[IC] Aqua Mortis (Session 2)

mcneils5 Inactive for 8 months

Jun 16, 2022 7:04 pm

The other two warriors step back up near their presumed boss, holding their weapons up defensively.

OOC:

The other two minions return to short range and do a Guarded Stance (+1 setback on attacks targeting them until their next turn).

That's around to Tronus and Nekurr. Let me know what you want Tronus to do!

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Jun 17, 2022 9:51 am

SavageBob says:

OOC:

Engage with Hildar, attack... That's 8 damage before Soak. 1 Threat to you. Strain him? Something else?

OOC:

Yeah just drop a Strain on him for the Threat

Jun 17, 2022 11:36 am

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I think tronus would probably smash the guy attacking Hildar... I think I'll use a talent just because it sound perfect .. if the GM allows :D

[ +- ] T4: Can’t we talk about this?

Tronus Granitebreaker

Jun 17, 2022 4:03 pm

OOC:

Tronus could attack this round, but he might be more effective drawing sword and shield (for 2 strain), then using his Heroic Ability + Improved Scathing Tirade. He can attack next turn.

Tronus Granitebreaker spits and draws his sword and shield. "Don't try to outdo us on legal gobbledygook, you third-rate son of the royal horseshoe polisher! We've every right to be here and my companion acted in self-defense. So take that to your 'baron' and let him shove it behind his throne!"

OOC:

OK, so Tronus inflicts 1 strain per success (2) + 3 for the Heroic = 5 strain to the noble. He also suffers a setback on all checks for the next 2 rounds. His upgrades inflict 2 strain on the minions and the priestess, as well. Hildar and Nekurr regain 2 strain each.

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Rolls

Imroved Scathing Tirade + Influential Heroic Ability

3 Success, 1 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 2 Success, 1 Threat

Jun 17, 2022 4:17 pm

OOC:

Whom is Nekurr targeting with his talent? The noble will be Average (PP), the minions Hard (PPP), and the priestess Daunting upgraded twice (RRPP). That makes the noble the easiest target, but he's also preoccupied with Tronus and Hildar, so maybe not likely to attack Nekurr anyway.

Jun 17, 2022 10:18 pm

OOC:

I was actually thinking olond just as a reply to "us stealing the eggs". It looked like she was the one who wasn’t convinced to start with… but maybe she is actually the hardest

Jun 17, 2022 10:32 pm

CESN says:

OOC:

I was actually thinking olond just as a reply to "us stealing the eggs". It looked like she was the one who wasn’t convinced to start with… but maybe she is actually the hardest

OOC:

Ah, she's Nemesis-level, so immune to the talent.

Jun 18, 2022 2:29 pm

OOC:

uuuu evil

SavageBob says:

"Told you they were after the eggs!" He turns back to Hildar. "And now that little magical murder you just pulled puts you officially in violation of Dribbage Acquisitions' legal claim to these eggs under writ of baronial authority!"

Nekurr looks very confused at everyone and just points around randomly "What? no! But she told us to come here. We didn't know... What are you talking about?" he then turns to priestess and adds "These things are what causes the problem in the first place! Shouldn't a cleric of Kellos be more interested in helping those defenseless like the children?"

Nekurr runs to Hildar and places his paw on the elf's shoulder

OOC:

Going for the less likely but just trying to make her reconsider what her duties really are. I don't think I have any bonuses I can take for this, but I still ahve two maneuvers right? So move and aid (in game as a little fateful luck maybe?)

[ +- ] Racial Ability: Fleet of Paw

OOC:

Oh that went well...

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Rolls

Charm

2 Success, 1 Advantage, 6 Failure, 1 Threat, 1 Despair

Total: 4 Failure, 1 Despair

Marseen Olond

Jul 6, 2022 2:20 pm

OOC:

Results of the despair will be revealed shortly...

Olond steps out of the shadows briefly and steels her gaze on Hildar. "Don't listen to them, Sister Tabithissa! These miscreants have been plotting against us from the very beginning! Isn't that right, good mage? Those minders give you a sob story—and now you want to destroy everything we've found? These wondrous artifacts! Think, man! Think about what fabulous uses we may find for these beautiful things..." She caresses one of the eggs as she levels these words at Hildar. Her lilt has an almost seductive charm, as Hildar thinks maybe he sees her point of view...

OOC:

LOL. No idea how she failed that roll. She'll recover one of her lost strain with the advantage.

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OOC:

Sorry; I know it's my go again, but I'm on vacation, and childcare duty calls. I'll get the next NPC slot done later today.

Rolls

Ruinous Repartee (Charm + SP vs. Discipline on Hildar)

1 Success, 2 Advantage, 2 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Failure, 1 Advantage

Sister Tabithissa

Jul 6, 2022 7:28 pm

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OK, now for that despair!

Sister Tabithissa meets Nekurr's gaze with disbelief, but Olond's words bring tears to her eyes. "So... it's always been about these... eggs?" She draws a mace from her hip. "If these eggs are the cause of all the harm that has come to these children..." She raises the mace overhead. "Then I will destroy them!"

The mace comes down on an egg in the clutch nearest the priestess. At first the head seems to stop short as it hits the shell. But then the egg bursts into a phoenix of yellow ichor, coating the priestess and everyone nearby—including the three of you. Tabithissa screams in agony as the goop covers her body from head to toe. She falls to the floor of the cavern, her flesh melting away to reveal the skeleton within. Meanwhile, the nobleman and his two cronies take a splash of the ichor, too. The goop hits one of the two thugs more directly, and he falls to the ground, writhing, like the priestess before he stops moving completely. The other crony screams in agony but keeps his feet for now...

Tronus moves his shield in place to block part of the blast of ooze. The liquid hisses as it slides down the metal shield's face and lands at his feet in pools of acid.

