Beneath the Shadows Chapter Two: Chasing Shades

[scorri]

[spoiler=Invasion]Xane was laying on his bed, staring up at the ceiling when noises outside his window. Quickly standing up, he peered out the window. Cursing under his breath, he whirled around and darted into Val's room. Digging under her bed, he pulled out his tome from under his bed. He pulled on the mail that she had left him as well and quickly channeled into the bracelet Val had given him. Blocking the door shut, he stood against the wall near the door, waiting for people to burst in. he heard someone pounding on the door, and braced himself. Soon, the door was splintered in as soldiers poured in. Turning towards them, he pointed and chanted a quick spell. The wood splinters from the door were quickly thrown at the soldiers, piercing through exposed skin and turned into wood chips against armor. He was in the middle of chanting another spell when one of the soldiers lashed out at him with the butt of his spear. Getting slammed in the temple, Xane quickly collapsed, his tome falling out of his hand. The soldiers grinned, picked him up and quickly hustled out of the inn, leaving dead bodies behind.

Toqua was nowhere to be found in the village proper, which was to be expected given how he had gone on. Odds were he was drinking himself under the table at the inn, over a 'job well done'. Words would be exchanged later, but for now, it was time to go meet Xane. Andre made his way towards the inn and stepped inside, followed by Hale.

It was only a few steps further, when the innkeeper's bloody corpse was in plain view, that he realized that they had walked into a trap. And by that time, it was too late.

The inn's doors were violently shut from the inside, as a horn was blown from the second floor. Within seconds, over a score of Senian soldiers emerged from the various buildings and immediately began to fire arrows and spells off at the Harriers. There were a few close calls, such as when Jacob had to dive to the ground to avoid being fried by a fireball, but it looked like they had weathered the initial volley decently enough.

"Shit, arrows! Get down, we're bein' ambushe-" Aina called out as the projectiles began to fly, only for her words to be suddenly stopped as she was struck by one of the incoming arrows. "Gah! Motherfucker..." The veteran cursed, as her hand reached blindly for the arrow... literally. Of all the dumb luck, this archer managed to tag her in the one good eye... atleast it had been... she had been standing next to Adari mere moments before, surely she was still there? "Aye... boss. Fucker got m'last eye... looks like I'm blind... get y'rself and the others outta here alive, eh? If y'leave me fer dead, maybe y'can get outta here..." She nodded to where the nomad should have been... Aina was oddly tranquil all thing considered.

At the back of the fray were a knight, a shaman, and a half-elven woman with long black hair. The former two were arguing, while the latter seemed to be staring into space. Upon a closer look, the woman's blue eyes were incredibly dilated, despite it being a cloudless day.

"... Fine, do what you will Aldrick!" the knight snapped, as he began to head in to the fray. "But if that thrall of yours goes mad, I will cut it down."

Aldrick grinned as Tyrus left. That fool really didn't have a clue, did he? He was going to enjoy having his slave kill him, after these mercs were dealt with.

"Kill the mercenaries," he said to the half-elf pointing towards the Harriers. Immediately, the thrall produced a dark tome and lance, before advancing towards her targets. With a wide grin, her master followed, tome at the ready.

The streets were flooded with enemies now. Adari shook her head. This wasn't going to be pretty.

[spoiler=Enemy Stats]

Leader: Boss: Tyrus

Level 2 Human Knight

Base stats: HP: 10 STR: 8 MAG: 0 SKL: 5 SPD: 3 LCK: 2 DEF: 15 RES: 1

Weapon 1: Defensive Sword C

Armor: Defensive Armor C

Skills:

Aggro

Guardian

Simplified stats: HP: 30 MT: 8 HIT: 6 AS: 3 EVD: 4 DEF: 27 (31 if defending) RES: 1

