edited June 30, 2020 1:59 pm

Rolls

Knowledge (Adventuring)

2 Success, 3 Advantage, 4 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 2 Failure, 2 Advantage

Knowledge (Adventuring) Reroll

7 Success, 3 Advantage, 5 Threat

Total: 7 Success, 2 Threat

Jun 30, 2020 12:54 pm

Remnant Inactive forever!

OOC:

Mcneils5, that check should have been upgraded once, and gotten a boost. You want to re-roll it? If not, those aspects get passed to the next PC, and we'll consider this roll a wash (no advantage to spend).

Jun 30, 2020 1:11 pm

OOC:

what's the range from me to the Hog?

Jun 30, 2020 2:01 pm

SavageBob says:

OOC:

Mcneils5, that check should have been upgraded once, and gotten a boost. You want to re-roll it? If not, those aspects get passed to the next PC, and we'll consider this roll a wash (no advantage to spend).

OOC:

Have re-rolled on my previous post

Jun 30, 2020 2:15 pm

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Remnant: Nekurr's at short range, everyone else is at Medium. If you are looking to melee the thing, you also have to hop the fence, which will be another maneuver.

Mcneils5: I don't think I've ever seen that many successes on a Knowledge check! Infodump incoming in a bit.

Bruv Zaer

emsquared

Jun 30, 2020 3:08 pm

somebox Inactive forever!

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I know Bruv's last but he's just gonna be casting and closing, so shouldn't impact much if I post out of turn.

Maneuver to leap the fence, second Maneuver to move to Short, Action to cast Augment.

Bruv hops the fence and closes on the spider-abomination... as he goes, he draws strength from the spirits of the earth and animals of the wild. He becomes more bestial in appearance...

Last edited June 30, 2020 3:10 pm

Rolls

Augment, Primal Fury, Sign. Spell

3 Success, 2 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 1 Threat

Nera

Jun 30, 2020 6:32 pm

Nera has to keep from gagging at the terrifying sight before as she grabs her bow; when she reflects on this encounter she'll be it will serve as a reminder not to let people take her stuff away.

Not the easiest target... If she can hit a watermelon she can probably thread an arrow between the people who are getting munched on by the hog. Letting an arrow fly it skewers the monstrosity.

OOC:

I believe that's a maneuver to pull out my bow. Good thing I got precise archery!

8 Damage not counting soak. Gonna go with the ol' two boosts to whoever wants em' for advantage, probably need them since most of us are scared of this thing.

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GM edit: Hog has defense 2 from the grease!

Last edited June 30, 2020 6:35 pm

Rolls

Absolute precision

2 Success, 4 Advantage, 1 Failure, 2 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 2 Advantage

Defense 2

1 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Failure, 1 Threat

Greased Hog

Jul 1, 2020 1:35 am

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Remember, the hog has Defense 2 for being greased up. That causes Nera to miss...

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As Hildar steps away from the fracas, lost in thought, Nera's arrow grazes the hog's back and plunks into the fence beyond. The animal squeals in surprise, opening it up slightly for another attack...

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Tronus is up, then we'll move Bruv up in his primal form.

Jul 2, 2020 12:41 am

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We'll pause a bit longer ... Tronus is up, and Hildar has some potentially crucial information to share.

Jul 2, 2020 8:59 am

SavageBob says:

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We'll pause a bit longer ... Tronus is up, and Hildar has some potentially crucial information to share.

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Jul 2, 2020 2:20 pm

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mcneils5, feel free to have Hildar shout out something short if you want. Talking is just an incidental, so as long as it's nothing too sophisticated (a short sentence or two), Hildar can warn the others.

Jul 2, 2020 4:36 pm

Hildar stammers out a quick shout as he tries to gather his wits "Fire! Fire should kill the thing!!"

emsquared

Jul 2, 2020 4:46 pm

OOC:

Bruv will retain his action sequence... May not use my physical attack next round, but want to do the Augment and close anyway.

Vern Taldaris

Jul 3, 2020 12:44 am

somebox Inactive forever!

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Tronus can't do much more than take two maneuvers this round (2 moves, hop the fence and move, draw a weapon and move, etc.), so let's say you can tell us what those two maneuvers were when you get back, Remnant.

Vern Taldaris feels a second wind come over him as a bestial Bruv enters the fray. "Get off me, you damned demon!" His bare fists just slide harmlessly off the pig's hide, but dozens of spiders erupt and scatter into the grass behind the pen.

OOC:

Any PC may go next. Vern passes you a boost.

[ +- ] Initiative

Rolls

Brawl on hog

1 Success, 3 Advantage, 2 Failure, 2 Threat

Total: 1 Failure, 1 Advantage

Nera

Jul 3, 2020 5:50 am

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The hog is greased up, are there any sources of fire close by? I'd feel silly if I missed it, I used find in page!

CESN

Jul 3, 2020 8:17 am

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There is a fire stick somewhere :D I assume it is still burning no?

Nekurr looks at Hildar surprised. The elf read his books so he must know what he is talking about. That grease also looks like something good to get a properly fried hog. Though the cleric wonder if anyone would eat that now... The half-catfolk looks around the pen and further into the chaos going on the festival grounds. He notices the crazy hog and the torch laying next to it. Can he run? Should he pick up the torch and set the thing on fire? That sounds pretty dangerous... He probably shouldn't be provoking Fortuna at a time like this. Still, he quickly jumps the fence and grabs the torch, staring at the spider pig from the other side

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Let me try to use the bad habit talent for the fun of it. I'll copy the same spell, so divine attack with fire. advantages to restore strain

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GM edit: (Forgot to do this last time): Attack spell into a melee combat with a friendly gets upgraded automatically, so rerolling the second P as a R.

Last edited July 3, 2020 8:19 am

Rolls

divine copy from before

2 Success, 6 Advantage, 1 Failure, 4 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 2 Advantage

red

1 Failure, 1 Despair

Total: 1 Failure, 1 Despair

Acorn Taldaris

Jul 4, 2020 1:56 am

A spark jumps from the downed torch and catches light on something in the pen. Nekurr's prayer seems to have been answered! Then Vern Taldaris screams. Then he shrieks. His arms start flailing wildly, and his sister shouts, "Vern's on fire!"

OOC:

OK, so, I forgot do do this on Nekurr's attack, but attacking at range into a melee with a friendly always gets an auto-upgrade to difficulty (so a P becomes a R). If a Despair comes up, the attack hits a friendly.

Um, so Vern Taldaris is on fire.

You have 2 advantage to spend, CESN. You could use that to say the pig catches on fire, too, if you want? Or do you still want to use it to recover strain? Remember that Bad Habit lets you auto-heal 2 strain each turn it's active already.

CESN

Jul 4, 2020 7:36 am

Remnant Inactive forever!

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vern’s panic arm waving can set the pig on fire with those 2 adv :D

Tronus Granitebreaker

Jul 6, 2020 3:01 pm