OOC:

That's 15 damage to the priestess, 10 to everyone else but Olond, who is out of range. Tronus uses Block: Reduces damage by 3, to 7.

Basically, she takes 15 and everyone in short range takes 10. Soak applies, and you can pull out any defensive talents you might have to reduce the damage.

So, 1: Give me a Hard Fright check (Discipline): PPP, with two boosts since you knew this might happen.

Then, 2: Let me know if you have any defense tricks to pull, then it's a PC up!

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Rolls

Tronus fright check

2 Success, 3 Advantage, 1 Failure, 2 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 1 Advantage

Olond fright check

6 Success, 3 Advantage, 1 Failure, 2 Threat

Total: 5 Success, 1 Advantage

Noble fright check (+Destiny Point)

1 Success, 3 Advantage, 2 Failure, 3 Threat

Total: 1 Failure

Minions fright check

3 Success, 2 Advantage, 3 Failure, 3 Threat

Total: 1 Threat

Jul 7, 2022 5:03 pm

OOC:

Oh the stupid cleric didn't invest enough in intelligence! there was a reason we were moving out of range 🤣 I don't think I have any defensive talent, so that's 10 -3 to almost dead! but I have a healing signature so I can go now :D

[ +- ] T2: Signature spell (Healing)

[ +- ] T1: Component Casting

Nekurr looks stunned at the cleric as she decides to turn against the eggs. The eggs! Is she nuts! Didn't she see what happened to the miner? "Don't tempt Fortuna!" well, too late... seeing Tronus raise his shield, he instinctively raises on card from his deck. Not the same blocking effect but, the card seems to shine at mention of the goddess' name, her divine energies nullifying some of the potency of the ooze.

OOC:

So I'll have the spells "healing" working as "not damage" in fiction. Everyone heals 2 damage and 2 strain i think. and there is a triumph...
I'm tempted to do something vital, but not sure what that would look like. The thugs find the eggs are more dangerous than then thought? If that is too powerful, then having the noble drop/loose his weapon due to the ooze? with the minion failing is fright check, that only leave olond combat ready.

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Rolls

Divine

4 Success, 3 Advantage, 1 Triumph, 3 Failure, 3 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 1 Triumph

Discipline

3 Success, 2 Advantage, 1 Triumph, 5 Failure

Total: 2 Failure, 2 Advantage, 1 Triumph

Jul 8, 2022 8:06 pm

OOC:

So, first, let's adjudicate the Fright Check. Failure with advantage and Triumph ... Normally, failure would translate to a setback on all tasks for the remainder of the encounter. That makes sense, but what would you like to use the Advantage and Triumph for? The Advantage could bestow 2 boosts to Hildar's Discipline (Fright) check if you wish, but the Triumph could be fun to do something with. Once we establish that, let's figure out the Divine check.

Jul 8, 2022 8:11 pm

OOC:

oh right! I didn't notice that failed 😅, yeah boosting hildar sounds the smart thing to do here :D Assuming Tronus is between us and the baddies (since he is a fighter) could my cowering distract the NPCs in any way when they attack him? really thinking like a 5e kobold

Jul 8, 2022 8:22 pm

OOC:

That works! It would basically translate to an automatic upgrade on the next attack to target Tronus (making a P go to R).

As for the Divine check, yes, all three of you heal 2 Wounds (here, narratively explained as having not suffered it in the first place). No strain, unfortunately, as you didn't wind up with any advantage. What's that Triumph going to be used for, though?

Jul 8, 2022 8:50 pm

mcneils5 Inactive for 8 months

SavageBob says:

No strain, unfortunately, as you didn't wind up with any advantage.

OOC:

Ah right... that's why the sentence was strange, the symbols are missing on my talent description xD

SavageBob says:

What's that Triumph going to be used for, though?

OOC:

So I would like to "do something vital", but the example is shutting doors close. I guess that is basically ending the combat so I wonder if the thugs figuring out they are inside a time bomb (with magic flying around those eggs) and decide to make a run for it would work?

If that is too much for 1 triumph, then having the one not afraid drop/loose his weapon due to the ooze burn?

Hildar Erathnir

Jul 9, 2022 12:06 am

OOC:

So the 10 damage would be reduced to 8 with Hildar's Soak which would put him on 14 out of 13 wounds which would have put him down but then Nekurs spell would reduce it to 12 of 13 that right? Hanging in by a Thread if so lol Also if I read the above right I get a total of 4 boosts to the Fright check yeah?

Rolls

Discipline

3 Success, 5 Advantage, 4 Threat

Total: 3 Success, 1 Advantage

Thuggish Human

Jul 13, 2022 2:17 am

OOC:

OK! So, yeah -- just to make sure it's clear here, fighting this out will probably go your way, but these eggs are time bombs. You now have an idea what Despairs will amount to. So Nekurr's Triumph could certainly be used to sway one of the combatants to "turn." (I'd actually set up the cleric as an easily turn-able enemy, but then she went and incinerated herself, alas!

The lord stares slack jawed at what used to be Sister Tabithissa. "Wh... What just happened to her?" He finally shakes himself to his senses and looks to his Gnome boss. "Marseen! How the blazes do you expect to salvage these things? We need to clear this area, not plunder it!" He disengages from Tronus and moves toward the exit. "I didn't sign up for... that!"

The Orc, meanwhile, stares at the pile of ash and goo that used to her his companion. He seems to maintain his nerve, though, and downs a potion of some sort.

OOC:

That's back to one of you.

Jul 13, 2022 2:19 am

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Hildar Erathnir

Jul 13, 2022 9:29 pm

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Ok, do we want to press on or try to fall back? I can try to Teleport us all out if we wanted to just withdraw at the moment or I could do something more aggressive.....

Jul 15, 2022 2:35 am