Senian Medic A

Level 2 Dwarven Acolyte

Base stats: HP: 4 STR: 6 MAG: 2 SKL: 3 SPD: 4 LCK: 3 DEF: 5 RES: 2

Weapon 1: Heal Staff C

Skill: Imbue

Simplified stats: HP:12 MT: 0 (heals 4/2) HIT: 3 AS: 4 EVD: 5 DEF: (7) 5 RES: 2

Senian Scout A

Level 2 Half-dwarven Riding Novice

Base stats: HP: 5 STR: 7 MAG: 0 SKL: 5 SPD: 5 LCK: 1 DEF: 5 RES: 3

Weapon 1: Plain lance

Simplified stats: HP: 15 MT: 7 HIT: 5 AS: 5 EVD: 5 DEF: 7 (5) RES: 3

Senian Spy A

2 human Journeyman

Base stats: HP: 6 STR: 8 MAG: 0 SKL: 6 SPD: 4 LCK: 3 DEF: 1 RES: 1

Weapon 1: Plain Sword

Simplified stats: HP: 18 MT: 8 HIT: 7 AS: 5 EVD: 5 DEF: 3 (1) RES: 1

Team Leader Bonus: +2 DEF

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Leader: Senian Officer A

Level 1 Dwelven Dark Flier

Base stats: HP: 6 STR: 6 MAG: 6 SKL: 6 SPD: 6 LCK: 3 DEF: 5 RES: 3

Weapon 1: Skill Lance C

Weapon 2: Skill Tome C (Dark)

Skills:

Dampen Speed

Runic

Simplified stats: HP: 18 MT: 6/6 HIT: 12/12 AS: 6 EVD: 7 DEF: 5 RES: 5

Senian Scout B

Level 2 Elven Riding Novice

Base stats: HP: 5 STR: 3 MAG: 6 SKL: 2 SPD: 4 LCK: 1 DEF:4 RES: 4

Weapon 1: Plain Axe

Skill: Imbue

Simplified stats: HP: 15 MT: 3 HIT: 2 AS: 4 EVD: 4 DEF: 4 RES: 6 (4)

Senian Caster A

Level 2 Human Apprentice

Base stats: HP: 3 STR: 0 MAG: 11 SKL: 5 SPD: 3 LCK: 2 DEF:2 RES: 3

Weapon 1: Plain Dark Tome

Simplified stats: HP: 9 MT: 11 HIT: 6 AS: 3 EVD: 4 DEF: 2 RES: 5 (3)

Senian Soldier A

Level 2 Human Recruit

Base stats: HP: 6 STR: 6 MAG: 0 SKL: 5 SPD: 7 LCK: 2 DEF:2 RES: 1

Weapon 1: Plain Lance

Simplified stats: HP: 18 MT: 6 HIT: 6 AS: 7 EVD: 8 DEF: 2 RES: 3 (1)

Leader Bonus: +2 RES

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Leader: Senian Officer B

Level 1 Human Cavalier

Base stats: HP: 7 STR: 9 MAG: 0 SKL: 8 SPD: 4 LCK: 1 DEF:3 RES: 9

Weapon 1: Resisting Lance C

Armor: AntiPoison Armor C

Skills:

Shield

Gallop

Simplified stats: HP: 21 MT: 9 HIT: 10 AS: 4 EVD: 4 DEF: 3 RES: 14

Senian Medic B

Level 2 Dwarven Apprentice

Base stats: HP: 4 STR: 5 MAG: 8 SKL: 3 SPD: 2 LCK: 2 DEF:2 RES: 3

Weapon 1: Plain staff

Skill: Imbue

Simplified stats: HP: 12 MT: 0 (heals 8/4) HIT: 6(4) AS: 2 EVD: 3 DEF: 2 RES: 3

Senian Blaster A

Level 2 Human Acolyte

Base stats: HP: 3 STR: 0 MAG: 7 SKL: 8 SPD: 5 LCK: 3 DEF:1 RES: 2

Weapon 1: Plain Light Tome

Simplified stats: HP: 9 MT: 7 HIT: 11(9) AS: 5 EVD: 6 DEF: 1 RES: 2

Senian Spy B

Level 2 Elven Journeyman

Base stats: HP: 4 STR: 3 MAG: 4 SKL: 5 SPD: 3 LCK: 3 DEF: 3 RES: 4

Weapon 1: Plain Axe

Skill: Imbue

Simplified stats: HP: 12 MT: 3 HIT: 8(6) AS: 3 EVD: 4 DEF: 3 RES: 4

Leader Bonus: +2 SKL

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Senian Caster B

Level 2 Human Apprentice

Base stats: HP: 7 STR: 0 MAG: 5 SKL: 5 SPD: 3 LCK: 2 DEF:1 RES: 6

Weapon 1: Plain Fire Tome

Simplified stats: HP: 21 MT: 5 HIT: 6 AS: 3 EVD: 4 DEF: 1 RES: 6

Senian Blaster B

Level 2 Human Acolyte

Base stats: HP: 5 STR: 0 MAG: 5 SKL: 5 SPD: 5 LCK: 3 DEF: 3 RES: 3

Weapon 1: Plain Thunder Tome

Simplified stats: HP: 15 MT: 5 HIT: 6 AS: 5 EVD: 6 DEF: 3 RES: 3

Senian Soldier B

Level 2 Human Recruit

Base stats: HP: 8 STR: 5 MAG: 0 SKL: 5 SPD: 3 LCK: 2 DEF: 5 RES: 1

Weapon 1: Plain Axe

Simplified stats: HP: 24 MT: 5 HIT: 6 AS: 3 EVD: 4 DEF: 5 RES: 1

Senian Spy C

Level 2 Human Journeyman

Base stats: HP: 3 STR: 4 MAG: 0 SKL: 12 SPD: 4 LCK: 4 DEF: 1 RES: 1

Weapon 1: Plain Bow

Simplified stats: HP: 9 MT: 4 HIT: 14 AS: 4 EVD: 6 DEF: 0 RES: 1

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Senian Soldier C

Level 2 Human Recruit

Base stats: HP: 9 STR: 5 MAG: 0 SKL: 5 SPD: 3 LCK: 2 DEF:1 RES: 5

Weapon 1: Plain Sword

Simplified stats: HP: 27 MT: 5 HIT: 6 AS: 3 EVD: 4 DEF: 1 RES: 5

Senian Scout C

2 human riding novice

Base stats: HP: 5 STR: 5 MAG: 0 SKL: 5 SPD: 5 LCK: 1 DEF:6 RES: 2

Weapon 1: Plain Sword C

Simplified stats: HP: 15 MT: 5 HIT: 5 AS: 5 EVD: 5 DEF: 6 RES: 2

Senian Spy D

Level 2 Human Journeyman

Base stats: HP: 3 STR: 4 MAG: 0 SKL: 6 SPD: 4 LCK: 6 DEF: 1 RES: 1

Weapon 1: Plain Axe

Simplified stats: HP: 9 MT: 4 HIT: 9 AS: 4 EVD: 7 DEF: 1 RES: 1

Senian Caster C

Level 2 Human Apprentice

Base stats: HP: 3 STR: 0 MAG: 8 SKL: 7 SPD: 3 LCK: 4 DEF:1 RES: 3

Weapon 1: Plain Light Tome

Simplified stats: HP: 9 MT: 8 HIT: 9 AS: 3 EVD: 5 DEF: 1 RES: 3

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Leader: Aldrick

Level 1 Human Shaman

Raw stats: HP: 5 STR: 0 MAG: 13 SKL: 6 SPD: 5 LCK: 2 DEF:3 RES: 7

Weapon 1: Resistance Tome C (Dark)

Weapon 2: Healing Staff C

Armor: AntiSlayer Armor C

Skills:

Leech

Combat Medic

Weapon Swap

Tainted: (Takes half damage from anima and dark magic. Light magic deals double damage, after calculations, to this unit. Demon Slayer can affect this unit.)

Simplified Stats: HP: 15 MT: 15(Heals for 20/10) HIT: 7 AS: 5 EVD: 6 DEF: 3 RES: 12

Aldrick's Thrall

Level 1 Half-Elven Dark Striker

Base stats: HP: 10 STR: 10 MAG: 10 SKL: 10 SPD: 5 LCK: 3 DEF:4 RES: 4

Weapon 1: Skill Tome B (Dark)

Weapon 2: Plain Lance

Armor: Iron Rune

Consumable: Elixir

Skills:

Runic

Wrath

Enthralled: (If Aldrick is defeated, this unit will go Berserk, attacking both friend and foe.)

Simplified stats: HP: 30 MT: 12/12 (10/10) HIT: 20/11 AS: 5 EVD: 6 DEF: 4 RES: 4

Leader Bonus: Might + 2

[spoiler=NPC Stats]

Sayina

1/1 Troubadour
Raw Stats: HP: 6 STR: 0 MAG: 11 SKL: 3 SPD: 8 LCK: 4 DEF: 1 RES: 8
Simplified Stats: HP: 18 MT: 11 HIT: 5(10) AS: 8 AVO: 10 DEF: 6 RES: 8

Weapons: Healing Staff C
Skill Tome C (Light)
Armor: Def Armor C
Skills:
-T1 Skill
-Combat Medic
-Sneak

Inventory: Vulnery

Adari

Inventory:
-Killer Bow B
-Offensive Sword B
-Defensive Armor B
-Tonic (3/3)
Skills:
-Dodge
-Canto
-Wrath
-Resolve
Raw Stats: HP: 8 STR: 11 MAG: 0 SKL: 15 SPD: 14 LCK: 2 DEF: 4 RES: 2
Simplified Stats: HP: 24 MT: 11(20) HIT: 16 AS: 14 AVO: 15 DEF: 13(12) RES: 2

Tyrus 30/30 (Erratic)

Senian Medic A 12/12 (Passive-Aggressive)

Senian Scout A 15/15 (Defending Senian Spy A)

Senian Spy A 18/18 (Passive-Subvert)

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Senian Officer A 18/18 (Passive-Subversive)

Senian Scout B 15/15 (Defending Senian Caster A)

Senian Caster A 9/9 (Passive-Aggressive)

Senian Soldier A 18/18 (Passive-Aggressive)

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Senian Officer B 21/21(Defending Senian Blaster B)

Senian Medic B 12/12 (Aggressive)

Senian Blaster B 9/9 (Aggressive)

Senian Spy B 12/12 (Defending Senian Medic B)

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Senian Caster B 21/21 (Defending Senian Blaster B)

Senian Blaster B 15/15 (Passive- aggressive)

Senian Soldier B 24/24(Passive-Aggressive)

Senian Spy C 9/9 (Passive-Subversive)

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Senian Soldier C 27/27 (Aggressive)

Senian Scout C 15/15 (Aggressive)

Senian Spy D 9/9 (Aggressive)

Senian Caster C 9/9 (Subvert)

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Aldrick 15/15 (Erratic)

Aldrick's Thrall 30/30 (Erratic)

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NPCs:

Adari 24/24

Sayina: 18/18

Battle Posts: 9

Objective: Rout (15 Pts)

Hint: Every enemy has a chink in their armor. Find it and you'll go far.

Bonus Objective: Defeat Aldrick OR Reduce Aldrick's Thrall to 15/30 HP or less (25 pts)

Hint: Manage the enemies on hand first, then try and address these foes.

Note: Achieving either of the bonus conditions will cause Aldrick and his Thrall to retreat. Aldrick cannot be plot killed.

Player Phase 1 Begins!

Edited October 2, 2013 by scorri

[Ether]

More commotion... hadn't these Senians killed enough people, yet? The elf cursed under her breath as she barely avoided being caught out by one of the moving soldiers. Managing to catch a glimpse of the battleground... there were a decent number of the other party, that seemed to be falling prey to the Senians, much as the townspeople had before them...

"I won't stand for this... not again." She muttered to herself... even were these people to die here, she herself would be caught in an eventual sweep... there was no use hiding, better to stand and fight with all she had then lay down and die. Luckily enough, an opportunity presented itself, one of the soldiers was nearby, and isolated. With a sudden rush of cold, an icicle spear shot through the man's throat and out his hips, killing him instantly.

"Looking to slaughter even more people, are you? I've had enough of this... you there, help me get back at these foul demons of men!" The woman called out, as she fell into closer formation with the mercenaries that had appeared... if she stuck close, just maybe getting out of this alive was an option...

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Bonus Objective: Keep Elysia standing at the end of the battle(20 pts)

Hint: So long as she's up at the end, it isn't the end of the world so long as she goes down at some point, so long as there is a way to bring her back.

Elysia

1/1 Mage
Raw Stats: HP: 7 STR: 0 MAG: 12 SKL: 9 SPD: 6 LCK: 2 DEF: 1 RES: 4
Simplified Stats: HP: 21 MT: 12 HIT: 10 AS: 6 AVO: 7 DEF: 6 RES: 4

Weapons: Plain Tome
Armor: Def Armor C
Skills:
-T1 Skill
-Dampen(Spd)

[Parrhesia]

"AINA!" shouted Malachi, only barely stopping the temptation to run forward. He had to fight, but maybe someone else could...

He calmed himself. Panic wouldn't help anyone. He had to think about this.

"Someone move to drag Aina out of danger!" he shouted. "I'll cover you!" So saying, he planted his stance and shot a priest through the throat.

Caster C gets wasted.

[Vestige]

The commotion was too sudden. It had only been a short while since their last battle, and already they were at it again. Blast it. These are Senians aren't they? What the hell are they doing here? As he heard someone scream Aina's name, he looked over and saw her injured.

"Shit, alright I'm on it!" he cried out in response to the plea. Running over, he grabbed Aina and lifted her up. "Sorry, but I don't think we have time to let you walk on your own." He turned back and started to break into a sprint, though he could only move so fast given the injuries from his previous battle. Trusting in the words of the archer, he simply kept running in his direction, hoping that any enemies would get picked off by him.

Zeff defends Malachi. And Aina

Edited September 28, 2013 by Vestige

[Oersted]

Battle after battle after battle... Ernce thought to himself. Will it always be like this? Ernce winced when he witnessed Aina get shot in her good eye. Sure he didn't know her that well but she was still part of the Harriers (that it must suck to lose one's vision entirely). He was relieved to see Zeff go and pull her out of harms way; letting him focus on the enemy. It didn't take him long to figure out that at the moment they needed more defense than offense and he was glad to fill that need. "Linn I'll cover you so feel free to cut one of there bastards to bits," he called out to one of his group members from the previous battle; in a situation like this it was essential to form groups quickly lest someone get picked off...

Ernce Defends Linn.

Edited September 28, 2013 by Oersted

[Nanami Touko]

Another battle? These folks don't look anywhere near as tough as the monsters did, though! Let's do this! As their opponents weren't the undead, Linn wasn't as phased for another battle. "Right!" she said, as she quickly ran behind him, and flung a spell at one of the nearby soldiers. He took a decent hit, but was still far from falling.

He got ready to take a swing at the mage, but unfortunately met with Ernce's armor, dealing pitiful amounts of damage.

The man took the hit well, and stabbed the soldier in return, but also came up shallow on the soldier's armor.

Linn gets 1 point
Ernce gets 3!

Edited September 28, 2013 by I have opinions

[Toogee]

Chandra was relieved to see the inn again...until she saw the dead body in front of it. Then the enemy soldiers popped out from all around the town. Suddenly, they were in the midst of yet another battle. Though the shaman was fully invested in the fighting ahead, a small part of her was glad she was able to change out of her clothes the night before. Currently, she was wearing a simple white cotton dress, wrinkled from being stored away in a bag. It may not have been stylish, but it would serve its function...assuming she didn't get wet.

Instinctively, Chandra joined with Rimsky, Raelyn, and Jacob, keeping behind the fighters to avoid becoming a pincushion. She saw Aina being pulled away, but there was nothing the shaman could do for her. She would at least need Sayina's magic to recover, but her sight was likely gone.

"Poor girl..." Chandra thought as she refocused on her team's situation.

"And I thought the dead ones were bad," Chandra remarked, making note of the bodies of townsfolk in front of the inn.

[Bluedoom]

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4237226/

Rimsky was surprised that they were heading to another battle so soon. Nothing to worry about though, he had strengthened his resolve to fight and survive, and he had more experience from the last battle. Compared to those monsters, these guys should be a piece of cake.

Aiming for a lone soldier staring into space, Rimsky smirked. The poor fool didn't know much about combat, did he? He let go of the arrow, being one of the fiercest shots he ever fired so far. Since that first battle anyway.

Rimsky shoots Spy D to death before he can even ready his weapon.

[Snike]

Aina was down, which was bad start to an already terrible situation. Jacob decided not to dwell on that further, however, and moved to engage an enemy swordsman. With his new sword (he had swapped weapons again), the recruit managed to land two clean blows on his foe, but at the cost of taking one strong slash himself.

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2,2,1 = Hit! 9-1 = 8 points of damage!

6,6,4 = Hit! 11-4 = 7 points of damage!

1,3,2 = hit! 10-1 = 9 points of damage!

Jacob 8/15

Senian Soldier C 10/27

Jacob gains 1 point.

[Xinnidy]

"What?! Drats... they're not demons! Outlaws...? No... bah!" Alfonso reacted, grunting as he rose his lance and rushed to the front of Linn. "You and Ernce do a good job, but let me see what they're able to do, myself."

Alfonso defends Linn!
##Deja'vu!

[eclipse]

"Just our bloody luck," Raelyn cursed. They'd just got back to the inn, and already it was stained with blood. Then, someone took an arrow to the eye. She's not going to be very useful. She turned to one of the soldiers, and glared. You're going to pay for that, even if you aren't an archer.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4237501/

Raelyn's attack is an auto-hit-crit! She does (8 - 1) * 2 = 14 damage!

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Jacob's attack had left the soldier off-balance. Raelyn's fury propelled her forward. Her blade bit deep into the enemy's midsection. He collapsed into a bloody heap, never to rise again. She took the time to look at Jacob, and winced. "Hey, don't get yourself killed out there!"

Soldier C: -4/27 (RIP)

Raelyn: 12/12

[Rothene]

Just as conversation started to banish away the weariness of the group from the battle against demons, Caslan found himself thrust into another fight yet again. These have got to stop for a while, can't an elf go shopping with his fellow companions in peace these days?

Spell on his lips and fueld with frustration, Caslan had a sudden idea. Forming the barrier of water spell he used in the mock fight with Linn the last night, the elven mage tinkered with the incantations and had the large mass fling itself at the injured scout.

Cornered with no room to move, the Senian scout was crushed to a pulp of bloody stain on the floor.

Caslan vs weakened Scout C

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4237785/ 1,6,1,3,3,2 Waste of a good roll

Auto hit!

6 + 6 - 2 = 10 Damage!

Scout C dead.

Caslan Stealths!

Caslan 12/12

Scout C 0/15

[Snike]

Tyrus 30/30 (Erratic)

Senian Medic A 12/12 (Passive-Aggressive)

Senian Scout A 15/15 (Defending Senian Spy A)

Senian Spy A 18/18 (Passive-Subvert)

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Senian Officer A 18/18 (Passive-Subversive)

Senian Scout B 15/15 (Defending Senian Caster A)

Senian Caster A 9/9 (Passive-Aggressive)

Senian Soldier A 18/18 (Passive-Aggressive)

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Senian Officer B 21/21(Defending his team)

Senian Medic B 12/12 (Aggressive)

Senian Blaster A 9/9 (Aggressive)

Senian Spy B 12/12 (Defending Senian Medic B)

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Senian Caster B 21/21 (Defending Senian Blaster B)

Senian Blaster B 15/15 (Aggressive)

Senian Soldier B 24/24(Aggressive)

Senian Spy C 9/9 (Subvert)

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Senian Soldier C 0/27 (Aggressive)

Senian Scout C 0/15 (Aggressive)

Senian Spy D 0/9 (Aggressive)

Senian Caster C 0/9 (Subvert)

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Aldrick 15/15 (Erratic)

Aldrick's Thrall 30/30 (Erratic)

Enemy Phase

"Attack!"Tyrus shouted, before he began to slowly walk towards the enemy horseman and lowered his helmet's visor.

"Come on, then! HIT ME!" he challenged, as he rapped on his armor.

Tyrus taunts(Aggro) Rimsky!

Closer to the middle of the fray, the second officer moved into position to cover everyone on his team.

Senian Officer B activates Shield! He defends his whole team!

Meanwhile, a mage was going to electrocute the archer who had taken out his friend, but instead relented and gave the enemy swordsman in front of him the shock of his life.

[spoiler=Roll]http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4238435/

6,6,4 = Hit!

11-1 = 10 points of damage!

Zeff 5/15 HP

Team Zeff gains 3 points.

His friend the archer decided to engage in a sniper duel with the enemy horseman who had killed their brethren. Unfortunately, he only nicked him.

[spoiler=Roll]

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4238442/

1,3,5 = Hit!

7-3 = 4 points of damage!

Rimsky 17/21 HP

Aldrick chuckled as the elf appeared and called them all demons. "You call these weaklings demons? How about I show you true power!" With a wave of his hand, a tentacle of dark energy latched itself around the ice mage, and violently slammed her against the ground three times, before dissipating.

[spoiler=Roll] MTA! Aldrick's might is now 18!

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4238453/

3,5,5 = critical hit! 2(23-4) = 38 points of damage! Elysia is defeated!

Elysia 0/21

Aldrick 15/15

The thrall conjured up a small dark orb and sent it towards the dwarven nomad. A few seconds before it would've hit him, the orb stopped and expanded to form a large disc. A split second later, a massive amount of dark energy emerged from the disk, blasting the thrall's victim off of his horse and nearly into a wall.

[spoiler=Roll] http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4238462/

Runic activates! MAG + 5! Now 15. MT is now 17.

4,1,4 = autohit! 18-2 = 16 points of damage!

Rimsky 1/21 HP

Other Phase

Sayina rushed over to the fallen mage and muttered a quick spell, which brought her back up onto her feet.

Aldrick frowned as he saw his prey get back up. Obviously it wasn't as fatal as he'd have liked. No matter, they would all die soon enough.

Sayina Raises Elysia!

Elysia 11/21

Elysia backed away from her previous attacker and tried to take on one of the enemy axeman. She got hit by the axe, but managed to stick two icicle spears through his chest.

[spoiler=Roll]http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4238535/

[5,2,4] = Hit! 14-1 = 13 points of damage! Senian Soldier B 11/24

[6,6,6] = Autocrit! 2(11-6) = 10 points of damage! Elysia 1/21

[2,3,6] = Hit! 15-1 = 14 points of damage! Senian Soldier B is defeated!

Elysia 1/21 HP

Senian Soldier B 0/24

Adari, seeing that the other elf was injured moved in front of her, to ward off any attackers.

Adari defends Elysia!

Tyrus 30/30 (Erratic)

Senian Medic A 12/12 (Passive-Aggressive)

Senian Scout A 15/15 (Defending Senian Spy A)

Senian Spy A 18/18 (Passive-Subvert)

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Senian Officer A 18/18 (Passive-Subversive)

Senian Scout B 15/15 (Defending Senian Caster A)

Senian Caster A 9/9 (Passive-Aggressive)

Senian Soldier A 18/18 (Passive-Aggressive)

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Senian Officer B 21/21(Defending his team)

Senian Medic B 12/12 (Aggressive)

Senian Blaster A 9/9 (Aggressive)

Senian Spy B 12/12 (Defending Senian Medic B)

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Senian Caster B 21/21 (Defending Senian Blaster B)

Senian Blaster B 15/15 (Aggressive)

Senian Soldier B 24/24(Aggressive)

Senian Spy C 9/9 (Subvert)

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Senian Soldier C 0/27 (Aggressive)

Senian Scout C 0/15 (Aggressive)

Senian Spy D 0/9 (Aggressive)

Senian Caster C 0/9 (Subvert)

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Aldrick 15/15 (Erratic)

Aldrick's Thrall 30/30 (Erratic)

NPCs

Sayina 18/18

Adari 24/24

Elysia 1/21

PCs

Aeson 18/18

Alfonso 27/27

Linn 15/15

Ernce 15/18

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Raelyn 12/12

Chandra 12/12

Jacob 8/15

Rimsky 1/21 (Aggro'd)

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Zeff 5/15

Leon 12/12

Caslan 12/12

Malachi 12/12

Player Phase 2

Jacob rushed over to Rimsky's side, to see if how badly he was injured.

"By the Stars, Rimsky! Can you walk?" he asked, holding a hand out to help the dwarf up into a sitting position.

Edited September 28, 2013 by Snike

[Ether]

Well that was... an occurance. Having been thrashed around like a ragdoll by the dark magic user, and somehow being brought back up after such a sound beating, only for her first icicle in retaliation to miss it's intended mark, causing the increasingly unlucky elf to take an axe to the chest, shearing clean through her quickly conjured ice shield and nearly killing the mage for the second time that day. Clutching her now heavily bleeding chest, and staggering backward, blood streaming from her lips, the intended words not even capable of leaving her, only coming forth as a thought.

'This was a terrible idea. I'm not even going to be able to die at peace, i'll just be killed repeatedly over and over again... what kind of bullshit is this?'

[Oersted]

Poor girl Ernce thought in regards to the independent elf fighting along side them. It almost seems like she has worse luck than Zeff... Focusing back on the situation Ernce noticed a rather weak looking bowman amongst the enemy's ranks. Rather than charge at him like a fool Ernce decided to replicate what he'd just done as it had proved to be somewhat successful. "Linn I'll cover you again so feel free to blast that archer over there!" he called out to Linn again, pointing at who he wanted her to target.

Ernce defends Linn (again).

Edited September 28, 2013 by Oersted

[Vestige]

Free from worry about an enemy counter-attack, Linn conjured up her magic and blasted away at the first enemy she spotted, instantly knocking him out.

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[Parrhesia]

The officer nobly defending his squad takes an arrow to the chest. Malachi's back is starting to hurt.

Officer B takes 13 damage. 8/21 left.

[eclipse]

Raelyn could only watch in horror as a mage (who was that, anyway?) was mercilessly thrashed with darkness. She saw Rimsky take several hits, and bit her lip. This battle wasn't like the last one. . .

"H-hey, careful out there, Rimsky! I ain't takin' care of your pet if you die here!"

[Toogee]

From Jacob getting slashed to the elf girl getting pummeled, there plenty of need for healers. Chandra wasn't sure who to check on first. Fortunately, Sayina was there to help the newcomer, so the shaman could focus on her own team. That was when Rimsky was brought to the brink of death by a strong dark spell. Chandra knew whoever could perform such a spell would not be one to trifle with. She gave the enemy a wide berth and knelt next to the wounded dwarf. A simple spell began to work it's magic, though it wasn't nearly strong enough to get him to full health.

Chandra heals Rimsky for 7+2=9

HP: 10/21

"RImsky, don't scare us like that," she replied. "You won't be a very good teacher if you're dead."

[Snike]

Raelyn too was taken off-guard by how sudden Rimsky went down, judging by her stammered speech. This wasn't looking good, as the Senians had them rattled.

"Right, we'll have to stick together," Jacob said, as Chandra healed Rimsky. "Rimsky, you stay near the back, while Raelyn,you guard our side. Chandra, I'll cover you, so tell us where to go."

As he said that, the recruit stepped directly in from of the healer, bracing himself for all comers.

Jacob defends Chandra!

[Vestige]

"Gah. Bloody bastards..." The electric shock had left him visibly shaken, but he stood his ground. He wasn't going to abandon his allies. Not again.

He looked over and noticed an elf girl had taken quite a beating. Dark magic was certainly a scary thing. "Adari!" he yelled, "See if you can keep the enemy off of her, we'll try to back you up!"

Zeff is still defending Malachi. And Aina

Edited September 29, 2013 by Vestige

[Bluedoom]

Being slammed by a dark ball of magic didn't help Rimsky at all. He was seeing stars, almost about to fall off his horse. Then the boss' voice and words echoed in his head, and he recovered in a fit of rage. He wouldn't get away with this. "Don't worry guys, sorry to disturb you like that. Thanks for the heal Chandra, but THAT GUYS IS MINE!"

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He shot two arrows but they didn't do any good. (0 damage)

[Nanami Touko]

Linn audibly squeaked with excitement as her spell managed to flatten one of the soldiers. Fighting against people was a lot easier than demons; there was no fear in what she did here. Maybe I am getting the hang of this magic deal! Time to spot someone else to knock down! She peeked out from behind Ernce, once again thankful for the shield. "You're all getting a blast of magic from me, you vile people! Attacking us after we just got back; not even letting me visit a store first! I'll bet you all ransacked them too! The good clothing's probably ruined, and you probably killed the shopkeep! Ohhhhh, you're all going to get it!" The only other person who could hear all this was, of course, Ernce. She didn't take that into mind.

[eclipse]

Raelyn breathed a sigh of relief as Chandra healed Rimsky. His wounds were far from recovered, but he no longer looked like he was about to fall off of his horse. Two arrows bounced off of the enemy knight's armor.

That guy looks tough. I think the mages need to deal with him.

[Psych]

Leon had awoken early in the morning and gone out for a walk around the town. He wanted to try and improve his acrobatic skills, as he might be able to use them in combat, A jump here, a backflip there; a bit more flexibility could definitely help. Payday would be coming up soon, and he'd be able to splurge on something a bit better than these old clothes he still had from the circus.

By the time he got back to the inn and returned to his room, commotion had started. He followed the others downstairs and as fighting broke out, Leon remained in the rear. Spells flung from all sides and arrows being let loose, Leon noticed Zeff take a hit. He rushed to his side and healed him, as Zeff was busy protecting someone else. Leon quickly ran behind a pillar on the side of the street, in an effort to remain safe.

Leon heals Zeff +6 HP

Zeff 11/15 HP

Leon earns 3 points, 3 points total

Leon uses Sneak, 1/2 uses remaining

2/2 Dodge uses remaining